Cocktails

Being young, having a liberal minded mother who often travels by air (duty free!), a comfortable amount of disposable income and naturally a keen interest in alcohol, I have recently developed a taste for cocktails in all their shapes, sizes and of course flavours. So I thought I could share my favourite cocktails, and not to mention inventions, with the venerable Patrons of the rather appropiately named Frontroom.

Sidecar:
1 measure of Brandy
1 measure of Cointreau
1 measure of lemon Juice

Shake well over ice and serve in a cocktail glass

Brandy Alexander:
1 measure of Brandy
1 measure of Creme de Cacao
1 measure of fresh cream

Shake well over ice and serve; garnish with grated nutmeg.

Winter Warmer (my own creation)
2 measures of Brandy
1 measure of cinnamon schnapps (I used Goldschläger which had bits of gold leaf floating in it)
1 measure of apple juice
Shake together ingredients, without ice, and serve in snifter. Sure to restore some heat to one's bones.

Delightful. :toff:

Our resident Frontroom gentleman has brought up a subject of great import. I suggest we dive into this delicious ambition with haste and passion.

Wild Turkey Cocktail

Three ounces of room temperature Wild Turkey bourbon

Pour into clean glass and drink

Bourbon & Apple Juice

Three ounces of any good bourbon
Glass of cold, pure apple juice

Pour bourbon into glass
Pour apple juice into another glass

Drink bourbon and chase with apple juice. Very tasty!

Bourbon & Cookies

Three ounces of any good bourbon
Several good quality chocolate chip cookies

Sip bourbon, eat cookie, sip bourbon, eat cookie, sip bourbon, eat cookie

Repeat as required until desired mental state is reached

I drink two cocktails

Jagerbomb

3 measure monster
1 measure Jagermister

Jack

1 measure jack

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Three ounces of room temperature Wild Turkey bourbon

Pour into clean glass and drink

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C'mon; I know you're trying to be a gentleman and stuff, but glass? Clean?

Everybody knows W-T is best enjoyed as god intended: slurped from a hand-sized chunk of oak bark, that was swished around in a stream to get the bigger critters off first (no need sharing our hooch with everybody).

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Jack

1 measure Jack

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Not to take King Henry's thread OT, but have you tried any of the premium bourbons?

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Originally Posted by KukriKhan

C'mon; I know you're trying to be a gentleman and stuff, but glass? Clean?

Everybody knows W-T is best enjoyed as god intended: slurped from a hand-sized chunk of oak bark, that was swished around in a stream to get the bigger critters off first (no need sharing our hooch with everybody).

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Yeah, but have you seen a pic of King Henry in a tux? I think we need to comport ourselves like gentlemen if we are going to drink in his company.

If we was in your'ses or my'ses neck of the woods, then we could drink like the glorious swashbucklers we truly are. ~:smoking:

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Originally Posted by Beirut

Not to take King Henry's thread OT, but have you tried any of the premium bourbons?

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I bought Gentleman Jack once with a bonus from by god that was dang good bourbon however do to the fact Im broke my pallate only gets challenged once in a great while. You?

Sriracha and Vodka Cocktail:

-1 part Sriracha
-1 part hot chili oil
-3 (or more) parts vodka (cold)
-1 lime slice

Directions: Shake in cocktail shaker, pour. Suck lime slice. Drink. Optionally, basil can be added.

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Originally Posted by Beirut

Yeah, but have you seen a pic of King Henry in a tux? I think we need to comport ourselves like gentlemen if we are going to drink in his company.

If we was in your'ses or my'ses neck of the woods, then we could drink like the glorious swashbucklers we truly are. ~:smoking:

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Point taken.

One will elevate one's pinkie from now on. *hic*

Martini

Martini glass
Gin (good gin at that, Tanqueray 10 will do)
Vermouth (I use Noilly Prat)
Freezer
Olives
Glass beaker
Stirring implement (not finger)
Ice
Cocktail stick

Freeze the gin and the martini glass
4 cubes of ice in the beaker
Wave the vermouth vaguely in the direction of the beaker (allow only a few drops to reach the interior), replace vermouth in drinks cabinet
Stir contents of beaker
Pour out excess liquid from beaker
Remove gin from freezer, pour liberal dose of gin into beaker, replace gin in freezer for next martini
Stir contents of beaker
Strain contents of beaker into chilled martini glass
Spear a couple of olives on cocktail stick
Place speared olives in martini
Raise the black flag and drink!

Proper gin and tonic

Clean glass (any will do, I favour a pint glass)
Ice cubes
Gin (See above)
Indian Tonic (none of that low fat stuff either)
Marker pen
Lime

Mark a line half way up the pint glass
Fill glass with ice
Throw in a slice of lime
Add gin to a level no lower than the previously marked line (useful as a guide for later in the evening when several gins have been imbibed)
Top up with tonic
a)Drink with utmost enjoyment
b)Give to an American and laugh as he feebly attempts to drink it

Fragony's 'the great goodnight'

Maroccan mint-tea
A tiny bit of whiskey
honey
a pillow
an alarm at 6 o'çlock

Otherwise, cocktails are for pancy's.

Chocolate Mudslide

1 part Hazelnut cream
1 part Chocolate syrup
1 part Baileys

Quick .... er naughty term

1 part Midori
1 part Baileys

I usually stick to straight spirits or beer though.

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

I bought Gentleman Jack once with a bonus from by god that was dang good bourbon however do to the fact Im broke my pallate only gets challenged once in a great while. You?

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If there are two reasons I would ever be jelous of a Texan, it's for the incredible whisky and steaks y'all must be able to get down there.

Far as the better bourbons go, Bookers Best (made by Jim Beam) remains the top shelf of all top shelf bourbons. Straight single keg uncut liquid gold, anout 120 proof. It's the bottle you grab when the ICBMs start to fly.

Knob Creek is another very good bourbon. Strong, tasty, with nary a hint of femininity. I treid the Evan Willams Single Barrel, but it was too light and too sweet, but still pretty good. My buddy, whose whisky taste buds I respect, tried Basil Haydens. He said it was good, but too light. We both prefer a bourbon that sits up and barks.

All the Wild Turkey brands are excellent. My buddy likes the WT Russels Reserve best, even better than the Rare Breed. I like the 12 year-old WT best, but I haven't been able to find a bottle of that for over ten years. Bummer.

Good link.
http://www.smallbatch.com/

All these bourbons go well with chocolate cookies. :yes:

That's twice you've mentioned chocolate chip cookies and bourbon. In a 39-year drinking career, I've never heard of such a combo, so you've piqued my interest.

Any particular brand of cookie, or home-made? (Mind you, I'm not a big chocolate fan - but I'll try anything once).

This is no gentleman's drink, but rather, as Beirut put it, a swashbuckler's choice. Real pirates drink this.

Chupilca del Diablo

2 measures aguardiente
1 charge of black gunpowder

I'm beginning to move to good whiskey lately, personal favourite is 18 year old Bushmills on the rocks.

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Originally Posted by KukriKhan

That's twice you've mentioned chocolate chip cookies and bourbon. In a 39-year drinking career, I've never heard of such a combo, so you've piqued my interest.

Any particular brand of cookie, or home-made? (Mind you, I'm not a big chocolate fan - but I'll try anything once).

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Seriously, good dark chocolate and bourbon positively swim together. Both are earthy and play on the deep end of the taste buds. Any good dark chocolate bar will do, up in the 70%+ range. (Not the cheap sweet kid`s stuff.) You want a simple silky chocolate, almost dry. Mixes with the bourbon in the mouth and creates a nirvanic taste, a creamy high end luxury, a man`s moment to be taken in the eve with a good book or a quiet thought.

We get really good quality store brand chocolate chip cookies here so I usually eat those. The darker the cookie the better. None of that Mr. Christie filth. Those things taste like wall paper. Get the best, darkest cookie you can. Keep in mind, though, I`m am The cookie monster, I eat chocolate cookies with expensive red wine as well. Drives my woman nuts. You might prefer a small high quality pure chocolate bar to nibble on with your Wild Turkey.

Sip, eat, sip eat, sip. Truly one of the great pleasures I have found in life.

Personal inventions. Don't try if your stomach won't take it, and especially your blood. They are VERY high in sugar content.
Most of my inventions have grenadine, a drink which I really enjoy. And I drink it without water!

Grenadine
Orange juice
Rum

Grenadine
Coconut milk
Rum

With the rum, take it really easy. Just a few drops - it's enough. You want the grenadine and orange/coconut taste.
My 2 personal favourites. The only alcohol I like are champagne and cocktails. And that's it.

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Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

Personal inventions. Don't try if your stomach won't take it, and especially your blood. They are VERY high in sugar content.
Most of my inventions have grenadine, a drink which I really enjoy. And I drink it without water!

Grenadine
Orange juice
Rum

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Interesting. Do you pour the Grenadine in last to get that "tequila sunrise" effect?

Monkey's brains is a particularly neat shot containing grenadine. You construct it with a little red grenadine at the bottom and some 3cl Vermouth Bianco on top of it, after which you slowly strain some 1-2 cl Baileys into the shot. The cream liqueur clots in the vermouth and forms a brain-like clot atop the grenadine. Drink it, and feel the squishy matter in your mouth :2thumbsup:

Er. Otherwise, I enjoy B-52s (a constructed shot with Kahlua at the bottom, Baileys in the middle and Cointreau on the top - you light the Cointreau with a match and sip the drink with a straw from under the blazing liqueur.), Vodka Martinis, and most of all, Vodka with cranberry juice, or then just plain Vodka. And beer, but they don't classify as cocktails nor as their ingredients.

I see quite a few interesting ideas here, which I may try out at some point. As the ladyfriend is coming round for supper tomorrow, I'll be making a couple of cocktails to get things started, and also because I have a few bottles that need using up so as to make some room in my already crowded bar. I found this recipe which seems to serve my purposes very well.

Prestige

1/3 measure Blackberry Liqueur (can be replaced by any berry liqueur such as Creme de Cassis)
1 measure Pear Brandy
1 measure Pear Juice

Shake over ice and serve in a martini glass.


@Beirut: I must say I have never ever had any bourbon in my life, something which I really must rectify. I'm quite partial to a bit of Southern Comfort, though I recently learned that is not at all made with bourbon but rather plain old grain spirits.

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Originally Posted by King Henry V

As the ladyfriend is coming round for supper tomorrow, I'll be making a couple of cocktails to get things started...

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On that day, at that hour, at that time, if you open your window you will hear 45,000 Orgsters thundering their applause.

:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause: :applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause: :applause: "Hail to the King, baby!"

Oh you really do me too great an honour, Beirut. Nevertheless, at around 8o'clock I shall cock my ear in the direction of the forests of Canada in order to the listen to faint roar coming from there!

King Henry V - Stay away from the Bourbon - it's the drink of the devil!

And having the pseudonum "El Diablo" I am partial to one or two myself :laugh4:

I got a couple of large glasses (1.5l) for Xmas and me and a mate decided to see how they worked with Jim and coke - as you do...

Well, it was a 1/4 bottle in each glass and we were needless to say well oiled by the end of the night (much to Mrs Diablo dismay).

But a good shaker that I was taught called a menage a trio (although it never worked for me)..

Fill shaker with ice

1 Part midori
1 Park malibu
1 part bacardi
3 parts vodka

Fill with pineapple juice..

Serve
(make sure that you give it to her and a female friend - just incase you have better luck than I)

ED

you want good burboun King Henry? Come to Texas baby Come to Texas

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Originally Posted by El Diablo

King Henry V - Stay away from the Bourbon - it's the drink of the devil!

And having the pseudonum "El Diablo" I am partial to one or two myself :laugh4:

I got a couple of large glasses (1.5l) for Xmas and me and a mate decided to see how they worked with Jim and coke - as you do...

Well, it was a 1/4 bottle in each glass and we were needless to say well oiled by the end of the night (much to Mrs Diablo dismay).

But a good shaker that I was taught called a menage a trio (although it never worked for me)..

Fill shaker with ice

1 Part midori
1 Park malibu
1 part bacardi
3 parts vodka

Fill with pineapple juice..

Serve
(make sure that you give it to her and a female friend - just incase you have better luck than I)

ED

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Hmmm, sounds good. I'm going to a friend's 18th birthday on saturday, and I have been appointed to the bar in charge of cocktails, and I may try that out.

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you want good burboun King Henry? Come to Texas baby Come to Texas

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I shall, I shall, as soon as I get myself a sturdy Panama hat!

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Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Jack

1 measure jack

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Yes.

Something I've yet to try but I've heard that's quite good is cloudberry liqueur mixed with some vodka and milk. I'll check back tomorrow to give you a quick review.

The Tangbanger:

3 measures of vodka
1 scoop Tang

It tastes as bad as it sounds.

Ruby red grapefruit and vodka is an old fav of mine. Think it's called a greyhound in alot of places

Stolychnaya and cranberry are big with she-who-must-be-obeyed. I like it too, but we drink them in inverse proportions.

She likes a shot of vodka with a lot of cranberry juice. I prefer a shot of vodka with about half a shot of cranberry. Just enough to change the colour.

grrlz like it cuz it(cranberry juice)s good for urinary infections (so I hear). I drink lotsa beer, so pee a lot, so no infection.

Same deal. Different approach. In fact, I'm working on it right now.

Glad BKS (and everyone) is likely OK.

Irish Car Bomb:
shot of Bailey's in a shot glass
half a glass of Guinness

Slide the shot glass with Bailey's down into the glass of Guinness, then quickly guzzle the whole thing.

Then, of course, there's red bull and vodka. I heard (from a cop) that drinking red bull and the like a lot while drinking alcohol will significantly increase the level at which you'd normally pass out- which wouldn't be a good thing in quantity.

I also might have to travel over to Idaho tomorrow afternoon and buy some of their non-horrendously-taxed bourbon and try some of Beirut's recommendations.

I haven't bought a lot of hard alcohol yet. And some people I hang out with will buy the cheapest stuff ever - I'm talking whiskey called 'Idaho Gold' in a half gallon plastic bottle for <$15. So unfortunately I have no had the opportunity nor pleasure to taste fine bourbon or, really, any high end liquor.

CR

Can't say I'm a fan of cocktails. Don't like sipping at my drinks. Shots and beer for me.

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Originally Posted by The_Mark

Something I've yet to try but I've heard that's quite good is cloudberry liqueur mixed with some vodka and milk. I'll check back tomorrow to give you a quick review.

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Well, darned be me neurons: I thought I had cloudberry liqueur in stock but it turned out to be sea-buckthorn. Unhindered by that, I just used it instead of cloudberry, and now I have this peculiar drink in front of me. It's actually quite good after a couple sips, if a tad too sweet for my taste. It's like, well, a White Russian with the coffee replaced by berries (that give it a somewhat coffee-ish taste, though). A White Russian on herbs. Exciting. This could call for some product development.

Oh yeh, nothing like a Psycho Tsunami:

1 part Blue Curacao
1 part Tequila
Few drops of fresh lime juice
2-5 drops of Tabasco

Place in a shot glass, and let the tabasco settle before drinking.

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Well, darned be me neurons: I thought I had cloudberry liqueur in stock but it turned out to be sea-buckthorn. Unhindered by that, I just used it instead of cloudberry, and now I have this peculiar drink in front of me. It's actually quite good after a couple sips, if a tad too sweet for my taste. It's like, well, a White Russian with the coffee replaced by berries (that give it a somewhat coffee-ish taste, though). A White Russian on herbs. Exciting. This could call for some product development.

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I'd never heard of sea-buckthorn, so had to look it up. Quite the amazing plant.

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Originally Posted by Zim

Interesting. Do you pour the Grenadine in last to get that "tequila sunrise" effect?

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I pour in grenadine, then turn the orange juice (if it's fresh, make sure you take the pulp about because it won't be a cocktail any more) and then pour a wee of rum to get the alcohol inside. Shake it a bit if you have that can the barman uses.

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Originally Posted by KukriKhan

I'd never heard of sea-buckthorn, so had to look it up. Quite the amazing plant.

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It sure is. Healthy as heck and tastes quite good as well.

Well the party was much fun yesterday, and gave me an opportunity to demonstrate my insane cocktail making and shaking skills to my friends. Being a thespian at heart, I eschewed the precise measurements of the recipe book and decided to do what I really like, improvise! I scanned the table that was serving as bar for the booze, threw a few things together and voila, a cocktail (and it turns out one that had not been invented before)! Here is my recipe:

The Cocktail which hath no name:

A good splosh of brandy (you may have guessed by now that I am quite partial to brandy. I don't really like it neat, but as Embury says in the Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, you need one strong, dry alcohol to serve as base, and brandy is my favourite of these)
A lesser splish of Archer's peach schnaps
A big splash of orange juice
Shake over ice and serve in a plastic cup (alas the crokery yesterday wasn't very refined)

My take on the Mudslide, I wont put measures down because I just do it by eye.

Kahlua
Vodka
Baileys, all 3 in equal measures
Double cream, say about 1/4 litre
2 scoops of vanilla ice cream
2 scoops of chocolate ice cream
half a glass of crushed ice
milk to taste

Add it all to a blender and blend till smooth.

This usually gets 4 decent sized glasses which you can serve with chocolate syrup poured down the inside of the glasses and cruched chocolate on top. Not for people on a diet but it is so smooth you can't even taste the alcohol hence the name of the next drink.

For parties try the Paralyser

Half a bottle of Kahlua
Half a bottle of Vodka
Half a bottle of Baileys, you can even try the Creme Caramel one but I didn't like the mint one
2 litres of milk

Serve like punch.

My all time favourite is the Long Island Ice Tea but I can never get it to taste right, you know the sherbetty taste, so I have stopped making it at home.