Cocktails

[King Henry V]

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.

[Beirut]

Delightful.

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

[Strike For The South]

I drink two cocktails

Jagerbomb

3 measure monster
1 measure Jagermister

Jack

1 measure jack

[Beirut]

Jack

1 measure Jack

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

[Strike For The South]

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

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?

[Beirut]

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?

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.

[Csargo]

Jack

1 measure jack

Yes.

[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.

[drone]

The Tangbanger:

3 measures of vodka
1 scoop Tang

It tastes as bad as it sounds.

[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.

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.

[KukriKhan]

Three ounces of room temperature Wild Turkey bourbon

Pour into clean glass and drink

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).

[Beirut]

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).

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.

[DemonArchangel]

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.

[KukriKhan]

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.

Point taken.

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

[Somebody Else]

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!