Cocktails

[Beirut]

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).

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.

[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

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.

[Zim]

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

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

[The_Mark]

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

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.

[King Henry V]

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.

[Beirut]

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

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

"Hail to the King, baby!"

[King Henry V]

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!

[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

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

[edyzmedieval]

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

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.