Cocktails

[Beirut]

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.

[KukriKhan]

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.

[Crazed Rabbit]

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

[Sasaki Kojiro]

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

[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.

[naut]

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.

[KukriKhan]

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.

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

[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.

[The_Mark]

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

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

[King Henry V]

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)

[Ja'chyra]

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.