Or what has been your go to lately? I’m usually a whiskey and ginger kinda guy but I’m trying to branch out a little these days. What’re you drinking?
Currently sipping on a Paloma:
- 1.5 oz Tequila (blanco)
- .5oz lime juice
- 4 oz Grapefruit soda (Jarritos today)
- Pinch of salt
French 75 (use good champagne)
French 76 (use good champagne)
Old fashioned (use expensive cherries)
Side car (use orange brandy instead of orange liqueur)
Manhattan (don’t skimp on bitters)
Cosmopolitan (throw the used lime into the shaker)
Whiskey sour (use egg white)
Gimlet (add a cedar leaf for more flavor)Fresh fruit is a must to make the best drinks.
Second the whiskey sour (with egg white) and the Manhattan…
…and I’ll add a Moscow Mule when on a sunny patio and it’s a scorching day
Kentucky Mule here. Bourbon rather than vodka.
I also recommend Bundaberg ginger beer in any mule.
That sounds delicious!!
I like the cut of your jib! 🎩
Great list. Missing Sazerac, but someone else has you covered already.
Off to find a cedar leaf, I haven’t tried that…
My absolute favorite is New Your Sour (Basically Whiskey Sour with a dash of red wine (and slightly different mixing ratios. Last time I made them with Acquafaba (basically bean water; the water you get from a can of chick peas) instead of egg white and let me tell you, that worked like a charm, can only recommend!
Adding to your list:
Sloe gin sour
Sloe gin fizz
Never heard them called leaves before, only needles so that’s cool.
Gin and Tonic with fresh Rosemary and Orange is nice. Bet a cedar leaf would be nice in there too.
If you’re ok with bitter flavors, I’m a big fan of the Negroni.
I prefer mine straight up so it doesn’t dilute too much.
I prefer its big sibling the Boulevardier.
- 1.5 parts bourbon or rye
- 1 part campari
- 1 part sweet vermouth. I prefer Carpano Antica
Express an orange peel over and garnish with it
But if I have good rye I’m making a Manhattan so there’s a booze cherry as “dessert”.
Agreed. I also prefer rye for my Old Fashioned cocktails, but I don’t really like rye on its own.
I’m normally a fan of bitter and other really strong flavors, but personally most negronis are just too much for me, lengthen it out with some prosecco to make it sbagliato though and it’s a damn tasty drink.
Absolute favorite is the Sazerac. Any recipe you find use less sugar.
Do you make yours with a split base of rye and cognac or do you go for straight rye? Love me a good Sazerac! If you haven’t had one yet, give the bijou or la louisiane a try too. Both are delicious new orleans style cocktails
I like it straight rye mostly but always love to try and see if a good bartender can make it 50/50 too.
Rye Manhattan up. Rye old fashioned if you want rocks and sweeter profile. But always rye.
Straight rye can be good too.
I do enjoy a good rye! But generally I enjoy bourbon neat/on the rocks or rye in cocktails.
The Dude was on to something, white russian all the way.
For a cocktail, I’ll take a well executed Mojito 9/10 times. That other 1/10 is often a White Russian.
Else a gin & tonic as a long drink, as long as they got decent stuff.
These days I have maybe 2-3 drinks a year at most, so I’m not willing to settle for inferior ingredients.
Well executed being the key here! I don’t know how many Mojitos I’ve had with just 5 limp mint leaves barely muddled in them
Yeah, or using syrups for lime, mint and even sugar. I’ve once received something that can only be described as a glass of sprite with a dash of toothpaste. Utterly repulsive.
Mai Tai. All the joy of vacationing on a beach, without the beach.
I like tiki drinks.
Painkillers are incredible. I’ll take 12.
measurements:
- 2 oz Dark Rum (preferably Pusser’s Rum, as it’s the traditional choice)
- 4 oz Pineapple Juice
- 1 oz Orange Juice
- 1 oz Cream of Coconut *Garnish: Grated Nutmeg and optionally a pineapple wedge or cherry
Instructions:
- Combine Ingredients: In a shaker, add the dark rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, and cream of coconut with ice.
- Shake Well: Shake vigorously until well chilled.
- Strain: Strain the mixture into a hurricane glass or large snifter filled with ice.
- Garnish: Generously grate fresh nutmeg on top of the drink and, if you like, add a pineapple wedge or cherry for decoration.
I really like both the Jungle Bird and Artichoke Hold served on crushed ice as tiki drinks.
The Jungle Bird
- 1.5 oz Jamaican rum
- .75 oz Campari
- 1 oz pineapple juice, preferably fresh
- .5 oz lime juice
- .5 oz Demerara syrup (1:1 sugar to water) Shake on ice and strain into crushed ice. Garnish: pineapple wedge and frond
Artichoke Hold:
- 0.75 oz Jamaican Rum preferably Smith & Cross
- 0.75 oz Cynar
- 0.5 oz Elderflower Liqueur preferably St Germain
- 0.75 oz Lime Juice
- 0.5 oz Orgeat
Same as above, shake on ice and strain onto crushed ice.
The jungle bird is one of the greatest. I typically use blackstrap rum. I’ve even clarified it before with milk
Rarely drink cocktails, but Long Island Ice Tea is probably my go-to.
That’s almost as dangerous (easily drinkable) as jungle juice.
Penicillin. Honey, bourbon, scotch, ginger, and lemon, all in one.
This is my go to during cold months, though I usually see it made with scotch instead of bourbon.
I prefer bourbon, haha. Not super traditional, but I tend to prefer bourbon over scotch, so other than the smokey top I like bourbon in mine. Doesn’t make a huge difference overall!
I dunno about favorite, but my go-tos are an Old Fashioned in the fall and winter, and a Tom Collins in spring and summer.
Those become a Manhattan or an Aviation if I’m feeling fancy or just want to mix it up.
Is the sun up? Bloody Mary
Is the sun down? Extra dirty gin martini. Preferably Hendricks or Botanist.
For me, an extra dirty bloody mary, which includes olive brine and pickle juice. A shot of each, or to taste. Lifts it into a new realm.
I’m sober now, but back when I drank I always loved a martini made with equal parts gin and sweet vermouth with a splash of grenadine and a maraschino cherry.
I like the sound of that. Needs to be bitter, otherwise I chug them !
I quite like salty margaritas and dirty martinis.
If you want bitter use fresh grapefruit juice, the sodas have enough sugar for a sweet/tart balance I enjoy but fresh is a lot more “dry.”
Try a salt and pepper martini. They changed my mind about gin
Gin and Tonic is my go-to.
The one that catches people off guard, but people generally seem to enjoy once they try is dark rum and orange juice (but the OJ has to be good, the kind thats pulpy / thick).
That’s my reaction with a jager mule usually. Just a Moscow mule, sub the vodka for jagermeister. It sounds way too much, but the flavors of the ginger and the jager fit so well together, it’s really more than the sum of its parts.
