Friday is Cocktail-day

[midlife]

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Very nice

Is that a brandy snap?

 

[TheDoctor]

I like a classic mojito, but I don't have a photo because I don't have any gin.
Now I'm sad.

Cheer up - it's white rum you need, not gin!

 

[nickyboy]

Is that a brandy snap?

Orange peel

I will accept my peeling technique needs some work

 

[TheDoctor]

I might have to have my favourite post-dinner cocktail later.
Islay single malt mixed with some more Islay single malt. And an ice cube.

 

[winjim]

One assumes that the hypodermic is to bypass ones taste buds

There are not many things that can't be improved by the addition of bacon. Laphroaig 10 year is one of those things.

 

[srw]

A classic martini - Belverdere vodka & Noilly Prat vermouth

Gin, not vodka, served straight from the freezer, and with the merest hint of Vermouth.

I saw a bottle of premixed Negroni in the duty-free shop today. Not sure why. A Negroni wasn't on the cocktail list when I flew back from Dubai on Emirates a year or two back, but while I was propping up the bar I discovered that they had all the ingredients. It's one of my favourites, ever since I first had one watching the passegiata in Naples.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Orange peel

I will accept my peeling technique needs some work

Stick to beer you big northern tart.

 

[slowmotion]

I'm going to have a G&T with ice and cucumber. Tinned regular tonic, not that bottled slimline filth.

 

[NorthernDave]

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I'm trying to figure out if that glass is far too big, or if the drink is far too small..?

 

[jayonabike]

I'm trying to figure out if that glass is far too big, or if the drink is far too small..?

Whenever I make a cocktail I always double the amount. Don't do bar measures at home

 

[graham56]

I'm about to make a cocktail, whisky mixed with more whisky........nice

 

[jayonabike]

Gin, not vodka, served straight from the freezer, and with the merest hint of Vermouth.

I saw a bottle of premixed Negroni in the duty-free shop today. Not sure why. A Negroni wasn't on the cocktail list when I flew back from Dubai on Emirates a year or two back, but while I was propping up the bar I discovered that they had all the ingredients. It's one of my favourites, ever since I first had one watching the passegiata in Naples.

I've read about gin martinis but never tried one. I'm cooking dinner for the wife tomorrow with a few cocktails. I shall try both, just for the purpose of this thread and report back!

I've tried the pre mixed bottle of Negroni (made by Campari) it is ok, convenient (I took a bottle on holiday) but not the same as making your own.

 

[jayonabike]

Rusty Nail made with Talisker 10 yr old and drambuie poured over a chunk of ice and stirred until chilled

 

[nickyboy]

I'm trying to figure out if that glass is far too big, or if the drink is far too small..?

My first try at making an Old Fashioned. I wasn't sure how much bourbon to add (I don't have the official measures), how much ice. And I used the best glass I could find

I put a fair slug of bourbon in. I suspect bartenders put quite a bit more ice in. It tasted great though

 

[nickyboy]

Rusty Nail made with Talisker 10 yr old and drambuie poured over a chunk of ice and stirred until chilled

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And you've got one of those fancy cocktail stirring spoons

I used a teaspoon. I need to up my game