Friday 5: Favorite mixed drinks
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1) Southern Comfort Old Fashioned
2) Gin and Tonic
3) Bloody Mary
4) White Russian
5) Scotch with 1-2 rocks (Glenlivit or Laphroaig)
2) Gin and Tonic
3) Bloody Mary
4) White Russian
5) Scotch with 1-2 rocks (Glenlivit or Laphroaig)
Yeah, Mrs GTO's strategy in college was getting ****** up as quickly (and cheaply) as possible. My drinking strategy to this day is to take it easy and "drunk people watch" the whole night.
1) Whiskey Ginger
2) Big Ginger (same as above, just with a little lime juice...and a different ratio of ginger ale to booze)
3) Tinto De Verano
4) The s/o's margarita recipe
5) G&T (only if there are blacklights because I am a child and endlessly fascinated by UV-active quinine)
2) Big Ginger (same as above, just with a little lime juice...and a different ratio of ginger ale to booze)
3) Tinto De Verano
4) The s/o's margarita recipe
5) G&T (only if there are blacklights because I am a child and endlessly fascinated by UV-active quinine)
The Dude is a lightweight.
Here's how I make old-fashioneds:
Take a 12 oz old-fashioned glass (they're squatty and wide) and put about half a teaspoon of white granular sugar in it. You will need some Angostura bitters - Hy-Vee sells it - and you will want to shake about 3 or 4 dollops of bitters onto the sugar. Take a can of Sprite or 7UP and pour just a bit in the glass, stir this mixture up completely. Fill the glass with ice, and add a couple ounces of brandy (Korbel is the best), and fill with the Sprite or 7UP. If you have a jar a maraschino cherries in the fridge, pour a little bit of the cherry juice in (that's my secret) and stir. Enjoy!!!!!
P.S. - Another nice garnish is to find some cinnamon sticks in the spice aisle (McCormick has these, HyVee should have them too) and put one in. The bartenders in Wisconsin have pre-made garnishes consisting of a half-slice of orange wrapped around a cherry, with a plastic spear through it.
I'm getting REALLY thirsty..............
To a purist, it might be outlandish.
But everyone that I have told to try has at least said it's good and several drink it exclusively now and make it a special order at a bar
It's much more smooth than the bite you get from Vodka.
Just a little touch of smokiness.
I'll give it a shot the next time I'm at an open bar with Jameson.
Thing is, Jameson has always had a little buttery sweetness to my palate, as opposed to the smokey. I like infusing vodka with peppers, onions, and other vegetables to give it some more flavor.
Here's a really excellent summer drink - Absolut Ruby Red and tonic, and make sure to bruise the lime into the drink. We like to garnish 'em with pickled mushrooms. (Good thing there aren't any bars near here.)
