[misterDX]

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Originally Posted by paulllaser /img/forum/go_quote.gif Good old fashioned classic cocktails. Burbon Manhattan, up with a stemmed cherry, Jim Beam or Maker's Mark and a Classic Sidecar - Hennessy, Cointreau, fresh lemon/lime juice, touch of something orange, perhaps Gran Marnier, and garnish with a sugar rimmed glass and toasted orange rind. The best to my taste can be had at the Lodge at Pebble Beach. Exquisite. Really though, it's wine I really like!

what particular wine?

 

[dallan]

I used all my drink tickets given at birth in my first thirty years. Slightly obsessive compulsive i guess, that's why the headphone game is great, you can have it all, now.

 

[misterDX]

bumpo

 

[beerguy0]

One of my favorite cocktails for Summer is Absolut Currant with tonic and a slice of lemon. I also enjoy a gin and tonic, or a gin martini. I'm not a big whiskey drinker, at least in mixed drinks. I like my single malts with a single ice cube and a splash of water.

 

[olblueyez]

Bombay Sapphire and Tonic with lots of ice in the Summer and a Decent Single Malt on ice in the winter.

 

[VicAjax]

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Originally Posted by DLeeWebb /img/forum/go_quote.gif Maker's Mark Manhattan, Perfect, With a Cherry, Up

My mother-in-law's favorite cocktail! I always make them for her when we're visiting, and the two of us tie a couple on, old school.

 

[digger945]

Strawberry Quick with Welches grape juice!!!
yummy

 

[VicAjax]

i think the best cocktail lounge in NYC right now is the Pegu Club, on Houston St. All their ingredients and juices are handmade. It's like stepping into a Bogart movie... the drinks are that good.

I have sampled a half-dozen of their proprietary cocktails, and can't pick a favorite. But the Whiskey Smash comes to mind as particularly yummy.

 

[Jasper994]

Tanqueray 10 Martini up with a lime twist

Makers Mark and 7up

Captain and Coke

Purple Motherf***er

and occasionally for a lite drink I'll have a shot of Midori in a glass of 7up

Favorite shot: Snakebite (Chilled Yukon Jack with a splash of Rosie's Lime Juice)

 

[DLeeWebb]

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Originally Posted by VicAjax /img/forum/go_quote.gif My mother-in-law's favorite cocktail! I always make them for her when we're visiting, and the two of us tie a couple on, old school.

That's me, old school all the way!

 

[ambrosecarr]

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Originally Posted by olblueyez /img/forum/go_quote.gif Bombay Sapphire and Tonic with lots of ice

My favorite as well.

 

[Outro]

Smoky Martini <3

 

[songlian]

Blooy Mary with a touch of salt and pepper. Yummy!

 

[rjp]

The good 'ol Manhattan - but use good ingredients. There are good-yet-inexpensive whiskeys that are very well suited, like 100-proof Rittenhouse Bonded, or Wild Turkey Rye. For the red vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula or Vya, please. I prefer a 2.5:1 ratio for whiskey vs. vermouth, and be sure to shake in some bitters - Fee Old-Fashioned, Angostura, or Peychaud's, depending on mood.

Another favorite of mine, the Cocktail a la Louisiane, is kind of a hybrid between the Manhattan and the Sazerac:

1. 3/4 oz. straight rye
2. 3/4 oz. Bénédictine
3. 3/4 oz. red vermouth (use something good!)
4. 3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
5. 3 dashes pastis or a proper (French or Swiss) absinthe

If pastis (e.g. Pernod, Ricard, Herbsaint) or absinthe can't be found, ouzo or sambuca might work. I rinsed out a spent bitters bottle for the pastis.

Also in the Manhattan family, there's the Red Hook:

1. 2 oz. straight rye
2. 1/2 oz. maraschino liqueur
3. 1/2 oz. Punt e Mes (a bittered vermouth)

That's the official recipe. I prefer a little more Punt e Mes and a little less maraschino.

 

[illy2k]

mojito, with extra lime juice and mint!