Cocktails and Mixology Thread

[SKL]

ITT: Post and discuss your favorite cocktails.

I'm a big cocktail enthusiast, mostly favoring the classics, done right.

My favorite cocktail, bar none:

212 Manhattan (for non-Americans, "212" is Manhattan's area code)

2 parts good straight rye (I prefer Michter's)
1 part sweet [red] vermouth (I prefer Dolin, but M&R red will work fine)
2 dashes bitters
orange twist (vs. marascino cherry of which I am not a fan)
stirred, never shaken

A summery variant of my own

2 parts straight rye as above
½ part sweet vermouth as above
½ part dry vermouth
2 dashes bitters
raspberry

A martini, IMO, should always be 3:1 with London Dry Gin, never more than 4:1, I prefer a lemon twist than olives. Heretical I know to some.

Post some of your favorites, classic or modern.

 

[Pretty_Diamonds]

UTI
1 ounce grey goose
1/2 oz chambord
1/2oz peach schnapps
dash sweet sour
4oz cranberry juice

 

[SKL]

UTI

LOL

For the morning after,
a hair of the dog type solution

Corpse Reviver
1 part gin
1 part Cointreau
1 part Lillet Blanc
dash of absinthe

This is exotic
sort of an old school 1930s fancy but I've actually had it before and it is pretty nice
certainly did the job of curing the hangover

(we could have a discussion about genuine [i.e. Czech, etc.] absinthe vs what's marketed to hipsters as absinthe today and the pharmacology thereof but that would definitely veer into drug discussion lol and I think to this day people don't have quite the answer to that, to me, the thujone and whatnot may get you a little extra stoned but most of what absinthe is doing is about the cultural context, fuck I'm drinking some shit that made van Gogh chop off his damn ear I'm gonna be proper lit ...)

 

[SKL]

If shaken-not-stirred is not James Bond-ian enough for you, and it's not, try a Vesper:

"A dry martini," [Bond] said. "One. In a deep champagne goblet."

"Oui, monsieur."

"Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?"

"Certainly, monsieur." The barman seemed pleased with the idea.

"Gosh, that's certainly a drink," said Leiter.

Bond laughed. "When I'm...er...concentrating," he explained, "I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold and very well-made. I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad. This drink's my own invention. I'm going to patent it when I can think of a good name."

Lillet Blanc will have to substitute for Kina Lillet today.

The classic "Godfather" cocktail is equal parts amaretto and scotch, but I find that to sweet, I prefer to substitute, somewhat unorthodoxically:

2 (maybe even 3) part Chivas (vs Johnny Red or your favorite)
1 part Disaronno
2 parts club soda

over ice, in a highball

 

[alasdairm]

skl, what's the difference between a '212 manhattan' and a regular manhattan? at first glance (i'm not a whiskey drinker) it seems the same.

alasdair

 

[SKL]

skl, what's the difference between a '212 manhattan' and a regular manhattan? at first glance (i'm not a whiskey drinker) it seems the same.

alasdair

just specifying the proportions because some people get too cute with it as they do with martinis and use too little vermouth

 

[alasdairm]

cool. thanks.

alasdair

 

[SKL]

The Manhattan is well known, but actually the other boroughs have cocktails as well ...

Bronx
2 parts gin
¼ part sweet vermouth
¼ part dry vermouth
1 part fresh orange juice
orange bitters to taste
orange twist

Brooklyn
2 parts rye
1 part dry vermouth
dash of maraschino liquer
dash of Amer Picon

Queens
1 part gin
1 part dry vermouth
1 part sweet vermouth
1 part pineapple juice

I've tried the Bronx and the Queens, both of them are pretty good, if a bit fruity.

There isn't an official one for Staten Island, though apparently, but various things get called Staten Island or Staten Island Ferry

Then of course there is the Long Island Iced Tea

And I just found the New Jersey Squirrel

2 Parts Applejack
1 Part Almond Liqueur
1 Part Lemon Juice
1 Twist Lemon

from here, but sounds totally gross.

 

[SKL]

The Negroni is a seriously underrated cocktail.

1 part gin
1 part vermouth rosso
1 part Campari
orange peel garnish
on the rocks
Old Fashioned glass

Americano

1 part Campari
1 part red vermouth
splash of soda water
on the rocks
orange garnish
Old Fashioned glass

The Godfather is traditionally 1:1 blended scotch and amaretto in an Old Fashioned glass but that is too sweet for me, I prefer it as a highball:

2 parts blended Scotch (Chivas, JW Red is good)
1 part amaretto
in a highball glass
balance is soda water

 

[Kittycat5]

Absinthe Suissesse

1 oz. absinthe
1/2 oz. Herbsaint
1/2 oz. white crème de menthe
1/4 oz. orgeat
1 fresh egg white (pasteurized if you like)
1 oz. half and half
Tools: shaker, strainer

Sounds incredibly weird but is like an absinthe milkshake. I dont usually go for real fancy drinks, but this shit is good.

 

[Product]

I have just started drinking due to the fact that I cannot smoke marijuana, and I can not drink hard liquor . I have to resort to ales,beers, etc. I drink 24 oz Red Apple Ales. It may be off topic, but does anyone know a drink that I may be able to handle without getting ill and isn't hard on my body. I do not have a galbladder anymore and it seems like ever since I have had it removed at age 18, im 22 now and I get sick way easier when i drink hard liquor. I do like Redd's. It gets me a buzz very enjoyable but im just wondering if there may be something out there easy on the stomach (which I doubt) that i may try or start to try. If so please reply or quote me. It's pretty crappy not being able to smoke since im looking for a job and just a degree.

 

[Max Power]

 

[alasdairm]

The Negroni is a seriously underrated cocktail.

yep - pretty old school. and delicious.

alasdair

 

[Pharcyde]

My (now) future sister in law made some lemon basil martinis but I don't know the recipie

You can't taste the booze and they sneak up on you

 

[Max Power]

My (now) future sister in law made some lemon basil martinis but I don't know the recipie

You can't taste the booze and they sneak up on you

How do you make a Flaming Moe?

 

[SKL]

I have just started drinking due to the fact that I cannot smoke marijuana, and I can not drink hard liquor . I have to resort to ales,beers, etc. I drink 24 oz Red Apple Ales. It may be off topic, but does anyone know a drink that I may be able to handle without getting ill and isn't hard on my body. I do not have a galbladder anymore and it seems like ever since I have had it removed at age 18, im 22 now and I get sick way easier when i drink hard liquor. I do like Redd's. It gets me a buzz very enjoyable but im just wondering if there may be something out there easy on the stomach (which I doubt) that i may try or start to try. If so please reply or quote me. It's pretty crappy not being able to smoke since im looking for a job and just a degree.

Off topic, but will indulge. Maybe a very light beer? Michelob Ultra Light? Miller High Life? As far as hard liquor goes you can't get lighter than a bit of vodka in club soda, that is just pretty much alcohol itself, diluted accordingly, might be the most tolerable thing if you're strickly looking for a buzz. But really you should probably be abstaining from alcohol, though I know you do not want to hear this. But speaking as someone with an alcohol problem myself, which itself started from substituting booze for other drugs, this is not a road you want to go down.

Is this a low class equivalent of the "in and out" (soi disant*) Maritini where the glass is just rinsed with vermouth and then the gin added?

* gin on the rocks is gin on the rocks, whatever kind of stemware it's served in, a Martini is a Maritini #cocktailrage

tomorrow: I will post about how to make a proper Old Fashioned and perhaps a few more of that genre

also upcoming will share my personal recipe for homemade limoncello/limecello liqueur

but at the moment I'm cocktail'd out myself

g'night

 

[Pharcyde]

How do you make a Flaming Moe?

I don't know but fire makes it good

 

[SKL]

Flaming shots are gimmicky

but

Blue Flame (or Blue Phlame, if you will - this is it's real name but "create and name a cocktail after a Bluelighter" would be a fun game)

1/2 oz sambuca
1/2 oz white vermouth

mix in shot glass
carefully layer overproof rum without mixing
then carefully light

 

[alasdairm]

lots of great recipes in this thread. thanks skl.

i'm a big fan of these:

west indies sour

1 oz. brandy
1 oz. allspice dram
¾ oz. fresh lime juice
¾ oz. cabernet sauvignon
½ oz. simple syrup
garnish with a lime twist

i found allspice dram at my local "total wine".

brandy alexander

2 oz. cognac or other fine aged brandy
1 oz. dark crème de cacao
1 oz. Cream
garnish with nutmeg

alasdair

 

[SKL]

As promised, Homemade Limoncello

This is very easy to do but is a monthlong project to let it steep long enough to get a mature flavor.

You will need:
12 lemons
750mL of grain neutral spirits (96+% alcohol - Everclear, Spirytus, etc.)
2 cups sugar
2 cups water

Step One. Lemon spirits
Zest the lemons, making sure to discard the white areas beneath the skins
Put them in the neutral spirits
Let seep for at least 2 weeks in a cool dark place
Strain twice through cheesecloth until all particulate matter gone

Step Two. Simple syrup
(this is an essential ingredient in many classic cocktails too)
Dissolve 2 cups sugar in 2 cups water
Heat in a saucepan on medium heat until completely dissolved
Let cool

Step Three. Limoncello
Combine:
Half a liter of distilled deionized water
2 cups simple syrup
750ml lemon spirits

Produces 1.5 liters of 50 proof limoncello
Adjust ratio of water & sugar to taste and to over or under proof
Place in sterilized bottles
Let mature for at least 2 weeks

Variants:

Limecello (just substitute lemons for limes)
1/2 lime and 1/2 lemon

Have tried all of these and they are all great aperitifs.
Want to try making an orange one too one of these days.
Give them as a gift sometimes.