Help me stock my new bar - Page 3

Trying this right now. Very nice.

I think you're making your French 75s wrong.

Two variants, lots of debate on which is correct. I prefer gin, gf prefers brandy, we make them both, both are good (unless you mean cognac should be used, not brandy, in which case I agree).

Whaaaaat? That's crazy, never even heard of a French 75 using brandy or cognac. To be honest, I prefer it with just a very small amount of gin, but I'm definitely not a cocktail guy and definitely am a wine guy.

http://chanticleersociety.org/forums...6458.aspx#6458 See the last post by Robert Hess. ~ H

Got disgusted at the new formulations of 7-up never living up to just being 7-up. So I started using club soda + GM + any handy syrup as a substitute. Grapefruit doesn't hurt a bit.

Get Luxardo maraschino cherries from Amazon. A few bucks and keep them in a cupboard, not in the fridge.

When it comes to spirits, I would avoid getting hung up on brand names unless you are a connoisseur. $30 should get you a bottle that is more than adequate for a good cocktail. I usually buy what's on sale and/or what the liquor store guy recommends. At the very least, go with 100% blue agave for the silver tequila and VS for the cognac.

good haul, get smaller bottles of vermouth, i like the red lillet and you are still lacking Angostura's Angostura Bitters.

The ones you got are good but no replacement for these:

Yes. I followed his recc's and can't complain at all.

Couple of cognacs. Remy VSOP is a good standard.