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Aperitif cocktails

post #1 of 13
4/26/11 at 4:21pm
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List your favorites.

I've been drinking the following:

Agavoni
1 oz. silver tequila
1 oz. sweet vermouth
1 oz. Campari
1-2 dashes Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters

Vermouth cocktail (modified from recipe in GQ)
1 oz. dry vermouth
1 oz. blanc vermouth
0.5 oz. Clear Creek pear brandy
0.25 oz. St. Germain
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post #2 of 13
4/26/11 at 4:24pm
campari - 1.5 oz sweet vermouth, a little bit club soda - fill rest of glass orange zest. i rarely go away from that during the summer.
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post #3 of 13
4/26/11 at 4:31pm
I remember reading Hemingway once, I think it was in Moveable Feast, and he wrote about drinking Rum Dubonets. I tried them and liked them quite a bit. Best to use dry Don Q Puerto Rican rum though if you can find it, instead of the sweeter Bacardi.
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post #4 of 13
4/26/11 at 11:58pm
2oz Campari
2oz Tanqueray Rangpur
Juice from one lime
Stirred on the rocks

-Jeff
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post #5 of 13
4/27/11 at 12:21am
Do you mean cocktails you like to drink as an aperitif, or cocktails that include liquors that are usually described as aperitifs? I prefer starting meals with champagne cocktails. Kir royale, French 75, etc.
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post #6 of 13
4/27/11 at 11:06am
What about aperitifs that aren't in a cocktail?
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post #7 of 13
4/27/11 at 11:07am
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Originally Posted by jobro View Post
What about aperitifs that aren't in a cocktail?

In this vein, I'm partial to campari & soda.
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post #8 of 13
4/27/11 at 11:20am
Negroni is probably my favorite unless you count a Manhattan and its variations as aperitif too.
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post #9 of 13
4/27/11 at 12:26pm
Negroni /thread
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post #10 of 13
4/27/11 at 12:30pm
How about a cold Lillet Blanc with a twist of orange. It is one of my favorites and a classic cafe drink.
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post #11 of 13
4/27/11 at 12:43pm
The Corpse Reviver #2 or the Vesper when made with Cocchi Apertivo as the bitterness of the quinine is appetite whetting, I feel. Negronis, Americanos, etc of course. My White Martini with a little extra Vya dry vermouth (2oz Hendricks, 1oz Lillet Blanc, 1/2 oz Vya dry, 1/4oz Maraschino). In the morning, Aperol and soda or my Embrasseur du Lillet -- Lillet rouge, champagne, orange twist.
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Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy View Post
How about a cold Lillet Blanc with a twist of orange. It is one of my favorites and a classic cafe drink.
psg, if you can get a hold of some cocchi apertivo try it that way. Like Lillet but with more quinine -- lovely when dead cold! ~ H
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post #12 of 13
4/27/11 at 1:36pm
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In this vein, I'm partial to campari & soda.

+1, although the smoked italian Manhattan that I had at bristol would make me change my attitude.
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post #13 of 13
4/28/11 at 10:36am
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Originally Posted by Huntsman View Post
Embrasseur du Lillet -- Lillet rouge, champagne, orange twist.


Oooooooo... I may do this on my vacation next week.

I am guessing it is what, 1 oz lillet topped with champagne?
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