b1os
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Do you guys regularly visit blogs in the "mixology"/liquor/wine/spirits/whathaveyou category?
Edit: Just saw that Morgenthaler did an AMA on reddit in January: https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/5l61ro/cocktails_ama_3_jeffrey_morgenthaler_bar_manager/
Edit2: Lol, didn't know that (from 2007):
Edit3: His booze collection: http://imgur.com/a/1K94I ("It's not everything, and a lot of my stuff is in places that don't have a ton of light, so some of the photos are pretty bad or just non-existent. But that gallery should get you a peek.
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Edit4: Read it all. Recommended. Maybe nothing mind-blowing in there, but he's just really honest and unpretentious about it all, I think.
More on topic: drinking an Old Fashioned with Woodford Reserve right now. Picked it up heavily discounted this time, pretty good stuff.
The walnuts seem like they should ripen another 5-10 days, from what I can tell. My order of "Primasprit" wasn't even shipped yet either...
On another semi off-topic note: I'll also try to make some "Schwarze Nüsse" ("black nuts")/"Pfälzer Trüffel" ("Palatinate truffels"), a specialty from.. well.. Pfalz/Palatinate (what a weird name). No alcohol involved (although I might very well add a dash or two to the syrup...), but what you do is take the green walnuts (same ripeness as for Nocino, i.e. kinda ripe-unripe with no inner shell developed yet), wash em and maybe trim the ends, poke them with a thick-ish needle (like 10-20 times), then soak them in water. For about 14 days, changing the water twice daily, repoking the nuts regularly. (Remember to wear gloves, they can stain quite well.) Untill they turn black. Boil them (for some 30 minutes or so), then pour syrup over them (with some cinnamon bark, vanilla and whatever you want). On the next day, reheat the syrup, maybe enrichening it with some more sugar, and pour it over the nuts again. Repeat on the next day. Fill in smaller glasses and let sit for a few months, optimally >1 year. Will look like this:
And is served with game, roasts, cheese, desserts etc. Never heard of it before. And that stuff is quite expensive, like 10 € for 5 nuts when you buy it in a specialty store.
Edit: Just saw that Morgenthaler did an AMA on reddit in January: https://www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/5l61ro/cocktails_ama_3_jeffrey_morgenthaler_bar_manager/
Edit2: Lol, didn't know that (from 2007):
Edit3: His booze collection: http://imgur.com/a/1K94I ("It's not everything, and a lot of my stuff is in places that don't have a ton of light, so some of the photos are pretty bad or just non-existent. But that gallery should get you a peek.
")Edit4: Read it all. Recommended. Maybe nothing mind-blowing in there, but he's just really honest and unpretentious about it all, I think.
More on topic: drinking an Old Fashioned with Woodford Reserve right now. Picked it up heavily discounted this time, pretty good stuff.
The walnuts seem like they should ripen another 5-10 days, from what I can tell. My order of "Primasprit" wasn't even shipped yet either...
On another semi off-topic note: I'll also try to make some "Schwarze Nüsse" ("black nuts")/"Pfälzer Trüffel" ("Palatinate truffels"), a specialty from.. well.. Pfalz/Palatinate (what a weird name). No alcohol involved (although I might very well add a dash or two to the syrup...), but what you do is take the green walnuts (same ripeness as for Nocino, i.e. kinda ripe-unripe with no inner shell developed yet), wash em and maybe trim the ends, poke them with a thick-ish needle (like 10-20 times), then soak them in water. For about 14 days, changing the water twice daily, repoking the nuts regularly. (Remember to wear gloves, they can stain quite well.) Untill they turn black. Boil them (for some 30 minutes or so), then pour syrup over them (with some cinnamon bark, vanilla and whatever you want). On the next day, reheat the syrup, maybe enrichening it with some more sugar, and pour it over the nuts again. Repeat on the next day. Fill in smaller glasses and let sit for a few months, optimally >1 year. Will look like this:
And is served with game, roasts, cheese, desserts etc. Never heard of it before. And that stuff is quite expensive, like 10 € for 5 nuts when you buy it in a specialty store.
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