What are you drinking right now?

[Alocin]

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My own creation again. These are so good. I need to come up with a name… maybe “Time for Thyme”

2 oz Bols Genever
0.5 oz Bigallet Thym (so so good)
0.25 oz green chartreuse
0.75 oz lime

shake and strain. Sage leaf for garnish. Make sure you slap the sage between your hands (such a good tip I heard) to release the oils, flavors snd smells.

In the nick of Thyme?

 

[tdes81]

In the nick of Thyme?

Nice. I think that's it. I'll send you royalties.

 

[tdes81]

On another note, Genevers are super cool. I dig the Bols and then I snagged a bottle of Old Duff Single Malt (which is such an interesting and unique flavor). Not quite sure how I would mix the latter in a cocktail, but it's great just solo on the rocks.

 

[Piobaire]

Bottle of Siduri for dinner.

Empress Gin martinis for sundowners.

Now I'm on my own and a nice double manhattan with homemade bitters, Antica Formula, and Clyde May's bourbon.

 

[tdes81]

There’s never a good time for a hurricane, but there’s also never a bad time.

 

[tdes81]

Zoey (our cat) can’t even look at it.

 

[tdes81]

One last one for the night.
2oz mezcal (del maguey vida)
0.75 oz ancho Reyes (red)
0.25 riga black balsam
2oz fever tree ginger beer

actually really awesome if you don’t minda flavor bomb. Smoke + chili + herbs. Would drink again.

Also it’s not pr0n, just the wife and I re-binging black sails.

 

[cocostella]

Man… I’m so damn thirsty now, after viewing all that. Heading out for lunch with the wife and gonna’ have a mug or two at CBC, before epic nap and cocktail hour!

 

[Fueco]

Now that it’s actually Oktoberfest time…

 

[Fueco]

I just bought the supplies I need to make five gallons of hard cider. Now I need to raid the apple and crabapple trees in my neighbors’ yards (I have permission).

 

[tdes81]

Finally made it to the vineyard down the road from us for some tasting flights. Quite good!

 

[cocostella]

Wray & Tings, with side-pours of Neisson Reserve Special Rhum.

 

[Huntsman]

For those in search of Suze uses… Haven’t tried myself, but sounds nice.
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Franck Andoux's book is excellent. And I really enjoy that cocktail, The Yellow. I swear I was repping it a few pages ago:

And a good White Negroni is never wrong:

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Excited to have found a bottle of this. Was chatting with the bartenders at our local prohibition style bar about cocktails and interesting ingredients and they gave me a pour of this. They use it as the special ingredient in a lot of their cocktails. Very interesting stuff.

Riga Balsam is great. They also make a version with currant juice, which moderates it a bit and gives it, I want to say, a prune-like quality. I was once making cocktails at a party and one person (I swear) asked me to make a cocktail that Worf from Star Trek would drink. I used the Riga Kurrant, genever, and I forget what else but it was quite good and I named it "The Blood of Your Enemies" which I thought was cute and fitting.

~ H

 

[Fueco]

Local-ish apple cider (they’re 12 miles from here) from Lafayette, CO.

 

[edinatlanta]

I am kinda blitzed and dealing with a broken heart ? zo... .. alcohol