What are you drinking right now?

[Adsky Luck]

ochin vkosny.

Yes, very

It's like Hemingway said

... Drink three to five of these slowly.”

and it's suddenly quite nice

... only he was talking about Death in the afternoon aka absinthe with champagne

 

[edinatlanta]

Same I just speak the language at this point

Wife?

 

[tdes81]

Sure they may not be the fanciest of drinks, but I'll never turn down a cognac+coke, brandy+coke or rum+coke.

 

[edinatlanta]

Sure they may not be the fanciest of drinks, but I'll never turn down a cognac+coke, brandy+coke or rum+coke.

I always find it odd how some people may snub those. Like, are they really not as "nice" as a gin and tonic? Or scotch and soda?

 

[Adsky Luck]

Because they're sweet

 

[tdes81]

Because they're sweet

That and maybe they're a standard basic bar mixed drink. And maybe because kids drink soda/coke but not tonic.

 

[Gibonius]

Cola drinks have that "baby's first mixed drink" vibe to them. They're stupid easy to make and a lot of younger people drink that way because they hate the actual taste of alcohol.

 

[sinnedk]

Sure they may not be the fanciest of drinks, but I'll never turn down a cognac+coke, brandy+coke or rum+coke.

scotch/whiskey and coke is delicious too

 

[sinnedk]

Cheers all, I swear by that rye

 

[tdes81]

Cheers all, I swear by that rye
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Make some cocktail with that vida. IMO do a stone knife:

2 oz mezcal
0.5 oz suze
0.25 creme de menthe (use something good like tempus fugit)
dash of bittermans mole bitters

stir with ice, pour over a large rock.

So good.

 

[venividivicibj]

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In honor of national mezcal day, a prickly pear pechuga margarita. Delicious.

Maybe should not be using such a fine mezcal in a cocktail (Maguey Melate is so good!), but the flavors really shine through and this is just delicious.

* 2 oz maguey melate papalotmel pechuga
* 0.5 oz ancho reyes verde
* 0.5 oz fresh squeezed prickly pear juice
* 0.25 oz agave syrup
* 0.75 oz lime juice
* half dash of bittermans mole syrup

So good.

Glad you like the Melate stuff man!

 

[sinnedk]

Make some cocktail with that vida. IMO do a stone knife:

2 oz mezcal
0.5 oz suze
0.25 creme de menthe (use something good like tempus fugit)
dash of bittermans mole bitters

stir with ice, pour over a large rock.

So good.

Damn I don’t have any of those ingredients, I will look into it

I usually make mezacal margarita, Manhattans, penicillin, diamond back, martini, some others, I have a long list but never anything that required any of those ingredients, gotta sample

 

[tdes81]

Glad you like the Melate stuff man!

So damn good man. I'm really glad you made the reference to introduce me to it!

Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like good mezcal is really where it's at. Small batches, awesome mezcaleros who know their trade. Really cool.

And above all else, delicious!

 

[cocostella]

Easy with sushi…

 

[tdes81]

Damn I don’t have any of those ingredients, I will look into it

I usually make mezacal margarita, Manhattans, penicillin, diamond back, martini, some others, I have a long list but never anything that required any of those ingredients, gotta sample

Suze is a great thing to have around. Great to sip on ice. Also really good in a kingston soundsystem. Tempus fugit is something to know about too, they make some great stuff. It's funny - normally you see mixers like creme de menthe as just bad bar drinks to make bad shots, but theirs is really delicious. It's something to make great cocktails with. The rest of their lineup is really good too.