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mindphlux posted:holy mindphlux Halalelujah posted:I didn't read any of that but if you could repost with the same vitriol in the chicken with cheese thread that would be great. 
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I liked what I read too but frankly I quit early so I could go pour another gin.  We try so hard sometimes...
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mindphlux posted:http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-your-own-tonic-water/ I make my own because all the tonic I've tried has been sweetened to sickening levels and I like being able to wake up the next day with a fully functioning pancreas/liver/kidney combo. So I make my own and it actually tastes like something besides sugar and I often drink it without any gin at all.
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mindphlux posted:http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-your-own-tonic-water/ I can't find the cinchona bark anywhere so I was hoping semisponge's method used something else or had a description of where to get said bark.
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mindphlux posted:GORDONS? ?? For gently caress's sake. I have started entering descent, funny recipes and i get flammed / insulted in every thread i post no matter what recipes or funniness i post in whatever thread and its beginning to piss me the gently caress off. Now listen here i wouldn't mind if you gently caress holes constantly flamed me as long as i was being gay or being hostile, but there is no loving reason to flame me when i am entering decent recipes, its just a loving bandwagon. Whats hilarious is that you faggots think you are actually getting on my nerves / upsetting my by insaulting me; I'll tell you, that in school every loving day i was called "asian biaotch" by blacks (I went to school in a black community in cali), I was teased by everyone of all races but mainly blacks, every day, for playing magic the gathering/ warhammer etc. So If i can handle being bullied by large blacks (who im actually cool with now, i matured into a good looking guy who gets girls, and has a girlfriend who lets him gently caress whenever i want), then you think i care what some pasty whites on the internet think of me. Heres a clue if you cant get it into thine thick skull: THE ANSWER CONTAINS THE LETTERS O and N AND NOT IN THAT ORDER, REARANGE THEM TO GET THE ANSWER. Now let me ask you this. What if wiggles had my entire posting career? she would still be revered and popular, because she is a girl. this shows how desperate GWS is, and its ironic that you call GBS nerds/virgins ETC when you circlejerk around girls like poseur and Wiggles, who in my opinion is a vappid, stupid oval office who enters no recipes whatsoever. IVe spoken with TANQUERAY over ICQ/ Email and they actually says that i am a cool guy, what do you nerds think of that, that MY HERO TANQUERAY likes me? Whats sad is that now you know TANQUERAY likes me, my popularity will probably go up just for that. You think I give a gently caress? I dont care how popular I am in this forum, I am an independantguy, I play by my own rules and i dont give a flying gently caress what society thinks of me. I have my own style of dress and poo poo, and really dont care who likes me and who doesnt. dont like me? thats thine loss not mine. I edited that down to the important bits. Those concerning Tanqueray. I drink a lot of Tanqueray and Tonics. I've tried the handful of gins the bar across the street can offer, and I only really enjoy Tanqueray. I think my grandfather used Gordons in a noxious mixture to drive off moles. Semisponge posted:I make my own because all the tonic I've tried has been sweetened to sickening levels and I like being able to wake up the next day with a fully functioning pancreas/liver/kidney combo. So I make my own and it actually tastes like something besides sugar and I often drink it without any gin at all. Could you please post your method? I hate overly sweet tonic. Desert Bus fucked around with this message at 07:54 on Aug 20, 2012 |
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Pretty sure semi uses the Jeffery Morganthaler link posted. That's what I use at least, and I'm pretty sure I linked that to her prior.
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1. I got cinchona bark and citric acid off of the internet. I'm pretty sure it was the same Amazon retailer for both but I can't remember. Took me a lot of searching to find it in bark form and not stupid caplets because hippies. 2. My method is literally that link above but with variations on spices and also I like halved the citric acid because it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too acidic and would destroy my stomach lining. Also I've been using honey because I'm too lazy to go get agave nectar and it works just fine. Really it's just citrus with some spices, I guess you could go without the cinchona but it adds flavor that I think would be lacking if you left it out. it kind of tastes like ginger ale and looks like scary brown sludge and I like it a lot.
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I hope I don't incur the wrath of MP for posting that while I don't like Gordon's that much (too sweet), I do enjoy Bombay Sapphire. Best G&T I ever had was by the poolside at Siem Reap during lunch after traipsing around Angkor Wat etc since dawn, and before returning for more sightseeing in the late afternoon. G&T and tropical heat is a match made in heaven. I don't mind Schweppes, but it has to be the regular one - the slimline tonic is absolutely disgusting, with a horrible sickly sweetness. Tonic from the tap (where bars have soft drinks with a push-button dispenser on a hose) is also not as good as the bottled or tinned stuff (same applies to Coke).
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You all are crazy, London Dry is the best all around gin. I used to drink a ton of gin, mostly just on ice with a dash of bitters. For reasons I don't remember I stopped and haven't had a bottle around the house in years.
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You're all crazy, the best gin is The Botanist .
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Looks impressive, and the wine monopoly has it! Will give it a try.
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BlueGrot posted:Looks impressive, and the wine monopoly has it! Will give it a try. Another one to look out for is Caorunn Gin . Thus proving with Hendricks that the Scottish are the best at making alcoholic beverages.
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I don't really think there /is/ a "best" gin. There may be "worst" gins, but best is a little much to call on something that's so subjective. I love London Beefeater Dry, I love Bombay Sapphire (even if it is a little sweet, and some of the aromatics are a touch astringent at times), Plymouth is delicious, Tanqueray is lovely, Hendrick's has a wonderful cucumber taste, Bombay Dry is very nicely balanced, and I'm sure if I were given some Gordon's, I'd love it too. Just drink the gin, people. @Bunnielab: Ever since psychobabble (from these here forums) got me a bottle of Angostura Bitters (finding that poo poo in NYC is drat near impossible; ask Gravi!), I've been enjoying a nice pink gin for sure. Way quicker than knocking up a martini, and quite delicious and pretty to boot!
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dino. posted:
I read something about a bitters shortage a few years ago but never seemed to notice a lack of them. I used to also like to put a few drops of bitters in my G&T. I first did it when I was out of limes but really came to like it almost as much.
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bartolimu posted:If you want ramen with a level of horror only Vegas can create, you could try Anime Ramen. I want to go to there. I also hate myself.
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bunnielab posted:I read something about a bitters shortage a few years ago but never seemed to notice a lack of them. I went to visit friends in Philly. They took me to their local liquor store. I found GIANT bottles of Angostura bitters for $10. I bought two. Came home, to still find none in the stores here. 
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dino. posted:No no, because NYC has /weird/ laws about liquor. Liquor stores may ONLY sell beer and wine. No mixers, no sparkling waters, NO JUICE, no nothing. Grocery stores and bodegas may sell beer and mixers ONLY, no liquor, no wine. Bitters are classes as mixers, but contain masses of alcohol (40% in the case of Angostura bitters). So the liquor store can't carry them, and the grocery stores are nervous to carry them. My friend found the tiny bottle of bitters for around $8 or so. I gonked out loud. 
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dino. posted:No no, because NYC has /weird/ laws about liquor. Liquor stores may ONLY sell beer and wine. No mixers, no sparkling waters, NO JUICE, no nothing. Grocery stores and bodegas may sell beer and mixers ONLY, no liquor, no wine. Bitters are classes as mixers, but contain masses of alcohol (40% in the case of Angostura bitters). So the liquor store can't carry them, and the grocery stores are nervous to carry them. My friend found the tiny bottle of bitters for around $8 or so. I gonked out loud. Like half of this is wrong, where the hell are you shopping at. You can only get wine and liquor at liquor stores, true, but grocery stores sell beer and wine and I see bitters all over the place, including, I'm pretty sure, at my local liquor store. edit: my credentials on this subject comes from my experience as a semi-functional alcoholic.
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Bitters that are technically food products are illegal to sell in liquor stores in NYC, so Astor Wine is walking a fine line by carrying bitters. That said, Angostura is generally available at your grocery store, and my ghetto rear end wine shop has both Peychaud's and Regan's orange. Anything more exotic, and I drop down to Cocktail Kingdom on 28th st for my oddball fix.
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Vegetable Melange posted:Bitters that are technically food products are illegal to sell in liquor stores in NYC, so Astor Wine is walking a fine line by carrying bitters. That said, Angostura is generally available at your grocery store, and my ghetto rear end wine shop has both Peychaud's and Regan's orange. Anything more exotic, and I drop down to Cocktail Kingdom on 28th st for my oddball fix. Stinky Brooklyn has an absurd amount of bitters/other cocktail stuff as well as everything else you need to ruin yourself with gout and/or liver disease.
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Halalelujah posted:Stinky Brooklyn has an absurd amount of bitters/other cocktail stuff as well as everything else you need to ruin yourself with gout and/or liver disease. Yeah, you live on that dope little corridor where you could pretend Brooklyn is about twelve blocks long and not mind too badly. Reminds me that I need to dip over to Paisanos and make sausage, maybe for my homie's birthday. Also, I'm seeing a girl who is totally rad and a vegetarian who doesn't get food boners like we all do. What do I do, internet? Which is to say, vegetarian cookbook suggestions, please.
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Vegetable Melange posted:Yeah, you live on that dope little corridor where you could pretend Brooklyn is about twelve blocks long and not mind too badly. Reminds me that I need to dip over to Paisanos and make sausage, maybe for my homie's birthday. Aside from dino's?
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Toast posted:Aside from dino's? Yep. Get dino's book: http://www.amazon.com/Alternative-Vegan-International-Straight-Produce/dp/1604865083/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345489786&sr=1-1
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Toast posted:Aside from dino's? This forum consists mainly of gluttons, of course were drunks. Everything in moderation, especially moderation.
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dino, is there an e-book version of your book? I prefer not to get stuff freighted trans-Atlantically if I can help it! Tanqueray with Fever Tree from a fresh bottle and plenty of ice and lime peel is where it's at. There are no substitutes. Death's Door is good too though.
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The amazon link above has the kindle version too.
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An observer posted:The amazon link above has the kindle version too. I am blind! Ta.
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So, Epicurious did a thing where a bunch of kids got to be published in a cookbook and then to visit the whitehouse for dinner. Look at all these bad parents: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152064187040204&set=a.10150397503130204.616648.12770210203&type=1 Also: rabid republicans have been swarming the page complaining about how this is getting any coverage at all.
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dino. posted:No no, because NYC has /weird/ laws about liquor. Liquor stores may ONLY sell beer and wine. No mixers, no sparkling waters, NO JUICE, no nothing. Grocery stores and bodegas may sell beer and mixers ONLY, no liquor, no wine. Bitters are classes as mixers, but contain masses of alcohol (40% in the case of Angostura bitters). So the liquor store can't carry them, and the grocery stores are nervous to carry them. My friend found the tiny bottle of bitters for around $8 or so. I gonked out loud.
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therattle posted:I'll bet that, unless you're a semi-alcoholic like Halalujah, you will still have one if not both of those bottles of bitters in five years time. doubtful. bitters own. Put bitters in everything. Bitters and soda water? yes please. Bitters and lemonade? nom nom nom. Pink gin? best  cocktail.
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therattle posted:I'll bet that, unless you're a semi-alcoholic like Halalujah, you will still have one if not both of those bottles of bitters in five years time. Hell even if you drink a few pink gins a day the big bottles will last for loving ever. Which brings up the point, does it ever go bad? I end up replacing mine every tear-ish, usual from drunkenly leaving them open or bringing them places and leaving them. I have never done a side by side on a fresh vs old bottle.
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Bitters ate shelf stable. Vermouth, sherry, and port are not, and will oxidize after about a week in the fridge, faster on the shelf.
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@Halal: It's 'cos you're in the BK, where they give you a bottle of bitters when you first wean from the breast. In my neck of the woods, you can't find 'em for love or money. I couldn't even sort them out in Kalustyan's (sp?). Boo. Maybe Fairway would have it? I don't know. I'm currently sitting atop enormous quantities, because I never want to do without again. The "Wine" they sell in grocery stores is not actually wine. It's wine like product. And is gross. It's one of the few things Chicago does right: full on liquor /section/ in ever grocery store. It's likely why everyone there is so chill. My trini friends use Angostura Bitters in cooking, so I'll likely end up using that stuff in everything, as it should be. I quite enjoyed it with my gin, so I imagine having it in multiple beverages will help matters along. :3
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Just gonna leave this here as the best bitters-containing recipe:quote:Whiskey is a hard drink. The burnt wood and grain flavors deepen your crow’s feet and punch your nose with the scent of every frontier saloon, juke joint and speakeasy from this young country’s mythology. Whiskey tastes like hardship.
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Vegetable Melange posted:Bitters ate shelf stable. Vermouth, sherry, and port are not, and will oxidize after about a week in the fridge, faster on the shelf. This is why I never make martinis. I don't drink them often enough to keep vermouth on hand. I wish I could find decent vermouth in airplane bottles. would one of those wine vacuum re-sealers help? Finishing a bottle of port has never been an issue.
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bunnielab posted:This is why I never make martinis. I don't drink them often enough to keep vermouth on hand. I wish I could find decent vermouth in airplane bottles. would one of those wine vacuum re-sealers help? The best martini just needs to be made in the presence of a bottle of vermouth.
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GrAviTy84 posted:The best martini just needs to be made in the presence of a bottle of vermouth. This is a wrong opinion.
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Casu Marzu posted:
I'm personally of the dump-it-in-and-dump-it-out school of dry Martinis if it's good gin (Beefeater or better). If it's Gordon's or, Bob forbid, worse I go dirty.
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