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The Maestro posted:Good affordable scotches for a Penicillin? For quality and price on a blend, I can't be hosed to bother with anything else other than Black Label. For the peated, I like Glenfiditch 12
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The Maestro posted:Good affordable scotches for a Penicillin? I've enjoyed Famous Grouse with a quarter-ounce float of Laphroaig 10. I'd been looking to try a single-malt for a while, though, and you could probably omit the Laphroaig without ruining the drink. It's a nice touch, though.
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Oct 29, 2019 02:22
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Blended: in order from best to worst (imo) Black Bottle, Famous Grouse, Johnnie Black label, Dewar’s White label, or Teacher’s are all fine/good. I would also not turn my nose up at Johnnie Red label or J&B or Ballantine’s or even Cutty Sark in this context. Peated: This should be an Islay, and if you already have an Islay you like neat you should use that one, no point keeping another bottle around for floats. If not, get whichever Ardbeg, Bowmore, Caol Ila, Lagavulin, or Laphroaig is cheapest, or use this as an excuse to try a new one. (I really like Bunnahabhain as well, but it’s not as aggressively smoky as you need for this drink.)
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Oct 29, 2019 02:34
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BrianBoitano posted:Slightly related new legislation: all menus must admit whether they use sour mix or real citrus juice I don't think I've ever seen a menu that lies when it specifies. They'll try to dress it up as "house sour mix", but you know that if a menu says "lemon juice" it'll at least be bottled stuff.
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Oct 29, 2019 02:42
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chitoryu12 posted:I don't think I've ever seen a menu that lies when it specifies. They'll try to dress it up as "house sour mix", but you know that if a menu says "lemon juice" it'll at least be bottled stuff. Right, but 95% of margaritas don't specify and even skinny or top shelf ritas are sickly sweet 
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Oct 29, 2019 02:59
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BrianBoitano posted:Right, but 95% of margaritas don't specify and even skinny or top shelf ritas are sickly sweet Every Margarita I've seen has specified. The problem is those places all free pour everything and may not shake enough to mix properly.
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Oct 29, 2019 03:12
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Great King Street Artists Blend was designed to be the scotch for the penicillin, and it's very affordable.
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Thanks for the scotch recs. Specify a Tommy’s Margarita - no sour mix. Lime, agave, tequila. Edit: I was gonna ask about great king st. Artists. And monkey shoulder. Also the great king Glasgow blend - probably not peaty enough?
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Oct 29, 2019 04:12
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I like pigs nose myself. Monkey shoulder is too sweet imo. At work we do: 1.5 grouse .75 lemon .75 honey .5 ginger juice Heavy Laphroaig spray
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Oct 29, 2019 04:37
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I'm a big fan of Black Grouse for an everyday mixing Scotch. It seems they've recently rebranded it as Famous Grouse Smokey Black, but it's the same stuff. Very affordable and quite flavorful.
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Oct 29, 2019 08:50
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The Maestro posted:Thanks for the scotch recs. Glasgow blend is the peated version of Artist's blend, it's plenty peaty. They were both designed to be cost effective replacements for Compass Box Asyla & Peat Monster, which were the original scotches that Milk & Honey was using when Sam Ross made the drink.
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Oct 29, 2019 15:03
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I'll ask here because the infusion thread is pretty dead. Using Cinchona Bark in a bitters, any guidelines? Use a small amount? Don't powder it just break it up a little? To avoid quinine overdose. It would just be a supporting flavor unlike in something like tonic syrup. To me Laphroaig 10 is the gold standard of smoky scotch to use as a modifier. Tried a few other brands. Also widely available and relatively affordable (for scotch).
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Oct 29, 2019 16:55
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Fart Car '97 posted:Glasgow blend is the peated version of Artist's blend, it's plenty peaty. They were both designed to be cost effective replacements for Compass Box Asyla & Peat Monster, which were the original scotches that Milk & Honey was using when Sam Ross made the drink. This is the kind of deep knowledge that I come to this thread for. Dope post.
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:For the peated, I like Glenfiditch 12 Are you trolling or just testing to see if we’re paying attention Scythe posted:This is the kind of deep knowledge that I come to this thread for. Dope post. Agreed - thanks Fart Car
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The Maestro posted:Are you trolling or just testing to see if we’re paying attention 
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Comb Your Beard posted:I'll ask here because the infusion thread is pretty dead. Using Cinchona Bark in a bitters, any guidelines? Use a small amount? Don't powder it just break it up a little? To avoid quinine overdose. It would just be a supporting flavor unlike in something like tonic syrup. Missed this. I wouldn't powder it just because it'll make the infusion murkier and shards will extract fine. It is less bitter than, for example, gentian, so you don't need to be toooo sparing with it, but it's definitely more bitter than anything that's not a bark/root. If you are making enough volume for it, you could always infuse each ingredient separately and then combine them in whatever ratio you like--that makes it easy to control the balance and gives you a better starting point for future recipes (where you may be able to infuse all together in similar ratios to what you ended up combining).
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I just so happened to have an unopened bottle of glenfiddick 12 on my bar, and decided to give it a taste last night after killing off my balvenie 12. I was pretty positive it wasn’t Islay, and also not peated, but what an underwhelming pour anyways. Nuts that a 12yr scotch can taste so thin. You’re lucky I know you’re not an idiot otherwise I definitely would have pegged you as one
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The Maestro posted:I just so happened to have an unopened bottle of glenfiddick 12 on my bar, and decided to give it a taste last night after killing off my balvenie 12. I was pretty positive it wasn’t Islay, and also not peated, but what an underwhelming pour anyways. Nuts that a 12yr scotch can taste so thin. You’re lucky I know you’re not an idiot otherwise I definitely would have pegged you as one Yeah it's very weird that something sitting in a barrel for over a decade can come out so close to water. Serious answer, I actually like compass box peat monster for an affordable peat.
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Oct 30, 2019 12:10
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Oct 30, 2019 13:24
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The other day I got a bottle of cherry heering (49% alcohol) at an estate sale for free, mostly for the neat bottle. Looking online, it's probably from the 40's or 50's. It was opened at some point and the cork reinserted with the bottle about half full. I had to use a corkscrew to open it back up but it surprisingly came out clean. No floating particles in the liquor or gunk at the bottom of the bottle. Took a small taste and it's obviously super oxidized but surprisingly not terrible. My question: How weird is it to drink it and will I die? Any danger of lead from being in the bottle that long?
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Jorge Von Bacon posted:The other day I got a bottle of cherry heering (49% alcohol) at an estate sale for free, mostly for the neat bottle. Looking online, it's probably from the 40's or 50's. I am friends with a historic spirits collector/expert, who does all the historic spirits procuring for our bar: 
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Oct 30, 2019 16:17
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Fart Car '97 posted:I am friends with a historic spirits collector/expert, who does all the historic spirits procuring for our bar: Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for.
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Oct 30, 2019 16:28
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Shame to hear it’s undrinkable. I’d be real curious to know what a 98-proof cherry heering tastes like.
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Oct 30, 2019 19:56
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I'd be tempted to boil it, top it off with 151, and drink it anyway. But I have an emotional attachment to Heering.
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Oct 30, 2019 20:09
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Just slam it to the head and report back. If we don't hear from you in a week I'll assume you had a good ol' time.
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Oct 30, 2019 20:21
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:Just slam it to the head and report back. If we don't hear from you in a week I'll assume you had a good ol' time. Telling people to commit suicide is bannable you know
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Oct 30, 2019 20:29
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Dying the way he lived. Swiggin' decades old bottles of free booze.
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Oct 30, 2019 21:05
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prayer group posted:Shame to hear it’s undrinkable. I’d be real curious to know what a 98-proof cherry heering tastes like. I was mistaken - it says 49 proof - the label is torn right there so I didn't look very closely. I've got everything for a singapore sling, so wouldn't be against premixing the liquors to kill any bacteria first and trying it out unless someone gives some convincing reason that will not be effective. I also got unopened bottles of Garrett's Virginia Dare "Sherry" and ~29% alcohol Leroux grenadine from the same time period with the heering so could give a trip report on those if it's "safer"
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Jorge Von Bacon posted:I was mistaken - it says 49 proof - the label is torn right there so I didn't look very closely. Even if you kill the bacteria, the taste probably won't be worth drinking a historic artifact.
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Oct 30, 2019 22:12
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The story behind that horrible old-fashioned video, yes you know the one.
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Oct 30, 2019 23:48
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This is historic.
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The story is even better than I expected, knowing how amazing the videos are.
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Oct 31, 2019 00:35
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That is wonderful. I want to know the back story of the Woodford Reserve Mint Julep and the dude with the coke now.
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Kenning posted:That is wonderful. I want to know the back story of the Woodford Reserve Mint Julep and the dude with the coke now. The mint julep is from the same shoot
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Oct 31, 2019 11:42
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:The mint julep is from the same shoot Nah, it's got a different actress, location, and producer.
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Oct 31, 2019 11:54
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Toast Museum posted:Nah, it's got a different actress, location, and producer. Which video is this?
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Oct 31, 2019 12:20
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chitoryu12 posted:Which video is this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk57WmewiRA
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Oct 31, 2019 13:00
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This is a war crime.
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chitoryu12 posted:This is a war crime. I can't believe you hadn't seen that one yet
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