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adnam posted:It's funny i was so annoyed at your post I found a nearby bottle of Rare Breed and now am spending my lunchtime hour picking it up Helll yeah
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I got a Coravin kit for really cheap on black friday and it's pretty sweet. Now I don't have to feel bad about buying a bottle of wine for a cocktail because it won't go bad after I don't use 90% of it in a week or two 
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Anyone have any fun ideas for an averna and Mr. Black cocktail? Maybe bourbon, equal parts of each and then a.splash of dry Curacao?
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My rum collection now comprises: Smith & Cross Doctor Bird Denizen El Dorado 12 Year Barbancourt 5 Star Plantation 5 Year  Also is it bad that I tried Kraken and it's actually half-decent in certain cocktails?
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Snow Cone Capone posted:My rum collection now comprises: Not at all. Part of the fun of mixology is that when you are aware of the properties of what you're working with you can make adjustments to turn stuff like kraken into team players. It'd just probably make a lovely traditional daiquiri.
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Kraken’s not bad, really. It’s sweet but whatever. Pretty tolerable to drink out of a flask, if you find yourself in that situation.
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Carillon posted:Anyone have any fun ideas for an averna and Mr. Black cocktail? Maybe bourbon, equal parts of each and then a.splash of dry Curacao? I mean, your idea seems worth trying. But I find that it's much harder to do amaro + liqueur in a recipe I'm making up myself than it is to do just one or the other.
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Learn to love all spirits and the spirits will love you in turn
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Some friends came back from italy and gifted me a bottle of pistachio liqueur. It tastes pretty much like irish cream, but pistachio, which is to say, *delicious.* It's 100% tasty enough to drink on its own, but any thought to a mixed drink it might go with too?
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Visiting a friend who specifically requested his favorite drink of mine, so I've spent the weekend shaking up Mint Soaps:Kenning posted:Mint Soap I'll reiterate that this is an insanely refreshing drink and is worth a go, especially if you squeeze your pineapple juice fresh.
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Applicable to all: When in doubt, the Boulevardier spec is your friend. 1.5 spirit .75 amaro/bitter .75 sweet vermouth/dry/quina? Dash or two of interesting bitters? Garnish?
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Any thoughts to a good Rum Punch recipe? I like researching the national drinks of various countries and being that I have in-laws from Belize I found that Rum Punch is p.much a staple drink. I keep coming across variations of this: 1oz Light Rum 2oz Dark Rum (meaningless distinctions, I know, but they provide some guidance at least) 1oz triple sec 1oz sour mix 1oz cream of coconut 2 dashes grenadine top with pineapple juice My main thoughts are: 1- what's the conversion of sour mix to actual ingredients, and 2- I feel like the triple sec doesn't really stand a chance against all that rum, pineapple juice, and CoC. Anyone know of a more refined version I could try, or should I just mess around with this?
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i'm looking to buy my sister an interesting artisan rum and i think i'm sold on this spiced sweet potato rum https://www.thesweetpotatospiritcompany.com/collections/all-sp-products/products/sweet-potato-spiced-rum?variant=15659072847981 has anybody tried it?
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I try very hard not to be this guy. A little bit of knowledge goes a long way into making normal people think you're a tool.
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Strange Matter posted:Any thoughts to a good Rum Punch recipe? I like researching the national drinks of various countries and being that I have in-laws from Belize I found that Rum Punch is p.much a staple drink. “Rum punch” is a very broad and nebulous concept, even moreso than the martini. It’s just rum and juice at its heart. I’m sure everyone in Belize makes it differently. Just do whatever tastes good IMO.
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Strange Matter posted:Any thoughts to a good Rum Punch recipe? I like researching the national drinks of various countries and being that I have in-laws from Belize I found that Rum Punch is p.much a staple drink. https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=sour+mix Wikipedia posted:Sour mix (also known as sweet and sour mix) is a mixer that is yellow-green in color and is used in many cocktails.[1] It is made from approximately equal parts lemon and/or lime juice and simple syrup And there are plenty of Tiki drinks that use curacao or triple sec in about those proportions or less, with good results. I'd probably drop the coconut, but only because it feels like a bit of an 80s stereotype to put coconut flavouring in anything "tropical". That recipe will also have 4oz of hard liquor, so I'd aim for it to make two servings, unless you're going for something zombie-like.
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Helping a friend move There’s a ton of decades old booze  Is this still good  What about this Are all ports stale by now What about sherry Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Dec 5, 2022 |
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I'd try anything unopened and be very wary of anything opened and under 20-30%. I think that ice bucket is for also holding champagne flutes, so you can stick them in the ice to cool.
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Steve Yun posted:
Honestly that's an impressive amount of Midori to get through in only a couple decades.
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 Marsala, I’m guessing a fortified wine? A sweet and a dry. Is it the same as vermouth or different? Wonderful sediment.  My Campari from this year Vs Campari from the 80’s or 90’s Oh yeah I think a lot of these are from the 80’s and 90’s  Peppermint schnapps, seems fine. An Irish liqueur, I think fine? Rum, cork disintegrated. I think I’ll filter it through a coffee filter and rinse out the bottle and refill it Crème de menthe, seems fine Grappa di Prosecco, I’m assuming bad? Also tossed out: a dozen ports, a dozen syrups Biggest loss: Dom P from 1988. She’s going to open it on the off chance it’s salvageable but I’m doubtful. It was stored in an annex that wasn’t air conditioned. Edit: you know it’s fancy because it’s in a tall bottle  Edit: Need to make room now, there was a checklist of liquor recommendations from this thread I wanted to get to 
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Hell yeah Galliano. I just got back into mine this past weekend. I buy 375s of it so it fits on my shelf lol
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Love the old-style Pusser's bottle. The Rumple Minz is making me queasy just looking at it
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I dunno anything about whiskeys but apparently there's a bottle of Cutty Sark in my in-laws' cabinet that's been opened but barely touched and has sat there for something like 40-50 years Should I try it?
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Definitely. Straight liquor doesn't go bad.
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Marsala is indeed a fortified wine. It is not aromatized so is pretty different than vermouth. It’s really its own thing but I guess you could say its basically like a white port. My guess is your bottles are bad at this point. The grappa is probably okay, or at least as okay as it ever was. I’d definitely try the dom. That’s the coolest Galliano label I’ve ever seen. — Try the Cutty Sark. Like the grappa above, it’s probably just as okay (i.e. just as lovely) now as it was when it was new.
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Halloween Jack posted:Definitely. Straight liquor doesn't go bad. Not entirely true. It will oxidize, but if poster's bottle is mostly full, it should still be fine. I remember those Galliano bottles from back working at the party store. They were a pain in the rear end to manage on the shelf because they're so tall. And back then, 750 was all they shipped here.
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Holy shot that bottle of 34 year old Dom being lost would suck How much could you get for that ?
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Someone mentioned Shieldaig from total wine as a replacement for Laphroaig. From what I can read, they seem to be the same basic type of scotch, just one is higher end than the other? Is that right? For mixing it shouldn't make much of a difference?
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Yeah, I mentioned it. I've never tried Shieldaig, but it's from Islay and the reviews sound like it's similar to the rest of the scotches from that region. Islay is an island that for odd historical reasons (they didn't get a railroad bridge so they couldn't get coal to use for drying the grain) is known for its intensely smoky peaty flavors. Laphroaig is a classic Islay brand that has lots of name recognition, which affords it a certain premium price (it's also very good). Shieldaig appears to be trying to fill the "affordable Islay" niche, so the flavor profile should be fine for mixing, even if it's not as nice of a sipper.
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I grabbed a bottle. I don't know scotch at all, but it sure as hell has that peaty taste people talk about with Islays. It's pretty solid to my untrained palate, and just about half the price of the next-cheapest single-malt Islay. They also have a few other varieties, might try the Speyside single-malt once I'm done with this one. e: a bit of research shows that Shieldaig appears to be a private-label Total Wine brand, and they're nearly as protective of their sources as Costco/Kirkland. IIRC there's a limited number of regional distilleries, so odds are it's a half-decent, significantly pricier brand relabeled, tbh. Doesn't really make sense they'd buy their own distillery just to make the cheapest stuff on the market. Snow Cone Capone fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Dec 5, 2022 |
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On another note, I'm not gonna lie but so far I'm not really feeling the Denizen rum. It's very whiskey-ish, I guess? And not just the barrel aging. It's a bit funky, and very spicy. I dunno. Just doesn't wow me. The El Dorado 12 on the other hand is great. The barrel aging competes a bit with the amazing unique sweetness and makes me want to try the 5 year though!
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Snow Cone Capone posted:e: a bit of research shows that Shieldaig appears to be a private-label Total Wine brand, and they're nearly as protective of their sources as Costco/Kirkland. That makes sense, and I don't mind it at all if it means there's affordable mixing Islay around. I might pick up a couple bottles to make into jellied punches over the holidays to just get incredibly weird at my inlaws' house.
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Snow Cone Capone posted:On another note, I'm not gonna lie but so far I'm not really feeling the Denizen rum. It's very whiskey-ish, I guess? And not just the barrel aging. It's a bit funky, and very spicy. I dunno. Just doesn't wow me. The 5 year is my go-to Demerara, it’s so good
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Looking for some feedback from anyone who's made Wassail before. We're having a Christmas party this weekend and I wanted to try it out. I have Morgenthaler's eggnog ready, and going to have stuff to make some other holiday-ish cocktails, and wanted to have this as a hot drink option. I was thinking of this recipe on punch drink (and cutting it in half) https://punchdrink.com/recipes/wassail-2/ -I have a bunch of Amontillado sherry left over from the nog. How would that go here vs oloroso? -For ale, I have a ton of options on hand. It doesn't specify, and I was thinking something on the malty side would be good. I have a dopplebock which is tasty, but open to other suggestions. -I know if I include eggs I just have to be very patient about tempering them. How do the eggs enhance the wassail, and does everything stay combined the way its supposed to as it sits around during the evening? I'd hate to make this and have no one want it if it ends up looking gross. -We only have one crock pot that could be used for other things, thoughts on keeping it warm? I'd hate to leave it on a low burner in a pot since I won't be in the kitchen all evening. I could nuke a cup as needed maybe? Is this a dumb idea?
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No idea about the whole thing, but I have made mulled ale before, and I think you're on the right track with choosing a maltier beer. Doppelbock sounds perfect. Barleywine might also be good. Traditionally the beer would also have been flat, but I've found the bubbles tend to stir out as you heat the ale. I feel like warning it in batches makes sense if you're doing it over the course of an evening. The egg part does not sound like something that would be very heat (or time) stable. Also possibly weird - like a runny custard? And likely to be finicky. I would try it without first, and then experiment if you really want to later.
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Snow Cone Capone posted:I grabbed a bottle. I don't know scotch at all, but it sure as hell has that peaty taste people talk about with Islays. It's pretty solid to my untrained palate, and just about half the price of the next-cheapest single-malt Islay. They also have a few other varieties, might try the Speyside single-malt once I'm done with this one. Sheldaig is terrible but for the price ($24.99) not completely terrible. I'd advise getting the Costco Kirkland Islay ($39.99) which to my palate is similar to a Caol Ila profile. Fun fact, you don't need a Costco membership to purchase alcohol* *in select states , at least, yay USA
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adnam posted:Costco Kirkland Islay ($39.99) Lol Costco can't sell liquor in Canada, but also 
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