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if you're straining a shaken cocktail and getting a noticeable amount of non-ice solids in your mesh strainer, you probably need to be straining your citrus juice before making drinks.
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my kinda ape posted:https://www.caskers.com/linden-leaf-cocktail-elements-orange/ These seem pretty good so far if you want to add an expression of orange/lemon/lime without actually keeping fruit on hand. Caskers loving sucks though. The Cocktail Elements stuff shipped in a timely manner but the other 3 bottles I ordered shipped from 3 different vendors. One made a shipping label right away and then sat on it for a week+ before actually shipping it, it finally got delivered today. Another got charged to my credit card and they haven't even bothered making a shipping label, and the last had an initial charge when I ordered two weeks ago that has now disappeared and Caskers sent me an email this morning saying there is an issue with my payment and I need to contact my bank to have it fixed (??? I used my Amex card which is working fine) or they will cancel my order in a week. Clown company. Anybody have any favorite recipes that require a citrus expression for the full effect so I can try them out some more?
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Apr 21, 2023 00:21
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Just a basic fine mesh strainer should be enough. I think mine is whatever they sell at walmart/target and I’ve had it for years. If it clogs between drinks then I invert it and tap against the wall of sink. Knocks it all loose. Maybe a quick rinse. Spoon squish trick works too as others have said. If it clogs a lot and you can’t get through one drink then maybe you just have more pulp than usual. Could be the quality of the ice creating lots of shards. Depends on the drink and the volume you’re making I guess. But I wouldn’t worry about it too much. It’s just a strainer.
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Apr 21, 2023 00:46
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Yea straining your citrus first is a great idea. Also a toothbrush every once in a while works wonders for cleaning your mesh. Otherwise, and this is the equivalent of “did you try turning it off and back on again,” you are using a Hawthorne strainer at the same time, right?
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The Maestro posted:Yea straining your citrus first is a great idea. Also a toothbrush every once in a while works wonders for cleaning your mesh. Yes. I am going to get a new hawthorne. I have the OXO one and am going to get the cocktail kingdom one w/ the really tightly wound coil. I just hate having to pay shipping for amazon purchases.
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Apr 21, 2023 06:03
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Ugh I hated the Oxo one so bad
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Scythe posted:Shochu and chuhai beg to differ, as do the ten billion salarymen passed out drunk every night near every train station in Tokyo. In the many adaptations of Japanese products served at American restaraunts, I generally have found the Chuhai to be conspicuously absent. Fresh fruit, soda, and alcohol base is just tasty.
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If you really need to clean your strainer just soak it in some bleach water for ten minutes then toss it in the dishwasher
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Apr 21, 2023 15:03
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Fun tip involving Hawthorne strainers: you can remove the spring and pop it into your shaker tin with egg whites to get more foam out of your dry shakes.
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Apr 21, 2023 15:47
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I have two mesh strainers, and I find one is SIGNIFICANTLY better for filtering ice while still allowing the drink to flow. The other gets jammed with ice shards and kinda sucks. Not sure why, maybe size of the mesh holes is different, or form factor. I wanna get one that looks more vertically conical, mine are kinda rounded and flat.
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https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cocktail+kingdom+hawthorne+strainer&sprefix=cocktail+kingdom+ha%2Caps%2C173 What is the difference between 0, 2 and 4 prongs? Is one better than the others for some reason? I'm guessing the Koriko is the one to focus on?
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I have this one: https://a.co/d/30LCmHa I never noticed prongs until you posted about them, just that there’s no handle and that’s easier to use for me. Works fine.
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Waltzing Along posted:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cocktail+kingdom+hawthorne+strainer&sprefix=cocktail+kingdom+ha%2Caps%2C173 Koriko 2 prong was always my favorite
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JUST MAKING CHILI posted:I have this one: https://a.co/d/30LCmHa That's the one I have and I don't think any hawthornes have handles. Do they?
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Pander posted:I have two mesh strainers, and I find one is SIGNIFICANTLY better for filtering ice while still allowing the drink to flow. The other gets jammed with ice shards and kinda sucks. Not sure why, maybe size of the mesh holes is different, or form factor. There are 2 common gauges for strainer meshes, one tighter and one looser. You can tell if you look closely
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Waltzing Along posted:That's the one I have and I don't think any hawthornes have handles. Do they? Mine has one...
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Waltzing Along posted:That's the one I have and I don't think any hawthornes have handles. Do they? Yep and I hate the form factor of them, which is why I got the oxo one without it!
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I just remembered how much I love a classic 2:1:2 Manhattan with half an ounce of Ancho Reyes added. So good
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I had zero time to go anywhere but a supermarket by the hotel on my business trip to Brazil, and the most expensive bottle was this one at about $11USD, but it's pretty drat good  
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Snow Cone Capone posted:I had zero time to go anywhere but a supermarket by the hotel on my business trip to Brazil, and the most expensive bottle was this one at about $11USD, but it's pretty drat good That's a good looking caipirinha
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TengenNewsEditor posted:That's a good looking caipirinha Lol I was gonna post this verbatim except "fine"
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Aww thanks friends 
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Ypioca is a good choice
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I've a mess off grapefruit, any fun cocktail ideas beyond greyhounds?
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Palomas!
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Especially if you use a nice smoky mescal instead of just tequila, +1 to Palomas.
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Siesta's are nice 1 1/2 ounces tequila 3/4 ounce lime juice 1/2 ounce grapefruit juice 3/4 ounce simple syrup 1/4 ounce Campari
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I remember posting a nice grapefruit cocktail a little while ago, lemme find it...Sir Lemming posted:After being blown away by a cocktail called Grapefruit Smash at a restaurant in Raleigh called Brewery Bhavana, I finally got off my lazy butt and made some honey syrup (and bought some grapefruit). Their menu lists the ingredients as "gin, aperol, grapefruit, honey, lime" and I think I managed to get the proportions right on the 2nd try.
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Navy Grogs and Volcano Bowls are some of my favorites but if I just want something simple, fruity and long a sea breeze with a nice unaged rum can be nice too. Just fill a glass with ice, add 2oz of whatever white rum you like, Banks 5 Island has been my preferred lately, strain half a grapefruits juice in and top with a bit of cranberry juice.
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Buy a decent bottle of umeshu and just add grapefruit juice and soda water if you want some fizz. Dunno what it's called but it's delicious.
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Hemingway Daiquiris. Peel the grapefruit and make a tasty syrup also
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Fart Car '97 posted:Siesta's are nice What a pleasing shade of pink this makes.  Also quite tasty. I hadn't ever thought of Campari with tequila, but it's not a bad combo
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Tonight I made pomegranate daiquiris for my wife and I (since she got gifted a bottle of Pama pomegranate liqueur): 1oz Pama 1oz pineapple-infused rum I had leftover (50/50 Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still / Plantation 3 star, marinated pineapple for 3 weeks) 3/4oz lime juice 1/2 demerara syrup 3 drops tiki bitters We both really liked it, hope someone else out there does too!
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got some chores tonight posted:i would not describe myself as someone who prefers "sweet" cocktails, but i also recently noticed the discrepancy between beachbum and smugglers cove and i agree that a jungle bird does better with 4 oz pineapple juice than 2 oz. I'd have to agree with this. I love Campari - Campari neat is one of my favorite drinks - but the Jungle Bird is just better as a highball. The other night I felt like a Jungle Bird but wanted to use Orgeat. I found the Bermuda Hundred which has Gin in place of Rum and Orgeat for Simple. It sounded interesting but it was very disappointing; don't bother. Mr. Wiggles posted:About half the time I replace the campari with Cynar 70. This is very good. Goddamn I just saw this, need to try it next time. TengenNewsEditor fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Apr 25, 2023 |
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I haven’t been to BevMo! often lately, but wow! They’re actually trying to compete with Costco now, carrying a lot of 1.75 L bottles at competitive prices They should have done this along time ago Too bad their selection isn’t as good now. 40% of the store is snacks now Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Apr 25, 2023 |
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How long can a premixed Negroni last? I like Negronis, but if I have three in a night or two nights back to back, it’s kind of a pain to keep making them when I’m just at home hanging out. Could I mix a batch of them and have them keep for a few days…up to a week maybe? Or would something go bad/get lost? Seems like it’s ok but some sites mention proper sealing…do I need to worry about that over a week? I’d put it in a Tupperware or mason jar I guess. nwin fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Apr 26, 2023 |
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I'd imagine the gin and campari you could keep together. The vermouth you'd probably want to keep separate. I dunno if it would be okay for a day or two or not. But for a 3 ingredient drink of equal amounts, what's so bad about spending a minute making it?
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Waltzing Along posted:I'd imagine the gin and campari you could keep together. The vermouth you'd probably want to keep separate. I dunno if it would be okay for a day or two or not. But for a 3 ingredient drink of equal amounts, what's so bad about spending a minute making it? I just get tired of washing the jigger and spilling on the counter honestly.
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nwin posted:I just get tired of washing the jigger and spilling on the counter honestly. Don't spill and/or get some speed pourers?
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nwin posted:How long can a premixed Negroni last? If it’s in the freezer you could probably keep a batch for a month.
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