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To celebrate the first snow of the season, I made Piña Coladas with fresh Piña.
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Jan 12, 2024 03:25
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Correct response
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Qylvaran posted:To celebrate the first snow of the season, I made Piña Coladas with fresh Piña. Sweet. I had to explain the Miami Vice to my partner yesterday while discussing 90's cocktail trends that are coming back around, but drat those things are good.
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Jan 12, 2024 16:49
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Any of you tried Viva Agave? The only info I can find about it is from a Reddit post: "This is an agave spirit they [Cantera Negra] product at the same distillery and using the same methods as their premium line. They use 100% Blue Weber agave that is grown in Mexico but is not grown in the right state to be legally called a tequila. That is why it is so much cheaper. The family made these products so that they can have something that can compete on price for cocktails." Sounds intriguing, especially since it's $15 a liter here. That made me suspicious but the explanation for it being cheap makes sense. My cheap actual legal tequila is Cimarron at $30/liter, but I have to go out of state to get it. Anyway is it good? If no one's tried it I'll get a bottle and report back. I would only be using this in cocktails, I have other bottles for sippin' duty.
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Comb Your Beard posted:
FYI, you can buy Everclear 151 off the shelf in Virginia. Everclear 190 you can apply for a grain permit to buy for medical, culinary or commercial purposes.
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Jan 12, 2024 23:22
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We use 190 and proof it down to about 100 to make our nocino, which poo poo, I gotta start that for this year. e: I tried to use it to extra from our Christmas tree (we use last years tree to make a martini while decorating the next one,  ) and I had to proof it down to get it to start extracting any color at all.
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Jan 13, 2024 17:23
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Kevin DuBrow posted:FYI, you can buy Everclear 151 off the shelf in Virginia. Everclear 190 you can apply for a grain permit to buy for medical, culinary or commercial purposes. i feel weirdly blessed that the liquor store down the street carries Spiritus
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Jan 13, 2024 19:25
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Did this ever get posted here? Someone did a tear down of the Bartesian cocktail machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwRwQyNBNBA It was clear it was going to be a terrible machine but finding out the details of how terrible is 🤢
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Jan 14, 2024 06:31
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Matt Zerella posted:I forgot to post about this but I was out east on Long Island a few weeks ago and ended up at the Betterman Distillery. Got a Negroni with their dry gin and it was unbelievable. You were in my neck of the woods, Better Man is walking distance for me. I find the gin on my bar more and more lately. It started because I wanted to support local, but now it is because it's just good.
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Kevin DuBrow posted:FYI, you can buy Everclear 151 off the shelf in Virginia. Everclear 190 you can apply for a grain permit to buy for medical, culinary or commercial purposes. I did consider that but it was $28 for 750 mL and only at a farther store. Price seems pretty silly for basically an industrial commodity product. Got the caraway-anise bitters done with regular everclear, plantation oftd and evan williams 100. I proof down with separate hot water steep on all the same solid ingredients. Really nice result. Filtering is always the biggest hassle but I cut down on it by cold crashing and decanting off. Goes into a sazerac inspired thing with a rye - aquavit split base. Comb Your Beard fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Jan 16, 2024 |
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Jan 16, 2024 16:31
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I’ve been trying to get my hands on Technical Reserve. It’s 96% ABV and CA doesn’t allow anything above 153 proof Any ideas how one would get it in Los Angeles other than driving to Brooklyn
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Steve Yun posted:I’ve been trying to get my hands on Technical Reserve. It’s 96% ABV and CA doesn’t allow anything above 153 proof Industry Standard?
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Grand Fromage posted:Any of you tried Viva Agave? Follow up. I yolo'd the $15 to try it. On its own, yeah, don't. I wasn't expecting a sipper so no biggie. I don't like Cimarron straight either, really. So I made two margaritas, one with Cimarron, one with Viva Agave. It's pretty good? Like side by side I can definitely tell, the Viva Agave is a little more ethanol-y and sweeter, but it's fine. I'm not sure I would be able to tell if I wasn't trying it right next to a Cimarron marg. I'm going to try it in a couple more things before I decide, so far I'm leaning toward it being the same kind of basic decent cocktail blanco. (also picked up Lalo for a new sipper and boy, that's a good fuckin' tequila right there)
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I’ve made Bobby Burnses a lot over the holidays while entertaining but haven’t drank much this month. I thought since a Bobby Burns is basically a La Louisiane but with scotch instead of rye I made one tonight and added a dash of Peychauds. Great twist to a great drink! 2 oz Dewars white label 1 oz Cocchi di Torino .5 oz Benedictine 1 dash Peychauds Meyer Lemon peel twist
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Jan 20, 2024 05:48
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Oh god I’m going to blow through these Tempus Fugit bottles so quickly. The Crème de Cacao is markedly better than my DIY Cacao, and throwing together a Pink Squirrel or Grasshopper is insanely easy. I also made a Banana Hammock with the Crème de Banane, which is straight up banana bread. I kinda want to try and make another with half Giffard Banane du Bresil to see if it gives the cocktail a more layered banana note. I need to find an online store that is willing to ship to Michigan. There aren’t many.
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Michigan makes other control states look reasonable. Do they still require cash on delivery for all liquor?
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Corb3t posted:Oh god I’m going to blow through these Tempus Fugit bottles so quickly. The Crème de Cacao is markedly better than my DIY Cacao, and throwing together a Pink Squirrel or Grasshopper is insanely easy. Try a banana boulevardier with the Crème de Banane (just add a half ounce to a normal bourbon boulevardier). pretty great
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bloody ghost titty posted:Michigan makes other control states look reasonable. Do they still require cash on delivery for all liquor? I can order from SharedPour without issues. Shipping is often a bitch, but sometimes discounts will still make it below State minimum. They also allow discounted sales to MI, so we're apparently not being AS lovely about it as we have in the past.
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Right around when everything shut down for COVID, a ton of out of state liquor stores started shipping into Michigan and the State AG started handing out fines and sending threatening letters to many shippers that were caught. That caused a lot of them to cease shipping here altogether, but some have eased up since. Michigan's three tier is definitely a weird one - We can buy liquor from most grocery stores, Costco, and CVS, but stores can't bring something into the state without presenting it to the liquor control and getting approval, and I believe every store has to have access to it. Places like Total Wine sell Costco branded liquor, and you can buy liquor at Costco without a membership here. Ironically enough, Ohio has a much more strict three tier system, more limited selection, their Costcos don't sell liquor, but I'm able to place orders from more online stores like Astor Wines and Potomac Wines and have it delivered to my mom's place in Toledo with less issues, which is nice because at least I can ship in any brand I can't get. That's how I plan on getting my hands on Hampden Estate's Great House 2023, Pogos, and HCLF Classic rums that are coming out right about now. Corb3t fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Jan 20, 2024 |
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TengenNewsEditor posted:Try a banana boulevardier with the Crème de Banane (just add a half ounce to a normal bourbon boulevardier). pretty great Just tried this, seconded
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Jan 20, 2024 20:55
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Hell yeah, one (1) bottle of green Chartreuse at my local place
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Don't you mean zero bottles?
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Saw one the other day for $110.
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Been making this a lot. Personal creation but not that much of a departure. Volume approx, I free pour. Jasmine gin sour. Needs a better name. Stir with small cubes, strain, big cube. It looks super yellow when it's done. 2 oz gin (Bombay) 0.5 oz Dolin Genepy 0.5 oz Bianco Vermouth (Carpano) 0.5 oz Passion fruit syrup Lemon juice (whole small lemon or half a big one) Couple drops jasmine flavor extract diluted to 20% with everclear
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I love when the South America guys from work come up to visit
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Why are we still loving with Cuba? It really seems pointless and cruel. Oh, yeah. That's US foreign policy in a nutshell.
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i gently caress with cuba because they make good rum
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So this is one of the weirdest cocktails I've made for my partner. They asked me to riff on what they were feeling and I ended up with a cocktail that was equal parts: Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz St Elizabeths Allspice Dram Lofi Gentian Amaro 99 Bananas (I put my thumb on the scale a bit here) Pernod rinse of the glass It smells like luxardo cherry and tastes like watermelon then clove cigarettes, but in a good way. Very very weird, but fun.
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Carillon posted:So this is one of the weirdest cocktails I've made for my partner. They asked me to riff on what they were feeling and I ended up with a cocktail that was equal parts:
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Strange Matter posted:how do you fit all the bananas in the shaker The magic of distillation! And I mistyped, it was actually 99 Watermelon.
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Pink Squirrels are so good. 
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What exactly does crème do noyaux taste like?
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Jan 27, 2024 19:10
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It’s more of a cordial-like marzipan, almond, or amaretto-like flavor. They actually use the same stone fruit pit kernels to make imitation almond extract for baking for people who are allergic to nuts. 1:1:1 with heavy cream, crème de cacao, and some grated nutmeg, easy crowd-pleaser. I need to try using it in an espresso martini.
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If you can't find or don't want to buy a whole bottle and still want to try a pink squirrel you can probably get away with subbing amaretto and a little simple syrup. Won't be quite the same but not too far off.
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I picked up some Cruzan Black Strap today because I'm finally in a position to branch out a little in my rum collection and wow is that stuff like being hit in the face by a brick dipped in molasses. I made a Jungle Bird with it and it's like a completely different drink from using normal dark rum.
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I still can't find that stuff anywhere around me and it bums me out
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Snow Cone Capone posted:I still can't find that stuff anywhere around me and it bums me out 
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I would honestly trade a bottle of Green Chartreuse for equal-ish value of Cruzan blackstrap and maybe some other cool/weird rum if anybody was interested. It's simply not available within like 150 miles even according to Cruzan's website.
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I need a good mid-level mixable dark rum. I'm a whiskey guy and know poo poo about rum, but I plan on making a grog bowl for a party next weekend. 1:2:4 - lime juice:dark rum:water w/ sugar syrup + bitters for taste. Any recs?
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