i want a new drink

(I can't drink it except in certain circumstances as it makes me randy as a vicar, but still.)

Gin & bitter lemon
Whisky & soda
Whisky Mack (whisky & ginger wine)
Vodka & grapefruit juice
Vodka & cranberry juice
Vodka & ginger ale
Brandy & soda

Me, I like sherry, but that's old lady, not old man.

ooo...even better: SALTY DOG!

Perry is another new favourite. I like most of Alba's suggestions. I've become quite the gin drinker over the last year as well.

Rye whiskey! With ginger, if you want.

When I want a good old man drink, I get an Old Fashioned - preferably prepared by my wife's grandfather. Whiskey, sugarcube, soda, bitters, and an orange slice in some strange secret combination.

For true novelty, have a Dirty Rollie Fingers - a shot of vodka, a shot of brine from the jar of whatever happenes to be pickled at the bar (pickled egg brine in the case of my local bar), and a dash of Tabasco. Add a slice of jalapeno for garnish if you want.

kumquat vodka slushies

go to trader joes and pick up a few of packages of kumquats some stoli and a bag of ice. plug in your blender and there you go.

not old mannish at all, though. this is going to turn into a fantasy drinking league thread.

aaaaaaagghghghgllalalalaghghghghghghggggg

No muss, no fuss, just drop a shot glass of bourbon in a pint of beer, then drink.

THEN muss and fuss.

Rye Whiskey, lime juice and sugar syrup shaken with an egg white and topped off with a good Bordeaux.

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pisco sour (if you're wanting the eggwhite) - mikeyG makes a mean one

Also, I forgot, must be regular coke, not diet. Tastes like the contents of a fire extinguiser if you use diet...

Yeah, no doubt. Almost everything does. Vodka and diet is pretty much undrinkable to me. Spiced Rum and diet I can handle though.

I need a new gin drink.

Bourbon would do, too.

I need a new gin drink.

i haven't read this thread so maybe it's already been suggested, but how about a gin delicious?

I would like a drink from the bourbon family that is a real sipper, something I can nurse over a long period of time, but yet is not straight up or on the rocks or whatevs--I'd like a little something to round it out.

salt the rim.

a friend of mine made me an old fashioned the other night and it was a great sipper. tasty as hell.

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does anybody else have negative associations with certain types of liquor or whatever, other than the usual "oh last time I drank that barf yak fat anal fighting DUI etc?" because I just realized I have serious feelings of a large beef between me and bourbon.

fuck that drink

scotch and root beer = awesome

there's that episode of Cheers where I think Norm comes in all down on himself and asks Sam for "whatever it is losers drink" and Sam asks some extra at the back end of the bar what he's drinking and the extra says "Manhattan" so Sam makes Norm a Manhattan

although I guess since he says a line that technically makes him not an extra

Q, you need look no further than the manhattan. Make sure to use good vermouth, though - I think Cleveland Park Wines carries Carpano Antica and Vya.

(uh, xpost to tom's manhattan loser drink comments)

i have extremely bad feelings toward gin. i went years without having any, then i thought that perhaps it was just huge quantities that i had a problem with but no. a few innocent sips led to vomit. for some reason my antipathy is so strong that tonic water is guilty by frequent association with gin. if i even smell tonic water, i feel ill.

i don't see how anyone could hate alcohol. shame on you tom.

I have some bad feelings about vodka but that's because whenever I end up drinking it I'm having a pretty shitty night already.

bourbon's pulled a lot of slimy shit on me since I turned of age.

wait Brian you are kidding about scotch and root beer, right? Because it sounds so vile that it. . . just might work.

OK confession: I do not know how to properly mix something like a Manhattan. I suppose it is high time I learned.

I avoid vodka, not due to any particular beef but just because I don't like it. People who say you can't taste it when mixed have something seriously wrong with their tastebuds.

also lol at the dude at the bar last week who claimed vodka was "too bitter"

same dude who pointed to my campari and soda and asked if it was a jack & coke

scotch and root beer tasted like smoky alcoholic root beer, so it's kind of a winner.

hahaha @ campari in not a jack and coke shockah.

OK brian you were telling me about something that was maybe kinda like campari but not so bitter and started with an 'a,' I think? Aperbol or something like that?

http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/images/aperol.jpg

oh good for me--I was somewhat close. Now what does this stuff taste like and what do I do with it?

Gimlet. So simple, so classic, so stiff, so delish... Gin > vodka but both great. And it's the only drink that gives you the 'gimlet eye'.

Manhattan:

2.5 oz rye (or bourbon)
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes bitters
maraschino cherry (the for serious kind, Luxardo sells them in jars)

waht vermouth to get? I read somewhere that the usual rossi and whatever stuff was crap.

aperol is much less bitter than campari, so it's easier to mix with. I've been doing about 3oz aperol + 1/2oz orgeat syrup + 1/4oz lemon juice for something really light, it's also good with soda or in a champagne cocktail.

Carpano Antica is my favorite sweet vermouth, Vya and Punt e Mes are also quite good.

the only alcohol in my apartment right now is a half bottle of vermouth and a bottle of white wine. i'm not up for experimentation right now.

Vermouth will go bad, so keep it in the fridge and remember to drink it regularly once you open a bottle. (I apply the latter advice to all my bottles)

x-post -- So you say.

oh ok I was thinking that carpano antica was bitters! so then: waht bitters should I get?

also: what can you do with vermouth other than put tiny amounts in cocktails? how to finish up bottle with promptitude?

steamed mussels. vermouth, some stock, some garlic...

put LOTS of vermouth in cocktails

kevin if you ever want to experiment you can come over

http://img39.picoodle.com/img/img39/6/10/27/f_barm_3a720bc.jpg

damn.

are those in...cardboard bozes?

er...boxes.

Cardboard bozos.

does anybody else have negative associations with certain types of liquor or whatever, other than the usual "oh last time I drank that barf yak fat anal fighting DUI etc?" because I just realized I have serious feelings of a large beef between me and bourbon.

Gin is the usual "oh noes, memories of barfing" thing, but I avoid blended scotches because they give me terrible heartburn. No other hard stuff does it...dunno why. And single malts don't seem to be a problem.

there was a time when i had a decently stocked home bar but.... situations, complications etc.

does anybody else have negative associations with certain types of liquor

i have extremely bad feelings toward gin.

Gin seconded. Much like people can't understand how I can drink Guinness, I can't understand how people can drink gin. To me it tastes so bad and strong that it overpowers any drink that contains it. Also it gives me bad hangovers.

Vodka - particularly vodka & coke - has negative associations because of the many many times I got drunk on it and acted like a complete idiot/bastard.

guiness always struck me as being too watery, it's not as stout as it looks like it should be.

Well Guinness is a lighter stout. Imperial stout is stouter in the sense of having a higher alcohol content, and milk stout is stouter because it's thicker. But milk stout I think is bleurgh because of it's sweet taste.

I know what you mean though, the head on Guinness makes it look as though it should be as thick as gravy.

I heart Fernet-Branca.

I got a bottle of this for xmas and am about to start drinking it from the bottle i think

ok im a pussy im drinking disaronno instead

It takes a few shots to figure out Fernet's goodness.

Does anyone else get Huey Lewis & the News stuck in their head after reading this title?