foggy ,

I like tiki drinks.

Painkillers are incredible. I'll take 12.

measurements:

  • 2 oz Dark Rum (preferably Pusser's Rum, as it's the traditional choice)
  • 4 oz Pineapple Juice
  • 1 oz Orange Juice
  • 1 oz Cream of Coconut
    *Garnish: Grated Nutmeg and optionally a pineapple wedge or cherry

Instructions:

  • Combine Ingredients: In a shaker, add the dark rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, and cream of coconut with ice.
  • Shake Well: Shake vigorously until well chilled.
  • Strain: Strain the mixture into a hurricane glass or large snifter filled with ice.
  • Garnish: Generously grate fresh nutmeg on top of the drink and, if you like, add a pineapple wedge or cherry for decoration.
pezmaker ,
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I really like both the Jungle Bird and Artichoke Hold served on crushed ice as tiki drinks.

The Jungle Bird

  • 1.5 oz Jamaican rum
  • .75 oz Campari
  • 1 oz pineapple juice, preferably fresh
  • .5 oz lime juice
  • .5 oz Demerara syrup (1:1 sugar to water)
    Shake on ice and strain into crushed ice. Garnish: pineapple wedge and frond

Artichoke Hold:

  • 0.75 oz Jamaican Rum preferably Smith & Cross
  • 0.75 oz Cynar
  • 0.5 oz Elderflower Liqueur preferably St Germain
  • 0.75 oz Lime Juice
  • 0.5 oz Orgeat

Same as above, shake on ice and strain onto crushed ice.

evasive_chimpanzee ,

The jungle bird is one of the greatest. I typically use blackstrap rum. I've even clarified it before with milk

YaksDC ,
@YaksDC@lemm.ee avatar

Absolute favorite is the Sazerac. Any recipe you find use less sugar.

BarrelAgedBoredom ,

Do you make yours with a split base of rye and cognac or do you go for straight rye? Love me a good Sazerac! If you haven't had one yet, give the bijou or la louisiane a try too. Both are delicious new orleans style cocktails

YaksDC ,
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I like it straight rye mostly but always love to try and see if a good bartender can make it 50/50 too.

static_caster ,

The Last Word is my favorite, but I rarely have the ingredients on hand. The Bees Knees is a more common go-to.

jaaake ,

Naked & Famous is my favorite. It’s been described as the result of a Oaxacan love affair between The Last Word and a Paper Plane.

LNRDrone ,

I don't do cocktails much, mostly because I don't really have the ingredients around.
One I like to do now and then is whisky (around half the drink, preferably spicy rye) and the rest about equal proportions of apple juice and ginger ale, poured over a chunk of ice.

JohnSwanFromTheLough ,

Jameson Whiskey

Ginger Ale

Ice

Squeeze of lime

Lime slices

Dosukoi ,

Daytime: Caeser

Nighttime: Negroni or Manhattan

Frozengyro ,

Those are my go to as well, except bloody Mary, but similar to a Caesar.

JakenVeina ,

Dark & Stormy is my favorite, from what I've tried

spittingimage ,
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My usuals are the Black Russian and the Gin and Tonic.

Black Russian = 1 jigger vodka, 1 jigger kahlua and coke, in a tall glass.

G&T = 2 jigger gin, a splash of Rose's lemon squash and tonic water, in a tall glass.

atp2112 ,

I'm partial to the New Orleans cocktails. If I'm making a Sazerac, I like this variation.

On the whole, though, my favorite has to be the Vieux Carré

  • 3/4 oz rye
  • 3/4 oz cognac
  • 3/4 oz sweet vermouth
  • 1/3 oz Bénédictine D.O.M
  • 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters
  • Optional absinthe rinse (I usually keep some absinthe in an atomizer because I refuse to throw out perfectly good absinthe)

Serve in a rocks glass with a lemon twist

At the same time, though, my love for bitter sometimes draws me to a Bonsoni:

  • 2 oz Carpano Antica vermouth
  • 1/2 oz Fernet Branca
Semi-Hemi-Demigod , (edited )
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

I normally like my liquor with just a splash of water, but I do make a mean mojito. The secret, which I discovered by accident, is adding a bit of catnip along with the mint. It has a smoother minty flavor which compliments the lime juice really well

Also, catnip tea is commonly used to help people sleep, so you get nice and relaxed without drinking too much.

colournoun ,

I would like to know how you found out about the cat nip thing by accident.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod ,
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

My catnip and mint grow next to each other and I harvested some by mistake, then got curious about what it would taste like.

doc ,

I have both of these, dry, in jars next to each other. If they weren't labeled I'd have to smell and maybe even taste to tell them apart. Fresh they look similar with smallish deeply textured leaves.

guyrocket , (edited )
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I quit drinking a while ago, but before I did I was exploring quite a few different things. Kind of amazing how much different alcohol there is.

Some highlights:

  1. Belgian beers. Trappist stand out in this field but it is very difficult to go wrong. This encompasses very high quality beers (best in the world, IMHO) of dizzying variety. Sour (NOT bitter like an IPA...SOUR), fruit beers (lambic), wheat, doubles, triples, reds, browns, and more. Here is a nice guide.
  2. Rye whiskey. several varieties exist and most of them very unique tasting. Search enough and you'll find some very unusual ones.
  3. Vodka martinis. The drunk's drink.
  4. Sipping tequila. Costco had some sort of house brand that was amazing. I only recommend agave but there are less good varieties.
  5. Bloody Marys. Some places make these with so much food in them they could be a meal. I like spicy.
  6. Ouzo chased by Coke is an amazing taste. Try it sometime if you never have.
  7. Pepper vodka. I had some I bought in Ukraine (years ago) that was amazing. Pepper meaning spicy pepper not black pepper. Do not buy the absolut version it is shit.
electric_nan ,

No shit that Kirkland brand añejo is absolutely a good sipper!

guyrocket ,
@guyrocket@kbin.social avatar

That's the stuff! Cheap and fucking amazing taste.

something_random_tho ,

Mai Tai. All the joy of vacationing on a beach, without the beach.

Nakedportafilter ,

Not a specific drink suggestion, but I really love “vector bar”. It’s an app where you can track the ingredients you have on hand, and it will give you recipes based on what you have. It has a lot of other great features, too.

Motorheadbanger ,

Painkiller, which is piña colada for grown-ups

Whiskey Sour, skip the egg

Classic Daiquiri (not the slush one)

proudblond ,

Aviation. I like gin and I don’t care for bitter much.

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