ProtonEvoker ,

Personally a fan of the Sonic Screwdriver, because I like my drinks like I like my ladies: sweet, bubbly, geeky as hell, and able to knock my ass out.

2 parts Sprite

2 parts orange juice

1 part vanilla vodka

1 part Blue Curaçao

Combine and serve in a highball glass on the rocks.

residentmarchant ,

All time favorite: Jungle Bird. The perfect mix of tiki drink in spirit but with a punch and grown up flavors!

Also love me a Bee's Knees with some high quality gin and honey. There's a fantastic New England distillery called Barr Hill that makes gin from honey, which makes for an extra amazing one.

I've really been enjoying the "Sour" format lately, too. Very versatile with all the random liquors or lower-proof alcohols I've collected over the past few years making random drinks.

dutchkimble ,

Replace the Grapefruit from your Paloma with some Japaleno brine and it's my current go to

pelletbucket ,
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back when i drank, mint julep.

Jedi ,
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Caipiroska, a Caipirinha variant with Vodka instead of cachaça

https://iba-world.com/caipirinha/

BarrelAgedBoredom ,

Gimlets with homemade lime cordial if I'm trying to get hammered. Alternatively: death in the afternoon to black out

Dark n stormy with lemon hart 151 and a couple dashes of ango if I'm feeling lazy

Old fashioneds with a nice barrel proof bourbon to unwind

Amaretto sour for something sweet

Vieux carre if I want vermouth

There's a whole wide world of fancy booze out there, I couldn't pick just one favorite lol

Track_Shovel ,

Dubonnet Manhattan

Imgonnatrythis ,

A Right Hand.

You have to make it yourself though because unfortunately no one knows what the hell this delicious drink is.

Prontomomo ,

Sazerac - basically a Louisiana old fashioned

  • 2 oz Rye whiskey
  • 1/4 oz dark simple syrup ( like Turbinado, Demerara, etc)
  • 5ish dashes of Peychaud’s bitters
  • rinse glass with absinthe (I swear it doesn’t taste like anise/licorice at all in the end)
  • lemon twist
  • serve straight up
Dasus ,
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Depending on how much money I've got, either rum and soda or vodka-martini.

That's for drinking at home, getting pantsdrunk.

makingStuffForFun ,
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The paloma sounds amazing. Thank you.

I'm revisiting the classic Old Fashion. I love it.

Lennnny ,
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I've been experimenting with my own, and this one is my new fave.

Jelly Baby

2 oz peach Eddies
0.5 oz aperol
3 oz pineapple juice
2 oz Squirt soda
Splash peach syrup

I love fruity strong cocktails and this one tastes just like jelly babies. It's so good!

HAL_9_TRILLION ,

Scotch and soda.

fubarx ,

Moonlight Vodka Martini (own recipe)

  • Two shots of Skyy vodka
  • Dolin Dry Vermouth
  • Dash of Grand Marnier
  • Jigger of seltzer water
  • Quick shake with a lot of crushed ice
  • Garnished with garlic-stuffed green olive
Alfredo_DisguidoAlCazzo ,

Why do you pur seltzer water if you then shake it?

fubarx ,

Gives it a little fizz and cuts down the harsh edge. It's a very small amount.

PM_Your_Nudes_Please , (edited )

I think the point was that seltzer (and anything carbonated, really) would typically be added after shaking. If you add it before, you’re immediately losing all the carbonation when you shake it (and you’re likely going to have your shaker pop open mid-shake from the pressure.) Try adding it after shaking instead, and you’ll find it to be much more bubbly.

And as for cutting down the harsh edge, that’s mostly coming from the crushed ice in your shaker; When you shake, the ice melts and waters your drink down. There are three big ways to cut harshness from alcohol: Sugar, citrus, or water. Adding any of the three will help counteract the harshness from alcohol. So when you’re shaking, you’re inadvertently adding water. Then the seltzer water is just watering it down even more.

And a jigger in a martini glass is definitely not a very small amount. A .75oz jigger is almost a quarter of the 4oz martini glass.

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