Here is an interesting one from Death & Co. that combines tiki flavors with the complex bitterness of beer, of all things. It’s not much beer by volume, so it’s not nearly the predominant flavor. It’s a little weird seeing, but it really works!
I've been getting into tiki cocktails lately and came across this one on a German-language spirit review blog (https://schlimmerdurst.net/2019/04/09/saarwhisky-absinthe/). It's a weird concoction with absinthe as the base liquor and I love it! I'll have to upgrade my 0.2l bottle of absinthe to a full-size one.
We got to visit a friend with a boat, so I blended up a quick batch of Jeffrey Morganthaler’s Piña Colada for the ride. It’s easy and unreasonably delicious for a hot day on the water!
I know this is a bit controversial, I've done a tiny bit of research on it. But honestly, until last night, I didn't realize people used anything but 1:1.
I am all in favor of this. There are beer flights at so many restaurants but tiny strong & delicious cocktails with small foods would be such a great starter to a meal. Something bitter but not enough to get drunk and not be able to enjoy the food.
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Wanted something not boozy for today. Have some really nice white wine open but didn't want that straight either, so this is a sort of sangria, sort of spritz.
I fucking love the zero waste ideas, kvass, tepache, the orgeat from avocado pits. Funny that the drink doesn't seem to use the strawberry syrup that gave her the idea in the first place, and I don't think you would need to throw out the tops for kvass, they can go in.
I fucking love the zero waste ideas, kvass, tepache, the orgeat from avocado pits. Funny that the drink doesn't seem to use the strawberry syrup that gave her the idea in the first place, and I don't think you would need to throw out the tops for kvass, they can go in.
This is adjusted to what I had on hand, and I increased the lemon after tasting it. The tangelo juice is so good, drank the rest of that straight. Squeezed the oj to make a Harvey Wallbanger then found I had no vodka!
This is a slight modification of a drink I found called The Lighter Side (inappropriate name, it's boozy) which was 2oz bourbon, 1/2oz Aperol and 1/4oz peach liqueur with a twist of lemon.
A Whiskey Ditch is just whiskey and water. Montana legend says people used to use slushy snow from the edge of a ditch. I don't know how sanitary that is, but I like using fresh snow.
I sometimes struggle trying to find a good drink recipe and filter out the "that's not a real xyz, my buddy adds _ to his" posts online. It seems like everyone has their own take on every named cocktail that it's hard finding what the real one is and what's just somebody (or something AI's) take on it. It's hard to trust that what you see is an authentic recipe or not.
About a year ago, @RBWells@lemmy.world posted a link to some cocktails with Asian flavors. I had some friends over for mapo tofu tonight and tried this smoky, fruity one. It was really nice! I couldn’t find dragon fruit juice, just a purée, so it was a little close to a smoothie… but still tasty. And goofy photogenic.
We visited San Antonio Texas and my friend had said she got the best margarita of her life. While we enjoyed seeing the city, I think I need to make her a margarita because they were trash.
I really liked this article - one of the things I do struggle with is cocktails to accompany food; everyone in my circle likes cocktails more than wine, but wine is The Food Drink. My personal#1 favorite drink for food is plain or iced water, so I tend to do an aperitif, food with water, then digestif and/or sweet cocktail and make a wine available for the food too, that works but a cocktail for dinner would be well received.
Lots of recipes here. The top image is so pretty too. I use their site enough that I subscribed to the print magazine, but didn't make any of these this year for me.
Phone camera absolutely refused to focus on this drink, but it's pretty good tasting. I'm out of orange liqueur, had a little vodka and half a lemon wanted something lighter for Sunday.
Wrapping up the weekend with a whiskey sour, a variation that came through my news feed, with orange juice (I have Tangelos, fantastic tangy juice) and absinthe (used Lucid)
I haven't had time or funds to go to the liquor store, out of the staples, so am left with a very odd assortment of ingredients. This recipe made very good use of some things I had on hand. The cinnamon doesn't add much flavor, it's more of a sensation - very nice!
I used a smoking gun to smoke a big batch of Manhattans for a party, and it was so dark and delicious. I love using an Erlenmeyer flask for this; pouring the drink from it with the smoke looks like a science experiment and gets a good laugh.
We cooked a bunch of Trinidadian food last night for a party and so I wanted to do something rum-based and citrusy to compliment the spicy main (doubles, if you’re curious). This fit the bill! Super bright and flavorful. It’s supposed be served in a tall, clear glass with a red sherry floated, but I only had a lighter sherry and wanted to use my pineapple glasses ¯_(ツ)_/¯ This recipe is from Smuggler’s Cove.
Here’s one I hadn’t tried from Employees Only in NYC. So simple and so good! I love mezcal and pineapple together. I didn’t mess with honey-pineapple syrup, I used half the quantity of a Demerara simple syrup I had on hand instead and poured the pineapple a little heavy. Delicious!
A really delightful equal-parts recipe from The Garret in NYC, presumably it’s a play on The White Lady or The Pink Lady? This is certainly the most recent of the three, and wow, it’s so great… where has it been all my life??
Was making a paper plane today, I always double the bourbon and add a splash of Campari. Amaretto/Bourbon sour, double the bourbon. In general, it seems drink recipes are often too sweet for my palate
Working up a cocktail for a party to celebrate a half-Philippine wedding. Calamansi puree was available from Walmart so that's what I'm trying. So far, this is quite good.
Trying to get ahead of the game, I’ve got six people staying with me for a week this holiday season and I would love to make a kind of batch cocktail. I’ve made egg nog in the past and loved it, but I’ve got two avid egg nog haters and one gluten free dietary restriction. Is there anything I can make that is generally well liked but still fun? I like decorating my drinks and making them all fancy. I mostly drink whiskey based cocktails, but I also enjoy every kind of cocktail that doesn’t have gin.
This one I find worth the fuss. Made a partially batched version for Thanksgiving last year and it was a big hit. Easier to measure when making a bottle of it, I premixed the booze, then day of mixed the juices/honey, it was easy enough then to shake or tell someone how to make it.
I don't understand how they get this drink to look pretty in pictures, maybe the dark rum is not as dark? Anyway - sitting here watching the sideways rain and enjoying a hurricane.
This is a weird one. I was feeling experimental today, made one drink that went straight down the drain (fresh OJ & lemon, vodka, absinthe, St. Germaine, don't ask) but this I am enjoying, tart, smoky, bitter. Sort of a margarita variation.
I’m heading off to the liquor store later this week in search of some ingredients for the Christmas cocktails recommended to me. I’ve got vodka and spiced rum I like, but for things like Coquito and the Godfather, I’m not sure what brands would work best. I’ll need a whisky (or bourbon?) white rum and amaretto. What do all of yall like for mixing?
Boring picture but not a boring drink. Whole Foods here had the best, ripest, most perfect yuzu I have ever seen. Got 6 of them, making a liqueur from the zest, and I juiced them and got about 4oz, not bad as they are mostly seeds.
I ended up with a 2L of Deep Eddy Grapefruit vodka. A year later, still have about 2L and want to leverage it for Thanksgiving in a punch or sangria, something that will use a lot of grapefruit vodka. Thinking about cranberry and rosemary maybe, I have many liqueurs and time enough to get any mixer.
I have no idea how to get it to look like the picture in the article, it has to be photoshopped. But it's delicious. Increased both tequila and raspberry syrup to 1 oz to make it easier to scale, did use the teabags in the syrup and let it steep longer than she said, still this beautiful pink not vampire red.
I am having another pineapple and whiskey drink and thinking that combination has to be my favorite. And everyone to whom I've recommended it seems to love it. I put whiskey in my pineapple upside down cakes now, even. There is just such an affinity between the flavors.
I guess my palate is modern, because amaretto sour is way too sweet for me. I do mine as a bourbon sour with some amaretto. But I'm interested in this stuff.
To celebrate the return of electricity. All my remaining lemons & limes were lost to mold and I've not restocked yet, so something different. As close as I could get to Chancellor #2.
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