Good evening gents. With the heat the way it's been, we in the midst of it are always on the lookout for cooling refreshment. The usual suspects of sun tea, plain iced water, and other mild concoctions of course comes to mind easily. I also enjoy fortefied dessert wines like Port. What I'm after are some ideas for a bit more adult beverages. This is almost embarrasing but I've never had a Martini. It just wasn't pushed at my generation. Oh, we had all the overly sweet, cutesy named crap like Fuzzy Navels, B52's, etcetera but that stuff never interested me. I prefer my mixed drinks a bit on the drier side than Koolaid. I've seen a number of recent articles on the resurgence of spirits and the cocktail hour and was immediately interested. I know a very little bit about bourbons, Irish whiskys, and Scotch whiskey. The other great mixing spirits are a mystery to me as far as good formulas go. I've had a number of Tangueray and tonic waters but never developed a taste for Vodka. I've been told that gin and vodka are distilled from teh same exact grains but of course the gin is flavoured with juniper berry essence. I like gin but really don't know what is considered a "good" brand. I have mostly been under the impression that gin and vodka are primarily mixing spirits and most are not intended to be taken neat.
So, throw out your best Tom Collins, Martini(shaken, not stirred
), gin and whatever, or even a vodka mixer. Brand recommendations are welcome as well as explanations of water types. You know, branch, tonic and the like. I've had horrid experience with rum and it was probably due to it being cheap as dirt and improper mixing. Feel free to throw out other ideas for shakers, bar tools, glasses, ice making, water carbonators, whatever grabs you.
Returning to the nonalcoholic drinks for a moment, I saw the neatest thing in a magazine the other day. This was very large glass water dispenser with some sort of floral motif on the glass. It had a tap on the bottom for dispensing the contents. What really caught my attention was what they had filled it with. Iced spring water with a good amount of sliced cucumber and chunked watermelon added in. I'll bet a large tumbler of that would be most refreshing indeed!
Regards, Todd
So, throw out your best Tom Collins, Martini(shaken, not stirred
), gin and whatever, or even a vodka mixer. Brand recommendations are welcome as well as explanations of water types. You know, branch, tonic and the like. I've had horrid experience with rum and it was probably due to it being cheap as dirt and improper mixing. Feel free to throw out other ideas for shakers, bar tools, glasses, ice making, water carbonators, whatever grabs you. Returning to the nonalcoholic drinks for a moment, I saw the neatest thing in a magazine the other day. This was very large glass water dispenser with some sort of floral motif on the glass. It had a tap on the bottom for dispensing the contents. What really caught my attention was what they had filled it with. Iced spring water with a good amount of sliced cucumber and chunked watermelon added in. I'll bet a large tumbler of that would be most refreshing indeed!
Regards, Todd
. Regular Sprite works fine too.
