What are you drinking tonight?
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When the truck came on Tuesday, you had to be there early to get one bottle for $24 before tax. I kinda felt bad going week after week to stock up, but….You were getting it for $24 til now?!?!?
The protest continues…
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Sunday afternoon cocktail:
3 oz — Old Overhold Straight rye whiskey
1½ oz — lime juice
¾ oz — spiced Demerara syrup**
¼ oz — Pierre Ferrand dry curaçao
4 dashes — Bear Root Bitters old fashioned aromatic bitters
**
4 Tbsp Demarara sugar
2½ Tbsp water
20 allspice berries
2 cloves
simmer on the stovetop, keep hot till ready to use
3 oz — Old Overhold Straight rye whiskey
1½ oz — lime juice
¾ oz — spiced Demerara syrup**
¼ oz — Pierre Ferrand dry curaçao
4 dashes — Bear Root Bitters old fashioned aromatic bitters
**
4 Tbsp Demarara sugar
2½ Tbsp water
20 allspice berries
2 cloves
simmer on the stovetop, keep hot till ready to use
Left over mead from bottling some old stuff, it's OK but not great. Added cherry juice didn't help, but I'll drink it anyway. 23 bottles of it, hope it clears nicely and stays drinkable!
Got the itch to make wine (I had three kits sitting in the livingroom wating, couple years out of date) and have to clear all the stuff in carboys from the last time I got a wild hair. Six 6 gallon kits, and my friend called me last week and said he'd not be able to process his grapes and I could have them if I wanted, so that's 9 gallons of Noiret and Cabernet Franc to deal with.
I think I'm up to 95 bottles this week, and 105 more working! Will need to clean out the racks and find room for all this, I don't like storing it in boxes particularly, since they need to be upside down to keep the corks wet, if the boxes are weak the bottle can punch through when you pick them up. Wasteful.
Also have 5 gal of wine vinegar where a batch went sour -- it's great vinegar, but 5 gal? Never gonna use that up.
Got the itch to make wine (I had three kits sitting in the livingroom wating, couple years out of date) and have to clear all the stuff in carboys from the last time I got a wild hair. Six 6 gallon kits, and my friend called me last week and said he'd not be able to process his grapes and I could have them if I wanted, so that's 9 gallons of Noiret and Cabernet Franc to deal with.
I think I'm up to 95 bottles this week, and 105 more working! Will need to clean out the racks and find room for all this, I don't like storing it in boxes particularly, since they need to be upside down to keep the corks wet, if the boxes are weak the bottle can punch through when you pick them up. Wasteful.
Also have 5 gal of wine vinegar where a batch went sour -- it's great vinegar, but 5 gal? Never gonna use that up.
Sampled a Tennessee BIB bourbon this evening: Leiper’s Fork. They distill, barrel, and bottle it. 70% corn and 15% each of wheat and barley. Aged 4 years. I can’t recommend it. Young and green. Pricey bottle, too.
While grilling today, after mowing the lawn and a nice cool shower:
2½ oz — Campari
½ oz — orange juice (Minute Maid)
5 oz — tonic (Fever Tree Premium Light)
Not enough orange juice, but otherwise refreshing.
2½ oz — Campari
½ oz — orange juice (Minute Maid)
5 oz — tonic (Fever Tree Premium Light)
Not enough orange juice, but otherwise refreshing.
Chattanooga 90. Solid, traditional bourbon flavors. Just put some in a glass with ice.
I have been drinking 818 blanco tequila. I was liking it, but the internet tells me that Kendall Jenner owns the company and the reviews are along the liines of it does not have much agave flavor, is rather mild, and is not worth the premium price charged for it. Oh, well. My palate for tequila seems to not be up to snuff. I can get it locally for $31.99 a bottle, which does not seem all that premium priced. Still, I think I am willing to pay more for better. Maybe something with at least some more "heat."
I was liking La Gritona, too, but the reviews seem to pan it as beginners tequila.
I was liking La Gritona, too, but the reviews seem to pan it as beginners tequila.
London Dry Gin, my every afternoon (12-4) elixir since I retired 14 years ago. My wife's been asking me to cut back for years, but over the weekend after hearing about her out-of-state family's health issues, I heard her tell her sister that maybe gin is the solution, since I'm the only one she knows who never needs a doctor. Not a recommendation, as I'm sure it will catch up sooner or later.
I’m over it…
Simple sour without egg white
Simple sour without egg white
I showed this post to my wife, because I love the look of that cocktail, and she said, “That’s here. Is that your picture?”
Woodford Double Oaked. I always thought this bottle had too much wood, but with a splash of water and lemon zest it was a fine sipper this evening!
I’m going to be stunned if I’m sitting at the same bar as post #1….
Actually, not so stunned…
Wednesday evening family TV time after church activities:
1 oz — rye whiskey, Old Overholt Straight
1 oz — sweet vermouth, Cocchi di Torino
1 oz — Cynar
2 dashes — bitters, Bear Root Lemony Ginger
a squeeze — lemon juice
I was surprised to find that the Cynar faded into the background as much as it did. Not sure what I think about that. Might adjust the ratio next time to feature the Cynar a little more.
1 oz — rye whiskey, Old Overholt Straight
1 oz — sweet vermouth, Cocchi di Torino
1 oz — Cynar
2 dashes — bitters, Bear Root Lemony Ginger
a squeeze — lemon juice
I was surprised to find that the Cynar faded into the background as much as it did. Not sure what I think about that. Might adjust the ratio next time to feature the Cynar a little more.
Cynar is a bold ingredient, isn't it?!
Developed a UTI infection and sepsis about six weeks ago. This also happened a year ago so I had the TURP procedure performed three weeks ago. This is the "roto-rooter" on the prostate. All good so far BUT still no alcohol for the last six weeks and for the the next several weeks. I cannot wait to get back to my martinis! 
Yes, it is. But it's one I enjoy, so I want to at least notice it's there when I'm drinking a cocktail that uses it.
Get well quick!Developed a UTI infection and sepsis about six weeks ago. This also happened a year ago so I had the TURP procedure performed three weeks ago. This is the "roto-rooter" on the prostate. All good so far BUT still no alcohol for the last six weeks and for the the next several weeks. I cannot wait to get back to my martinis!
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