What are you drinking tonight?
- Thread starter Mad Man
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You and I should have a drink together. Those are the staples of my cabinet. Four Roses is my daily, “budget” bourbon. 1792 and Elijah Craig are my “splurge” bourbons. Those 3 are almost always found in my cabinet. Which reminds me… I’m out of 1792. I need to pick up a bottle on the way home. I highly recommend all of these.
As for what I’m drinking tonight… it will be Four Roses. I’m out of town. Four Roses is also my travel bourbon.
Double header night, Bloody Mary and WT 101 old fashion.
Negroni
Modelo time.
Just got done mowing the next-door neighbor's jungle lawn.
Currently sipping on a Marini:
2 oz — Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin
½ oz — Dolin Dry Vermouth
½ oz — Dolin Blanc Vermouth
Fee Brothers orange bitters
a squeeze of lemon
garnished with a lemon peel twist
... and snacking on some smoked almonds and green olives.
Currently sipping on a Marini:
2 oz — Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin
½ oz — Dolin Dry Vermouth
½ oz — Dolin Blanc Vermouth
Fee Brothers orange bitters
a squeeze of lemon
garnished with a lemon peel twist
... and snacking on some smoked almonds and green olives.
In my opinion, a Negroni made with a super strong vermouth like that is way out of balance, if I use the traditional equal-parts recipe. I have to up the gin quite a bit and temper the Campari with some Aperol in order to put it back in balance (basically my own take on a Cornwall Negroni). Thus, when I make a Negroni, I prefer a more 'normal' vermouth such as Dolin.
A bit more mellow than the WT101
I was out 5 nights in a row, and woke up Friday feeling pretty rubbish - acid reflux was awful so I am going dry for a few days. It's pretty boring.
I usually go with 2:1:1 so it evens out but nowadays I’m more into replacing the Gin component anyway.
Cynar & Soda
It just missed 100° in central Florida today. When we stopped for lunch at the golf course grill after 18, I ordered an OF with the turkey club. I was enjoying the drink and asked which bourbon she used. “The well bourbon….Evan Williams.” Certainly works in an OF, though the heat may have gotten to me. We went back out for nine more holes!
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It's times like this that I think to myself, "I wonder what the poor people are doing right now."
Probably grinding it out with some malt liquor or some such thing. It is important to have standards.
[...thinks about DoorDashing some White Castles double cheeseburgers...]
For the vitamin c. Supplemented with splashes of orange juice and pineapple juice.
BT OF.
Tried an Americano tonight substituting the Vermouth for Cynar Amaro - not bad, not bad at all 
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