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Cocktail thread?

BassyBill

BassyBill

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#1
We've had beer threads, whisky threads, wine threads - have we had a cocktail thread recently? What's your poison?

My own fave - a good ol' BLOODY MARY. Vodka, plenty of ice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, a pinch of celery salt, and tomato juice. Just sipping away now. This is seriously great stuff.

Post away if you're over 21. Me, I *just* about qualify. ;)
 
#4
I'll take a good ol' whisky & coke anyday!

I had a Rusty Nail not long ago, Scoth & Drambuie on the rocks. Horrible thing, that it and a $7 drink to boot! You'll bet I drank the whole thing anyways... well I did.

Relevant info: My fiancee and I had joined my parents on vacation, about 2 weekends ago. I was showing my fiancee around the place where my parents go 'camping' (read: park their 37 ft. RV with sewer, electricity, & satellite hookups). We passed the bar, and seeing that it was happy hour decided to get a few drinks. We amble up to some barstools and my girl makes a coughing gesture, then looks down. I look down and see a $100 bill under my stool. I promptly pick it up and pocket it. Looking around, I see no one who could possibly have just lost $100. As it was in plain sight for who knows how long before we arrived we kept it. Feeling quite joyous with our new found riches, I decide to order something different. Not knowing what a rusty nail was (I was surely mistaken as to what I thought it was) and having heard of one, I went ahead an ordered it. That was the first and last time I ordered a Rusty Nail.

Jared Lash said:
I've gone through different phases but for the last few years if I'm ordering a cocktail it's almost always a rusty nail.

2 parts scotch
1 part drambuie
over crushed ice.
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I find it funny that I was writing my above comment as you posted this.
 
#12
bwv1013 said:
gin and tonic with bombay sapphire. and lime. delish.
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You can use "delish." to describe things only if they are manly. Gin and Tonics are manly. My dad makes them erryday in the summer, but this summer wasn't a drinking summer for me...

but mostly I prefer rum-based drinks. Specifically Rum and Coke, and specifically when made with 2 shots of bacardi 151 to each 12 ounces of cola.

Bloody Mary's are good too. Tabasco makes a good bloody mary mix, in medium and hot with horseradish.

another drink I like is Dr. Pepper mixed with Jager. The Dr. Pepper cuts the medicinal taste of the Jager.
 
#14
MatticusMania said:
I find it funny that I was writing my above comment as you posted this.
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Different strokes and all that. My drink of choice used to be a double scotch neat but that would end up costing me (both in dollars and in the consequences resulting from the lapses in judgement that alcohol tends to "help" with) and so I switched to Rusty Nails which I drink substantially slower.

Other cocktails that I like
Bourbon & coke
Martini (either vodka or gin but I prefer gin)
Negroni (this will put hair on your chest)
Old Fashioned
and occasionally a Sidecar

And I wouldn't exactly call it a cocktail, but I love a margarita on a hot summer night.
 
#15
bassybill said:
We've had beer threads, whisky threads, wine threads - have we had a cocktail thread recently? What's your poison?

My own fave - a good ol' BLOODY MARY. Vodka, plenty of ice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, a pinch of celery salt, and tomato juice. Just sipping away now. This is seriously great stuff.

Post away if you're over 21. Me, I *just* about qualify. ;)
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I like em as long as they are made from scratch and with good vodka (Stoli works).

That BM mix is just that,...BM.
 

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