My 2 favs
Gimlet:
Bombay
Rose’s Lime Juice
Ice
Negroni:
Gin
Campari
Sweet Vermouth
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My favourite:
Graveyard:
In a mug,
Mix equal parts - triple sec, rum, vodka, gin, tequila, bourbon, scotch.
Top up the rest of the glass with half beer, half stout.
Yikes.
I hate sweet cocktails, so martinis are my favorite.
James Bond’s drink is the Vesper Martini:
3 parts gin
2 parts vodka
1/2 part Lillet (white, not red)
Stirred is best, but that’s not how Bond ordered it in the movies 
Served straight up with a twist of lemon.
Nesquik + milk.
Bushwacker:
Vodka
Coconut rum
Bailey’s
Kahlua
Cream of coconut
Throw in the blender with ice and enjoy
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Bushwacker:
Vodka
Coconut rum
Bailey’s
Kahlua
Cream of coconut
Throw in the blender with ice and enjoy
I know what I’ll be drinking tonight.
Off to the liquor store
A beermosa, 75% fizzy lager, 25% OJ, great for those mornings at the tables in Vegas.
Other than that:
- white russian, the dude abides.
- The Morely - very large glass, fill with ice, 50% rye, 50% redbull
Here are two recipes that are interesting and different:
Clover Club Cocktail
1.5 oz gin
1 oz fresh-squeezed lemon juice
0.5 oz grenadine
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 egg white
Shake with ice thorougly.
Don’t let the gin scare you away if you’re not into gin and don’t let the pink color fool you.
Sazerac (America’s first cocktail invented in New Orleans)
Fill an old-fashioned glass with ice and set-aside to cool.
In another glass, muddle Pechaud’s Bitters with a sugar cube.
Add 3 oz. rye whiskey and ice. Stir.
Dump the ice from the first glass. Add 0.5 oz Absinthe and coat the inside of the glass. Discard the absinthe.
Pour the whiskey mix into the absinthe-coated glass. Add a lemon twist.
This cocktail will hit you in several ways. When you bring the glass to your lips, you will smell the absinthe fumes first. When you taste it, the sharpness of the rye will be the first flavor, followed by the strange flavors of the bitters as well as the citrus from the lemon. It is a complex and interesting drink.
Equal parts of coconut rum and Yager, then x2 with pineapple juice.
I’ve heard it called a “surfer on acid” not sure if it’s the correct name…
I wonder if that Sazerac tasted different when absinthe was the forbidden hooch. Good call on the rye. It has been making a well deserved comeback recently.
I love cocktails with sparkling wine. Pretty much my answer to everything is “top it with sparkling wine!”
At our wedding reception 2 weeks ago we served a St. Germain Cocktail. It was delish.
4 oz St Germaine
4 oz Vodka
Fresh mint, muddle a little and use the rest for garnish
Sparkling wine
topped with a bit of club soda (this is completely unnecessary in my opinion.)
Jager in a IM WTC shot glass.
Or narsty beer out my running shoe after a HHH run.
" I’m looking for out of the ordinary drink recipes. "
In that case:
Cement Mixer:
1 part Bailey’s , 1 part Lime juice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement_mixer
“The acidic lime juice causes the cream-based Bailey’s to curdle. The curdled Bailey’s does not taste sour, but it does rapidly gain viscosity and stick to your teeth, reminiscent of cement.”
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IIRC, some 100 year-old absinthe was found and chemically analyzed. It wasn’t really that much different than commercial absinthe today. And the reason so many crazy stories about absinthe drinkers surfaced wasn’t because of hallucinogenic properties of the drink, but because it had a high alcohol content and people drank large quantities of it at once.
The original Sazerac was made with cognac. At some point it was replaced with rye and that has stuck.
I have had absinthe from several countries and also made it with a friend who has a distillery, and I have definitely seen people get absolutely smashed on absinthe in a way that does not correspond with other high alcoholic beverages. That being said, the reputation of the drink could have caused a placebo effect.
The secret to distilling it is to make a cognac first (distill white wine) and then add the aromatics for the final distillation. Wormwood, the key ingredient, is very bitter, for those who haven’t tried it…
Kamakazie martini -
2oz vodka - grey goose prefered
3/4 oz triple sec
1/2 oz lime cordial
served with a twist of lime and clean
shaken not stirred of course!
What is lime cordial?
A beermosa, 75% fizzy lager, 25% OJ, great for those mornings at the tables in Vegas.
Other than that:
- white russian, the dude abides.
- The Morely - very large glass, fill with ice, 50% rye, 50% redbull
The beermosa is similar to the only drink known to cure the common cold, the Wisconsin Lunchbox. Fill a rocks glass about half way with equal parts beer and OJ. Drop in a shot of amaretto and chug. Yum. It is great as a sipped cocktail as well. Equal parts beer, OJ, and amaretto over ice.