Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)
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@Jett129 PM me if you want me to ship you a bottle–it would truly be my pleasure. I'll have to grab myself a bottle in the meantime.
Astor is really great, I always come across them when googling bottles of interest.
I've played around with Sotol, which is often vegetal and minerally, and I'm hoping to find some $30-40 bottles I can keep as staples along with some of my espadin mezcals. To be able to have a sniff of special stuff from time to time, then fall back to affordable spirits is my goal.
@ARNC spot on, a negroni would be gross with it
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@dinobarnesberlin @ARNC if you want to try something different in terms of gin:
https://www.calvados-drouin.com/de/product/50/le-gin/g/5
Gin made by a calvados distiller. I quite enjoyed it, perfect for summer!
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Thanks @Tago Mago , sounds interesting.
@mclaincausey you definitely need different gins for different applications. I’ve only ever found one that works for me in a bijou (I have to modify the classic proportions as chartreuse is a bit of a thug). It’s also the only drink in my repertoire where increasing the proportion of gin results in a weaker drink!
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100% @ARNC
Speaking of gin and chartreuse, are you familiar with The Last Word cocktail? It was super hype at least in the American craft scene for a while. Interesting backstory here about how it was rediscovered from an old collection of Prohibition-era recipes; it was originated at the Detroit Athletic Club.
TL;DR: equal parts (3/4 oz) chartreuse, dry gin, lime juice, and maraschino liqueur shaken and strained into a coupe.
Big, bold, but balanced; kind of reminds me of a sour apple Jolly Rancher.
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Speaking of gin and chartreuse, are you familiar with The Last Word cocktail? It was super hype at least in the American craft scene for a while. Interesting backstory here about how it was rediscovered from an old collection of Prohibition-era recipes; it was originated at the Detroit Athletic Club.
I’ve not tried or made one but have read about them. In my head I can’t see how the combination would work, but maybe I just have to try one. I tend to expand my repertoire by subbing/adding ingredients to drinks I already like. One of my favourite discoveries was this https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/4128/via-roma.
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Damn good sotol I got in Texas
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@Tago:
@dinobarnesberlin @ARNC if you want to try something different in terms of gin:
https://www.calvados-drouin.com/de/product/50/le-gin/g/5
Gin made by a calvados distiller. I quite enjoyed it, perfect for summer!
Looks really interesting @Tago Mago Thanks for the heads up.
@ARNC would really like to check out the Whiskey Exchange. Heard nothing but good things about it.@mclaincausey probably fits better to the summer months for sure.
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100% @ARNC
Speaking of gin and chartreuse, are you familiar with The Last Word cocktail? It was super hype at least in the American craft scene for a while. Interesting backstory here about how it was rediscovered from an old collection of Prohibition-era recipes; it was originated at the Detroit Athletic Club.
TL;DR: equal parts (3/4 oz) chartreuse, dry gin, lime juice, and maraschino liqueur shaken and strained into a coupe.
Big, bold, but balanced; kind of reminds me of a sour apple Jolly Rancher.
Also available as a Mezcal Last Word ;). Phenomenal cocktail!
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There's also the Final Ward (IIRC), which substitutes rye for the gin, yellow for green chartreuse, and I think lemon for the lime juice (again, IIRC).
I associate the Last Word with the basement speakeasies I first had them in in Minneapolis, so I have no seasonal association. It's definitely too big of a drink for me to think of as something I'd have on a poolside or a beach though.
They have that and two other Sotols from that maker, in the picture I posted above @68degreesorless so thank you for the recommendation, I will check it out.
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Okay @mclaincausey wish me luck… Hopefully I don't have an aneurysm like I did last Wednesday drinking the Mickey's.
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Well, four shots in and I have a nice mellow buzz. No head/ neckache yet. I have anxiety thinking about what a sorry state I was in the last time I had anything to drink. The mezcal tastes like buttery smoke mixed with tequila. I'm probably not gonna temp fate and drink anything else and wait and see how I do. I have some cigars on the way so maybe in a couple more days when they get here I'll probably have some of this mezcal over ice and with the salt they have on the included brochure, and a cigar.
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Nice choice Mike! Just had some Benton’s my self[emoji2]
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@mikebarhoot I guess you can get Blantons in Texas,next to impossible to find in my neck of the woods. Ridiculously expensive when you can find it Do you collect the tops?
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Yes. Well. With my brothers. 1 bottle is oldest brothers. And we have about 6 tops.
I actually found/bought my bottle in Nashville. My brother got his in College Station (where i am this weekend).
