What's in your glass?

[Onket]

HOLSTEN pils.

 

[Boppity]

Plain milk but I'm drinking it through a magical straw of magicosity so that when it gets to my mouth it tastes like STRAWBERRIES.

 

[quiet guy]

A glass of JD with Tennessee Honey, very smooth

 

[butcher]

Benton Park Swizzle, don'tchaknow:

Benton Park Swizzle


Riffing off of the classic Queen's Park Swizzle, this cocktail substitutes the traditional Angostura bitters with bold Fernet Branca.

2 oz. gold rum
1 oz. simple syrup (1:1)
3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
8-10 fresh mint leaves
1/2 oz. Fernet Branca
Crushed ice
Tools: muddler, mixing tin, swizzle stick or barspoon
Glass: highball
Garnish: mint leaf



Muddle mint, lime juice and simple syrup in the bottom of a mixing tin, then add rum. Pour into a glass and fill 3/4 full with crushed ice. Swizzle, or stir, for 30 seconds. Fill glass with crushed ice and float Fernet Branca on top. Garnish with a fresh mint leaf

 

[moose]

That sounds lovely. I wanted a pink gin, but have no lemon rind, so having a dry Martini (shaken) with 2 olives instead. And I might have another.

 

[butcher]

Mighthy fine too, and with the sproglets tucked in time for a 2nd

 

[QueenOfGoths]

A rather pleasant rose

 

[Onket]

Lager.

 

[May Kasahara]

It was Kronenbourg, but I've abandoned it as a bad job.

Might resort to mint tea instead.

 

[Onket]

Mine is also Kronenbourg. I'm persevering.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Some cheap calvados that Mrs Frank nicked from a French Aldi last week.

 

[a_chap]

May I say I am *perfectly* drunk at the moment.

I am everyone's friend. Etc.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Black tea. Couldn't sleep so I've given up and got up.

 

[Hellsbells]

wine left over from Saturday. How long does an opened bottle of white wine actually last...?

 

[Onket]

4 cans of genuinely strong lager for £4.50.

 

[felixthecat]

This, half price in the Tesco wine sale. It's lush.

 

[Greebo]

Kir clodo - dry Normandy cider, shot of cheap vodka, blackcurrant cordial.

 

[Greebo]

wine left over from Saturday. How long does an opened bottle of white wine actually last...?

About as long as red wine. Call it about a week, if you can resist it for that long.

 

[Hellsbells]

About as long as red wine. Call it about a week, if you can resist it for that long.

threw it down the sink. Tasted horrid. Maybe because i drank it by myself which i don't do often

 

[Greebo]

threw it down the sink. Tasted horrid. <snip>

Good call - I tried improving a truly awful wine by mulling it and all it did was ruin the taste of the stuff which was added to it.

 

[ViolentPanda]

A glass of JD with Tennessee Honey, very smooth

I really don't "get" the various Jack and Jim formulations with honey and whatever added to them, and as for the multiple "flavoured" Southern Comforts...
If I want bourbon, I'll stick with a trusty bottle of Heaven Hill or Four Roses, both of which are lovely and smooth without honey added to them!

Had a nice nip of Krupnik Polish vodka t'other night, and by Krupnik, I mean that's the brand, not the vodka, herbs and honey concoction!

 

[8115]

Sherry

 

[blairsh]

Merrydown. From the bottle.

 

[Rebelda]

Blackcurrant and elderflower Pimms topped up with fizzy water.

 

[doddles]

Thornbridge Jaipur

 

[blairsh]

Rum and ginner to start while the Punk IPA gets chilled

 

[dilute micro]

zin

 

[8115]

Mild, natch.

 

[moose]

Pastis, iced water.
Only whilst I'm waiting for tea to cook, then I've got a bottle of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo lined up.

 

[Winot]

Have just taught a Japanese barman to make a Boulevardier.

Classic Boulevardier is a Negroni with bourbon instead of gin. Got him to make it with Japanese whisky.