Your signature cocktail.

[Mike1939]

lol lol lol

 

[Nic Charles]

Gallo Vermouth

Now you are talking my kind of drinks. I usually use Martini and Rossi vermouth but that small spray bottle really helps make the drink. Two or three sprays is about all it takes. I stir mine though---don't want to bruise the gin.
Jameson works for me too in a pinch. Neat.

James, I used Martini & Rossi for years until I discovered gallo recently. I can really tell the difference...much smoother and doesn't overpower the gin.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

What book did you get THAT recipe from, Reno?

I noticed a big photo sugar-rimmed sidecar in a magazine I got last weekend. The classic version says "serve in a cocktail glass." The "Tuaca Sidecar" uses orange juice, lime juice, triple sec, Tuaca, a flamed orange peel and is served "in a sugar-rimmed martini glass."

 

[Rafter]

Did you know that the classic 60's cocktail, the "Harvey Wallbanger" is named after a surfer who drank so much, he’d bump into the walls.


1 1/2 oz. Vodka
4 oz. Orange Juice
Float of Galliano
Pour vodka and orange juice together in a highball glass and float a little Galliano on top.

 

[Martinis at 8]

Did you know that the classic 60's cocktail, the "Harvey Wallbanger" is named after a surfer who drank so much, he’d bump into the walls.


1 1/2 oz. Vodka
4 oz. Orange Juice
Float of Galliano
Pour vodka and orange juice together in a highball glass and float a little Galliano on top.

Wow. I have not heard that drink mentioned in decades. Yes, it was very popular at one time.

M8

 

[jamespowers]

James, I used Martini & Rossi for years until I discovered gallo recently. I can really tell the difference...much smoother and doesn't overpower the gin.

Hmmmm... Maybe I will have to try it. I just use so little of the stuff that I end up throwing it away before I finish it anyway.

Regards,

J

 

[Jack Scorpion]

I'm still looking for the perfect Scotch + Amaretto + Champagne cocktail. One day I'll have to establish that and name it.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Pisco mixed with gunpowder. Served to Chilean troops before battle during the War of the Pacific (1879-1882) in order to 'animate' them. Apparently, it worked: the Chileans won the war, and the losers -- Bolivia and Peru -- still hate them for it.

.

 

[Smithy]

I have a couple of signature cocktails - none overly flowery nor overdressed with umbrellas or served in funny fruit, but all fairly lethal

- The Bentley Cocktail - simple, wonderful, delicious and potent

- The Pimms Turbo - just the thing for a hot summer's day - a gin and tonic on steroids.

- The good old Pink Gin - sadly a bit forgotten now, but a great drop - also seems to always impress the ladies!

 

[Decobelle]

Rye, resurrected
America's historic firewater enjoys newfound popularity​

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/16/WIRYE.DTL&hw=rye&sn=001&sc=1000

This article by Gary Regan about "the return of straight rye" and its use as a base for classic cocktails such as Sazeracs, old fashioneds & Manhattans ran in the San Francisco Chronicle last month. Thought some FL'ers in here might enjoy it also.

 

[Senator Jack]

Been complaining about this for years. Maybe by next year I can get a proper Manhattan in a bar

 

[jamespowers]

Been complaining about this for years. Maybe by next year I can get a proper Manhattan in a bar

Good luck. Many bars have no idea what rye is other than rye bread. :eusa_doh:

 

[Absinthe_1900]

Been complaining about this for years. Maybe by next year I can get a proper Manhattan in a bar

Yes, a Sazerac and Manhattan are not properly made without Rye.

Sorry, but Bourbon in the above drinks, is like using Vodka in a Martini.:eusa_doh:

 

[Senator Jack]

That was one of the lines that bothered me in Some Like It Hot. Sugar Kane says something to effect of 'I have some Bourbon. We can make Manhattans.' Evidently, bourbon had replaced rye by the time of Hot's release and Wilder/Diamond didn't bother to research.

For the record, the other lines that bother me were the weak jokes about the stock market crash and the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn. I hate crap like that and Wilder did it in a few of his pictures. Otherwise, a great movie.

Regards,

Senator Jack

 

[Emmababy]

anything with gin in is my signature cocktail.

I like the way you always end your posts with 'Regards', Senator Jack. You're so polite and gentlemanly.

 

[Sweet Polly Purebred]

I love great Tequila, neat.

When that's not available I go for a good "Margatini":
Reposado Tequila, Triple Sec, Lime, and Sour

Lambic Framboise when I can find it.

 

[DavidVillaJr]

I don't know if it is a proper "cocktail" but I do enjoy Johnny Walker Black with Coca-Cola on ice in the winter, and Johnny Walker Red with Coca-Cola on ice in the summer.

Tasty tasty and always satisfying...

Yours in jest,

dv


Let's not forget "the LAWNMOWER" - wheat grass juice and vodka - courtesy of Homer J. Simpson

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Lambic Framboise when I can find it.

Oh man....This would be my fave drink...even though its not a cocktail per se....but man...its just the bestest stuff evah!

mmmmm now you have me wanting some....

 

[Nic Charles]

Horror Story

I use ONLY Tanqueray gin, with three drops of ONLY Gallo Vermouth, and two olives (Vermouth in a small spray bottle also works well), add ice, shake and pour into a vintage glass. This is always a challenge when going to a club, restraunt or bar. I usually find myself showing the bartender how to make it. It saves me from having to send it back three or four times.

I have to share this story. My wife and I went out to dinner with some friends and we all ordered martinis. My wife told the waitress, "VERY dry martinis with three drops of vermouth", and to emphasize, I added, "Dry vermouth, and three drops means three drops." She returned with martinis that appeared to be Manhattans. My wife told her that she appeared to have gotten our order mixed up with someone elses. The waitress replied, "No, these are three dry martinis." My wife insisted that the drinks were wrong (we were'nt about to even taste them), when the waitress announced, "No, I had the bartender make them just like you said, three drrops of BITTERS in each one". At that point, we went to the bar and watched the bartender make the drinks. Its pretty sad when waitresses and bartenders don't know what a martini even is! I can't imagine what gin and bitters even tastes like!

 

[Vanessa Anne]

Starboard Light

It's my fave cocktail and I got it from an old book of coctail recipies from the 50's.

All you need is...

One shot of gin
One shot of Creme de menth
and the juice of 1/2 a lemon.

Shake it with ice in your cocktail shaker and....

Voila!

A Starboard Light! (it really does glow green!)