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16d •
Italian Word
This is in response to the Disaronno challenge by @Woody Kane : 30 ml Bombay Sapphire Gin 30 ml Lemon Juice 20 ml Disaronno 20 ml Green Chartreuse 20 ml Simple Syrup
1 like • 15d
@Woody Kane I don't mean any offense, but I don't really have any interest in the contest. I just wanted to try making the drink.
1 like • 6d
@Woody Kane If you ended up giving it a try, I'd love some feedback.
20d •
Grassy Island
It's been awhile since I've posted here; my life has been on fast-forward. That said, I'm still interested in oregano liqueur and have found the following recipe to be delicious: 2 Tequila 1 Lime Juice 1 Oregano Liqueur 1 Banana Liqueur To make the oregano liqueur, steap one jar of oregano in 400g of 95% grain alcohol for 2 weeks. Then strain and add 1000g of 2-water-to-1-sugar syrup. Adjust syrup to taste. This cocktail is fire. I think it's good enough to warrant making the liqueur. That said, there are other flavors that pair well with oregano: mango, blackberry, raspberry, and triple sec. I find rhum agricole or cachaca also pairs well with oregano.
1 like • 16d
@Eduardo Mueses Use a regular size Simply Organic jar of dried oregano. It's 21 grams.
1 like • 6d
@Alyssa Eveleth Personally, I love banana liqueur, but I find that it easily takes over if you're not careful.
Jul 27 •
How did you learn to make drinks?
Right now, I'm learning mostly by reverse-engineering cocktails that I like. I do it by taste then I try to ask for the specs from the bar. But, I've also made whiskey and amaretto sour, and grasshopper. Trying to explore more classics. It's so expensive though. So, learning isn't exactly easy (at least financially). I was thinking maybe learn one family of cocktails at a time. But, even then, it's such a big investment. How did you guys get through the learning phase while keeping your financial health intact? Lmao
1 like • 16d
I started out by making mixed drinks like gin+sprite+cranberry and vodka+peach schnapps+Malibu+orange juice+pineapple juice+cranberry. I then beached out into making proper cocktails at home including (the traditional versions of) the Martini, whiskey sour, Gimlet, Dargarita, Daiquiri and Manhattan. Eventually, I branched out into the more esoteric classics like the Paper Plane, the Naked and Famous, the Aviation, and the Negroni. After that, I experimented with tiki classics like the Zombie, Captain's Grog, and the Mai Tai. Throughout this lengthy process, I slowly grew my drink collection. Most recently, I developed a taste for amaro. These days, I mainly mix original recipes when I fancy a drink. Honestly, there's no cheap way to do this. A drink made with poor quality ingredients is basically as good as no drink at all.
0 likes • 16d
@Josh Cainglet That's a mistake.
Jul 8 •
OMG
Initially, I wanted some ginger liqueur. I thought I'd add a bit of gin and lime for dressing. After a sip, I knew it needed a boost. I tried a Green Chartreuse substitute -- I own a bottle of Green, but I thought the substitute would fit better -- which ended up creating a stellar drink. I recommend everyone try if you have access to the ingredients. For the gin, I used a local distil called Four Peel. I recommend substituting anything that's floral or citrus forward. Overall, I highly recommend this drink. 1/2 Citrus/floral Gin (Four Peel) 1 Ginger Liqueur 1 Lime Juice 1/2 Centum Herbis
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Jul 4 •
Why Not
Life's been crazy lately, so I haven't had time for cocktails. Today, though, I saw a bottle of Malort that gave me an idea. 1 Rum 1 Malort 1 Blackberry Liqueur 1 Macadamia Nut Liqueur 1 Lime Juice
3 likes • Jul 8
@Kevin Bullick I think it was pretty excellent; however, I'm biased: this was my creation. That said, my wife also liked it, which isn't typical.
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