Favorite Cocktail

RE: Favorite Cocktail (HaydenFennell)

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:31:49 GMT

Campari and gin is my current favorite.

1.5 oz. gin, 1 oz. Campari, stirred and served over ice.

I really like the Negroni a lot, too, but sometimes I'm just not in the mood for vermouth.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (Sundancer7)

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:13:00 GMT

Just Canadian and ice

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Favorite Cocktail (chewingthefat)

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:10:14 GMT

Phildelmar

Good thread

LOL! I've had the same thing happen on a few threads...I like Vodka with Cran Rasberry Juice, don't know if it has a name!

RE: Favorite Cocktail (Phildelmar)

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:19:30 GMT

Good thread

RE: Favorite Cocktail (Phildelmar)

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:36:26 GMT

Try a Carte Blanche. Crown Royal, triple sec, 2 dashes of bitters, twist of orange peel. Stir

RE: Favorite Cocktail (SeamusD)

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:00:54 GMT

Michael Hoffman

I haven't had Tullamore Dew in more than 30 years. I used to love that stuff. Always neat with a little water on the side.

My favorite dessert after a good meal, a glass of Dew next to a pint of Guinness. I prefer it to Jamesons. I really like Tyrconnell more than the other two, but I haven't seen it anywhere around here.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (kland01s)

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:06:49 GMT

We like a small shot of McClellands Single Malt Speyside now and then. Our general drink is Clan McGregor scotch on the rocks. Cheap stuff.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (Michael Hoffman)

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:43:52 GMT

I haven't had Tullamore Dew in more than 30 years. I used to love that stuff. Always neat with a little water on the side.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (SeamusD)

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:22:57 GMT

I like a glass of Tullamore Dew or Jamesons with a little water, or a good single malt scotch on the rocks or a little water (Macallan 12 is my favorite).
Cocktails, I like a good mojito or a Jim Beam and Vernor's with lemon.
I used to drink vodka and soda, but I got into some trouble with that so I generally stay away from it. I don't drink much liquor at all anymore, in fact. So it's a nice treat when I have a cocktail.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (mar52)

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:29:25 GMT

I've switched to Side Cars.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (EdSails)

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:38:20 GMT

I've been getting into Manhattans and Old Fashioned lately. Makes a nice start before the meal. Makes a nice ending too!

RE: Favorite Cocktail (mayor al)

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:20:46 GMT

I do recall our walk-around at the Dickel Distillery a few years ago. It sort of spoils the image of the small country distilleries when you are aware of them being owned by the "General Motors" of the Booze Business.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (hatteras04)

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:05:30 GMT

Michael Hoffman

I don't drink cocktails. I drink whiskey.

+1

This weekend I was enjoying Knob Creek small batch rye. Sounds like I need to get a bottle of Templeton next time.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (Poverty Pete)

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 07:42:38 GMT

Yes, the powder horn! It was produced in the late sixties and early seventies. Dickel is made in Cascade Hollow, Tn. Neither of the two large distilleries in Tennessee is locally owned any longer. Jack Daniels is part of Brown Forman, and Dickel belongs to Diageo, the British giant. Diageo also owns brands such as Smirnoff Jose Cuervo,Crown Royal, Guinness and Ketel One.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:58:08 GMT

Poverty Pete

Al, you sound like a good candidate for a Dickel Drop. It's comprised of George Dickel and Sun Drop. Only in Tennessee!

I still have a George Dickel commemorative bottle (that once was full of very nice stuff) in the shape of a powder horn with leather accoutrements. Never had any Sun Drop.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (CCinNJ)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:42:47 GMT

I love a nice big pitcher of White Sangria.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (CCinNJ)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:37:23 GMT

Rocky Top Dickel Drop.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (Poverty Pete)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:34:50 GMT

Al, you sound like a good candidate for a Dickel Drop. It's comprised of George Dickel and Sun Drop. Only in Tennessee!

RE: Favorite Cocktail (mayor al)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:00:01 GMT

I guess I am the opposite of MH. I don't imbibe much 'straight' hard booze anymore...but I do take it in as a vital part of a "sweet/sour" mixed drink. I joke about a Redneck Whiskey Sour (2 Parts Mountain Dew or frozen Lemonade concentrate to one part Bourbon).. in a large enough cup (32 oz minimum), and I am pretty well set for a ball game or a dinner table surrounded by Grandchildren..
No Gin, ever. Vodka in Bloody Mary's or lime (sort of a Gimlet), not much into Rum or other stuff... But Bourbon in the Lemon mix is at the top of my ist.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (ChrisOC)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:31:47 GMT

I remember Four Roses. I also remember Three Feathers.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (Davydd)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:32:36 GMT

I generally drink bourbon neat. Lately I have been revolving between Maker's Mark, Knob Creek and Woodford Reserve just depending on what mood I'm in when browsing in the liquor store. Last trip I switched it up when I saw a bottle of Templeton Rye on the shelf. That rye is so smooth you forget you had two fingers worth and start reaching for the bottle again. Dangerous stuff.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (ann peeples)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:26:13 GMT

When i did imbibe, my favorite was a Southern Comfort Old Fashioned sweet-but with olives instead of cherries.....

RE: Favorite Cocktail (kland01s)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:16:08 GMT

pineyhill

Southern Comfort Old Fashion (when my wife and I go out for dinner)
Four Roses Single barrel(when I'm at home and want to imbibe)

My mom drank Four Roses 35 years ago, I didn't know it was still around!

RE: Favorite Cocktail (pineyhill)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:42:55 GMT

Southern Comfort Old Fashion (when my wife and I go out for dinner)
Four Roses Single barrel(when I'm at home and want to imbibe)

RE: Favorite Cocktail (kland01s)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:20:22 GMT

Scotch on the rocks for me but in the summer sometimes I like vodka with lemon juice. Oh, and a shot of brandy now and then, it is winter you know.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:13:51 GMT

I don't drink cocktails. I drink whiskey.

RE: Favorite Cocktail (ChrisOC)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:46:25 GMT

1. Very dry martini (gin) well chilled, up
2. Perfect manhattan, also well chilled, up
3. Old fashioned

RE: Favorite Cocktail (kevincad)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:16:35 GMT

UncleVic

My drink at home is Vodka w/Vernors on the rocks.. When I go out, I normally order a Tanqueray and tonic with a twist of lemmon. Nothing fancy here..

Gin and tonic, my favorite!! Some people I know claim gin tastes like drinking pine sap, but I love it!!! And my friends that drink Vodka Martini's get my statement that a REAL martini is made with gin!

RE: Favorite Cocktail (MetroplexJim)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:53:14 GMT

Russ Jackson

If you love Mojito you need to try a Caipirinha. You tube it so you know to make one. You wont be dissappointed. I use raw sugar when I make them. My wife demands I make her one every Sunday as she watches her recorded episode of Cane...Russ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pku1SPhRME

OOPS, forgot! Since 1975 I have enjoyed a number of Caipirinhas in RJ, my absolute favorite winter vacation spot. There, I have a few to induce the very necessary afternoon nap prior to the Rio nightlife.

I have always found them to have a narcotic effect, especially when consumed in the sunlight on or near the beach. Wonderful stuff; but never had one back home where afternoon naps are not necessary.

Re:Favorite Cocktail (MetroplexJim)

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:40:29 GMT

At home: Evan Williams Black and filtered water over ice. When its on sale I substitute W. L. Weller's 'special reserve'.

In restaurants: Wild Turkey or Benchmark neat with ice and water on the side. (When I'm paying - getting soaked - $12 for a drink I want my moner's worth)!

As tasty as mixed drinks are I tended to "lose count" with Tequila Sunrises, Gin & Tonics, etc. Aside from a polte sip of "the host's specialty" at private parties, my last mixed drink was circa 1975. Haven't had a hangover since!