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[Anonymous No.5568827]

Hey /ck/, let's get a thread going for cocktails/mixed drinks. I've been going through loads lately, since I'm on holiday in Bologna and their "aperitivo" seems holy.

My favourites so far are the "pre-dinner" cocktails, like negronies, dry martinis, americanos, etc. The Negroni is an amazing drink, although I prefer the Negroni Sbagliato. What are your favourites?

[Anonymous No.5568847]

only a huge fggt would consume a cock-tail, real men drink beer and whiskey.

[Anonymous No.5568870]

>>5568827
negroni is an excellent choice. I personally like gin and whiskey, so normally go for Martini, Manhattan or Old Fashioned. Its a shame its always so expensive to get a decent cocktail though

[Anonymous No.5568876]

>>5568827
White Russians, Cuba Libres, and Jack and Cokes are my go-to mixed drinks. Also, ginger ale mixed with just about anything.

[Anonymous No.5568885]

I like to make my own cocktails at home.

I have a nice simple G&T recipe that I like a lot; other people have tried it say it's a "love/hate" kind of thing.
>1-2 shots gin
>2-3 shots tonic
>(Literally) 3 grains of salt
>A mint leaf or 2
>A couple lemon (or lime) wedges
>Muddle the mint, salt and 1 shot of tonic together until somewhat pasty
>Add rest of tonic and mix; then add gin and mix
>Squeeze a lemon or lime wedge onto the top; either place the wedge in the drink as well or throw it away
>Best served in a cold glass or with ice

Also if you made simple cinnamon syrup (1c water, 1c sugar, 1-2tblsp ground cinnamon or 1 stick cinnamon) you can make another simple drink. A cinnamon screwdriver.
>1 shot vodka
>1-2 shots syrup
>Rest of the glass with OJ
>Mix and serve cold or room temp
>Bonus: if you know how to layer a drink, get a shooter-shotglass, put 1/2shot of syrup in glass; fill with OJ; leave enough room for 1 or 1-1/2shots vodka; make sure to layer it so it looks nice; drink up

[Anonymous No.5568895]

>>5568827
>>5568870

Solid choices, respectable drinks for adult palettes, classic cocktails. I approve.

>>5568876

Spirits plus a mixer of soda or milk, children's booze made oversweet to hide the alcohol, no subtlety. Not really cocktails. I disapprove.

[Anonymous No.5568903]

>>5568895
>he doesn't like the complexity of the coffee and cream with the bite of the vodka
>he doesn't understand that a Cuba Libre is a rum and lime with coke, not a rum and coke with lime
>he won't drink a fucking Jack and Coke

And I thought I was pretentious for liking Wes Anderson movies.

[Anonymous No.5568907]

>>5568827
Try some Tuaca, OP. It's tuscan italy's kind of version of southern comfort or drambuie, a vanilla, citrus brandy deliciousness.
Chilled in a shot, or with some ginger ale and a squeeze of lime, o whatever you like with your brandy. Could be some local cocktail I don't know about. Can always mix yourself with some Pelligrino bitter sodas.

[Anonymous No.5568954]

>>5568903

hey if your gonna drink rum and cokes, i used to buy luxardo and mix it in, like a cherry coke. you could buy root beer schnaps and mix it with whisky.

[Anonymous No.5568957]

whiskey and more whiskey

alternatively, rum and more rum

[Anonymous No.5568958]

>>5568954
Why mess with something that's already perfect? 2 parts rum to 2 parts lime to 1 part coke. It's summer in a glass.

[Anonymous No.5568961]

>>5568895

> respectable drinks for adult palettes

damn you are pretentious as fuck

[Anonymous No.5568966]

>>5568958
>that much lime

[Anonymous No.5568968]

>>5568827
gibson

[Anonymous No.5568991]

>>5568966
Hell yeah that much lime. Got a fucking problem with it?

[Anonymous No.5569002]

>>5568991
do you mean like roses lime juice or do you actually mean you squeeze like 10 limes for a couple drinks

[Anonymous No.5569013]

>>5569002

oh god, he's probably putting Rose's sugar-lime syrup into a sugar spirit and putting sugar-caramel water on top of it.

[Anonymous No.5569019]

>>5568968
Does the onion change the flavour significantly? I enjoy Martini with a twist, but I hate olives with a passion. how different is it with an onion?

[Anonymous No.5569035]

>>5569019

it tastes like an onion

>>5569013
probably the plastic lime shaped imitation lime juice from the corner store

[Anonymous No.5569050]

>>5568827
Aperol Spritz 4ever and ever

[Anonymous No.5569052]

>>5568907
Thanks, will be sure to check it out! Although I generally prefer non-sweet drinks, a slightly sweet drink with high acidity can be great. Like a martini bianco with lots of ice and lemon

[Anonymous No.5569080]

>>5569035
No, I cut a fucking lime and squeeze it with one of these. It takes 10 seconds per drink. It's not like limes are expensive.

[Anonymous No.5569085]

>>5569052
>that much lemon

[Anonymous No.5570362]

>>5568827
A Dark & Stormy with some fresh mint is usually my go-to. Sounds weird, but tastes pretty good.

[Anonymous No.5570381]

>>5568885
I like your G and T recipe. Similar to mine, but I swap for club soda. I find tonic overpowers the rest of the flavors. Also, I use a green tea/mint tea infused gin

[Anonymous No.5570385]

>>5570362
sounds good. Reminds me of Moscow Mule. GOod shit that is too

[Anonymous No.5570857]

>>5569085
>that much ice

[Anonymous No.5570869]

My go-to cocktails are Old Fashioned, White Russian and Cuba Libre because they don't require much ingredients and are cost effective.

What are other drinks I could try?

[Anonymous No.5570879]

>>5570869
Go for a Tom Collins. Gin, lime juice, simple syrup, and club soda.

[Anonymous No.5570893]

>>5570879
sounds good, I'll try that next time

[Anonymous No.5570907]

I'm not a faggot so rum and coke.
Or Scotch and a glass.

[Anonymous No.5571115]

>>5570381
Green tea gin? What? I've never heard of that.

I love green tea, and gin is a great kind of drink. Do you have any recommended gin? I usually get bombay; I know people say it isn't good, but I like it well enough.

[Anonymous No.5571134]

>>5571115
beefeater

[Anonymous No.5571178]

>>5571134
Do they sell that green tea gin you were talking about? If you're the same guy..

I always see beefeater recommended here; guess I will have to try it.

[Anonymous No.5571243]

>>5571115
I don't get the bombay hate, i think it's fine. My personal favourite is Tanqueray though. It's a little more expensive, but well worth it in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.5571245]

>>5571178
Literally put green tea in gin to steep at room temperature for about two hours then strain. I've done it with bourbon and black tea many times to use in a honey sweetened whiskey sour and it's delicious.

My go to drinks are usually whiskey or gin. Lately I've been drinking a lot of gin-mojitos, whiskey sours (I make my own sour mix of course) and palomas.

[Anonymous No.5571253]

>>5571245
I thought you meant to go buy a particular brand of green tea gin.

I could definitely make my own.

I feel like green tea gin shouldn't be drank just by itself though? I feel like it wouldn't taste to great on its own, maybe good but not great, probably best used in mixed drinks?

[Anonymous No.5571258]

>>5571253
Green tea gin mojito, because nothing goes with green tea as well as mint. Maybe use honey instead of simple syrup.

[Anonymous No.5571271]

>>5568827
I love mixing the vodka sour, really easy to do and tastes delicious.

>4cl vodka
>3cl rich syrup
>3cl fresh lemon juice
Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail glass. It's great. You can also strain over ice and fill upp with some soda water and sip with a straw

Other than that I love the white russian, moscow mule and mojito, but the mojito is such a hassle to make because of the mint leaves

[Anonymous No.5571280]

>>5571271
Just plant some mint in your yard. Soon, you'll have an entire yard full of mint, because that shit is one hearty weed. It takes over everything.

[Anonymous No.5571286]

>>5568895
This has to be the most pretentious post I've ever read outside of /mu/

[Anonymous No.5571295]

>>5571280
Yeah we have some at home. Thing is I mostly do cocktails when I am with friends on trips and so on, so then you have to find mint plants from the local store. Good tip though, we have a metric ton in the garden by now

[Anonymous No.5571332]

>>5571243
I think the Bombay Sapphire hate is just down to the fact that its got a pretty different flavour to most other common gins. It's also probably got something to do with the fact that most people who don't really give a shit think of it as like a top shelf gin.

It's the Beefeater recommendation that I can't get behind. Maybe it's just the one bottle I had but it was basically just paint stripper.

[Anonymous No.5572059]

Ok, OP here. Today for aperitivo I had an Old Fashioned. Can someone please explain what's good about it? I don't see it at all. Tasted like diluted whiskey and was absolutely terrible. I should also tell you they hadn't mixed the drink particularly well, so that might have contributed. But still.. Worst drink so far.

[Anonymous No.5572098]

>>5572059
I guess you can get good ones and bad ones. If the ice is already melting when it goes in the glass then thats going to dilute the whiskey, but if its not, then the drink shouldnt be diluted a great deal.

I love the cherry at the bottom once you finish the drink and its soaked up all whiskey, and think the orange flavour is really good.

Id suggest a Manhattan maybe, there is no ice left in the drink, but there is added vermouth which isnt as strong as whiskey so you might feel thats a bit diluted also. Even so, its a great drink