Simple Cocktail Thread
Discussion
After enjoying Wadeski's offering on the "Gin" Thread, I've waited in anticpation to see if anyone was going to start a Cocktail Thread.
However as they haven't (and the weekend is approaching) I'll start us off with Wadeski's
However as they haven't (and the weekend is approaching) I'll start us off with Wadeski's
Wadeski said:
GIN BASIL SMASH
you need:
1 large jamjar
a rolling pin or pestle
one seive
half a lemon
a generous handful of fresh basil
a teaspoon of fine sugar or sugar syrup
a double shot of good gin like Hendrick's
ice
put the basil and the half lemon in the jamjar and crush with the rolling pin using a twisting motion to get the juice out. Add the sugar and stir with a spoon.
taste it - it should taste sweet-sour...adjust the sugar as necessary.
fill the jamjar with ice and pour in the gin. be generous.
put the lid on the jamjar and give it a damn good shake for about a minute.
pour through the strainer into a tumbler with ice in it.
you should get a bright green, herby, moreish, boozy cocktail.
Enjoy your Gin Basil Smash
you need:
1 large jamjar
a rolling pin or pestle
one seive
half a lemon
a generous handful of fresh basil
a teaspoon of fine sugar or sugar syrup
a double shot of good gin like Hendrick's
ice
put the basil and the half lemon in the jamjar and crush with the rolling pin using a twisting motion to get the juice out. Add the sugar and stir with a spoon.
taste it - it should taste sweet-sour...adjust the sugar as necessary.
fill the jamjar with ice and pour in the gin. be generous.
put the lid on the jamjar and give it a damn good shake for about a minute.
pour through the strainer into a tumbler with ice in it.
you should get a bright green, herby, moreish, boozy cocktail.
Enjoy your Gin Basil Smash
This one is *lovely*
Ginger Monkey
3 parts dry ginger ale
2 parts Monkey Shoulder whisky (about 50ml)
optional: agnostura bitters
A thick wedge of orange
Ice
fill a tumbler with ice. add the wedge. pour in the ginger ale.
float the whisky on top and, if you like, the small dash of bitters.
its dangerous because even after a few, you can still make them as good as the first one...
Ginger Monkey
3 parts dry ginger ale
2 parts Monkey Shoulder whisky (about 50ml)
optional: agnostura bitters
A thick wedge of orange
Ice
fill a tumbler with ice. add the wedge. pour in the ginger ale.
float the whisky on top and, if you like, the small dash of bitters.
its dangerous because even after a few, you can still make them as good as the first one...
Wadeski said:
This one is *lovely*
Ginger Monkey
3 parts dry ginger ale
2 parts Monkey Shoulder whisky (about 50ml)
optional: agnostura bitters
A thick wedge of orange
Ice
fill a tumbler with ice. add the wedge. pour in the ginger ale.
float the whisky on top and, if you like, the small dash of bitters.
its dangerous because even after a few, you can still make them as good as the first one...
Sounds v nice indeedGinger Monkey
3 parts dry ginger ale
2 parts Monkey Shoulder whisky (about 50ml)
optional: agnostura bitters
A thick wedge of orange
Ice
fill a tumbler with ice. add the wedge. pour in the ginger ale.
float the whisky on top and, if you like, the small dash of bitters.
its dangerous because even after a few, you can still make them as good as the first one...
Dark N'Stormy (National Drink here)
Black (Dark) Rum
Ginger Beer
Ice
Glass.
Or a Rum Swizzle, which is the 2nd most popular.
8 oz. Black (Dark) Rum
Juice of 2 lime s (or lemons)
5 oz. Pineapple juice
5 oz. Orange juice
3/4 oz. Red Grenadine
2 oz. Falernum or sugar syrup
6 dashes Angostura bitters
Lots of ice
Large Pitcher and ice strainer.
Shake everything until frothing head appears, then serve.
Black (Dark) Rum
Ginger Beer
Ice
Glass.
Or a Rum Swizzle, which is the 2nd most popular.
8 oz. Black (Dark) Rum
Juice of 2 lime s (or lemons)
5 oz. Pineapple juice
5 oz. Orange juice
3/4 oz. Red Grenadine
2 oz. Falernum or sugar syrup
6 dashes Angostura bitters
Lots of ice
Large Pitcher and ice strainer.
Shake everything until frothing head appears, then serve.
juice said:
Dark N'Stormy (National Drink here)
Black (Dark) Rum
Ginger Beer
Ice
Glass.
Or a Rum Swizzle, which is the 2nd most popular.
8 oz. Black (Dark) Rum
Juice of 2 lime s (or lemons)
5 oz. Pineapple juice
5 oz. Orange juice
3/4 oz. Red Grenadine
2 oz. Falernum or sugar syrup
6 dashes Angostura bitters
Lots of ice
Large Pitcher and ice strainer.
Shake everything until frothing head appears, then serve.
+1 for Goslings, that'd be Bermuda then?Black (Dark) Rum
Ginger Beer
Ice
Glass.
Or a Rum Swizzle, which is the 2nd most popular.
8 oz. Black (Dark) Rum
Juice of 2 lime s (or lemons)
5 oz. Pineapple juice
5 oz. Orange juice
3/4 oz. Red Grenadine
2 oz. Falernum or sugar syrup
6 dashes Angostura bitters
Lots of ice
Large Pitcher and ice strainer.
Shake everything until frothing head appears, then serve.
Lefty Guns said:
Mojito:
White rum
Icing Sugar
Soda
Lime juice
FRESH Mint
Add the lime juice to the mint and ice and shake it hard for a minute. Add the rum and the sugar. Serve with a lime wedge.
I'd forgotten about those White rum
Icing Sugar
Soda
Lime juice
FRESH Mint
Add the lime juice to the mint and ice and shake it hard for a minute. Add the rum and the sugar. Serve with a lime wedge.
I've was once being given apple mojitos at a BBQ, very refreshing
Made from a bottle of Bacardi which had been left with rasins soaking in it
Similar to above but with apple juice + a few of the plump raisins which exploded in you mouth like depth charges!
Lefty Guns said:
Mojito:
White rum
Icing Sugar
Soda
Lime juice
FRESH Mint
Add the lime juice to the mint and ice and shake it hard for a minute. Add the rum and the sugar. Serve with a lime wedge.
Icing sugar?White rum
Icing Sugar
Soda
Lime juice
FRESH Mint
Add the lime juice to the mint and ice and shake it hard for a minute. Add the rum and the sugar. Serve with a lime wedge.
Bloody icing sugar? Is that when you make them with Value White Rum?
Sugar syrup - make your own
Its probably one of the hardest cocktails to get perfectly right the Mojito.
Plotloss said:
Lefty Guns said:
Mojito:
White rum
Icing Sugar
Soda
Lime juice
FRESH Mint
Add the lime juice to the mint and ice and shake it hard for a minute. Add the rum and the sugar. Serve with a lime wedge.
Icing sugar?White rum
Icing Sugar
Soda
Lime juice
FRESH Mint
Add the lime juice to the mint and ice and shake it hard for a minute. Add the rum and the sugar. Serve with a lime wedge.
Bloody icing sugar? Is that when you make them with Value White Rum?
Sugar syrup - make your own
Its probably one of the hardest cocktails to get perfectly right the Mojito.
Edited by SwanJack on Friday 3rd July 11:00
B52
Kahlua, float Bailys, float Grand Marnier.
They taste lovely and the first 4 have no effect whatsoever.
Number 5 however, they all gang up on you.
I still really fancy trying Le Earthquake - measure of Absinthe and a measure of Brandy in the same glass.
Speaking of Brandy.
Port and Brandy - probably the simplest and most comforting cocktail there is.
Kahlua, float Bailys, float Grand Marnier.
They taste lovely and the first 4 have no effect whatsoever.
Number 5 however, they all gang up on you.
I still really fancy trying Le Earthquake - measure of Absinthe and a measure of Brandy in the same glass.
Speaking of Brandy.
Port and Brandy - probably the simplest and most comforting cocktail there is.
Flaming Lamborghini
1 measure of Kahlua
1 measure of Sambuca
1 measure Blue Curacao
1 measure Baileys
In a large Martini glass add the Kahlua and Sambuca. Fill 2 shot glasses, one with Blue Curacao and the other with Baileys. Light the Kahlua and Sambuca with a match, hand the drinker a straw drink and tell them to drink the cocktail in one. When they have nearly reached the bottom put out the flame by adding the Blue Curacao and Baileys and tell them to finish off the drink.
WARNING:- Don't set fire to yourself
1 measure of Kahlua
1 measure of Sambuca
1 measure Blue Curacao
1 measure Baileys
In a large Martini glass add the Kahlua and Sambuca. Fill 2 shot glasses, one with Blue Curacao and the other with Baileys. Light the Kahlua and Sambuca with a match, hand the drinker a straw drink and tell them to drink the cocktail in one. When they have nearly reached the bottom put out the flame by adding the Blue Curacao and Baileys and tell them to finish off the drink.
WARNING:- Don't set fire to yourself
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