What has your "friend" been up to?
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Breadvan72 said:
Try:
Perfect Manhattan: 2 parts rye whisky, 1 part red vermouth, 1 part white vermouth, a dash of bitters. Shake or stir over ice. Serve straight up in a Martini glass or on the rocks in an Old Fashioned glass (tumbler). Garnish with orange peel and/or a Maraschino cherry.
Classic Daiquiri ; 3 parts Cuban rum (white or aged), 2 parts fresh lime juice, half to 1 part simple syrup*. Shake over ice and serve straight up in a Martini glass, garnish with fresh lime.
Martini: use a high-end but not over aromatised gin such as Tanqueray or Bombay Sapphire. To 2 parts of gin add maybe half a capful of Noilly Prat vermouth, or Martini Secco. Stir slowly over ice. The drink must be VERY cold. Serve straight up in a Martini glass (go figure) with a lemon twist or an olive. If you instead use a tiny pickled onion, the drink is now a Gibson, as favoured by Cary Grant. A dirty Martini adds some of the brine from the olive jar.
OR: use Grey Goose or Belvedere or Absolut vodka instead of the gin.
Old Fashioned: In a tumbler, muddle simple syrup or half a spoon of sugar with plain water. Add 2 parts of rye whisky, or bourbon if you insist. Add several large ice cubes and stir. Add a dash of bitters and garnish with orange peel.
The best place to get a good cocktail is often the bar in a posh hotel.
*sugar dissolved in simmering water .
They do sound very nice indeed.Perfect Manhattan: 2 parts rye whisky, 1 part red vermouth, 1 part white vermouth, a dash of bitters. Shake or stir over ice. Serve straight up in a Martini glass or on the rocks in an Old Fashioned glass (tumbler). Garnish with orange peel and/or a Maraschino cherry.
Classic Daiquiri ; 3 parts Cuban rum (white or aged), 2 parts fresh lime juice, half to 1 part simple syrup*. Shake over ice and serve straight up in a Martini glass, garnish with fresh lime.
Martini: use a high-end but not over aromatised gin such as Tanqueray or Bombay Sapphire. To 2 parts of gin add maybe half a capful of Noilly Prat vermouth, or Martini Secco. Stir slowly over ice. The drink must be VERY cold. Serve straight up in a Martini glass (go figure) with a lemon twist or an olive. If you instead use a tiny pickled onion, the drink is now a Gibson, as favoured by Cary Grant. A dirty Martini adds some of the brine from the olive jar.
OR: use Grey Goose or Belvedere or Absolut vodka instead of the gin.
Old Fashioned: In a tumbler, muddle simple syrup or half a spoon of sugar with plain water. Add 2 parts of rye whisky, or bourbon if you insist. Add several large ice cubes and stir. Add a dash of bitters and garnish with orange peel.
The best place to get a good cocktail is often the bar in a posh hotel.
*sugar dissolved in simmering water .
How does your friend feel about a Mojito? My friend watched a live feed of one being made with fresh ingredients and thought it looked a 'right belter'.
An important point about cocktails made without non-alcoholic mixers is that they should, with the exception of Negronis, be small drinks. The stupidly large cocktails served up by rubbish bars are absurd. Look at the small size of the drinks that Don and Roger drink in Mad Men. That's the only way that they can survive drinking so many of them.
James Thurber: One Martini is just fine, two Martinis are too many, and three Martinis aren't enough.
Anon: Martinis are like breasts: one isn't enough, three are too many.
James Thurber: One Martini is just fine, two Martinis are too many, and three Martinis aren't enough.
Anon: Martinis are like breasts: one isn't enough, three are too many.
Breadvan72 said:
NewUsername said:
My friend also thinks there is not much better to while away an evening than a proper Bajan rum, unfiltered, from Foursquare, preferably aged 10 years plus and straight, no ice and no water, unless its a very high abv and needs loosening slightly. If it was Whiskey it would be very expensive
Has your friend tried Zacapa from Guatamala? Sipped with just one ice cube. As good as a good Armagnac. Zacapa is a Solera rum so 'blended' in the way Sherry is, so potentially its excellent but a 23 year old for example has spirit in from 6 to 23 years old.
My friend urges your friend from the bottom of my friends heart to try a cask aged non filtered rum such as A Foursquare 2007. Its worth reading about Richard Seale and his philosophy on his products.
My friend is partial to a Long Island Iced Tea, the bestest ever being served in the bar on (IIRC) the 96th floor of the John Hancock building in Chicago. It was whilst visiting his brother and SIL back in 2012 that they all retired to said bar for cocktails after a hectic day seeing the sights of the Windy City. My friend’s SIL enquired of my friend what cocktail he was partaking of and my friend’s better half jumped in quickly that it will be his favourite “iced tea”. SIL, an American, then scoffed that iced tea was not a cocktail and that my friend should order something alcoholic. Recognising that his SIL was somewhat inexperienced in the art of cocktail quaffing my friend expounded that iced tea was both a refreshing and invigorating drink and that SIL should try one. SIL then requested a sip of his iced tea which my friend gladly agreed to. The resulting expression on the face of his SIL will remain with my friend forever as he truly thought her eyes might just fall out of her head. “I thought it strange that you were drinking tea” quipped the SIL “what the hell is that.” Again my friend’s better half interjected immediately “oh yes it is, just of the Long Island variety”!
elanfan said:
My friend is disappointed that this thread is turning into a cocktails appreciation thread and suggests that a separate thread should be started.
Can’t we keep this thread for tales of daft things our friends have been up to? Please?
It's a chat. New stories will arrive in a bit. Until then, vamp til' ready. Can’t we keep this thread for tales of daft things our friends have been up to? Please?
I could recount the tale where my friend and his friends went to a rum tasting evening at a local merchants establishment.
The importer gave his talk and we sampled the 'very expensive' rums as he spoke, these were £200 plus per bottle and not what my friend usually drinks (exceptional rum is available from £45 per bottle!) but they were very nice non-the-less. The importer took a call before the end of the evening and had to leave hurriedly, leaving his samples with the hired help from the merchants and instructions to finish the evening as planned and take any orders etc.
Needless to say the hired help was young and impressionable and my friend and his friends stayed long into the night with the hired help and helped him with the samples, so much so that he really didn't have much to pack up for the returning merchant the next day.
My friend often wonders if the telling off the lad got for draining £1500 plus of rum was proportional to my friends two day hangover
The importer gave his talk and we sampled the 'very expensive' rums as he spoke, these were £200 plus per bottle and not what my friend usually drinks (exceptional rum is available from £45 per bottle!) but they were very nice non-the-less. The importer took a call before the end of the evening and had to leave hurriedly, leaving his samples with the hired help from the merchants and instructions to finish the evening as planned and take any orders etc.
Needless to say the hired help was young and impressionable and my friend and his friends stayed long into the night with the hired help and helped him with the samples, so much so that he really didn't have much to pack up for the returning merchant the next day.
My friend often wonders if the telling off the lad got for draining £1500 plus of rum was proportional to my friends two day hangover
CharlesdeGaulle said:
My friend wonders what the chap on the left is indicating, and finds the women in green and white oddly alluring for a cartoon. He's a sick animal.
My friend thinks that he is egging on a contestant in a game similar to one involving a yard of ale that my friend was known to compete in in his mis-spent youth, although unfortunately green-clad women were invariably absent from this sport.HTH
NewUsername said:
I could recount the tale where my friend and his friends went to a rum tasting evening at a local merchants establishment.
The importer gave his talk and we sampled the 'very expensive' rums as he spoke, these were £200 plus per bottle and not what my friend usually drinks (exceptional rum is available from £45 per bottle!) but they were very nice non-the-less. The importer took a call before the end of the evening and had to leave hurriedly, leaving his samples with the hired help from the merchants and instructions to finish the evening as planned and take any orders etc.
Needless to say the hired help was young and impressionable and my friend and his friends stayed long into the night with the hired help and helped him with the samples, so much so that he really didn't have much to pack up for the returning merchant the next day.
My friend often wonders if the telling off the lad got for draining £1500 plus of rum was proportional to my friends two day hangover
The importer gave his talk and we sampled the 'very expensive' rums as he spoke, these were £200 plus per bottle and not what my friend usually drinks (exceptional rum is available from £45 per bottle!) but they were very nice non-the-less. The importer took a call before the end of the evening and had to leave hurriedly, leaving his samples with the hired help from the merchants and instructions to finish the evening as planned and take any orders etc.
Needless to say the hired help was young and impressionable and my friend and his friends stayed long into the night with the hired help and helped him with the samples, so much so that he really didn't have much to pack up for the returning merchant the next day.
My friend often wonders if the telling off the lad got for draining £1500 plus of rum was proportional to my friends two day hangover
Not quite in the same vein cost wise, but when my friend was 18 and doing his BTEC National Diploma in Business the college arranged for them to visit Stones brewery in Sheffield.
The students were overjoyed to discover that, following the tour (which was very interesting), the brewery provided a sampling room where many pints were quaffed. Also, on a visit to the loo, my friend discovered crates of ale stacked nearby which were subsequently raided by my friends and his friends for imbibing on the return trip on the coach.
A most educational day was had by all.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
anonymous said:
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My friend wonders what the chap on the left is indicating, and finds the women in green and white oddly alluring for a cartoon. He's a sick animal. My friend is now in that London sans Martini or pit girls and has to go all the way to Crewe. My friends hates Going to Crewe.
BigMon said:
Not quite in the same vein cost wise, but when my friend was 18 and doing his BTEC National Diploma in Business the college arranged for them to visit Stones brewery in Sheffield.
The students were overjoyed to discover that, following the tour (which was very interesting), the brewery provided a sampling room where many pints were quaffed. Also, on a visit to the loo, my friend discovered crates of ale stacked nearby which were subsequently raided by my friends and his friends for imbibing on the return trip on the coach.
A most educational day was had by all.
My friend collected the post from the end of the drive a little while ago and got excited when he saw a letter from DVLA. He thought it might be the registration document for his Trabant. Unfortunately it was the V5 for his son's Punto.
On the brightside, he still has the letter about the Trabant to look forward to.
Talking of his Trabant, his wife informs him he only has an hour of real work tomorrow so can spend the rest of the day swearing at the rear brake drums and steering rack of the Trabant.
On the brightside, he still has the letter about the Trabant to look forward to.
Talking of his Trabant, his wife informs him he only has an hour of real work tomorrow so can spend the rest of the day swearing at the rear brake drums and steering rack of the Trabant.
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