Shiv, I be liking that Kracken. I like to put two (++) shots and a half a lime in a shaker, throw in a little maraschino liqueur and shake it up like a martini, strain it into a cocktail coupe, and splash a little club soda (made with the handy-dandy sodastream). Shit is goog.

Cheap port and cans of kronen.

Just ordered a case of d-tremen though. End of the week.

i need to start making more drinks.

Nothing special. St. Paul brewery with a solid malty session brew.

I bought a bottle of Pernod last weekend. I love the stuff straight up, for now. Any suggestions of some decent mixers? Every published drink I've encountered is ultimately a dilution with fruit juice/liqueur.



Didn't get to picking up any the recommended rums due to a recent run of dead babies. I wish I was joking.
But I'm gonna get three bottles o' rum next weekend...Thanks for the recs.

Cheap cabernet followed by shite beer. Sunday is going to hurt and be damned.

As a rule for myself, carbernet and merlot are only to be consumed at meals because I've covered too many bathroom walls via forceful splash-back after consuming either exclusively for a few hours on an empty stomach. They are a couple of bad news brothers.

Will always remind me of the movie "Gotcha"

Waiter: Avec de l'eau?
Jonathan: A VICTOR WHO?
Waiter: VIS VAHTER?!
Jonathan: PLEASE!

So, I drink it with water. Good digestif.

I just looked this movie up. It looks amazing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089222/




OK. Anything you say. We write it down. Then we'll make a movie.

I added a dram of orange blossom water to a three finger cocktail glass of Pernod and filled it with water. Seems to work pretty well, i.e., you should try that because i had an idea that it would be pretty good and it really was.

That movie is a Cold War classic. I'll try your recipe and report back.

Holy shit Gotcha was as ridiculous as expected, but not unentertaining. Probably worthy of a MST3K skewering.

baltika 9

The Mount Gay and tonic is a solid drink. I never had that combo before but I think it's smoother and overall a better combination than gin. The Barbancourt I haven't quite warmed up to yet. Simply tasted it straight up and mixed a short one with some Coke. The elevated alcohol content doesn't make it great for drinking straight; and I preferred the Appleton Estate for the Coke mixer. Any other recs for Barbancourt drinks to make it shine?

Good rum + club soda + lime was always my go to drink back in the day. Tonic fucks up the taste of rum IMHO.

Oh and I'm drinking this:

You're probably right, but as far as tonic goes, the white rum combo with a squirt of lime is pretty good.

A friend's 60 minute IPA homebrew, some wine while watching 50/50, now Knob Creek while listening to records.

I would just add double the Barbancourt, no white rum

RUM Runner

A ton of Ingredients:

* Two cups ice
* 1 oz pineapple juice
* 1 oz orange juice
* 1 oz blackberry liqueur
* 1 oz banana liqueur
* 1 oz light rum
* 1 oz dark rum or aged rum
* Splash grenadine
* Optional: one ounce of Bacardi 151 to float on top
* Orange slice (optional)

To make by the gallon use 24oz of each

or

Hemingway Daiquiri (Original) [IMO the golden rum goes better with the grapefruit juice]
2 oz Rum
Juice of 2 Limes (small limes)
Juice of 1/2 Grapefruit
1/4 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1/4 oz Cane Syrup

Build all ingredients over crushed ice in a cocktail shaker. Give it a quick, sharp shake or two and pour into the Collins glass. Garnish with part of a spent lime shell.

Also, Pink Grapefruit juice with rum is pretty good and simple

I'm drinking a bottle of Casillero Del Diablo. Bloody awful.

I was reading this thread for the first time in a while and saw GAR posted about Kracken spiced rum and was thinking of making a Dark & Stormy. However, I'm out of limes and don't feel like going to Kroger. So, I'm probably going with this:

is that 18 yr jameson noticeably different?

Excellent call, Jerkass.

Try laying off the lime and adding a pinch of nutmeg in one. Used to drink at a bar that did that, always thought it was a nice addition.

I'll give it a go. I have a stockpile of whole nutmegs just for trippin balls.