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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 4:20:13 GMT
Cocktails go in and out of fashion.
I remember how thrilling and exotic they appeared to children when I was growing up, which is why the 'Shirley Temple' was invented so that children could have a 'cocktail' too.
A lot of the traditional American cocktails got stuck somehow by the early 1970's and were decreed totally uncool by the new generations. Others, like the margarita or the piña colada, came into the replace the whiskey sour, the Manhattan or the Old Fashioned.
And now those are rather uncool as well, except perhaps in Cancun or on Caribbean cruises where nobody can see you.
What kinds of cocktails are people drinking these days?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 21, 2009 4:49:38 GMT
Ha ~ remember "hi balls"? That's what cocktails were called when I was a kid.
Hm. In the 70s & 80s people still drank whiskey sours and gin & tonic or scotch & soda or rum and coke, bloody marys, bourbon or VO and water, CC & Coke, but also tequila sunrises, Long Island iced tea, and daquiris.
Couldn't tell you what's in now.
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 4:51:25 GMT
I mix on a reasonably regular basis: Bloody Caesar, Manhattan, Martini, Sazerac, Caipirissima.
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 4:51:51 GMT
Oh, and now it's summer - Moscow Mule!
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Post by cigalechanta on Jun 21, 2009 5:45:00 GMT
my favorite, outside of (I'm a huge pastis drinker), is my my last summer discovery,
a basil gimlet.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 16:25:23 GMT
Gin and tonic is generally my drink of choice (he writes, as he drinks a pastis).
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 16:33:57 GMT
my favorite, outside of (I'm a huge pastis drinker), is my my last summer discovery, a basil gimlet. I like the sound of that. Recipe please? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 17:10:57 GMT
I'm listening too because I just bought more basil at the Chinese supermarket today than I can possibly use.
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 17:18:03 GMT
I'm listening too because I just bought more basil at the Chinese supermarket today than I can possibly use. Check in The Galley for another idea for your Basil - I've made this - it's good - not too sweet. |
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Post by cigalechanta on Jun 21, 2009 18:01:47 GMT
INGREDIENTS:
5 basil leaves
1 medium lime
1/2 ounce Simple Syrup (see Recipe)
2 1/2 ounces vodka or gin
INSTRUCTIONS:
Place five basil leaves in a mixing glass. Squeeze the lime into the glass. Press down on the leaves with a muddler and twist 4 to 5 times. Fill glass three-quarters of the way with ice cubes. Add the simple syrup and vodka or gin. Give the glass a good shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Float a piece of the muddled basil on the top as a garnish.
Makes 1 drink
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Simple syrup
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup water
2 cups granulated sugar, preferably cane such as C&H
INSTRUCTIONS:
Boil the water. Add the sugar, reduce heat and stir until completely dissolved. When the mixture turns a pale straw color, turn off heat. Let cool, then pour into a bottle or jar and refrigerate.
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Post by tillystar on Jun 21, 2009 19:39:33 GMT
I do love a pina colada but at home as a dessert kind of drink rather than out in bar, its so filling! I looooooove mojitos and also moscow mules. Sometimes only a G&T will do though. I like going out and taking advantage of the after work happy hours and trying different cocktails sometimes - some bars are so good with different inventions and flavours, its fun. Of course, there is always the snakebite and black...beer, cider and blackcurant squash  |
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 20:00:44 GMT
In Newfoundland they drink:
Dark and Stormy: Goslings Black Seal Rum, with Ginger beer and a lime wedge.
Very good actually.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 22, 2009 7:56:11 GMT
G& T or vodka/ bitter lemon.
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Post by traveler63 on Jun 25, 2009 2:37:53 GMT
Vodka martini, a sniff of vermouth , double olives please. As to what everyone is drinking, well a mojhito with 10 Cane Rum, is very popular now. However, I have read in Food and Wine and other mags that some of the "older" drinks, such as sidecar, whisky sour, etc are coming back. Champagne always, we do Bellinis in the summer.
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Post by lugg on Jun 1, 2016 21:01:24 GMT
Here are a few pics from a recent visit to a quite unique cocktail/ liquor bar in a suburb of Bournemouth , Dorset " The Library" Thoroughly good time enjoyed by all ...hic. Tables need to be booked and the experience starts with entering through a locked door off the connected restaurant " The Larderhouse" www.thelarderhouse.co.uk/The cocktail menu (just a sample of the specials)  The setting   The making of one  Some of the cocktails we tried - mine the "Hiati"  "The Akashi"  A special mix -"the unknown" but fresh tasting with egg white and basil   |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 0:10:31 GMT
Jaysus! £12 for a cocktail in a suburb of Bournemouth? That's over 22 Canadian dollars (which, admittedly, is the reason I don't want to do any international travel at the moment).
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Post by bjd on Jun 2, 2016 8:06:56 GMT
Well, if it contains squash, it's not a drink but a meal, so maybe the £12 is justified.  Why is the drink in the small salad bowl lying sidewise in the box? To keep something warm? |
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Post by lugg on Jun 2, 2016 18:42:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2016 11:55:03 GMT
In Paris, the fashionable drink for about the last 3 or 4 years has been the mojito. No drink lasts more than 5 years with the Parisian in-crowd, so I will be curious to see what the next fad is.
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