Cocktails

[DaveB]

The Sidecar.

1 Part Lemon Juice
2 parts Cointreau
3 Parts Brandy

Put plenty of ice into an old fashioned glass, pour over the ingredients. Stir. Garnish with a cocktail cherry.

Alternatively shake ingredients well with ice and pour into a chilled martini glass.

Alternative to the alternative, substitute Bourbon for the Brandy.

[norrahe]

Negroni - I like to make it with a dash of lemon and also bols genever instead of gin.

Big fan of vodka martinis, I make mine with 3 measures vodka, 1 measure jonge jenever, 1 measure lillet and a teaspoon of lemon juice

[doodab]

Old fashioned, Manhattan, dark and stormy, mint julep, tom Collins are all good.

[norrahe]

I also like cosmopolitans or caipirinhas.

[GB9]

Thanks for the replies. Will have to try a few of these. The Tom Collins sounds about right and I will nip round to hyperD's for an Espresso Martini too.

Only downside to last night is I feel as rough as a mangy dog this morning.

[Gibbon]

Negroni - I like to make it with a dash of lemon and also bold genever instead of gin.

Lemon, non non et infinitum non!


Think you mean Bols not bold!

[Moscow Mule]

Thanks for the replies. Will have to try a few of these. The Tom Collins sounds about right and I will nip round to hyperD's for an Espresso Martini too.

Only downside to last night is I feel as rough as a mangy dog this morning.

Best get a Bloody Mary in you then

[d000hg]

I kinda like mojitos without the sweet stuff cos I'm diabetic, why so many cocktails need to be sweet?

With a julep or mojito I think the sweetness is supposed to play off the strength of the drink, since you shouldn't really have any mixers - basically neat liquor and sugar

If you were drinking longer versions I'd probably agree with you, though I might try your idea next time I gather mint leaves as we have limes in.

[Ticktock]

Big fan of vodka martinis, I make mine with 3 measures vodka, 1 measure jonge jenever, 1 measure lillet and a teaspoon of lemon juice

By measure do you mean super or maxi? With or without applicator? Does the lilet just help soak up some of the alcohol?

[hyperD]

Thanks for the replies. Will have to try a few of these. The Tom Collins sounds about right and I will nip round to hyperD's for an Espresso Martini too.

Only downside to last night is I feel as rough as a mangy dog this morning.

I reversed engineered it from Charlotte's Bistro in Chiswick, as a present for a friend of mine. Christ, that was one fun evening trying that.

norrahe introduced me to the negroni - lovely and refreshing.

Feeling like a mangy dog is a perfect excuse for a morning cocktail as a sharpener.