The Drink Thread

[bowmore]

From a different thread: In the sticks said;
"I used to make my own bar shooters.
One was called a B52.

It's layered drink formed by pouring each ingredient over the back of a spoon into the shot glass, so they do not mix together:

-coffee liqueur
-Bailey's Irish Creme
-Grand Marnier"

The really tricky one is called a Pousse Cafe. It is also made by taking in the density of different liqueurs and carefully pouring them over a spoon. I once made one with 6 layers. I cheated by having a book that told of the density of the different liqueurs. The heaviest was cream de cacao and the lightest a cherry brandy. It looked great but tasted terrible

 

[MarciKS]

The Blue Hawaii drink looks fantastic!!

 

[Gary O']

Jus' gimme coffee...black
A high end single malt
An IPA or Michelob Amber bock

or

water

my water

Nothin' fancy with all that recipe concoction

jus' good

 

[Ruthanne]

I'm having a great, tall, iced water right now, does that count?

 

[MarciKS]

You can have whatever. Doesn't have to be alcoholic or hot or cold just whatever.

 

[Old Dummy]

Two favs within the past couple of years:

- Gin with cranberry/raspberry juice over ice, sometimes with a splash of lemon.

- "Bruce's Bloody Salted Dirty Martini": Ice, gin, olive juice, a couple dashes of salt, vermouth, and a splash of juice from maraschino cherry jar. Garnish with olives and maraschino cherry.

 

[fmdog44]

spiritsnetwork.com available on demand and free online or through its app

 

[SeaBreeze]

The drink I miss having is a chocolate egg cream, haven't had that in a lot of years.

I make those at home sometimes, just using Hershey's syrup, 2% milk and plain carbonated seltzer water (no salt, sugar or flavoring), sometimes use Perrier.

 

[SeaBreeze]

We mostly drink plain seltzer carbonated water, Safeway sells the 2 liter bottles with no salt or added ingredients. With supper we like to have a beer, Miller High Life or Foster's. Once in a blue moon we'll have some red wine, usually buy a few bottles around the holidays to last for the year. I do like juices sometimes, orange, cranberry, black cherry.....will add a drop to the seltzer for a flavored drink.

 

[MarciKS]

https://www.food.com/recipe/fruit-loops-non-alcoholic-cocktail-273893​

 

[asp3]

I'm enjoying a glass of the 2017 1000 Stories Zinfandel. It's bourbon barrel aged and that adds an interesting dimension to the wine. It still has some wonderfully characteristic zin flavors of pepper, stewed fruits and a nice lightly astringent finish.

 

[MarciKS]

I'm enjoying a glass of the 2017 1000 Stories Zinfandel. It's bourbon barrel aged and that adds an interesting dimension to the wine. It still has some wonderfully characteristic zin flavors of pepper, stewed fruits and a nice lightly astringent finish.

Pepper? Actually when you say astringent it makes it sound like they're ringing out Stridex pads in it. LOL!

 

[Keesha]

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https://www.food.com/recipe/fruit-loops-non-alcoholic-cocktail-273893​

When younger, I used to make a huge batch of fruit punch and it looked similar to this . I’d make one spiked and one non alcoholic version and they were always a big hit. That bunch bowl held a lot.

 

[Becky1951]

 

[asp3]

Pepper? Actually when you say astringent it makes it sound like they're ringing out Stridex pads in it. LOL!

Zinfandel often has notes of black pepper or white pepper. The astringency is something that can be pleasant to me in small amounts. A varietal that is often really astringent is Petite Sirah which I also love some times. Depending on the other notes in the wine if it finishes as if your mouth feels like a lightly dusty road it works for me.

 

[MarciKS]

Zinfandel often has notes of black pepper or white pepper. The astringency is something that can be pleasant to me in small amounts. A varietal that is often really astringent is Petite Sirah which I also love some times. Depending on the other notes in the wine if it finishes as if your mouth feels like a lightly dusty road it works for me.

No offense but yuck. LOL! I don't like much of anything with pepper in it. It's interesting to know that they put that in wine. I had no idea. I learned something new. TY!

 

[asp3]

No offense but yuck. LOL! I don't like much of anything with pepper in it. It's interesting to know that they put that in wine. I had no idea. I learned something new. TY!

It's not something that they put into the wine, it's one of the flavors that can come from the Zinfandel grape. It's more of a background note in most Zins, but sometimes it's very forward in the flavor profile.

 

[asp3]

Here's a good overview of Zinfandel that lists some of the common flavors people taste in Zinfandel.

https://winefolly.com/deep-dive/gui...vors of Zinfandel,a tobacco-like smoky finish.

 

[MarciKS]

 

[MarciKS]

Non-Alcoholic
After Midnight recipe
4 tspinstant coffee
2 glass of cold milk
4 tspinstant cocoa
2 dash cream

Add coffee and cocoa to milk. Add cream to smoothen. A bit of Jamaican rum is optional.

Best kind of glass for this drink: Highball.
Serves: 2​

 

[MarciKS]

Having a cup of tea. One bag of Liptons regular tea and one of the stress relieving tea. I like my tea kinda strong so I use 2 bags.

 

[MarciKS]

Got some sugar free cocoa mix since winter is slowly working its way here. I wonder if it would be good with vanilla Crown. I need to get some more Crown Royal. I ran out.