Time for a drink!

[jahearme]

Let's share some drink recipes with each other. I'll start with a couple my wife introduced me to.

 

OLD FASHIONED

1.5 oz Maker’s Mark

.5 oz Club Soda

2 orange slices

2 maraschino cherries

1 teaspoon sugar or 1 sugar cube

 

Muddle orange slice, maraschino cherry, and teaspoon of sugar in an Old Fashioned glass. Fill glass ¾ full with ice. Add 1.5 oz Maker’s Mark and a splash of Club Soda. Garnish with additional orange slice and maraschino cherry.

 

 

KENTUCKY MOJITO

Combine in a collins glass:

½ fresh lime (quartered)

.25oz sugar syrup

6-8 mint leaves

Splash soda water

Muddle ingredients then add

1.5oz Maker’s Mark

Fill glass with crushed ice

Top with soda water

Garnish with mint sprig

[MBWC41]

I'm not big on too many drinks that require multiple liquors, garnishes, etc. If it takes me longer to make it than it does to drink it, I'm not interested.

[SKINPIG]

Add Bud Light in the bottle to a cooler of ice. Let it sit for about 15 minutes. Enjoy.

[Hangman]

I'm a straight vodka man these days. If I drink it with anything, it's tonic water.

 

Tasty.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

My Grandfather's favorite drink...

 

The Presbyterian:

Equal parts bourbon, club soda, and ginger ale over ice. Serve in a high ball glass with lemon garnish.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

Oma's G & T:

- 2 shots Seagram's lime infused Gin (because just one shot is for wimps)

- 1-2 shots tonic water

- 1 shot 7-Up

- lime wedge, squeezed and dropped in the drink

Serve over ice.

[The Professor]

jahearme, your college golfing buddy said he keeps it simple:

 

One pint of moonshine, chased with a cold 7-Up.

[Run To State]

For after dinner, at least for me.

 

Smith And Kerns

 

1 1/2 oz dark creme de cacao or Kahlua over ice

Fill with ice milk or half & half

Top with soda

Serve in a tall glass

 

Some prefer it this way, I like it either way.

 

SMITH AND KERNS - DRINK OF THE DAY - watch more recipes and videos

[malachicrunch]

^ See the guy's ice bucket? A penguin. Anybody have one?

[jahearme]

jahearme, your college golfing buddy said he keeps it simple:

 

One pint of moonshine, chased with a cold 7-Up.

 

Some things never change.....

[jahearme]

I'm a straight vodka man these days. If I drink it with anything, it's tonic water.

 

Tasty.

 

May I suggest a vodka to you?

Effen Vodka. Good stuff.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

May I suggest a vodka to you?

Effen Vodka. Good stuff.

 

I definitely like Effen. It's kind of pricey for vodka though - at least for me. If I'm gonna blow cash on liquor, it's gonna be on bourbon.

 

Regardless, I go with Luksusowa Vodka. It's a very smooth potato vodka, and it's not expensive at all. It may cost slightly more than Smirnoff, but it tastes fantastic. This year at New Years a good friend of mine who fancies herself a vodka drinker showed up with a bottle of Belvedere Vodka. I made her try it up against Luksosowa, Smirnoff and Tito's in a blind taste test, and she liked Luksosowa the best.

[Hangman]

I will give it a try... Judging by the price, it wont be the regular, but I'll try anything once.

 

I typically drink Ketel One or Smirnoff.

[malachicrunch]

Thanks. I got it from my great-grandpa. It was one of his wedding presents from the late 19-teens.

 

I've got two of the ice buckets that are in the picture. Also heirlooms from my grandparents. Cherished items for sure, and also very functional.:thumb:

[jahearme]

I definitely like Effen. It's kind of pricey for vodka though - at least for me. If I'm gonna blow cash on liquor, it's gonna be on bourbon.

 

Regardless, I go with Luksusowa Vodka. It's a very smooth potato vodka, and it's not expensive at all. It may cost slightly more than Smirnoff, but it tastes fantastic. This year at New Years a good friend of mine who fancies herself a vodka drinker showed up with a bottle of Belvedere Vodka. I made her try it up against Luksosowa, Smirnoff and Tito's in a blind taste test, and she liked Luksosowa the best.

 

What's your favorite bourbon to splurge on?

Basil Hayden?

Booker's?

Knob Creek?

Baker's?

Those are some of the favorites in our house.