Toast 16,142 Posted August 21, 2023 Post your favourite tipples here. I have recently got into the habit of mixing a nightly cocktail. Currently enjoying a Bakewell Tart Sour Brandy, amaretto, cherry syrup, fresh lemon juice, angostura bitters Awesome. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,399 Posted August 22, 2023 Right up my straße, this thread. It's summer (apparently), so it's white wine season. One of my faves is this gorgeous crisp white from Naked Wines, complete with interesting Jules Verne inspired label: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted August 22, 2023 10 hours ago, Toast said: Post your favourite tipples here. I have recently got into the habit of mixing a nightly cocktail. Currently enjoying a Bakewell Tart Sour Brandy, amaretto, cherry syrup, fresh lemon juice, angostura bitters Awesome. Some similar ingredients to my favourite: homemade Singapore Sling (Lemon juice, cherry liqueur, angostura bitters, gin, pineapple juice, benedictine, cointreau, grenadine syrup) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,535 Posted August 22, 2023 Best cocktail bar I've ever been to was Lucy's Flower Shop in Stockholm. The rye and apple with malt vinegar was truly godly: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted August 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Youth in Asia said: Some similar ingredients to my favourite: homemade Singapore Sling (Lemon juice, cherry liqueur, angostura bitters, gin, pineapple juice, benedictine, cointreau, grenadine syrup) Here it is, just the lemon juice swapped for lime. I love Benedictine, also with brandy as a B&B. I must get a bottle. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,399 Posted August 22, 2023 If we’re talking cocktails, the Oyster Creek Kitchen in Sarfend does a Pineapple and Jalapeño Margarita (with a salty rim, ooooh) which is bloody lovely 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 359 Posted August 22, 2023 By chance I won a bottle of Theakstons Old Peculier in a raffle a few weeks ago. It was a nice amber ale, tasting faintly of choclate to me (website claims it is cherry and banana). Enjoyed it after work and would certainly try it again, if I could find it! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilham 757 Posted August 22, 2023 Had a lemon-lavender prosecco spritzer over the weekend. Very nice refreshing summer drink. Some of the menus here have already switched to fall drinks: bitter, pumpkin ones which I'm not fond of. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted August 22, 2023 27 minutes ago, Evil Grimace said: By chance I won a bottle of Theakstons Old Peculier in a raffle a few weeks ago. Funny, I won a bottle of Jagermeister on a village fete bottle stall a few weeks ago. While it would have been a long way down my shopping list, it was a good prize for 20p. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,399 Posted August 22, 2023 50 minutes ago, Toast said: Funny, I won a bottle of Jagermeister on a village fete bottle stall a few weeks ago. While it would have been a long way down my shopping list, it was a good prize for 20p. Ugh. Jäger tastes like my late teens. Can't face the stuff anymore, I've suffered enough. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,304 Posted August 22, 2023 MALBEC Red Wine from Mendoza, Argentina. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted August 22, 2023 Tonight's cocktail is Hazelnut Alexander Brandy, crème de cacao, hazelnut liqueur, cream, angostura bitters Lush, but next time I might try it with a tad more cacao and a tad less brandy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,399 Posted August 22, 2023 James May's Asian Parsnip Gin and Mediterranean Tonic this evening, garnished with a couple of cardamom pods. It's one of my favourite gins, but somehow I fancy a cocktail now. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted August 24, 2023 I just had a cup of tea last night. Having another one now. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,304 Posted August 24, 2023 Plum Juice I made from the plums from my tree in the garden. Yummy! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted August 24, 2023 Enjoying a Honey Wall White rum, Tuaca, crème de cacao. You would swear there was honey in it but there isn't. Lovely. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,399 Posted August 24, 2023 A 2018 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo which has been sitting on the shelf in my drinks cupboard maturing for nigh on two years. Drinking lovely now, with a smooth, lingering cherry finish on it. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,304 Posted August 25, 2023 A Beer on Friday night after my grandson’s football/soccer game. NB! Update: they lost 2 -0. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,142 Posted August 25, 2023 Nutty Summer Advocaat, coconut rum, pineapple juice, amaretto, cream, with a garnish of 3 drops of angostura Delicious! I was unfamiliar with advocaat before my cocktail adventures. What a nice surprise, it's like custard with brandy in it I wasn't brought up on the rare treat of a Snowball at Christmas like other kids. No ! I was allowed a small glass of whatever the grownups were having, all year round. My bottle of Warninks is nearly empty and I shall have to replenish soon. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,399 Posted August 25, 2023 9 minutes ago, Toast said: Nutty Summer Advocaat, coconut rum, pineapple juice, amaretto, cream, with a garnish of 3 drops of angostura Delicious! I was unfamiliar with advocaat before my cocktail adventures. What a nice surprise, it's like custard with brandy in it I wasn't brought up on the rare treat of a Snowball at Christmas like other kids. No ! I was allowed a small glass of whatever the grownups were having, all year round. My bottle of Warninks is nearly empty and I shall have to replenish soon. Sounds lush, good to see the Warninks out outside of Christmas. Snowballs are a bit meh as they normally are but whack some rhubarb syrup and a shot of vanilla vodka in there and you've a boozy rhubarb & custard! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 283 Posted August 25, 2023 Theakston's Old Peculier. Hic! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,304 Posted August 26, 2023 Tonight will be a typical Saturday night in all the downtown areas in Norway that have college students. They’re back! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,399 Posted August 26, 2023 I'm home alone this weekend and enjoying a bottle of this reasonably priced South African Shiraz-Syrah-Viognier blend. Viognier in a red sounds all wrong but it gives this otherwise fairly peppery wine a mouthwatering little lift. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
