What Did You Drink Last Night?

[Traut]

Jack

Jack - neat

 

[gwold]

Elijah Craig

with one cube. Two of them. This is my first bottle of Elijah, and I was not overly impressed with it neat, a few nights ago. The ice last night helped.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Manhattan(s):

Russell Reserve 10 yr old Rye
Carpano Antica Vermouth
Stirrings Blood Orange bitters
Lotsa Rocks.................OKOKOKOK, not traditional but thats how I like em !

Sounds mighty fine to me...

 

[Wally_Hood]

Introduced brother and sister in law to Lillet cocktail; I had g&t with Plymouth, Fever-Tree, and fresh lime.

Tonight, after dinner, the same crowd will try a Lillet rouge in place of the blanc.

 

[Tomasso]

Sounds mighty fine to me...

:arated:

 

[cherry lips]

White russians yum yum yum!

 

[Darhling]

White russians yum yum yum!

That's my girl!!

 

[Alex Oviatt]

Moscow Mules were the house cocktail

 

[rkwilker]

Bookers/rocks.

 

[dnjan]

Killed off the rest of a bottle of 2001 Vacqueyras. It can be so nice to drink a decent wine that has actually been aged close to the right time (though this one would probably have been good for the next five years as well).

 

[Chanfan]

I had a glass of Monk's Blood, from The 21st Amendment Brewery. Beer Advocate describes it thusly:

"Monk's Blood is an 8.3% alcohol, dark Belgian-style ale brewed with eight malts, Belgian candi sugar, cinnamon, vanilla bean, dried local black mission figs and aged on oak for a flavor unlike anything you've ever had from a can.

"

It was delicious!

 

[John in Covina]

Unfortunately for me, due to an over enthusiastic run in with a verticle of Anchor Christmas Beers, I find most spiced ales to be undrinkable.:eusa_doh:

I swear to this day the memory of that run in is stored not only in in my brain but also in my spinal cord.[huh]

 

[rumblefish]

Just had a snort of Martell Cordon Bleu.

 

[rkwilker]

Teachers Highland Creme.....neat.

 

[SteveAS]

William LaRue Weller (wheated) bourbon, 2009 edition, neat. :eusa_clap

 

[dnjan]

Pale Ales and IPA's

Last night was the second beer school at a local pub. An interesting mixture of English and American IPA'a (with a Belgian thrown in at the end).

We tasted (in order, as far as I can read my notes):

Samuel Smith English Pale Ale (basic bitter)
Firestone Walker American Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Batemans **XB English Best Bitter
Bombardier English Premium Bitter
Fullers English ESB
Left Hand Brewing 400lb Monkey IPA
Meantime English IPA
Snoqualmie IPA
Stone IPA
Port Brewing Wipe-Out IPA
Laughing Dog Dogzilla American Black IPA
Victory Hop Wallop American Double (Imperial) IPA
Urthel Hop It Belgian IPA

The contrast between the English and American beers was interesting; the English generally being maltier with less hops bitterness.

If I have to claim a single favourite of the evening it would have to be the Batemans **XB. Good balanced flavour with hops, but not hops-dominated.

 

[Atinkerer]

Rum

 

[rkwilker]

Boddington's English Ale.

 

[Tomasso]

 

[Ethan Bentley]

An evening with a lovely lady and the Fedora Cocktail.

FEDORA NO.1

2 Brandy
1 Rum
1 Bourbon
2 Curacao
Powdered Sugar, 3 Teaspoonsful
Add Slice of Lemon
Ice. - Stir & Serve

Recipe from Burke's Complete Cocktail and Tastybite RECIPES (1936)