Potent Potables
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I tend to love my rum; and there's a relatively recent distillery (In Maryland, no less) called Seacrets that's quickly become my latest favorite. I can also wax poetic about all different sorts of absinthe; but that's another story.
As far as mixers? I tend to go pretty light on those - if I drink, I drink cause I like the taste of the alcohol in question. I do have a couple of standbys though:
1> Dark and Stormy (Black Rum, like Goslings, and Ginger Beer with a twist of lime)
2> Thing-I-Invented (1/3 Goldschlager, kept in freezer, dropped on 2/3 room temp spiced rum, downed as a shot - tastes like an atomic fireball)
3> Bloodbath (From my hardcore goth days. 2 oz Chambord, 6 oz cabernet sauvignon, splash of cranberry juice) -
@Killer-Klown said in Potent Potables:
1> Dark and Stormy (Black Rum, like Goslings, and Ginger Beer with a twist of lime)
This was my first mixed drink after turning 21 and it has stayed one of my favorites.
Kraken is prob the best, IMO, if you can't get like, a local rum.True story: in Greenville, SC, you couldn't get a Dark and Stormy ANYWHERE downtown, but I knew people in the restaurants there (ex-husband is a cook, worked in them) so I began hassling my bartender buddies about it and one finally put it on the menu. It was super successful. So it spread and now you can get one ALL THE PLACES.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
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@Auspice Yeah, it's actually not on menu here either; but they have Moscow Mules out the wazoo cause we also have a lot of things called 'gastropubs'. So I'm usually just like "So, you have some really kinda dark rum, right? Make me a mule with that instead of vodka."
And they look at me like I'm the Claw from Toy Story or something. -
@Killer-Klown said in Potent Potables:
@Auspice Yeah, it's actually not on menu here either; but they have Moscow Mules out the wazoo cause we also have a lot of things called 'gastropubs'. So I'm usually just like "So, you have some really kinda dark rum, right? Make me a mule with that instead of vodka."
And they look at me like I'm the Claw from Toy Story or something.Yeah, Moscow Mules are still really popular. Which, esp. rn....
that's a summer drink aholes.
Bring out the stuff that's spicy and warm.... -
@Auspice True, but I also have drunk mojitos in December, because my booze habits are not subject to the Empires edicts.
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If I want to kill myself, I like Starry Nights.
Also, I like Johnnie Walker Blue Label.
Peasants.
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I sit near the alcohol buyers at work.
Friday, I overheard them making a lot of 'blech' sounds. So, on my way out (they do their tastings end of day for obvs reasons) I went over to be like 'OK, what's so terrible?'
They handed me a small cup and were like 'OK, if you like it, be honest. We want to know.'
It was so bad. It was one of those White Claw knockoffs and hoooooboy. It was bad.
But they invited me to stick around, try some other things (all better than the first one). They gave me a six-pack of Truly (which I thoroughly enjoyed this weekend). And we finished out with this Japanese whiskey that a buyer trying to get into the US market sent them.
...that stuff was amazing. I need to ask the guy (when I see him again this week) what the name of it is to keep an eye out. It was the smoothest. fucking. whiskey. I've ever had. Hands down.
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I just tried some Empress 1908 gin yesterday. Pretty looking and not bad tasting. Not sure I prefer it over my Hendricks or not yet. More tastings will have to occur to verify.
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My goto lately has been 3 shots of vodka, 3 shots of everclear; add a half-ounce of bitters and 3/4oz of honey syrup, then sprinkle cinnamon on the top.
Good warm or cold.
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@Jaded said in Potent Potables:
My goto lately has been 3 shots of vodka, 3 shots of everclear; add a half-ounce of bitters and 3/4oz of honey syrup, then sprinkle cinnamon on the top.
Good warm or cold.
That sounds teeth-grindingly strong. Three shots of everclear, plus cinnamon and vodka? Good lord, my everything would be on fire and I'd be halfway to 'can't walk'.
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I've had everclear and Gatorade once or twice, and that was strong enough. I can't imagine adding another alcohol to everclear...
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There's a bar in Greenville, SC (......ugh my mid-20s are showing themselves hard in this thread...) that has alcoholic slushies (City Tavern, one of the bartenders is from MD, so good place to go if you wanna make sure the TVs are showing DC/Baltimore teams).... Two of them use everclear.
Good way to get fucked up fast.
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Yeah, down in New Orleans <And I would imagine a number of other places> alcoholic slushies are a big thing - and they actually sell them out of the rotating, clear-front slurpee-style dispensers.
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@Killer-Klown Midori Sour slushie >> So good.
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@Killer-Klown that's how a lot of south Africans survive this damn heat to be honest.
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RISE THREAD!
I just wanted to share some of my plants.
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@wretched nice. What strains?
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so pretty!!!!!
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@crawfish said in Potent Potables:
@wretched nice. What strains?
Captain America OG, is what is pictured, i have some Sour Patch Kidz that are getting ready to flower and I just planted some Rainbow Runtz and Cherry Pie.
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White Russian milkshake.
