That remind me that guy who come in restaurant to ask if they have cold coffee? He drove and ask many store and was turn out , no we dont have cold coffee, after a while he find one that said ,yes we do have cold coffee, oh great, could you warm me one cup please...
Русский Стандарт: Russian Standard (vodka). It's an acceptable quality vodka when served cold.
Just "practicing" for my trip to Russia over New Year to visit my new grandson.
Just "practicing" for my trip to Russia over New Year to visit my new grandson.

Actually, I’d consider the Russian Standard more than acceptable at even room temp with a couple of large ice cubes and about 3 drops of water so as to dilute too much, but my favorite bang for buck vodka would have to be the Luksoswa. Sure, it’s Polish, and from potatoes rather than grains, but then that qualifies it for a gluten-free diet.
I'm not picky. I just make sure I'm there at the end of the night if I'm needed. Same with brother Scott, eh Chris?
Coffee made with 100% milk.
When I was a very young lad in the 1960's coffee made with milk was a treat on a Saturday morning made by mother.
When I was a very young lad in the 1960's coffee made with milk was a treat on a Saturday morning made by mother.
I'm not picky. I just make sure I'm there at the end of the night if I'm needed. Same with brother Scott, eh Chris?
Thanks for the reminder, but have definitely dialed things back quite a bit since then. Hell, I made it home from my combination staff Christmas/ retirement party at the 4-Mile pub last night just after 9:00PM - that early in the evening only took 5 minutes to get a cab. BTW discovered a nice new martini last week - Bourbon, Gin and rhubarb syrup. An almost dangerously smooth and tasty combination of flavours, but that was on a staycation getaway with Susan at Sooke Harbour House, so no chance of overdoing anything - except hiking through the woods to Mystic Beach.
And a nice cold brewed - as opposed to iced hot brewed - coffee is an entirely different thing.
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I made it home at middlenight. Hanh would have stayed longer but I was getting bored around all the I love ya man stuff. It's great when I'm dishing it out but when I'm the DD, I could do with less of it. 🙂Hell, I made it home from my combination staff Christmas/ retirement party at the 4-Mile pub last night just after 9:00PM
Not sure how that's still called a Martini. Have they run out of other names already? I mean I was confused when they first used vodka and called it a Martini.BTW discovered a nice new martini last week - Bourbon, Gin and rhubarb syrup.
Niiiiice!Sooke Harbour House
We had a nice sheltered south facing "lanai", and the sunniest warmest week for quite some time. We measured over 25C one afternoon - I know because Susan always travels with her trusty analog thermometer - even to Bermuda. You think I'm kidding?
Hey, if they wanna call it a martini, who am I to argue. If you really want some entertainment just ask a mixologist or cocktail snob "so, what's the best martini"
According to "the Google", it might just be the most customizable drink on the planet
26 Martini Recipes - How To Make A Martini Cocktail With Gin or Vodka
Hey, if they wanna call it a martini, who am I to argue. If you really want some entertainment just ask a mixologist or cocktail snob "so, what's the best martini"
According to "the Google", it might just be the most customizable drink on the planet
26 Martini Recipes - How To Make A Martini Cocktail With Gin or Vodka
Silly boogers just can't think of new names.
Martini: Gin, vermouth, king size olive with pit, ice optional depending on the liquor temp.
No more, no less.
Martini: Gin, vermouth, king size olive with pit, ice optional depending on the liquor temp.
No more, no less.
My wife asked if there was something that was both wine and beer, and we were in the mountains yesterday.
Indeed there is:
Oeneobeers: An oenobeer is a beer/wine hybrid with each beer using a different wine grape in its fermentation.
A specialty of Liberati Denver - Italian Cuisine and Oenobeers
A Barleywine is a wine strength beer. It does not have any grape juice in it
Usually I am drinking Kirkland or plain water.
On Sunday my son came over with the grand-daughters in tow and we had a 2015 Nuits St. Georges, Joseph Drouhin, and "dindin".
On Sunday my son came over with the grand-daughters in tow and we had a 2015 Nuits St. Georges, Joseph Drouhin, and "dindin".
Silly boogers just can't think of new names.
Martini: Gin, vermouth, king size olive with pit, ice optional depending on the liquor temp.
No more, no less.
We could have fun back and forth on this for days, but as Siri might say
"This is what I found on the internet about Martini"
Obviously I'm not the classical connoisseur that you clearly are, and never did particularly care for any detectable amount of vermouth.Some martinis were prepared by filling a cocktail glass with gin, then rubbing a finger of vermouth along the rim. There are those who advocated the elimination of vermouth altogether. According to Noel Coward; "A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin, then waving it in the general direction of Italy"( Italy being a major producer of vermouth)
Even though Cocktail | The Cocktail Project allows for over 60 "-tini" drinks - and I have to admit that some sound absolutely horrid (Peanut Butter Cup / Pumpkin Pie?) - I'll just call what I enjoyed in the Copper Room a mixed spirits cocktail - it was the rhubarb syrup that was the surprise for me.
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Wow, I think the vermouth is the best part, even if it does taste better mixed with gin or vodka.
Thanks for the tip on oenobeer or oenobier, I'll have to go and try to track one down at the big liquor stores.
Yeah, with that martini fad of a few years back just about any permutation served in a martini glass was named as such. So many of them are terrible, overly sweet and overwhelming the liquor.
Thanks for the tip on oenobeer or oenobier, I'll have to go and try to track one down at the big liquor stores.
Yeah, with that martini fad of a few years back just about any permutation served in a martini glass was named as such. So many of them are terrible, overly sweet and overwhelming the liquor.
I am not a connoisseur but my father's generation sure was. They used a plant mister to administer the vermouth. One spritz over top of 4 glassses was good as long as you removed the glasses quickly before it all settled.
I am sac religious. I use a 3:1 ratio, and add a tsp of the olive juice along with crushed ice that remains in the glass. Gasp!
I am sac religious. I use a 3:1 ratio, and add a tsp of the olive juice along with crushed ice that remains in the glass. Gasp!
I'm not a fan of Gin in anything but a G&T.
Hmmm. Seems my copy of Old Mr. Boston has disappeared.
Hmmm. Seems my copy of Old Mr. Boston has disappeared.
I had a GT on plane to Chicago yesterday and I must find the gin used, cannot recall the brand right now, but definitely something to drink just like that.
One Martini recepie was to fill up a glass with gin and call a friend in Australia and ask him to swipe the phone over an open bottle of Vermouth.
One Martini recepie was to fill up a glass with gin and call a friend in Australia and ask him to swipe the phone over an open bottle of Vermouth.
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