What are you drinking?

[MartyMG]

Wow! Hope it made the trip from the 1970's with distinction!
After a zombie cocktail, it's Abelour A'bunadh & Glendronach 18 Allardice my end.😸👍

 

[Carlp]

We succumbed:

21st birthday present in 1980

Peace, goodwill, happiness and health for the future

Yum!

 

[cogitech]

Rum of course.

Cogi, you make your own eggnog? Considering how easy it is and how sickly sweet the store bought is, I am surprised how few people make their own.

I am ashamed to say no, I have never made eggnog, Cal.

 

[WBS]

Rum of course.

Cogi, you make your own eggnog? Considering how easy it is and how sickly sweet the store bought is, I am surprised how few people make their own.

So am I. After making it for a couple of years for the family I tried to cut corners by doctoring a store bought version from a local dairy. I was almost banished for the remainder of the year! Since then I make 2 batches each holiday season, one with 2 kinds of rum, the other with bourbon for me.

 

[TheGimp]

Made it per Alton Browns recipe last night. Ok, but I went too light on nutmeg.

 

[Carlp]

I think more people make it but just don't talk about it. I've made eggnog for 20+ years now using a variant of the Joy of Cooking bulk eggnog recipe. Mix of bourbon and rum for mine. And it's strong! I too would be banished if I tried to "make" it out of pre-fab eggnog.

 

[nezbleu]

I think more people make it but just don't talk about it. I've made eggnog for 20+ years now using a variant of the Joy of Cooking bulk eggnog recipe. Mix of bourbon and rum for mine. And it's strong! I too would be banished if I tried to "make" it out of pre-fab eggnog.

That JofC recipe (the old one, I'm not sure if it's still in recent editions) is awesome, but very rich and hard to scale down. I sometimes make a simpler one with milk, egg, sugar and spices (and rum and brandy!) in a cocktail shaker with ice.

 

[Carlp]

Definitely rich, nezbleu! I don't normally have such things but for a month or so each year I let my hair down. I may try it with milk instead, but after so long making it with cream, would I still like it?

 

[WBS]

I definitely wouldn't go cold turkey on the cream. 50/50 might work. The texture it adds is too important IMHO.

 

[Cal Weldon]

My eggnog is different than others for a few reasons. I don’t like too much richness, certain sugars do not agree with me and I like other flavours.

Pasteurize your eggs in the immersion cooker for 1.5 hrs at 135F then chill.
1 egg per cup of liquid, I use 2% milk. Blender the eggs first until foamy. I use the egg measure as part of the liquid. ie: once 6 eggs are beaten, I add the milk to the 48 oz. mark. In a 64 oz. blender, don’t go beyond that.
Add the remaining ingredients and blend again.
Milk
Erythritol
Fresh ground nutmeg
Vanilla liquid
Cinnamon powder
Pinch of salt

 

[Carlp]

Interesting Cal. I'll save this and try it next year. Sounds like a lot of work but sounds worth a try too.

 

[cogitech]

Officially off the booze for at least 3 months. I've done this every year for a few years now. Good to give the liver a rest, lose a bit of weight, self-discipline/fortitude check. I am actually thinking I might go longer, perhaps 4-5 months, this time. My body is giving me some more hints that I've been overdoing it. Same with food. I've been overdoing it over the holidays. Going to resume intermittent fasting and get back to mainly Mediterranean diet and lots of lacto-fermented foods. More organ meats.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Carl, my version is a lot less work than ones like the JOC recipe. This is about as straightforward as it gets.

 

[GUNFU]

Gran Cardiel 60% Verdejo; 40% Viura. Is a very refreshing and tasty wine with good mineralization.
Bodegas Cachazo ::.. - Gran Cardiel Rueda

 

[cogitech]

...even after 3 days my body is rewarding me. The fatty liver warnings that my body was sending have gone from a 6 or 7 down to a 2 or 3.

 

[WBS]

Today was a good reason to pull out the good stuff.

 

[WBS]

When I shoot with my iPhone I tend to have problems after uploading. I rotated 360 and it worked!

 

[Carlp]

Today was a good reason to pull out the good stuff.

I'll drink to that...

 

[brian92fs]

Today was a good reason to pull out the good stuff.

???

 

[Cal Weldon]