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THE SUMMER COCKTAIL THREAD
Alright mags. Felt like it was time to start a dedicated thread for summer cocktails (mostly so I would stop cunting up the g&t thread). Plus I'm a little drunk and I have a lot of coffee to roast so I'm bored as shit.
THE ROOLZ:
- No bitchy shit (IE, "take 8oz of coke and add some rum! the coke hides the flavor of the rum!"). This thread is for booze-forward, get-drunk-on-the-porch cocktails.
- No cunty shit (IE, "This cocktail only works if you have this super hipster form of bitters"). Provide substitutions where possible, keep recipes basic.
- No basic shit (IE, "I love me a margarita, I like the Kroger brand sour mix"). If yer gonna post a basic drink, do it with some cool beta.
I'll start with a few of my favorites lately.
Tierra de Fuego
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This drink is a smokey twist on a classic Negroni. Sweet, spicy, and boozy as fuck. I like it a lot. Drink it if you like: negronis, margaritas, spice.
- 1 oz campari
- .5 oz mezcal
- .5oz tequila
- 1 oz Ancho Reyes Verde smoked poblano liqueur (this shit is amazing, you should pick up a bottle)
6 dashes bitters (ideally smokey bitters - you could use Chocolate bitters or whatever else. I used a smoked cedar bitter from The Bitters Lab out of SLC. Sorry. That kinda breaks the no cunty shit rule)
Stir on ice, serve on ice (big ice if you have it)
Elderflower Daisy
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This one is super easy - a simple twist on a basic margarita. . If you don't already have some elderflower liqueur, fix that. Most bartenders will call it "Bartender's ketchup" because it is infinitely versatile, floral, and sweet. You can sub the mezcal for normal tequila but you lose the smokiness that makes this drink unique. Still, it works well. I prefer lemon over lime in this drink, but use whatever citrus you got.
Drink it if you like: margaritas, you dumbass. Or getting drunk. Or both.
2.5 oz mezcal (or whatever tequila you have on hand. I like Bozal Ensemble for mixing mezcal)
1 to 1.5 oz elderflower liqueur (protip: the most popular brand of elderflower is St. Germain, but that shit is expensive. Fuck that. Buy the cheap bottle that is just labeled Elderflower. They're the same thing)
1 oz lemon
1/4 tsp saline (1:1 salt/water - protip adding a little bit of saline to your sour drinks (especially those with tequila/mezcal) makes the drink "pop")
salt rim
Shake on ice, serve on ice with a salt rim.
Fun fact: the margarita is actually a derivative of an earlier popular cocktail - the daisy - they just took the name daisy and translated it into Spanish when the margarita became popular
Imperial Strawberry Daiquiri
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Drink if you like: fruit & booze. it's a great margarita substitute.
2 oz overproof Jamaican white rum (you can use other white rums but overproof Jamaican is amazing in this drink. Plus it's like 65% ABV vs the standard 40%.) - I recommend Wray & Nephew because it is cheap and widely available and delicious
1 oz lime
.75 oz strawberry simple syrup
Shake on ice, serve on ice
To make strawberry simple syrup, cut up a buncha (6 or so) strawberries and add 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water. throw it in your microwave until it boils (watch carefully) and forms a thick syrup
Learning to Die
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This is a variation on the classic Mai Tai (if you've never had one of those I can leave a recipe below - mai tais are fucking great. They're the old fashioneds of the south pacific. Boozy and rich and incredible - not bitchy at all. If you've never had real tiki cocktails, chances are they're nothing like whatever your "all inclusive Hawaiian resort" cocktail preconceptions are.
Drink if you like: sweet, herbal things. Especially if you like absinthe, this is an amazing drink. One of my all time favorites.
- 1.5 oz cachaca (can substitute white overproof rum or rhum agricole)
- 1oz absinthe (yes, you read that right) - can sub for ouzo or similar
- 1oz orgeat (orgeat is a nut syrup used in tiki bartending. unfortunately, there's no good substitute. it's delicious IMO and totally worth picking up a bottle)
- 1oz orange juice
Shake on crushed ice, serve on new crushed ice. Put an umbrella in it if you're feeling fancy.
That's it folks. Post up good summer cocktails below. Can add more or help with "what should I make" requests as needed. Tell me what you want & I'll tell you how I would get fucked up.
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THE SUMMER COCKTAIL THREAD
A simple margarita; 3 parts blanco tequila, 2 parts grand mariner, 1 part lime juice
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One of my favorites, a Martinez:
2 parts slow gin
1 part sweet vermouth
1/2 part luxardo marchino cherry liquor
Barrel age for 30 days
Orange bitters
Orange peel
Cherry
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