Cocktails, Spirits and Mixology Thread

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This is a good one, but it's certainly nothing your going to get lit on:


Camp Grenada

1 1/2 oz Campari
1/2 oz grenadine syrup
2 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz pineapple juice
3 oz chilled 7-Up

Shake Campari, greandine, gradefruit and pineapple, and strain into an ice-filled collins glass.
Add 7-up and garnish with fruit.

 

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A further discussion on the term:

http://eater.com/archives/2011/08/18/three-sheets-mixologist.php

 

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I very rarely drink Campari, but I stayed with a guy in Africa who was an avid drinker of it. I developed a real fondness for it.
However, it is a bitters, so it's always going to be bitter. Just using it with fruit juice or even ginger ale can cut through some of the bitterness.

 

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Take a look at the guy's menu: www.sablechicago.com/files/pdf/media_20.pdf it's incredible.

The trend in cocktails mirrors what is going on in the culinary world -- using fresh, seasonal, local ingredients. They create a well balanced flavor experience.

A bartender does not create drinks, he makes them. A mixologist comes up with them. It's a big difference.

 

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Some of the craft cocktails I've enjoyed are just too difficult to make at home, but here's a whiskey smash:



A local place, Maude's Liquor Bar makes a good one: http://www.maudesliquorbar.com/drinks.png

Here's a recipe: http://www.makersmark.com/recipes/75-whisky-smash

I made mine using the same Irish Whiskey used at Del Posto in New York.

 

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Is a mojito really a girl drink? I sure hope not, but I'm starting to get a little self-conscious.

 

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The word 'mixologist' has been around a long time - since at least the middle of the 19th century. And has long been meant as a kind of jumped-up goof. Like calling a barber "a tonsorial artist."

That may be changing, but there's a reason folks like BR feel the word is a little twee.

 

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The title should be earned. Not every hipster bartender has earned the right to it.

But, a bar or restaurant that employes a talented mixologist is worth a visit.

 

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Any favorite small batch distillers?

 

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Your use of the Oxford comma in the thread title makes me want to begin drinking heavily.

 

I am not, but I was introduced to the drink in Miami.