Favorite Cocktail Recipe

[sheepshead]

Anyone remember the recipe for a REAL long island iced tea?

Friday's still makes the best-blended

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Anyone remember the recipe for a REAL long island iced tea?

Friday's still makes the best-blended

Why?

There is nothing special or difficult to make.

[Harlan Huckleby]

My favorite cocktail is reefer. It's best mixed with music and conversation, but I like it straight up as well.

[Joemailman]

[GrnBay007]

OK....so that's what you are bringing to the Posters game Joe?

[Partial]

Huge fan of the long island ice tea. I've had them at just about every bar in Milwaukee, and I've concluded that the best I've ever had was at "the lounge" at Big Powderhorn Mountain.

They were completely spectacular. Stunning really.

[MJZiggy]

OK....so that's what you are bringing to the Posters game Joe?

Eh. We had that last year.

[RashanGary]

Ever put a little bit of olive juice in your gimlet? Never had a vodka gimlet but used to drink gin gimlets with a lil olive juice. They were really good.

You know, I haven't. I have the two little ones and I just think drinking is an adults only recreation (nothing against anyone who has drink every night, I just like to have more than one drink )

Anyway, my alcohol palate has been stunted by these damn children.

Those do sound good too. Something like 3 parts gin, one part vermouth, one part olive juice is something I've considered too. (dirty martini)

[SkinBasket]

Ever put a little bit of olive juice in your gimlet? Never had a vodka gimlet but used to drink gin gimlets with a lil olive juice. They were really good.

Drinking your gimlet dirty is the only way to drink it.

Thanks for the idea on the ice crystals JH. I was considering becoming more sober until you brought that up.

[RashanGary]

Drinking your gimlet dirty is the only way to drink it.

Thanks for the idea on the ice crystals JH. I was considering becoming more sober until you brought that up.

I know. I found it on the internet while looking up tricks to a good gimlet.

Another thing I've learned is that Vodka is made to be pure alcohol and pure water (nothing else). It should be flavorless, odorless and colorless. Because of the way it's filtered, all Vodka should taste almost exactly the same.

Several bar tenders have tested the subject with blind taste tests. Vodka drinkers swear by their bottle but when put to the blind taste test, none could tell the difference between the mid shelf and high shelf vodkas even when drinking straight.

The other resounding consistent is that Smirnoff Vodka is one of the most pure (and cheapest vodkas) you can buy. According to Vodka experts NOBODY can tell the difference between the low prices Smirnoff and it's high priced competitors.

So what I've learned is to drink Smirnoff.

When it comes to Gin, that has flavor and you have to drink what you enjoy but with Vodka, you need to drink what's pure and after that go price. Smirnoff is the resounding winner. Performs like the best but costs the least. It's one of those too good to be true things.

[Iron Mike]

Str8 up Manhattan. :P

Summer's coming though.....so soon it will be mojito time.

[SkinBasket]

I'll only drink the expensive vodka when someone's bought it for me as a present. During college, our bartender set up several tastings for me, and I always chose the Vox, but once you add anything to it, it's true that the vodka doesn't matter - just the alcohol it contains. So now I just pick up whatever's on sale or looks nice in the fridge. Svedka, Fleischmann's, and Otto's Branded vodka are all frequent visitors. That French shit that had a rebate that made it 3 bucks a bottle for the first few months worked too.

The only advice I have to offer on the home version of a gimlet is how I make the bastardized version I use to seduce nutz. Cup half full of ice. 70% vodka. 30% red bull, ginger ale, or sprite to lighten it up. A healthy top off from the Rose's - but everyone prefers a different dose of lime, and a squirt of lemon juice for sass. Drop in an olive, pour a little olive brine on top and stir with your longest finger. Repeat two more times while eating everything I can get my hands on. For special occasions, I'll add champagne instead of red bull.

I've tried hundreds of the world's cheapest wines. My recommendations for red wine are as follows:

http://www.salutewinemarket.com/store/product/416/St.-Francis-Red--2007/

http://www.toadhollow.com/available.asp#6

[Harlan Huckleby]

Svedka, Fleischmann's,

Ah yes, those were the days. I found that a Fleischmanns half-pint mixed nicely with an XL Burger King diet coke. The smooth move is to ask for an extra cup of ice at the drive-through window, then pull into a parking stall on the far edge of the parking lot where you won't be spotted sloshing your cocktail from cup to cup. With your courage now screwed-up, it is off to the bar or other social engagement. Slick.

When I got to be a sophisticated older adult, I made the mistake of tasting good vodka, and was never able to go back to Fleischmanns. But I haven't drunk anything except for the occasional margarita for years, anyway. I don't consider margaritas alchohol, margaritas are a fruit juice.

[Little Whiskey]

how I make the bastardized version I use to seduce nutz. Cup half full of ice. 70% vodka. 30% red bull

I'm gonna have to call bullshit. I hear that nutz is a rockstar drinker. diet at that.

[SkinBasket]

how I make the bastardized version I use to seduce nutz. Cup half full of ice. 70% vodka. 30% red bull

I'm gonna have to call bullshit. I hear that nutz is a rockstar drinker. diet at that.

He drinks what I give him to drink and he likes it.