What are you drinking right now?

[Bhowie]

Alright my third point. 99% of good cocktail bars measure everything. I know Employees Only free pours everything. I don't even think they use speed pours on their bottles. So they visually measure and don't even use a count.

There is no doubt in my mind that a human can acquire an accuracy that is just as good as a jigger and pony. They have a really long apprentice program their so they can definitely train you on it. I asked them why they do it. They told me speed. I'm calling BS on speed.

There is no way you can accurately measure faster than a J/P. I can see taking speed pours out you could be faster.

So why do they do it? I think it's a gimmick.

 

[Bhowie]

Also, we don't discuss enough in this thread. I think the sangria discussion had legs. We usually only talk about spirit selection. Occasionally, ratios.

 

[Bhowie]

Another thought.

I really hate pinpointing flavors in any drink. I like to think about balance, texture, depth. This is for any beverage. However, perhaps that skill is more important for creating drinks. There has to be a better way of understanding how different components will interact than just experience.

 

[Piobaire]

A little chemistry helps understand how things will interact, re: the michelada discussion where I explained why beer and lime juice work together.

But really I do think experience is an important part.

Apropos of nothing I don't think I'm going to have a drink today.

 

[ndsleep612]

Vitaminwater and Bacardi rum. After a while it tastes the same. LoL

 

[Bhowie]

No it doesn't.

I just Ralped a few sazeracs.

 

[Pilot]

Negroni

 

[Bhowie]

What is the point of that ice cube?

 

[Bhowie]

Get on my level. Amaro's or bust.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Guinness

 

[kwilkinson]

Brett, what other Amari do you like?
I know we had Averna with Moon. I like Cynar too. Have you had Luxardo's fernet?

 

[jcmeyer]



Trumer is great, wish we could get it over here.

Though Pilsner Urquell isn't bad either. Certainly better than Stella...

Certainly all a matter of personal taste, but I always find Urquell to have a strongly metallic bite to it. Stella is just plain boring but it gets my money in crappy bars/clubs when the only other light beer choices are amstel or an american lager. But hell, I still actually like bud light if it's a river/ball game day. Nostalgia I suppose.

I'm getting more and more into the Belgian side of things these days. I was typically going full-bore on hop-forward ales for a number of years but burned out.

This is a fantastic beer:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/637/1717

 

[indesertum]

DuPont is awesome. Would drink buckets of it

 

[cptjeff]

Finished off last night's bottle of Casillero del Diablo Carmenere tonight. For a $12 wine, this stuff is seriously awesome. This was the 2011, which I think is a little better than the 2012 I've had was, but still. Pick up a bottle.

 

[Gibonius]

I was on vacation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland this week. Ordered a Negroni at a bar (had to ask the bartender if they had Campari before I ordered). She had to ask for the recipe, and later informed me that in 11 years only two people have ordered one.

Hurray?