Your best drink recipe?

[Waboman]

Thanks V. Do you put the vanilla beans in the vodka bottle and throw that in the freezer? I'm thinking the infusing is gonna start real soon.

[-E-]

Yep, halve bean and scrape out inside, best to wisk that with some of the bottle of vodka, while freshly wisked, funnel back into bottle, insert bean as well, close and throw in freezer for 1 mo or longer. I had one that aged for about a yr that was just recently finished, it was almost a pale yellow in color - absolutely wonderful. The nose of it was very prolonged.

[JSCC]

Cold Chocolate counted?

Thats about the coolest drink for me without inciting my "headlights" weakness! And then, wife slap in the face to regain sober posture!

I love it when I am over here for biz conference. Always never fail to visit the lap dance bars! very soothing for the mind and soul, not necessarily the pocket or health though. So, the old saying, "good to look and no touch" still applies for me in every sense.

Cheers!

[JJinID]

Originally Posted by Vesuvius

OK, so I'll start it out, especially since we have summertime just around the corner.

How about some of your favorite mixed drinks?

E's "Millionaire" Margarita
2 Parts 100% Agave Tequila, Anejo preferred (Centenario, Don Julio are good)
1 Part Cointreau
1 Part Grand Mariner Centenaire (for float)
1 Lime (per person/drink), Squeezed
1/8 Naval Orange (per person/drink), Squeezed
1 Dash Nectar de Agave (ok if you don't have, but it is nice to put in)
Mix all ingredients except Grand Mariner. Shake and serve on the rocks. Rim glass with salt, if you prefer, but not needed. Float Grand Mariner. Garnish with slice of lime.

Enjoy!

Hey Vesuvius,

Just thought I'd resurrect this thread and let you know I've been trying your Margarita recipe out the past couple of weeks. I tried them on just my wife and me at first and once I got everything down I made them for my Mom and Step-Dad as part of celebrating Father's Day this past wekend. I took them over to their house and made them a Mexican-themed dinner with the drinks and my homemade Green-Chile Burritos (a recipe I will gladly share if anyone is interested). I used the Don Julio Anejo Tequilla and did find the Agave Nectar as well. The Margaritas were a hit!

Thanks for contributing the recipe

[Still-One]

Mine are easy!!
At home: Open can of Coke

At a Restaurant: Choose one of their better Italian's. Preferably a Super Tuscan

[-E-]

Perhaps we should have a wine thread, too

Thank you for the kind words, JJ. That recipe is a closely guarded pro tender & mexican secret (unless you know your barkeep well they typically don't like to do it since it is rather labor intensive)

[Sproink]

For a Margharita, sometime try substituting fresh guava juice for the lime juice and add some crushed red dry chili-peppers into the shaker. Try different quantities to your "taste", but there is a fine restaurant in NYC called "Public" in Greenwich Village that has this drink "spot-on" and it's fabulous.

See the drink menu here: http://www.public-nyc.com/ but order it straight-up.

So now, for a Manhattan:
2 parts bourbon (of your choice)
1 part white (extra dry) vermouth (trust me)
1-1/2 parts red (rosso) vermouth (trust me again)
Dash of Angostura Bitters
Fresh lemon 1/4 squeezed and a slice for the glass
Crushed ice

Shaken, not stirred...have one double and worries disappear...have two...

[Audiophile]

Glass of orange juice with a few drops of vanilla extract, best flavour combo in the world!

[ILUVAUDIO]

One of my favorite rum drinks....
Rum Runner
1 oz. Mount Gay Eclipse
¼ oz. Blackberry Liqueur
¼ oz. Crème de Banana Liqueur
2 oz. Orange Juice
½ oz. Grenadine
8 oz. Crushed Ice

Pour ingredients and crushed ice in a blender. Blend slightly and pour into hurricane glass.

VERY tasty indeed

Cheers,