The Corkbook
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Standard stuff - Bombay Sapphire and Tangeray
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Corkbook:
Standard stuff - Bombay Sapphire and Tangeray
I like the Tanqueray, too. I have no idea how to spell it, but that hasn't stopped me from enjoying it. Hendricks is okay, but too expensive given that I don't think it's great.
Another I like is Prairie Organic gin. It's a Phillips product made from Minnesoooooota organic corn.
It's nice in a G&T. It's also quite affordable, which is rather scary.
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@jon-nyc said in The Corkbook:
Yep. I just hope I donât run out of CO2 anytime soon.
I've been going to Target and Best Buy to refill my bottles. Costs about $17.00 for a refill.
I found a company called SodaSense that refills them via a Netflix DVD model - they send you two bottles, and when you need more, they send another couple, you mail back the empties. Costs about $20 a bottle.
I'm getting my first shipment today.
@George-K said in The Corkbook:
I'm getting my first shipment today.
I finally had two bottles empty that needed to be shipped out. I put them in the (supplied) box, attached the pre-printed label, and took it to the post office on Monday.
Two refilled bottles arrived via FedEx today. Total cost is, indeed, higher than going to Target, Best Buy or Kohls. (about $6 a bottle more, including shipping). But the hassle factor was zero, and service was fast. Considering I don't need to drive anywhere, stand in line, waiting, only to be told that they're out of stock, it's worth it.
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I had a couple light pale ales Sunday. Other than that I've been dry. My current favorite beer is from my favorite brewery, Deschutes. It's their light hazy pale ale. 4% alcohol, 100 calories, 4g carbs, full flavor. Delicious. Pretty good deal considering my other favorite is their Fresh Squeezed IPA at 192 calories.
âI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.â ~Winston S. Churchill
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Stumbled onto another great liquored dessert combo:
- AiYu jelly with Manischewitz concord grape wine.
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One of the best desserts I ever had was fresh peach ice cream with ripe peaches and late harvest Muscat drizzled over it Late harvest muscat is like a big bite of a fresh peach anyway. Wonderful.
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One of the best desserts I ever had was fresh peach ice cream with ripe peaches and late harvest Muscat drizzled over it Late harvest muscat is like a big bite of a fresh peach anyway. Wonderful.
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I had a couple light pale ales Sunday. Other than that I've been dry. My current favorite beer is from my favorite brewery, Deschutes. It's their light hazy pale ale. 4% alcohol, 100 calories, 4g carbs, full flavor. Delicious. Pretty good deal considering my other favorite is their Fresh Squeezed IPA at 192 calories.
@Mik said in The Corkbook:
I had a couple light pale ales Sunday. Other than that I've been dry. My current favorite beer is from my favorite brewery, Deschutes. It's their light hazy pale ale. 4% alcohol, 100 calories, 4g carbs, full flavor. Delicious. Pretty good deal considering my other favorite is their Fresh Squeezed IPA at 192 calories.
Iâve found something similar by Dogfish Head -
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Adding this discussion to "The Corkbook."
https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/2593/the-perfect-gin-and-tonic/11
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Tonight a Bieler Provencal Rose while cooking and an Italian Primitivo red with Tuna Carbonara pasta.
Latest low-cal/alcohol IPA is Madtree's Ramble On. Delicious.
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Tonight a Bieler Provencal Rose while cooking and an Italian Primitivo red with Tuna Carbonara pasta.
Latest low-cal/alcohol IPA is Madtree's Ramble On. Delicious.
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G George K referenced this topic on
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Meh, still looking for a good alternative to Dadâs Hat Rye but easier to get. This isnât it. Itâs good, but way too sweet for my taste (even though thereâs no corn). Itâs close to a bourbon but with a spicy rye finish. Itâs not bad, just not what Iâm looking for.
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is tonightâs experiment.Itâs a type of rice-based Chinese liqour called 弳ĺżçş˘ďźpronounced ânĂź er hĂ´ngâ, literally translates to âdaughter, redâ.
Culturally, itâs a storied liquor that I have been reading about in the literature since I was an elementary school student. The story being that this is the sort of liquor parents would seal and bury a bottle in the ground when a daughter is born, then unearth to drink in celebration when the daughter gets married. Itâs a very nice, heart-warming, romantic story.
The liquorâs color is much like western brandy.
Tonight, I finally tasted it. (No, I did not marry off a daughter tonight, I just bought it from a liquor store.) And itâs a disappointment to me ⌠I do not like it at all. It tastes a lot like cooking wine to me. So most likely I will relegate it to cooking rather than drinking after tonight. :man-shrugging:
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I want to share a very nice cocktail recipe that I recently came up with:
- X part Welch's "Peach Medley" juice cocktail, refrigerated.
- Y part Gekkeikan sake (Japanese rice liquor)
Served chilled.
I tried X:Y = 9:1 and thought the result was very pleasant.
I think any ratio from 10:1 to 5:1 should be fine, depending on you taste.Welch's "Peach Medley" juice cocktail is commonly available in most grocery stores.
Gekkeikan sake is one of the more affordable sakes, should be commonly available in most liquor stores.Enjoy!
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Gonna try some of this tonight.
There's a small distillery not far from where I live that has all these neat whiskeys. Mostly bourbons. I went to buy some as a gift for a friend and mentioned that I'm a Scotch drinker and the guy poured me a sample and let me try it. It's pretty nice.
