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Posted: 01 Nov 2024, 17:45
by Hugo Drax
sweetandsour wrote: 31 Oct 2024, 19:47 This cocktail needs a name. And no, it isn't any of my doing.

"Three fingers Woodford Rye, 4 splashes of bitters, 3 luxardo cherries, splash of Wink."
The New Fangled.

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Posted: 02 Nov 2024, 00:02
by SlowToke
sweetandsour wrote: 31 Oct 2024, 19:47 This cocktail needs a name. And no, it isn't any of my doing.

"Three fingers Woodford Rye, 4 splashes of bitters, 3 luxardo cherries, splash of Wink."
How about a dirty Manhattan

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Posted: 02 Nov 2024, 00:07
by SlowToke
Speaking of Manhattan's. That's my goto. Here's how I like mine:

-two parts rye bourbon (Buffalo Trace is what I use)
-one part sweet vermouth (Carpano Antica is my favorite)
-three dashes bitters of your choice (I like to mix it up every now and then)
-two Luxardo cherries (has to be Luxardo's for me)

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Posted: 08 Nov 2024, 08:59
by ChildOfGod
For decades I smoked a pipe mostly in isolation. Just a few CPS meetups. Then I was blessed when a pipe smoking brother from church started a weekly cocktail hour followed by pipe smoking. Over the past couple years he created a really nice pipe smoking lounge in his warehouse next to his home. It is idyllic and I am blessed beyond measure by it. Quite a few non-smokers stop by for the cocktail hour and there's plenty of theology talk. After the hour or so we pipe smoker's retreat to the smoking lounge. There's 4 of us regular pipe smokers and every now and then others stop by, and there are extra pipes and cigars on hand for them. There's a different cocktail each week.

The man has been given the gift of hospitality to be sure.

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Posted: 09 Nov 2024, 07:31
by JimVH
ChildOfGod wrote: 08 Nov 2024, 08:59 For decades I smoked a pipe mostly in isolation. Just a few CPS meetups. Then I was blessed when a pipe smoking brother from church started a weekly cocktail hour followed by pipe smoking. Over the past couple years he created a really nice pipe smoking lounge in his warehouse next to his home. It is idyllic and I am blessed beyond measure by it. Quite a few non-smokers stop by for the cocktail hour and there's plenty of theology talk. After the hour or so we pipe smoker's retreat to the smoking lounge. There's 4 of us regular pipe smokers and every now and then others stop by, and there are extra pipes and cigars on hand for them. There's a different cocktail each week.

The man has been given the gift of hospitality to be sure.
This is a win for all of you and sounds like great fun.

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Posted: 10 Nov 2024, 19:00
by Del
ChildOfGod wrote: 08 Nov 2024, 08:59 For decades I smoked a pipe mostly in isolation. Just a few CPS meetups. Then I was blessed when a pipe smoking brother from church started a weekly cocktail hour followed by pipe smoking. Over the past couple years he created a really nice pipe smoking lounge in his warehouse next to his home. It is idyllic and I am blessed beyond measure by it. Quite a few non-smokers stop by for the cocktail hour and there's plenty of theology talk. After the hour or so we pipe smoker's retreat to the smoking lounge. There's 4 of us regular pipe smokers and every now and then others stop by, and there are extra pipes and cigars on hand for them. There's a different cocktail each week.

The man has been given the gift of hospitality to be sure.
You have me wishing that I still lived in New Jersey.

And that's saying something.

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Posted: 03 Jan 2025, 14:53
by JudgeRusty
Last month I ran across a bottle of Lagavulin 16 for $67. I could never pull the trigger before at prices almost twice that price, not to mention the scarcity of it around here.

Needless to say, I am enjoying it every once in a while as an alternative to my usual WT 101.

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Posted: 04 Jan 2025, 17:34
by joegoat
Vodka martini. 2:1 vodka to extra dry Vermouth, shaken hard, with a twist of lemon. It's an adulterated martini, but excellent!

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Posted: 05 Jan 2025, 08:41
by Hovannes
Negronis or Boulevardiers when the hankering for one hits.
Basically, the same cocktail only Negronis use Gin and Boulevardiers employ Rye.