[quote]B A S T A R D wrote:
Seriously watch the calories on some of these mixed drinks, for example a long island ice tea has a whopping 750 calories per drink!!! Margaritas come in at 650 or something. These combined with a post boozing fast food binge can destroy a physique in record time.
Forget paying for expensive brands, it’s all terrible for you anyway whether you pay 40 or 14 for a bottle of vodka. Not like the expensive stuff is a health drink or anything.
Can’t go wrong with a cheap gin/vodka & lemonade with plenty of ice.[/quote]
At 650 cals it’s NOT a margarita lol. If it comes in mango, peach, etc and is a blended drink of shitty tequila it’s nothing like a margarita lol.
I count about 70 cals per oz liquor, 70 cals for simple syrup/honey and maybe 30-50 for lime/lemon juice or other flavoring like triple sec/etc.?
By your logic we should all buy caffeine pills instead of coffee bc of price/health? I said I’m on a budget and wanted to know OK tasting liquors, bc, I’d rather not drink anything if the only option is burnett’s [plus lemonade] lol
What I’m asking for I don’t think you are grasping.
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Yup. Just don’t pour a bunch of sugar in your booze; drink decent booze and you don’t have to sugar it up. Grand Marnier has some sugar and a few extra calories, but its also 80 proof.
[quote]B A S T A R D wrote:
Seriously watch the calories on some of these mixed drinks, for example a long island ice tea has a whopping 750 calories per drink!!! Margaritas come in at 650 or something. These combined with a post boozing fast food binge can destroy a physique in record time.
Forget paying for expensive brands, it’s all terrible for you anyway whether you pay 40 or 14 for a bottle of vodka. Not like the expensive stuff is a health drink or anything.
Can’t go wrong with a cheap gin/vodka & lemonade with plenty of ice.[/quote]
Careful there buddy. Cheap vodka can cause bad hangovers. That’s why some of the vodkas will state how much they’re distilled. I think that Tito’s is distilled 5 times. Ethanol impurities are bad.
Gins have their own unique flavor. Some gins work better than others depending on the mixer. I am a big fan of New Amsterdam gin and lemonade.
New Amsterdam had a citrus taste that works well with lemonade.
Tanqueray and tonic mixes quite well. Bombay Blue makes excellent martinis.
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
It’s the exact same thing as a margarita, but with vanilla vodka. (and served chilled in a martini glass). I made it recently for a bachellerette party and it was a hit because it’s a drink for women. [/quote]
I recently discovered my new favorite drink. It is Absolut Vodka, Q Tonic and grapefruit juice. I was further gratified to learn that this drink has a name, and that this name is the Doggy Style Screwdriver.
If you have not tried Q Tonic, you have been missing out. Pure Peruvian cinchona bark, sweetened with agave nectar. Blows Schweppes right out of the water.
Doc Skeptix just made Pushharder and me an excellent Sazerac, which, it turns out, is the oldest cocktail in America. It is made with rye whiskey and bitters with sugar in a glass which has been swirled with absinthe, and then garnished with a lemon peel.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Doc Skeptix just made Pushharder and me an excellent Sazerac, which, it turns out, is the oldest cocktail in America. It is made with rye whiskey and bitters with sugar in a glass which has been swirled with absinthe, and then garnished with a lemon peel.
Extraordinary.[/quote]
Huh, surprised you hadn’t had one of those before.
Yeah, that’s a great drink. Did he make it with Peychaud’s?
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Doc Skeptix just made Pushharder and me an excellent Sazerac, which, it turns out, is the oldest cocktail in America. It is made with rye whiskey and bitters with sugar in a glass which has been swirled with absinthe, and then garnished with a lemon peel.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Doc Skeptix just made Pushharder and me an excellent Sazerac, which, it turns out, is the oldest cocktail in America. It is made with rye whiskey and bitters with sugar in a glass which has been swirled with absinthe, and then garnished with a lemon peel.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Doc Skeptix just made Pushharder and me an excellent Sazerac, which, it turns out, is the oldest cocktail in America. It is made with rye whiskey and bitters with sugar in a glass which has been swirled with absinthe, and then garnished with a lemon peel.
Extraordinary.[/quote]
Huh, surprised you hadn’t had one of those before.
Yeah, that’s a great drink. Did he make it with Peychaud’s?[/quote]
Of course.
But I am thinking that Angostura Orange or Scrappy’s Lavender bitters might be a better complement to the absinthe. (In the case, La Fee)
My wife came up with this one, and I am quite fond of it.
2 fingers bourbon - I prefer Woodford Reserve
1 finger Wild Turkey American Honey
1 splash of Vermouth
Add water to taste
Put it in a rocks glass on ice
Recently I’ve been drinking Negronis, and the other day I had a G&T with almond syrup and bitters in a cocktail bar. It was delicious and should be easy to recreate at home.
[quote]Diddy Ryder wrote:
Recently I’ve been drinking Negronis, and the other day I had a G&T with almond syrup and bitters in a cocktail bar. It was delicious and should be easy to recreate at home.[/quote]
Now, as a true Scot, would it not be Hendrick’s with cucumber and spray of rose water?
[quote]Diddy Ryder wrote:
Recently I’ve been drinking Negronis, and the other day I had a G&T with almond syrup and bitters in a cocktail bar. It was delicious and should be easy to recreate at home.[/quote]
Now, as a true Scot, would it not be Hendrick’s with cucumber and spray of rose water?[/quote]
I’m actually English, but I was surprised by just how well cucumber goes with gin.
Is a Boilermaker a cocktail, because there is nothing like a double Boilermaker at 0620 on a Southwest flight to the Midwest. Nothing like being on an airplane where there is no Blue Laws.
[quote]Diddy Ryder wrote:
Recently I’ve been drinking Negronis, and the other day I had a G&T with almond syrup and bitters in a cocktail bar. It was delicious and should be easy to recreate at home.[/quote]
Now, as a true Scot, would it not be Hendrick’s with cucumber and spray of rose water?[/quote]
I’m actually English, but I was surprised by just how well cucumber goes with gin.
Apparently they do award winning cocktails, and they were very nice. The service wasn’t very attentive though. Good speakeasy inspired decor though.
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Aha! New Town, then. Around the corner from Henderson’s, which used to have the only edible food in the city.
(Instead of almond syrup in that G&T, just coat the glass with amaretto. More austere.)