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Jimbo555
·Slainte mo chara
Love a drop a redbreast & one that still flies under the radar.
Love a drop a redbreast & one that still flies under the radar.
WRUD (Drinking) Today?
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Muddlerminnow
·I was introduced to Pinotage on a trip to Cape Town about 1 1/2 years ago--and loved it. It's not a grape as well known as it deserves to be. South Africa was a great olfactory revelation--between the wines, the flowers on the Cape and in Kirstenbosch, and the mud pits and dung in Kruger, I don't think my nose ever had such a party in my entire life.
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ewand
·A nice espresso martini made with Mr Black coffee liqueur :-p 1966 DateJust too.
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Burr
·Super Bowl Sunday? Dilly dilly
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miramogge
·Haven’t tried this one before. But I’m about to 😀
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OmegaRookie
·Found this........awesome!
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Partagas
·Balvenie DoubleWood 12
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miramogge
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...Haven’t tried this one. I have bought several of the cask strength A’bunadh. Have you tried them both?
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ewand
·Home made these things are lethal. Excellent, but lethal.
Actually, the espresso martini isn't as alcoholic as a lot of others - it's a mix of 1/3 ordinary red label Smirnoff (37.5% ABV), 1/3 Mr Black's coffee liqueur (25% ABV) and 1/3 espresso coffee. When I make a Vesper martini, it's 3 measures of Tanqueray 10 (47.3%), 1 measure of Belvedere vodka (40%) and 1/2 a measure of Lillet Blanc (17%). Now that's bloody lethal. As Mr Bond said, "I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold, and very well-made."
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OmegaRookie
·Haven’t tried this one. I have bought several of the cask strength A’bunadh. Have you tried them both?
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Wivac
·Actually, the espresso martini isn't as alcoholic as a lot of others - it's a mix of 1/3 ordinary red label Smirnoff (37.5% ABV), 1/3 Mr Black's coffee liqueur (25% ABV) and 1/3 espresso coffee. When I make a Vesper martini, it's 3 measures of Tanqueray 10 (47.3%), 1 measure of Belvedere vodka (40%) and 1/2 a measure of Lillet Blanc (17%). Now that's bloody lethal. As Mr Bond said, "I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold, and very well-made."
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abrod520
·Actually, the espresso martini isn't as alcoholic as a lot of others - it's a mix of 1/3 ordinary red label Smirnoff (37.5% ABV), 1/3 Mr Black's coffee liqueur (25% ABV) and 1/3 espresso coffee. When I make a Vesper martini, it's 3 measures of Tanqueray 10 (47.3%), 1 measure of Belvedere vodka (40%) and 1/2 a measure of Lillet Blanc (17%). Now that's bloody lethal. As Mr Bond said, "I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold, and very well-made."
Problem with that is, your Vesper martini tastes strong. An espresso martini tastes sugary and sweet, and goes down quickly.... one can drink a few of those before realizing what it's done to them!
n.b. I prefer my martinis extra dry, Beefeater if available. Here in the US it's less alcoholic than in other markets (40 vs 47%) but it's essentially just a very cold cup of gin with an olive in it.... Two is my limit in an average-length evening (~4 hours), and I have a pretty high tolerance if I do say so myself.
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