What's your favourite cocktail?

[juliussneezer]

I have quite a few but if I'm pushed I'd say an Old Fashioned.

It's my favourite tipple but I'm always looking for variations on the theme1 so does anybody have a go-to cocktail at home or when at a bar and what's your preferred recipe for it?

My recipe for an OF is

Larceny Bourbon 2oz
Simple syrup 2 spoons
Angostura bitters 2 dashes
Orange bitters 3 dashes
Orange peel garnish

Rocks glass with 1 large ice cube.

Edited by juliussneezer on Tuesday 3rd September 20:58

[nuyorican]

Oh yes.

I'm a big fan of the show Mad Men. I remember when it first aired, putting on a suit and going to a nice bar for Old Fashioned's.

I can't remember much past the first one, but my bank statement told me I'd spent £90.

Thanks for the recipe

[LimaDelta]

Martini.

Gin
Glass
Olive
Wave it in general direction of Italy
Drink
Eat olive
Repeat x2

[QuartzDad]

Me: Old Fashioned or Manhattan.

MrsQD:

Bramble
50ml gin
25ml lemon juice
15ml sugar syrup
15ml crème de mure
crushed ice

Little Devil
50ml gin
35ml light rum
25ml triple sec
25ml lemon juice

[Puggit]

Caipirinha, soooo simple.

Ice, cachaça, sugar and muddled limes.

[shirt]

Manhattan, rob roy, Negroni, vieux carre. None of that sugar syrup, egg white or sour mix for me thanks.

Not sure what to call this as it’s a Negroni with only one of the correct ingredients.

Brew coffee in a Moka pot using vermouth instead of water.

Equal parts of this, dark rum and Campari. A dash of chocolate bitters. Shake over ice and strain into an old fashioned glass with more ice.

[Mercdriver]

Biggin Hill Shandy, it was thought up by pilots, a measure of Cointreau and a good dose of crushed ice topped up with Champagne.

[blue_haddock]

I'm only normally a cocktail guy when on holiday so nothing beats a good Mojito for me.

But a mexicola is also good.

[Deranged Rover]

LimaDelta said:

Martini.

Gin
Glass
Olive
Wave it in general direction of Italy
Drink
Eat olive
Repeat x2

So that's a gin then?!

I'm not fussy when it comes to cocktails - I will both drink and have a go at making pretty much anything.

That said, the Bullfrog Whisperer as served up in Highlander, Singapore, is pretty damn more-ish (gin, vodka, rum, tequila, blue curacao, lime juice, splash of red bull)

[LimaDelta]

Deranged Rover said:

LimaDelta said:

Martini.

Gin
Glass
Olive
Wave it in general direction of Italy
Drink
Eat olive
Repeat x2

So that's a gin then?!

I'm not fussy when it comes to cocktails - I will both drink and have a go at making pretty much anything.

That said, the Bullfrog Whisperer as served up in Highlander, Singapore, is pretty damn more-ish (gin, vodka, rum, tequila, blue curacao, lime juice, splash of red bull)

My martinis contained an ever decreasing amount of vermouth, until it reached a point where I no longer even bother.

[lancslad58]

Bloody Mary

triple distilled vodka,
Amontillado sherry,
the finest tomato juice,
fresh lemon juice,
Lea & Perrins® Worcestershire sauce,
Tabasco® brand pepper sauce,
a dash of Kikkoman® naturally brewed soy sauce

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/bloody...

[Skeptisk]

Puggit said:

Caipirinha, soooo simple.

Ice, cachaça, sugar and muddled limes.

Oh yes. Just to qualify: crushed ice and demerara sugar. Not that easy to find cachaca though.

[vixen1700]

Never been a cocktail type of person but had the urge to try a Whisky Sour in Corfu earlier in the year. Lovely!

Came home and ordered a cocktail mixing kit from Amazon.

Haven't used it yet.

[Veteran63]

I don't like the sweet cocktails in general, and rarely drink them anyway, but I find a Long Island Iced Tea (or several) slip down pretty well.

[5harp3y]

Partial to a decent Margarita but without the salt

[Louis Balfour]

Negroni

Old Fashioned glass
Ice to about 2/3 full
1/3 quality gin
1/3 Martini Rosso
1 x3 Campari
Stir
Finish with a twist of orange.

[Matt Harper]

Mark Zero

Highball glass filled with cubed ice
2 slices lemon
1/3 Makers Mark Bourbon
2/3 Coke Zero

Dead simple, no fannying about muddling, making syrup, grating rinds...

[TownIdiot]

Hanky panky, extra fernet branca

[twing]

Puggit said:

Caipirinha, soooo simple.

Ice, cachaça, sugar and muddled limes.

Thank you! I didn't know grogue was sold as cachaca here. My favorite cocktail

[romft123]

espresso martini