I love bloody mary's on occasion and the taste of beer I just have trouble with it....I get full quickly and never get the buzz I'm after. I probably just need to eat less food and drink more beer.
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Holiday Drinks?
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Sorry that wasn't a coherent sentence. I love the taste of beer. I just get full too fast. I like ambers, browns, and some wheats. Chimay is probably my favorite beer. I don't like hoppy beers like IPA's. We have a pretty good local brewery scene in Phoenix but probably not as good as other towns.
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Heading to Thailand tomorrow so my holiday drinks will be Chang and Singha beer and maybe some Mekong whiskey thrown in for good measure.
I do enjoy lagers, probably a pilsner is my favorite lager. Unless ambers are considered a lager, then I go with an amber.
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I drink my whiskies neat but during the holidays I buy one bottle of: Drambuie. It just tastes like Festivus!
You need to add a drop or two of water, then it will taste like a festivus miracle.
It has been probably close to 30 years since I have had one. I liked them, so need to give it a try. I'd probably leave out the vodka, not sure I see the point. Besides, I am a lightweight, so I'd probably argue in favor of more even cream to alcohol ratio.
Not a whisky fan, but neat is my preference. Keeps me from drinking them too fast. Also better to savor the flavor; water or ice tends to dilute. My drink preference is a good Cabernet.
My holiday favorite is eggnog. I generally always have non-alcoholic, because most parties I attend you don't want to serve alcoholic mixed drinks as not everyone is able to drink alcoholic beverages. I think it is good with rum. My real issue is a lot of the commercial stuff from the grocery store have a lot of cheap substitute ingredients. I've never tried making my own. I guess one first has to start by getting pasteurized eggs due to salmonella risk. Might consider that this year.
In general, my favorite mixed drinks have a lot of cream and flavor. So amaretto and cream, and Bailey's are always good. I tend to go with half and half as the heavy whipping cream stuff tends solidify and stick to ice and solidify and doesn't taste optimal (maybe I error in including ice-but I like that too).
My key holiday issue is too much drink gets in the way of consuming mass quantities of quality food. That is why I rarely drink beer; usually drink wine. The mixed drinks w/ cream however are a good idea, and I may have to make a point of doing that this year.
One thing one can also do, if you don't have minors and/or people with drinking problems is make chocolate or other flavored mousees. I once made a tres leches with a mousse that included Bailey's. It was outstanding.
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Great stuff, thanks for sharing.
My go to holiday (and winter in general) drink is Scotch. The smokier the better. Lagavulin has been my favorite for as long as I can remember.
Nothing like a Kamikaze to get your endorphins released.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 oz. Triple Sec (Cointreau)
- 1 oz. Vodka
- 1 oz. Lime Juice
- 1 wedge Lime
Whoa, that's a blast from the past. When I was at Ft. Carson, we would line them up on the bar and race with the loser buying the round(s) we just drank. I turned 21 there and they tried to line 21 of them up for me. Nope.
Good stuff though, thanks for jogging my memory. I'll have to hook some of these up at our next soirée.
