The Glamorization of Alcohol Thread
 

Friday is coming. What is in the blender, glass, snifter, bottle, puddle around the tallboy...? Actually I started this cuz Jinx mentioned a cosmopolitan, which I never heard of apparently because I never saw Sex in the City.

Cosmopolitan
A modern classic that won a world wide appreciation after the tv series Sex In The City.

2 parts (lemon infused) vodka
1 part Cointreau
2-3 parts cranberry juice
(squeezed lemon or lime)

Stir or shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with a slice of lemon.

The debate on weather to stir or shake a Cosmo is on. The stirrers claim that stirring produces a clearer drink while the shakers claim that all fruit juice martinis should be shook.

Another controversy is whether to use lemon or lime flavoured vodka in a Cosmopolitan. As weather to add or not to add squeezed lemon or lime. Some claim it will be too sour, others like it like that. Some even like their Cosmo mixed with Absolut Kurant.

However. We have tried all variations. And we like them all. Try your own blend of a Cosmo, and remember that drink mixing will never be an exact science.

I have longed for a "signature" mixed drink, one that I can order and seem sophisticated.

Until then, I'm a Double Shot of Jack with a Beer Back Woman.

I usually order vodka tonic with a twist of lime, with Grey Goose being the preferred vodka. I like it because it's pleasant without being sweet, and it manages the balance between "fru-fru" and "something my dad would drink". It's reasonably classy looking, but the lime gives it an impish quality, and the fact that it's generally served in a double old-fashioned means I never have to worry about it showing up in some goofy gimmick glass.

For me, it's either a vodka martini, obscenely dry, olive garnish, or any J. Random Single-Malt, depending on my mood. If I'm going to the wet bar to make drinks for friends and I, though, it's all about the white russians. Easy to make, and still quite tasty, even with cheaper liquors.

A good margarita is all I need. Beer's good too.

This weekend's stupidity will be fueled primary by Dewar's and Coke or, if I end up at a bar, Long Islands. :drunk:

Or maybe Guiness if I can find that friendly Irish pub I've heard about. Oooo, decisions, decisions!

Absolut is by far the best vodka. There's a bar down the road from me serving over 200 different types of vodka and I still prefer that (ok so I haven't tried all 200 types but you get the idea).

My favourite drinks are, in a somewhat particular order: a glass of good vintage Rioja, a nice Merlot, real ale (NOT lager or poncy branded beer), a nice dry Pinot Grigio or Soave, fruity cocktails like sex on the beach and pina colada (the cheesy bit had to come out somewhere), a fresh strong Bombay Sapphire gin and tonic.

I can't stand guinness, bacardi or whiskey (although I like the idea of drinking whiskey by the fire. I don't know, it just seems to fit). Oh and Absinthe is the work of the devil.

Just for curiousity's sake, did you make your absinthe, or import it? I've been curious about trying the stuff since I read about it in Modern Drunkard Magazine, and I've been debating whether I want to pay outrageous prices to import some "real" absinthe, or just take some high-test liquor and make my own.

Absolut is 2nd on my list. I actually prefer Absolut in more "complex" mixed drinks, like a White Russian. But Grey Goose has a slightly different bitterness that complements the tonic and lime really nicely. Try it sometime, get one of each and compare.

"Modern Drunkard Magazine"

What a ridiculously brilliant name for a magazine. I have no idea if we make Absinthe in this country, I certainly didn't make it myself, and I wouldn't bother spending vast sums importing legitimate poison - just drink a tank of petrol.

I haven't tried Grey Goose - don't know if they have it over here but will look out for it. Although I generally don't like the taste of vodka - think I prefer Absolut only because it's more... simple. Yes that's the word. Oh and I have a professional interest in their advertising, which is outstanding. Tut. Fed by the hand that bites me.

I have had a damned cold that I can't get rid of for the last week or so, so I haven't been drinking.

But my poisons of choice:

Beer, mostly American micros and German imports. But willing to try most things as long as I know it's not going to be like making love in a canoe.

Martinis. The original martini, please. I can't stand it when I order a martini and I'm asked "Vodka or Gin?" Tho I don't like olives. I usually take an onion (I believe this technically makes it a "Gibson") or nothing.

Single malt Scotch. MMmmmm. Balvenie is my favorite.

I have to add that I've been drinking martinis and single malt since well before they were fashionable. Not that there's anything wrong with being fashionable.

On the subject of "cute" drinks, when I was on a trip to Santa Fe this past spring, I ended up at a restaurant with a group of people from my conference. There was one drink on the menu called a "panty dropper." One of the women at the table decided to order it, mostly to see if she could make the young, hunky waiter blush. (That would be a yes.) She said it was basically a Cosmopolitan.

Modern Drunkard kicks ass. I can't get enough of their Wino Wisdom

“Depression is just anger without enthusiasm. It’s an empty beer bottle with no one worth throwing it at.”

my brother from another mother.
i don't think you're in any danger of that happening regardless of what drink you order. ;)

My wife has long been a fan of Cosmopolitans... when I build us some drinks, her preferred variation is the "Rasmopolitan," one made with with Raspberry vodka, Cointreu, Cranberry juice and sour mix.

I tend to be a long island man, mostly because it takes a lot of alcohol to have any effect on me.

I'm a long time fan of Stoli - plain, Vanil, Citron, (i think that's what it's called) and Razpberi. Nice and smooth.....and will be what I'm imbibing in tonight after work with someone special :)

Dag