Potent Potables (aka What’s your poison?)

[HansGruber]

Sigh. Day 3 of incredibly craptastic roads cancelled a range day in the cities…

Plan B calls for Bloody Mary’s, beers and burgers with the buddies.

Anyone got a good Bloody Mary recipe they’d like to share? I usually just go with Zing Zang premade, and jazz it up with a little extra horseradish, Worcestershire, and Frank’s…and despite my upper Midwest roots, I much prefer celery over a pickle spear.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Sigh. Day 3 of incredibly craptastic roads cancelled a range day in the cities…

Plan B calls for Bloody Mary’s, beers and burgers with the buddies.

Anyone got a good Bloody Mary recipe they’d like to share? I usually just go with Zing Zang premade, and jazz it up with a little extra horseradish, Worcestershire, and Frank’s…and despite my upper Midwest roots, I much prefer celery over a pickle spear.

I was going to suggest for bloody mary what you stated plus.. celery salt, 1 shot cucumber vodka and 1 shot reg vodka

 

[HansGruber]

I was going to suggest for bloody mary what you stated plus.. celery salt, 1 shot cucumber vodka and 1 shot reg vodka

Cucumber is a hard sell—not a fan.

I usually go with Absolut Pepper, or just Tito’s. Used to be Stoli, but…screw Russia.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Cucumber is a hard sell—not a fan.

I usually go with Absolut Pepper, or just Tito’s. Used to be Stoli, but…screw Russia.

Go with Platinum 7x or 10x over Titos
Titos is the most over rated avg vodka on the market . 6x distilled for a premium price. Soo many other 6x distilled vodkas out there.
Which BTW, 6x distilled is like mil spec par base for vodka distillation. Anything less and its horrible taste.
So Tito’s does just the bare minimum and gets away with high prices. Capitalism for you

 

[KillerFord1977]

Cucumber is a hard sell—not a fan.

I usually go with Absolut Pepper, or just Tito’s. Used to be Stoli, but…screw Russia.

Ih, and stoli is not Russian.
Its made in the USA by a New England States company.
The name is all marketing to make it sound good. Like so many other Vodkas that use a “russian” sounding name.

So you can go back to your Stoli

EDIT: thinking of wrong brsnd. Stoli is made in Latvia. Owned by a European firm.
So you can still stoli away..

I’ll have to think what was the NE based vodka

 

[KillerFord1977]

Smirnoff is who I was thinking of being made in US and all over the globe

 

[HansGruber]

Smirnoff is who I was thinking of being made in US and all over the globe

Just give me hope & take it away…

 

[KillerFord1977]

Just give me hope & take it away…

Stoli in USA is still not Russian, so you are still good

 

[Sld1959]

A friend adds pickle juice and Old Bay seasoning to his bloody marys. They are good.

 

[Pierre]

OK you guys made me thirsty...too much talk about Vodka & Russia...so time for a Black Russian

 

[Bassbob]

Gin and Tonics tonight.

 

[Sld1959]

Gin and tonic tonight

 

[KillerFord1977]

About to have a fantastic wine with prime filets and a nice dinner…
23 yr old Venetian wine I used to sell. Been in my wine cellar about 15 yrs

 

[KillerFord1977]

Couldnt decide.. so I went with a dram of all 3

 

[KillerFord1977]

Went for all 4 tonight … wee dram of each
Couldnt decide ..

 

[KillerFord1977]

Guess I should have appreciated the last drop a little more.. didnt pay near this price, matter of fact, 1/10th …

 

[BreakingWind]

.I've never been a Crown Royal fan...but you got me curious.

Let me know what you think....

 

[HansGruber]

Crown Peach, ginger ale, and a slice of orange.

Bartender recommended.

Not too bad at all.

 

[KillerFord1977]

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Crown Peach, ginger ale, and a slice of orange.

Bartender recommended.

Not too bad at all.

Looks good
Its 101 w heat index of 108 today.
I could use one of those

 

[HansGruber]

Looks good
Its 101 w heat index of 108 today.
I could use one of those

If you like that…this is even better (currently 93° humidity index, which is warm for north of the 45th parallel).

Blackberry Lemonade with Absolut Limon…