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Comment on More Moonshine: Catdaddy by Jess

Jess — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:24:46 +0000

I have only recently discovered Catdaddy, and found myself having the same difficulties in trying to pair it with something, or coming up with a cocktail. I have not given up, due to its incredible flavor and aroma. I’ve found that with this little gem, simple is better. Catdaddy and cream soda or root beer, basic and delicious. I came up with a cocktail using equal parts Catdaddy and Jameson, shaking them together, pouring over a generous amount of ice, topping it off with ginger ale. I was at a restaurant the other night, and they were making Catdaddy milkshakes shooters to go along side their pecan pie dessert. The shake was amazing, when you mix the Catdaddy with the vanilla ice cream it transforms into essentially frozen egg nog.

Comment on Cocktail Photography by Tiare

Tiare — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:58:03 +0000

just updating the link to my earlier reply on top:

http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com/?p=15840

Comment on The Gnostic Gospels: The Margarita by Doug

Doug — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:43:42 +0000

Wit, Wisdom & Whiskey Decanter,

Not at all! I lay out the reasons I relegate Vodka to a Gnostic Gospel are mostly the opposite of Tequila. Vodka does indeed go with everything. The problem is that it brings no real character to the party itself. Also, there is, nor should be, any great variety of character between Vodkas, so the artistry of combining the RIGHT brand of the chosen spirit with your other ingredients goes away.

Don’t get me wrong. Brandy has it’s own problems as a spirit in cocktails, but its vast tradition of great and varied products, and its history of being a base spirit since people started making cocktails at all is why I view it a “canonical” and Vodka as… almost.

The real point of course is to start an argument.

Comment on The Gnostic Gospels: The Margarita by Wit, Wisdom & Whiskey Decanter

Wit, Wisdom & Whiskey Decanter — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:43:52 +0000

This may be blasphemous on my part, but in my home bar, vodka stands in the place of brandy. In my experience, it’s much more versatile.

Comment on SideBlog: Blair Reynolds to Open Full-On Tiki Bar in Portland, OR by Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:06:34 +0000

Great news! I was kind of sad when I heard that Thatch was passing to new owners, but I know the place will be in good hands if Blair is at the helm.

Comment on SideBlog: Maker’s Mark Trademark of Red Dripping Wax Affirmed by jellydonut

jellydonut — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:13:03 +0000

I do hope I’m just missing the sarcasm here?

Comment on TabbedOut: A Marvelous App by Bonjour

Bonjour — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:14:30 +0000

Merci pour l’article

Comment on An Interview With Ed Hamilton, US Importer of Lemon Hart 151, Among Others by Habilitation Electrique Lyon

Habilitation Electrique Lyon — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:25:32 +0000

AS the almost impossible to find Eldo 8 a substitute I’ve found that mixing the Eldo 5 & Eldo 12, I use 2 parts Eldo 5 to 1 part Eldo 12. The results are delicious! Try it!

Comment on TabbedOut: A Marvelous App by Plombier Ventabren

Plombier Ventabren — Sun, 06 May 2012 12:43:19 +0000

This app is so fabulous because this do more things perfect that don’t doable by us.the creator of this app had such most interesting idea to getting on it.so now if we going to the bar we don’t have to get a cash with us we simply shows our smartphone to our bartender.isn’t this amazing!!!

Comment on The Gnostic Gospels: The Margarita by Rowen

Rowen — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:08:48 +0000

Dazzling! Love the glass.

Comment on The Gnostic Gospels: The Margarita by Doug

Doug — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:42:03 +0000

Jordan,
Of course, I’ve done other drinks with Tequila, too. I can be done, it just isn’t quite the versatile spirit the others are. Look at D&C’s menu. Four lime-based sours (hmmm) and four(?) vermouth-based concoctions. I’ve tried this kind of drink, and they can be very drinkable, but your margin for error is pretty slim if you ask me.
Regardless, compare the tequila section with the others on the D&C menu and you’ll see how narrow its really is.

Genius bartenders can make just about anything work well. Witness the myriad ways they have come up with this decade to make Fernet sort of not evil incarnate. But for the average, even semi-sophisticated Joe, Tequila gets problematic fast when you move away from the limeosphere.

Comment on The Gnostic Gospels: The Margarita by O'Shea Family Blog

O'Shea Family Blog — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:42:17 +0000

That Batman is disturbing.

Long time no comment Doug! I see things are very well here in your corner of the blogosphere.

Come on by my bar and check it out…alot of progress has been made.. check it out.

http://oshea12566.wordpress.com/?s=055

Comment on The Gnostic Gospels: The Margarita by Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:39:47 +0000

I think you’re taking your hyperbole about the mixability of tequila a bit too far. There are plenty of bars that make a broad variety of tequila-based cocktails, some to great effect. For instance, Death & Co:

http://www.deathandcompany.com/lounge/currentmenu.pdf

Mayahuel:

http://mayahuelny.com/cocktails.php

And my own tiny addition, which was an adaptation of a nod to the Blood & Sand from Eleven Madison Park:

http://cocktailchem.blogspot.com/2010/06/heading-south.html

Comment on The Gnostic Gospels: The Margarita by Joe

Joe — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:39:56 +0000

There IS a difference — possibly only in MY head, though — between slushy and frozen drinks.

(p.s. my word verification words were “usndoc” and “Gospel.”

Comment on The Gnostic Gospels: The Margarita by Doug

Doug — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:02:12 +0000

Dagreb,
While I neglected for narrative reasons to couch it this way, the whole slushie variant is what, with Gospel cocktails, I refer to as an Heresy. I do like Apocrypha though. I may, whenever I get around to re-writing these in full form, steal that idea for the “acceptable” variants to the Gospels.

Joe,
I’ll grudgingly bow to you and simply say, “The Exception That Proves…”

Comment on The Gnostic Gospels: The Margarita by Joe

Joe — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:09:02 +0000

Dagreb – Sorry! Years upon years of Jesuit schooling have given me this odd reflex.

Doug – In my defense, coupe-wise, the ones I got are hollow stemmed and, for reasons I cannot adequately fathom, I’m a sucker for hollow stemmed cocktailware.

After my first comment, I thunk and thunk and thunk, about your statement that all tequila cocktails are Margaritas of one form or another and I wanted you to expand on that in light of the Tequila Sunrise.

I’ll hang up now and take my answer off the air.

Comment on Wanted: Female Bartenders…. by Doug

Doug — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:22:56 +0000

Perhaps Marty Feldman Bartender is taking your order AND the order of the person at the other end of the bar. Chameleon Vision!

Comment on Wanted: Female Bartenders…. by Dagreb

Dagreb — Thu, 03 May 2012 02:15:26 +0000

The thing about the Marty-Feldman-bartender is you’d never really be sure if he was taking your order or one from someone at the other end of the bar…

Comment on The Gnostic Gospels: The Margarita by Dagreb

Dagreb — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:15:44 +0000

Damn. Who’d have thought that I’d be beaten to the punch today in my ambition to use Deuterocanonical in my comment? (Likely it’s best to stick with Gnostic Gospel and not try for some portmanteau of Apocrypha with cocktail…)

Good show Doug. When next someone asks me about tequila I will quote you:
If you take a sip and have to bite into a lime and lick salt just to survive the experience, it isn’t good enough tequila.

Indeed!

Cheers!