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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)

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    • mclaincauseyM
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      …and with the ability to discern and appreciate the difference diminishing by the ounce consumed, at least for me 🤣😂

      Think it, be it.

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      • tvenutoT
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        MGP’s first house label in…forever?  You've definitely drank some MGP bourbon or rye before, as they silently supply many many brands (a list I found).  They know how to make a whiskey, that's for sure.  This one is right up my alley: cocoa powder, nuts, dried fruits (fig/date/prune, like a dopplebock), toffee.

        The bottle ain't cheap ($70) but what is nowadays?  Note the "I" on the neck.  Each year the "repeal reserve" will change, you can also see the mashbills and % of the whiskies used in this bottle, which is a nice touch.  It's also an easy bottle to store and pour, all while being good looking.  A nice throwback art deco style.  Too many bottles are trying too hard for nostalgia, or are ridiculous to store and pour (OF Bday, I'm looking at you).

        All in all, a whiskey drinkers bourbon.  Few people do a high-rye better than MGP, and I love that they've shed all the pretense and kept the work where it belongs: in the sauce.

        *As an aside, it's a bonus that they picked one of my favorite prohibition characters for a namesake.  George Remus was a downright ridiculous man, whose life even the most creative story writer couldn't have scripted.

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        • J
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          Finally was able to get a bottle of the Pappy Bourbon Barrel aged maple syrup. So before I put it on pancakes,I found and made a recipe for a Maple Syrup Old Fashioned. Used some high proof,126, Barrel Bourbon so it wouldn’t be too sweet. Really delicious.

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          • tvenutoT
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            Now that is one high end cocktail.

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            • J
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              Going to try it with some Cask Strength Makers next. Don't know if the syrup will,ever see pancakes. The bourbon smell from the syrup is wonderful. Just keep,holding the bottle up to my nose.

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              • tvenutoT
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                Rum Manhattan
                2oz Rum (in this case "Rhum" a french carib rum agricole)
                1oz Red Vermouth (in this case the fantastic Carpano Antica)
                2 dashes Reagan's orange bitters

                Basically how I make a regular manhattan but sub the rhum for the rye and the Reagan's for the maraschino.

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                • tvenutoT
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                  Halloween Cocktail “El Diablo”

                  1.5 oz tequila
                  0.5 oz creme de cassis
                  0.5 oz lime juice
                  3-4 oz ginger beer

                  Shake all but ginger beer with ice, strain and top with ginger beer.

                  I didn’t make this one up FYI. Just seemed appropriate for Halloween. Tasty too.

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                  • FadezF
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                    Finally some peace and quiet on the country side

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                    • tvenutoT
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                      Crappy cell phone pics, sorry I'm not sorry.

                      For the wife:
                      Spiced Cider
                      1 can very dry cider
                      1.5 oz homemade allspice dram
                      Combine in glass

                      For me:
                      Miramar
                      1 oz Apple Brandy
                      1 oz aged rum
                      1 oz red vermouth
                      Stir with ice and strain

                      This one is a riff on the Manhattan, which I've been experimenting with pretty extensively.  From my extraordinarily brief internet search, Miramar is the tony neighborhood in Havanah, so I picked that as the name of this one.

                      For a general template, the manhattan style drink should go thusly:

                      2 oz Liquor from the list
                      1 oz very high quality vermouth, if you can't drink it straight it's not good enough
                      1-2 dashes Aromatic component (optional)

                      My list for the appropriate liquors:
                      Rye
                      Bourbon*
                      Apple brandy (other fruit brandies might work, I've just never tried)
                      Brandy (grape-based, Cognac)
                      Aged Rum (not spiced rum, the good stuff)

                      You can combine the above if you like.  Rye+Rum works, as does AB+Rum.  Rye+Cognac is also a great combo that you wouldn't think of (and forms the base of my mint julep).  For the aromatic component, any number of bitters could work.  The traditional Manhattan has Maraschino liqueur as an aromatic, so other liqueurs could also work.

                      *You won't see me using this one so it's merely a concession, if you have bourbon that's not worth drinking straight I hope it was a gift and I hope you no longer talk to that person

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                      • J
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                        Delicious Fall Cocktail,kind of a take on a Dark and Stormy. Should’ve used Ginger Beer.

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                        • mclaincauseyM
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                          Well what a great Christmas gift from the wife. Bottle 108/120 of a coyote mezcal made in a tiny batch in a small Palenque in the wooded hills of Oaxaca. Coyote is a cultivated sub-variety of agave Americana oaxacensis that takes anywhere from 16 to 20 years to mature, and looks like this:

                          The piñas are ground by hand and distilled in clay pots. I'm almost afraid to open this one.

                          Think it, be it.

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                          • mclaincauseyM
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                            Daiquiri (not pictured: lime)

                            Think it, be it.

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                            • tvenutoT
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                              God help me.

                              AM update: I do indeed have the rattle skull.  Amaretto to the rescue!

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                              • mclaincauseyM
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                                Muddler? I hardly know her.

                                Think it, be it.

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                                • J
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                                  Had my local liquor store track this down for me,and got 2 bottles. It’s really great. Not overly oakey for a 13 year old,and not too hot for a cask strength bourbon. It has 84% corn in the mashbill,so it’s on the sweet side which is OK with me. A good sipper neat or on the rocks. I paid $59.95 which I thought was reasonable. There hasn’t been an Old Scout release in a while,which is another reason that I’m so excited about this one.

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                                  • gaseousclayG
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                                    Any of you drink liqueur? I never drink hard liquor but I have tried limoncelo liqueur before and really liked it. Not sure how you would categorize liqueur but I like the sweetness and the strength. I came across a one man company in Vermont and the guy makes maple syrup liqueur which piqued my interest. Any of you ever try this before?

                                    WTB:
                                    IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                                    IHSH-19

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                                    • J
                                      Jett129
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                                      I don’t drink any straight liqueur,but I keep some Tia Maria,and Cointreau on hand,for the occasional cocktail.

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                                        • Max PowerM
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                                          ^classic

                                          If you're into one with less sherry but more young & smoky character the 8 YO is pretty decent as well.

                                          @elclintor:

                                          > I don't care what people say.. The Max Power way is the right way…

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                                          • SeulS
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                                            Without any doubt the best smelling beverage I've ever stuck my nose in… Will try tonight...

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