Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)
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100% @ARNC
Speaking of gin and chartreuse, are you familiar with The Last Word cocktail? It was super hype at least in the American craft scene for a while. Interesting backstory here about how it was rediscovered from an old collection of Prohibition-era recipes; it was originated at the Detroit Athletic Club.
TL;DR: equal parts (3/4 oz) chartreuse, dry gin, lime juice, and maraschino liqueur shaken and strained into a coupe.
Big, bold, but balanced; kind of reminds me of a sour apple Jolly Rancher.
Also available as a Mezcal Last Word ;). Phenomenal cocktail!
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There's also the Final Ward (IIRC), which substitutes rye for the gin, yellow for green chartreuse, and I think lemon for the lime juice (again, IIRC).
I associate the Last Word with the basement speakeasies I first had them in in Minneapolis, so I have no seasonal association. It's definitely too big of a drink for me to think of as something I'd have on a poolside or a beach though.
They have that and two other Sotols from that maker, in the picture I posted above @68degreesorless so thank you for the recommendation, I will check it out.
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Okay @mclaincausey wish me luck… Hopefully I don't have an aneurysm like I did last Wednesday drinking the Mickey's.
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Well, four shots in and I have a nice mellow buzz. No head/ neckache yet. I have anxiety thinking about what a sorry state I was in the last time I had anything to drink. The mezcal tastes like buttery smoke mixed with tequila. I'm probably not gonna temp fate and drink anything else and wait and see how I do. I have some cigars on the way so maybe in a couple more days when they get here I'll probably have some of this mezcal over ice and with the salt they have on the included brochure, and a cigar.
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Nice choice Mike! Just had some Benton’s my self[emoji2]
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@mikebarhoot I guess you can get Blantons in Texas,next to impossible to find in my neck of the woods. Ridiculously expensive when you can find it Do you collect the tops?
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Yes. Well. With my brothers. 1 bottle is oldest brothers. And we have about 6 tops.
I actually found/bought my bottle in Nashville. My brother got his in College Station (where i am this weekend).
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That’d be cool. Thanks!
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I have A,S and T which is currently on top of an extremely rare bottle of Straight from the Barrel Blantons. My brother got it for me last time he was in the UK. If any of these work for you let me know. @mikebarhoot
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Just txt’d my brother on topic. forgot to tally the letters before i left (quite hungover) yesterday.
Thanks @jett129
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Welcome and thank you @louisbosco …...
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Update: In case anyone is interested, all three gins were worth drinking but there was a clear split between the men and women present last night.
All three gins were served with the same tonic and an appropriate garnish (l to r: rosemary/pink grapefruit/mango). The men all preferred Juniper Green but the women went for the Cotswolds. Make of that what you will!
We also learned the meaning of bladderwrack (one of the botanicals in Hills & Harbour, not the consequence of drinking too much gin :D)
