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

[FOXY]

@Chap lovely!
The parents of one of our oldest friends are living on the countryside around Graz/Styria and one day we ended up there for lunch. A couple of years back…

[Chap]

Cheers everyone

[goosehd]

F’n influencers…

@ARNC Thank you

[goosehd]

Should have used the Campari instead of the Aperol. The Kahlua is a good touch and will play around with this a bit trying different Gins and Vermouths.

[ARNC]

@goosehd sounds like a plan. I think the bitterness of Campari is needed to balance the Kahlua, but there’s a lot of scope for playing with the other ingredients (and maybe different combos for different moods, seasons, etc.).

[goosehd]

@ARNC Exactly my thought with the Aperol as it’s a little sweet and needs the Campari for balance. I have both but picked the Aperol…Campari will be on the next try.

[Jett129]

@goosehd I’m going to try and come up with a coffee/Mezcal Negroni. Been drinking Mezcal Negronis as of late using Campari, Vermouth and Mezcal. I like my cocktails spirit forward so I use a 1-1-2 ratio. Figured I’d start out by adding a half ounce of the coffee liqueur and adjust from there.

[goosehd]

@Jett129 I’ll give that a shot as well and thank you for the idea.

[mclaincausey]

Might be worth trying that with Mr Black

[Jett129]

@mclaincausey Mr. Black is the coffee liqueur of choice by most people making coffee Negronis.

[goosehd]

I hadn’t heard of Mr Black before and looked them up…I also can’t get in our distribution system and probably why I haven’t heard of them.

[FOXY]

@Jett129 said in Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails):

@goosehd I’m going to try and come up with a coffee/Mezcal Negroni. Been drinking Mezcal Negronis as of late using Campari, Vermouth and Mezcal. I like my cocktails spirit forward so I use a 1-1-2 ratio. Figured I’d start out by adding a half ounce of the coffee liqueur and adjust from there.

don't dismiss St. George - if they still make it, though...

Mr. Black did a Rum Cask and a Mezcal Casked aged version a while back!
If you want to spice it up I'll recommend Ancho Reyes in the mix.

Also fun in a negroni:

Ultimately, you can go the vintage route and try sourcing Campari from the 50's, 60's or 70's - allegedly, the formulation got changed over the decades...