Cocktails. Advice please!

jeni Get well – and coherent – soon.

I'll try!

Bless.

Try and get a bottle of Aperol a lovely ltalian drink mixes well with lemonade.
Avoid the dry ice though - can't believe cocktail bars have been putting this in peoples drinks!

Wow tattynan never heard of Aperol, but see this - a page of Aperol cocktails!

www.aperol.com/?page_id=12

Yum!

Made by the people who make Campari and it originates in Parma (gorgeous place) so can't be bad. And it contains cinchona en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinchona

Fascinating stuff! "Every day's a schoolday"

Advice please: some of these recipes contain Ginger Beer (ie NOT Dry Ginger or Ginger Ale).

So which Ginger Beer does anyone favour??

I know there are Fiery Jamaican ones in a cheap can (good?) and I have NEVER been impressed with any Fentiman product, they seem way overpriced. Cheap supermarket stuff in a giant 2 litre plastic bottle can't be any good, can it?

And are we talking alcoholic (in a cocktail, phew!) or non-alcoholic ie making a "long" drink?

Favourites for either please.

Thanks Isthisallthereis for the Aperol website info. Got 2 bottles of Aperol last time I was in duty free in Greece. Will be trying out new cocktail recipes now.

My advice is steer clear and think of your livers!

Naaah, nelliemoser why?

Drinking in moderation.

You're only old/young once.

Any advice on the best ginger beer(s) for cocktail mixing, pls??

Crabbie's alcoholic ginger beer, good enough on its own.

Excellent. This is about to get serious!

First. Aperol, much recommended in this thread, has £2 off at Sainsbury's online. I was buying lots of other things so I got free delivery (midweek). Not sure if the offer is in-store as well.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp?bmUID=1351200785743

Looks like I'll need soda or lemonade to add to it.

I've also bought three different Ginger Ales / Ginger Beers! Sorry annodomini yr post came too late otherwise I'd have just bought the Crabbies.

Luckily I did choose that and also have bought Belvoir and Sainsbury's.

Early start tomorrow, so it looks like serious "cocktail research" may have to wait until the weekend!

Any more recipes please.....

Have sampled the first one jeni:

"My champagne cocktail
1/2measure brandy
1/2measure Cointreau
Top up with champagne
Serve poured over a sugar lump garnish with orange and lemon"

Awesome! Wonderful. Not quite sweet, which is just how I like things (Freud, pls analyse).

Pleasantly "cocktailed" by 6.30pm. Hmm, time to watch another DVD episode of "Six Feet Under", very favourite TV series.

More cocktail recipes/favourites please.

isthis You could rub the sugar lump over the outside of an orange to collect some of the volatile oil before you put it into the glass.

Btw It's always a good idea to chill cocktail glasses before using them. Diluting cocktails with ice is not the plan.

BERMUDA HIGHBALL

Measure gin
Measure brandy
Measure dry vermouth

Top up with very cold ginger beer

Garnish with twist of lemon peel

Pretty amazing! As you might imagine.

Would I even remember it?

Probably not! [devilish emoticon]

Anyone noticed Prosecco on sale in Tesco for an amazing £6.81 a bottle? That's even cheaper than Aldi!

With the Aperol that Sainsbury were selling recently at £2 off, plus soda-water, ice and a slice of orange as garnish, we could all be drinking delicious bargain Spritz for Christmas!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spritz_(alcoholic_beverage)

The taste of Venice for me (I've never been there at the right time of year for Bellini cocktails).

I prefer the Aperol version of Spritz to the Campari one. But that could require some serious testing I know that one of the two versions is dismissed as a corrupt Padua nonsense in Venice. I think I'd had too many glasses of Spritz to remember! Does anyone know which is which?

Goodness, here's more info about Spritz than I was expecting! Scroll down for recipes:

theartichokeblog.com/spritz/

I stand corrected. Apparently never Soda-water, only ever sparkling mineral water.

Now where can I find Cynar at a good price.....

My sons introduced me to Mahitos when they took me to a rock concert.Wow they're nice - think they're made with white rum - does anyone have the receipt? Ok I'll google it.

Specki . one of my favourite cocktails of all time .

I think it is white rum , but not sure . When we are in the States , we go to a bar and ask for one . Never thought to ask !

Still as you say you can google ,ENJOY .

In fact I think I even prefer them to Margaritas .!

Though Bloody Marys come close . !

Much too sophisticated for me ....

Smol.

Don"t drink them all time ! TEE Hee .

nonu