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Post by Diremaker on Oct 31, 2008 7:21:37 GMT -5
Okay. We've got all of these recipes for food, but no drinks. Hows about we get some good drink recipes? Not the easy ones like "Grab beer. Open top. Drink." , but some unique ones.
If you would, when you post a drink recipe, please post it as a reply here, and put DRINK ~ at the start of the subject line so recipes and discussion of recipes can be easily separated. Thanks!
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Post by Diremaker on Oct 31, 2008 7:23:55 GMT -5
Just in time for the holidays!
ingredients: • 2 oz. Midori • 1/2 oz. lemon juice (fresh) • 1 tsp. sugar syrup
Mixing instructions: Mix all ingredients with ice in a shaker. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Option: Garnish this green drink with a red cherry.
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Post by Laura Rice on Oct 31, 2008 8:09:33 GMT -5
Holiday Punch
2-48 oz. (1.36 L) cans pineapple juice 1-40 oz. (1.14 L) bottle cranberry juice 2-750 mL bottles soda water 1 litre strawberry, raspberry or lime sherbet Optional 1½ oz. Vodka (for an individual cocktail) Directions In a punch bowl, mix juices. Pour in soda water. Top with scoops of sherbet.
Makes about 16 1-cup (250 mL) servings.
For an individual cocktail, add 1½ oz. of vodka
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shadowlady
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Post by shadowlady on Nov 16, 2008 22:17:53 GMT -5
As much as i don't like Sandra Lee from the food network she does have some wonderful cocktails. Safire Moon: 2 shots blue curacao 1 shot vanilla vodka 1 part lime juice 1 splash lychee syrup Lychee, for garnish I made this one time and substituted orange juice instead of Lime and it was wonderful.
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Post by Laura Rice on Dec 18, 2008 9:53:55 GMT -5
Organic Lemon Echnacea Throat Coat Tea... for those that are under the weather for the holidays. It works for that nasty cough.
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Post by raphael on Jan 8, 2009 19:35:46 GMT -5
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Post by tnwaltz on May 5, 2009 12:41:43 GMT -5
the 2008 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Paulliac scores a perfect 100 from Robert Parker...
"The 2008 Lafite Rothschild is one of the most profound young wines I have ever tasted. From a taster's perspective, it is reminiscent of a blend of the 1996 and 2003, but when you compare those vintages analytically, that makes no sense whatsoever. Representing only 40% of the production, this blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc boasts an opaque ruby/purple color (one of the darkest Lafites I have seen in 30 years) as well as an extraordinary, blockbuster aromatic profile of lead pencil shavings, forest floor, black fruits, licorice, and a hint of unsmoked, high-class cigar tobacco. In the mouth, a massive richness is accompanied by a freshness, delineation, nuance, delicacy, and mind-boggling density.
Even after three decades of tasting, I am still astonished when tasting such a prodigious wine as this. Full, inky, and rich with creme de cassis and spice box characteristics as well as a length that I stopped measuring after a minute, the wine reveals a sweetness to the tannin and an opulence to the fruit that suggests a hot, sunny vintage, but again, that was not the case. There wasn't a great deal of heat, but there was more sunshine than the negative press reported at the beginning of September. This is a great, great wine.
The harvest at Lafite took place between October 1-7 for the Merlot grapes, the Cabernet Franc was picked in mid-October, and the Cabernet Sauvignon between October 7-14 - an unbelievably late harvest for this estate. This wine should evolve for 30-40 years and last 50 or more. As I have indicated before, Lafite's second wine is now one of Bordeaux's finest second wines, and is made very much in the Lafite style. Interestingly, Lafite Rothschild's manager, Charles Chevalier, told me there was not much flavor in the grapes in mid-September, but a month later, after four weeks of extraordinary weather, they believed something profound may have happened given the flavor development. Again, the historically long period between flowering and harvest, and very low yields are part of the secret to the great success of wines such as this."
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Post by Diremaker on May 6, 2009 8:28:06 GMT -5
Does that mean it's better than Boone's Farm or MD 20/20? :-)
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