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<blockquote data-quote="Enforcer" data-source="post: 6208590" data-attributes="member: 396"><p>Hi! I'm a professional sommelier and avid cocktail enthusiast (my home bar has 50 different bottles on it...). I've worked behind the bar at serious restaurants in the past.</p><p></p><p>First off, make some ice. You said you have a freezer, right? The water that results from shaking (always when the ingredients include fruit juice and/or dairy) or stirring (always if all ingredients are booze) is an integral part of any cocktail recipe and not to be excluded.</p><p></p><p>Try a Corpse Reviver #2. It's a respectable cocktail with some sugar to it. Equal parts gin (I typically use Beefeater), lemon juice (fresh squeezed or don't bother—a rule that applies to all cocktails), Cointreau, and Lillet Blanc (or Cocchi Americano which is harder to find but matches the original recipe better) with a dash (i.e. 1-3 drops) of absinthe. A legit cocktail bar won't make fun of you for ordering one (unlike a Midori Sour).</p><p></p><p>Now, maybe you don't want to go out and buy all that stuff (though a London dry gin and Cointreau will be useful for lots of drinks), fine. Try a Sidecar. Brandy (any cheaper VS cognac will do), Cointreau (again, this is a good staple of any home bar), and lemon juice. You can adjust the ratio according to taste, but a good starter recipe is 1.5 cognac, 1 Cointreau, 0.5 lemon juice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.</p><p></p><p>Or even a Moscow Mule. Vodka, fresh lime juice, and ginger beer (not ginger ale).</p><p></p><p>As to other points in the thread, moscato is not the same as muscat, though they of course sound similar. Moscato is a slightly effervescent wine from Piedmont, Italy, made from the moscato giallo grape while muscat is a different grape. Moscato is almost never a serious wine, but is tasty and fun—I describe it to customers as sparkling liquid candy. Muscat is the poster child for so-called "aromatic varietals". The really good muscats (good producers from Alsace are a safe bet) can be really interesting wines. And PBR sucks, should any have taken Robin Hoodlum's post seriously and not in the sarcastic vein it was obviously intended. They won the blue ribbon in 1892 (at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago!) and American craft brews, especially in the last couple decades have really improved since then.</p><p></p><p>Riesling is one of the greatest values in wine. You can buy world-class stuff for $50 a bottle, which sounds expensive unless you know what top-notch Burgundy costs. And you can buy seriously good riesling for under $15 a bottle. Even the Dr. Loosen "Dr. L" is pretty good and very affordable (and very easy to find).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Enforcer, post: 6208590, member: 396"] Hi! I'm a professional sommelier and avid cocktail enthusiast (my home bar has 50 different bottles on it...). I've worked behind the bar at serious restaurants in the past. First off, make some ice. You said you have a freezer, right? The water that results from shaking (always when the ingredients include fruit juice and/or dairy) or stirring (always if all ingredients are booze) is an integral part of any cocktail recipe and not to be excluded. Try a Corpse Reviver #2. It's a respectable cocktail with some sugar to it. Equal parts gin (I typically use Beefeater), lemon juice (fresh squeezed or don't bother—a rule that applies to all cocktails), Cointreau, and Lillet Blanc (or Cocchi Americano which is harder to find but matches the original recipe better) with a dash (i.e. 1-3 drops) of absinthe. A legit cocktail bar won't make fun of you for ordering one (unlike a Midori Sour). Now, maybe you don't want to go out and buy all that stuff (though a London dry gin and Cointreau will be useful for lots of drinks), fine. Try a Sidecar. Brandy (any cheaper VS cognac will do), Cointreau (again, this is a good staple of any home bar), and lemon juice. You can adjust the ratio according to taste, but a good starter recipe is 1.5 cognac, 1 Cointreau, 0.5 lemon juice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Or even a Moscow Mule. Vodka, fresh lime juice, and ginger beer (not ginger ale). As to other points in the thread, moscato is not the same as muscat, though they of course sound similar. Moscato is a slightly effervescent wine from Piedmont, Italy, made from the moscato giallo grape while muscat is a different grape. Moscato is almost never a serious wine, but is tasty and fun—I describe it to customers as sparkling liquid candy. Muscat is the poster child for so-called "aromatic varietals". The really good muscats (good producers from Alsace are a safe bet) can be really interesting wines. And PBR sucks, should any have taken Robin Hoodlum's post seriously and not in the sarcastic vein it was obviously intended. They won the blue ribbon in 1892 (at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago!) and American craft brews, especially in the last couple decades have really improved since then. Riesling is one of the greatest values in wine. You can buy world-class stuff for $50 a bottle, which sounds expensive unless you know what top-notch Burgundy costs. And you can buy seriously good riesling for under $15 a bottle. Even the Dr. Loosen "Dr. L" is pretty good and very affordable (and very easy to find). [/QUOTE]
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