Very goofy liquor question for all you lushes

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

What's the best way to heat up a glass of Grand Marnier? I order it whenever I'm in a nice bar, but I've never splurged on a bottle for home consumption until tonight. It seems like something you'd use a double boiler for, but that seems like a lot of trouble. Also, I don't own a double boiler. Any suggestions?

 

[msd]

What's the best way to heat up a glass of Grand Marnier? I order it whenever I'm in a nice bar, but I've never splurged on a bottle for home consumption until tonight. It seems like something you'd use a double boiler for, but that seems like a lot of trouble. Also, I don't own a double boiler. Any suggestions?

Maybe I'm just misreading your question, but I don't *think* you actually heat the Grand Marnier (scratches head as he tries to remember bartending school years back)...I think you just heat the glass.

How do you heat the glass? Assuming you have something like a brandy glass, I've seen people the glass at a 45-degree angle and twist it back and forth over an open flame (like a match or a candle).

I *think* that's the way it works...

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Uh-huh-huh, he said

I always got the impression it was the liquer getting warmed. Whattayouknow. I'll have to give that a try.

 

[Krieg]

I'll be scanning the AP wire tomorrow for the "Man burns down house by igniting bottle of liquor".

 

[msd]

Maybe I'm just misreading your question, but I don't *think* you actually heat the Grand Marnier (scratches head as he tries to remember bartending school years back)...I think you just heat the glass.

How do you heat the glass? Assuming you have something like a brandy glass, I've seen people the glass at a 45-degree angle and twist it back and forth over an open flame (like a match or a candle).

I *think* that's the way it works...

LOL...I can't believe it. The one time the Eric's Grandmama filter catches me is the one time I wasn't actually being bad...I feel like this opportunity has been totally wasted on my part.

I'm sure you got what I was trying to say, but in case not c-o-c-k the glass...

And yes...please do not burn down your house.

 

[Krieg]

...and here I thought you just mispelled tilt.

 

[Rock Stone]

Heating Grand Marnier

Speaking as a bartender, I put a splash of 151 proof rum in a snifter, swirl it around, light it, tilt it and turn it along its vertical axis for about a minute, then extinguish the flame and pour out any leftover rum (there shouldn't be any). Then I pour the Grand Marnier in the snifter, swirl it around to warm it, then light that and turn it for about 10 seconds. The longer you let it burn the more alcohol you burn off, giving it a lower proof.

Alternately, you can nuke it for about 30 seconds, but some people think it changes the taste slightly.

A third way is to pour close-to-boiling water in a mug to near the rim, then set the snifter, which has the GM already in it, at an angle over the top of the mug so the hot water heats the GM. Kind of a double boiler technique. But this takes longer, and sometimes you just gotta have a drink RIGHT NOW!!!

 

[Three_Haligonians]

I use the microwave method myself, its very easy, and less likely to burn down your house! My father used to heat up brandy in the winter-time and its possible he just heated a small amount in a pot over the stove, but I can't really remember.

Heating alcohol is usually done with "aromatic" alcohols because, combined with a brandy-style glass, it provides both a smell and taste sensation. And it is also fairly regular to heat alcohol before adding it to your coffee....snobbish facts #317 and 318.


Back to your point, I suggest the old zapper for the "klassy" solution!

T from Three Haligonians

 

[Darkness]

The one time the Eric's Grandmama filter catches me is the one time I wasn't actually being bad...I feel like this opportunity has been totally wasted on my part.

It happens. E.g.:

The World of Warcraft boards filter cockroach, which can be purchased as a pet in the game so it crops up every now and then.
I think they filter bastard (sword) too. Which the WotC boards initially did as well, way back when...

EN World used to filter 'Calishite' but has since been fine-tuned not to.