Thanks Scuba. DH makes most of our cocktails. While he hates cooking, he has fun making nice drinks.
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Perfect distribution of labor '-D
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Manhattans…because it’s our Friday! I should have lots of new drinks to post after Labor Day. Enjoy the holiday and make delicious cocktails. Cheers.
Back from a long weekend in the Bay Area. We sampled and shared a bunch of fun drinks. I’ll try to get the highlights reported…
Barleywino’s Hakkasan recommendation was great. We sat at the bar for a late lunch. Round one:
Smoky negroni for DH and The Queen’s Jubilee for me. My drink had hop infused vodka, elderflower, rose, lemon, and soda water.
Round two at Hakkasan:
DH had the Last Word of Wisdom which was scotch, yellow chartreuse, luxardo, and lemon juice (no pic). I had the Garden Hopper, rum, sugar snap peas, lime, Granny Smith apple juice. Again, both were delicious.
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The oyster bar at Hog Island, round one;
Daily special was Oakland Seaport Sour, amaro, rye, chinato, allspice dram, lemon, nutmeg. Tasted like the approaching fall.
Round two;
DH had a San Andreas Fault, amaro, rye, agave, lime, angostura, and mint. I had the Mud Marlin Old Fashioned, rye, black cherry orange vanilla, angostura and orange bitters.
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Last night out we went to Tosca. We intended to have a drink but we’re having such a nice time with the great bartender that we stayed for dinner.
I had a Golden Year, pineapple, bourbon, bitters, celery, and lemon. DH had the Even Steven, gin, marjoram, lemon, dry sherry, soda. And then vacation was over!
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until next year…
Or spring! Thanks again for all the great suggestions.
Zwickl (unfiltered unpasteurized lager, local Tirolian specialty in innsbruck Austria )
Note 1/4 pint glass
Love a Zwickl.
A delicious drink based on a lupine infused grappa, at hotel la Perla (corvara, italy). Also had a very nice gin/punt e mes/campari /pedro ximinez drink.
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Earlier today after taking out a small dead oak tree
Just finished an Old Fashioned with WT Russell’s Reserve Rye, orange bitters and an orange twist
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No name cocktail…our friend sent us some random YouTube video with a cocktail. No measurements were given so we improvised. We decided it was a Fall Old Fashioned.
Bourbon infused with lemon, orange, vanilla bean, cinnamon stick, cloves. The infused bourbon is mixed with a bit of honey simple. Orange peel garnish. Really nice drink.
Like the glass with the frozen ice bottom 
drink also reminds me of a nice bourbon cocktail with pineau de charentes instead of simple syrup
Didn’t take a picture of it, but we had a drink called a Black Prince at Eastern Standard in Boston recently, and I asked the bartender for the recipe. Finally got the ingredients this weekend, and made them. What a great drink.
The Black Prince
2oz Ron Zapoteca Rum
1/2 oz Averna
1/2 oz Punt De Mes
1 shake Orange Bitters
stir , strain, serve up with an orange peel.
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something like the 1919 cocktail, another great Boston drink
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With that sloping ice profile, maybe you should call it the Continental Shelf
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