Whatcha drinking (2025)?

[Barriehie]

...and don't forget Angostura bitters, invented in 1824 in Angostura ( now Ciudad Bolivar), Venezuela. Used to cure upset tums.

Yep, Peychaud is favored down South. Angostura and Peychaud are the two heavyweights.

 

[badjak]

I like angostora bitters, but they have become hard to find here.
I'll need to steal Barriehie 's brain and make some myself.
90% proof is something like 45 % alcohol?

 

[Barriehie]

I like angostora bitters, but they have become hard to find here.
I'll need to steal Barriehie 's brain and make some myself.
90% proof is something like 45 % alcohol?

Correct. You can use any reasonable vodka if you can't find high proof alcohols. If using vodka I'd mix my bitters up and put the jar in a cabinet you frequent since dark is better for these things. Everytime you open the cabinet I'd give it a shake. Sixty days will get you usable but longer is typically smoother and has less of an aromatic bite, depending on the ingredients.

This, with the addition of ginger, will probably get you to a close facsimile of Agnostura. I'd add 1/2 tsp of fresh ground.

The 1 cinnamon would be like when you get it in those thin rolls like it was shaved off. 1/2 Tbsp or so.

 

[badjak]

The anise?
How much?
And is that aniseed or star anise?

 

[Barriehie]

The anise?
How much?
And is that aniseed or star anise?

Star anise. 2 of them like this:

 

[badjak]

Star anise. 2 of them like this:View attachment 126986

Got plenty star anise
Got bottle vodka, got coriander, got cloves.
Just need to check on cinnamon, I think I got either that or cassia bark, which I suppose will work as well

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Got plenty star anise
Got bottle vodka, got coriander, got cloves.
Just need to check on cinnamon, I think I got either that or cassia bark, which I suppose will work as well

I love it when I see a recipe I like and realise I have all the ingredients

 

[Barriehie]

Got plenty star anise
Got bottle vodka, got coriander, got cloves.
Just need to check on cinnamon, I think I got either that or cassia bark, which I suppose will work as well

Go for it please!

 

[TastyReuben]

Good use of $5 wine - add sugar, orange peel, and coriander, let it sit for a week, then strain it, drink it, and smugly ponder how it beats the shit out of sangria every day and twice on Sundays.

 

[oldjanie]

Craving this

 

[detroitdad]

 

[TastyReuben]

That blonde is phenomenal, basically it’s a filtered wheat beer. Too bad they make it just three months out of the year.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Love a good blonde.
As long as my wife is not around...

 

[Barriehie]

Love a good blonde.
As long as my wife is not around...

She'll be next door!

 

[karadekoolaid]

Seriously, for once
I picked up a bottle of Chilean Merlot this morning, at a very reasonable price ($9.50). It's called "Bestia"( beast), but it's not at all beastly; it's utterly delicious.