I'm looking to practice my cocktail making, and I found a few interesting recipe ideas. I wanted Veeky Forums's opinion on exactly what brand of alcohol I should be using to mix them with; I'm looking for the most cost effective option.
When it comes to mixing, what brand of spirit would you recommend for
>vodka
>gin
>rum
>whiskey
>brandy
Admittedly a large part of this is novelty, a few fantasy-inspired recipes, so I'll post some of what I'm using.
>2 shots vodka
>1 shot gin
>juice 1 orange
>juice 1 lemon
>juice 1 lime
>shake
>garnish with a slice of lime
Drunk Dragon:
>1 shot vodka
>1 shot gin
>1 shot blueberry syrup
>serve without ice
>garnish with slice of pineapple
>garnish with small dollop of whipped cream
for home-practice?
Short Green Guy:
>muddle mint leaf
>1 shot vodka
>juice 3 limes
>shake over ice
>garnish with slice of lime
Oh, yeah, all for at-home practice. When I get some practice in, I'm gonna try to host a small get-together, supplying interesting alcoholic drinks.
Vodka - Absolute, Tito's
Gin - lol get fucked gin sucks dude
Rum - Captain Morgan all day
Whiskey - So many to choose from, you'll just have to pick your favorite after trying different ones
>Brandy - I don't drink this shit either
Wizard Blizzard:
>2 shots vodka
>1 shot gin
>juice 1 orange
>juice 1 lime
>juice 1 lemon
>shake over ice
>garnish with slice of pineapple
coffee a'la Norrland
>put a cube of suggar in a coffee mug
>pour coffe untill you no longer see the suggar
>add vodka (home distilled if you have any) untill suggar is visible
Chocolate Saturday:
>shot glass worth of melted chocolate
>muddle mint leaves
>1 shot whisky
>dash of warm milk/cream
>shake
>strain out mint
>serve warm
>garnish with small dollop whipped cream
>garnish with cocoa powder or chocolate shavings
Your drinks are all 90% sugar bruh
Fair point, I do need to work on that. At the moment I'm just listing the fruitier, more dessert-like cocktails. I'm gonna get to some heavier ones when I get back later today.
Blurberry Special:
>1 shot vodka
>1 shot gin
>1 shot brandy
>juice 2 lemons
>shake over ice
>garnish with a slice of lime
>vodka
the cheapest you can get
>gin
tanqueray, hayman's, bombay sapphire
(botanist, hendrick's or monkey are way too exprensive for home experiments)
>rum
bacardi
>whiskey
wild turkey
>brandy
any unexpensive cognac
>12 madeley paddles of crushed cilantro
>8 freshly drained mint barks
>4 texas style tequila shots
>garnish with cum
Sub the vodka for Cointreau and you have a decent riff on a Sidecar
Sounds great, thank you for the guidance.
Fog Cutter:
>2 oz orange juice
>1 ounce lemon juice
>.5 oz orgeat syrup
>1.5 oz white rum
>.5 oz gin
>.5 oz brandy
>.5 oz sherry
You're also mixing a bunch of liquors, almost Long Island Iced Tea style, which will make the flavors of the spirits clash. Like why would you mix rum, gin, brandy, and sherry? Choose a main spirit and then develop the drink out of that. Like a botanical gin would go well with herbal, citrus, and bitter elements but less so with sweet rum, oaky brandy, and nutty/tangy sherry.
I know you didn't come up with the Fog Cutter but it's not the best way to use your spirits.
but, but tiki coktails are delicious, bruh!!
There are better tiki drinks f a m!!!
Vodka: Smirnoff, Absolut
Gin: Bombay Sapphire, tanqueray if feeling fancy
Rum: I highly recommend Brugal white rum
Whisky: usually you'll need Bourbon, so Bulleit is a good and not so expensive choice
Brandy: no fucking idea m8
>they'll call me cocktail Charlie