Favorite cocktail
rickthelion
Many of you know that my favorite cocktail is the gimlet. Be it the modern 2/3-1/3 recipe or the older 1/2-1/2 it is hard to beat the classic. However, we rick’s are nothing if not epicures, so we enjoy many cocktails.
The only rick-specific cocktail I’ve mentioned is the rickarita, an ironic number based on Pepe Lopez and Blue Curaçao. Sometimes I include the lime to make the rickarita more like a traditional margarita, but that reduces the alcohol content. Of course, one can use Patrón Citrónge and keep the alcohol content high while still approximating the more traditional margarita, but the Citrónge kind of conflicts with the cheapness of the Pepe Lopez, which is part of the fun.
Also, a pro tip (a rick tip, if you will): use the colorless Curaçao and simply add blue dye (or dissolve in some blue Kool-Aid crystals). The blue stuff you get from the liquor store typically has lower alcohol content. But you have to have the blue in the drink because you will spill rickarita on yourself when you’re drinking the rickaritas and how else are you going to remember that you spilled?
What is your favorite cocktail?
The only rick-specific cocktail I’ve mentioned is the rickarita, an ironic number based on Pepe Lopez and Blue Curaçao. Sometimes I include the lime to make the rickarita more like a traditional margarita, but that reduces the alcohol content. Of course, one can use Patrón Citrónge and keep the alcohol content high while still approximating the more traditional margarita, but the Citrónge kind of conflicts with the cheapness of the Pepe Lopez, which is part of the fun.
Also, a pro tip (a rick tip, if you will): use the colorless Curaçao and simply add blue dye (or dissolve in some blue Kool-Aid crystals). The blue stuff you get from the liquor store typically has lower alcohol content. But you have to have the blue in the drink because you will spill rickarita on yourself when you’re drinking the rickaritas and how else are you going to remember that you spilled?
What is your favorite cocktail?
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last commentRed Hook - Michter's Rye, Punt e Mes, & Luxardo
Sazerac - Michter's Rye, Lucid absinthe, & Peychaud's Bitters
Aviation - Nolet Gin, Lemon juice, Luxardo, & creme de violet
Rarely can get these made correctly anywhere but my home bar. So, when I'm out and about it is just a Rye Manhattan.
Gin is one of the exceptions. I like martinis, of course. When I want something lighter, I go with a 50/50 martini. Also sometimes get gin rickey, gin & tonic, and negronis.
Whiskey I usually like straight, but do sometimes get classic whiskey drinks -- sazerac, manhattan, old fashioned, etc
Rum I only savor straight up or with a little water - high end rum is a huge pleasure of mine
Vodka is only worth slamming shots
Tequila, slam shots if it's mid-range stuff, or sip the high end stuff
There is a little known cocktail that's excellent when done right - man of leisure - bulleit rye, blanco (non-aged) tequila, splash of ginger beer, and lime. Most cocktails with ginger beer get overwhelmed by it (ie, Moscow mules) but not this one.
I will drink a beer and be good to go.
I was a fan of gin and tonic, vodka on the rocks,, and bourbon over ice. But I rarely stopped once I started.
Bonus: every female who I've given a try of my gin rickey, has loved it (although I've never ordered one in a strip club)
That said, you have good taste Subra-ape. This rick prefers gin to bourbon in his rickey. Not that this rick doesn’t appreciate quality bourbon.
This rick also wonders if making a rickey with Citrónge rather than lime juice would make for a more alcoholic rickey - a ricky rickey, if you will. Perhaps the ricky rickey could be my new driving cocktail. Hell, I could even add food dye so I can monitor how much I spill on myself.
Good idea Subra-ape! ROAR!!!
That’s funny!
It's a sad day when I see a rick admit that his favorite cocktail is a girly drink. ☹️
But no worries rickthelion. A few whiskeys on the rocks should put a little hair back on your chest, or in your mane as the case may be.
Remember when I decide it would be extra badass to drink only báijiǔ? rickthechinaman convinced me that báijiǔ was the most badass drink on the planet. So I drank a whole bottle and somehow I woke up in Shanghai. Have no idea how I got there. No passport, no money, and no idea how to speak Mandarin. If it wasn’t for my incredible badassery I would have had my gall removed and sold to make boner pills for 100 year old Chinese millionaires.
But I made it back! First to my home in tha NC and then back to the states where I can fuck all the hairless ape whores with my BSLC.
So can I ask you to indulge me brother! ROAR!!!