Don't want to rain on your parade, but FYI:
"Do not drink alcohol while taking Voltaren. Alcohol can increase the risk of stomach bleeding caused by Voltaren."
The Final Ward
1 oz rye whiskey
1 oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur
1 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz Chartreuse
Put all ingredients into an ice-filled shaker and shake hard until well chilled. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
A bit sweet but the maraschino is not over the top. I wish I could figure out what was in that Carthusian.
I prefer the beefier zippers, metal hardware and less constrained compartmentalization of the Red Oxx bags. Plus the appropriate cocktail to go with a Ref Oxx bag is a Corpse Reviver 2 while the appropriate cocktail for the Bihn bags is a Cosmo.
Two Brooklyn Cocktails, same recipe as yesterday except the one on the left uses Torani Amer and the one on the right uses Amer Boudreau.
The Torani is lighter and sweeter, the Boudreau is more complex and kicks harder since I used everclear for my tincture. That said they are pretty close when mixed in a Brooklyn.
Nice looking orgeat mash Marc.
Finally finished filtering the Amer Boudreau so decided to make a Brooklyn Cocktail
2 oz High West rye whiskey
3/4 oz Dolin dry vermouth
1/3 oz Amer Boudreau
1/3 oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur
Stir with ice in a mixing glass and strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with a Maraschino cherry.
Well between the bad juju foisted upon Al and the cocktail fail that Jeff had to endure I made my own Handy based Sazerac and am including a comparison photo.
Between the Handy and the absolute horror of the Californicated Sazerac I'm pretty sure I was able to transfer the bad juju to the bartender at the mixing room.
Also realized I never posted the picture of the Blood and Sand I had at Rye over the weekend.
I never felt not having a DVD drive built-in was a serious limitation on my net book. With DVD sharing in OSx it is even less of a limitation on the MBA, and as Dan said, for those rare times, there are external drives. That said, I still have a floppy drive on the lab PC
A Blood and Sand at Rye. A Naughty Sundress, Martinez and another house drink that I cannot remember at the moment at Bourbon and Branch. Excellent drinks and an excellent waitress.