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Barnum (was right) Cocktail according to Jim but with Fees Old Fashioned Aromatic Bitters

Yolanda Cocktail 1 Dash Grenadine. (1 splash Fees Grenadine) 1 Dash Absinthe (1 healthy dash Versinthe Absinthe) 1/4 Dry Gin. (1 oz Old Raj Gin) 1/2 Italian Vermouth. (1 oz Perucchi) 1/4 Brandy. (1 oz Maison Surenne Cognac) Stir well and strain into cocktail glass. Squeeze Lemon Peel over glass and drop in.

Cheers!

Pliny the YOUNGER at City Beer. Gotta love them taking care of their regulars.

Lucinda Williams -- Blessed

Middle Brother

Even better when you combine them into one:

The Baseball Project -- High and Inside Panda and the Freak is pretty awesome, and was clearly written before the Giants won the Series. Funny stuff.

The Rural Alberta Advantage -- Departing

Duh. Metric Halo.

Lot B is the shizz. Perfect for amp buying time!

There's a sucker drunk every minute . . . I cleverly grabbed the R&W from Mayberry yesterday so that will be the next greatest drink on earth. For now, a Clement two-fer: Fair and Warmer .75oz Perucchi Italian vermouth 1.5oz Clement white rum 2 dashes Curacao (.5 tsp) Stir and strain with a cherry to garnish. Rum manhattan is ok by me! Third Rail Cocktail #2 1 dash Versinthe absinthe (compliments of blessingx) 1oz Clement white rum 1.5oz Germain Robin XO brandy .5oz Pommeau de Normandie Should be equal parts rum, brandy and calvados but I didn't have calvados so I went with more brandy. Damn fine and very spiritous cocktail.

Touché mon ami! By pure coincidence I had just snapped a pic with a sword cocktail pick in a pompous crystal bowl glass. Joburg Cocktail 5 dashes Fees orange bitters 1.5oz Clement Martinique white rum 1.5oz Lillet blanc as Capertif substitute Lemon peel

Of course, mine was originally my grandfather's, so it all makes sense.

Thought about picking it up at K&L and Cask a number of times but never have.

Nice Jim! It's practically like being at my house (although I only have 1 King Cube). Enjoy!

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Acting even more weird. Not that you need to do anything, but it is odd.

In my office:

Thanks for the tip, Steve. I need to get back into 'dropping.

On Thursday, I am going to the Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting and Anne Sofie von Otter singing. On Friday, I am hoping to see Kaki King with Zoe Keating at Yoshi's SF. Reminds me to buy tickets for the latter.

Oscar night. Champagne followed by Aviations. Sorry Shelly, no pics again!

Thanks to Dusty, my first Left Hand brew, in this case an Imperial Stout. No skunking at all, and the incredible packing job with individual insulated wrapping would have made it damn difficult to cook these bottles. Thanks again Dusty, this one is very tasty and I will need your oatmeal cookie recipes for some of the others.

Attempted to be subtle and at least seem to be focused on my wife instead of cocktails and you people. Both were good and the Rum & Honey idea is a nice twist on the usual old fashioned. A stronger, sharper rum might be interesting even though the Barbancourt was super tasty and not terribly sweet.

Excellent work Shelly! Please report back on the Luxardo and don't hesitate to use the Redbreast in cocktails! You use expensive spirits all the time. That said, how is that other Irish? I haven't tried the Dougroni but I bought a bottle of Cynar last week and started experimenting. Search my last few posts in this thread if you want some more artichokey ideas.