DEAR GOD NO. (well unless it's gin, then obviously tonic, or if I'm making an Old Fashioned or Negroni or something... ok so under a few specific circumstances!).
hahaha yes, I've got a bottle of this: cuervo.com/products/reserva-de-la-familia/ and I literally only bring it out on Christmas Day every year... someone once asked for the lime and the salt and it took all my restraint not to...
I said no to mixing, but I feel it depends on what it is. I always taste everything neat before deciding if it requires a couple of rocks or to be mixed. Only Vodka and Gin I tend to mix, though I do enjoy the nice ones on the rocks, and whisky, whiskey, bourbon, brandy, sherry, tequila and some liqueurs (Kahlua, baileys etc) are definite no no's for mixing! Though, a good cocktail is always a pleasure 😂
I feel like it’s not necessary to have super fine liquor in certain cocktails, but a whiskey sour with excellent Scotch is totally okay with me. Not like 25yo SpringBank, but some nice GlenAllachie is wonderful to me.
There’s only a few spirits I could say could be mixed with ice... but only if it’s something like Gin, Vodka or rum, but if it’s whisky/whiskey? No! God no! Ice water on the side with it yes. But not in the spirit itself! Fuck that!
I don’t mind using good whiskey or Scotch to make a top shelf Sour or Old Fashioned. But it takes some serious precision, quality ingredients, and masterful mixing techniques to make a cocktail that is worthy of nice Single Malt.
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DEAR GOD NO. (well unless it's gin, then obviously tonic, or if I'm making an Old Fashioned or Negroni or something... ok so under a few specific circumstances!).
I feel certain cocktails embrace fine spirits, like an old fashioned, but don’t you dare put my Extra Añejo Tequila in a margarita. Lol
hahaha yes, I've got a bottle of this: cuervo.com/products/reserva-de-la-familia/ and I literally only bring it out on Christmas Day every year... someone once asked for the lime and the salt and it took all my restraint not to...
Read moreI said no to mixing, but I feel it depends on what it is. I always taste everything neat before deciding if it requires a couple of rocks or to be mixed. Only Vodka and Gin I tend to mix, though I do enjoy the nice ones on the rocks, and whisky, whiskey, bourbon, brandy, sherry, tequila and some liqueurs (Kahlua, baileys etc) are definite no no's for mixing! Though, a good cocktail is always a pleasure 😂
I feel like it’s not necessary to have super fine liquor in certain cocktails, but a whiskey sour with excellent Scotch is totally okay with me. Not like 25yo SpringBank, but some nice GlenAllachie is wonderful to me.
There’s only a few spirits I could say could be mixed with ice... but only if it’s something like Gin, Vodka or rum, but if it’s whisky/whiskey? No! God no! Ice water on the side with it yes. But not in the spirit itself! Fuck that!
I don’t mind using good whiskey or Scotch to make a top shelf Sour or Old Fashioned. But it takes some serious precision, quality ingredients, and masterful mixing techniques to make a cocktail that is worthy of nice Single Malt.