tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post7908551741329202570..comments2024-02-11T12:24:26.294-08:00Comments on The Compass Rose: Heaven Can Wait (The Divine Cocktail Ingredients)Curtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-52696381566569533502009-04-24T22:28:00.000-07:002009-04-24T22:28:00.000-07:00I've had great beers and ales--this seems to be th...I've had great beers and ales--this seems to be the age of the micro- or custom brewery in America. When we grew up the suds came in hard steel cans, and tasted like piss. Pardon me, ladies.<br /><br />Now, everyone can become a connoisseur. <br /><br />The best scotches cost well into the hundreds per bottle, so that's a natural damper on anyone's habit. Bourbon's a little more reasonable, but I'm not sure it repays your investment. A couple of slugs of that stuff and it doesn't really matter. <br /><br />I'm not sure sugar causes hangovers, but it might. <br /><br />Good, cold water is a good chaser to alcoholic drinks, as well as ice cream. I try to put away 5-7 full tumblers a day, and I think it lubricates. Sort of like the European habit of a simple green salad after evening meals.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-34359262510804527962009-04-24T22:13:00.000-07:002009-04-24T22:13:00.000-07:00Back in the days when I drank regularly, I never h...Back in the days when I drank regularly, I never had much luck with cocktails. I drank beer or ale, when I could get good microbrews; otherwise I drank scotch or bourbon, of the best quality I could afford, straight up with an ice water chaser. I was convinced that the sugar in the mixers made the hangover worse the next day.hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-4289196028731277062009-04-24T09:21:00.000-07:002009-04-24T09:21:00.000-07:00Careful, SF, I'm a cocktail expert.
I've mixed ov...Careful, SF, I'm a cocktail expert.<br /><br />I've mixed over 2000 different concoctions, and I know my drinks!<br /><br />The Negroni is okay, but the variations on it are a lot more interesting. Compari with orange juice is piquant. Try mixing dark vermouth with Compari, or dark vermouth, Compari and bourbon. <br /><br />The Heaven Can Wait is probably a variation on the Brandy Alexander. You're right, who would use the dark cacao?--yuck. <br /><br />Color doesn't bother me, though-- if you're going to mix with bourbon, you're stuck with mud some of the time.<br /><br />Cocktails are best between 12:30 PM and 8 in the evening. I'm fairly sugar intolerant now, but I find that cocktails are much easier on my pancreas than soft drinks, which I gave up about 10 years ago.<br /><br />If you want new mixes, refer to the Difford's Guide--written by a Brit who definitely knows his liquor.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-21201305157360861912009-04-24T09:10:00.000-07:002009-04-24T09:10:00.000-07:00You should probably add "the lactose intolerant" t...You should probably add "the lactose intolerant" to your list of those for whom this particular post is not aimed.<br /><br />Regardless of that, the heavy shot of heavy cream raises the question -- when do you drink this concoction?<br /><br />By which I mean to ask, it doesn't seem suitable before dinner -- too heavy, too "sweet" with the creme de cacao. So it's post-meal, late in the night?<br /><br />I'm all for experimentation, and this cocktail here may be okay (but I hope you use the clear creme de cacao, not the dark, as I gotta believe mixing the yellow of the Galliano and the brown of dark cacao is ugly as heck).<br /><br />However, the greatest cocktail ever is the Negroni. Period.Steven Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-13781860435042050092009-04-23T06:05:00.000-07:002009-04-23T06:05:00.000-07:00I just got back from county lickher store with a j...I just got back from county lickher store with a jug of "good" wine"<br /><br />I could tell it was <br />the good stuff<br />acause <br />it had a real <br />cork rather than aluminum <br />twist-of/on cap..<br /><br />I had a mixed/fancy drink once...now I am a divorced poet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-8068246879023697062009-04-22T14:58:00.000-07:002009-04-22T14:58:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.0000000https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-7915575171084659732009-04-22T12:21:00.000-07:002009-04-22T12:21:00.000-07:00I'm not a drinker, but you giving us an insight ma...I'm not a drinker, but you giving us an insight makes it mouthwatering, lol...thanks for sharingLyrically speakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695704757793935348noreply@blogger.com