I’m obsessed…

by julie on March 6, 2010

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…with craft cocktails. Since sampling them at The Rookwood,Tonic, Bouchon in Vegas, private parties with Molly Wellman… Obsessed! Expect to see some posts here and on wine-girl.net soon. For now, I’m reading up and experimenting.

What is your favorite craft or classic cocktail?

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1 Bridget March 6, 2010 at 11:05 pm

My current favorite cocktail is blood orange and lime, muddled with honey plus vodka and sparkling water.
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2 julie March 7, 2010 at 10:57 pm: That sounds delicious! I love blood orange.

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3 Erin Swing March 7, 2010 at 11:38 am

Nothing beats a well executed bloody Mary. With top shelf vodka, fresh horseradish, Worcestershire, etc. with celery & big giant olives. Please, no ready made mix. Might as well use Clamato, then! My favorite is made by “B” at Il Posto Accanto in LES, NYC.
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4 julie March 8, 2010 at 6:14 pm: I really wish I liked bloody Marys. I really do.

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5 Evan March 7, 2010 at 3:34 pm

My favorite is a Manhattan. I just wish places would stop serving them in those emasculating martini glasses. It is a *manly* drink and should be served in a *manly* glass.

Speaking of martini’s, the pear & ginger martini at Palomino was tasty. I wouldn’t consider it a real “craft” cocktail, but it is something worth trying.
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6 julie March 7, 2010 at 10:58 pm

Well, there aren’t many manly stemmed glasses. Unless you like your Manhattans on the rocks (not “traditional”, I’ve recently converted to only up), I’m not sure how else they’d serve them without your hand warming up the whole thing.

I’ve had that pear and ginger– it’s pretty tasty.

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7 Evan March 8, 2010 at 6:15 pm

When I am making them at home I will be lazy and drink them on the rocks, but I am usually not really measuring the rye or vermouth out, but rather eyeballing it. When I am out I always order it up.

It could be that I am a raging alcoholic, but I don’t let me Manhattans sit for long enough to get warmed by my hand. To me, a Manhattan is not a sipping drink, rather one to be drank with gusto.

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8 julie March 8, 2010 at 6:17 pm: Yeah, I can’t drink them with gusto. I tend to nurse them. Unless it’s been a particularly rough week…

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9 Todd March 7, 2010 at 10:23 pm

I like a traditional dry martini – vodka, dry vermouth, several dashes of blood orange bitters and three blue cheese stuffed olives. The perfect aperitif before a big steak. And I have yet to find a bartender in Cincinnati that can craft one like I make’em at home.

BTW Julie, I had, what I consider the perfect blue cheese topped steak the other night, at Embers. It wasn’t crusted on top – no, they cooked the steak rare then topped it with Maytag blue cheese. The cheese was trapped between the steak and fried onion rings – it was awesome.

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10 julie March 8, 2010 at 6:15 pm: Ooh, I’ll have to try that steak! It sounds really great.

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11 The Boyfriend March 7, 2010 at 11:01 pm

I’m partial to the virgin Screwdriver.

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12 julie March 8, 2010 at 11:32 am: Har har, Sweetie.

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13 Christina B March 7, 2010 at 11:05 pm

I just had my first Pomegranate Martini on the plane and it really was very good. Also, the neighbour has me hooked on good ole’ Champagne and OJ.
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14 julie March 8, 2010 at 2:23 pm

Pomegranate martinis are a bit sweet for me, but they taste DARN good on an airplane.

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15 Christina B March 10, 2010 at 7:45 am: The interesting thing is that I also like Black Russians. I say interesting because it seems like such a drastic difference.

Would you ever order a Pina Colada simply because you were on the beach somewhere in the Caribbean? Or Sangria in Spain?
Christina B´s last blog ..Traveling: How To Fly 101

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16 Kari March 7, 2010 at 11:25 pm

The Old Fashioned. When they are made well, they are far and away my favorite cocktail.

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17 julie March 8, 2010 at 6:15 pm: old old fashioned or new Old Fashioned? (lemon vs. orange/cherry)

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18 vudutu March 10, 2010 at 1:09 pm

Julie,
Last Thursday we took Molly to a friend’s house so they could mind-meld on rum. His collection of Tiki Drink books and memorabilia was a very welcome antidote for our cabin fever. Took me two days to recover though, the Zombie damn near did me in. Me thinks there are Tiki drinks and some new news from Molly soon. Stay tuned. In the mean time I think she is out at

http://www.maribellestavern.com/

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