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sixpoints
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Wokko 
Come and take it.
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I'm about to move up there 
I hope for his sake the horse looked like this:
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pietillidie
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I greatly miss fishing and bird breeding (mostly Aussie parrots and finches). I was also big into reptiles and spiders, but the birds were my real joy.
I also definitely miss competition table tennis.
I still throw the baseball with Ms. PTID who is an awesome catch with the baseball glove.
But since arriving in the UK it's beer all the way, which is a bit of a lazy hobby!
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| Culprit wrote: | | Some people collect wine, I collect Guitars. My Mrs said they were a waste of money. I got my collection evaluated for an insurance policy. She wants me to have a sudden death now. |
What kind of guitars (electric, acoustic, Fender, Gibson etc) do you collect? |
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005
Location: In flagrante delicto
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| Mugwump wrote: | | Cocktails - not the fluffy sexy rubber ducky stuff with pink umbrellas, but the classic drinks - the manhattan and variations, the various martinis, the old cubans, old fashioneds, the New Orleans historic drinks etc. The whole business of making and sharing great, classic drinks is one that never pales, for me. Stick to four a week, though !! |
So what's some good ones?
I tried a Manhattan a few times this week, can take it or leave it. A Whiskey Sour though ..... Yum. I could drink that until I'm incapable of movement.
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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007
Location: Between London and Melbourne
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^ damn temperamental drink, the Manhattan. The bitters have to be just right for the drinker's taste (two dashes for mine, not one, not three) and I think some brands of red vermouth are better than others.
Some treasured secrets after years of experimenting ?
The whisky sour is a great drink in the standard version, but this recipe is even better, to my taste and that of many people i've fed it to :
3 parts bourbon
1 part sugar syrup, 1 part triple sec, 1 part fresh squeezed lemon juice
An egg white
Dry shake without ice (though release the pressure part way through or the shaker will tend to pop open with the pressure of the egg white frothing.
Add ice and shake hard for at least 30 secs.
The Vesper martini (from Casino Royale) is a favourite :
3 parts Gin
1 part vodka
1 part Lillet blanc
Shake briefly with ice, and garnish with a strip of lemon peel, expressing the oils of the lemon over the top of the drink
Finally, my most prized recipe after years of experimentation. If I tell you this I'll have to kill you (though it is in the Savoy cocktail book)
1.5 oz gin
1.5 oz Lillet Blanc
Teaspoon of Amaretto (you can vary that slightly to taste, but i'd say a full teaspoon is max, half A spoon is more to my taste)
Two dashes of orange bitters
A twist of orange expressed over the top of the drink and dropped in the glass.
A few others that i'd highly recommend, and the recipes are available on the web (a guy called Robert Hess has a pretty encyclopeadic set of youtube videos) showing how to make them
The Last Word
The old Cuban
The vieux Carre (more of an after dinner drink, than an aperitif).
Good luck !
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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Cheers mate, I've got some shopping to do at Dan Murphies. 
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What'sinaname 
Joined: 29 May 2010
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I love a caucasian.
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stui magpie
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| What'sinaname wrote: | | I love a caucasian. |
AKA White Russian. 
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What'sinaname
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| stui magpie wrote: | | What'sinaname wrote: | | I love a caucasian. |
AKA White Russian. |
 Always goes down well, especially after I smash my car into a dumpster after dropping a lit joints between my legs.
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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After a big night at "The mansion" bopping to Duran Duran.
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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007
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| stui magpie wrote: | | Cheers mate, I've got some shopping to do at Dan Murphies. |
If you try any of them, let me know how they hit you. And remember the great Dorothy Parker's deathless quip:
I like to drink a martini
Two at the very most
Three, I'm under the table
And four, I'm under the host.
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Mugwump
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| What'sinaname wrote: | | I love a caucasian. |
bit sweet for me, but has its place, no doubt. Cheers !
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: Andromeda
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| stui magpie wrote: | | What'sinaname wrote: | | I love a caucasian. |
AKA White Russian. |
I went through a stage where I would have those after work on the way home. I thought they were amazing! And then I totally went off them. Kahlua is just too sweet for me nowadays. I still like Baileys, though. 
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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| Mugwump wrote: | [quote="What'sinaname"]I love a caucasian.[/quote]
bit sweet for me, but has its place, no doubt. Cheers ! |
Thanks for chatting, like a sacrificial offering to assuage the British entertainment industry's collective guilt and shame for turning a blind eye to or condoning such behaviour on a widespread basis for the past half-century. |
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