saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
how do people drink this shit? 5/3/2012 8:11:40 PM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
with vodka. lots of it. 5/3/2012 8:13:54 PM |
scotieb24 Commish 11085 Posts user info edit post |
never had it but I say the same about Absinthe 5/3/2012 8:14:15 PM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
so you've never had it, but you're calling it nasty shit. er ok. that makes total sense.
ps:
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scotieb24 Commish 11085 Posts user info edit post |
I meant I've never had vermouth but I say the same about Absinthe which I have had. 5/3/2012 8:27:08 PM |
qntmfred retired 40598 Posts user info edit post |
no need to repeat yourself. he already said that makes total sense.
[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 8:28 PM. Reason : ] 5/3/2012 8:28:05 PM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
^^ ah well did you drink like in the pic? was it quality stuff?
[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 8:31 PM. Reason : your pronoun is all ambiguous like] 5/3/2012 8:29:55 PM |
scotieb24 Commish 11085 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah I see that. So are you saying use that spoon with a sugar cube or just sugar cube in any way
I did it with champagne once and it was okay. We tried sugar packets another time when we were camping because we had nothing else. That was
I can't remember what brand
[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 8:39 PM. Reason : .] 5/3/2012 8:31:36 PM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.howtodrinkabsinthe.com/ 5/3/2012 8:34:36 PM |
saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
I tried just a splash of it with skyy vodka and it was undrinkable 5/3/2012 8:35:14 PM |
Slave Famous Become Wrath 34079 Posts user info edit post |
I mix it with Fresca. Delicious. Good sipper on long road trips. 5/3/2012 8:36:32 PM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Shaken or stirred...or none of the above? 5/3/2012 8:43:32 PM |
testrada All American 1692 Posts user info edit post |
5/3/2012 8:44:54 PM |
saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
stirred 5/3/2012 8:47:47 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
? Absinthe takes too much effort to prepare. I'm a lazy drunk. 5/3/2012 8:52:53 PM |
Kodiak All American 7067 Posts user info edit post |
Vermouth should be used in the smallest quantities possible.
Some folks make martinis by swirling vermouth in the glass and then pouring it out, even. 5/3/2012 9:02:37 PM |
saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
wow, the recipe I saw was 2 parts vodka and 1 part vermouth and that was just nasty
so I tried just a tiny splash and it was still undrinkable
maybe I should just use an eyedropper 5/3/2012 9:07:17 PM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
shaking it might help...but it sounds like not that much. i would never mix it 1 to 2 fwiw. 5/3/2012 9:09:29 PM |
Kodiak All American 7067 Posts user info edit post |
I'm not sure there's really any need for vermouth in a vodka martini anyway. In a gin martini, it helps cut the bitterness, but that's not really an issue if your using good quality vodka. 5/3/2012 9:09:34 PM |
josephlava21 All American 2613 Posts user info edit post |
lets agree to disagree 5/3/2012 9:49:42 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148242 Posts user info edit post |
a shot of liquor burns your throat for a few seconds as/after you drink it
a shot of absinthe seems to slowly crawl down your entire gastrointestinal tract and burns for like 5 minutes 5/3/2012 9:52:35 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
I like gin martinis, so vermouth is an essential ingredient. Not in a 1 to 2 ratio though, wow.
I also very much like negronis. Those use sweet vermouth. They are, as of yet, the only drink I've found that uses it so I've had a bottle in my fridge for a long damn time. 5/4/2012 12:00:26 AM |
th3oretecht All American 15539 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Some folks make martinis by swirling vermouth in the glass and then pouring it out, even." |
I think Alton Brown did it like this on one of his shows.5/4/2012 12:05:33 AM |
GREEN JAY All American 14180 Posts user info edit post |
when you're down to the bottle of vermouth, it kinda tastes like wine... 5/4/2012 12:15:58 AM |
Netstorm All American 7547 Posts user info edit post |
I've never had anything other than the low-quality vermouth that you use for cooking, which makes many things delicious as all fuck. 5/4/2012 1:07:04 AM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
Sweet or Dry Vermouth?
Sweet Vermouth goes in a Manhattan, and you'll use about a half an ounce.
Dry Vermouth is used in martinis. If someone just asks for a martini, you're suppose to do this:
Quote : | " ...swirling vermouth in the glass and then pouring it out.." |
Or pouring a little in the cocktail shaker, swirling it out, then making the martini in the same shaker.
If someone wants it really dry, then you can use about half an ounce.5/4/2012 7:18:05 AM |