Looks mighty refreshing
I like the ice ācubeā. Very professional.
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A bit sweet, have to adjust my menu if i can dig up the original excel file. Second one has an extra 50% bourbon. Ice ball half melted, those were a gift
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My fav drinks, in order of preference:
Negroni
Milano torino
Americano
Martini
Highball (in general, slightly prefer shochu highballs to whisky ones, but love them)
Spritz, but not with Aperol (too sweet), best with Select, or Campari would do. Very nice also with Cynar.
I do like a good Negroni.
Also a Rusty Nail, which is sadly underappreciated especially here in Asia.
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There was a bar here in TC that had them on the menu which has sadly closed down. Iām not making quite enough to afford home bar so that oneās gonna have to wait.
never tried, but one thing I very rarely take are whisky drinks which add to the sweetness/body of it. I drink whisky only neat (with a splash of water possibly) or highball, never enjoyed too much the old fashioned, way too sweet and peaty for me.
Negroni has body yes, but there is no smoke in it, itās clean at the end. And if u use proper bitters (and real vermouths), it is not sweet (Campari has an awful lot of sugarā¦).
Another awesome drink is the campari shakerato (just shaked campari, saline solution and some orange water).
Negroni o Americano. I bring Campari and vermouth cocchi from my country because is way cheaper than Taiwan. Also sweet vermouth alone is quit good.
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Cheaper than cocktails out. Just start slow, also find a good place to shop (my bottle of Jim Beam was 319 at my favorite bottle shop). My bottle of bitters is like 2 years old which is one reason i decided to make some old fashioneds
I kinda hit the end of the 1000NT single malt options, and felt a bit scotched out
Good thing about home cocktails, you can solve both these problems easily
Yeah, vermouth here is quite expensive. Better variety than Canada but only big bottles
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Iāve instead decided to get a decent bottle 1000-1500 of scotch since itās not exceptionally expensive here and just lightly water down. I donāt drink so often so I can easily get away with a bottle a month, and thatās if Iām drinking a bit harder.
But I have thought about Old Fashioned since itās so simple.
edit: another case where my low body weight comes in handy, donāt need to drink so much 
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Christ, forgot the Americano, shame on me. Lemme edit
I havenāt made cocktails much since I got here because the scotch is so cheap. There is a thread, but I stopped posting there because one of the regulars was busy on the dry January thread (and have not been trying much new)
Itās a legal requirement in the EU for liqueurs. It adds to the body of the drink though, which makes it useful for cocktails. If you aim for cocktails without sugar, you donāt have much choice really.
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If not an exeptional Bourbon on the rocks, then Mint julep, Creole lady, or planterās punch made with government brown bottle rum from Wellcome, only to be served by the pitcher full.
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I always wondered who buys that stuff!
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Iām usually more of a beer snob. My usual go-to mix is a cognac (Courvoisier or Hennessey) or Jack Daniels and Coke, easy ice. I also like a Cuba Libre sometimes. Adios MF or an Irish Car Bomb if you wanna get more hammered than a 20d nail into solid concrete.
Probably my favorite shot
Had a couple of limes in the fridge that needed to be used, and recently inherited a little blender, soā¦ daiquiris
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Best one we sold when I had a place in Taiwan: Baileyās Yummy Rummy.
Equal parts of:
Baileys
Malibu
Milk
Shake over ice. Pour into a glass either neat or over iceā¦depending on preference.
It is essentially a coconut-flavored baileys. One of my own personal favorite.
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