Martini: Yes or No

[AmishGirl]

A Gimlet on a Sunny afternoon is just the ticket. Salude.

[AmishGirl]

It's fine, just don't serve it in one of those gay glasses.

Those martini glasses look great, but they are hell to walk in\with. Gotta sit down if you're going to drink one of those.

[Dream Theater]

Speaking of old men drinks, anyone remember this stuff? Used to drink it with ginger ale...Rye and ginger on the rocks.

[Estocada]

Speaking of old men drinks, anyone remember this stuff? Used to drink it with ginger ale...Rye and ginger on the rocks.

My grandpa used to drink a "Sloe Gin Fizz" maybe that is the source of my deal with gin.

[flathead]

Those martini glasses look great, but they are hell to walk in\with. Gotta sit down if you're going to drink one of those.

I've got a sweet Martini set with the West Point Logo on the Pitcher. Belonged to my Dad. I drag it out now and then and mix up a pitcher and sit on the veranda and get pickled.

[flathead]

Speaking of old men drinks, anyone remember this stuff? Used to drink it with ginger ale...Rye and ginger on the rocks.

That's the quick way to get there.

[Estocada]

A little history with your buzz...

Sloe gin is kind of like gin, only dark red in color and flavored with blackthorn (or “sloe”) berries. It has an old-timey Prohibition-era association because it enjoyed popularity back then. Nowadays, sloe gin’s reputation has been somewhat tarnished by the crappy artificially flavored versions used in Alabama Slammers and the like. Good sloe gin isn’t widely distributed outside of the UK, where the spirit was originally made, but with the resurgence of traditional cocktail-mixing, the good stuff is getting easier to find. Plymouth, which makes some of the best gin out there, makes a good sloe gin. This cocktail is a cousin to the Prohibition-era Ramos Gin Fizz, which makes famous use of egg whites and a wrist-cracking amount of shaking to achieve the luxurious head of foam.
Hair-on-your-chest factor: 71/100

Let’s get one thing straight: Fizzes were originally meant to be daytime drinks, and we’re inclined to uphold that tradition. This is a pretty lightweight drink potencywise, and it is bright red in color, so don’t think that just because the word “gin” is in its name you’re sipping on something like a martini. As long as you’re drinking the sloe gin fizz with brunch, it’s a manly libation, to be sure. But once the sun goes down, we recommend you stick with liquor that’s either clear or brown.

Ingredients:
2 oz sloe gin (we recommend Plymouth’s)
1 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp superfine sugar
Club soda

Method:
Shake the sloe gin, lemon juice and sugar vigorously with ice. Strain into an ice-filled Collins glass, and top with club soda or seltzer.


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[newcastlefan]

gimlet for me

[AmishGirl]

gimlet for me

[AmishGirl]

Speaking of old men drinks, anyone remember this stuff? Used to drink it with ginger ale...Rye and ginger on the rocks.

Sounds similar to a 7-and-Seven.

[Reggae Mistress]

Damn, I would cut a bitch for a dirty, vodka martini, straight up with wet rocks on the side!

[Estocada]

That is the way Mrs. Estocada drinks hers-wet and dirty. On my second king size martini now, grammar and spelling will soon be kicked to the curb.

[Reggae Mistress]

That is the way Mrs. Estocada drinks hers-wet and dirty. On my second king size martini now, grammar and spelling will soon be kicked to the curb.

Who cares about spelling and grammar. It's Saturday night!

[Estocada]

That is the way Mrs. Estocada drinks hers-wet and dirty. On my second king size martini now, grammar and spelling will soon be kicked to the curb.

along with pants, most likely

[Estocada]

Who cares about spelling and grammar. It's Saturday night!

[Dick Gozinya]

Can't. Do. Dirty. Just can't. Tried. Don't like it. Gin either. Tastes like drinking a Christmas tree.

Grey Goose, olives, dash of Cinzano.

[Just Peachy]

Can't. Do. Dirty. Just can't. Tried. Don't like it. Gin either. Tastes like drinking a Christmas tree.

Grey Goose, olives, dash of Cinzano.

That's a good method too.

LOL at the Christmas tree reference... it is after all Juniper we gin drinkers are consuming.