Monthly cocktail vHerf

The martini vHerf was a blast last night, it was suggested we pick another cocktail for next month, Old Fashions were nominated.

One of the great things about this is you don't have to drink the cocktail to join the vHerf and you don't have to join the vHerf to drink the cocktail, we're an inclusive bunch.

We'll have to pick a day next month for this, I've got ice ball molds coming for my rocks glasses.

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Usaf06

Me and steve are enjoying old fashions on vherf now. Why wait?

Captain_Call

Wish i could. I'm not off work yet

Yakster

My balls aren't frozen yet and I'm not embittered.

Yakster

Got bitters.

Yakster

They had cinnamon or vanilla bean infused sugar cubes at the cafe at work. Which do you recommend?

Captain_Call

2 cherries is too many.

it's good, but I'm not sure it would pass muster with a purist. 2 cherries, one sugar cube, 4 pops orange bitters, 4 pops regular bitters, 2 shots knobcreek rye and ice.

Apparently knob gets censored

dirtdude

Usaf06 said:

Me and steve are embodying old fashions on vherf now. Why wait?

Couldn't wait for the start bell...renegades.

Yakster

Trial run with Kirkland Canadian Whisky, a vanilla bean infused sugar cube, four shots of bitters and a slice of orange cutie with a JD Howard from @Bigshizza, thanks Jim.

Usaf06

Try a nice rye bourbon with the okd fashion. The rye really blends nicely with the sugar. Canadian whiskey would be way to sweet yak.

Yakster

I'm going to throw out Saturday May 19th for the Old Fashioned vHerf, work for everyone?

I figured I was doing it wrong, I have a lot of Canadian Whisky (probably because I don't drink it all that much), a little Eagle Rare (which seems too nice to use in a cocktail) so I'll have to pick up some Rye.

ForMud

Gives me a couple of weekend to practice.....

Captain_Call

I think that's as good as any day to do it.

I know what you mean about cutting the good stuff but I think since its not diluted by much of anything but ice, quality liquor is important to start with. My first one was pretty low shelf stuff and combined with my lack of practice, left a lot to be desired. I need to approach it more scientifically moving forward. Record what I did and don't change all the variables at once.

Stubble

Here's what I use. Three dashes of the old fashion bitters, two of the orange bitters, capfull or two of the simple syrup. YMMV...

The better the Rye, the better your old fashion will be. The simple syrup mixes faster and better than a sugar cube. I don't care for the cherry.

peter4jc

I make my own simple syrup... takes 15min, lasts forever in the fridge.

Stubble

peter4jc said:

I make my own simple syrup... takes 15min, lasts forever in the fridge.

That's gross!!

peter4jc

Having a nice muddler helps.

jgibv

peter4jc said:

lasts forever in the fridge.

LOL not true.
i have first hand experience that it does NOT last forever.

it may look fine when you pull it out of the fridge, but it may look like a fuzzy science experiment the next day.

peter4jc

Do it right, not wrong.

jgibv

peter4jc said:

Do it right, not wrong.

haha what's your secret @peter4jc

peter4jc

Clean bottle and boil the sugar water.

Captain_Call

Same recipe as last night minus one cherry plus orange peel. I'm getting closer.

Stubble

CharlieHeis

Captain_Call said:

Same recipe as last night minus one cherry plus orange peel. I'm getting closer.

I hope that Tat has as much age as a lot of your stash. I had a couple with a couple years on them and holy **** they were tasty.

avengethis

My old fashioned tonight. I skipped the ice, bitters, sugar, cherry and orange. I guess its just a glass of Balvenie doublewood then.

Captain_Call

CharlieHeis said:

Captain_Call said:

Same recipe as last night minus one cherry plus orange peel. I'm getting closer.

I hope that Tat has as much age as a lot of your stash. I had a couple with a couple years on them and holy **** they were tasty.

It's at least 3. Maybe 4. I can't really recall. Yeah it's pretty good

Captain_Call

In an effort to burn up some volume of inferior hooch, I resorted to double cherries again, I reused my orange peel, and tried that splash of club soda. Not a half bad way to turn cheap stuff into pee

Captain_Call

Stubble said:

firehouseguy

Yours looks pretty cloudy, what’s going with that? Here’s what I was making.

Captain_Call

firehouseguy said:

Yours looks pretty cloudy, what’s going with that?

I do not have a strainer and I'm using sugar cubes that tend not to dissolve entirely. I also have really hard water ice cubes so as they melt they leave behind floaters. I also mashed up my old cherries rather than using fresh ones. I've reached IDGAF status