Favorite cocktail to make at home?

[DaiMonMoore]

Lately I have been getting into making cocktails at home. I started with basically zero knowledge (if you asked me what spirit is in a martini, I would have had no idea) so it's been fun trying to learn.

My favorite is a classic margarita. Not the crap you get at the pool or crappy Mexican restaurants. I guess the usual ratio between tequila - orange liquor - lime is 3:2:1 but squeezing limes gets annoying, so I go 4:2:1. Basically 2 oz tequila, 1 oz orange liquor (I use Cointreau), 0.5 oz lime juice. Rim with a mix of tajin and scorpion salt (basically spicy salt).

When I'm lazy, I'll make an Old fashioned. 2 oz rye bourbon, 1 demarcara sugar cube, and Angostura bitters.

 

[gregorylee]

Bourbon with solid water

 

[Nutriaitch]

Bourbon with solid water

same, except I use Jack Daniel's

 

[ExpatAkronite]

Lately I have been getting into making cocktails at home. I started with basically zero knowledge (if you asked me what spirit is in a martini, I would have had no idea) so it's been fun trying to learn.

My favorite is a classic margarita. Not the crap you get at the pool or crappy Mexican restaurants. I guess the usual ratio between tequila - orange liquor - lime is 3:2:1 but squeezing limes gets annoying, so I go 4:2:1. Basically 2 oz tequila, 1 oz orange liquor (I use Cointreau), 0.5 oz lime juice. Rim with a mix of tajin and scorpion salt (basically spicy salt).

When I'm lazy, I'll make an Old fashioned. 2 oz rye bourbon, 1 demarcara sugar cube, and Angostura bitters.

Haven't tended bar since the 90s but the wife still likes a margarita: muddle 2ish oz 100% agave tequila blanco (don't go cheap here!), 1ish oz orange liquer, juice of 1 lime, sugar cube and shake with ice. Strain into pre-chilled, salt rimmed martini glass. If you want to get frisky add a dash or two of your favourite hot sauce to make it smokey. (Oh, and my daughter who tended bar until a year ago--and got sent to tequila school in Jalisco by a distributor--approves.)

 

[DaiMonMoore]

Haven't tended bar since the 90s but the wife still likes a margarita: muddle 2ish oz 100% agave tequila blanco (don't go cheap here!), 1ish oz orange liquer, juice of 1 lime, sugar cube and shake with ice. Strain into pre-chilled, salt rimmed martini glass. If you want to get frisky add a dash or two of your favourite hot sauce to make it smokey. (Oh, and my daughter who tended bar until a year ago--and got sent to tequila school in Jalisco by a distributor--approves.)

I have made jalapeño syrup before (marinate jalapeños in boiling sugar water and then strain out the jalapeños) and added 0.5 oz to the recipe I mentioned at the top for a spicy margarita.

And I agree that a nice tequila is mandatory.

 

[ExpatAkronite]

I have made jalapeño syrup before (marinate jalapeños in boiling sugar water and then train out the jalapeños) and added 0.5 oz to the recipe I mentioned at the top for a spicy margarita.

And I agree that a nice tequila is mandatory.

Don't make many cocktails anymore (chilled vodka out of the freezer or sipping tequila, bourbon) but this is a winter staple: Spanish Coffee (has nothing o do with Spain and a Portland bar claims to have invented it). Coat the rim of an Irish coffee style glass with sugar (I use unrefined), add an oz of 151 rum (Demerara is best) and ignite. Swirl around and let the sugar caramelize, add 2oz Kahlua, oz triple sec, add coffee and top with a layer of heavy cream. Goes down way too easy on a cold night!

Spanish Coffee Recipe

Huber’s Café in Portland, Oregon has become famous for their Spanish Coffee prepared perfectly every time with all of the fire-filled theatrics you’d ever want.

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