Best cocktail ever in the history of humanity?

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Poll question: Best cocktail ever in the history of humanity?

[Exultant Democracy]

1. gin or vodka?

I'll only drink um with gin, bombay sphire to be exact, and olives never onion or lemon peal.
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edit: gin n tonic is pretty good too, only a little bit of tonic and a twist of lime. And white russians, and in the morning when you are hung over a bloody baby.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Gin, naturally

Every now and again, a couple times a year, I enjoy a vodka martini, though it really shouldn't be called that. It should just be called a vodka and vermouth, very dry.

And I read a great quote tonight by a famous author, and I can't remember the name, that went something like this: "The olive's most god-given existence is to make sure that a lemon peel does not touch a martini"

something like that, anyway. Saw it Fairway Supermarket. thought it was great!!

though I will also say, every now and again, once or twice a year, I like to have a martini with a lemon peel, and not an olive.

I tend to go for regular Bombay, though Sapphire certainly is excellent. I've also come across Plymouth gin recently, great stuff. And also, in the last month, bought a true Holland gin, the name escapes me - very different taste entirely. It's still definitely gin, but really, really flowery and with large taste of orange. Apparently in the true Dutch tradition of gin.

And tanquerey Ten - don't buy it for home, but occasionally, when out at a restaurant or bar, I'll order one, as it is also REALLY REALLY good.

[WindRavenX]

3. Sour Apple Martinis

.......fiery going down, but oh so wonderful aftertaste.

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. No. Absolutey not. Nope nope nope nope.

hate to be a snob, but mostly I'm just trying to be accurate - martini is gin and vermouth, that's it.

I HATE IT when people - and in this case, I'm not so much meaning you as the goddamn bar you go to - that equate the phenome "martini" with the phenome "cocktail". They are absolutely different - the martini is a cocktail. "Cocktail" means any drink that is a liquor base with some other alcohol additive (e.g., martini, Aviation, Sidecar, Combustible Edison) (as distinguished between a mixed drink, which is an alcohol mixed with non-alcoholic mixers, e.g., rum and coke, screwdriver).

So, your sour apple martini is an utter abomination on two counts: a) it's too sweet, even though it says it's sour, and more importantly, b) it's a COCKTAIL, not a MARTINI.

I cringe when I go into a bar - and this happens even in New York City, which is extra appalling - and see a little sheet of paper that says "These are our special martinis". It's simply the height of restaurant and bar ignorance to call mixed drinks and/or cocktails "martinis", but I can't fault the restaurants and bars entirely - because the basic population is so ignorant that if you dno't call a cocktail a "martini", they might not buy it.

Fucker filth. Hate those people. No offense intended to you, WindravenX since, whatever your knowledge of drinks might be, at least you are obviously a Shrub hater. Mostly I speak against the idiot yuppioe filth who have decided that they want a "martini" but they don't want one of those gross gin and vermouth one, they want one of those wonderful chocolate based vodka sweet easily drinkable "martinis". Well, fuck them.

[WindRavenX]

7. LOL, touche

My knowlege of drinks is rather small; however, my rule of thumb is if it tastes good, it's good. I really care less on what "class" or label the drink is :)
(and if it's too sweet, it DOES suck. But if it's done right, IMO, it's my favourite drink).

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. As long as it tastes good

But we must also acknowledge the fact that too often drinks with abominable names (anything involving sex, for instance) are crap. And I - and professional mixologists agree - believe that a cocktail that hides the taste of the alcohol does a disservice, and also anyu cocktail hat uses less than excellent components is an insult to the taste buds of the buyer.

But on the other hand, if a buyer of a cocktail is such a yuppie filth fucker that he/she can't tell the difference between cointreau and triple sec, then he/she deserves the day-long hangover. Fuck 'em.

taste is paramount, obviously, but if the taste of DISGUISING the taste of the alcohol, then the bartender/restaurant is morallt irresponsible, in my opinion, because the drniks taht one doesn't taste the alcohokl, tend to be very strong alcohol-wise, and so, lots of people get duped into it.

[WindRavenX]

10. I'll agree on the name part

Mostly just used to justify charging 10 bucks a shot of whatever it is...
Man, I need you for parties...:hi:

[foo_bar]

11. I feel your pain

But much of the blame lies squarely with the alcohol producers. The Oreo Jubilee martini started on Madison Ave on behalf of Dewar's, it wasn't a grass-roots Mochaccino Midori type thing.

[BeatleBoot]

4. Gin Martini

with blue cheese stuffed olives

on edit: with the vermouth poured over the ice, shaken then FULLY dumped out of the shaker - then add the gin - shake - pour - heaven.

[trof]

14. Tabasco pepper stuffed olives.

oh boy

[Bake]

6. Bourbon, the nectar of the gods

Bourbon, either straight up or with a little "branch water" or Coke or Seven ... I'm having one now. It's easy to fix, and it's good for what ails you!

Bake

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. BUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTT - that's not a cocktail, is it?

Straight up, it's just straight up, though I bet that you are not drinking it straight up, but are drinking it neat.

Neat = pour the liquor, with no additives, into a glass

On the rocks = it's neat, but over ice

Straight up = pour the booze over ice, shake or stir it, then pour it out, straining the ice, into a glass

With branch water or Coke or Seven, it moves into the realm of a mixed drink. If on ice, it's an "on ice mixed drink".

Mixed drink = liquor mized with one or more non-liquors

cocktail = liquor mixed with other liquor, and quite possibly with non-alcoholic liquids (such as lemon, grapefuit juice, bitters, sugar, etc.)

[Sophree]

17. Lynchburg Lemonade

I'm a bourbon drinker as well. A Lynchburg Lemonade is perfect for a summer day/evening. Refreshing and yummy.

Bourbon
Lemonade
Soda

:9

[trof]

12. and keep the gin in the freezer

Pours like Karo syrup and will freeze the olive SOLID for a little while.
Q. (to an old and experienced bartender) How much Vermouth do you use when someone orders a very dry Martini?
A. None.
Just right.

:toast:

[5thGenDemocrat]

27. I store my bourbon in the freezer

Either Wild Turkey or Old Grand-dad. Takes the bite out of it and you can serve it neat.
My grandfather, a Kentuckian who liked his bourbon bountiful, would blanch at mixing ANYTHING into good bourbon -- ice, coke, you name it. I must have inherited the trait from him -- if I'm drinking bourbon, I'm drinking it cold and neat.
John
After all, why buy top-shelf booze if you're just going to pour crap into it?

[Kellanved]

13. Mojito

Especially where it's legal to use the proper type of rum and the traditional toast.

[Sophree]

18. Mmmmm

Mojito's are good, too.

With a spearmint sprig.

[KeepItReal]

24. How 'bout its cousin...the Caipirinha?

[Kellanved]

26. Not bad either, but no match IMHO

A Mint julep, that comes close.

Or a pisco sour.
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:quXcifl8uMgC:mujer.tercera.cl/2002/10/19/img/gastronomia02.jpg

[Darranar]

15. Biased poll....

:) Only one option...

[trof]

16. Yeah, I'm locking this thread.

;-)

[ForrestGump]

19. Shaken or stirred?

[mitchum]

20. Chloral hydrate...

one will do the trick

[Redleg]

21. Extra-dry Bombay Sapphire Martini with a twist

Okay, you purists may favor the olive over the twist but I don't, so there!

I have recently developed an appreciation for Margarhitas on the rocks. Just don't make them too damned sweet!

[Feanorcurufinwe]

22. I agree, but

I agree, but that is no excuse for posting a poll with no choices.

[KeepItReal]

23. White Chocolate Martini...

<EOM>

[ibegurpard]

25. Manhattan.

Oh god, just the thought of it is tempting me off the wagon!

[mac56]

28. From Ogden Nash:

A Drink With Something In It

There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth--
I think that perhaps it's the gin.

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30. I think we have the winning reply.

I'm a fan of Nash's, but never seen this one.
Thanks.

[Midwest_Doc]

29. Sazarac!