#improved cocktails

[drinkacefahz]

“This drink sure is heavy.”

“That’s because it’s so full of mercy.” 

NOMAN’S EUCHARIST | ABV: 35.7% | Yield: 2.56 fl oz | Improved Cocktail, Alternative/Regional Spirits, Old Fashioned, Smoked 

Rinse glass with absinthe (I used an atomizer/mister)

2 fl oz or 60ml Sotol

.25 fl oz or 8ml Yellow Chartreuse

.33 fl oz or 10ml Prickly Pear Elixir or syrup (some are less sweet, like the one I use from Floral Elixir Co. You might want to start with no more than a quarter ounce or even less and adjust to taste)

2 dashes Angostura Bitters 

1/2 dropperful Bittermens Burlesque Bitters 

Some (untreated) Oak wood chips 

Kitchen Torch

ON SMOKING YOUR DRINK:  If you have a cocktail-smoker set like I show, which are cheap to find online, [and usually come with some chips of orchard woods, oak, hickory, etc that are safe to smoke -- remember, do not smoke wood treated with chemicals like you’d buy to build with] I’d stir the drink together over the ice in the glass you’re serving it in, then follow your smoker tool’s directions 

ALTERNATIVELY, if you have a a fireproof surface [like a baking sheet] you can set the material you want to smoke with on it[this works with herbs as well as woods!], set it alight, and place the serving glass over it while you mix the other ingredients briefly with ice in your mixing glass. It’ll be served on a rock, so it doesn’t need too much pre-dilution. Invert the smoking glass, place a large rock in it, and strain the drink into and serve. 

I wanted to really stretch and challenge myself on Wolfwood’s drink in terms of the ingredients used. The fact is, most staple crops we use to make alcohol are incredibly water thirsty. Sotol is a spirit that has been made for ages, but until recently wasn’t broadly available -- in the US, the Texas-made ‘Desert Door’ Sotol will be easiest to find, but explore and look around. Unlike Tequila and Mezcal, it’s made with a desert shrub, referred to also as sotol or desert spoon. It’s not related to agave at all, and unlike agave-based spirits harvest doesn’t require digging up the entire plant -- allowing it to regrow, regenerate even, much like Wolfwood. Yellow Chartreuse is to match the religious order theming, add some more herbal nuances to the grassier notes in Sotol, and is commonly believed to be sweetened with honey, which keeps it compliant with my admittedly arbitrarily imposed restrictions. 

The smoke, herbal alpine liqueur and restrained, southern desert flavors makes this a more complex sip than Vash’s Life and Love. But definitely sweeter than today’s second drink, to post in a few hours, and the third TRIGUN Old-Fashioned/Improved Cocktail drink in this mini blog series, which will be a little... sharper, let’s say. 

#cocktails #nicolas d wolfwood #improved cocktails #old fashioned #sotol #smoked cocktails #yes i also wanted to used prickly pear syrup/elixir as a reference to him calling #vash needle-noggin #i am a simple man i am easily amused #hey sorry for the long absence folks I gotta lotta drinks for you #fandom cocktails

[grennseyelashes]

I neeeeed to have a girls night in the crypts with Barbrey, Theon, Cersei, and Sansa. We will put the world to rights. Together.

#dragons killed everyone upstairs so its chill theres no stress #we can just have silly gossip <3 and get super weird about which maesters and lords we'd kill and in what order <333 #aeron is not invited. #but we reach a consensus that if he improves in a handful of key areas he MAY be invited for cocktails above ground in 1-2 years

[monster-noises]

I have the Damnably hardest time telling if my art's ever improved it's Comical. Like there's an early enough point that I can look at and go: "oh yeah I've definitely gotten better Since Then" and when I re-do the same image exactly I can Kinda see it but like.. I saw an artist I love on twitter do an "my art at 14 vs. my art now" (which is just around when that time cut off for Clearly being able to see improvement is) and I was like Oh! I have a Character that would make this Real easy! And pulled this up:

and like objectively I KNooooooow the one on the Right is Better, like I know this I can see it with my eyeballs, but also like

is it?

is it reeeeeally?

cause in my head it doesn't Feel like it looks better/any different, like I don't look at that and go "dang! I've come a long way! look at that!" I just go like "hm.. well... I mean yeah I... mmmm I guess I've.. gotten... beeeetter.. you can Kinda see where this is more solid and... oo... (etc etc)" and this isn't me fishing for compliments, it's just... such a weird phenomenon??? that I don't think I've seen anyone else deal with??? like what the fuck is this? is it some weird severe form of imposter syndrome? is it the fear my art Hasn't improved manifest in some strange sideways thought processes??? Was I Cursed as a Child to never be Satisfied by anything I Do???? it perplexes!

#monster noises #genuinely I think there's something to the fear thing #because I think what I'm Seeing #is not only the way I Have improved since 2010/11 #but all the Exact Same Things I still struggle with #and all the things in my current art that I;m unhappy about anyway #and the remnant anxieties pool together to make this bizarre Feelings Cocktail #and I'm Not a fan #needles cw

[irawhiti]

you know how you used to be a kid just making potions in the backyard out of random leaves and bark and all that shit in puddles of water and it was so fun? well what they DON'T tell you is if you dedicate yourself to dodgy at-home chemistry-based herbalism from a young age you can do the exact same thing as an adult and it tastes just as fucking bad

#unfortunately because i'm going for function and not taste here it's um. Well it's bad #desperately shoving a horrifying cocktail of leaves and bark and honey into a cup of water and microwaving it hoping for the fucking best #the mix is um. peppermint leaves/sheoak bark/flax lily leaves/bottlebrush leaves/tī kōuka leaves. if this means anything to anyone here. #with a lil bit of honey i added to try and trick myself into believing it'll improve the taste.

[crownedstoat]

Tonight's libation is an Improved Coburn Cocktail named for 1930's and 1940's actor Charles Coburn. Winner of a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1943.

1 oz Balfour London Dry Gin

1 oz Pineapple juice

1 oz lemon juice

1 oz honey syrup

Shaken over ice and strained into a couple. Garnish with a lemon peel.

#cocktail #Improved Coburn Cocktail #Academy Award #Balfour London Dry Gin #Charles Coburn #John Kobal #Hollywood The Years of innocence

[lesbianpegbar]

nobody knows that im fighting an insane bloody warriors battle in my head (feeling like my art sucks ill never be successful and i cant improve vs sometimes wanting to try)

#i feelllllllllllllll hrnghhhhhhhhh #i feel like im stuck #i know in my head that theres been some improvement but it doesnt really feel like there has been #i feel very very stuck #and feeling that way makes me want to draw even less #i havent properly sat down and drawn for a couple weeks and i can feel the weight of my pencil when i try now #i just feel like im constantly getting worse and like ill never make anything above average #idk if its adhd or depression or anxiety or a cocktail of all three in my brain but #it just feels impossible to me to actually get work done. i feel like everythings a waste of time bc none of its good #sorry to vent. lol #mine #personal

[ultimateinferno]

There's a certain tragedy regarding the simplicity of lemonade and the frequency of people fucking it up.

#hyperbole but w/e #like making good lemonade isnt that hard to the point that having good lemonade isnt really an accomplishment #however the amount of bad lemonades out there in the world makes the lemon lover in me cry. #anyways: how to improve your lemonade. 1st taste along the way. 2nd instead of adding sugar directly to water instead make simple syrup #simple syrup is 1 part sugar to 1 part water. boiling the water speeds up the solution. #2:1 sugar:water makes it shelf stable if you want to use the syrup for cocktails #anyways after you dissolve the sugar and heat the water turn off the stove and put the zest from your lemons youre using in the syrup #this will steep and draw out the oils (which have a lot of lemon flavor). this lets you strengthen the taste of your lemonade w/o the sour #but still use the juice for the tartness because tart lemonades are great #in fact you can actually throw other stuff into the syrup to steep if theres a lot of flavor in the oil #i sometimes put chopped mint and green chilies. thats makes good lemonades #you can also do ginger; cardamom; anise; honestly any spice #just fucking treat the hot syrup like it was tea. hell put tea in the syrup #as long as you strain the solids out of the syrup you just use it in place of the sugar when combining it and the juice and water #How To Drink youtube channel has a vid all about making syrups; both conventional and not #you can also make more fruity syrups by throwing fruits in a pot like strawberries with a bit of water; heat it; and just smash the bastards #strain the solids once again; reduce and you have syrups that you can then add to your lemonade #add sugar too to your fruit syrups theres not enough natural sugars to make the quantity you want #if you keep these syrups in little bottles you can honestly mix and match for all kinds of drinks #like club soda + these syrups and this is just normal soda but with funky flavors #you want to drink a god damn black pepper soda you cam #i think this escaped me #the power of syrups is potent

[smallvillecrows]

I've rabbit holed myself in research and if my insurance won't pay for the canal I might just get it extracted since it's the perfect tooth to have minimal impact on my mouth if I do it 🤷‍♂️

#i can afford an out of pocket extraction but not an out of pocket canal SOBS #i see the dentist again on monday so I'll ask him what he thinks #my family has a history of dental issues so like I'm very much aware of what my future is going to look like #between my cocktail of meds and my stomach surgery and my family history i don't exactly have a great prognosis on keeping all my teeth #so like??? ok bitch if my quality of life will improve just pull it and we'll talk about dentures in twenty years

[curlymvrie]

Cold weather mode activated

Self care during winter is so comforting

#winter #cold weather #self care #self love #self improvement #self growth #self help #hibernation #weekend #black love #gossip girl #blair waldorf #serena van der woodsen #chuck bass #nate archibald #dan humphrey #daiquiri #cocktails

[chaoticgoodlawyerwrites]

DYK Cocktails 7: Tianlang-Jun

Ah, the fandom's favorite DILF. Today I did something out of the ordinary and actually went to a restaurant to have a drink made for me. I wanted this drink to have a whisky base to match Binghe's, but also wanted it to taste a bit aged, refined even. Slightly unhinged but lovable for that very reason.

I went to ROKC and got their smoke cocktail. I obviously can't give you exact measurements like I usually do, but their menu says it's a smoked cocktail made with bourbon, chili liquor, Cynar, and bitters. The first picture is when it arrived, and the second is when the smoke had dissipated. It was earthy and smoky (duh) with a surprising hint of sweetness, and I thought it was perfect for Tianlang-Jun!!

Poll for next week's drink!! (options MQF, MBJ, QQQ, and ZZL)

(Pics below cut!)

#DYK Cocktails #alcohol #let me know what folks think of this format #there are a lot of drinks that require infrastructure I just won't buy for my home #i initially was going to give TLJ the improved whisky cocktail but i thought the former ruler deserved something fancier #Tianlang-Jun #my spoons are real low today i almost didn't post this lol

[coffee-bat]

drunk commenting on reddit and trying not to say something dumb as shit challenge

#i'm using my free day unproductively #aka i poured 200ml vodka into 850ml coke and sipping on it for like an hour now #vibing #it could have been cuba libre if i used rum but i hate the almondy taste and vodka is cheaper #i DID use a lemon though so #prime vibe material #also playing crash rn but can't feel my fingers lmao and keep messing up the controls #ramble #alcohol mention #look. if i could get weed i wouldn't have to give myself liver damage to chill out. but i have no skill in getting illegal shit so i'm #stuck with improv cocktails

[drinkacefahz]

A Good Doctor’s Lagniappe 

 Sinner's Sazerac 

“Just a little somethin' we have here in Louisiana. Little parlor trick, don't worry.”

30.43% ABV | Yield: 3.08 fl oz | Themed Cocktail, Fandom Cocktail. Classic, Pre-Prohibition, New Orleans . Improved Cocktail, 19th Century 

2 oz or 60ml Brandy 

2 tsp or 10 ml demerara syrup 

3-5 dashes Peychaud's Aromatic Cocktail Bitters 

1 Lemon twist 

Express oils from lemon peel and regal stir*, strain into chilled neat glass that you have rinsed with or spritzed with absinthe verte. 

Drink your sins and follow with 

Retour de la Mort 

“-I HOPE you’re SATISFIED! But if you ain’t-- don’t blame me...” 

15.51% ABV | Yield: Approx 1.5 fl oz |  Themed Cocktail, Fandom Cocktail, Champagne Cocktail, Chaser/Back, Shooter

Soak sugar cube with absinthe verte in shot glass or pony glass; To boost color, 1-2 drops of Midori can be used as well. 

Pour brut-style sparkling wine in and serve on a tray next to Sinner’s Sazerac. 

 •Lagniappe[lan-yap] is "a little something extra". Usually, its meant like a little extra something good, a bonus, you know, something to sweeten the deal. What’s sweeter than a spoonful of absinthe and some sugar? 

•Facilier is clearly a Cognac Sazerac guy, I just don’t see the rye version in his hand. But, he's a fraudster. So we use can use American Brandy. Honestly, E&J is ubiquitous in America for barely $10 a bottle, so go with E&J Grand Blue for a sweeter drink, and E&J XO for a easier to sip, “smoother” drink. Alternatively, ignore me and use your favorite Cognac -- I like Ansac VS, the cheap Raynal VSOP blend is amazing, Martell VSOP, and honestly everything I’ve had from ABK6. Hennessy leans more on a bitter orange note than I prefer. Literally, this is a drink designed to feature the spirit and just give a little je ne sais quoi. Pick a brandy you’d like to drink, not just a bottle that had a huge marketing budget.

•The back is essentially Death In The Afternoon scaled down, hence the name, which most literally reads “Return of Death” i.e. -- A Death-Back. Remember, 'brut-style' -- no AOC Champagne required. An extra dry Cava is preferable to a Prosecco here.  Remember -- drink the spirits you like the way you like to drink them, but when it comes to champagne cocktails, you really don’t need to spend much. Its a vehicle, the things you modify with are the drivers. 

For a drink with a sidecar, honestly, it’s totally up to you if you shot the back or if you alternate between sips of the main drink and the shooter. Genuinely, give it a go however you like. I tend to do the latter, and its a great contrast here, but symbolically, shooting the champagne back is more accurate to symbolize how the song goes. 

This is dedicated in part to Doug Ankrah, who created the most defining champagne sidecar drink in the Pornstar Martini. RIP[REST IN PORN] my good dude.

*Regal stir or regal shake is to include a piece of zest in the stage of cocktail creation wherein you are introducing aeration, chilling and dilution to the cocktail. This is essentially lightly muddling it and releases the flavonoids stored in the lipid cells, just like when you twist a piece over a drink -- but this integrates them with more nuance on the tongue as opposed to primarly affecting aroma. 

Why the regal stir for this version? Why -- he’s a royal on his mother’s side, you know. 

#The Princess and the Frog #dr. facilier #cocktails #sazerac #death in the afternoon #fandom cocktails #disney cocktails #disney villain cocktails #shooters #improved cocktails #mixed drinks #brandy #peychaud's #absinthe

[passiveagressivepoet]

you can pry my sleep playlist from my cold dead hands

#me and my sleep playlist against my cocktail of mental and physical health problems that make sleep impossible #which is also funny because i love sleeping so much #love microdosing death #my favorite part of the day #anyways it’s a playlist i started when i was like 11 and have added to/improved until now #the first part of it though has the song order copied completey from my old ipod playlist

[wade-winston-wilson]

me to my doctor: yeah i've been doing GREAT mentally. like ive really seen improvement.

also me: *guzzles baja blast and stuffs an almond joy down my throat at 2 AM while crying*

#all jokes aside #i have seen improvement #sometimes i worry that my current cocktail of meds isn't rlly helping but then i remember how i used to be and have to admit that they are #no dark thoughts anymore just exhausting ones #if you're reading these tags then no you aren't #its just an outlet #im ok

[threadmonster]

Metformin, a drug used to treat insulin resistance, can help treat symptoms of depression and anxiety and that would explain why I am suddenly emotionally unstable and wanna cry when nothing even happens.

#{domino talks} #i saw my therapist yesterday and she informed me of this!! #i haven't had any metformin in about a month #i ran out and then decided 'i really ought to get my insulin checked before getting a refill' #i got the test done and it was elevated due to the Prednisone i'd been on #so i had to get more bloodwork and wooooooooo in a shocking turn of events! i actually improved since January! #....however all this showed that APPARENTLY this stupid medication improves my mood #it has been SO HARD to get my mood stabilized??? i have bipolar disorder!! it has heen so hard (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) #now i'm finding out that friggin metformin is part of this little cocktail that make my brain chemicals not hate me e_e what the heck #it's weird how this never came up in the last 5 or so years???? orz #uh... anyway... the more you know! amiright?

[valtoybob]

How to Host the Best Cocktail Party with Nick Gray: Building Big Relationships

How do you host a good event? In this episode, Nick Gray teaches us how to host the best cocktail party using a secret recipe he shares. He enlightens on how successfully organise events to make new friends, network and build big relationships. “If you want to meet interesting people, you have to do interesting things.” Thank you for joining me on this MIRROR TALK podcast journey. Kindly stay…

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#Building Relationships #Cocktail Party #How to Host a Party #MIRROR TALK #Personal Development #Self Improvement #Soulful Conversation