I made a quick search on the internet to look at scotch mixed drinks - I looked at a bunch, sort of remembered a few and then went onto the kitchen. I added dry Vermouth (I saw recipes for dry and sweet vermouth but had no sweet vermouth although I considered using Dubonnet), the juice of a lemon, I couldn't find the Grand Marnier (some recipes called for Triple Sec, nor could I find the Angostura Bitters so they weren't added though they were in some of the recipes), the juice of half a lemon and a bit of confectioners sugar and mixed them up with some ice. I measured nothing but used up the scotch which had about 3-4 ounces. When I brought it into
rsc I said it's Don't Ask. It was actually OK but of course i can't make it again the same way... There's another fuller bottle of scotch in Gloucester and I know the Bitters and Grand Marnier are there. So, next summer....
really, spirits that come in plastic bottles are good for only one thing - flambe'-ing the plum pudding.
did you know that carbonated beverages don't keep for long in plastic bottles? Ginger ale, say, in an unopened glass bottle will still be fizzy if opened 5, 6 years later. But don't keep it in a plastic bottle more than 6months. The pressurised (CO2) gas slowly diffuses out, and it'll be flat after a year. Soooo ... imagine what eleven years in plastic has done to your Findlay's
Finest Paint ThinnerFinest Scotch Whiskey.I think I would have made a Scotch Sour (seeing as you had the lemon) or a Hot Toddy if it was near bedtime.
All my liquor is in glass, thank God. I have a nip bottle of Vat 69 which I've been considering drinking but am still just considering it.
You should always keep sweet vermouth and Angostura bitters around in case you have the urge to make a Manhattan, or a Rob Roy. I get such urges frequently, but don't succumb often.
I called it Don't Ask because I didn't know the exact recipe and I'd been joking around about doing something with that scotch by mixing it with something or other.
in case you have the urge to make a Manhattan, or a Rob Roy.
Unlikely. Almost as unlikely as my feeling the urge to drink one.
All the more Manhattans for ME!