I drank every cocktail
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I drank every cocktail
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#2So, looks like you narrowed down your favorite to either the Porto Flip or the Rabo de Galo. If you had to pick one, which would you say is your favorite?
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#3Very fun! Would love to see a tier list to start checking off myself, and maybe a caption for the pictures
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#4Damn I thought it was going to be https://scottaaronson.blog/ and wondered what cocktail was an analogy for, or if he just had a fine night out.
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#5If you wanna run thru this list and get a tally, I quickly created this lovable app: https://cocktail-checkered-log.lovable.app/. I'm at 68/102!
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#6my favorite cocktail these days is the bijou, which you can think of as a negroni with green chartreuse instead of campari, and with orange bitters—you wouldn't think chartreuse and italian vermouth would make a good drink but it's fantastic
bonus if garnished with a green olive
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#7Very cool motivation around personal “lists” generally!
Gin took me the longest to “get” and subtle cocktails that play to its strengths seem to have had the most lasting appeal.
Whiskey drinks are great but I’d usually just rather have a nice whiskey straight, versus diluted with sugar. Whiskey+wine has some good combos.
Likewise with tequila.
Rum/rhum I still don’t get the sipping side, so cocktails is still the go-to there. A splash of nice white wine+rum has been a recent successful experiment.
Vodka… well what’s the point?
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#8Did you, though? Many great cocktails (including ones on the IBA list) are really show cases of a very specific liqueur or spirit... and when that product dies, you may have something similar, or something inspired by, or something attempting to recreate... but you haven't had the classic cocktail. For example, unless you stir up a new-old-stock bottle of Kina Lillet (and its flavor has held up over time), I'd argue that you haven't had a Vesper.
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#9Such a fun and entertaining read. I'd never suggest someone give up a software career to become a food writer, but I'd love to read more of OP's writing as he pursues these goals.
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#10I’m surprised the author didn’t try to make more at home! Personally I’m a fan of the apps at https://mixologytech.com/, especially “Modern Classics.”