What's your favorite cocktail? Cocktail mixer?

[jsteinhauer]

I am mostly a beer (homebrewed or microbrewed) drinker, but I have a well-stocked bar and enjoy high quality cocktails, especially classics. I love Martinis, classic style, with Vermouth, but I like blue cheese stuffed olives. I also have recently rediscovered the Manhattan and have been loving the heck out of them (I have my own home made maraschino cherries for garnish).

As a general mixer, at this point in life (this can change) I like Campari. I adds a nice bitterness to just about anything.

I've done a lot of tastings of gins, Bourbons and Scotches. I'm not a big Scotch whiskey fan, though I can appreciate. I love Bourbon, and for sipping strait, I choose George Stagg (uncut). For gin, which is in many of the best cocktails, I prefer Plymouth. Though Hendrick's is nice, if you want something very floral or fruity. I stay away from Bombay. That's a marketing job.

[KingBing]

Not really into fancy drinks, i stick to rum and coke and beers!!

[Steve]

My favorite is a Long Island Iced Tea. I'll also admit I like certain fu-fu drinks, like Strawberry daiquiris.

[Slec]

Scotch on the rocks
Vodka rocks
the occasional vodka tonic / gin & tonic.

[dvd_mazter]

I'm a rye and Coke guy. Actually more specifically, Diet Pepsi and Crown Royale

Also, Long Island Ice Tea, Ceasers and Vodka & 7 are good too.

[Anthony P]

more into beers and shots. but I have a soft spot for TGV so I make that once in a while (Tequila, Gin, Vodka with 7up and ice), but some times it could be a Caesar.

[Chris60119]

Captain and leamonade

[proxpilot]

Alabama Slammer and Captain and Coke

[walruswarrior]

I like Long Island Ice Teas (the best one I ever had was at ESPN the Zone in Times Square), Strawberry Frozen Margaritas, Pina Coladas, Mai Tai's, and when I feel like getting hammered Manhattans.

[Teabaggins]

kinda hard to find but I recently started using a cachaca from brazil called "Leblon". it's a sugar cane liquor. best way I can describe the flavor is a light white rum with a hint of a top shelf tequila in the finish.

new cocktail I've been drinking in the heat and entertaining(went great with round of croquet last night) with that people seem to love: mint muddled with sugar, no sugar added white grapefruit juice, and cachaca served over ice. very refreshing

Caipirinha: muddle lime wedges with some sugar, add cachaca and ice. it's the national cocktail of Brazil





I'm kind of a professional alcoholic so I love all spirits and they all have a time and a place for consumption.

[mikejet]

Red Bull and Vodka
Gin and Tonic
Seven and Seven
Jagerbombs
Cape Cods
Hawaiian Punch
German Chocolate Cake
Adios Mother******
Incredible Hulk

[Another_Dude]

Cheap Bourbon and Coke Zero


There ain't no reason to use the good stuff if your mixing it, that $18 big ol' plastic bottle of Bourbon will work just fine.

[Chordata]

Canadian Whiskey
+
Coke

Nothing that requires cutting fruit, sprinkling anything, or using a straw.

[Blu-Benny]

mainly beer but i'll take a whiskey sour when offered!!!

[Moviefan1203]

I mostly drink beer, but I always enjoy Jagerbombs.

[jkwest]

Irish CarBombs, FTW!

[BRu-LAy]

Mojitos for me

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by jkwest

Irish CarBombs, FTW!

Man we gotta hang out!

Originally Posted by BRu-LAy

Mojitos for me

caparina's are better

EDIT:

Just saw Teabaggin's post...... My Brother-in-Law is from a beach community in Brazil (been here 2 years now) and he brought back Cachaca with him when he came here...... first I had heard of it (and I worked at a liquor store for 5 years in college) and now I know where has it, etc... even a few bars have it around here now.

[jkwest]

wow...my coat!!!

[Riff Magnum]

Bulleit bourbon and practically anything. Water, sprite, coke, pinneapple juice, apple juice, white grape juice, but i prefer ginger ale or if i can find it, the elusive ginger beer.
Did Teabaggins just say he was playing croquet last night?
I had no idea he was so sophisticated.