how do people drink this shit?

5/3/2012 8:11:40 PM

with vodka. lots of it.

5/3/2012 8:13:54 PM

never had it but I say the same about Absinthe

5/3/2012 8:14:15 PM

so you've never had it, but you're calling it nasty shit. er ok. that makes total sense.


ps:

5/3/2012 8:23:16 PM

I meant I've never had vermouth but I say the same about Absinthe which I have had.

5/3/2012 8:27:08 PM

no need to repeat yourself. he already said that makes total sense.

[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 8:28 PM. Reason : ]

5/3/2012 8:28:05 PM

^^ ah well did you drink like in the pic? was it quality stuff?

[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 8:31 PM. Reason : your pronoun is all ambiguous like]

5/3/2012 8:29:55 PM

Yeah I see that. So are you saying use that spoon with a sugar cube or just sugar cube in any way

I did it with champagne once and it was okay. We tried sugar packets another time when we were camping because we had nothing else. That was

I can't remember what brand

[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 8:39 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2012 8:31:36 PM

http://www.howtodrinkabsinthe.com/

5/3/2012 8:34:36 PM

I tried just a splash of it with skyy vodka and it was undrinkable

5/3/2012 8:35:14 PM

I mix it with Fresca. Delicious. Good sipper on long road trips.

5/3/2012 8:36:32 PM

^^ Shaken or stirred...or none of the above?

5/3/2012 8:43:32 PM

5/3/2012 8:44:54 PM

stirred

5/3/2012 8:47:47 PM

? Absinthe takes too much effort to prepare. I'm a lazy drunk.

5/3/2012 8:52:53 PM

Vermouth should be used in the smallest quantities possible.

Some folks make martinis by swirling vermouth in the glass and then pouring it out, even.

5/3/2012 9:02:37 PM

wow, the recipe I saw was 2 parts vodka and 1 part vermouth and that was just nasty

so I tried just a tiny splash and it was still undrinkable

maybe I should just use an eyedropper

5/3/2012 9:07:17 PM

shaking it might help...but it sounds like not that much. i would never mix it 1 to 2 fwiw.

5/3/2012 9:09:29 PM

I'm not sure there's really any need for vermouth in a vodka martini anyway. In a gin martini, it helps cut the bitterness, but that's not really an issue if your using good quality vodka.

5/3/2012 9:09:34 PM

lets agree to disagree

5/3/2012 9:49:42 PM

a shot of liquor burns your throat for a few seconds as/after you drink it

a shot of absinthe seems to slowly crawl down your entire gastrointestinal tract and burns for like 5 minutes

5/3/2012 9:52:35 PM

I like gin martinis, so vermouth is an essential ingredient. Not in a 1 to 2 ratio though, wow.

I also very much like negronis. Those use sweet vermouth. They are, as of yet, the only drink I've found that uses it so I've had a bottle in my fridge for a long damn time.

5/4/2012 12:00:26 AM

Quote :

"Some folks make martinis by swirling vermouth in the glass and then pouring it out, even."

I think Alton Brown did it like this on one of his shows.

5/4/2012 12:05:33 AM

when you're down to the bottle of vermouth, it kinda tastes like wine...

5/4/2012 12:15:58 AM

I've never had anything other than the low-quality vermouth that you use for cooking, which makes many things delicious as all fuck.

5/4/2012 1:07:04 AM

Sweet or Dry Vermouth?

Sweet Vermouth goes in a Manhattan, and you'll use about a half an ounce.

Dry Vermouth is used in martinis. If someone just asks for a martini, you're suppose to do this:

Quote :

" ...swirling vermouth in the glass and then pouring it out.."

Or pouring a little in the cocktail shaker, swirling it out, then making the martini in the same shaker.

If someone wants it really dry, then you can use about half an ounce.

5/4/2012 7:18:05 AM