Favourite spirit, spirit based drink or cocktail.

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Can highly recommend the honey rum ('Ron Miel') they do in the Canaries. Cheap as chips and damn tasty

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I suspect [MENTION=14365]Thunder Bolt[/MENTION] was differentiating between dark rum and white rum ( especially as I think she's served in the Navy unless my memory is playing tricks on me ).

Correct. I sometimes like coca cola with my Bacardi.

 

[Eric Youngs Contact Lense]

Pre-dinner, gin and tonic
Post dinner - talisker
Cheeky cocktail .. Mojito

 

[perseus]

Calvados

 

[daveinprague]

Now why has that bottle got British Navy and not Royal Navy on the label? It's pretty damn obvious that it's British from the White Ensign flying above it.

Its pretty obviously Royal Navy from the ensign

Probably some marketing thing to broaden appeal I guess. Not everybody in the world will recognise the flag maybe.
Whatever, I love it. Getting the overproof version this evening to try out.

 

[tinycowboy]

Gin martini please.....dry and with an olive.

ie basically neat gin, plus an olive. That's not for the faint-hearted. Certainly a bit strong for me. I love gin, but I prefer it with ice, tonic (Schweppes) and lime. So I'll go for gin.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Now why has that bottle got British Navy and not Royal Navy on the label? It's pretty damn obvious that it's British from the White Ensign flying above it.

Its pretty obviously Royal Navy from the ensign

Probably some marketing thing to broaden appeal I guess. Not everybody in the world will recognise the flag maybe.
Whatever, I love it. Getting the overproof version this evening to try out.

Serious question. Do other countries - particularly with their own Monarchy - call our navy "The Royal Navy"? If it's just a British colloquialism then it will indeed be for marketing purposes!

 

[daveinprague]

Serious question. Do other countries - particularly with their own Monarchy - call our navy "The Royal Navy"? If it's just a British colloquialism then it will indeed be for marketing purposes!

Think our navy is the only 'Royal Navy', think other countries incorporate the countries name

 

[essbee]

Caprivodka thanks - lime, vodka, sugar and ice...........takes me back to bars on Copacabana and Ipanema
ever time.

The only snag is that the limes never taste like the ones hanging off the trees in Rio. Oh well!

 

[Two Professors]

Can highly recommend the honey rum ('Ron Miel') they do in the Canaries. Cheap as chips and damn tasty

AHHHH,the Arehucas local distillery on Gran Canaria produces some lovely rums,and a visit is memorable if you don't sample too many!
My personal favourite tipples are from HT's neck of the woods:
1) Asbach Uralt
2) Furst Bismarck (from the fridge)

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Cheeky cocktail .. Mojito

Really got into Mojitos when I was down in the Florida Keys - served with real cane sugar, lovely

or Pimms when one is at Royal Ascot - really nice drink on a hot day

 

[Yoda]

15 ml Chambord
15 ml Bailey's Irish Cream
Rim of glass sugar
Moisten rim of glass and place rim in sugar. Layer Baileys over Chambord.

 

[Ron Manager]

 

[Dave the OAP]

Correct. I sometimes like coca cola with my Bacardi.

girls drink....oh wait

My secret vice is Pina Colada......although it must have a slice of pineapple and a cocktail cherry on a little stick that looks like a sword.....you can call me susan

 

[Westdene Seagull]

girls drink....oh wait

My secret vice is Pina Colada......although it must have a slice of pineapple and a cocktail cherry on a little stick that looks like a sword.....you can call me susan

Susan, there's nothing wrong with a GOOD Pina Colada but it really mustn't be out of a tin !

 

[Insel affe]

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Nice to see a lot of love for G&Ts on here, but which brand to people prefer? I personally love Hendricks (as well as the cucumber), but Mrs Bobkin bought me Brighton and Edinburgh gins for Christmas – not tried them yet, and also got me a subscription to a gin club. One bottle every quarter – I think – the first of which was an Australian one which arrived the other week. Don't go near Gordon's – 'orrible stuff.

I've also found an appreciation for Jägerbombs, having had my first one the other month. I wouldn't go on a massive session on them, but just as a one-off, I quite liked them. Don't mind a sambuca (of the non-flaming variety) once in a while, either.

 

[Dolph Ins]

True.......as close as I get to it in that case save for the odd G&T now and again.

I'm with you. A decent vintage port. It has spirit in it (brandy) so think it counts as a cocktail.

 

[jakarta]

Nice to see a lot of love for G&Ts on here, but which brand to people prefer? I personally love Hendricks (as well as the cucumber), but Mrs Bobkin bought me Brighton and Edinburgh gins for Christmas – not tried them yet, and also got me a subscription to a gin club. One bottle every quarter – I think – the first of which was an Australian one which arrived the other week. Don't go near Gordon's – 'orrible stuff.

Mrs Jakarta is a big fan of Bombay Sapphire Gin, we visited the Distillery and bought some Star of Bombay and Sapphire East which are variants of their normal output, haven't opened either as yet, no doubt we will get some research work done shortly...

She also is quite fond of Cosmopolitan (chilled Stolichnaya vodka/triple sec/cranberry and lime juice with a twist of orange peel - very Noel Coward)

 

[Dave the OAP]

Susan, there's nothing wrong with a GOOD Pina Colada but it really mustn't be out of a tin !

Out of a tin...aaagh!