no, plain old blonde ale for me. why spoil something so beautiful
The thread should have ended with this sage advice.
One spectacular xma eve I mixed cooking brandy with a 9% real ale/ Barley wine .
The Brandy arrived in the bottom of a 200ltr drum and was used for brandy butter .
We drained the dregs and took it home , and a night of very merry mischeif followed. iirc it drank ok ,
The next day I took the remain of said Brandy to my mums for the xmas pud. The usual damp squib of 1o seconds of blue flame follwed by some some white smoke was replaced by the towering inferno and the pud being burnt on top.- no wonder my lips were burning when I tried it neat
Picon beer is nice. You can buy proper picon to mix in or achieve something pretty similar with pimms.
On the subject of 'man' cocktails our tipple of choice back in the day was pernod and red bull. Pernod is pretty much the only thing you can taste in red bull so it sort of works.
I worked in a bar in London that did beer cocktails.
Southern wind was melon liquer with beer, a really hoppy beer with gin is knockout tasty , and a boiler something was rye whiskey and pale ale. Gin,ginger beer and ale too on a summers day. And don’t forget desparados!
last seen him swaying gently whilst shouting “shiiiite” really loudly at Julian Cope
Can’t have been that pissed then – clearly was still in control of his senses
Pure gold! 🤣
Where’s Felix the Mixologist when you need him?
https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/dont-order-a-mojito/
I was in Berlin at the weekend and had a beer cocktail called Lupita (but I can't find a recipe for it anywhere). However, it was lager, tequila, bitter lemon and ice - it tasted a bit like Desperados. I enjoyed it and it gave a nice Beer Jacket to keep out the Berlin cold.
Irish Russian
Double vodka (russian double none of this 25ml per shot nonsense)
Coffee liqueur eg kahlua one or two shots to taste.
Topped up with Guinness.
+1 for Picon beer.
big inch of Picon in the bottom of a half pint, add 1664 to the top.
Lovely ripe, rich orangey flavour.
A regular tipple at my French local
^ would that work with Aperol? Asking for a friend me
It's a bit early in the morning, but we're professionals, right?
tastes half way between Irn Bru and Tizer with a bitter Campari kick for a finish. 7/10 would drink again.
Looks like Irn Bru too.
I usually just drink pints, but now and then I'll have a half topped up with another half of the same. I'm mad me.
tastes half way between Irn Bru and Tizer with a bitter Campari kick for a finish. 7/10 would drink again.
Looks like Irn Bru too.
SOLD! 😀
Top review - this thread needs more pics.
Biere Picon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picon_(ap%C3%A9ritif)
My favourite way of dealing with any shitty lager that anyone brings to my house and doesn't drink. Turns cooking beer into something very tasty. The best part of £20 a bottle if you can find it in the UK but about 12 Euro in french hypermarkets.
Back when we were students we used to drink pints of snakebite and black with a shot of Pernod dropped in, aka a Red Witch. Tasty, but messed you up. Turns your sick bright red as well, as I remember...
