Enjoying a Brooklyn cocktail tonight.

[Aristus]

Like a Manhattan, only with rye whiskey.

Can’t wait until this rye is gone. Just not my thing. I’m sticking to bourbon and single malt from now on.

[niyad]

1. I remember a very brief period of drinking Southern Comfort Manhattans. I

cannot, however, remember WHY.

[Aristus]

2. And I don't think I can help you remember.

I do like sweet cocktails and liqueurs, but Southern Comfort is a little too sweet for me.

Don’t know how Janis Joplin got it all down.

[niyad]

11. Like you, I like some sweet cocktails and liqueurs. And dessert wines! (I just

saw that my Costco carries a 5 Puttnos Hungarian Tokay. Very hard to come by. May have to treat myself for the holidays.)

The Southern Comfort thing was a very brief one.

[Aristus]

13. I'm looking forward to trying a Tokay sometime.

My local beverage superstore carries it.

Always looking to try something new.

[niyad]

14. Looking forward to your report!

[Aristus]

15. You'll be the first to know my impressions.

[niyad]

16. I am very fortunate to have access to some truly wonderful dessert wines,

a number of which are made here in Colorado, including several by an award-winning vintner friend of mine.

[Aristus]

17. I may have mentioned at some point my affinity for a local

Washington dessert wine created from loganberries. In small amounts, it beats any Port on the planet.

[niyad]

18. That sounds very interesting. My friend has a pomegranate one that is just

lovely.

[Aristus]

19. Pomegranate!

Now that sounds interesting!

[GP6971]

3. Never heard of it.

And I was stationed at Ft Hamilton in Brooklyn NY from 83 to 87. Must be something new.

[Aristus]

5. It's in my bar book.

It’s got the classics like the Tom Collins and newer ones like the Screaming Multiple Orgasm.

[GP6971]

8. My bar book dates from the 70s.

So I guess I'm out of step with the times.

[Kath2]

4. Very cool.

Remember being on a terrace and drinking one and smoking a couple cigarettes while in my 20's in New York. Good times.

[Aristus]

6. I confess I never understood the allure of smoking.

When I tried it, it just smelled bad and tasted bad. I probably looked ridiculous trying it, too.

But I’ll take the terrace in New York…

[Kath2]

9. OMG.

I smoked like crazy in high school, college and law school. But so did a lot of people in the '70s era.

[Aristus]

12. I grew up in a non-smoking household.

My Dad was an RN, so I got the health hazards of smoking drummed into me pretty early.

[JonAndKatePlusABird]

26. It's an oral fixation thing, for me at least

Always had one, you get a few drinks in me and temptation wins out. And God, a rooftop terrace in nyc……. You can’t but help but feel cool.

Used to be much worse about smoking while drinking, nowadays I’m cursed (blessed?) with essentially a migraine the next day if I partake. No need to have my brain split into the Grand Canyon and have a truly splitting headache.

Although if I _was_ on an awesome nyc rooftop terrace with a great view, and was hanging with people and they had smokables…….fuck it. You only live once. Tomorrow will suck, but it is what it is.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. Classic Manhattan is made with Rye!

[Aristus]

10. Oh, I thought it was bourbon.

The recipe I have calls for bourbon.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. 🥃

2 ounces rye whiskey
1 ounce sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Garnish: brandied cherry (or lemon twist, if preferred)

[cilla4progress]

22. Enjoying an organic farm-raised eggnog

And rum. With a dusting of nutmeg, of course!

😉😉

[Aristus]

23. Perfect!

[cilla4progress]

24. Indeed!

We got about a foot of snow over here in the last day or so. Still coming down.

Cozy and beautiful!

[Aristus]

25. Nothing in the world quite like being snug and warm while looking out

at a cold, blustery night.

And enjoying a blissful buzz while we’re at it.