Enjoying a Screaming Orgasm tonight.

[Aristus]

Vodka, Kahlua, amaretto, and some Irish Cream. What Mrs. Aristus calls a dessert cocktail. Yummy.

Last night’s drinking thread was kind of quiet. I hope it’s because everyone is away having a memorable weekend.

Enjoy!

[Mark.b2]

1. I love those! Years ago, 3-4 a day wasnt out of the question. Now...

one on the weekend is a real treat.

[Aristus]

2. I was a tank crewman in the Army. We were a hard-drinking bunch.

Now, as a medical provider, I have to limit how much I drink. It’s just Fridays and Saturdays for me now.

My Lounge persona is still that hard-drinking guy. But it’s a little exaggerated.

[OldSWODog]

3. slowing down a bit

it being the weekend, I splurged with two fingers (index and middle...not index and pinkie) of oak aged rye while prepping some stir fry...followed by two glasses of cab sauv during/after dinner...today was laundry day but did get out to a short notice Indivisible action here in beautiful Beaverton (just west of war torn Portland)...looked like just shy of 1,000 folks...getting harder and harder to carry the nation's flag these days for any number of reasons...cheers, all...OSD

[Aristus]

5. Love a nice glass of Cab with dinner.

Still haven’t found a rye whiskey I can tolerate. Too rough, too caustic for my palate. My state of Washington distills a sublime bourbon; Woodinville. I’m on my fourth or fifth bottle.

🥃

[Diamond_Dog]

4. Your subject line

[Aristus]

7. It was either that, Sex On The Beach, or Between The Sheets.

When I’m feeling shy, an Old Fashioned.

[surfered]

6. Thanks. I'm making one for my wife now.

Cheers 🍷

[Aristus]

8. ...

[yellow dahlia]

9. I used to be a bartender, so your post title was not a mystery to me.

I bartended at a disco when they were first a thing. Some of the drinks had "interesting" names, but were disgusting combinations.

[Aristus]

10. I'm making my way through a bar book with over 1,000 cocktails.

The ones with the best names aren’t always the best drinks.

[yellow dahlia]

14. And some of the recipes may vary from how they were made in the disco era.

I was thinking about a delicious cocktail called a Russian Qualude. It was a White Russian (vodka, Kahlua and half & half) and add Frangelico liqueur. I Just looked it up to see that I remembered it correctly. They say to add Bailey's Irish Cream liqueur as well. I didn't remember that.

Maybe of the elaborate cocktails being invented tasted like their name. A Girl Scout Cookie contained White Creme de Cacao, Dark Creme de Cacao, Green Creme DE Menthe and half & half. It tasted like a Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookie - yummy.

And you're right some of the elaborate OTT cocktails back then were downright disgusting. Sloe Comfortable Screw was Sloe Gin, Southern Comfort and O.J. And then a Sloe Comfortable Screw against the Wall = add Galliano. (And believe it or not add Sambuca, it was called SCS against the wall w/ a bang.) Yuck!

Many of the funky drinks being invented back then were layered shots. There was a B-52. which was Kahlua. Gran Marnier, and Baileys. And a Slippery Nipple was Sambuca with Bailey's layered on top. The layering was accomplished by turning a cocktail spoon over and pouring the liqueur over the back of it into the glass...it slowed the pour so that the liqueur would layer.

I first learned to bartend at the tail end of the "old school" classic cocktail era. I know how to make - Pink Squirrel; Pink Lady; Grasshopper; Harvey Wallbanger; Sidecar; Rob Roy, and of course exquisite martinis and Manhattans...even though I didn't drink either. When I first started drinking Bacardi Cocktail was my fav. I also enjoyed a Gimlet.

Have fun with creative cocktails.

[Aristus]

15. The Manhattan is my favorite cocktail.

So many people at work knew this that it earned me the nickname “Manhattan.” Coolest nickname I ever had.

[yellow dahlia]

16. Very old fashioned.

Pardon my pun.

[Aristus]

18. Second-favorite!

🥃

[yellow dahlia]

20. I can't discern what the image is.

And the cocktail rabbit hole got me thinking - Rusty nail; Godfather; Godmother.

[Aristus]

21. Whiskey in a glass.

n/t

[yellow dahlia]

22. Ah.

BTW, I wish we had more cocktailesque classic smilies .

We will need a bottle of bubbly for when Orrex gets his wish.

[eppur_se_muova]

11. No sex threads !

(Do we do that anymore ?)

[Aristus]

12. No.

The Lounge was a wild place once upon a time…

[malthaussen]

13. We've all gotten older. n/t

[CTyankee]

17. Hi, Aristus!

Enjoy your, uh, cocktail tonight...

[Aristus]

19. It's right there in the name...