The Best Gin You’re Not Drinking
I love gin. While vodka’s goal is to be colorless, odorless and tasteless, gin is infused will all kinds of botanicals and flavors to make you’re drinking less boring. Plus gin usually clocks in between 88 and 95 proof, compared with vodka at 80 proof.
Hendrick’s Gin is a little harder to find and a little more expensive, but it’s well worth the search. Made in Scotland, it clocks in at 88 proof. And wile it has the usual botanical infusions of juniper, coriander and citrus peel, what makes Hendrick’s so unique is the addition of cucumber and rose petals. Find a bottle today! It will probably cost you about $30 for a 750ml bottle.
Jägermeister 6-Bottle Shot Cooler
For when one night of crying in a cold shower isn’t enough, the Jägermeister 6-Bottle Shot Cooler puts six bottles of the licorice from hell on ice, making them accessible through a spigot that looks suitably impossible to properly sterilize. At $120, the price must look a bit steep to most college freshman. But this is your future we’re talking about, people. Spare no expense. This college certainly isn’t going to drop itself out. [Jägermeister via Uncrate via uberreview]
This stuff made my night, ruined my morning
92 proof spiced rum that tastes great.
What are you drinking this weekend?
What’s the plan for you this weekend? I will be bartending 12 hours today and 7 hours tomorrow, so I will have to wait to get my Maker’s Mark on until Sunday during my fantasy football draft. What about you?
Automated Cocktail Making Machine
And, if you’re wondering what the cocktail is:
The Falling Water
- 1oz 42BELOW Feijoa Vodka
- Ch’i or Lemonade
- Long slice of seedless cucumber
- Ice
Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario
Jose Cuervo, the world’s oldest maker of tequila, celebrates 250 years with the Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario bottle. Limited to 495 bottles at a cost of $2,250 each! Hand blown decanters and a custom box. Each box will also have a reproduction of the Spanish land grant for the original Cuervo agave plantation.
Posted via web from Ben Hanten
Booze Detector Reveals Purity Of Your Drink
Seems like a great idea if you think your bar is watering down your drinks. But, unless you regularly drink JB, Havana Club, or one of the other four brands the device is familiar with, you have to go back to the old system – trust.
Posted via web from Ben Hanten
Perfect Day? Carne Asada Burrito for lunch, Patron for dinner.
I’m just dreaming at this point. Yeah the burrito was my lunch and it was amazing. But, no, I didn’t get to do the Patron. Those shots were for a bunch of newly graduated radiologists. Cheers to the weekend.
Maker’s Mark, I ain’t mad at ya. It’s Jamie Foxx I’m mad at.
I mentioned the other day that I was unhappy with Maker’s Mark after our trip to Kansas City last weekend. An important part of the trip was to be the Maker’s Mark Bourbon Lounge in the Power & Light District. Not only am I a huge Maker’s Mark fan, I also sell a lot of it at my bar. And, as you know, I have promoted their product here at Drink Update.
So it was more than a little annoying to be denied entrance to the Bourbon Lounge on Saturday night. We were told there was a private party and that there were, “plenty of other places to get in trouble.” What?! Get in trouble? WTF. Basically the manager in charge of watching the door was a condescending jerk, and it was pretty easy to assume we were being denied access because of dress code or some other arbitrary reason. I mean, it was Saturday night in one of Kansas City’s busiest disticts. How much would you have to spend to shut down a large club with a full kitchen on a Saturday night? $60,000?? More?
Well after having a great time at the Kansas City local pubs we ventured back to Yankton. On Monday, I called to find out about this “private party.” I was still mad that one of my favorite brands had shut us out. But I was wrong…. The nice hostess on the phone apologized a million times and explained that it was, in fact, a private party and that it was the first time the club had ever shut down for that reason. Apparently Jamie Foxx had a concert across the street at the Sprint Center and the club was closed for Foxx and 400 friends, entourage, Sprint Center employees, etc.
I still think the manager at the door was a jerk, but….. Really that damn Jamie Foxx was to blame. Maybe next time, Maker’s.
Photos from Kansas City; Royals game & pub crawl
My girlfriend and I hit Kansas City this last weekend for a Royals game and a tour of the Power & Light District. Power & Light is not cool — unless you like bars for an all Abercrombie audience. Not to worry, though, we found some old bars where the locals hang out.
I’ll have more about this trip soon, specifically about how mad I am at Maker’s Mark and their Bourbon Lounge.
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video.Road trip to Kansas City
My girlfriend and I will be road tripping to Kansas City this weekend. We are hitting a Royals game on Saturday night, followed by clubbing until 3am in the new Power & Light District. Some destinations will be the Maker’s Mark Bourbon Lounge, the Gordon Biersch Brewery, and the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium. There will be plenty of pictures and reviews following our return. If you are interested in following us, I have a wifi camera that automatically uploads pictures to my Friendfeed. Check it out Saturday night.
Cheers! Go Royals!
Photo via emilybaker1216
Oh Japan… Whiskey and M&Ms from a vending machine
Is Japan not the weirdest, sickest country on earth? Whiskey AND M&Ms are #9 in the vending machine!!?? If I found a vending machine with bourbon and Reese’s, my life would be over, because I would have found heaven. Unless, of course, all of my money was too crinkled up to go in the machine; that would be hell.
via Abux77 on Flickr
A Summer Drink: Osama Gin Laden
Here’s a poorly-named drink for you. The Osama Gin Laden comes from Libation Blog, but I’m going to modify their recipe since somebody over there thinks it’s a good idea to put carbonated Red Bull into a shaker. Don’t try that. They also post a picture of a blue drink, even though none of the ingredients are blue. I’ll fix that for you.
Here’s the modified Osama Gin Laden
Build ingredients over ice in a tall glass. Enjoy
Yo! Hip Hop Kentucky Bourbon
So this is how they market bourbon to the Japanese? Wow. I really want a bottle, homeboy.