Liqueurs

[Siam Sam]

Originally Posted by FoieGrasIsEvil

You know what would make that even better? If you reduced it to syrup in a pot and drizzled it onto your ice cream. Don't forget to lick the spoon!



This works really well for port wine, too.

Reduce it to syrup in a pot? Uh-oh, now we're talking cooking, and I can't even boil water.

[Siam Sam]

Originally Posted by appleciders

Ouzo or sambuca is a truly wonderful drink if you like black licorice, and a foul abomination if you don't. If your wife is a black jelly bean fancier, give it a try. Otherwise, steer clear.

That may be one we'll have to pass on. I've tried ouzo and think it's okay, but I'd bet the wife would not care for it. She's definitely not a fan of black jellybeans.

[Siam Sam]

Originally Posted by Labtrash

Drambuie - love that stuff!

I picked up a bottle of Drambuie today and tried it tonight. Yes, it is quite good but definitely one for me, not the wife. You can really taste the whiskey, while at the same time the honey and spices come through.

[Baker]

Try creme de cassis, a very sweet dessert wine. But don't get the cheap DeKuyper stuff, get(if you can find it) Lucien Jacob or G.E. Massener. I just bought a bottle of the latter name at Jungle Jim's International Market, in Fairfield Ohio. Not cheap but very tasty. You only take a shot glass, at most, at one sitting.

[K364]

Originally Posted by appleciders

Ouzo or sambuca is a truly wonderful drink if you like black licorice, and a foul abomination if you don't. If your wife is a black jelly bean fancier, give it a try. Otherwise, steer clear.

There is white sambuca and black sambuca. Me and Mrs. K like the black.

[Siam Sam]

Originally Posted by Baker

But don't get the cheap DeKuyper stuff, get(if you can find it) Lucien Jacob or G.E. Massener.

I can't even think of the DeKuyper brand without getting nauseous. Shortly after high school, I drank a whole fifth of DeKuyper peppermint schnaps one evening, thinking in my misguided youth that if it tasted like candy, then it couldn't hurt me. I still get sick just thinking about it.

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

Originally Posted by Siam Sam

Reduce it to syrup in a pot? Uh-oh, now we're talking cooking, and I can't even boil water.

Actually its quite easy...just pour the wine into a pot and let it simmer (light bubbling) until its of a syrupy texture, stirring occasionally to scrape any residues off the side of the pot. That's it...you're done.

[MeanOldLady]

Originally Posted by FoieGrasIsEvil

Absinthe

Do you really think she'll like absinthe? It's a pretty drink, and the ceremony with the sugar cube and the flame is lovely and all, but it has a very strong flavor that isn't palatable to many. This is a woman who likes Bailey's we're talking about here. I'd stick with the sweet liqueurs route.

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

Originally Posted by MeanOldLady

Do you really think she'll like absinthe? It's a pretty drink, and the ceremony with the sugar cube and the flame is lovely and all, but it has a very strong flavor that isn't palatable to many. This is a woman who likes Bailey's we're talking about here. I'd stick with the sweet liqueurs route.

Eh, I was just throwing a bunch of examples out there for her to try. Besides, Siam Sam is paying for all this!

[MacCat]

Second the Cherry Heering.

[Siam Sam]

Originally Posted by FoieGrasIsEvil

Actually its quite easy...just pour the wine into a pot and let it simmer (light bubbling) until its of a syrupy texture, stirring occasionally to scrape any residues off the side of the pot. That's it...you're done.

Gah! "Simmer." "Residues." I can't follow this technical gobbledygook.

[salinqmind]

Benedictine. Often imitated, never duplicated.

[SCAdian]

Mirto rosso. And Archer's peach schnapps (much better than any other brand I've tried).

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

Originally Posted by Siam Sam

Gah! "Simmer." "Residues." I can't follow this technical gobbledygook.

Put on medium heat...allow to "simmer" for quite awhile....

[MeanOldLady]

Originally Posted by FoieGrasIsEvil

Eh, I was just throwing a bunch of examples out there for her to try. Besides, Siam Sam is paying for all this!

Wait, drinks on Sam? Then I'll take a quadruple Pappy Van Winkle neat. Thanks.

[pulykamell]

Originally Posted by MeanOldLady

Do you really think she'll like absinthe? It's a pretty drink, and the ceremony with the sugar cube and the flame is lovely and all, but it has a very strong flavor that isn't palatable to many.

And the flame ritual is a modern bastardization, besides.

[Elemenopy]

Pimento Dram and. (and...something fizzy...tonic, seltzer, whatever)

Pliska--a grape brandy that I'd call a beginner's cognac. Loverly.