# Unusual cocktails you like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [October 19, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986 "2019-10-19T03:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/61 "2022-05-23T17:00:43Z")
Ooh, ooh, and I have to tell you about another favorite cocktail of mine, the Absinthe Martini. Absinthe is now legal in the US, you know. Yeah, it’s an acquired taste. You just add a couple of drops of Absinthe to an ordinary gin martini. Absinthe is so strong-tasting, that really is all you need. It immediately overpowers it with its taste (the Absinthe, i.e.). Plus Absinthe is so prohibitively expensive, that’s certainly all I can afford. And I have to tell you, I am a purist when it comes to Martinis. They have to be made with gin. There simply is no substitute. The famous James Bond Martini is made with vodka, which if you ask me is cheating, plain and simple. What else can I say? ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/62 "2022-05-23T17:52:08Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > You know what’s good? A Bronx is good. I had one once, and it _was_ good. More refreshing than a Martini. > [@markn\_1](#): > > When I was in college my roommate and I invented a drink we called a Bloody Larry: beer and V8. I’m disappointed to learn that other people actually drink this, under the name Red Beer or Red Eye. Most people react with disgust when I describe it, but I still drink one occasionally. I had some of them with some friends, though I didn’t know there was an official name for them. As well, I’ve tried someone’s version that used T@T Bloody Mary mix, and that was pretty good too. > [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > But the best is spicy Clamato Oh yeah, I loves me some Clamato, either plain or in a Michelada. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/63 "2022-05-23T18:18:04Z")
We went to a semi-fancy office part a few weeks ago where I had Pendelton whiskey and sweetened lime juice over ice. I think the bartender put a shot of sparkling water in there too. It was terrific. I don’t know if it officially has a name though. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/64 "2022-05-23T18:23:19Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > I recently started drinking dry vermouth on the rocks–nothing else. It’s caused double takes when I order it at bars, with one bartender saying she’s worked for 15 years and never heard anyone order it before. The OP was in 2019, so 15 years prior would have been 2004. I guess it’s no surprise the bartender never heard of a '70s-vintage drink. ♫ _Martini & Rossi on the rocks Say yes!_ ♫ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/n5yd9Kir3qg/hqdefault.jpg "Angie Dickinson 1978 Martini & Rossi Wine Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5yd9Kir3qg) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/65 "2022-05-23T18:52:38Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > b) Brandy and Frangelico — two parts brandy to one part Frangelico, no rocks. That reminds me… I’ve had a couple of alternative “Manhattans” that subbed in other stuff for the sweet vermouth, and that were surprisingly good. One subs in Amaro Averna for the vermouth- they call it a “black Manhattan”. It’s very good. The other subbed in Nocello walnut liqueur for the vermouth. (your brandy/frangelico drink reminded me of it) and was also quite tasty, if a bit sweet. And in the “a bit weird” category, I like my actual Manhattans full-on Golden Age style, with rye whiskey, and a bit of maraschino and absinthe. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/66 "2022-05-23T20:58:49Z")
I like an Old Fashioned with rye whiskey and maple syrup, quite nice. I do make mint juleps and enjoy them. We’re constantly drinking dark -n-stormies with good strong ginger beer. Mudslides in the summer. allthegood drinks things that I don’t — gin and tonic, gin and bitter lemon, campari and sweet vermouth (= an “Americano”), and we’ve recently been enjoying coconut rum (malibu, then cruzan) mixed with orange juice and a dribble of grenadine. It’s hard to know what qualifies as “unusual” 🙂 Oh, mind erasers! Heh! lowball glass with ice, 1/2 oz kahlua, 1 oz vodka _floated on it so it stays layered_, 1 oz selter water floated on top of that, sipped through twin straws cut to fit the height of a lowball glass 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/67 "2022-08-15T07:46:02Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Was the distillery in Homer City by chance? Searching for a post, and saw that I didn’t answer this. It’s in the other end of the state - Bethlehem. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/68 "2022-08-15T11:10:50Z")
Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/69 "2022-08-15T13:23:05Z")
At the cigar & martini club I used to belong to in my cocktail days (not to be confused with my _salad_ days), a 12-oz dirty martini with 3 olives (pimento, almond and blue cheese filled) and a Davidoff Winston Churchill cigar was my _usual_. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/70 "2022-08-15T19:03:02Z")
I got questioned by a Airport bartender about my tequila and tonic order. They’d never had anyone order that. Also, I second the vermouth on the rocks. Sweet mainly, but dry too. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/71 "2022-08-15T19:28:01Z")
Nm… got confused ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/72 "2022-08-15T19:28:36Z")
Y’all are making me thirsty. Once the sun starts to set, I’m off to stump a bartender with some of these! > [@salinqmind](#): > > I keep looking at a bottle of St.-Germain Elderflower liqueur in the liquor store, it’s a pretty bottle and I love liqueurs. Kind of pricey, but one of these days… I often buy a small size bottle (50 ml, “Shooters” or “Airplane bottles”) of something I’ve never tasted. Fell in love with Campari this way, and I just got a tiny Saint Germain…might just try it with champagne like my daughter ordered in a hoity-toity French bistro. Oh, and you have to say it like they did there: Sahn’Jher-Mahhhn! . > [@Tibby](#): > > …in my cocktail days (not to be confused with my _salad_ days) So, cocktails come before the salad, so… barely drinking age? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/73 "2022-08-15T22:00:09Z")
> [@Dravin](#): > > What blows my mind is when they mess up neat whiskey. In a total tangent, a friend got a hand-tailored suit, and the (Japanese? Not sure what accent the storyteller was doing) tailor asked him what name he’d like embroidered on the inside pocket. Poor old tailor had a to wait while his customer thought through fake names, pithy sayings, movie quotes… Finally the friend gave up and said _"Fuck it. Whisky Neat._ Let’s go with that, it’s what I usually drink." The tailor was glad to be able to get to work on the suit, and when it was done, I think anyone here already knows what was tastefully stitched inside his suit. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/74 "2022-08-15T23:57:26Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So, cocktails come before the salad, so… barely drinking age? No, cocktails after salad. These are after-dinner drinks (digestif). ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986/75 "2022-08-17T21:15:14Z")
When i was young and stupid \, a friend and i would invent cocktails to test out the bar staff. A favorite of mine consisted of :- 1. White wine 2. Bailey’s 3. Vodka 4. Coke Tasted ok (fruity), looked disgusting - a dirty brown liquid, and the Bailey’s congealed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-cocktails-you-like/841986.md?page=3)