What's your favorite drink or cocktail? What's in it?
Question submitted by charm.vox.com
Winter: champagne (always french) and red wine [1]
Spring: white and rosé wine and sake cocktails (ramping up for cocktail season)
Summer: the height of cocktail season - margaritas, regular cosmos, rude cosmos, and as of yesterday, mojitos. And beer of course. When you're drifting down a river in 100+ degree heat there is nothing that beats a good beer. Negra Modelo is still my favorite. (click here for a little beer segue that claims I'm a "solid guy")
Fall: back to red wine, with the occasional gin and tonic - esp. when fishing in Montana. Why drink gin in Montana? I have no idea. It just feels like the right drink when you're in a fishing lodge with a bunch of guys, you're the only woman, and you can't drink whiskey.
The best cocktail shaker ever is called The Bullet. Of all the shakers I've tried, and there have been many ;-), this is the only one that doesn't leak (I have learned this sticky lesson too many times the hard way). The best version of The Bullet is the brushed stainless steel, but for some reason I can't find it any more (I used to give them as a gifts).
[1] Red wine and champagne are always in season
and isn't gin rumored to keep away mosquitos? In Montana, that can be a good thing.
Posted by: miz_ginevra | 07/22/2006 at 02:52 PM
I don't know if it actually keeps them away, or if you just don't notice (or care) that they're biting you while you're drinking it.
Posted by: karen | 07/22/2006 at 06:45 PM
vodka and tonic must have some kind of hall of fame status, and if not i'm writing my congressman..
Posted by: al | 03/29/2007 at 05:45 PM