Let's Enjoy Alcoholic Drinks - with Keishiro

We got first snow this fall last night - it's time for stronger drinks. As rule I prefer French brendies, but there is one Spanish drink, which is great - Torres 10:

Edited by snobb - 26 Oct 2012 at 9:22am

Worst/best alcoholic drink?  Worst, Lysol, second worst hand sanitizer.   My favorite was a self proportioned Mai Tai recipe.  :)

I should mention that I haven't tried any of those worst ones, just heard of them and the hearing of them alone made me wanna barf.

If I were to be able to have a drink with any of ye one day, it would be a good single malt scotch.  Maybe more.  Gotta pick one region and sample the others. :)


Edited by Slartibartfast - 26 Oct 2012 at 8:50pm

The only other non-French European brandy I know which is really good is Greek Metaxa (but try 5* or 7*), it's really different from all others and has very specific taste of southern herbs 

This is it  It's great but quite expensive (speaking about 7*), last time I bought it at reasonable price in duty free shop on Greek-Macedonian border 

Please be careful about a cold. Yes. My family has not yet taken in preventive injection for influenza. Therefore, I prevent a cold with a drink, too. It is identical to John. A lemon and honey are essential in winter in Japan. Or it is ginger.　

Ginger and the mixture of the alcohol are often homemade in Japan. I let I put ginger in liqueur and mature for half a year. Or it is approximately one year. The alcohol with commercial ginger is not almost sold. Or I may put it in tea not alcohol.

Oh. Yes. Probably it is colorless alcohol in Japan. The name is shochu, but it is the Japanese name. I do not know whether it should be called a spirits. It resembles vodka, but the alcoholicity is lower than vodka.

My wive's collegue from Puebla office during visit bring her for present Tequila we tasteing now. Know almost nothing about tequilas, but this one looks smooth and quite pleasant,comparing with my previous experience

Edited by snobb - 10 Nov 2012 at 10:21am

js wrote: Having a cold can really change my tastes in drinking. Lately I've been making a hot tea with honey, lemon and whiskey.

For you a Japanese sweetie MIRIN created with malted rice.



Basically this stuff is thought as a sweet seasoning but we can drink / enjoy premium mirin really (very few people know this fact even in Japan).

Many restaurants around will have Beaujolais Nouveau parties tonight. Probably nice reason for one more party, but young wine is not a drink  I would enjoy there