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I've been to Florita's in Havana and enjoyed cubre libres and mojitos there. Also enjoyed cocktails in the odd gay bar ;). It's all about context though. The idea of a Miami themed bar on Newcastle is naff. I'm guessing the trillion dollar remark as made up btw.

 

Whatever next? Chinese themed restaurants? Indian ones.... :lol:

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Whatever next? Chinese themed restaurants? Indian ones.... :lol:

 

They aren't really themed restaurants though. They're just ethnic and part of our culture now. All themed bars are shit, including Irish ones. I don't expect you'll see the difference. :)

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Cocktails are shit, even in hot countries. I've tried the lot and can pretty much vouch they all taste the same - sweet and unpleasant. This is the time of year for a nice quality single malt.

 

Horse shit.

 

Ever tried an old fashioned? Or a dirty martini?

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Horse shit.

 

Ever tried an old fashioned? Or a dirty martini?

 

Probably...... ;)

 

Horses for courses obviously, but outside a gay bar or sun soaked terrace they're not for me. Much more subtlety in grapes or grain.

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Horse shit.

 

Ever tried an old fashioned? Or a dirty martini?

You took the piss out of me in this very thread for saying I liked a Dirty Martini iirc ;)

But aye, Renton, he's right. There's loads of cocktails out there to suit every taste. The sickly, sweet variety, (the sort of things women / CT tend to like) are a relatively new invention. The classic ones like Old Fashioned, Martini, Sidecar etc. tend to be dry or sour and very alcoholic. And lets be honest here, everyone knows I have impeccable taste.

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How CT imagines his house this Christmas.

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The reality

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:lol:

 

Just made my first Xmas Mai Tai

 

2 shots white rum

2 shots dark rum

1 shot Contreau (cheat)

1 shot Amaretto (cheat)

1/2 shot Lime Juice

1/2 shot grenadine

 

As it happens I did quite resemble Tom Cruise however the resulting cocktail tastes lethal. :lol:

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Just made my first Xmas Mai Tai

 

2 shots white rum

2 shots dark rum

1 shot Contreau (cheat)

1 shot Amaretto (cheat)

1/2 shot Lime Juice

1/2 shot grenadine

 

As it happens I did quite resemble Tom Cruise however the resulting cocktail tastes lethal. :lol:

 

You've doubled up on some of the spirit measures and only have half measures for the two none alcoholic measures? And it tastes lethal? How odd. ;)

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That's because it's not a mai-tai it's meant to have pineapple/fruit juice in it, and no grenadine :lol:

 

basically you lobbed in the shots with sweet/sour mix equivalent (it's basically sugar +lemon&lime) and substituted triplesec out for the Contreau, the juice is meant to dilute it a bit and turn it into the drink i guess lol.

 

might as well do a double tequila suck on the lime and call it a cocktail ;)

 

Really?

 

I've looked at several recipes and none call for fruit juice???

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