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56 minutes ago, Quark said:

Standard festival survival kit: red leg spiced rum, old Jamaica ginger beer, bag of fresh mint, couple of limes. Make a fresh batch up for the evening shenanigans.

@H.M.V and I agree to disagree on regular dark vs spiced rum :D

That sounds like a bastardised Mojito with yer mint. A proper Dark and Stormy has Goslings or a dark UNspiced rum with ginger beer which provides plenty of spice and limes. I like to add Angostura bitters. Lots of ice obviously. And also no mint unless its a Mojito with soda, sugar and gold rum. ;)

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An absolute banger is a 'crazy vimto'... one step up from 'cheeky vimto'..

Basically mix port, blue WKD, and vodka and then replace the usual lemonade with vodka (although less than you would add lemonade obviously). Had one half-pint of this the night before I went on holiday this year and was absolutely dead at the airport the morning after. I suspect it was my boyfriend's attempt to sabotage me for going away for 2 weeks...

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On 10/22/2018 at 10:05 PM, The Clearest Blue said:

There most certainly is, that is where I first tried it, it is also available in supermarkets, I know for certain Sainsbury’s and Tesco stock it (other supermarkets are available).

Popped in there at lunchtime and picked up a couple. Currently tucking into them, very nice! Will take some to the farm next year for breakfast ?

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On 10/22/2018 at 10:43 PM, H.M.V said:

That sounds like a bastardised Mojito with yer mint. A proper Dark and Stormy has Goslings or a dark UNspiced rum with ginger beer which provides plenty of spice and limes. I like to add Angostura bitters. Lots of ice obviously. And also no mint unless its a Mojito with soda, sugar and gold rum. ;)

Only a sprig mind, and no muddling going on. Also, and just to be pedantic, you'll notice that I never referred to my mix as a D&S :P

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1 minute ago, Quark said:

Only a sprig mind, and no muddling going on. Also, and just to be pedantic, you'll notice that I never referred to my mix as a D&S :P

I know but I took it as implied in order to wind you up. You don't get Angostura in a proper D&S either but I laugh in the face of rules man!

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Pear drop vodka was a revelation last year. So tasty, so clean, so refreshing. Got a few lemonades with ice in when Foo Fighters played last year as a mixer, and I was handing them round to everyone for a drink. Unreal how refreshing and good it was after a long day drinking beers. What a friendly beautiful night that was....

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41 minutes ago, Simpo said:

Pear drop vodka was a revelation last year. So tasty, so clean, so refreshing. Got a few lemonades with ice in when Foo Fighters played last year as a mixer, and I was handing them round to everyone for a drink. Unreal how refreshing and good it was after a long day drinking beers. What a friendly beautiful night that was....

Ooh... this one stands out to me.

I did raspberry vodka in 2017 and deffo doing it again (though I struggled with finding the right mixer?).

What's the crack with pear drop vodka, simply leaving them in the vodka for a few months? Specific colours? 

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I often drink vodka or gin and tonic, with a tiiiiiny splash of a really fruity Robinson's squash, either Apple & Pear, Summer Fruits, or one of the new Creations ones (over a bollock load of ice... this is of huge importance). It's absolutely amazing - However, I'm wondering whether tonic would go with one of the infused vodkas for GF? Or might it dilute it too much? 

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14 hours ago, Stokesy10 said:

Ooh... this one stands out to me.

I did raspberry vodka in 2017 and deffo doing it again (though I struggled with finding the right mixer?).

What's the crack with pear drop vodka, simply leaving them in the vodka for a few months? Specific colours? 

Yes, just for sake of looking nice I split them into the pink and yellow varieties. They dissolve quicker than other ones I've tried and leave no unwanted residue. The strong pear taste overpowers the vodka, and could be mixed with any fruity kind of mixer. If the resale goes well I'll be making double what I did last year.

Also did the Werthers originals vodka, and used that to make some toffee white russians. Nice, but a bit of a pain to infuse and filter, very very sweet and a lingering aftertaste. No such issues with the pear drops!

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1 minute ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I'll be bringing my Jeepers Reepers vodka, which is 8 parts Finlandia with 1 part Carolina Chilli vodka (a mighty 2 million on the Scoville scale). See how many poor souls I can destroy with Vodka Roulette again...

Your invite to the meet has just been rescinded. Why would you do this?!

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There's a place in Soho that specialises in garlic infused vodka. Doesn't seem to require much planning just shove a load of garlic into a bottle of vodka and let it do its thing

Doesn't sound particularly delicious but I loved it. Precisely the sort of knock-yer-socks-off thing needed for a quick morning pick me up

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1 hour ago, Simpo said:

Yes, just for sake of looking nice I split them into the pink and yellow varieties. They dissolve quicker than other ones I've tried and leave no unwanted residue. The strong pear taste overpowers the vodka, and could be mixed with any fruity kind of mixer. If the resale goes well I'll be making double what I did last year.

Also did the Werthers originals vodka, and used that to make some toffee white russians. Nice, but a bit of a pain to infuse and filter, very very sweet and a lingering aftertaste. No such issues with the pear drops!

 

15 hours ago, Stokesy10 said:

Ooh... this one stands out to me.

I did raspberry vodka in 2017 and deffo doing it again (though I struggled with finding the right mixer?).

What's the crack with pear drop vodka, simply leaving them in the vodka for a few months? Specific colours? 

No need to infuse/filter.  Take a bottle of vodka, empty out a bit (save it, obviously!) to free up some room.  Get 200g of whatever sweets you want.  Crush in a freezer bag using a rolling pin/hammer/whatever you want, then pour the powdered/crushed sweets into the vodka.  Seal it up, shake vigorously, (the bottle, not yourself) and place in the top shelf of a dishwasher.  Put it through one cycle without a tablet and you're good to go.  The heat melts the sweets.  Give it a shake after, decant into plastic and enjoy!  

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5 minutes ago, Skelts said:

It's the latter!  I'm not claiming to have thought of it, it's all over 'tinternet.  Just google dishwasher vodka, it works a treat!

Am saving the upvote until I’ve proven this for myself! If a bottle of vodka vanishes into my effluent discharge...

 

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2 hours ago, Skelts said:

 

No need to infuse/filter.  Take a bottle of vodka, empty out a bit (save it, obviously!) to free up some room.  Get 200g of whatever sweets you want.  Crush in a freezer bag using a rolling pin/hammer/whatever you want, then pour the powdered/crushed sweets into the vodka.  Seal it up, shake vigorously, (the bottle, not yourself) and place in the top shelf of a dishwasher.  Put it through one cycle without a tablet and you're good to go.  The heat melts the sweets.  Give it a shake after, decant into plastic and enjoy!  

Amazing! I have heard of the dishwasher trick, gonna do a trial run in a couple weeks. This has made me even more excited for next year!

Is skittles vodka made with the dishwasher trick? Being lazy, I'm gonna Google it haha! 

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