Adam Schwartz > wrote:
> Like most people, I enjoy an occasional drink. However, I do almost all
>of my drinking at home with my fiance. I rarely frequent bars, and I rarely
>drink with anyone who knows anything about drinking. Thus, I do not know
>the most appropriate way to enjoy various alcoholic beverages. I have the
>following in my liqour cabinet:
>
>Seagrams Extra Dry Gin

Gin & tonic with lime. Don't abuse the wogs (wink, wink).

>E&J Brandy

A nice snifter after a beefy meal.

>Bacardi Gold Rum

Mix 9:1 with tequila (the rum being the major portion), add
a few drops of lime, and shoot.

Alternatively, add a 1.5 oz shot to a whole glass of
Coke, and either a lime wedge to make a Cuba Libre or a
maraschino cherry to make a Rum & Coke.

>Southern Comfort

Best used as dead weight for something you expect to crawl
out of your garbage can before the garbage man comes.

>What are the best ways to enjoy these beverages? What cocktails can be made
>from them. I have limes and some frozen fruit juice I can use as well.
>Mostly I've just been taking shots of the various spirits, but I'd like a
>more appealling way to reduce my sobriety.

It's November. The Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale is
on the specialty shelf of your supermarket's chilled-beer
aisle. I just had one. It's very, very good this year,
(when you get past the skunk-cabbage odor at the beginning,
but just start drinking and it turns into a lovely bouquet).

--Blair
"Don't try this at home, kids."