[Gables Girl]

Here's one that is great for the summer, just make sure somebody else has your car keys, this one sneaks up on you! I make these by the blender full so this is for about 3 or 4 normal drinks: (All measurements are guestimates I just glug it in....)

3 shots Creme de Cacao or Godiva's liqueur of your choice
3 shots Baily's Irish Cream
3 shots Kahlua
Breyer's french vanilla Ice cream to fill the blender about 3/4 full
a splash of half and half
sometimes a squirt of Hershey's chocolate syrup if I'm feeling extra chocolaty
Blend (adding more half and half or ice cream as needed) and enjoy your chocolate-mocha milkshake

Katiekat

When I was in college the Frats used to mix those up and give them to girls who said they didn't drink, they called it the Velvet Hammer. They never knew what hit them.

 

[Gables Girl]

Tequila: Anejo or Reposado? Discuss. Please don't mention Silver.

Anejo becasue it has less oak then Reposado. No Silver....

 

[Gables Girl]

100 Anos Reposado for shots, Tres Rios Anejo for mixing. We have to bring the 100 Anos back from Mexico in bulk (who needs souvenirs) cause we haven't been able to find it up here.

salt and/or lime, or straight up?

Salt and lime

 

[Gables Girl]

No. Same oak barrels and sitting in them for two more years.

I know, but the additional 2 years in oak give it a more oaky taste I don't like.

So favorite Bourbon any one? Not whiskey, so no Jack Daniels please. Mine is 1792 Ridegmont Reserve.

 

[Gables Girl]

Gables, funny you should mention that! I was sipping the 1792 earlier this evening....I've found that it varies a bit from bottle to bottle...this one had a bit of ethanol to it, but still very pleasant with a small splash of water. Odd that I should mention that, because Booker's is my all-time favorite Bourbon and I usually taste the ethanol in that, too...

For a refined, milder sip it's Woodruff Reserve. For a little more raw and adventerous, Bullit. When I can find it, Pappy Van Winkle reserve but I don't think there's many bottles made per year.

They are small batch so each bottle comes from a different batch and that is why you notice the difference. Woodford Reserve is good, there are a few Bourbons available only in KY that are very nice, but a bit of trip for me to get.

 

[Gables Girl]

Bourbon is not decided by age but by where it is made and how it is made.  In order to be Bourbon there must be at least 51% corn used for the mash, it must be aged at least 2 years in new charred white oak barrels, and made and bottled in Kentucky.  Whiskey can be any grain such as corn, wheat, rye etc. used in the mash and it made any place.  Jack Daniels is not Bourbon since it is made in Tennessee, it clearly says it is a Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey.  I lived in Kentucky and know that Kentucky is very proprietary about the Bourbon designation.