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I was at my local wine shop today and I saw Perucchi Vermouth, I hadn't heard of it before and I was wondering if anyone has tried it, and if its good in cocktails, or more of thing to sip? How does it compare to some other known quantities, like Carpano Antqua, or Punt e Mes or Dolin or whatnot...
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I know I'm probably not finding a very visible listing for the basic ingredients of this wonderful product, but what sorts of things are actually in there? I'm guessing something anise like and cherries of some sort but beyond that I can't quite figure out what it is. Although I have figured...
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I have both a refrigerator (<40 F) and a wine cellar (57 F). Which would be the better place to store open bottles of vermouth and such?
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Yes, be careful when asking for a martini or you'll get a vermouth on the rocks. It is very popular to drink it before eating lunch, some like to drink the sweet (red) and some like the dry vermouth. Many like to drink Bitter Kas which is similar to Campari but without alcohol, I like it with gin...
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If I´d had the chance to post this on the old Drinkboy site, I´d certainly post it in the "wanderings" panel... Happens that the Negroni is one of my favorite drinks (original guy, don´t you think?) but I never was convinced about the proportions of the traditional recipe...
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Since I was finally able to snag a bottle of the new Noilly Prat dry vermouth, I took a little time this weekend to do a little taste comparison between that and the older formula... or since the new formula is the original formula, does that make the old formula the new formula? My head hurts, I think...
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Step 1: go to your local wine & beer making supply store, buy a case of tinted 375ml Burgundy bottles and some corks. This should cost you around $15. Step 2: buy a bottle of Carpano Antica Formula. This should cost you around $30. Step 3: open the Antica, and decant it into three of the Burgundy...
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Don't Shoot the Messenger: Bad News for Martini Drinkers By ERIC FELTEN Martini drinkers are conservatives. Not necessarily politically, but in temperament: They abjure fad and fashion in drink, hewing to the Platonic form of the cocktail. They would stand athwart history yelling Stop -- if yelling...
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Just picked up a bottle today, and while I do have a few weeks off work, and I will be enjoying it on the rocks, in manhattans, on the rocks, and....in a glass.....I'm curious what else you guys use it for. Also, how long will it last, pumped, in my fridge??? and can I make it last longer. I had...