M'learned friend below rejects the Dry Martini; very well.
What are your favourite pre-prandial tipples?
Limiting the list to 5 is the difficulty:
1. The Vieux Carre.
2. The Negroni.
3. The Dry Martini.
4. The Classic Champagne Cocktail.
5. The Aviation.
Honourable mentions to the Vieux Carre's siblings, the Sazerac and the Old Fashioned.
As you can see, this is a most pleasing list. Which are your favourties?
I prefer the post dinner drinks.
Of course my house is full of limoncello and grappa.
I like to pronounce Grappa in a cockney way. :-( I'm Jack the Grappa :-( It entertains myself.
I had some other drink the other day which was home made can't remember the name. It was red and tasted like medicine.
I have forsworn the vieux care after what it did to me last time.
I wonder sometimes if the Negroni isn't a touch overrated (controversial, I know),
For me, it's (in no order):
Caipirinha
Aviation
Champagne cocktail
Margarita (tarty, I know, but I like it)
Vieux Carre
Old Fashioned, Manhattan and Highball
And yes, all of my cocktails are from 40s american literature
So do I, to be honest. So long as it's beer.
Limoncello really is filth, isn't it? I always get sucked into it, though
Grappa, when good, is a fine beast. When bad, it's appalling.