Best Local Cocktail

old time brooklyn

Brook Vin takes their Old Fashioned so seriously they're not even serving it right now because cherries are out of season. I'm annoyed and impressed at the same time.

scarlett

Oooo Quarter does have great, interesting and rotating cocktails. But damn, Gretch, it's small. Don't let everyone know!

mougar

Old Time Brooklyn wrote: Brook Vin takes their Old Fashioned so seriously they're not even serving it right now because cherries are out of season. I'm annoyed and impressed at the same time.

I'm not sure I understand, do they use fresh cherries? Old Fashioned's traditionally use maraschino cherries, which are preserved so they don't really have a season.

scarlett

Yeah, brookvin put maraschinos in my manhattan........

old time brooklyn

They use fresh. Infuse the bourbon with it. Granted neither of those ingredients are classic old fashioned ingredients but it's a good drink.

brooklyngigcenter

Getting way off topic here, but....

Last night I was at Flipster's with four other guys, drinking and eating for 5 hours. I picked up the tab, spent a total of about $500. Not once did the owner give us a buyback, offer dessert, or even come visit us at the table. Am I wrong to be a little pissed?

old time brooklyn

Yeah, you're ridiculously off topic, start a new thread. But to answer your question, yeah, I think you're wrong. You were provided a service and you paid for that service. Why does that service have to come with a coupon? If you want to buy food and get a coupon, McDonalds sounds like a better bet.

shinybeast

Brook Vin's Horseradish Martini & Two Boots' Cajun Bloody Mary. No intended horseradish theme, those are just my two favorites in the slope.

scarlett

How the fart did you spend $100 per person at Flipsters? apps, burgers and fries is like $15 per person. $85 per person in drinks? Even I don't drink that much. But, the owner and the bartenders have given buybacks while at the bar only, never at tables.

brooklyngigcenter

There were 5 of us from 4:00 to 9:00. We had apps, burgers (sent a tuna burger via delivery to the wife), and a lot of drinks.

Usually if I have 2 drinks I'm ready for bed, but I had 4 vodkas, then got prodded into doing 2 Jaeger/Monster shots. Which were actually delicious, but the Monster part of the drink ended up keeping me awake hours after I got in to bed.

But again, I'm well off topic. I figure if I was their top tab for the evening, the owner could have at least come over to say hi and give a dessert or something. Just as a courtesy, especially to be thankful and appreciative in this economy.

Just sayin'.

eggcream

scarlett wrote: How the fart did you spend $100 per person at Flipsters? apps, burgers and fries is like $15 per person. $85 per person in drinks? Even I don't drink that much. But, the owner and the bartenders have given buybacks while at the bar only, never at tables.

Avg burger is 10.00, fries 4.00 app 8.00= 22.00. 4 vodkas probably 36.00, 2 shots tax and tip easily 100.00 pp.

scarlett

What is a jaeger monster and can we make Mougar do them please?

I was assuming $12 for burger plus fries and a shared app. Still sounds like a lot.

But ok, the owner, while kind of hot, and pretty anal (thank goodness) about cleanliness, is often drunk himself and tends to black out late night. Just sayin'.

brooklyngigcenter

It's a shot of Jaeger, dropped inside a glass of Monster energy drink. Dangerous and delicious.

Late night = 8PM??

bootopia

^your first mistake was walking it to Flipsters. It can only go downhill from there!

brooklyngigcenter

It's only a few steps uphill to home....how bad could it be? :puker:

j0518

RIP the Maple Manhattan at Tempo. it would wipe the floor with anything recommended here.

I second the recommendation for "anything" at Weather Up or the Clover Club for out-of-Slope drinks (and Clover Club makes the second best bread pudding I've ever had.)

While it might sound like I'm on their payroll today, I love the Kings County Manhattan at Bussaco. Anything at James or the Vanderbilt (again, not PS) is fantastic. anything with the jalapeno-infused vodka at Bogota, or any of their mojitos.

old time brooklyn

Weather Up Old Fashioned. A knock out.

carnivore

J0518 wrote: RIP the Maple Manhattan at Tempo. it would wipe the floor with anything recommended here.

I second the recommendation for "anything" at Weather Up or the Clover Club for out-of-Slope drinks (and Clover Club makes the second best bread pudding I've ever had.)

While it might sound like I'm on their payroll today, I love the Kings County Manhattan at Bussaco. Anything at James or the Vanderbilt (again, not PS) is fantastic. anything with the jalapeno-infused vodka at Bogota, or any of their mojitos.

If you liked the maple manhattan at Tempo, ask James at Weather Up to make you a maple daquiri. It's quite good. Or I bet he could figure out a way to make a maple manhattan for you.

illig

my recommendation for Dutch Kills still stands

it's in LIC (27-24 Jackson Ave) http://www.dutchkillsbar.com/

the 1st time you see them make a proper drink (from seemingly hundreds of different liquor and mixer bottles), chop a huge block of ice down to a cube perfectly sized for your glass, and then taste the result, you'll be sold... did i mention they use metal stirrers and have sawdust on the floor for that extra old timey feeling?

j0518

Carnivore wrote: If you liked the maple manhattan at Tempo, ask James at Weather Up to make you a maple daquiri. It's quite good. Or I bet he could figure out a way to make a maple manhattan for you.

my wife thanks you for that tip.

marisang

Subject: best local cocktail

the pomegranate mojito is the BEST! With real pomegranate seeds, POM juice, fresh cut mint, rum and limes. They have it at Melt -bergen street. The drinks are made with fresh fruit. They also have the dark and stormy. I haven't tried that one yet, maybe next time.