Comments on: The Negroni and other safety drinks http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/ Bars, bartenders and imbibing in Beantown. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: chris http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-83547 chris Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:00:29 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=1373#comment-83547 I never fall back on drinks with soda or tonic - in the kind of place where a safety drink is required, they will only have a gun. Sickly sweet, syrupy gack is no way to treat gin and ice. If I can't get something decent, it's either beer (bottled or one or the high-turnaround tap ones) or a scotch, rocks. Or back away slowly, turn, and run like hell. I never fall back on drinks with soda or tonic – in the kind of place where a safety drink is required, they will only have a gun. Sickly sweet, syrupy gack is no way to treat gin and ice. If I can’t get something decent, it’s either beer (bottled or one or the high-turnaround tap ones) or a scotch, rocks.

Or back away slowly, turn, and run like hell.

]]> By: fionadaisy http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-77716 fionadaisy Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:04:00 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=1373#comment-77716 Campari and Soda, almost always. Or an Old Fashioned because it tastes pretty good even if it's not perfect. Campari and Soda, almost always. Or an Old Fashioned because it tastes pretty good even if it’s not perfect.

]]> By: Randy http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-64132 Randy Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:39:08 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=1373#comment-64132 Water's always safe. Or a ti punch. Water’s always safe. Or a ti punch.

]]> By: laura http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-52746 laura Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:45:47 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=1373#comment-52746 i go with a side car or gin & tonic or a beer i go with a side car or gin & tonic or a beer

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-49963 ljclark Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:37:54 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=1373#comment-49963 It's never last call at drinkboston, Shane! Do you mean that you're asking for just the skin of a lime to be twisted over a drink? It's true that, unlike a twist of lemon, only in the rarest cases will a twist of lime actually consist of only the lime peel, rather than a wedge. I'm guessing that's because very few drinks call for a lime twist, and also because limes are notoriously inconsistent in size, juiciness and oiliness of the peel. In other words, the skin on a lot of the limes you find in bars would not be worth twisting into a drink. It’s never last call at drinkboston, Shane! Do you mean that you’re asking for just the skin of a lime to be twisted over a drink? It’s true that, unlike a twist of lemon, only in the rarest cases will a twist of lime actually consist of only the lime peel, rather than a wedge. I’m guessing that’s because very few drinks call for a lime twist, and also because limes are notoriously inconsistent in size, juiciness and oiliness of the peel. In other words, the skin on a lot of the limes you find in bars would not be worth twisting into a drink.

]]> By: Shane Curcuru http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-49957 Shane Curcuru Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:22:29 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=1373#comment-49957 Hope it's not after last call yet... Just discovered how interesting the comment threads are here on drinkboston! I vote for the gimlet, since it seems like the least likely to get messed up. I suppose the lime juice can be a bad mix. I may be showing my lack of taste in finding "good" bars here, but how many times have people ordered a normal gin drink "with a twist of lime" and gotten a lime wedge? In restaurants, it's nearly universal that they mess this one up; a fair number of bars - where I'm standing RIGHT THERE - get it wrong too. I must not be going to the right places, huh? Hope it’s not after last call yet… Just discovered how interesting the comment threads are here on drinkboston!

I vote for the gimlet, since it seems like the least likely to get messed up. I suppose the lime juice can be a bad mix.

I may be showing my lack of taste in finding “good” bars here, but how many times have people ordered a normal gin drink “with a twist of lime” and gotten a lime wedge? In restaurants, it’s nearly universal that they mess this one up; a fair number of bars – where I’m standing RIGHT THERE – get it wrong too. I must not be going to the right places, huh?

]]> By: Arnold http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-49225 Arnold Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:28:14 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=1373#comment-49225 I think that might be convention and not skill on the part of the barkeep (though obviously I can't comment on whether he/she's got game or not...). A colleague at work here in Cambridge who is from the Iberian peninsula ordered a martini when we went out for drinks. Luckily we talked about her expectation before the bartender started making the drink because she meant only chilled Martini Vermouth (sweet in this case) and not a beverage with gin or vodka. I think that might be convention and not skill on the part of the barkeep (though obviously I can’t comment on whether he/she’s got game or not…).

A colleague at work here in Cambridge who is from the Iberian peninsula ordered a martini when we went out for drinks.

Luckily we talked about her expectation before the bartender started making the drink because she meant only chilled Martini Vermouth (sweet in this case) and not a beverage with gin or vodka.

]]> By: Scott http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-49213 Scott Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:37:28 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=1373#comment-49213 Well, living in a town in northern Finland means that I've adjusted my expectations of the local barkeep's skills accordingly. That said, I never expected that ordering a 'safe' drink of a dry martini would result in a glass full of Martini dry vermouth. Then again, maybe I shouldn't have been so surprised. //currently in search of a safety drink Well, living in a town in northern Finland means that I’ve adjusted my expectations of the local barkeep’s skills accordingly. That said, I never expected that ordering a ‘safe’ drink of a dry martini would result in a glass full of Martini dry vermouth. Then again, maybe I shouldn’t have been so surprised.

//currently in search of a safety drink

]]> By: DougP http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-46490 DougP Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:08:19 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=1373#comment-46490 I, too, have suffered the misfortune of being served a "Negroni" in Martini-like proportions (even after specifying "equal"). I guess a shot of gin with splashes of Campari & Vermouth isn't an awful thing, but it's no Negroni ... I, too, have suffered the misfortune of being served a “Negroni” in Martini-like proportions (even after specifying “equal”). I guess a shot of gin with splashes of Campari & Vermouth isn’t an awful thing, but it’s no Negroni …

]]> By: Stone http://drinkboston.com/2009/08/12/the-negroni-and-other-safety-drinks/comment-page-1/#comment-44571 Stone Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:14:30 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=1373#comment-44571 A pink gin for me too - a real drink that's almost impossible to screw up. A pink gin for me too – a real drink that’s almost impossible to screw up.

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