Enjoying a Mikado tonight.

[Aristus]

Brandy, Cointreau, amaretto, grenadine, and a dash of Angostura bitters. Shaken with ice then strained into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass.

Yummy!

Hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend…

[XanaDUer2]

1. Enjoy!

[Aristus]

3. I am!

[surfered]

2. I prefer fine red wines, but find your concoctions intriguing. Cheers 🍷

[Aristus]

4. What's in your glass?

It’s a good time to be a red wine enthusiast. 2017 is said to be one of the best years in decades for Bordeaux. And 2020 is supposed to be spectacular for Burgundies.

[surfered]

7. We've been lucky and driven around France, Italy, and Napa.

Tonight I’m enjoying an Oregon Pinot Noir. Their best year was 2012.

[Aristus]

8. I've been very impressed with American Pinots.

Generally speaking, they’re plummy and smooth. The really good ones have woody and vanilla notes.

[surfered]

9. Yes, but they sound so dull when compared to your chemistry experiments.

[Aristus]

10. Oh no. These are established cocktail recipes.

The only real experiment I’ve made lately is a cocktail I call The Elvis. Equal parts peanut butter whiskey and banana liqueur. An homage to his fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

[surfered]

12. Sorry. But that sounds terrible

[snot]

5. Gosh,

I thought you were talking Gilbert & Sullivan!

[Aristus]

6. Well, Yum-Yum definitely plays a role.

[yellowdogintexas]

11. So did I! It made me want to watch our Eric Idle version tonight

I love the Mikado! We were raised on it, and I think I have seen it on stage 6 times. I would go to any performance I could find.