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Cocktails, the libationary art!

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Show off your collection, or organizational skills, or decorating prowess! This is my wall o' booze. I am lucky to have a little nook off the kitchen, and a glass cabinet from my grandmother.

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[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Real drinkers have one bottle on top of a dirty fridge. You guys are all posers.

[–] PeroBasta@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

that's an alcholic. This is a cocktails community

[–] mpg@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Still nursing that green chartreuse, I see! Here’s mine; relegated to the basement but plenty spacious:

[–] kholby@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] bravemonkey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What do you make with that giant bottle of Southern Comfort? Anything that doesn’t include coke/sprite/any other pop or soda?

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Whiskey with pineapple juice is so good. Pretty much anywhere from pineapple with a splash of whiskey to whiskey with a splash of pineapple.

[–] bravemonkey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Interesting, thanks! I bought a small bottle just to try it and am not a fan generally, but that sounds like a good combination to try

[–] kholby@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I like it as a shot topped with lime juice. Otherwise it's not something I use frequently.

[–] zed_arthen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A little lacking, but it serves me well:

[–] mpg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Looks great from here!

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That's gorgeous!

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I can’t imagine having surplus alcohol in my house.

[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Because of the angle, at first glance I thought those bottles to the left were defying gravity and sitting on the side of your cabinet.

[–] JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've been meaning to do a post and share this, but I'll just pop it in here. Wife and I converted an old piano into a cocktail bar

We couldn't fit all of the alcohol in the piano, so the rest is in a trunk next to it

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good old Evan Williams Clear. Excellent choice!

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Ha! Need a reminder to buy this. Our staples are:

Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond - this goes the fastest because husband likes it on ice. But is cheap so a good staple.

Tequila Ocho claro, Gonzalez Reposado

ABK6 Cognac

Everything else just get whenever - that handful of stuff we buy when it runs out. The tequila usually not till both are gone though.