I was cleaning out my refrigerator last week and came across a ginger ale. I thought it would be nice to have a little whiskey ginger would be a nice treat while I was cleaning and getting ready to move. I added in a generous pour of Cynar and it was good, like really good. I think there's some real potential for some kind of Cynar Mule.
I didn't measure anything, so no recipe or entry.
I've never made clear ice before, mostly because I didn't want to devote the space to it. Just moved into a new place and it already has a standup freezer in the basement. I'm planning on trying out making clear ice sometime this summer after I finish unpacking.
What I'd really like are some tools for making something like pebble ice without an expensive contraption.
I was thinking of a Boulevardier when I started, although I deviated from that pretty quickly. I'll riff on this a little more before the end of the month.
1 oz rye, 1 oz Cynar, 1/4 oz dry curacao, dash orange bitters. I would garnish with a twist of lemon or orange, but I haven't had fresh citrus around for awhile.
It's pleasantly bittersweet and warming, overall pretty good. The orange flavor goes well with both the rye and the Cynar. Could be better though, I think the sweetness is not right. Maybe a less sweet orange liqueur or maybe add a splash of maraschino to make it sweeter?
Not lately. I've been very busy for the last few months and haven't had time to play. I do intend to play again this spring.
Significantly more here. I never really liked Reddit, but a couple of my hobbies had communities there so I felt like I had to use it. I stayed away from anything that wasn't a niche personal interest and avoided the bigger subreddits and front page. Here I check out the front page frequently and am pretty generous with upvotes. It feels more like an investment in a community I want to be successful, and not like there's anything intrinsic to Lemmy that encourages it.
I'm psyched about her. Capcom executed a very weird and sinister style with her that looks great. I'm glad that they didn't hedge their bets by making her sexy or silly.
I don't think anything she's shown make her look that strong though. Her low profile moves could be super strong, but I doubt it. I want to play her, but I'm predicting her to be either low tier, or a hard to play mid-tier at best.
Eh, I like the commentary. I was a little annoyed with how much they focused on Reynald's mistakes rather than Snake Eyez' strengths, but I can't deny that played a pretty big role.
Overall I like having professional commentators for big matches like this. At best they can provide useful insight and the worst they can be is just unnecessary.
I'm not interested in these costumes, but I'm afraid for what it says about Capcom's pricing going forward.
Between locking the alt colors for the default colors behind a paywall and the high cost of these costumes, I think Capcom is making a mistake. This game has been so good, but they're going to have a lot of competition coming the rest of this year. If MK1 is good and doesn't have terrible monetization, will people really stick with SF6?
I have a HORI RAP4 and I like it. I'm old and grew up playing in arcades, so pads and leverless are completely foreign to me. I haven't modded it, but I want to sooner or later. Mostly to make it more like my old arcade rather than performance oriented changes.
The HORI Alpha looks like the current gen version of the RAP4, and like I said I'm happy with mine. If I was buying a new stick today I'd probably be choosing between that and something from Qanba.
Street Fighter 6: Newhart Edition
Questions is: Are Larry, Daryl, and Daryl palate swaps or unique characters?
I haven't had much time with him yet, but I think he looks neat. In SF5 he was the character I was most excited to try and I ended up not liking his playstyle. He was too frantic and execution dependent for me to enjoy. I expect him to be the same again, so it'll be fun to fuck around with him a little, he's probably not for me.
I did try a couple of other additions and substitutions. Subbing an allspice dram for the dry curacao was interesting, and adding simple syrup was pretty bad.
Here's the final: Stirred, served on ice in an old fashioned glass, garnish with an orange peel. 1 oz bourbon, 1 oz Cynar, 1/4 oz dry curacao, barspoon of maraschino liquor, 2 dashes angostura bitters.
This worked out really well. It's still bittersweet, but it's much better balanced. The orange is still present, but more subdued, and the earthy herbaceous notes becomes the most forward flavor.
I didn't try this final version with rye, I switched to bourbon because I was trying to smooth out some of the sharp edges. It would probably still be good with rye, but I liked this a lot. I'm not sure about serving over ice. It's definitely good cold and I don't think the dilution hurt, but if I was more committed to perfecting the recipe I would definitely try serving it in a chilled Nick & Nora.
Doing this was fun. I already like riffing and making up drinks, and having some rules to work within made me more thoughtful. I just need someone to drink more of these drinks for me so I can try out more variations. I've got a picture, but I keep getting a JSON error when I try to upload it. Picture an old fashioned, but more brown and you've got the idea.