What is the most unusual spirit you have in your home bar? (lemmy.zip)

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I find unusual spirits interesting, and I want to hear about the ones you have.

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[-] DuckOverload@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

A handle of tequila with cacao nibs added. I do infusions, and this was a failed experiment. Should have tried it in a mason jar.

Though it usually works out well. I have a bottle of premium Costco vodka with two anise stars and some simple syrup added. It's like a homemade ouzo and delightfully sippable for $18 a handle. I also have slices of pear in another bottle, and it's yummy. And a mason jar of bourbon with black peppercorns, which I like to splash into an Old Fashioned.

Hot tip: Buying flavored liquor is expensive and never as good as infusing it yourself.

[-] SheerDumbLuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Have you tried it with Sichuan peppercorns? I hear it's really different.

[-] Vincent@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

The spirit of Christmas future.

[-] neptune@dmv.social 2 points 10 months ago

I just got a bottle of malort. Yes. It's vile. Bitter, herbal, barely sweet, acrid, astringent.... It's bad.

I have a whiskey aged on chestnut. It's very good. Different than all the oak whiskey out there. A little earthier?

I have a bottle of aquardiente. It's kind of a minty drink. Not good or bad persay.

Ouzo and absinthe are pretty typical I guess. Rhubarb liqueur and I'm not sure what to do with it.

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

A bottle of Sam Adams Utopia

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It's like a punch in the face. We bought 2 bottles, passed one around on my wedding night and most people hated it, it's so strong, we didn't even finish it. I ended up giving that one to a buddy, and I still have the other bottle, but I haven't found a reason to crack it open yet.

[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I've always wanted to try it. They passed around a bottle to sniff on the brewery tour and the thick maple syrup smell was intoxicating.

[-] fubarx@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Zwack Unicum from Hungary and 58% Kaoling sorghum liquor from Taiwan. The Kaoling can melt the bottom of plastic cups.

Had a bottle of fermented mare's milk Kumis gifted from Kazakhstan, but it tasted like rancid cheese. Didn't want to risk keeping it around once the bottle had been opened.

[-] ThatFembyWho 2 points 10 months ago

Just finished off a bottle of chartreuse.

Now it would be sacrificio, a type of mezcal.

Most unique I've had might be Zirbenz stone pine liqueur.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

I was gonna say chartreuse isn't that exotic but then I remembered I'm French and it might be, when you're not.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You should post this in !cocktails@lemmy.world too.

There are a couple of things I have to order online, that aren't in the shop here but I like - Heirloom Pineapple Amaro is one. I do make liqueurs so those I guess are the rarest. Like someone else in this thread, I tried infusing cocoa nibs, but in whiskey and it was similarly awful.

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[-] june@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Her name is Gladys and she a kind gho- ooooh

Screwball. Does that count as a spirit?

[-] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

This one: https://feddit.uk/post/5822127

[-] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

It's not particularly rare but the we have a spiced rum called Kilo Kai. It's mostly sold near Chicago.

We've had a consistent supply from visiting family members over the last few years.

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