(#CocktailThursday) (from:tomwhoscontrary)

Thought the #CocktailThursday formula could be improved with ginger, to make a Dark and Stormy in a Daiquiri's body - 3℥ Doorly's 12yo, 1℥ King's Ginger, ⅓℥ lime juice - but it's a bit much really.

Equal ravenous as he is subtle, @ratkins made me realise you could make a Daiquiri with dark rum, so on #CocktailThursday we mix 3℥ Doorly's 12yo, 1℥ triple sec, ⅓℥ lime juice, for a rather stimulating result. Can't tell if it's the rum or lime, but it's like licking a pile.

On #CocktailThursday i am testing the limits of the Sidecar: 3℥ Pierre Ferrand Ambré, ½℥ St Germain, ⅓℥ lemon juice. Why did i think this was a good idea. This lemon juice seems very strong, i need even less, and even that much St Germain is overwhelming. Weird combination.

Time for dinner on #CocktailThursday, but I don't cook sober, so breaking in the new cognac with a Sidecar: 3℥ Martell VSOP, 1℥ triple sec, ⅓℥ lemon juice. Very good.

Been a while since the last #cocktailthursday, but tonight it is 2℥ Talisker 10yo whisky, 1℥ ginger wine, and 1℥ quince and lemon syrup (left over from making a crumble). Mostly tastes of smoke, but there's some ginger and lemon under there. Should try with an unpeated whisky.

Spending #CocktailThursday seeing how close I can get to a Last Word. The answer is 2℥ Sacred Old Tom, 1℥ Bénédictine, ½℥ amaretto, ½℥ very old cherry brandy, 1℥ lemon juice, or, to put it another way, not very.

On #CocktailThursday we are strong supporters of MF Doom: the Reformed Raedawn subs the triple shot of 'gnac with 1℥ Courvoisier Fontainebleau; the chaser of bong water with 1℥ Laphroaig Cairdeas 2014, 1℥ Noilly Prat, ½℥ Bénédictine, 1♏︎ ea. Angostura and Peychaud's bitters

Pre-shopping #CocktailThursday, a very exciting white negroni: 1℥ Drumshanbo gin, 1℥ Suze, 1℥ Noilly Prat, bitter, woody, slightly citrusy, but a bit thin; adding 1♏︎ orange bitters helped, but it needs more something from somewhere.

Was intending not to drink, but then @ratkins got me thinking about amaretto, so #CocktailThursday sees an attempt at cake - 2℥ kirsch, 1℥ amaretto, 2♏︎ orange bitters. Not quite there. Maybe this would work sidecar-style, with lemon juice rather than bitters.

Running create-@rnalexander-cup this #CocktailThursday: 2℥ Tanqueray Ten, 1℥ Lillet Blanc, ½℥ St Germain, 1♏︎ Sainsbury's bitters. This is extremely elegant! Still plenty of gin bite, but a blurry mellow fruitiness (elderflower does not overwhelm). https://twitter.com/rnalexander/status/1255909661380919298 …