RG Perlas ASR Mar 20 (FRCSW1)

[SpecialK]

The boy was home over Christmas/New Years break and we decided to give a couple of these a try along with the Cigar glasses my wife  so thoughtfully gave us at Christmas..  I know they are kind of gimmicky to some,  but they work reasonably well for a smaller cigar..  We had my pathetic attempt at an old fashioned in said glasses... I just can't seem to get it right (I'm open to input from for improvement) .. but that's another story..  On to the review

Cold Draw:  Mine was tight and needed some help with the cigar tool. The boy's was fine

Construction/Burn: as stated above mine was plugged and afterwards didn't get much better.. Burn was all over the place.. The boy had no complaints.

First Half: I got  hints of sweet bread , cinnamon , and leather. The boy concurred

Second Half: I got the same with a little dark chocolate. The boy got more spice, pepper, and the same dark chocolate.

Summary / Score:  even with the burn issues I  felt it was a cross between a RASCC and a MC5 with the Cinnamon/Cocoa . I give it an 85/100, He gave his 88/90

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[traveller]

Whats your old fashioned recipe? If you're using that maker's mark that's too smooth/refined. Ya want a rye with some mongrel in it.

[SpecialK]

7 hours ago, traveller said:

Whats your old fashioned recipe? If you're using that maker's mark that's too smooth/refined. Ya want a rye with some mongrel in it.

I use the MM or whatever I can get my hands on, Cocktail Artist Old fashioned mix, a dash of orange juice, Maraschino cherry along with a little juice, and sometimes Bitters if needed , I assume the Old fashioned mix takes care of it ?

I almost always have a chaser/mixer of ginger ale on the side in case it tastes like ass.. which is almost always the case...

 

 

 

 

[traveller]

3 hours ago, SpecialK said:

I use the MM or whatever I can get my hands on, Cocktail Artist Old fashioned mix, a dash of orange juice, Maraschino cherry along with a little juice, and sometimes Bitters if needed , I assume the Old fashioned mix takes care of it ?

I almost always have a chaser/mixer of ginger ale on the side in case it tastes like ass.. which is almost always the case...

 

 

 

 

🤢 Thats your problem.

Here's my recipe ( 1 serving)

In your mixing glass:

- use a peeler to get a couple inch long length of orange skin(no pith)- put in bottom of mixing glass

- 1 sugar cube or equivalent

- 3-5 hearty dashes of agonstura bitters

- 1-2 dashes of orange bitters(optional - but very good)

- muddle all together

- Then add 2 shots of your whiskey(honestly the cheaper the better, Old overholt Rye or Evan Williams bottled in bond are great)

- Mix a little to help dissolve the sugar

- fill mixing glass with ice and stir until the outside of mixing glass is cold(or frosted if using metal tins) - Usually at least 30 seconds

- strain into your drinks glass

- add your ice

- peel another piece of orange skin/zest, squeeze over glass then rub around the edge of the glass before putting in.

 

Follow these steps to the letter and that'll be the best old fashioned you've ever had

[Islandboy]

Among my first acquisitions here were a box each of ’15 RGP and ’16 RGPC....neither were very impressive then so I put ‘em away and forgot about them. Had a few of each recently and was wowed...they really transformed into well balanced little flavor bombs.