Comments on: How Sweet it Is! http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/ Quenching your thirst with sips, nips and tipples. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:39:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: luke http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/#comment-205942 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:37:48 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/#comment-205942 Sitting in a Barcelona hostel sipping some vermut that was made by a owner of a liquor store and bottled right in front of us into plastic waterbottles. A liter was 3.50 and it is delicous. Sitting in a Barcelona hostel sipping some vermut that was made by a owner of a liquor store and bottled right in front of us into plastic waterbottles. A liter was 3.50 and it is delicous.

]]> by: Sal DeTraglia http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/#comment-589 Sun, 28 May 2006 12:12:37 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/#comment-589 Hi everyone. Sorry for the delay in responding, but I was travelling last week. <br /> <br /> Tara: It's fun to try different brands. Some are better than others, of course, but the best I had was an unnamed vermouth that a Barcelona wine shop poured from a wooden barrel in it's back room. Customers would bring in empty bottles (either glass or, in some cases, plastic Coke bottles) and the proprietor would fill the bottle directly from the cask. Believe it or not, that's a common practice in Spain with wine as well.<br /> <br /> Brenda: A rhyming fool? You're half right.<br /> <br /> Larry: I've never tried gin and red vermouth, but it sounds intriguing. I have, however, tried Negronis...which are gin, vermouth and Campari. I absolutely love Negronis.<br /> <br /> Thanks to all for the comments. You've made me thirsty.<br /> <br /> Sal Hi everyone. Sorry for the delay in responding, but I was travelling last week.

Tara: It’s fun to try different brands. Some are better than others, of course, but the best I had was an unnamed vermouth that a Barcelona wine shop poured from a wooden barrel in it’s back room. Customers would bring in empty bottles (either glass or, in some cases, plastic Coke bottles) and the proprietor would fill the bottle directly from the cask. Believe it or not, that’s a common practice in Spain with wine as well.

Brenda: A rhyming fool? You’re half right.

Larry: I’ve never tried gin and red vermouth, but it sounds intriguing. I have, however, tried Negronis…which are gin, vermouth and Campari. I absolutely love Negronis.

Thanks to all for the comments. You’ve made me thirsty.

Sal

]]> by: LarryB http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/#comment-588 Sat, 27 May 2006 22:21:46 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/#comment-588 An Italian friend of mine introduced me to gin and red vermouth (which she insisted was the only real martini, regardless of what anyone else might say.)<br /> <br /> It remains one of my favorite drinks, although it's sometimes hard to get a bartender to make one for me. An Italian friend of mine introduced me to gin and red vermouth (which she insisted was the only real martini, regardless of what anyone else might say.)

It remains one of my favorite drinks, although it’s sometimes hard to get a bartender to make one for me.

]]> by: Brenda Pederson http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/#comment-587 Fri, 26 May 2006 11:08:42 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/#comment-587 You are a rhyming fool! :-) You are a rhyming fool! :-)

]]> by: Tara Chen http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/#comment-586 Fri, 26 May 2006 07:55:06 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/05/26/how_sweet_it_is_1/#comment-586 Locally produced vermouth, on tap? That sounds heavenly. I now officially envy the Spanish. Locally produced vermouth, on tap? That sounds heavenly. I now officially envy the Spanish.

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