Comments on: Wild Sheep Chase http://www.ianmacleod.net/2006/12/10/wild-sheep-chase/ Occasional text by Ian Macleod, often lacking context. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:14:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bottle Imp http://www.ianmacleod.net/2006/12/10/wild-sheep-chase/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Bottle Imp Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:01:38 +0000 http://www.ianmacleod.net/2006/12/10/wild-sheep-chase/#comment-407 No problem. I mixed it again last night, and you were right about the bitters. Two solid dashes of each. No problem. I mixed it again last night, and you were right about the bitters. Two solid dashes of each.

]]> By: Mark http://www.ianmacleod.net/2006/12/10/wild-sheep-chase/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Mark Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:23:17 +0000 http://www.ianmacleod.net/2006/12/10/wild-sheep-chase/#comment-406 Oh, right, sorry about the ratio mistake. For some reason I read it as 2 1 1/4 ounces. I've started to magically see all numbers in terms of jiggers, I think. It might be finals. Oh, right, sorry about the ratio mistake. For some reason I read it as 2 1 1/4 ounces. I’ve started to magically see all numbers in terms of jiggers, I think. It might be finals.

]]> By: Bottle Imp http://www.ianmacleod.net/2006/12/10/wild-sheep-chase/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Bottle Imp Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:27:45 +0000 http://www.ianmacleod.net/2006/12/10/wild-sheep-chase/#comment-384 2 1/4 : 3/4 is a 3:1 ratio, and yeah, you're right about the dark rum, I didn't have a bottle of what we used hand, but I just went out and bought a new one. The bitters, that's gonna be taste really. I haven't tried the angostura, but I find that the lemon needs to be slightly higher in proportion, though with dashes from a bottle it's always going to be an inexact science. 2 1/4 : 3/4 is a 3:1 ratio, and yeah, you’re right about the dark rum, I didn’t have a bottle of what we used hand, but I just went out and bought a new one.

The bitters, that’s gonna be taste really. I haven’t tried the angostura, but I find that the lemon needs to be slightly higher in proportion, though with dashes from a bottle it’s always going to be an inexact science.

]]> By: Mark http://www.ianmacleod.net/2006/12/10/wild-sheep-chase/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Mark Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:50:01 +0000 http://www.ianmacleod.net/2006/12/10/wild-sheep-chase/#comment-383 Are those the proportions we used? I had it in my mind that we'd had a 3:1 straight ratio of rum to sweet vermouth (and definitly medium rum - with dark rum I'd up the vermouth a bit, though probably just to what you set it at there, so maybe my memory is just going off), with equal parts aromatic and lemon bitters. Also, have you tried it with angostura aromatic bitters? My suspicion is that it wouldn't work, but who knows.. Are those the proportions we used? I had it in my mind that we’d had a 3:1 straight ratio of rum to sweet vermouth (and definitly medium rum – with dark rum I’d up the vermouth a bit, though probably just to what you set it at there, so maybe my memory is just going off), with equal parts aromatic and lemon bitters.

Also, have you tried it with angostura aromatic bitters? My suspicion is that it wouldn’t work, but who knows..

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