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Old Jan 20, 2018, 8:51 am
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What Cocktails can I make in GC Lounges?

I know there is no apparatus or staffing to make them but was planning on making my own. Does anyone know any straight forward cocktails I could make in GC EDI. I was hoping to make a Rusty Nail but it looks like they no longer provide Drambuie
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 9:00 am
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GC is probably better suited to beer-tails than cocktails.

hiw about a poor man’s Buck’s Fizz - oj and lager in equal measure?
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 9:27 am
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My go to is a Bloody Mary - all the stuff required to make it is within the lounge including Tabasco, lemon/lime, Worcester sauce and pepper.

Now, the most adventurous I've gone was when I tried to make a mojito with a peppermint tea bag and creating a sugar syrup from the coffee bar! I was very, very bored. Turned out better than I expected
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 9:28 am
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I made Tequila Sunrise in NCL GC a few weeks ago, although the Grenadine was substituted for Cranberry juice!
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 9:34 am
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Originally Posted by BA0197
Now, the most adventurous I've gone was when I tried to make a mojito with a peppermint tea bag and creating a sugar syrup from the coffee bar! I was very, very bored. Turned out better than I expected
Have to give you a thumbs up for creativity here!
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 9:39 am
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Bucks Fizz
Screwdriver
Horse's Neck
Not-quite-the-CCR-espresso martini (got the ingredients but no shaker!)
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 9:42 am
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This subject was actually covered in some detail in the halcyon days of BMI.

DIY cocktail suggestions for BD Lounge

Definitely worth doing again!
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 9:48 am
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Bourbon Manhattan

White Russian
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 9:58 am
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Black Russian.

When squeezing a bit of limes out of the lime slices, you can get something like a Margarita, got the Tequila and Cointreau, though perhaps only in LHR.
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 10:02 am
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Espresso martini - there are even the beans to garnish it if you pop a couple out of the coffee machines. Use a big glass/saucer as a shaker and a straw to hold the ice back when decanting...
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 10:14 am
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Is there Campari ? Could do a negroni if so...
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 10:26 am
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Mojito...
Mimosa hahaha
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 10:32 am
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This will be a fun way to kill an hour in the lounge in Amsterdam.
Not a lot to play with, but a couple of nice whiskys and brandy.

My first effort is a champagne cocktail.

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Old Jan 20, 2018, 10:38 am
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Is there Campari ? Could do a negroni if so...
Sadly not in any BA operated lounge I can recall. AA lounges are, however, well stocked for negronis.
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Old Jan 20, 2018, 10:58 am
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Originally Posted by bafan
Is there Campari ? Could do a negroni if so...
Several years ago Campari was stocked but alas no more. Strange that they stock different types of vermouth but no bitters
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