The Badley Fuckitt Pop-Up Winter Gin Bar

[BadgertheBodger]

Come one, come all!

Badley Fuckitt’s pop-up Winter gin bar is open for business. We’ve got faux-sheepskins, a log fire being stoked by young Nigel and enough gin to drown an army of sealions. (Note to PETA, not real ones, natch)

Collapses on chaise longue and weakly gestures for the bottle

I’m intrigued by your chocolate dishwasher vodka.

Pour a bit out of a bottle of vodka (you can drink it!) then break up a Galaxy Caramel or similar and fill the bottle back up with it. Screw lid back on (tightly). Shake a bit and put into the dishwasher. Post dishwasher cycle: chocolate caramel vodka!

I tried it with Lindt Lindor once. Very nice!

OK, but, what makes you think of putting vodka with bits of chocolate in it in the dishwasher the first time? Like, how does the discovery process work?

I'd take a guess someone started by melting confectionary into vodka using a bain marie or similar. Would that work if you don't have a dishwasher or think putting anything other than washing up in it is weird.

I was wondering if this is a multitasking sort of thing, so you're doing your dishes as usual at the same time with a very carefully sealed bottle in the middle.

I saw tutti frutti gin the other day

I told ds1 and he said ‘whats that then’

I was Like ‘mate...it’s exactly what it says’

Does not bode well For his degree

Half tempted to turn around to go and try this dishwasher vodka thingamyjig, but too tired. Hi Badger. Not enough energy to chat much so heading over to Geordie's corner to grumble about the justification/pleading letters too.

I'm staying here until the election's over. I don't get a vote anyway so all this talk of "democracy" just makes me grumpier.

Caramel vodka anyone? Bash up a bag of Werther's originals, pour rubble into bottle of vodka (cheap stuff) and shake to dissolve. Will take a few days. Drink. It's bloody amazing.

Please save some amaretto for me for later.

I've never tried it with whisky. I come from a somewhat puritanical, presbyterian background of single malt with a wee splash of water. No ice. Anything other than water would have to be added in secret would never be allowed!

I know someone who mixes his whisky with...pause for dramatic effect...Irn Bru.

I think his tastebuds may be broken.

Irn Bru!!! cripes. That's edgy.

But I do like both amaretto and whisky and the thought of a mixture is intriguing...I wonder if a peaty Islay would work best? ( might work as a deep base note contrasting the marzipan top note. )

Or maybe I could generate the same effect just as easily with a whisky and a slab of breakfast stollen.

Keeps the family calvinists happy whilst indulging the marzipan fetish.

i don't think the stollen would be sweet enough tbh. I love Irn Bru, but as a booze mixer? No, just no.

At least he doesn't drink the really peaty whisky, small mercies and all.

I once made a similar mistake to Badger with a bottle of vanilla vodka (take bottle of vodka, put in a couple of vanilla beans, wait as long as you can before drinking)

I'm only just able to drink amaretto again after a rather raucous works Christmas do which left me unable to smell it without wanting to hurl.

I'm planning to accumulate spices this weekend to make some Pfeffernusse (probably spelled that wrong) - cos all the ones in the shops just don't have enough spice in - I require about triple the amount of any recipe I've ever used (much like hot cross buns) - my hope is that if I make them spicy enough, no-one else will want to eat them and I'll have them all to myself :D

Speaking of Christmas treats, everyone around me seems to have gone made for stroopwaffels and I just don't get it. They're alright I suppose but the enthusiasms is confusing me. Needs more caramel flavor honestly.

Or gone mad, even.

Waves from New Fuckitt, where leaf peeping season has ended and we've been busy mulching everything in an environmentally-responsible, pollinator-friendly manner. (Ghastly leaf blowers outlawed!)

I suppose it should come as no surprise that Lang, perpetrator of the WBH, should have invented dishwasher caramel chocolate booze. I'll leave you to it, and make mine a nice rye Manhattan.

I need to shop for Thanksgiving ingredients and get to work baking pies (pumpkin ones and pecan ones) soon. Lots of Americans have a tradition of going around the holiday table naming things for which we are thankful.

This year I'm grateful for... well, for you! Sisters around the world, particularly you brave and brilliant and persistent and organized UK sisters leading the way, and particularly the cleverest, most cogent and (shh, caring) nest of vipers ever to thoughtcrime on the internet, the Real Fanny Fighters of Mumsnet FWR.

The Stroopwaffels have to be placed on top of a cup of coffee, like a lid.

They then warm up amd soften and the caramel goes gooey and brings the flavour out.

OK, but, what makes you think of putting vodka with bits of chocolate in it in the dishwasher the first time? Like, how does the discovery process work?

I'm an unoriginal discoverer! Someone showed me how to do it with jelly beans. I said does it work with chocolate and we decided to give it a go. It does, but goes silkier with caramel chocolate!

Caramel vodka anyone? Bash up a bag of Werther's originals, pour rubble into bottle of vodka (cheap stuff) and shake to dissolve. Will take a few days. Drink. It's bloody amazing.

Phwoar!

I suppose it should come as no surprise that Lang, perpetrator of the WBH, should have invented dishwasher caramel chocolate booze. I'll leave you to it, and make mine a nice rye Manhattan.

Gah. If we weren't in Badley Fuckitt, I'd take eternal drunken offence. I will not be tempted into shilling for WBH.

Lang

Grinitch I really want a large badge now which proclaims me to be a Real Fanny Fighter.

Stollen is a bread, of course it's OK for brekkie.

Also it's late November and you can have anything for breakfast at (nearly) Christmas

Real Fanny Fighters Assemble!

Can you mix me a Singapore Sling, or point me towards the cherry brandy so I can make my own? I like it because it makes me feel sophisticated, like I could be drinking it in a hotel bar with ceiling fans and potted ferns, but it is in fact Full of Gin.

I'd also like a flamethrower to turn onto any men who are currently insisting that the legal system always gets it right when it comes to prosecuting murderers and rapists, and if women have concerns to the contrary we're just thickos who don't understand the law. Can Nigel pop out for one of those too?