Egg Nog time, bitchasses.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Going to try the Overstrom-Coleman recipe that was the favorite in the Punch Drink test, which TBH isn’t much different than Brown, Bourdain, and Ruhlman ones.

https://punchdrink.com/articles/in-s...eggnog-recipe/

[spanky]

I made a large batch last year and then our family gatherings were cancelled due to omicron. I have about 2 gallons that are a year old that I hope are still good. Maybe I’ll crack a quart open this evening.

I cracked open a 12/11/21 vintage yesterday evening and had a glass. It was quite smooth. No ill effects 24 hours later.

[skaredshtles]

I cracked open a 12/11/21 vintage yesterday evening and had a glass. It was quite smooth. No ill effects 24 hours later.

I tracked my batch back in time, and apparently I made it in Dec. 2018. So it's been aging nearly 4 years now.

[idahospud]

Anybody aged their eggnog for *years*?

My wife tells me to throw it out, but I'm resistant.

Last year I drank some that had been aging for two years and it wasn't substantially different from month-old eggnog. There was satisfaction after the fact, too, in that I didn't experience any gastrointestinal upset.

I tracked my batch back in time, and apparently I made it in Dec. 2018. So it's been aging nearly 4 years now.

Is this the non-dairy recipe? Is it basically just booze and eggs?

[skaredshtles]

Last year I drank some that had been aging for two years and it wasn't substantially different from month-old eggnog. There was satisfaction after the fact, too, in that I didn't experience any gastrointestinal upset.



Is this the non-dairy recipe? Is it basically just booze and eggs?

Yep - just booze, eggs, sugar, etc. Everything *except* the dairy.

[evdog]

Cracked open the last of last winter's egg nog tonight and tasted it back to back with some store bought nog. Mine isn't as thick as that but taste is great.

[buildakicker]

Cracked open the last of last winter's egg nog tonight and tasted it back to back with some store bought nog. Mine isn't as thick as that but taste is great.

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Sent from the Forest

[evasive_MT]

I decided that I needed to elevate my nutmeg game to match the effort and expense I’m putting into the eggnog, so I splurged on a nutmeg grater:

[spanky]

I decided that I needed to elevate my nutmeg game to match the effort and expense I’m putting into the eggnog, so I splurged on a nutmeg grater

I've been using a microplane for grating nutmeg. I thought this was pretty cool and searched for it. $59 msrp (https://www.faire.com/product/p_f09hrp1rpr)??? I think I'll stick with the microplane.

[skaredshtles]

I've been using a microplane for grating nutmeg. I thought this was pretty cool and searched for it. $59 msrp (https://www.faire.com/product/p_f09hrp1rpr)??? I think I'll stick with the microplane.

Microplane is such a versatile tool, too. Makes a great nutmeg grater...

[evasive_MT]

I've been using a microplane for grating nutmeg. I thought this was pretty cool and searched for it. $59 msrp (https://www.faire.com/product/p_f09hrp1rpr)??? I think I'll stick with the microplane.

It’s definitely a luxury item. I was buying a bunch of gifts from Cocktail Kingdom already and added that for myself.

It looks nice sitting on the sideboard. It’s also a lot heavier than you’d guess.

[Bobcat Sig]

Let's get this very important thread back to the front page, shall we?

While I'm a philistine and dabble in the store-bought nog, I am looking for the appropriate booze to add to my festive holiday drink. The ye olde intarwebz says just about every type of booze can be added, but I don't buy it.

What does the maggotry like to add to their egg nog?

Recently, I tried some St Germain and it gives it a nice dimension. Then I decided I needed a higher alcohol content and added more Maker's. Rum seems like an option, as does Kahlua if you're doing egg nog for breakfast.

WMMD?

[skaredshtles]

Let's get this very important thread back to the front page, shall we?

While I'm a philistine and dabble in the store-bought nog, I am looking for the appropriate booze to add to my festive holiday drink. The ye olde intarwebz says just about every type of booze can be added, but I don't buy it.

What does the maggotry like to add to their egg nog?

Recently, I tried some St Germain and it gives it a nice dimension. Then I decided I needed a higher alcohol content and added more Maker's. Rum seems like an option, as does Kahlua if you're doing egg nog for breakfast.

WMMD?

Rum. It's really the only answer.

What was the question again?

[Bobcat Sig]

Rum. It's really the only answer.

What was the question again?

Alcohol. Wait, what were talking about again? I need a drink...

[skaredshtles]

Alcohol. Wait, what were talking about again? I need a drink...

I'm headed to Bozeman in about 12-ish hours to do a long weekend of drinkin'...

[Bobcat Sig]

I'm headed to Bozeman in about 12-ish hours to do a long weekend of drinkin'...

You should probably find a way to do some skiing while you're there

[skaredshtles]

You should probably find a way to do some skiing while you're there

Probably not this time 'round, but I'll be back this winter at some point...

[dunfree]

Rum or Bourbon. The floral of elderflower wouldn’t work for me I use it for pastry, but a chaques son gout.

I use commercial eggnog (small farm, same place the “good” cream and milk come from). That mass farm stuff just do bourbon shooters and toss the nog

[J. Barron DeJong]

Let's get this very important thread back to the front page, shall we?

While I'm a philistine and dabble in the store-bought nog, I am looking for the appropriate booze to add to my festive holiday drink. The ye olde intarwebz says just about every type of booze can be added, but I don't buy it.

What does the maggotry like to add to their egg nog?

Recently, I tried some St Germain and it gives it a nice dimension. Then I decided I needed a higher alcohol content and added more Maker's. Rum seems like an option, as does Kahlua if you're doing egg nog for breakfast.

WMMD?

The (subjectively) most popular recipes use equal part dark rum, bourbon, and cognac.

I’m too cheap for proper cognac, so mine gets American made brandy, but like, the $12 bottle, not the $8.

[Cruiser]

If we're entertaining I like to go for the whole magilla and do rum, brandy, and whiskey but if I was relegated to using only 1 liquor it'd be whiskey for sure. The beauty of this debate is that there's no wrong answers. In the immortal words of Al Czervik, "We're all gonna get laid!".

[Bobcat Sig]

Sounds like I need to go pick up some suitable brandy. I'm deep on the scotches, bourbons, Irish whisky, 'merican whiskey, Japanese whiskey, and even some rum. Plenty of vodkas, and liqueurs. No brandy.

[evasive_MT]

My homemade has whiskey, brandy, and rum. I haven’t bought eggnog in years, but if I were adding liquor to it, I’d probably lean toward rum out of some sense of historical verisimilitude. Colonial America drank A LOT of rum.

Honestly it probably doesn’t matter a lot. You’re talking about background behind all the dairy, eggs, and sugar.

[spanky]

Tis the season. Just made three batches of Alton Brown’s aged eggnog recipe

[Woodsy]

Rum, Brandy and Rye whisky FTW

[skaredshtles]

I tracked my batch back in time, and apparently I made it in Dec. 2018. So it's been aging nearly 4 years now.

Has been aging 5 years now...