I’m heading off to the liquor store later this week in search of some ingredients for the Christmas cocktails recommended to me. I’ve got vodka and spiced rum I like, but for things like Coquito and the Godfather, I’m not sure what brands would work best. I’ll need a whisky (or bourbon?) white rum and amaretto. What do all of yall like for mixing?
If the rum is for coquito, Bacardi is fine. It’s going to get stomped on by the other ingredients, better quality isn’t going to be noticable for most.
For a godfather, if using scotch I’d go with Jonnie Walker unless you know people that would prefer a more bold scotch. With other whiskey the mid to low end is probably ok for those that don’t drink a lot of whiskey. Amaretto will add a lot of sweetness. It’s a spirit forward drink, so spending more on the whiskey will be the biggest improvement. Disaronno is technically not an amaretto, but commonly used as one for a higher end option, most liquor stores aren’t going to have lots of options cheaper will likely be sweeter.
Yeah, I’ve never been a huge fan of disaronno. It’s intensely sweet and almost makes me think of like cough syrup or something… but some id my guests like sweet cocktails and it’s not too expensive if memory serves