313230 Fri Jul 28 21:31:24 -0700 2006 16 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 1774264 love Pimms Cup, but can never find bars that serve one thoughts? Fri Jul 28 21:31:24 -0700 2006 22410 owlglass 1 1774392 when you find out please let me know! This is the standard holiday drink of the summer for me and one of my firends, but we always have to make our own, since we don't know of any bars that make them. Fri Jul 28 22:24:53 -0700 2006 1774264 14459 jupiter 2 1865961 Next time you are in New Orleans, you must go to The Napoleon House on Chartres Street in the Quarter. It is their specialty drink! Sun Sep 10 01:54:57 -0700 2006 1774392 25219 tmp 1 1774460 Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary makes Pimms Cups, I'm sure. Call them at 415.885.4074 to confirm. Fri Jul 28 22:51:09 -0700 2006 1774264 13519 Cynsa 1 1774555 Isn't Pimm's Cup a proprietary mix that comes in bottles? It used to be; there were actually several versions, depending on what spirit was used. Pimm's No. 1 was a gin "sling," and there were Nos. 2 through 6, as I recall; my favorite (was it #4?) was brandy-based. But last time I checked, the only one still available was #1, which I'm pretty sure I've seen in liquor stores recently. Fri Jul 28 23:39:42 -0700 2006 1774264 17327 rootlesscosmo 2 1774561 No Pimms Cup is a mixed drink. Fill a tall 12 oz glass with ice and add 1 1/4 oz. Pimm's #1 and 3 oz lemonade Then top off with 7up or ginger ale Garnish with cucumber Fri Jul 28 23:46:30 -0700 2006 1774555 14573 Scott M 1 1774563 These places serve it Cafe de la Presse The Orbit Room Cafe Fri Jul 28 23:47:42 -0700 2006 1774264 14573 Scott M 2 1774610 Lukas tap room made a mean pimms and champagne cocktail the last time I went which was over a year ago, admittedly. I am always asking for Pimm's in bars in SF and more often than not I am unlucky and they dont even stock it. I am confused about the cup thing. I know there is a cocktail called a cup, but the actual types of Pimms are also called cups and back in the day when it was easier to get more than just the gin based pimms. ie there was a No 1 cup a No 3 cup , No 5, No 7, each number referred to a different spirit base. It is printed on the lid still today No 1 Cup According to my Sauce guide (A british cocktail magazine I have in front of me as I write) http://sauceguides.com/ Pimms classic = 2 shots pimms topped up with half and half lemonade(english style)/ginger beer Pimm's Cup = 2 shots pimms, 1/4 shot fresh squeezed lime, topped up with ginger beer both in a collins glass. English pubs weren't want to make fancy cocktails in my day, probably still dont if they are a real pub, so my drink of choice in a pub was often pimm's, lemonade (english white lemonade, fizzy), and a lemon garnish. At home I would do the same thing with cucumber and sometimes, if my plants were doing well, borage flowers in icecubes added. Here - the preference of mixer is the french or italian lemonade in the fancy glass bottles, but when I am being more of a cheapskate I resort to 7-Up. Not my ideal, but what else can I do? Mollie Stones are a good stockist of Pimms btw. http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2006/07/pimms-lemonade-just-tonic.html Sat Jul 29 00:25:37 -0700 2006 1774563 12776 Sixy 3 1774639 Pimm's No. 1 (gin-based) Pimm's No.2 (Scotch-based), No.3 (brandy-based), No. 4 (rum-based), No.5 (rye-based) and No.6 (vodka-based). Only No. 1, No. 3 and No. 6 are produced today. I believe they are referred to as "cups" but the Pimm's cup cocktail uses Pimm's No.1. I think No. 3 is now called Pimm's Winter. Sat Jul 29 00:41:49 -0700 2006 1774610 14573 Scott M 4 1774752 I'd be willing to gamble on a bottle of the Winter--it was the brandy one, #3, that I used to drink on summer afternoons in the San Remo bar on Mason St., listening to the regulars slam their dice boxes on the bar. Any idea where I could find it? Sat Jul 29 01:58:56 -0700 2006 1774639 17327 rootlesscosmo 1 1774646 I read some pretty bad stuff about the Winter online, so I am in no hurry to try it! But I think you can only get No 1 in the USA? I think I used to drink no 6 when I was younger. Sat Jul 29 00:44:08 -0700 2006 1774264 12776 Sixy 1 1791544 I just had a pimms cup at A cote. Man, was it yummy. Mon Aug 07 03:23:19 -0700 2006 1774264 15224 merkin 1 1794038 used to be able to get one at hobson's choice in upper haight... Tue Aug 08 05:55:11 -0700 2006 1774264 22980 ptrachel 1 1866008 I saw a lot of bottles of Pimm's No. 1 at Absinthe last night, and they have a specialty cocktail or two made with it (and with cucumbers), so I'm certain the bartender could and would pour you a Pimm's Cup. It's one of my favorites as well, but it was too chilly last night for me to be in the mood. Sun Sep 10 02:58:15 -0700 2006 1774264 10664 Saccade 2 1867197 The bar in the Palace Hotel, the one with the Maxfield Parrish painting of the pied piper, serves Pimm's cup, complete with cucumber garnish. Sun Sep 10 23:05:33 -0700 2006 1866008 21956 Bay Gelldawg 1 1867691 They had Pimm's Cup on the specialty menu when I ate at Range tonight...I didn't try it (and am no expert certainly) but I've always thought their drinks are very good, so I hope you try it... Mon Sep 11 03:12:59 -0700 2006 1774264 10158 susancinsf 1 1867725 I just saw a Pimm's cup on the cocktail menu of The Slanted Door this afternoon. Mon Sep 11 03:37:32 -0700 2006 1774264 16301 Non Cognomina