615933 Wed Apr 29 13:13:55 -0700 2009 15 2 Los Angeles Area 0 4639787 help please! i'm looking for a place to buy cachaça for tonight! i know they have it at bevmo in torrance, but i can't get there before they close. is there anywhere else more westside convenient (venice, culver, santa monica pref.)? thanks! Wed Apr 29 13:13:55 -0700 2009 230738 alkylyou 1 4639834 i would try Winehouse in West LA (nearer to Santa monica) Wed Apr 29 13:26:46 -0700 2009 4639787 58922 NYCnowLA 2 4639879 THANK YOU! ps. guess who's having caipirinhas and celebrating summer early? Wed Apr 29 13:36:34 -0700 2009 4639834 230738 alkylyou 3 4640160 yum, where and what time?!?!? Wed Apr 29 14:52:10 -0700 2009 4639879 58922 NYCnowLA 2 4640090 Yeah, the Winehouse has Ypioca ouro, get that!! Wed Apr 29 14:39:06 -0700 2009 4639834 128722 streetgourmetla 1 4639926 From Beverage Ware House in Culver City BATUQUE CACHACA Spirits : Cachaca Product type: 750ml Bottle Cachaca $34.95 Each 84 pf Brazil Wed Apr 29 13:52:01 -0700 2009 4639787 12588 Mattapoisett in LA 2 4640772 Beverage Warehouse, off McConnell off Culver, just barely south of Marina del Rey, has a whole aisle section devoted to cachaca. However, one of the manager types insists that no one should spend over $15 on what is essentially a poor man's drink. For what it's worth, we like the $20-22 basketed Ypioca over the cheaper silver Ypioca. Wed Apr 29 18:15:45 -0700 2009 4639926 40486 Cinnamon 3 4640974 $22 dollars is quite reasonable for any mixer, and real and great caipirinhas can be made with Ypioca Ouro and 51, both available here. Some of the crap available at $15 isn't even brazilian cachaca. The $7 will make a difference, the manager at BW is a burro(pronounced "boo-hoo" in Portuguese). Wed Apr 29 19:27:59 -0700 2009 4640772 128722 streetgourmetla 1 4640133 A lot of liquor stores are becoming hip to the caipirinhas, and carrying cachaca. Wed Apr 29 14:47:33 -0700 2009 4639787 212582 schrutefarms 1 4640418 Jerry's Liquor in Santa Monica has it, or has usually carried it. Wed Apr 29 16:09:04 -0700 2009 4639787 10811 Das Ubergeek 1 4650123 update: i went to winehouse on pico and got the cheap ypioca ouro (i didn't see the more expensive one and i was recommended this brand). the other stuff that we used: blackberries (which weren't very flavorful), lime, habanero, mint, home made ginger syrup. basically, those things in any combination were good, however the habanero was a great addition. related: washing your hands doesn't mean that all of the habanero heat is off your hands. thanks all! Sun May 03 10:17:14 -0700 2009 4639787 230738 alkylyou 2 4650155 I was in Brazil last yr and enjoyed many a Capirinha, but heard that the Cachaca you find here in the States, is the lowest level (ie, like the "Winner's Cup" of Cachaca), so I never even looked for it here. My Brazilian friend used to make Capirinha's every once in a while, though he called it "shrimp juice" because on the bottle of Cachaca was a little shrimp. Is this the cheap stuff? Sun May 03 10:31:23 -0700 2009 4650123 67980 mdpilam 3 4650223 Like rum, scotch, tequila or almost any spirit, there is a range of quality of cachaca. But for a caipirinha, the brands you see most often used n Brazil (Ypioca and Leblon..or something like that) are available here (and are probably not the finest quality). Sun May 03 11:05:52 -0700 2009 4650155 171170 josephnl 3 4651620 Yeah, don't get Pitu(shrimp).51 and Ypioca are the ones to get, Brazilian and good for caipirinhas. Sun May 03 22:48:08 -0700 2009 4650155 128722 streetgourmetla 2 4650284 Oh man that sounds lovely, Alkylyou. (Milk is supposedly the only heat-destroyer for chilies, so maybe that on the hands. Avoid contact lens touching as many days as possible, by the way.) Sun May 03 11:33:30 -0700 2009 4650123 40486 Cinnamon 1 4652727 We split off some discussion about substituting rum for cachaça to a new topic on the Spirits board. You can find that topic here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/617141 Mon May 04 10:05:24 -0700 2009 4639787 2 The Chowhound Team