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Miscellaneous => General Discussion => Topic started by: Axxle on June 30, 2012, 01:03:14 am
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It's quite enjoyable.
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I'm a teetotaler, and can't stand the taste of alcohol.
Root beer though, all over that.
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I'm a teetotaler, and can't stand the taste of alcohol.
Root beer though, all over that.
I'll drink the occasional beer, but I think that Dominion goes best with tea.
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It's quite enjoyable.
I am aces at this sport. My PR's are quite respectable, both with beer and liquor, and occasionally both.
I'm even competing as we speak!
Axxle, kudos on this extension topic. +1.
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It's quite enjoyable.
For the record:
I am a Hops man when it comes to beer. The more, the better. Any Double or Triple IPA is going to be right down my alley.
I enjoy a good Red, and the occasional Brown Ale, but am only so-so on Stouts (It has to be REALLY rich). I generally do NOT like anything that is brewed with any sort of citrus, or Apricot/Cherry/etc. The fruit flavor just doesn't meld well for me.
-Edit- Some of the Irish Milk Stouts are REALLY, REALLY delicious.
I enjoy straight Whiskey, G&T, or any combination of clear liquor + citrus (preference to Lime over Lemon). My Martinis are as dry as they come, with an onion, not an olive.
And for those who don't know: You NEVER shake clear liquor. You'll bruise it and ruin it. So no James Bond in here.
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It's quite enjoyable.
For the record:
I am a Hops man when it comes to beer. The more, the better. Any Double or Triple IPA is going to be right down my alley.
I enjoy a good Red, and the occasional Brown Ale, but am only so-so on Stouts (It has to be REALLY rich). I generally do NOT like anything that is brewed with any sort of citrus, or Apricot/Cherry/etc. The fruit flavor just doesn't meld well for me.
-Edit- Some of the Irish Milk Stouts are REALLY, REALLY delicious.
I enjoy straight Whiskey, G&T, or any combination of clear liquor + citrus (preference to Lime over Lemon). My Martinis are as dry as they come, with an onion, not an olive.
And for those who don't know: You NEVER shake clear liquor. You'll bruise it and ruin it. So no James Bond in here.
Murphy's Irish Stout is excellent. One of my favs is Boddington's.
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Im on the ciders at the moment ( not literally this moment of course, its 11am!!)
Rekorderlig seems to be the current favourite. Ive gone off lager for the moment and never really been into Ale. Although Vodka +coke/redbull/orange is always good!
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One of the things I miss about England: Doom Bar ale.
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It's quite enjoyable.
For the record:
I am a Hops man when it comes to beer. The more, the better. Any Double or Triple IPA is going to be right down my alley.
I enjoy a good Red, and the occasional Brown Ale, but am only so-so on Stouts (It has to be REALLY rich). I generally do NOT like anything that is brewed with any sort of citrus, or Apricot/Cherry/etc. The fruit flavor just doesn't meld well for me.
-Edit- Some of the Irish Milk Stouts are REALLY, REALLY delicious.
I enjoy straight Whiskey, G&T, or any combination of clear liquor + citrus (preference to Lime over Lemon). My Martinis are as dry as they come, with an onion, not an olive.
And for those who don't know: You NEVER shake clear liquor. You'll bruise it and ruin it. So no James Bond in here.
Murphy's Irish Stout is excellent. One of my favs is Boddington's.
I think you mean (Lord) Bottington, right?
(Yes, I know, insider joke)
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It's quite enjoyable.
For the record:
I am a Hops man when it comes to beer. The more, the better. Any Double or Triple IPA is going to be right down my alley.
I enjoy a good Red, and the occasional Brown Ale, but am only so-so on Stouts (It has to be REALLY rich). I generally do NOT like anything that is brewed with any sort of citrus, or Apricot/Cherry/etc. The fruit flavor just doesn't meld well for me.
-Edit- Some of the Irish Milk Stouts are REALLY, REALLY delicious.
I enjoy straight Whiskey, G&T, or any combination of clear liquor + citrus (preference to Lime over Lemon). My Martinis are as dry as they come, with an onion, not an olive.
And for those who don't know: You NEVER shake clear liquor. You'll bruise it and ruin it. So no James Bond in here.
Murphy's Irish Stout is excellent. One of my favs is Boddington's.
I think you mean (Lord) Bottington, right?
(Yes, I know, insider joke)
I wish I could meet Lord Bottington... I did sign up for the Beta, but I think I'm way down on the list....
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I'm a teetotaler, and can't stand the taste of alcohol.
Root beer though, all over that.
Ginger beer. That is all.
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I'm a teetotaler, and can't stand the taste of alcohol.
Root beer though, all over that.
Ohh, I love Root Beer. +1 for being a fellow teetotaler.
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I enjoy a good tipple now and then.
My taste in beer tends to run towards stouts and Belgian-style ales: I tend to like dark beers with spicy and roasty flavors the most. I do like hops but I also want to taste the malt, too. I do like most beers- pretty much the only things I don't care for are pale lagers (I'd rather it taste like something) and certain wheat beers (some of them taste like banana, which just seems wrong).
Not much of a wine drinker. I prefer my wine dry when I do have it, which is not that often.
I am getting to be a big fan of cocktails and spirits, too. My taste in mixed drinks is pretty much opposite to Galzria, in that lemon juice is probably the #1 turn-off for me, and I like my martinis to be recognizably vermouthy. (Though he is absolutely right about when you should shake and when you shoud stir). Though to be honest sweet vermouth is much better than dry vermouth, so I tend to drink things like Manhattans and Negronis instead. As much as I'm not a huge hop-head, I really like bitters in cocktails. If I'm drinking spirits straight it's probably whiskey; I'd love to get into Scotch someday but I don't have the budget for that now.
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(Ruination, by Stone): Yum:
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I don't like the taste of Alcohol, so I mostly drink tea.
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I don't like the taste of Alcohol, so I mostly drink tea.
One doesnt drink alcofol for the taste though.
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What's a teetotaler?
Alchohol doesn't make me feel particularly good, it's never seems worth the taste to me. I drink to fit in sometimes though.
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I don't like the taste of Alcohol, so I mostly drink tea.
One doesnt drink alcofol for the taste though.
Oh I disagree! Taste is very much the driving factor. If I don't enjoy it, I won't drink it. Take Jagermeister for example. Yuch.
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I don't like the taste of Alcohol, so I mostly drink tea.
One doesnt drink alcofol for the taste though.
Oh I disagree! Taste is very much the driving factor. If I don't enjoy it, I won't drink it. Take Jagermeister for example. Yuch.
I would probably drink ~half as much as I do now if all I was ever allowed to drink was something thats really not my favourite (say jagermeister). However, I dont really LIKE any of the stuff I drink, I just pick the least bad of the options to get drunk. While I prefer to drink better tasting stuff, I dont really drink because I want the test. I want the effect.
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I don't like the taste of Alcohol, so I mostly drink tea.
One doesnt drink alcofol for the taste though.
Oh I disagree! Taste is very much the driving factor. If I don't enjoy it, I won't drink it. Take Jagermeister for example. Yuch.
I don't drink for the taste of alcohol specifically, but for what other flavors come with the alcohol as a result of fermentation, aging, and infusion. Getting a buzz is a nice side effect, too, but I don't drink to get drunk. Outgrew that freshman year of college.
There's a reason vanilla extract is like 40% alcohol- because it's such a good solvent for flavor compounds.
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I don't like the taste of Alcohol, so I mostly drink tea.
One doesnt drink alcofol for the taste though.
Oh I disagree! Taste is very much the driving factor. If I don't enjoy it, I won't drink it. Take Jagermeister for example. Yuch.
I don't drink for the taste of alcohol specifically, but for what other flavors come with the alcohol as a result of fermentation, aging, and infusion. Getting a buzz is a nice side effect, too, but I don't drink to get drunk. Outgrew that freshman year of college.
There's a reason vanilla extract is like 40% alcohol- because it's such a good solvent for flavor compounds.
Well I suppose that's more or less what I meant. I drink for the taste, for flavor. Not "alcohol" specifically - which is why my choice in beers is fairly specific.
If I'm out drinking at a club (very rare), MAYBE it's to get drunk and dance/party/grind the night away, but mostly I drink to enjoy the beverage, not the buzz.
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Oh, it's that kind of thread then.
I really enjoy chocolate coke. It's delicious.
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What's a teetotaler?
Alchohol doesn't make me feel particularly good, it's never seems worth the taste to me. I drink to fit in sometimes though.
Someone who doesn't drink alcohol at all.
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I used to drink and enjoyed it immensely, then one day I'd had enough.
I suppose I'm a teetotaler now.
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I'm a teetotaler, and can't stand the taste of alcohol.
Root beer though, all over that.
Ginger beer. That is all.
I actually prefer ginger soda to ginger beer, though I certainly won't turn down a ginger beer or birch beer (mmm Boylan's)
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I don't like the taste of Alcohol, so I mostly drink tea.
One doesnt drink alcofol for the taste though.
Oh I disagree! Taste is very much the driving factor. If I don't enjoy it, I won't drink it. Take Jagermeister for example. Yuch.
Same here. I like a number of beers, wines, and hard liquors but I only drink what I think tastes good.
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I enjoy fancy IPA beers, and single malt scotches.
My favorite of the former is Southern Tier 2x IPA. I'm drinking a 90 minute dogfish head right now. I have a case of Heady Topper (if you're ever in vermont and can try this out - its amazing!) in my basement.
Tonight - I will be trying Stone's 10th Anniversery Ruination IPA - which I'm really excited about.
On the scotch front, my favorite drinking scotch is Oban 14.
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I enjoy fancy IPA beers, and single malt scotches.
My favorite of the former is Southern Tier 2x IPA. I'm drinking a 90 minute dogfish head right now. I have a case of Heady Topper (if you're ever in vermont and can try this out - its amazing!) in my basement.
Tonight - I will be trying Stone's 10th Anniversery Ruination IPA - which I'm really excited about.
On the scotch front, my favorite drinking scotch is Oban 14.
Just had two bottles of 10th anniversary last weekend. It was good... Smoother than the standard, not quite as hoppy. Certainly not bad though!
90 minute is too sweet for my tastes. Actually, that's true of many Dogfish Head. I love their unique style, and will try everything they produce, but I haven't found one I love. I've heard the 120 is much hoppier than the 90, but we don't get it out in California. :'(
OTOH, I live an hour from Bear Republic, Lagunitas, Russian River, and many others, so I can't complain TOO much.
Oh, Stone has a new Triple IPA out! I haven't been able to get my hands on some yet, but have been considering driving down south to Escondido to visit the brewhouse!
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I enjoy fancy IPA beers, and single malt scotches.
My favorite of the former is Southern Tier 2x IPA. I'm drinking a 90 minute dogfish head right now. I have a case of Heady Topper (if you're ever in vermont and can try this out - its amazing!) in my basement.
Tonight - I will be trying Stone's 10th Anniversery Ruination IPA - which I'm really excited about.
On the scotch front, my favorite drinking scotch is Oban 14.
Just had two bottles of 10th anniversary last weekend. It was good... Smoother than the standard, not quite as hoppy. Certainly not bad though!
90 minute is too sweet for my tastes. Actually, that's true of many Dogfish Head. I love their unique style, and will try everything they produce, but I haven't found one I love. I've heard the 120 is much hoppier than the 90, but we don't get it out in California. :'(
OTOH, I live an hour from Bear Republic, Lagunitas, Russian River, and many others, so I can't complain TOO much.
Oh, Stone has a new Triple IPA out! I haven't been able to get my hands on some yet, but have been considering driving down south to Escondido to visit the brewhouse!
I haven't had the 90 minute in a while - and I think I agree with your assessment. The 120 minute is way too much for me... and the fact that each 12 oz bottle costs $10 doesn't help.
You probably can't get Southern Tier on the left coast, but if you're ever in the NE area - its worth checking out. Delicious!
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IPAs are one type of beer I really don't like; I've tried several of them but I often can't finish them. My tastes tend more towards dark beers or "red" beers. Although my go-to cheap beer is Rolling Rock.
(They've started selling Yuengling in Ohio so when I go back there I can get some regularly...)
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(They've started selling Yuengling in Ohio so when I go back there I can get some regularly...)
I wish i could remember who it was - (reasonably high level fellow) who went on a diatribe against me when I said that Yuengling was my goto cheap beer. He worked for sam adams, and went on about how Yuengling was just as bad as Bud / Coors etc., but manages to cultivate a semi-craft vibe.
He started talking about different hops varieties and the cheap hops that most american brewers use vs. the expensive hops that Sam Adams uses - and despite enjoying beer - I didn't know anything about it and kindof lost interest.
My viewpoint was that Yuengling was tasty among cheap beers.... and sam adams was fine - but if I"m going to pay for my beer - then i'm usually buying micro brew.
If you're out there friend - would you like to teach me about hops varieties and why sam adams is the real king of beers?
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BTW - Stone's 10th anniversary - tasty - but holy crap thats a high gravity beer.
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BTW - Stone's 10th anniversary - tasty - but holy crap thats a high gravity beer.
See, I found it lacked the umph of a good 'ol regular bottle of Ruination. It certainly doesn't seem to shock the palate in the same way. It was still enjoyable. In the Racer-5 (my go-to beer) category, but not up to Racer-X or just Ruination.
I've heard good things about Knee-Deep, but haven't been able to try it. Anybody get a chance? It comes from the North Bay (San Francisco), but is back ordered everywhere I go even in these parts (~45 minutes south of SF).
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BTW - Stone's 10th anniversary - tasty - but holy crap thats a high gravity beer.
Following up on another post you made elsewhere, the 10.8% is on the high end (most of what I drink is 8% - 11.5% range), but I dunno. It didn't really jump out at me. I opened with that Friday night and followed it up with Ruination, Sumtin' Sumtin' (not my favorite, but not bad), Racer-5, Ruination, and finished with Hops-on-Rye. The 10th anniversary just... Felt like it had the smallest kick of the group (I'll admit, I split the 22 oz though (11 each) so maybe I didn't appreciate it fully).
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BTW - Stone's 10th anniversary - tasty - but holy crap thats a high gravity beer.
Following up on another post you made elsewhere, the 10.8% is on the high end (most of what I drink is 8% - 11.5% range), but I dunno. It didn't really jump out at me. I opened with that Friday night and followed it up with Ruination, Sumtin' Sumtin' (not my favorite, but not bad), Racer-5, Ruination, and finished with Hops-on-Rye. The 10th anniversary just... Felt like it had the smallest kick of the group (I'll admit, I split the 22 oz though (11 each) so maybe I didn't appreciate it fully).
Well - that sounds like quite the night. After the child and a year of living in the burbs, my tolerance is reduced. A 90 minute + this 22oz 10.8%, and I'm ready to party!
It's a shame you're on left coast - sounds like I'd like to try some of these fancy IPAs that I've never heard of.
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BTW - Stone's 10th anniversary - tasty - but holy crap thats a high gravity beer.
Following up on another post you made elsewhere, the 10.8% is on the high end (most of what I drink is 8% - 11.5% range), but I dunno. It didn't really jump out at me. I opened with that Friday night and followed it up with Ruination, Sumtin' Sumtin' (not my favorite, but not bad), Racer-5, Ruination, and finished with Hops-on-Rye. The 10th anniversary just... Felt like it had the smallest kick of the group (I'll admit, I split the 22 oz though (11 each) so maybe I didn't appreciate it fully).
Well - that sounds like quite the night. After the child and a year of living in the burbs, my tolerance is reduced. A 90 minute + this 22oz 10.8%, and I'm ready to party!
It's a shame you're on left coast - sounds like I'd like to try some of these fancy IPAs that I've never heard of.
I'm just glad someone on these forums shares and appreciates the same style of beverage as I do. ;)
I'll usually have one beer Sunday afternoon, two Saturday evening, and if I'm going to get drunk it's Friday night. I don't drink at all during the week.
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BTW - Stone's 10th anniversary - tasty - but holy crap thats a high gravity beer.
...Ruination, Sumtin' Sumtin' (not my favorite, but not bad), Racer-5, Ruination, and finished with Hops-on-Rye. The 10th anniversary just...
Well - that sounds like quite the night. After the child and a year of living in the burbs, my tolerance is reduced. A 90 minute + this 22oz 10.8%, and I'm ready to party!
It's a shame you're on left coast - sounds like I'd like to try some of these fancy IPAs that I've never heard of.
All of these beers are widely available on the East coast and with the exception of the the 10th Anniv. have been for years.
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I'll keep a lookout then. I just looked them up, and I'm pretty sure I haven't seen them in my town (with the obvious exception of Ruination)
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Lagunitas has been around for an exceptionally long time. Bear Republic has been around for a few years at least. Port Brewing is much less available since a year or so ago when I dropped out of the scene but it can be found. If you have specialty beer shops in your area it is usually best to see if the brewing company is on their distributor's list and if so then move towards requesting they procure specific beers. I have been fortunate enough to live near 3 outstanding specialty beer shops; Peabody's in Boone, NC, City Beverage in Winston-Salem, NC and Bruisin' Ales in Asheville, NC. Also, Total Wine is an area chain that can and usually does carry all of the above brewers' beers (and the listed beers are flagship products, really).
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Newcastle, Fat Tire Trippel, and some unknown dark beer. Great 4th.
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Newcastle, Fat Tire Trippel, and some unknown dark beer. Great 4th.
Fat Tire isn't my favorite brewer, but I'll drink their brews. They certainly aren't terrible (sadly empty atm):
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Fat Tire is apparently using the same yeast in all of their beers because they all have the same biscuity flavor that I found cloyingly annoying after the 1st one or two I tried. It may be the water over there in Fort Collins but the flavor is distinctly yeast phenol. Additionally, they are opening a new brewery in Asheville, NC so I suspect for consistency's sake the water is probably RO or something.
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I drink anything that has any alcohol content in it. I have a long list of preferences, but, in the end, everything goes.
Tried to stay clear from this thread though.
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I drink anything that has any alcohol content in it. I have a long list of preferences, but, in the end, everything goes.
Tried to stay clear from this thread though.
A man after my own heart.
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-Edit- Some of the Irish Milk Stouts are REALLY, REALLY delicious.
This. Ever had the Left-Handed Milk Stout? I also like Cream Ales for a treat, especially Boddington's.
Love Blue Moon, but feel a little dirty about it since I found out how phony it is. And Fat Tire, Newcastle, Yeungling when I'm poor.
It's absolutely about the taste though. There's nothing pleasant about being drunk (and if you don't believe me, ask a glass of water).
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If you like the Left-Hand milk stout I suggest the Duck Rabbit Milk stout.
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@pps I was thinking about asking if you were from NC cause you said "drug" instead of "dragged" in our mafia game, now i really want to know! duck rabbit's milk stout is my favorite beer.
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wait, the rest of the thread easily confirms it. reading comprehension problems...
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I drink anything that has any alcohol content in it. I have a long list of preferences, but, in the end, everything goes.
Tried to stay clear from this thread though.
I used to go through phases where I would drink loads of one drink (JD+coke, Tequila, Jaegerbombs) when out
Now I only seem to drink Cider or wine it seems!
Think I may have got old!
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If you like the Left-Hand milk stout I suggest the Duck Rabbit Milk stout.
I'll keep an eye out for it.
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Living on the west coast is a dream for micro-brew drinking. Russian River, 3rd St Aleworks (very local), Lagunitas on tap nearly everywhere...
Like it so much it inspired me to start brewing my own. Any other beer drinkers take the plunge and start brewing?
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Was training for a drinking marathon, should be starting tomorrow. Wish me luck!
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Was training for a drinking marathon, should be starting tomorrow. Wish me luck!
<Bet I could podium, with a good chance at winning outright>
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Vermont Brewfest was awesome.... it will now be an annual thing for me
For galzria - here is a list of all of the beers that I tried:
The Alchemist
Heady Topper - American Double IPA - 8% - There is a reason why these guys had the longest line and this beer is the only one to receive a perfect 100 from beer advocate. Better on tap than it is from the can.
Fiddlehead Brewery
Fiddlehead IPA - American IPA - 6.2% - Uneventful - but I love IPAs
MotherGoose - Collaboration with Angel City - Wheat / Honey / Gooseberries - 6.4% - High Gravity wheat beer -> gross
Harboon Brewery
Leviathan Imperial IPA - 10% - Too much
Imperial Red Squared 9.2% - This one was much better
IPA - 5.9% I can get this normally in bottles - its fine
Rich and Dan's RYE IpA - 6.9% - This was surprisingly good
Hill Farmstead Brewery
Edward - American Pale Ale - 5.2% - After all of the IPAs - this just tasted bland
Lawson's Finest Liquids
Double Sunshine IPA - 8% - This was another brewery with a ridiculous line - and this IPA was gone before the end of the night. It was fine - but it didn't warrant the line IMHO. This was actually the first beer that I had - so I know that my reaction wasn't tainted. If anything, I should have liked it more after standing in the hot sun for an hour.
McNeil's Brewery
Dead Horse IPA - 6.5% - Pretty conventional IPA. I wish I had tried the sunshine IPA - which allegedly had hints of mango and pineapple.
Otter Creek Brewing Co
Black IPA - 6% - Didn't stand out as much as you'd expect.
Rock Art Brewery
I wanted to try their pumpkin imperial spruce stout - but it was gone. Had their IPA (6%) instead. At this point in the evening I could confirm that it was indeed an IPA
Non Vermont Brewers
Captain Lawrence Brewing Co.
Captains Reserve Imperial IPA - 8% - one of my last beers - but I enjoyed it
Founders Brewing Company
Centennial IPA - 7.2% - Just fine
Curmudgeon - 9.8% - I sipped some of my wifes. Delicious
Devil Dancer - Triple IPA - 12% - They didn't open this keg until halfway through - so I wasn't exactly unbiased reviewing at this point. It still made a strong impression.
IPSwitch
IpA - 6.3% - This was one of the only things that I didn't enjoy. They advertised it as a cross between English and American IPAs. It has a frowny face next to it.
Portsmouth Brewery
Bottle Rocket IPA - I had a choice of getting the normal, or a cask version collabortion with another brewery. I naturally elected for the cask - and while I could taste the vanilla notes that they told me I would experience - and I noticed the difference in natural carbonation - If i could do it again, I would have had the regular.
Stone Brewing Co
They were just down to the Stone IPA and the Stone Cali-Belgique IPA. I had the regular stone IPA, which I've had plenty of times - but never on tap. It was just fine.
I probably had some others that I didn't mark down - and I sipped a bunch of beers that other people had, but only one other stood out
Bobcat Cafe and Brewery
saison de cassis (6.2%) - Tranlation: A Season of Blackcurrants. The guidebook says: This belgian-inspired farmhouse style is brewed with barley from belgium, hops from the usa and germany, and yeast cultivated from a difficult-to-obtain belgian yeast. A crisp and very dry beer with esters/aromas of earthiness and fruitiness and a suble tart finish from Vermont grown blackcurrants
This beer tasted like the water that drips out of a ripe trash bag that's been under your sink for a week. Sounded pretty good based on the description though, right? One sip was enough - and my wife threw out about 2.5 oz out of her 3 oz. pour. Yes - for those who just read the above and thought that I had downed 20 beers and am still alive - they were 3 oz pours... I was happy at the end - but not enough to post a 3 page diatribe about my kickball prowess.
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Epic final sentence. ;)
I'm intrigued by Devil Dancer... I'll have to look into it's availability out West. Were most of the Vermont Brewers regional only, or do they distribute widely? I'm pretty sure that I've tried Leviathan Imperial before.
I'm also interested in The Alchemist, although I'm often wary by the usage of the word "can"instead of "bottle" as I've yet to drink a beer that doesn't have a bitter metallic taste after being poured from the former.
What would be your strongest recommendation out of them all?
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Epic final sentence. ;)
I'm intrigued by Devil Dancer... I'll have to look into it's availability out West. Were most of the Vermont Brewers regional only, or do they distribute widely? I'm pretty sure that I've tried Leviathan Imperial before.
I'm also interested in The Alchemist, although I'm often wary by the usage of the word "can"instead of "bottle" as I've yet to drink a beer that doesn't have a bitter metallic taste after being poured from the former.
What would be your strongest recommendation out of them all?
Heady topper for sure, but I don't think you can get it outside this state. Most of the brewers are local only. Long trail, smutty nose,magic hat, harpoon, and otter creek I've seen elsewhere.
I think stone ipa would have been my second favorite - but I suspect you already know how good that is.
Next year I will do no ipas, and try some of the more interesting things.
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Epic final sentence. ;)
I'm intrigued by Devil Dancer... I'll have to look into it's availability out West. Were most of the Vermont Brewers regional only, or do they distribute widely?
I quit drinking a year and a half ago but then Founder's was not shipping West. I used to make lots of trades for West coast brews with Founder's and Bell's beers. The Devil Dancer was one of my favorites but it's a bit strong for most and it's not one to drink multiples of. Founder's was one of my all around favorite brewers with the Double. Trouble DIPA being my goto beer.
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Oh - I finally found Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale. Delicious!
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Vermont Brewfest was awesome.... it will now be an annual thing for me
Oh I do miss Vermont breweries; I relocated from there to Atlanta maybe 3 years ago, and southern breweries have got nothing on Vermont.
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Oh - I finally found Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale. Delicious!
Would you say the secret ingredient is basil? I always thought it had basil in it.
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Oh - I finally found Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale. Delicious!
Would you say the secret ingredient is basil? I always thought it had basil in it.
I have no idea... I'm not super fancy with my tasting yet. I just know that I enjoy it! Whether I could tell it blind from Southern Tier Double IPA - I'm not sure.
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About Founder's, Founder's Breakfast Stout is my favorite beer although it's so heavy I can't drink it with a meal.
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Wow. We have a wine bar that got a special order of Dogfish Head 120 on tap (In Silicon Valley? Yessir!)... Absolutely delicious. SO much better than their 90 minute.
... But my goodness, 18%?!?! That hits you HARD!
Gotta drive home now... (Glad I only had the one!)
A++
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Also, if you can get it and are in to Belgiums, I highly recommend Brother Thelonious from North Coast Brewing Company. Incredibly enjoyable, but also on the strong side at 9.4% APV.
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Following up on another post you made elsewhere, the 10.8% is on the high end (most of what I drink is 8% - 11.5% range), but I dunno. It didn't really jump out at me. I opened with that Friday night and followed it up with Ruination, Sumtin' Sumtin' (not my favorite, but not bad), Racer-5, Ruination, and finished with Hops-on-Rye. The 10th anniversary just... Felt like it had the smallest kick of the group (I'll admit, I split the 22 oz though (11 each) so maybe I didn't appreciate it fully).
How were you conscious? A bottle of 10th by itself is plenty for me. :-[
And I really need to get my hands on some Pliny/Heady Topper...
Any homebrewers in here?
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Following up on another post you made elsewhere, the 10.8% is on the high end (most of what I drink is 8% - 11.5% range), but I dunno. It didn't really jump out at me. I opened with that Friday night and followed it up with Ruination, Sumtin' Sumtin' (not my favorite, but not bad), Racer-5, Ruination, and finished with Hops-on-Rye. The 10th anniversary just... Felt like it had the smallest kick of the group (I'll admit, I split the 22 oz though (11 each) so maybe I didn't appreciate it fully).
How were you conscious? A bottle of 10th by itself is plenty for me. :-[
And I really need to get my hands on some Pliny/Heady Topper...
Any homebrewers in here?
Heady Topper is amazing - I still have 8 cans in my basement.
I am a semi home brewer - my first batch just finished.... an irish red - kindof a smithwicks clone. Turns out I don't like smithwicks as much as I remembered though.
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Oh - i just picked up a 6er of Little Sumpin - Wild. I don't think I like it as much as original.
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Anybody like black IPAs? Currently sitting down with a Black Hops by Blue Hills and it's pretty damn good.
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I am drunk.
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I am drunk.
I will join soon.
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I'm most the way there. A friend brought in some 60 minute Dogfish Head, while I was in the middle of my strongly mixed drink. How rude. To help smooth over the awkwardness, I had to accept some beer. Just cuz I'm a gentleman like htat.
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I am drunk.
I will join soon.
And I as well, but no beer, just Pappy Van Winkle 20.
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I am not drunk, but I did have a shot of Crown Royal earlier. I love Crown and Coke, and found a recommendation online for a shot of Crown chased with orange juice. It was quite good.
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So, I tried a six pack of Akiraku, one of the Japanese concoctions known as Happosei liquor -- it was drinkable, but I still haven't found anything in Japan that I can really call a go-to "cheap" beer. No Rolling Rock here. :)
I'm impressed with the whisky though. The Suntory whisky is much better than Jack Daniels.
For microbrews it seems like many places in the US are good now -- I'm from the Midwest and I quite like the Great Lakes brews for the most part. The Columbus brewpub isn't bad. Apparently my podunk Chicago suburb hometown (Munster) has a nationally-known brewery now (Three Floyds) although I have yet to try any beers from there.
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Three Floyds makes some excellent beers.
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I think I fell in love with a beer tonight: Hoegarden's Original Belgian Wheat. So smooth.
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Ugh, my tastes do not mimic yours, Jotheonah. Of course I spend last night drinking Budweiser Select and Amber Bock. In my defense, I was at the bowling alley, and they do not exactly have quality choices there.
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If you like that I assume you would also like Blue Moon?
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New Belgium's Mothership Wit or even their Sunshine Wheat are decent. I wasn't much of a wheat beer fan although I always had hopes of finding one I really liked because the general idea of their craft appeals to me. I know a lot of people really like the Hoegarden but it was definitely not for me.
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If you like that I assume you would also like Blue Moon?
Blue Moon started me on the path to good beer. It's still a standby, but nowadays I find it a little uninspired.
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Their Belgian White was something that I bought by the keg twice a year for weekend-long band parties I would throw (this is 15 years ago). It was light, crisp, slightly citrus, and was the first beer that I'd ever had that I would call refreshing, especially on a hot day. Sadly, the bottled product was not the same, and now it has changed even on tap. Uninspired is a great word for it.
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You're talking of the Hoegarden? I had it on tap, and I have to say I found it to be all those things you mentioned. But, then, I don't know what I was missing!
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Jo - If your question is addressed to me, I was speaking of Blue Moon (their Belgian White). Widely available now, it was unavailable in bottles 15 years ago (at least in the Pacific NW, where I was at the time).
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I think I fell in love with a beer tonight: Hoegarden's Original Belgian Wheat. So smooth.
I seriously hope you had this in a frosted cold glass which is the intended way of serving?
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I think I fell in love with a beer tonight: Hoegarden's Original Belgian Wheat. So smooth.
I seriously hope you had this in a frosted cold glass which is the intended way of serving?
Cause god forbid if he enjoyed it the wrong way?
Personally I still dont like any form of beer. I try some
every two years or so, but it's always as unpleasant.
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I think I fell in love with a beer tonight: Hoegarden's Original Belgian Wheat. So smooth.
I seriously hope you had this in a frosted cold glass which is the intended way of serving?
Cause god forbid if he enjoyed it the wrong way?
Personally I still dont like any form of beer. I try some
every two years or so, but it's always as unpleasant.
Fuzzy, all my love towards you is gone now. :'(
Vote: Eevee
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I think I fell in love with a beer tonight: Hoegarden's Original Belgian Wheat. So smooth.
I seriously hope you had this in a frosted cold glass which is the intended way of serving?
Cause god forbid if he enjoyed it the wrong way?
Personally I still dont like any form of beer. I try some
every two years or so, but it's always as unpleasant.
Nothing to do with me, the Belgium's are very particular about their beers!
I've really stopped drinking beer the last few years and am on a bit of a Cider run at the moment.
Although Runnymede Beer Festival is coming up on Saturday...
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Yes, we Belgians have a fine beer brewing tradition. Personally my favorites are Duvel (strong pale ale), La Chouffe (strong pale ale), Gueuze Girardin (sour) and De Koninck (amber pale ale) when I'm thirsty :)
I don't like Hoegaarden and I've tried Westvleteren (n°1 beer in the world) but too complex for my taste.
Our board gaming evening is always accompanied by a fine selection of beers. Favorite day of the week :)
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Our board gaming evening is always accompanied by a fine selection of beers. Favorite day of the week :)
Do you have the correctly shaped glasses for all of them?
I remember getting told off when I lived in Belgium for having the wrong glasses for everything!
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No, we're no purists. We'd need a giant cupboard to store all the different types of glasses, but I must admit a beer tastes best in the correct glass.
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Yes, we Belgians have a fine beer brewing tradition. Personally my favorites are Duvel (strong pale ale), La Chouffe (strong pale ale), Gueuze Girardin (sour) and De Koninck (amber pale ale) when I'm thirsty :)
I don't like Hoegaarden and I've tried Westvleteren (n°1 beer in the world) but too complex for my taste.
Our board gaming evening is always accompanied by a fine selection of beers. Favorite day of the week :)
Yep, really liking the Belgian beers. I have been to the Gueuze brewery and it is was very nice!
My favorite is Delerium Tremens
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I think I fell in love with a beer tonight: Hoegarden's Original Belgian Wheat. So smooth.
I seriously hope you had this in a frosted cold glass which is the intended way of serving?
Cause god forbid if he enjoyed it the wrong way?
Personally I still dont like any form of beer. I try some
every two years or so, but it's always as unpleasant.
Fuzzy, all my love towards you is gone now. :'(
Vote: Eevee
We have this awesome girly lemonade-esque thing called lonkero in Finland that's really good. That and vodka or rum mixes is what I drink.
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Is it like a shandy? Because I find shandys, on the whole, pretty gross.
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Is it like a shandy? Because I find shandys, on the whole, pretty gross.
Based on wikipedia, no. It's like grape lemonade with alcohol I guess.
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Is it like a shandy? Because I find shandys, on the whole, pretty gross.
Based on wikipedia, no. It's like grape lemonade with alcohol I guess.
Oh God no offense but that sounds horrid.
Tonight was a Goose Island Matilda night. Nothin wrong with that beer, lemme tell ya!
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[It's like grape lemonade with alcohol I guess.
Oh God no offense but that sounds horrid.
The stuff he is talking about is quite like gin&tonic, but replacing tonic with grapefruit (not grape!) lemonade. It has a nice gin flavor, but is sweeter than G&T which is an issue for many and also explains why it has a bit of "kid's drink" -reputation. I like it, though.
It's a traditional Finnish drink, originally designed for the 1952 Olympics. Someone thought that having some readily mixed drinks would make things smoother in bars during the event, and hence invented both the grapefruit+gin combination and another even weirder drink that mixes two other unique Finnish products: Jaloviina, a mix of vodka and cognac, and Pommac, a carbonated soft drink made of some 25 different fruits/berries and matured in oak barrels. The latter mix was quickly mostly forgotten, but the one with gin and grapefruit immediately became a classic and has been selling heavily since then.
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Pommac. There's a drink I could drink all day long.
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Just wanna say hi to my f.ds drink buddies, especially Galz.
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[It's like grape lemonade with alcohol I guess.
Oh God no offense but that sounds horrid.
The stuff he is talking about is quite like gin&tonic, but replacing tonic with grapefruit (not grape!) lemonade. It has a nice gin flavor, but is sweeter than G&T which is an issue for many and also explains why it has a bit of "kid's drink" -reputation. I like it, though.
It's a traditional Finnish drink, originally designed for the 1952 Olympics. Someone thought that having some readily mixed drinks would make things smoother in bars during the event, and hence invented both the grapefruit+gin combination and another even weirder drink that mixes two other unique Finnish products: Jaloviina, a mix of vodka and cognac, and Pommac, a carbonated soft drink made of some 25 different fruits/berries and matured in oak barrels. The latter mix was quickly mostly forgotten, but the one with gin and grapefruit immediately became a classic and has been selling heavily since then.
Ok, your description was def. more appetizing than Eevee's. I do like G&Ts.
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Just wanna say hi to my f.ds drink buddies, especially Galz.
Man, I've been mostly dry the last two weeks what with both Conventions. I'm looking forward to getting home tonight and kicking off this weekend right. I need a good long unwind. I've got some Racer-X in a Growler calling me, and Hoptoligist in bottle. I should grab some Ruination on my way home too. I wish I'd had time to get some Dogfish 120 and bring it back with me from Charlotte.
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K, drop a message when you do come home, let's partey :D I've just sipped some Pelinkovac (It's like.. a wormwood based drink, resembling Jagermeister the most).
I'll also be drunk tommoz night, FWIW.
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Just sipping some Newcastle, yay.
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K, drop a message when you do come home, let's partey :D I've just sipped some Pelinkovac (It's like.. a wormwood based drink, resembling Jagermeister the most).
I'll also be drunk tommoz night, FWIW.
I'm buzzing good now. Feels so good to be home. Hard to have the energy to do the things I'm supposed to do today though. ;D
For the record, anybody on the West Coast here, Silicon Valley area - if you enjoy hoppy beers, take a look for Knee Deep Brewing Company - Hoptologist in particular - they are absolutely delicious. They are from the North Bay, but cover most the Valley. Yum.
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Damn, wish I'd known you were in Charlotte, did you happen through Greensboro in your travel?
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And here we are again!
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Hey Grujah, what's it tonight?
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And here we are again!
I'm in the mood for some milk stouts tonight...
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Good choice, Galz; I'm sippin' on some Glenlivet, watching Hulu, etc.
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Had a pretty intense cocktail earlier this evening whose primary ingredients were rye, Benedictine, and Fernet Branca. It was described as "boozy and herbaceous" as well as "good for sipping", and it sure was!
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Hey Grujah, what's it tonight?
Was out with friends. Had just nuff beer to have a helluva time and not get any inconvenient side-effects. Was a fun night!
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Never going to another brewfest again.
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Never going to another brewfest again.
That's a change in statement from last time!
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Never going to another brewfest again.
That's a change in statement from last time!
If you can find this - it has my strongest endorsement for non ipa beers:
http://beerstreetjournal.com/widmer-brothers-sxnw-pecans-chocolate-chilies/
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Never going to another brewfest again.
That's a change in statement from last time!
If you can find this - it has my strongest endorsement for non ipa beers:
http://beerstreetjournal.com/widmer-brothers-sxnw-pecans-chocolate-chilies/
Mmm, you know I love my IPA's. I'll inquire around about that, see what I can find. How dark is it? With it's flavor profile, I wonder how it would do with a scoop of Vanilla Ice cream in it? Very few beers have the richness and fullness of flavor to make a true beer float. Usually Chocolate Stouts I've found. Hmm...
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I am glad to see that craft beer and board games seem to be a frequent partnership. There's a lot of 60-minute passed around our board gaming table.
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Hi.
Only slightly under.
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Hi.
Only slightly under.
Doing my best right now.
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I think tonight might be cheapish wine night.
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I think tonight might be cheapish wine night.
I need something stronger.
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Cheapish wine does the trick just fine. The key is to buy an entire bottle and never bother with a glass.
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Newcastle night! !!
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I think tonight might be cheapish wine night.
I had exactly that sort of night. With a girl and two guitars, absolutely perfect.
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I think tonight might be cheapish wine night.
I had exactly that sort of night. With a girl and two guitars, absolutely perfect.
My girl wouldn't put up with cheap wine. :P
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yo!
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yo yo. Tonight I had a run in with my old nemesis, Tequila.
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First some Blue Moon Seasonal, now time for some Malibu Black.
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Envy. Can't. Gotta work.
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Envy. Can't. Gotta work.
At a beer stall!
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Envy. Can't. Gotta work.
At a beer stall!
Which makes it worse :'(
But Ravnica is about to get released, so money is welcomed!
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Envy. Can't. Gotta work.
At a beer stall!
Which makes it worse :'(
But Ravnica is about to get released, so money is welcomed!
I'll be drinking tonight, I just don't what yet. It's only just past 6:30 am here.
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Envy. Can't. Gotta work.
At a beer stall!
Which makes it worse :'(
But Ravnica is about to get released, so money is welcomed!
You pick a guild yet for the pre-release? I understand that's a thing.
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Azorius, most likely.
Maybe Selesnya or Izzet.
(That is if I go to pre-release at all)
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Golgari!!!
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Ahh, just happened to be in the area of a Vegan Hippy restaurant that often carries really special beers on tap. Usually I get updates when something *really* special comes in. Sadly, I haven't received any memos recently, but it's still usually worth dropping in...
... And boy am I glad I did. For the second time in a month (and only the second time ever out West here), I got to enjoy Dogfish Head 120 on tap. And oh my goodness was it as delicious as the first time... And oh my goodness was it's 18% a real kick.
Ahh, what a wonderful way to start my weekend.
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I had Dogfish Punkin tonight. A little fruity/gimmicky, but quite tasty!
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Golgari!!!
Izzet for life!
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Selesnya! Only because I already had a Verdant Force I had pulled out of a pack when the first Ravnica came out.
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Please stop talking about that game in this thread. I gave up my magic addiction a long time ago. Now I'm only addicted to this forum, mafia, and drinking.
I can't start it again and I want to!
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I had Dogfish Punkin tonight. A little fruity/gimmicky, but quite tasty!
That is seriously good in my opinion.
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Please stop talking about that game in this thread. I gave up my magic addiction a long time ago. Now I'm only addicted to this forum, mafia, and drinking.
I can't start it again and I want to!
plus one for the third sentence. I need to quit one of those things until I find a job, and alarmingly I think I'm choosing drinking.
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I had Dogfish Punkin tonight. A little fruity/gimmicky, but quite tasty!
Just picked up some for tonight, along with some Bitches Brew. Yum.
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Selesnya! Only because I already had a Verdant Force I had pulled out of a pack when the first Ravnica came out.
verdant force is quite a bit older than ravnica...
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Druuuuuuunk! I was let off, so I don't have to work on Sunday, so, I got drunk today to make up for it!!!!
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The DFH Punkin is one of my least favorite pumpkin beers. Weyerbacher's Imperial Pumpkin was my favorite of them all. For the taste I used to love Cottonwood's pumpkin beer. I think Foothills picked up this company and maybe shifted the recipe a bit. Anyhow, it always struck me as tasting almost like liquid pumpkin pie.
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Raison D'Etre!!
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Selesnya! Only because I already had a Verdant Force I had pulled out of a pack when the first Ravnica came out.
verdant force is quite a bit older than ravnica...
Yeah, I guess I wasn't too clear. I mean an 8th or 9th Edition Core Set pack. Still, that dude is the man. Creatin' them saprolings, being a big ol' 7/7. Whadda tank.
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I may be everyone's drinking buddy every night for a while! Woo hoo!
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I like to kick back with a 0% alcohol 'beer' before I go to bed.
Don't get me wrong, I like the occasional beer as much as the next guy - probably going to drink some tonight at our regular boardgame night -, but getting drunk alone in your own home is kind of silly. Besides, I'm on low sleep so 1 regular beer has the effect of 10 and I don't want to be drunk when I change a diaper or give a bottle, I don't think that ends well or that my wife is going to thank me if our baby poops his entire bed.
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I like to kick back with a 0% alcohol 'beer' before I go to bed.
Don't get me wrong, I like the occasional beer as much as the next guy - probably going to drink some tonight at our regular boardgame night -, but getting drunk alone in your own home is kind of silly. Besides, I'm on low sleep so 1 regular beer has the effect of 10 and I don't want to be drunk when I change a diaper or give a bottle, I don't think that ends well or that my wife is going to thank me if our baby poops his entire bed.
I used to be a non-alcoholic like you, but then I took a friend's pain to the heart. I have too much empathy sometimes...
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Azorius, most likely.
Maybe Selesnya or Izzet.
(That is if I go to pre-release at all)
Chose Rakdos! ;D
Friends are going as Selesnyia and Golgari.
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"Corruption, Greed and Lust. They're all represented on the hooks today. Tomorrow they'll be stringing Gluttony, Desire and Sloth. Go ahead. Tell yourself you're better than all of them. But you can't. Hell can be funny like that. Down here it's all just sin. Everyone here is screwed just like you. They don't care who you sliced, diced or cheated. No one is escaping this heinous place.
Your roommate is an Ax murderer. Eerily, he's not threatening. How can he be? Here, the Fallen Angel owns your body, mind and soul. As such, no one can take your life. It's already been taken. Or was it given? Neither matters. Did you seriously think you were living a virtuous life? At least Satan serves beer in Hell. He brews it himself right there in that flame stoked cauldron. Rumor has it the beer is straw yellow, bone dry and simply labeled Inferno."
Not the best beer in the world, no. But it's flavor does stand up well to - well, to the flavor. Brewed by Port Brewing Co., Inferno Ale runs in The Lost Abbey family. It's a rich golden Belgium with a head that almost reminds me of whipped egg whites. Very frothy, into what almost forms stiff peaks. At 9.0%, it does pack a little bit of a punch, but it's very smooth, and very enjoyable - even after three bottles of Ruination to shock the palate.
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the flavor, it's downright Vaccarino-ian.
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Oktoberfest at Harpoon Brewery today! Woohoo!
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First official "I am drunk" contribution to this thread.
On an unrelated note, f**k da ladies.
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This week I tried Lagunitas' IPA Maximus. I saw it in the store and got excited.
I have previously been a fan of Lagunitas regular IPA, and then even more so with the excellent Little Sumpin.
Little Sumpin - Wild is a little strange, and I think I prefer the base.
IPA Maximus felt like it existed somewhere between Dogfishhead 60 and 90 minutes. I decided that it was too "sweet", and am not really excited about finishing the 6er.
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The current offering of Harpoon's 100 Barrel series is a White IPA which I'd highly recommend. It's higher alcohol than their regular IPA, but tastes a bit lighter and more citrus-y.
Also had a Deviant Dale's from Oskar Blues last night. Damn is that good.
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I just read through this whole thread, and now I can't remember if I'm on Dominion Strategy or Homebrewtalk... I think I just threw a moneylender into my mash.
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Little Sumpin - Wild is a little strange, and I think I prefer the base.
I recently tried Little Sumpin' Sumpin' and really love it! It's already one of my favorite beers.
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Completely hammered. Watched (and loved) every second of my Giant's tonight, and now need to go back and watch the third Presidential Debate. What a night. What a ****ing night. /awesome
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Completely hammered. Watched (and loved) every second of my Giant's tonight, and now need to go back and watch the third Presidential Debate. What a night. What a ****ing night. /awesome
Trying to type well is so much fun when you've drank a lot. You did well, Galz!
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I had Scotch tonight! And I never drink Scotch.
But not so much that I'm unsober. Just enough to feel very waspy.
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Completely hammered. Watched (and loved) every second of my Giant's tonight, and now need to go back and watch the third Presidential Debate. What a night. What a ****ing night. /awesome
Trying to type well is so much fun when you've drank a lot. You did well, Galz!
TGFSP (Thank God For Smart Phones).
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Felt burn out and decided to take a day off from poker. Just opened a bottle of wine, off to isotropic to crush some noobs. :) If someone wants to play, pm me!
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2:43 MrEevee: im gonna warn you
2:43 MrEevee: i'm 3-0 after i started drinking
Not anymore he ain't.
Also most fail Masq ever.
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Oh no he didn't!
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2:43 MrEevee: im gonna warn you
2:43 MrEevee: i'm 3-0 after i started drinking
Not anymore he ain't.
Also most fail Masq ever.
Now now, wins went 2-2 total with Grujah going to sleeps in a surrendery fashion in the end.
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Release party!!! (Bit early)
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As a human being, do you find yourself accused of drinking too much? Well, "accuse" is a strong word, but I guess "called out" might be appropriate.
My co-workers at lunch have expressed an interest in drinking. Knowing they weren't drinkers, I brought Mike's Hard Lemonade and Miller Lite. I introduced a form of carbomb. This gets interesting looks from other people in the cafeteria, and one woman that we know even looked at the strange way we were holding our carbombs in hand and said, "You guys drink too much for lunch."
Sadly, this isn't the first time I've heard such a thing. I have a hobby that depresses my mind. I love drinking tactically. I love drowning problems. When I relax, I'm usually doing nothing.
Even among my beer-drinking lunch crowd, I'll hear someone say, "Count me out for this one. I'm not in the mood to drink." I always found that statement weird.
I mean, I'll sometimes not be in the mood for a jello shot, but I would always say, "I'm not in the mood for a jello shot," instead of "I'm not in the mood to drink." I'm always in the mood to drink.
I guess I'm an oddball in that I don't consider drinking to be a bad thing. I suspect there are a lot of you who feel the same way.
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As a human being, do you find yourself accused of drinking too much? Well, "accuse" is a strong word, but I guess "called out" might be appropriate.
My co-workers at lunch have expressed an interest in drinking. Knowing they weren't drinkers, I brought Mike's Hard Lemonade and Miller Lite. I introduced a form of carbomb. This gets interesting looks from other people in the cafeteria, and one woman that we know even looked at the strange way we were holding our carbombs in hand and said, "You guys drink too much for lunch."
Sadly, this isn't the first time I've heard such a thing. I have a hobby that depresses my mind. I love drinking tactically. I love drowning problems. When I relax, I'm usually doing nothing.
Even among my beer-drinking lunch crowd, I'll hear someone say, "Count me out for this one. I'm not in the mood to drink." I always found that statement weird.
I mean, I'll sometimes not be in the mood for a jello shot, but I would always say, "I'm not in the mood for a jello shot," instead of "I'm not in the mood to drink." I'm always in the mood to drink.
I guess I'm an oddball in that I don't consider drinking to be a bad thing. I suspect there are a lot of you who feel the same way.
Stop fishing!
For free +1's! Because you earned them this time!
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Brilliant Axxle.
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As a human being, do you find yourself accused of drinking too much? Well, "accuse" is a strong word, but I guess "called out" might be appropriate.
I introduced a form of carbomb. This gets interesting looks from other people in the cafeteria and said, "You guys drink too much for lunch."
I love drinking tactically. I love drowning problems.
I'll hear someone say, "Count me out for this one. I'm not in the mood to drink." I always found that statement weird.
'I love drowning problems' is the best quote.
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I thought you talk about me. When I have free time I think about Scotch, wine tasting, craft beers, homebrewing, ...
I sometimes am in the mood of not drinking anything, but mostly then I'm really hungover.
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That was so good just giving it one upvote doesn't do it justice.
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One pint at lunch is enough for me, my work will really suffer in the afternoon if I do!
Apart from Fridays of course, they dont count
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As a human being, do you find yourself accused of drinking too much? Well, "accuse" is a strong word, but I guess "called out" might be appropriate.
My co-workers at lunch have expressed an interest in drinking. Knowing they weren't drinkers, I brought Mike's Hard Lemonade and Miller Lite. I introduced a form of carbomb. This gets interesting looks from other people in the cafeteria, and one woman that we know even looked at the strange way we were holding our carbombs in hand and said, "You guys drink too much for lunch."
Sadly, this isn't the first time I've heard such a thing. I have a hobby that depresses my mind. I love drinking tactically. I love drowning problems. When I relax, I'm usually doing nothing.
Even among my beer-drinking lunch crowd, I'll hear someone say, "Count me out for this one. I'm not in the mood to drink." I always found that statement weird.
I mean, I'll sometimes not be in the mood for a jello shot, but I would always say, "I'm not in the mood for a jello shot," instead of "I'm not in the mood to drink." I'm always in the mood to drink.
I guess I'm an oddball in that I don't consider drinking to be a bad thing. I suspect there are a lot of you who feel the same way.
+10,000. This was made so much the better because I came directly from the "thinking too much" thread, and didn't catch the mirror, despite the "snip". However, I did immediately want to PM you to see where you worked, so I could apply. Drinking in the cafeteria. Well-played sir!
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Rekorderlig for the win.
Any rum is also nice =D i love sweets
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What's your favorite rum? I'm looking for something relatively complex, that can be sipped, like fine cognac or bourbon.
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I love Seven Fathoms Rum, but the only place I've ever bought it is in the Cayman Islands. That may be the only place it's sold, in fact.
Flor De Caña is also delicious, and much more available. I couldn't find a local liqour store who had the 7 year, so I asked if they could order it for me, and they did. Pretty slick. The 7 year is most excellent (Gran Reserve). 5 year seems pretty common, but basically it's just expensive Captain Morgan in my opinion. Never tried the 12 year but someday soonish that'll happen.
But the 7 year Caña is definitely something worth sipping.
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Turns out my new job is down with beer in the office on Friday afternoons. #hitthejackpot
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Submitted a paper today and got a celebratory bottle of Oak Cross Scotch. I have to say I rather enjoy it.
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Mmm, had me some Lagunitas Brown Shugga' tonight, and I must say, it was quite delicious. I actually didn't think I would like it as much, so was pleasantly surprised. You really could taste the sweetness, but it wasn't at all overwhelming.
Sadly, I didn't bother checking the ABV until after three glasses, when I looked it up on my mobile, and found it carried a heavy 9.99% percent.
Needless to say, I'm a little tipsy now.
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Turns out my new job is down with beer in the office on Friday afternoons. #hitthejackpot
I was a manager at a startup once where my boss's brother owned a small winery. His boss, the owner of the company, enjoyed beer. Every day (unfortunately that meant 7 days a week for a while) at precisely 5:00, one of those two would walk around and ask anyone still in the building whether they wanted beer or wine. There was of course a dedicated refrigerator. We did some serious brainstorming into the evening hours, while getting progressively more tipsy. I learned a LOT about wine that year.
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Two recommendations on bourbon, for less than $20 a bottle: W.L. Weller Special Reserve (90 proof), and Watkins (80 proof). Also bought a bottle of Jefferson's Presidential Select 18-year old today, but haven't tried it yet.
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What's your favorite rum? I'm looking for something relatively complex, that can be sipped, like fine cognac or bourbon.
For general purpose drinking, the Kraken has grown on me quite a bit. It's by far the best spiced rum I've had and it's pretty cheap too. It's the only spiced rum that I've been able to enjoy on the rocks. Appleton Estate Reserve makes a really nice smooth daquiri (and no, not the stupid girly frozen ones, just simple syrup and lime). Gosling's Black Seal is great with ginger beer if you can find some near you.
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Had a very good dessert beer that tasted kind of like a mounds with dark chocolate. Custom beers are pretty cool.
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I wanted to announce here that I'll be drunk, but I've forgot.
I am drunk, there was a trivia "quiz" which involed, among other things, drinking large amount of alcohol. We won, and we also won all alcohol games (by far, in both).
AMA.
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I won a pub quiz once. It went like this:
I was the one nominated from my team to go up for the final question. I was against one other guy; we each had to write down our answer. Closest answer wins.
The question was: "What is the worldwide box office gross of Ghostbusters?"
My thought process: "Well, the Dark Knight made $1 billion, right? And Ghostbusters is popular too. So I'll guess $700 million."
Announcer: "Well, actually, the right answer is $291 million..."
Me: "Crap!!"
Announcer: "But you win, because [the other guy] guessed $750 million!"
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Other countries have Pub Quizzes too? Sweet!
I Love pub quizzes more than drinking!
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I won a pub quiz once. It went like this:
I was the one nominated from my team to go up for the final question. I was against one other guy; we each had to write down our answer. Closest answer wins.
The question was: "What is the worldwide box office gross of Ghostbusters?"
My thought process: "Well, the Dark Knight made $1 billion, right? And Ghostbusters is popular too. So I'll guess $700 million."
Announcer: "Well, actually, the right answer is $291 million..."
Me: "Crap!!"
Announcer: "But you win, because [the other guy] guessed $750 million!"
Ghostbusters released in 1984; Dark Knight in 2008. That's a 24 year span that basically starts at the late stages of an up hill climb into an economic peak and ends at an economic valley. A gallon of gas was roughly $1.20 in 1984 (when I started driving a decade later it was more like $0.89).
For demonstration purposes I will use a present day $/gal of $3.45.
Based on this price per gallon metric we can use an adjustment of .348 which would have given you a decent guess at $287.35M.
Proof that critical thinking skills scale inversely proportional to alcohol intake.
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Have you been to a lot of pub quizzes, pps?
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Have you been to a lot of pub quizzes, pps?
No, why?
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Just your reply ... I go to the pub quiz by Harvard and no one there would do that much math at a pub quiz ;)
Of course, maybe I should try one by MIT.
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Is drinking a prerequisite for pub quiz participation? If not, maybe I have a money making scheme in mind. :)
It wasn't that much math and in reality could be computed in the same amount of time it would take the average drunk guy to throw out a gut feeling guess. Ghostbusters = mid eighties = gas $1.00. Dark Knight = 2010 = gas 3X that much. 1B/3 = 300M.
The real caveat is most quizzes I've witnessed have lots of sports related questions which I would get absolutely creamed on.
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To prevent cheating in the age of smartphones, pub quizzes have lately taken to be more "identify the movie based in this picture" and "identify this song being played over our ultra crappy speakers for 0.5 seconds at 10% volume".
Sadly this means that the kind of pub quiz in which I excel (knowledge of a lot of miscellaneous facts) is no longer in vogue.
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To prevent cheating in the age of smartphones, pub quizzes have lately taken to be more "identify the movie based in this picture" and "identify this song being played over our ultra crappy speakers for 0.5 seconds at 10% volume".
Sadly this means that the kind of pub quiz in which I excel (knowledge of a lot of miscellaneous facts) is no longer in vogue.
Yeah, this irritates me a bit. I love bar trivia and feel like I'm pretty good at it, but I refuse to cheat and have no idea how I'd do if every other team played honestly. Still sometimes manage to steal a win every now and then though.
I've also gotten annoyed that the bar I usually play at recently switched from Stump! to Geeks Who Drink which is a far inferior game imho. Though you can win free beers on bonus rounds at the latter which somewhat balances it.
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Ok, this wasn't exactly a "pub quiz", it was a competition that was held at the bar, we had to be teams of 3, had to have costumes on, during qualifiactions and finals it was only 3 teams at the stage at the same time so there was no chance of cell-phone communication. Games were - drinking shots, drinking wine, guess movie/song, trivia and a group act, among other things.
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To prevent cheating in the age of smartphones, pub quizzes have lately taken to be more "identify the movie based in this picture" and "identify this song being played over our ultra crappy speakers for 0.5 seconds at 10% volume".
Sadly this means that the kind of pub quiz in which I excel (knowledge of a lot of miscellaneous facts) is no longer in vogue.
Pubs just dont ban the use of smart phones and mark answers at the end of each round over there?
Sure, you'll get the odd person who rushes off to the toilet, but they are usually not the ones that win anyway in my experience...
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Hang on, why are all you excellent pub quizzers not helping out on my treasure hunt...?
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What treasure hunt?
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5 little words:
Tomatin. 25-year-old. Scotch.
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I'll do you one better:
4 words:
Getying drunk as hell.
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1 word:
Ddrrruuuuuuunnnkkk
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One word: thursday?
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One word: thursday?
One more: Mafia.
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One word: thursday?
One more: Mafia.
Good to know. Vote: Galzria
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One word: thursday?
One more: Mafia.
Besides, if you can't get hammered for the End of the World, when can you?
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One word: thursday?
One more: Mafia.
Good to know. Vote: Galzria
Really? Have you like, not read my Sig? Is this somehow news to you? You should pay closer attention.
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Only a bit :-\ Saturday is the day that I'll waste.
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Failed again. Drunk beer, came back home before I've gotten drunk, went out again, drunk beer, got beaten up before I've gotten drunk.
Saturday still looks promising.
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Failed again. Drunk beer, came back home before I've gotten drunk, went out again, drunk beer, got beaten up before I've gotten drunk.
Saturday still looks promising.
???
:-\
:(
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(http://www.mad-monkey.co.uk/images/smileys/wpc06.gif)?
:'(
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Nah, nose got the worse, I'm fine. Friend took most of it, he's fine too, worst thing is that it ruined what started as on OK night and was onto it was to be an AWESOME night.
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Nah, nose got the worse, I'm fine. Friend took most of it, he's fine too, worst thing is that it ruined what started as on OK night and was onto it was to be an AWESOME night.
Somehow I have a mental image of you not losing many fights.
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Saturday still looks promising.
So, tomorrow (well, rather today, it's pretty late) is gonna be awesome. Since we don't have Halloween, biggest costume party in town is held at last/second last Saturday in the year, organized by Club of Students of Engineering (we are pretty much the most awesome student club here) - waited whole year for it! Gonna make up for tonight!
Nah, nose got the worse, I'm fine. Friend took most of it, he's fine too, worst thing is that it ruined what started as on OK night and was onto it was to be an AWESOME night.
Somehow I have a mental image of you not losing many fights.
You are so wrong, I am poor-built piss-poor fighter (have a heart condition, couldn't do sports as a kid) - this is also probably my first fight, and pretty much trying to cover as many weakspots as possible. Guys were complete assholes and came at us pretty much with intent to fight over I'm-not-really-completely-sure-what reason. Mleh
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Eh, I've worked with people like that. Never understood the rationale behind it. Even when I'm drunk, I've never felt a desire to get physical.
I didn't do sports as a kid either, but I did do martial arts for about 8 years, so if I did get in a fight I think I could hold my own. But like I said, it's not at all my style or tastes.
Sorry to hear they messed with your night though. Never a good way to go out.
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Whisky bar tonight.......well a pub with over 125 types of whisky
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Whisky bar tonight.......well a pub with over 125 types of whisky
Try any bourbon with the name "Van Winkle", and the older the better.
If you are a scotch drinker, and they have a Glenfiddich product call "Snow Phoenix", it's amazing.
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Hello everybody.
I'm under influcence.
Started with beer, than Coke + 2X Jagermaister as I go.
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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Hello everybody.
I'm under influcence.
Started with beer, than Coke + 2X Jagermaister as I go.
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
You n' me both. Well, except the Jager. Yeach. But still well drunken. Gonna go Gin n' Tonic in a bit.
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Hello everybody.
I'm under influcence.
Started with beer, than Coke + 2X Jagermaister as I go.
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
You n' me both. Well, except the Jager. Yeach. But still well drunken. Gonna go Gin n' Tonic in a bit.
Jager is not bad (but I still drink it double with coke, so it kills the taste quite a bit :P), we here have a similar but much better drink (Pelinkovac) but alas, it was not available.
I am going out with intent to drink tonight, expect a report. :P I'll probalby also post into Matchups thread to demand a game :D
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Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Anyone for a game?
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Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Anyone for a game?
I'm down, you still there?
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Hi theeeeere.
Only a bit under.
;D
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Bro is at at acting collage, he had first open acting exam yesterday, had to celebrate with some beer. (and beer only) \o/
On a side note, 5 out of last 6 days, that ain't good. :P
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Bro is at at acting collage, he had first open acting exam yesterday, had to celebrate with some beer. (and beer only) \o/
On a side note, 5 out of last 6 days, that ain't good. :P
It's not yet 6:00 am here, so I might be awhile before I get the chance to join you.
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Nono, That was last night, forgot to report :P
Sober now.
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On a side note, 5 out of last 6 days, that ain't good. :P
It's never good when you miss a day, you can't get it back. :)
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Sooooo drunk. Took me 5 minutes to find this thread. Bwahahaha. Happy incoming newyear, since some of you are waaaaay ahead of my timezone, and I might sleep through it for ya'all. (Ok, it's only the 30th for some of you now, but I might not be on much tomorrow)
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Bro is at at acting collage, he had first open acting exam yesterday, had to celebrate with some beer. (and beer only) \o/
On a side note, 5 out of last 6 days, that ain't good. :P
Exactly. It ain't good, it great.
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Sooooo drunk. Took me 5 minutes to find this thread. Bwahahaha. Happy incoming newyear, since some of you are waaaaay ahead of my timezone, and I might sleep through it for ya'all. (Ok, it's only the 30th for some of you now, but I might not be on much tomorrow)
Was with yah, but didn't come to the thread :(
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Surprisingly little new year's entries?
I was at friends house, was supposted to go to some of his other friends, but they got in a fight just before, so we went out somewhere, and got stuck there (I also wanted to visit a third friend, but alas) - got back home at 7-8 am. Was ok.
Drinks were drunk, but responsibly and without consequences on my part.
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There seems to be a lot of fighting happening around you. :\
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There seems to be a lot of fighting happening around you. :\
I got the feeling that when he said "fight" this time, he meant "argument" and not fisticuffs.
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There seems to be a lot of fighting happening around you. :\
I got the feeling that when he said "fight" this time, he meant "argument" and not fisticuffs.
This.
And also, that is not true at all, Eevee! That last time was my first fight ever, and it sucked. :'(
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I played some dominion sloshed on New Year's. The next day I had to tell my newbie friend that building a Market chain deck is a bad thing and even though drunkpops did that last night and won it should not be done.
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Dear Everybody,
Drink this shit. The 7 Year and nothing more or less. (Trust me, I've tried both.)
http://flordecana.com/
I have yet to have a hangover after drinking it. And I am a pro at getting hangovers so it isn't from lack of trying.
Sincerely,
Apparently an Alcoholic
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Dear Everybody,
Drink this shit. The 7 Year and nothing more or less. (Trust me, I've tried both.)
http://flordecana.com/
I have yet to have a hangover after drinking it. And I am a pro at getting hangovers so it isn't from lack of trying.
Sincerely,
Apparently an Alcoholic
This will apparently be our first disagreement. I find their product (at least the one I bought and consumed one drink's worth of in Honduras) to be utterly foul. The nose was non-existent; on the palate I got medicinal plastic (like the coating on a vitamin capsule, mixed with the phthalate smell of cheap vinyl - I don't even want to think about the congeners in this one), and the finish was little more than an ester-y film on my soft palate. I would have given it away, but I would have been embarrassed.
Maybe the stuff that they export to the US is a different product than the one they export to Honduras. IIRC they had two different ages there as well, and I tried the older one. God knows how bad the younger one is.
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Mimosas are one of my favorite parts of the New Year.
Also, I discovered that I kind of like Apple Cider and Gin. Am I terribly confused? I don't see any references to it.
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I am weird when I'm drunk and drink vodka straight from the bottle. Yay this morning...
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At it again! Just cracked open a bottle of wine, just staying in and playing dominion / playstation. Anyone want to play a longer match on iso?
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I'm always willing to kick your ass, going online now.
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Both of you are being called out in ZM9 (along with everyone else not posting there).
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In-game with Robzy ATM.
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In-game with Robzy ATM.
Kick his ass for me - but tell him I said to.
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he run away after first gtame. Going after fuzzy now. YOu can join and stuff.
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he run away after first gtame. Going after fuzzy now. YOu can join and stuff.
I can't iso from my mobile.
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Dear Everybody,
Drink this shit. The 7 Year and nothing more or less. (Trust me, I've tried both.)
http://flordecana.com/
I have yet to have a hangover after drinking it. And I am a pro at getting hangovers so it isn't from lack of trying.
Sincerely,
Apparently an Alcoholic
This will apparently be our first disagreement. I find their product (at least the one I bought and consumed one drink's worth of in Honduras) to be utterly foul. The nose was non-existent; on the palate I got medicinal plastic (like the coating on a vitamin capsule, mixed with the phthalate smell of cheap vinyl - I don't even want to think about the congeners in this one), and the finish was little more than an ester-y film on my soft palate. I would have given it away, but I would have been embarrassed.
Maybe the stuff that they export to the US is a different product than the one they export to Honduras. IIRC they had two different ages there as well, and I tried the older one. God knows how bad the younger one is.
You, sir, you are awful. I know I've told you this once but wanted to tell you again. Just awful.
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Dear Everybody,
Drink this shit. The 7 Year and nothing more or less. (Trust me, I've tried both.)
http://flordecana.com/
I have yet to have a hangover after drinking it. And I am a pro at getting hangovers so it isn't from lack of trying.
Sincerely,
Apparently an Alcoholic
This will apparently be our first disagreement. I find their product (at least the one I bought and consumed one drink's worth of in Honduras) to be utterly foul. The nose was non-existent; on the palate I got medicinal plastic (like the coating on a vitamin capsule, mixed with the phthalate smell of cheap vinyl - I don't even want to think about the congeners in this one), and the finish was little more than an ester-y film on my soft palate. I would have given it away, but I would have been embarrassed.
Maybe the stuff that they export to the US is a different product than the one they export to Honduras. IIRC they had two different ages there as well, and I tried the older one. God knows how bad the younger one is.
You, sir, you are awful. I know I've told you this once but wanted to tell you again. Just awful.
AWWW, raerae called me sir. 8) Shraeye must have told her how old I am. :-[ Damn him. :'(
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Dear Everybody,
Drink this shit. The 7 Year and nothing more or less. (Trust me, I've tried both.)
http://flordecana.com/
I have yet to have a hangover after drinking it. And I am a pro at getting hangovers so it isn't from lack of trying.
Sincerely,
Apparently an Alcoholic
This will apparently be our first disagreement. I find their product (at least the one I bought and consumed one drink's worth of in Honduras) to be utterly foul. The nose was non-existent; on the palate I got medicinal plastic (like the coating on a vitamin capsule, mixed with the phthalate smell of cheap vinyl - I don't even want to think about the congeners in this one), and the finish was little more than an ester-y film on my soft palate. I would have given it away, but I would have been embarrassed.
Maybe the stuff that they export to the US is a different product than the one they export to Honduras. IIRC they had two different ages there as well, and I tried the older one. God knows how bad the younger one is.
You, sir, you are awful. I know I've told you this once but wanted to tell you again. Just awful.
AWWW, raerae called me sir. 8) Shraeye must have told her how old I am. :-[ Damn him. :'(
Maybe for once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "You're making a scene."
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This thread is awesome.
WineEevee beat Grujah, who's next?
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Dear Everybody,
Drink this shit. The 7 Year and nothing more or less. (Trust me, I've tried both.)
http://flordecana.com/
I have yet to have a hangover after drinking it. And I am a pro at getting hangovers so it isn't from lack of trying.
Sincerely,
Apparently an Alcoholic
This will apparently be our first disagreement. I find their product (at least the one I bought and consumed one drink's worth of in Honduras) to be utterly foul. The nose was non-existent; on the palate I got medicinal plastic (like the coating on a vitamin capsule, mixed with the phthalate smell of cheap vinyl - I don't even want to think about the congeners in this one), and the finish was little more than an ester-y film on my soft palate. I would have given it away, but I would have been embarrassed.
Maybe the stuff that they export to the US is a different product than the one they export to Honduras. IIRC they had two different ages there as well, and I tried the older one. God knows how bad the younger one is.
You, sir, you are awful. I know I've told you this once but wanted to tell you again. Just awful.
AWWW, raerae called me sir. 8) Shraeye must have told her how old I am. :-[ Damn him. :'(
Maybe for once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "You're making a scene."
I've been (politely) asked to leave the Four Seasons Restaurant in Chicago by the Maître d'hôtel. We were out with a work group, and our Boss (who had just received a sizable raise) had offered to buy drinks that night. The Maître d'hôtel came over with the check in his hand, and said to us "Perhaps Sirs have had enough enjoyment for one evening."
When he handed our boss the bill, you could see his jaw slacken ever so slightly. My best guess thinking back on the drinks ordered is that it was somewhere around $5000. For 8 of us.
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Did you know it is cheaper to get drunk off of O'Doul's Non-Alcoholic Beer than Dom Perignon?
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Dear Everybody,
Drink this shit. The 7 Year and nothing more or less. (Trust me, I've tried both.)
http://flordecana.com/
I have yet to have a hangover after drinking it. And I am a pro at getting hangovers so it isn't from lack of trying.
Sincerely,
Apparently an Alcoholic
This will apparently be our first disagreement. I find their product (at least the one I bought and consumed one drink's worth of in Honduras) to be utterly foul. The nose was non-existent; on the palate I got medicinal plastic (like the coating on a vitamin capsule, mixed with the phthalate smell of cheap vinyl - I don't even want to think about the congeners in this one), and the finish was little more than an ester-y film on my soft palate. I would have given it away, but I would have been embarrassed.
Maybe the stuff that they export to the US is a different product than the one they export to Honduras. IIRC they had two different ages there as well, and I tried the older one. God knows how bad the younger one is.
You, sir, you are awful. I know I've told you this once but wanted to tell you again. Just awful.
AWWW, raerae called me sir. 8) Shraeye must have told her how old I am. :-[ Damn him. :'(
Maybe for once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "You're making a scene."
I've been (politely) asked to leave the Four Seasons Restaurant in Chicago by the Maître d'hôtel. We were out with a work group, and our Boss (who had just received a sizable raise) had offered to buy drinks that night. The Maître d'hôtel came over with the check in his hand, and said to us "Perhaps Sirs have had enough enjoyment for one evening."
When he handed our boss the bill, you could see his jaw slacken ever so slightly. My best guess thinking back on the drinks ordered is that it was somewhere around $5000. For 8 of us.
You must have been drinking something other than cocktails (or were there for 7 or 8 hours). Even at $30/cocktail, thats about 21 cocktails each to get to $625 each (average). Damn, I'm not letting any of you near my Pappy Van Winkle stash.
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Did you know it is cheaper to get drunk off of O'Doul's Non-Alcoholic Beer than Dom Perignon?
Only if you're the one paying. ;D
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Dear Everybody,
Drink this shit. The 7 Year and nothing more or less. (Trust me, I've tried both.)
http://flordecana.com/
I have yet to have a hangover after drinking it. And I am a pro at getting hangovers so it isn't from lack of trying.
Sincerely,
Apparently an Alcoholic
This will apparently be our first disagreement. I find their product (at least the one I bought and consumed one drink's worth of in Honduras) to be utterly foul. The nose was non-existent; on the palate I got medicinal plastic (like the coating on a vitamin capsule, mixed with the phthalate smell of cheap vinyl - I don't even want to think about the congeners in this one), and the finish was little more than an ester-y film on my soft palate. I would have given it away, but I would have been embarrassed.
Maybe the stuff that they export to the US is a different product than the one they export to Honduras. IIRC they had two different ages there as well, and I tried the older one. God knows how bad the younger one is.
You, sir, you are awful. I know I've told you this once but wanted to tell you again. Just awful.
AWWW, raerae called me sir. 8) Shraeye must have told her how old I am. :-[ Damn him. :'(
Maybe for once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "You're making a scene."
I've been (politely) asked to leave the Four Seasons Restaurant in Chicago by the Maître d'hôtel. We were out with a work group, and our Boss (who had just received a sizable raise) had offered to buy drinks that night. The Maître d'hôtel came over with the check in his hand, and said to us "Perhaps Sirs have had enough enjoyment for one evening."
When he handed our boss the bill, you could see his jaw slacken ever so slightly. My best guess thinking back on the drinks ordered is that it was somewhere around $5000. For 8 of us.
That is possibly the most hilariously over-cautious way to cut someone off ever. Love it.
On an unrelated note, Galz, I have to read a bill and interview a lobbyist today, so I'm basically reflecting on how glad I am I don't cover politics regularly.
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.. is fun lalalala. Bumpy bump.
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You would all be very Dissapointed in me, just ordered a ' woo woo'
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You would all be very Dissapointed in me, just ordered a ' woo woo'
Tonight is gonna be a gooooood night. That's all I'm sayin'.
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isnt that more of a Woo hoooooo?
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isnt that more of a Woo hoooooo?
It's more of a Whoo Whoo Whoooooo!
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yeah, i definately did not have one of those, pretty sure.
Although it is a bit fuzzy for a few hours...
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was fuzzed last night.
Tomorrow is Orthodox New Year, I might do some stuff.
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:) :D ;D 8) :o :( >:( :-[ :P :-\ :'(
Just guessing, you know.
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was fuzzed last night.
Tomorrow is Orthodox New Year, I might do some stuff.
well, got fuzzed.
This was one of the worst getting drunk ever, after only a few beers, due to tiredness/hungriness/whatever, I went from usually awesome to completely comatosed (sleepy, unresponsive, ugh). Came back early.
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Does anyone else find it creepy that everyone is getting "fuzzed" and Fuzzy is sitting there making weird faces?
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Does anyone else find it creepy that everyone is getting "fuzzed" and Fuzzy is sitting there making weird faces?
I do!
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Was going to the pub for dinner and one drink. Edned up staying for a few more. Smithwicks is so great.
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A good friend of mine had a b-day party.
DRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNK.
Anyone up for a game?
Fuzzers?
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im up for a game of fuzzers!
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Fuzzers == Eevee.
Ozle, I cannot find you onlne.. name? anybody else?
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What we playing? And where?
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dominion, now, on isotropic.
nick: SpajderDzerulem.
COME.
ONLINE.
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oohh ill play if anyone wants to
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allllllcohollllll is delightful.
in moderation.
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allllllcohollllll is delightful.
in moderation.
Please define "moderation". ;D
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as long as you're feeling delightful
it's moderation
its all very self-defining
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allllllcohollllll is delightful.
in moderation.
Please define "moderation". ;D
No such thing. Made up word.
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allllllcohollllll is delightful.
in moderation.
Please define "moderation". ;D
No such thing. Made up word.
I knew there was a reason I liked you.
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allllllcohollllll is delightful.
in moderation.
Please define "moderation". ;D
No such thing. Made up word.
I knew it!
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I got a couple six-packs of Hopslam! yumyumyum!
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Beatcha again :)
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I'm drinking cheap chardonnay. Gross. but also yum. In that "i like to drink cheap wine out of the bottle" way.
I've almost finished it all.
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Beatcha again :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhM0q3iI7zI
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Yeah, he's drinking that trash instead of drinking sustainably farmed Cab with his awesome girlfriend. What a jerk.
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Yeah, he's drinking that trash instead of drinking sustainably farmed Cab with his awesome girlfriend. What a jerk.
Yeah, sorry for not being pretentious.
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Yeah, he's drinking that trash instead of drinking sustainably farmed Cab with his awesome girlfriend. What a jerk.
Yeah, sorry for not being pretentious.
Yeah, sorry for being socially and environmentally responsible.
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What the hell is sustainably farmed cab?!
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What the hell is sustainably farmed cab?!
Presumably the Cabernet Sauvignon is made from sustainably/organically/locally grown grapes.
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Well, i thought that, but not sure how grapes can be classed as sustainable, that only works if they picked wild grapes rather than purposefully growing them.
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Check it out!
http://www.tapiz.com.ar/index_ingles.html
And a broader view...
http://www.vinodelsol.com/thewineries/zolo.html
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this thread is too hard to find when you need to find it!
tonight I had 2 old fashioneds and then 2 beers, and that was enough, apparently
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I was thinking "why don't I have friends here" but then I remembered it's Monday.
All I can say is IT'S BEEN A WEIRD NIGHT
and also "don't judge me"
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I was thinking "why don't I have friends here" but then I remembered it's Monday.
All I can say is IT'S BEEN A WEIRD NIGHT
and also "don't judge me"
I haven't had a good old fashioned "weird night" since the days when Frisky was around. :(
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this thread is too hard to find when you need to find it!
tonight I had 2 old fashioneds and then 2 beers, and that was enough, apparently
Amen to that!
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I was thinking "why don't I have friends here" but then I remembered it's Monday.
Sorry :(
It was Monday but it is not an excuse for what I did.
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I'm not a drinker, but I was at a friend's house Saturday night... boy, that was a night. The best part was the "scootch around on your back" races; we made a figure 8 track with bottles.
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I really wish Frisk was still around so I could tell him how much I'm enjoying this SXNW Widmers Brothers Reserve. I finally got my hand on a bottle and it's delicious. The cocoa nubs really bring a nice depth of flavor, while leaving out any hints of bitterness. The green chilies are present, but very subtle. It's dark, rich, and delicious. At 9.9% it's got a bit of a kick - but you wouldn't know it while sipping merrily away.
Yum.
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Tonight I finally opened one of the dessert liquors my boss gave me for Christmas, from Germany. Konig Ludwig. This one was pear-flavored.
And then we made some embarrassing mixed drinks from whatever was in the house. We were snowed in, didn't want to attempt the stores.
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Just smuggled out of the bar an awesome mini suitcase still cocktail drinks thing
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Didn't notice this thread before :( but I love beer, especially double IPA's and imperial stouts. My top 3 beers are Sam Adams Utopias, Founders KBS and Surly Abrasive ale (on draft it's better than hopslam!). Dark horse plead the 5th is also great, and a bit more reasonably priced than the other imperial stouts. For breweries in general aside from Founders and Surly, I usually go for stuff from the west coast - Lagunitas, Stone, Rogue, Sierra Nevada. They know what's up over there!
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Recently switch to beer only diet.
Wednesay was nice party where I got just a bit fuzzed, thusday and friday were AGoT nights, beers are kinda obligatory, though games are long and beer supply is limited, and I want to stay focused so I in moderation, but constantly :D. Similarly, Satruday/Sunday was was MTG + beer. Monday I went to see a movie, then we went out for "a beer", ended up on quite a few, was moderately fuzzed at one point.
Today I am probably making a break. Tomoz is DnD night..
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Drinking!! I'm seriously wishing I could do some drunk posting in a mafia game right now. That is my favorite way to get lynched.
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Vote: raerae
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Bitch, please. I kill you.
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Doublevote: raerae
No tag-backs.
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You're just jealous that I have Flor and you only have friends.
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Get a room, you two!
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Get a room, you two!
Wanna come with? We're real fun.
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Why don't we have a foodie thread?
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/555137_559541340733548_458708158_n.jpg)
Nom.
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Why don't we have a foodie thread?
(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/555137_559541340733548_458708158_n.jpg)
Nom.
I had fresh bacon recently. Fresh meaning: Somebody I know knew the pig. Take that, stem cells.
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I had fresh bacon recently. Fresh meaning: Somebody I know knew the pig. Take that, stem cells.
There's something awesome in the usage of the past tense "knew".
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Bed time! 8(?) Drinks on the night are good enough for Galzria!
.... Damn, I gotta coach in the morning too. Ahh well. I'll survive.
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Bed time! 8(?) Drinks on the night are good enough for Galzria!
.... Damn, I gotta coach in the morning too. Ahh well. I'll survive.
YOU COACH!?!?!??!?!?!?!!???!?!?!?
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One word. Hangover.
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One word. Hangover.
Grab a coffee, you'll feel right chipper again!
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Bed time! 8(?) Drinks on the night are good enough for Galzria!
.... Damn, I gotta coach in the morning too. Ahh well. I'll survive.
YOU COACH!?!?!??!?!?!?!!???!?!?!?
Well, it's not THAT serious. I coach Little League during the summer, and teach swimming year round. But, well, it's nearing on Springtime! And that means baseball is right around the corner again (/geek)! So yeah. Our first team practice is today.
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One word. Hangover.
Haha, agree. Also, I had to play a 3 hour tennis match this afternoon. It was more difficult than it needed to be.
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Guys. Guys. I came across a brewery that has most of its beer names start with the word "Dominon"... Dominion beer, people!!! ;D
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/402
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Dominion: Dark Ages sounds like my kind of beer!
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I never drink... wine.
Actually i love alcohol, if it's in chocolate truffles, gravy, ice cream, whatever... I could never really drink it, though - Baileys, Cherry Brandy and egg liqueur once a year aside. Weird, huh?
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I never drink... wine.
Actually i love alcohol, if it's in chocolate truffles, gravy, ice cream, whatever... I could never really drink it, though - Baileys, Cherry Brandy and egg liqueur once a year aside. Weird, huh?
I. LOVE. THIS. MOVIE.
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hello brothers and sisters!
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I literally JUST NOTICED drunk mafia was now an actual thing, but I'm way too drunk to actually read it all the way through. How did it end up working? Can anyone jump in? How much do you have to drink? How do I get inthe next one?
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And what the heck happened to Voltgloss srsly. I miss that guy.
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I literally JUST NOTICED drunk mafia was now an actual thing, but I'm way too drunk to actually read it all the way through. How did it end up working? Can anyone jump in? How much do you have to drink? How do I get inthe next one?
Worked pretty well. Ended up being more of a super ultra turbo blitz mafia. I think some people drank quite a bit. I didn't really, and when I did I just kind of lurked.
There were six of us online that just wanted to do it and we just started. I imagine the next one start like that.
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This thread needs a bump, and I'm in just the... Condition... To do so!
Just had a completely awesome sour by Russian River called Supplication. Sours won't be for everyone, and they're very seasonal... But if you like them, damn are they good. This one only ran ~8% ("only" - ha!), but boy did it leave you puckered by the end! Sweet undertones, it reminded me of an old style PROPER apple cider. Absolutely delicious.
2 of those down before the barrel ran out (it was popular!), and on to Pliney the Elder (also brewed by RR), and I'm doin' just fine. Gonna be a gooood night. :)
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This thread needs a bump, and I'm in just the... Condition... To do so!
Just had a completely awesome sour by Russian River called Supplication. Sours won't be for everyone, and they're very seasonal... But if you like them, damn are they good. This one only ran ~8% ("only" - ha!), but boy did it leave you puckered by the end! Sweet undertones, it reminded me of an old style PROPER apple cider. Absolutely delicious.
2 of those down before the barrel ran out (it was popular!), and on to Pliney the Elder (also brewed by RR), and I'm doin' just fine. Gonna be a gooood night. :)
I'm jelly.
I like sours, and have been to Jolly Pumpkin in Ann Arbor. I so want to visit Russian River if I get the chance!
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This thread needs a bump, and I'm in just the... Condition... To do so!
Just had a completely awesome sour by Russian River called Supplication. Sours won't be for everyone, and they're very seasonal... But if you like them, damn are they good. This one only ran ~8% ("only" - ha!), but boy did it leave you puckered by the end! Sweet undertones, it reminded me of an old style PROPER apple cider. Absolutely delicious.
2 of those down before the barrel ran out (it was popular!), and on to Pliney the Elder (also brewed by RR), and I'm doin' just fine. Gonna be a gooood night. :)
I'm jelly.
I like sours, and have been to Jolly Pumpkin in Ann Arbor. I so want to visit Russian River if I get the chance!
I live an hour and a half from RR, so have the opportunity to get their brews on a regular basis. ;D
I was born in Michigan and still have lots of family there. I'll have to check out Jolly Pumpkin next time I'm in town.
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GGG hands you a Victory Prima Pils ;)
(A delicious, high-rated, hoppy pilsner for those who don't know.)
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Star Drunk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPrtQ9AdoM0)
A film that was written while drunk and acted while drunk.
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got some Ruination happening right now.
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http://thechive.com/2013/09/19/if-you-put-inspiring-fitness-quotes-over-pictures-of-drinking-they-get-significantly-more-awesome-32-photos/
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Why did this thread die?
Nice and toasty right now
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Why did this thread die?
Liver disease.
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To anybody who didn't have "Enjoy by 2.14.14", you all are missing out.
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Why did this thread die?
Liver disease.
This. I love this.
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Why did this thread die?
Liver disease.
This. I love this.
You love liver disease?
By the way, I just had alcohol for the first time in my life yesterday.
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By the way, I just had alcohol for the first time in my life yesterday.
What was it? Beer? Scotch? What?
I'm not a big beer fan myself, it makes me feel a little ill. I generally like the stronger stuff, just not too much of it.
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Why did this thread die?
Liver disease.
This. I love this.
You love liver disease?
By the way, I just had alcohol for the first time in my life yesterday.
Yeah, me and LD are pretty tight.
Also, thoughts and feelings on that alcohol? Let's hear it.
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What was it? Beer? Scotch? What?
Cider.
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Why did this thread die?
Nice and toasty right now
Heh, I do not know, and it's a shame. It's not like I'm drinking less frequently, I just stopped posting :(
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Why did this thread die?
Nice and toasty right now
Heh, I do not know, and it's a shame. It's not like I'm drinking less frequently, I just stopped posting :(
That's just reckless abandonment, G-man.
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What was it? Beer? Scotch? What?
Cider.
Cider's a wonderful gateway drink. Welcome!
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What was it? Beer? Scotch? What?
Cider.
This guy gets it.
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What was it? Beer? Scotch? What?
Cider.
Cider's a wonderful gateway drink. Welcome!
I hope not, I'm not really planning to start drinking except for special occasions. The special occasion in this case was being the only sober guy with a driver's license; I didn't really feel like driving and this was the easiest way to avoid it.
I'm going to make some viking-style mead for next year's Walpurgisnacht though.
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By the way, I just had alcohol for the first time in my life yesterday.
What was it? Beer? Scotch? What?
I'm not a big beer fan myself, it makes me feel a little ill. I generally like the stronger stuff, just not too much of it.
I've noticed that beer seems to make a lot of people sick. You know, besides the sickness one gets from alcohol itself. I can just imagine all that fluid sloshing around a tipsy person's empty stomach, making them feel even more sick. It also has gluten, in case there's anyone here who might be intolerant to that.
I only drink liquor. Rum seems to be my favourite liquor so far. See, my nutritionist has advised me to avoid gluten, among other things (like dairy, corn, and junk food in general). Do yourself a favour, and DO NOT follow such a diet unless you absolutely have to due to allergies or something. It's not worth it, and you'll get sick if you don't find good alternatives for everything you remove from your diet.
In recent times, I've had a few episodes where I drank more than I'm used to. Still, I've never thrown up or gotten a hangover from alcohol, and I don't plan to start.
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I like beer since it's really easy to pace myself with it and it comes in so many flavors if you know where to look.
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I like beer since it's really easy to pace myself with it and it comes in so many flavors if you know where to look.
Good point, actually. It takes a large amount of beer to get drunk, but only a relatively small amount of liquor (volume wise), to get drunk. The danger is being lulled into a false sense of security with beer when you have liquor before or after. I was just at a party where this happened to a friend. She got sick enough to not want to drink again.
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I'll just leave this here:
www.makemeacocktail.com
You can put in what you have in your liquor/mixer collection, and then search their database of drinks for things you can make with those ingredients.
It's ... pretty awesome, actually
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By the way, I just had alcohol for the first time in my life yesterday.
What was it? Beer? Scotch? What?
I'm not a big beer fan myself, it makes me feel a little ill. I generally like the stronger stuff, just not too much of it.
I've noticed that beer seems to make a lot of people sick. You know, besides the sickness one gets from alcohol itself. I can just imagine all that fluid sloshing around a tipsy person's empty stomach, making them feel even more sick. It also has gluten, in case there's anyone here who might be intolerant to that.
I only drink liquor. Rum seems to be my favourite liquor so far. See, my nutritionist has advised me to avoid gluten, among other things (like dairy, corn, and junk food in general). Do yourself a favour, and DO NOT follow such a diet unless you absolutely have to due to allergies or something. It's not worth it, and you'll get sick if you don't find good alternatives for everything you remove from your diet.
In recent times, I've had a few episodes where I drank more than I'm used to. Still, I've never thrown up or gotten a hangover from alcohol, and I don't plan to start.
So you drink Flor de cana?
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It also has gluten, in case there's anyone here who might be intolerant to that.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/03/the-best-and-worst-gluten-free-beers.html
I've only had the New Planet, but it's pretty good!
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It also has gluten, in case there's anyone here who might be intolerant to that.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/03/the-best-and-worst-gluten-free-beers.html
I've only had the New Planet, but it's pretty good!
I don't really drink except when I go to a party or something. I tend to just bring wine or liquor if I must BYOB.
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TODAY IS NATIONAL MARGARITA DAY!!!
Sorry I only informed you now, I've been...distracted...with pomegranate margaritas. But pomegranates are a super fruit, right? So it's fine, right?
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Hot Chocolate + Bourbon.
Why have I not tried this before. It's delicious.
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Irish Cream makes everything better.
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Am I the only one who thinks plain regular old beer tastes fantastic.
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Also we should totally have another Drunk mafia, I really want to be a part of one and last time I was too drunk to realize raerae had moved the thread, the realization the next morning hurt more than the hangover...
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What is plain regular old beer? There are tons of kinds of beer. I enjoy many of them. But not IPA's. I don't like those.
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What is plain regular old beer? There are tons of kinds of beer. I enjoy many of them. But not IPA's. I don't like those.
Like coors light/bud light/corona/Stella Artois
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Maybe they are just really light beers but I always feel like when my friends talk about "good beer" they are these crazy microbrews and have these long names made with all kinda of fruit and whatnot. Don't get me wrong I enjoy all of these very much, I just also happen to like the more mainstream beers and think they have while different still a good flavor.
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Am I the only one who thinks plain regular old beer tastes fantastic.
I think there's a huge overlap between craft beer fans and eurogame fans. I'm not saying we're all hipsters, but I am saying the person who prefers the sophistication of Dominion over the banality of Monopoly is the same person who prefers the sophistication of Jack's Abby over the banality of Budweiser.
Ok, maybe I am saying we're all hipsters.
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Soo to get better at dominion your saying I should drink more?
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I've definitely found Ballmer Peaks (https://xkcd.com/323/) for Isotropic Dominion, Rock Band, League of Legends, etc. ...
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What is plain regular old beer? There are tons of kinds of beer. I enjoy many of them. But not IPA's. I don't like those.
Like coors light/bud light/corona/Stella Artois
I drink budweiser and corona on occasion. Budweiser when I don't want to get drunker than I already am, Corona when I'm sober and don't want to get too drunk. Tecate when I want really cheap beer.
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I'm kinda in the same boat as Mcmc (which probably has a lot more to do with our ages than anything else). I'm just fine drinking 'regular old beer', whether that's bud or coors or yuengling or what have you. I'll usually buy stuff a step up if I have the chance, but I'm not buying super double craft fruity IPAs ever, either.
I'm happy that I can still enjoy cheap beer (and cheap wine), and while I'm sure that I will soon get to a point where I can't / don't want to drink it anymore, I'm not in any real rush to get there.
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yeah, drunk mafia will happen sometime. We gotta see what weekend is best for most people. For example, next weekend is bad. Well, I think so.
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I'm kinda in the same boat as Mcmc (which probably has a lot more to do with our ages than anything else). I'm just fine drinking 'regular old beer', whether that's bud or coors or yuengling or what have you. I'll usually buy stuff a step up if I have the chance, but I'm not buying super double craft fruity IPAs ever, either.
I'm happy that I can still enjoy cheap beer (and cheap wine), and while I'm sure that I will soon get to a point where I can't / don't want to drink it anymore, I'm not in any real rush to get there.
A lot of the snobbery has to do with super hoppy IPAs that have nothing to do with flavor. But there is absolutely a difference between bud and a belgian tripel, for example. I usually look for Newcastle. Sweet, but definitely not like some Samuel Adams raspberry bullshit.
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yeah, drunk mafia will happen sometime. We gotta see what weekend is best for most people. For example, next weekend is bad. Well, I think so.
How about a weekday? https://www.google.com/search?q=st.+patricks+day&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb
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I'm kinda in the same boat as Mcmc (which probably has a lot more to do with our ages than anything else). I'm just fine drinking 'regular old beer', whether that's bud or coors or yuengling or what have you. I'll usually buy stuff a step up if I have the chance, but I'm not buying super double craft fruity IPAs ever, either.
I'm happy that I can still enjoy cheap beer (and cheap wine), and while I'm sure that I will soon get to a point where I can't / don't want to drink it anymore, I'm not in any real rush to get there.
A lot of the snobbery has to do with super hoppy IPAs that have nothing to do with flavor. But there is absolutely a difference between bud and a belgian tripel, for example. I usually look for Newcastle. Sweet, but definitely not like some Samuel Adams raspberry bullshit.
A+
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yeah, drunk mafia will happen sometime. We gotta see what weekend is best for most people. For example, next weekend is bad. Well, I think so.
I gave up drinking for Lent. So I can't play drunk mafia for 40 days :(
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Newcastle is a standby.
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yeah, drunk mafia will happen sometime. We gotta see what weekend is best for most people. For example, next weekend is bad. Well, I think so.
I gave up drinking for Lent. So I can't play drunk mafia for 40 days :(
high mafia?
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yeah, drunk mafia will happen sometime. We gotta see what weekend is best for most people. For example, next weekend is bad. Well, I think so.
I gave up drinking for Lent. So I can't play drunk mafia for 40 days :(
I say this all the time; one need not be drunk. Just willing to hang out with people who might be. It may be better named "ultra-blitz and pretty silly mafia".
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Weekdays work for me as well, as long as they start after
M-5 T-3 W-5 T-3 F-5
Also I may be able to get an extra player for this.
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/in for basically any time
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yeah, drunk mafia will happen sometime. We gotta see what weekend is best for most people. For example, next weekend is bad. Well, I think so.
How about a weekday? https://www.google.com/search?q=st.+patricks+day&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb
what happened to drunk mafia today :'(
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yeah, drunk mafia will happen sometime. We gotta see what weekend is best for most people. For example, next weekend is bad. Well, I think so.
How about a weekday? https://www.google.com/search?q=st.+patricks+day&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb
what happened to drunk mafia today :'(
We could still do it(since technically you mentioned today)
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Hooters manager just bought me a shot of really good whiskey. Do I come here too often or just enough?
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Hooters manager just bought me a shot of really good whiskey. Do I come here too often or just enough?
It depends, how tight was your T-Shirt....
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I had some Trappistes Rochefort 10 beer yesterday. It was pretty awesome.
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Oh oh oh I forgot to mention that a couple of weeks ago I tried Lindemans fruit beers. I had peach, apple, and cherry (Peche, Pomme, Kriek) and they were all so delicious. Among the first beers that I've really enjoyed. Sure, they tasted more like fruit sodas than beer, but hops aren't for everyone I guess.
Also had a delicious shot of honey whiskey that night, yummmm.
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Oh oh oh I forgot to mention that a couple of weeks ago I tried Lindemans fruit beers. I had peach, apple, and cherry (Peche, Pomme, Kriek) and they were all so delicious. Among the first beers that I've really enjoyed. Sure, they tasted more like fruit sodas than beer, but hops aren't for everyone I guess.
Also had a delicious shot of honey whiskey that night, yummmm.
Honey whiskey is my absolute favorite!
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Oh oh oh I forgot to mention that a couple of weeks ago I tried Lindemans fruit beers. I had peach, apple, and cherry (Peche, Pomme, Kriek) and they were all so delicious. Among the first beers that I've really enjoyed. Sure, they tasted more like fruit sodas than beer, but hops aren't for everyone I guess.
Also had a delicious shot of honey whiskey that night, yummmm.
Honey whiskey is my absolute favorite!
Careful now! That shit is dangerous!
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Oh oh oh I forgot to mention that a couple of weeks ago I tried Lindemans fruit beers. I had peach, apple, and cherry (Peche, Pomme, Kriek) and they were all so delicious. Among the first beers that I've really enjoyed. Sure, they tasted more like fruit sodas than beer, but hops aren't for everyone I guess.
Also had a delicious shot of honey whiskey that night, yummmm.
Honey whiskey is my absolute favorite!
Careful now! That shit is dangerous!
It's harmless, I just finished my 3rd and final half gallon of my Christmas present(Jack Daniel's Honey)
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Awesome.
I need to meet you guys.
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Oh oh oh I forgot to mention that a couple of weeks ago I tried Lindemans fruit beers. I had peach, apple, and cherry (Peche, Pomme, Kriek) and they were all so delicious. Among the first beers that I've really enjoyed. Sure, they tasted more like fruit sodas than beer, but hops aren't for everyone I guess.
Also had a delicious shot of honey whiskey that night, yummmm.
Honey whiskey is my absolute favorite!
That stuff does not make me happy. Try some of the good whisky; Larceny, Basil Hayden's, Blanton's.
Although I am testing some Apply Pie Moonshine (by Midnight Moon) right now; it's crazy, but I think I don't mind. Jury's still out.
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I'm having some Freixenet Cordon Rosado Brut right now and it tastes horrible. Do all wines taste like this?
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I'm having some Freixenet Cordon Rosado Brut right now and it tastes horrible. Do all wines taste like this?
1. People are often uncomfortable with new tastes and take a while to appreciate them. See, e.g., coffee, sushi.
2. "Acquiring a taste is not about tasting the same thing over and over again until you "get used to it". It's also not about enjoying the entire spectrum of a flavor. There are plenty of beers that I hate, and will never drink again. Acquiring a taste is about experiencing a broad range of similar things until you can appreciate the complexities of its construction." http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1tn56j/men_of_reddit_whats_something_that_men_are/ce9sh2g
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I'm having some Freixenet Cordon Rosado Brut right now and it tastes horrible. Do all wines taste like this?
1. People are often uncomfortable with new tastes and take a while to appreciate them. See, e.g., coffee, sushi.
Certainly. I already like it a lot more now, still haven't been able to finish the glass though.
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Dark and stormy.
Also it's technically the morning, so mimosas are in order.
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I love you all!
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I love you all!
I love you more!
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Checking in, just in case. I do actually profoundly like most of you, and even the small unnamed minority that probably doesn't include you I really really try to respect, so.. put your hands up, but your freaking hands up?
Love, Eevee.
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I'm having some Freixenet Cordon Rosado Brut right now and it tastes horrible. Do all wines taste like this?
That's a sparkling Rose. Carbonation, IMO, should be reserved for beer and real champagne. Rose, in general, is shitty wine (I mean, seriously, it's not like it's a varietal, it just means they left some skins in or it's a blend because 1 varietal wasn't good enough to stand on its own). A sparkling rose should be reserved for seriously hot days and women... all my own opinion. A Sparkling Rose would be about the last thing I would give to the person I was introducing to wine.
Edit to note that Rose, in America, tends to be shitty. French and Italian Rose can be quite good, especially with food. The classic American Rose is Sutter Home White Zinfandel, if that tells you anything. Even then, they are not carbonated for god's sake.
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I'm having some Freixenet Cordon Rosado Brut right now and it tastes horrible. Do all wines taste like this?
That's a sparkling Rose. Carbonation, IMO, should be reserved for beer and real champagne. Rose, in general, is shitty wine (I mean, seriously, it's not like it's a varietal, it just means they left some skins in or it's a blend because 1 varietal wasn't good enough to stand on its own). A sparkling rose should be reserved for seriously hot days and women... all my own opinion. A Sparkling Rose would be about the last thing I would give to the person I was introducing to wine.
Edit to note that Rose, in America, tends to be shitty. French and Italian Rose can be quite good, especially with food. The classic American Rose is Sutter Home White Zinfandel, if that tells you anything. Even then, they are not carbonated for god's sake.
Are you secretly an msu student who took Hb 411 last semester.
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Hah, nice reference. I was expecting Hb to stand for Homebrewing. I have no formal education in alcoholic beverages, it is all amateur field experience.
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Hah, nice reference. I was expecting Hb to stand for Homebrewing. I have no formal education in alcoholic beverages, it is all amateur field experience.
It stands for Hospitality Business(Hotel/Restaurant/Casino) and is an upper level wine course(I was an HB major before I decided a family would be nice)
You literally sounded like you were quoting my professor
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"I'm really enjoy those water flavor enhancers. I especially like the one where you add barley, wheat, and yeast and let it sit for 12 years."
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Jolly Rancher in a Zima, That is a water flavor enhancer.
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Jolly Rancher in a Zima, That is a water flavor enhancer.
...so many conflicting self descriptors there
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I think it's funny that people need more of a reason to drink water than "if you don't drink it, you'll die." Sad is really the word I'm looking for.
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Pretty much all I drink is water. Every now and then I'll have fruit juice.
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I think it's funny that people need more of a reason to drink water than "if you don't drink it, you'll die." Sad is really the word I'm looking for.
*donk*
You could've had a V8!
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I think it's funny that people need more of a reason to drink water than "if you don't drink it, you'll die." Sad is really the word I'm looking for.
*donk*
You could've had a V8!
Will you be my new best friend
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So I kind of want to do the drinking + Mafia thing.
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I think it's funny that people need more of a reason to drink water than "if you don't drink it, you'll die." Sad is really the word I'm looking for.
*donk*
You could've had a V8!
Will you be my new best friend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CMejecRpWI
So I kind of want to do the drinking + Mafia thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0 ?
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I HAVE TO WRITE MY ESSAY!!!!
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I have to study for my second-to-final exam, and fifth in seven days. I've started not feeling the difference between being awake and asleep. So I feel you bro!
Anyone else wanna share their misery?
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I took my last exam a little over four years ago ;D
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I have to study for my second-to-final exam, and fifth in seven days. I've started not feeling the difference between being awake and asleep. So I feel you bro!
Anyone else wanna share their misery?
For clarity, I was referring to Axxle's video, where the page flips to "Thursday" and it says "ESSAY DUE"
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Oh god, you watched it?
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Oh god, you watched it?
Only the first 10 seconds.
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I took my last exam a little over four years ago ;D
Go die in a fiery pit. With snakes. And scorpions that shoot lasers out of their eyes.
Kind regards,
pacovf
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I have a one month old infant at home. Sleep/Awake, there is no difference. My desk is an escape where I can experiment with waking reality.
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So I kind of want to do the drinking + Mafia thing.
I have two people for it. Also still want to do the Skype mafia and feel these could be combined.
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You guys are doing this tonight? I could maaaaybe join in depending on the time.
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I'm pretty much available after 6pm pst
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You guys are doing this tonight? I could maaaaybe join in depending on the time.
Alright this is getting some serious interest, probably going to make a thread for it after work unless someone does in the mean time.
Ppe axxle: having to start these things that late for me are why I missed the entire game last time as I was too drunk to realize the thread moved and I got no replies...
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I could prob play tonight. Some level of buzz seems likely.
Edit: and I think I could start whenever.
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Would totally play drunk mafia tonight, but no interest in a Skype version.
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Oh yeah I couldn't do skype mafia. I'll just be sneaking onto my phone during another social engagement.
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Drunk mafia isn't worth sneaking onto a phone for, IMO :P
I am going to a baseball game, if I go home after I'm down to play.
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Signups and speculation! http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=11269.new#new
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Drunk mafia isn't worth sneaking onto a phone for, IMO :P
Psssssh sure it is. It'll be my first mafia in nearly a year, I can sneak onto my phone for that.
(And to add snarky commentary)
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Vanilla rum mixed with everything
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Jolly Rancher in a Zima, That is a water flavor enhancer.
Are you high school raerae? I remember those days...
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Mad Dog 20/20
trololol
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Sour beers are really tasty. I've been really digging the Monk's Café Flemish Sour Ale.
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I think this is what I had the other night:
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/147/36707/
Pretty cool porter with a spicy aftertaste.
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I ran real life mafia for drunk friends this weekend. Very basic set up -- 8 people, I went with 2 scum, gave them one doctor or cop but didn't tell them which one.
There was not a lot of interesting strategy going on. People started out really nice to each other and then got super paranoid, and even started playing the race card. ("You're really going to lynch the black man day 1!?")
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I am just not a big fan of wine. :-\
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Last night I had a Godfather (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfather_(cocktail)) made with Elijah Craig 12 year and Disaronno. It was so delicious. Not being a heavy drinker though, I was a little more buzzed than I was used to...
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I am just not a big fan of wine. :-\
There are a lot of varieties. There was a pretty good sweet sparkling strawberry wine. That's probably the furthest you can get from classic wines though, haha.
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I am just not a big fan of wine. :-\
There are a lot of varieties. There was a pretty good sweet sparkling strawberry wine. That's probably the furthest you can get from classic wines though, haha.
Man, I just think wine is the most enjoyable type of alcohol as far as taste goes, and also the least harmful for you as far as I can tell. I'm a fan!
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Man, I just think wine is the least harmful for you as far as I can tell. I'm a fan!
Tell that to the Lannisters...
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I just haven't had a red I've liked, and while I can tolerate whites, I still don't like most of them (hi context thread). My current favorite is a seven dollar Riesling. I did try a cheap sparkling wine once that was pretty good. I'd definitely try the strawberry sparkling wine, that sounds pretty amazing actually.
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I'm with DSell. I had some wine while I was in France, and it was ok... I had a white that was really good though, just not what I would drink all the time.
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I went on vacation this week to Vermont and tried lots of their famous beers. Hill Farmstead. Heady Topper. Toured the Rock Art Brewery as well as Magic Hat. It was a good time.
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Related: Fiz is a fun mobile game, a tycoon simulation about running a brewery game.
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Related: Fiz is a fun mobile game, a tycoon simulation about running a brewery game.
http://brewfiz.com/- looks cool :)
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I just haven't had a red I've liked, and while I can tolerate whites, I still don't like most of them (hi context thread). My current favorite is a seven dollar Riesling. I did try a cheap sparkling wine once that was pretty good. I'd definitely try the strawberry sparkling wine, that sounds pretty amazing actually.
Strawberry sparkling wine was the #1 gateway drug for girls when I was young.
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Strongbow honey and apple is my new favorite cider, yummm.
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I am just not a big fan of wine. :-\
There are a lot of varieties. There was a pretty good sweet sparkling strawberry wine. That's probably the furthest you can get from classic wines though, haha.
Man, I just think wine is the most enjoyable type of alcohol as far as taste goes, and also the least harmful for you as far as I can tell. I'm a fan!
This is 100% true, there are a multitude of documented health benefits of drinking 3-4/6-7(f/m) glasses of wine a week wine.
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I am just not a big fan of wine. :-\
There are a lot of varieties. There was a pretty good sweet sparkling strawberry wine. That's probably the furthest you can get from classic wines though, haha.
Man, I just think wine is the most enjoyable type of alcohol as far as taste goes, and also the least harmful for you as far as I can tell. I'm a fan!
This is 100% true, there are a multitude of documented health benefits of drinking 3-4/6-7(f/m) glasses of wine a week wine.
Pretty much all studies that show that have been conducted by the California wine board, or whatever they're called.
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Does it matter who posted the results if they're good results? :)
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But you should be skeptical of research when the researchers have a biased interest in the results.
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True, the results do show that it's minor health benefits followed by major Heath impairment as you increase the amount.
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Smoking reduces stress so maybe I should start smoking a pack a day.
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Stress is underrated.
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Yeah it should really be stressed more.
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Yeah it should really be stressed more.
I can't stress this enough.
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Stress!
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Stress!
Fixed that for you
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Fixed that for you
Destress
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STRESS!
Fixed that for you
Re.
I like pretty colours.
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This is getting out of control. I think I need a drink.
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Congratulations on your obscure knowledge of bb codes.
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DRINK!
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You guys are totally stressing me out.
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DRINK!
Can't upvote in good conscience if the shadow behind the "R" and "N" is not the same colour as the one behind the "!"
Also, no knowledge whatsoever, just clicking on buttons.
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Sigh, fixed.
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What have I done...
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OK, let's talk whiskey. What kind's do people drink? I like whiskey, but I haven't tried a lot of brands/kinds.
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OK, let's talk whiskey. What kind's do people drink? I like whiskey, but I haven't tried a lot of brands/kinds.
Well I'm really a Scotch fan. I've tried a bunch and Macallan is pretty good. Not that I really know what I'm talking about, but smooth is good. Smoky is good too but I'd rather less smoky tan more.
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drinking is good. i just grdrank for the first time in a lpretty llong time. good. s gud. very good.
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drinking is good. i just grdrank for the first time in a lpretty llong time. good. s gud. very good.
Have fun.
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OK, let's talk whiskey. What kind's do people drink? I like whiskey, but I haven't tried a lot of brands/kinds.
I haven't tried a ton either. But I really liked Gentleman Jack. The smell is incredible. Currently working my way through a bottle of Elijah Craig 12 year, small batch. It's decent, but there's some kind of sour flavor at the start that I'm not a big fan of. I liked the gentleman better.
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DRINK!
except...except...the differing colors just makes the 'dik' more visible...
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OK, let's talk whiskey. What kind's do people drink? I like whiskey, but I haven't tried a lot of brands/kinds.
This is my jam!
I'm into Larceny, that's my standard non-fancy drink now. Sorta sweeter/smoother than some other whiskeys, sorta like Maker's Mark. I can drink more quicker (as opposed to whiskeys you'd definitely only want to sip, and hold your pinky up and stuff), so it's a good drink to offer at a party or such. Also people who normally go "ugh, whiskey!?? How can you stand that stuff?" will sometimes say, "oh hey, now that's not actually bad!"
Whipper Snapper and Blanton's are two fancier types I've enjoyed. The sort you want to sip with whiskey rocks and such. Also, Blanton's comes in a classy bottle, if displaying bottles is something you're into.
I have a friend who swears by Bulleit as his standard whiskey (like Larceny for me). He says "it's the best bang for your buck whiskey I've ever found". It is decent, and I sort of prefer the Bulleit Rye over the regular.
Jim Beam is quite harsh, and not so good unless you're planning on mixing it with stuff (then it's just fine). Jim Beam Rye is slightly better than the standard.
There's Old Crow, for when all you want is to spend very little and burn your mouth quite a lot. Plus you can say "ca-caw!" while you drink it. I only recommend it for the last part.
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Then there's the ol' "hey girl want to put your mouth on my Dickel?" trick.
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Then there's the ol' "hey girl want to put your mouth on my Dickel?" trick.
Please use the "Random Stuff" thread for creeping advice.
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OK, let's talk whiskey. What kind's do people drink? I like whiskey, but I haven't tried a lot of brands/kinds.
This is my jam!
I'm into Larceny, that's my standard non-fancy drink now. Sorta sweeter/smoother than some other whiskeys, sorta like Maker's Mark. I can drink more quicker (as opposed to whiskeys you'd definitely only want to sip, and hold your pinky up and stuff), so it's a good drink to offer at a party or such. Also people who normally go "ugh, whiskey!?? How can you stand that stuff?" will sometimes say, "oh hey, now that's not actually bad!"
Whipper Snapper and Blanton's are two fancier types I've enjoyed. The sort you want to sip with whiskey rocks and such. Also, Blanton's comes in a classy bottle, if displaying bottles is something you're into.
I have a friend who swears by Bulleit as his standard whiskey (like Larceny for me). He says "it's the best bang for your buck whiskey I've ever found". It is decent, and I sort of prefer the Bulleit Rye over the regular.
Jim Beam is quite harsh, and not so good unless you're planning on mixing it with stuff (then it's just fine). Jim Beam Rye is slightly better than the standard.
There's Old Crow, for when all you want is to spend very little and burn your mouth quite a lot. Plus you can say "ca-caw!" while you drink it. I only recommend it for the last part.
I shall take the suggestions under advisement ;)
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Then there's the ol' "hey girl want to put your mouth on my Dickel?" trick.
My god, I don't know why but that cracked me up so hard
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Shraeye: Is it worth getting whiskey stones? And if so, what would you recommend?
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Shraeye: Is it worth getting whiskey stones? And if so, what would you recommend?
I doubt it; those are a lot more painful when you pass them.
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Shraeye: Is it worth getting whiskey stones? And if so, what would you recommend?
I doubt it; those are a lot more painful when you pass them.
Someone help, WW is morphing into Awaclus!!!
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Shraeye: Is it worth getting whiskey stones? And if so, what would you recommend?
I doubt it; those are a lot more painful when you pass them.
Someone help, WW is morphing into Awaclus!!!
But since everyone here is WW, doesn't that mean that I'm morphing into me?
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Shraeye: Is it worth getting whiskey stones? And if so, what would you recommend?
I doubt it; those are a lot more painful when you pass them.
Someone help, WW is morphing into Awaclus!!!
But since everyone here is WW, doesn't that mean that I'm morphing into me?
I think you are confusing your WWs
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Shraeye: Is it worth getting whiskey stones? And if so, what would you recommend?
I doubt it; those are a lot more painful when you pass them.
Someone help, WW is morphing into Awaclus!!!
But since everyone here is WW, doesn't that mean that I'm morphing into me?
I think you are confusing your WWs
I don't think it matters since WW=WW. QED.
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You've been proofed!
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You've been proofed!
This is the drinking thread after all.
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I'm going to a bar tonight famous for its wide selection of beers. The only problem is that I don't like beer. Sigh. So in an effort to not look silly by just ordering Angry Orchards, I'm researching beers that sound potentially appealing on their menu.
And it's so cool! I'm learning so much from BeerAdvocate.com and now I have a bunch of interesting-sounding stuff I want to try. A chocolate beer, a sticky toffee ale, a banana bread beer, a witbier. Now I'm actually excited to go and try them!
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I'm going to a bar tonight famous for its wide selection of beers. The only problem is that I don't like beer. Sigh. So in an effort to not look silly by just ordering Angry Orchards, I'm researching beers that sound potentially appealing on their menu.
And it's so cool! I'm learning so much from BeerAdvocate.com and now I have a bunch of interesting-sounding stuff I want to try. A chocolate beer, a sticky toffee ale, a banana bread beer, a witbier. Now I'm actually excited to go and try them!
In addition to those: Vanilla Stout, Cream Ale, any Sour, are all pretty good beers for people who don't like beers in general, I find.
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Or vanilla porter. Or vanilla java porter. Something along those lines
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Great suggestions! I'll try to report back on what I end up getting.
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a banana bread beer
I LOVE this. (assuming it's Wells)
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a banana bread beer
I LOVE this. (assuming it's Wells)
Yeah! I'm definitely getting that one.
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Also, this evening, I made a "Short Island Iced Tea", meaning I tried for the LIIT, but was missing a few ingredients. My improvisations made it palatable, but not as good as the original (I was missing gin, sour mix, and triple sec...I improvised with lemon juice, orange flavoring, and turn the splash of coke into a pour of it). I'm excited to try again with more of the proper ingredients.
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Or vanilla porter. Or vanilla java porter. Something along those lines
I think it was vanilla porter I was thinking of, vanilla stout might be a bit strong.
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So in an effort to not look silly by just ordering Angry Orchards, I'm researching beers that sound potentially appealing on their menu.
Try not to worry about what other people think and just drink Angry Orchards all night. You'll have a much more delicious evening.
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So in an effort to not look silly by just ordering Angry Orchards, I'm researching beers that sound potentially appealing on their menu.
Try not to worry about what other people think and just drink Angry Orchards all night. You'll have a much more delicious evening.
But I want to expand my tastes! I just want to minimize the risk of buying bottles that I just can't stand. And this place has such a wide selection, it'd feel like a waste not to sample some exotic flavors.
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So in an effort to not look silly by just ordering Angry Orchards, I'm researching beers that sound potentially appealing on their menu.
Try not to worry about what other people think and just drink Angry Orchards all night. You'll have a much more delicious evening.
But I want to expand my tastes! I just want to minimize the risk of buying bottles that I just can't stand. And this place has such a wide selection, it'd feel like a waste not to sample some exotic flavors.
Bring a friend who is willing to steal all the beers you end up not enjoying.
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So in an effort to not look silly by just ordering Angry Orchards, I'm researching beers that sound potentially appealing on their menu.
Try not to worry about what other people think and just drink Angry Orchards all night. You'll have a much more delicious evening.
But I want to expand my tastes! I just want to minimize the risk of buying bottles that I just can't stand. And this place has such a wide selection, it'd feel like a waste not to sample some exotic flavors.
Bring a friend who is willing to steal all the beers you end up not enjoying.
Actually I'll probably have a couple. :P
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Also, this evening, I made a "Short Island Iced Tea", meaning I tried for the LIIT, but was missing a few ingredients. My improvisations made it palatable, but not as good as the original (I was missing gin, sour mix, and triple sec...I improvised with lemon juice, orange flavoring, and turn the splash of coke into a pour of it). I'm excited to try again with more of the proper ingredients.
Dirty lies! It was more than palatable! Two times palatable! I'm obviously the expert in the field as I consumed most of said drink.
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So in an effort to not look silly by just ordering Angry Orchards, I'm researching beers that sound potentially appealing on their menu.
Try not to worry about what other people think and just drink Angry Orchards all night. You'll have a much more delicious evening.
But I want to expand my tastes! I just want to minimize the risk of buying bottles that I just can't stand. And this place has such a wide selection, it'd feel like a waste not to sample some exotic flavors.
I don't know if you have a wegmans near you, or if whatever grocery store you do have does this, but my Wegmans has a "build your own 6-pack" station where they have a case of singles, most of them craft, and you pick and choose what you want for $12. So sure, it's more expensive than a normal 6-pack, but you get to find out what you like and aren't stuck with a 6-pack of beer you hate. At least, you're not likely to.
Some of my favorites I've pulled out of there:
Duck Rabbit Hoppy bunny American Black ale (Yes, I got this because Hoppy. And I know that's a beer term. I don't care. Still delicious)
Yard's George Washington Porter (Actually George washington's recipie)
some other brews from a local brewery
Various great lakes beers. Both of which were good
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So I had the Banana Bread Ale; I liked it but it was still a little beery for me. I was also getting really full the entire time I was drinking it, which was kind of a bummer because I wanted to try the chocolate stout afterwards but figured something lighter would be better. I also had a mix of Blanch de Bruxelles (the witbier) and Frambois (a lambic) which was fruity and tasty. Then I finished the evening with an Angry Orchard because it'll never let me down.
Fun night!
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Well, this is relevant:
http://imgur.com/gallery/OVwgPaz
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Well, this is relevant:
http://imgur.com/gallery/OVwgPaz
There's a place near me that does the same thing: http://thetipsycrow.com/p-3338-the-drink-exchange.html
I may or may not be banned from the bar though...
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I may or may not be banned from the bar though...
You beat them all at Dominion, didn't you?
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Well, this is relevant:
http://imgur.com/gallery/OVwgPaz
There's a place near me that does the same thing: http://thetipsycrow.com/p-3338-the-drink-exchange.html
I may or may not be banned from the bar though...
I may or may not be banned from that bar as well.
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Well, this is relevant:
http://imgur.com/gallery/OVwgPaz
There's a place near me that does the same thing: http://thetipsycrow.com/p-3338-the-drink-exchange.html
I may or may not be banned from the bar though...
Are you allowed in anywhere?
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I may or may not be banned from the bar though...
What a crazy coincidence! Me too!
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Awesome.
I need to meet you guys.
THIS HAPPENED!
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Well, this is relevant:
http://imgur.com/gallery/OVwgPaz
There's a place near me that does the same thing: http://thetipsycrow.com/p-3338-the-drink-exchange.html
I may or may not be banned from the bar though...
Are you allowed in anywhere?
We had a Christmas party there. There may have been people asked to leave after a few incidents.
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Awesome.
I need to meet you guys. We need to hang out more.
THIS HAPPENED!
Yes! I've fixed your previous statement to what needs to happen now.
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Wow, been way too long since this thread updated. Tonight it's been a mix of Woodchuck and Angry Orchard ciders, and Barefoot Winery's Riesling. All good things.
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I unfortunately can't drink much anymore since my school is super dry :( I did go to our local bar on Wednesday for $2 long island iced tea night. It's not really my thing, but it's cheap and I was with friends. So it was decent.
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I unfortunately can't drink much anymore since my school is super dry :( I did go to our local bar on Wednesday for $2 long island iced tea night. It's not really my thing, but it's cheap and I was with friends. So it was decent.
I had my first long island iced tea last night! It was...not $2. :P My campus was very dry as well but I graduated several months back. :>
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Congrats! (On both the Long Island and the graduation). I'm bot ready and not ready to graduate...
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Congrats! (On both the Long Island and the graduation). I'm bot ready and not ready to graduate...
Thank you! The Long Island was delicious. I also had that chocolate stout beer that I mentioned a while ago. Yummy!
Graduation is a pretty crazy step but it's been good. Things feel weird now that school has started again, it's my first time since I can remember that I'm not going back to school, but (pseudo) adulthood is good too. :)
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Congrats! (On both the Long Island and the graduation). I'm bot ready and not ready to graduate...
Thank you! The Long Island was delicious. I also had that chocolate stout beer that I mentioned a while ago. Yummy!
Graduation is a pretty crazy step but it's been good. Things feel weird now that school has started again, it's my first time since I can remember that I'm not going back to school, but (pseudo) adulthood is good too. :)
Nice :) I actually had a chocolate stout recently too. Super creamy. It was also tasty.
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Fun fact about Long Island Iced Tea: It's name has its origins in prohibition, where it was a code word you could use to order a very boozy drink in Long Island speakeasies. That's why it doesn't actually have any tea in it.
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I've been in this place where they serve "Devil's Iced Tea" which is Long Island Iced Tea with Absinthe instead of Coca-cola. Good luck on taking on multiples. :D
OTOH, I do not drink anymore.
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OTOH, I do not drink anymore.
Welcome to the club.
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Fun fact about Long Island Iced Tea: It's name has its origins in prohibition, where it was a code word you could use to order a very boozy drink in Long Island speakeasies. That's why it doesn't actually have any tea in it.
I'd always heard that it had been invented in the '70s by a bartender who wanted to win a contest involving Triple Sec (he mixed all the white liquors in the bar with Triple Sec and added a splash of coke). Looking into it now there appears to be a disputed origin story, with an old recipe that seems similar to the modern one (but includes maple syrup). Still a tasty drink.
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Congrats! (On both the Long Island and the graduation). I'm bot ready and not ready to graduate...
Thank you! The Long Island was delicious. I also had that chocolate stout beer that I mentioned a while ago. Yummy!
Graduation is a pretty crazy step but it's been good. Things feel weird now that school has started again, it's my first time since I can remember that I'm not going back to school, but (pseudo) adulthood is good too. :)
Dsell you and I lead eerily similar lives. Next your going to mention you work for an insurance company.
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Congrats! (On both the Long Island and the graduation). I'm bot ready and not ready to graduate...
Thank you! The Long Island was delicious. I also had that chocolate stout beer that I mentioned a while ago. Yummy!
Graduation is a pretty crazy step but it's been good. Things feel weird now that school has started again, it's my first time since I can remember that I'm not going back to school, but (pseudo) adulthood is good too. :)
Dsell you and I lead eerily similar lives. Next your going to mention you work for an insurance company.
Nah. Payroll and HR technology. :P
And actually I just got the job (finally). I should go to the brag board for free respect. :>
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Congrats! (On both the Long Island and the graduation). I'm bot ready and not ready to graduate...
Thank you! The Long Island was delicious. I also had that chocolate stout beer that I mentioned a while ago. Yummy!
Graduation is a pretty crazy step but it's been good. Things feel weird now that school has started again, it's my first time since I can remember that I'm not going back to school, but (pseudo) adulthood is good too. :)
Dsell you and I lead eerily similar lives. Next your going to mention you work for an insurance company.
Nah. Payroll and HR technology. :P
And actually I just got the job (finally). I should go to the brag board for free respect. :>
Or you should get drunk, and post about it, for free respect.
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So I went to the bar again last night (again, $2 long island night) but I didn't want a long island. I wanted whiskey. So I ordered 3 long islands for my friends then a Maker's Mark for myself. She asks me if "I want a shot" and pulls out a tiny plastic cup smaller than a communion cup. And I'm like "ummmm... no... I want a glass." so she grabs a plastic cup and pours some whiskey in the bottom of that. Really? I was so upset. But I didn't make a fuss... If only I could just keep whiskey in my room...
After that I had what's called an "Angry Balls" which is angry orchard and fireball whiskey. Soooooooo tasty.
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So I went to the bar again last night (again, $2 long island night) but I didn't want a long island. I wanted whiskey. So I ordered 3 long islands for my friends then a Maker's Mark for myself. She asks me if "I want a shot" and pulls out a tiny plastic cup smaller than a communion cup. And I'm like "ummmm... no... I want a glass." so she grabs a plastic cup and pours some whiskey in the bottom of that. Really? I was so upset. But I didn't make a fuss... If only I could just keep whiskey in my room...
After that I had what's called an "Angry Balls" which is angry orchard and fireball whiskey. Soooooooo tasty.
If you want a whiskey but want it to be handled with more care ask for an old fashion, it's bitters and whiskey supposed to be served in an old fashion glass(short round tumbler) but your usually given at least a rock glass.
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Thanks for the tip. I think part of the problem was that it was the long island night... It's the big college student night
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Angry Balls. Sounds delicious. I got a spontaneous invitation to a bar tonight, so here I am drinking a pear cider. :))
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Strongbow's changed their recipe to be much sweeter, aiming to appeal to American tastes. It'll offend many, but I'm happy. :>>
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So I went to the bar again last night (again, $2 long island night) but I didn't want a long island. I wanted whiskey. So I ordered 3 long islands for my friends then a Maker's Mark for myself. She asks me if "I want a shot" and pulls out a tiny plastic cup smaller than a communion cup. And I'm like "ummmm... no... I want a glass." so she grabs a plastic cup and pours some whiskey in the bottom of that. Really? I was so upset. But I didn't make a fuss... If only I could just keep whiskey in my room...
After that I had what's called an "Angry Balls" which is angry orchard and fireball whiskey. Soooooooo tasty.
That's the sign of a crappy bar.
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Strongbow's changed their recipe to be much sweeter, aiming to appeal to American tastes. It'll offend many, but I'm happy. :>>
I'm one happy American because of that.
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Strongbow's changed their recipe to be much sweeter, aiming to appeal to American tastes. It'll offend many, but I'm happy. :>>
I'm one happy American because of that.
Definitely one of my favorite ciders. It's basically spiked apple juice!
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Strongbow's changed their recipe to be much sweeter, aiming to appeal to American tastes. It'll offend many, but I'm happy. :>>
I'm one happy American because of that.
Definitely one of my favorite ciders. It's basically spiked apple juice!
Then you should drink Smith Forge, which I think is literally that, and actually far too sweet for me.
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So I went to the bar again last night (again, $2 long island night) but I didn't want a long island. I wanted whiskey. So I ordered 3 long islands for my friends then a Maker's Mark for myself. She asks me if "I want a shot" and pulls out a tiny plastic cup smaller than a communion cup. And I'm like "ummmm... no... I want a glass." so she grabs a plastic cup and pours some whiskey in the bottom of that. Really? I was so upset. But I didn't make a fuss... If only I could just keep whiskey in my room...
After that I had what's called an "Angry Balls" which is angry orchard and fireball whiskey. Soooooooo tasty.
That's the sign of a crappy bar.
Unfortunately it's the only bar :P
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I'm drinking the first pumpkin beer of the season. Feels pretty good. :)
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I've come the conclusion that chocolate milk is better than pretty much all alcohol. I mean, if they sold it in bars I'd buy it and ridiculous prices. The exception is maybe scotch.
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I've come the conclusion that chocolate milk is better than pretty much all alcohol. I mean, if they sold it in bars I'd buy it and ridiculous prices. The exception is maybe scotch.
Sweet and thick. What's not to love?
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I've come the conclusion that chocolate milk is better than pretty much all alcohol. I mean, if they sold it in bars I'd buy it and ridiculous prices. The exception is maybe scotch.
Sweet and thick. What's not to love?
My line of thinking after reading this:
Chocolate milk, milk stouts (http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/82/?sort=revsD), chocolate milk stouts, then I saw this Gingerbread Stout (http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26753/76086/). I want one.
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Godiva chocolate liqueur. Chocolate milk alcohol. <3
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White Russian?
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Boozy hot chocolates?
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I want all of these!
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Water!
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Water!
Go away.
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Water!
Go away.
Don't talk to me like that on my birthday!
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Water!
Go away.
Don't talk to me like that on my birthday!
Go away. Please.
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Water!
Go away.
Don't talk to me like that on my birthday!
Go away. Please.
Ok. Did I mention it's my birthday?
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Water!
Go away.
Don't talk to me like that on my birthday!
Go away. Please.
Ok. Did I mention it's my birthday?
Happy 56th birthday! Mine is in December. I'll bother you when it comes around.
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Mine is in December.
Be careful, it's easy to confuse that month with Dtctmbtr.
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Water!
Go away.
Don't talk to me like that on my birthday!
Go away. Please.
Ok. Did I mention it's my birthday?
Happy 56th birthday! Mine is in December. I'll bother you when it comes around.
Don't care. Go away.
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Water!
Go away.
Don't talk to me like that on my birthday!
Go away. Please.
Ok. Did I mention it's my birthday?
Happy 56th birthday! Mine is in December. I'll bother you when it comes around.
Don't care. Go away.
I thought it was you who was supposed to go away...
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Water!
Go away.
Don't talk to me like that on my birthday!
Go away. Please.
Ok. Did I mention it's my birthday?
Happy 56th birthday! Mine is in December. I'll bother you when it comes around.
Don't care. Go away.
I thought it was you who was supposed to go away...
Really? Teaming up with Kingzog? That's sad.
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Water!
Go away.
Don't talk to me like that on my birthday!
Go away. Please.
Ok. Did I mention it's my birthday?
Happy 56th birthday! Mine is in December. I'll bother you when it comes around.
Don't care. Go away.
I thought it was you who was supposed to go away...
Really? Teaming up with Kingzog? That's sad.
I'll drink to AHoppy teaming up with me!
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Hey, if he'll share a beer with me, then yes. Yes I will team up with him
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Hey, if he'll share a beer with me, then yes. Yes I will team up with him
You get a whole beer to yourself!
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Hey, if he'll share a beer with me, then yes. Yes I will team up with him
You get a whole beer to yourself!
AHoppy I would suggest paying close attention to that beer. I've seen Kingzog slip various substances into drinks before.
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Hey, if he'll share a beer with me, then yes. Yes I will team up with him
You get a whole beer to yourself!
AHoppy I would suggest paying close attention to that beer. I've seen Kingzog slip various substances into drinks before.
I was the only person who had a drink at our meet-up, so why would I slip something into my own drink?!
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KingZog seems like a nice guy, I don't see what your problem is with him. I mean, I get a whole beer. It's his brother you gotta watch out for... He's the one who KC-KC-Goons-Goons-Masquerades unsuspecting people (*cough* me *cough*)
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KingZog seems like a nice guy, I don't see what your problem is with him. I mean, I get a whole beer. It's his brother you gotta watch out for... He's the one who KC-KC-Goons-Goons-Masquerades unsuspecting people (*cough* me *cough*)
Wait is this real? Have you guys been related this whole time???
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not a twin claim. I played KingZog's brother once on goko and it was an unranked game and I missed the combo. I have no excuse for missing it, I just suck at dominion.
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not a twin claim. I played KingZog's brother once on goko and it was an unranked game and I missed the combo. I have no excuse for missing it, I just suck at dominion.
Oh. I misread that as you pulling the pin (which is such a great name for it now that I think about it...) on someone, not having it pulled on you.
Carry on!
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Kingzog's brother is actually really good at Dominion. He's kicked my ass a number of times.
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Kingzog's brother is actually really good at Dominion. He's kicked my ass a number of times.
To be fair, I kick your ass too. He is good though.
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Kingzog's brother is actually really good at Dominion. He's kicked my ass a number of times.
To be fair, I kick your ass too. He is good though.
Well thanks for being fair, asshole.
Dominion tonight?
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Hey, I'm starting a team too. Applications are currently being accepted. Please bring a team-name suggestion when you apply.
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Hey, I'm starting a team too. Applications are currently being accepted. Please bring a team-name suggestion when you apply.
A team for drinking?
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I never really used to drink a lot of beer on a day to day basis, but I have really been enjoying some Sam Adam's Octoberfest recently.
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I recently learned about the gem that is Innis & Gunn. My entire beer experience has been transformed and reimagined. How is this not available at every bar in existence?
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I've recently started enjoying beers! Not so much that I'd regularly seek them out, but I've definitely enjoyed some that I know I would've hated a year ago.
I just picked up apple pie Irish cream, and earlier tonight I had apple pie schnapps in a wonderful spiked milkshake. #blessed
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I've recently started enjoying beers! Not so much that I'd regularly seek them out, but I've definitely enjoyed some that I know I would've hated a year ago.
I just picked up apple pie Irish cream, and earlier tonight I had apple pie schnapps in a wonderful spiked milkshake. #blessed
I am incredibly jealous of your awesome sounding beer adventure!
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I've recently started enjoying beers! Not so much that I'd regularly seek them out, but I've definitely enjoyed some that I know I would've hated a year ago.
I just picked up apple pie Irish cream, and earlier tonight I had apple pie schnapps in a wonderful spiked milkshake. #blessed
I am incredibly jealous of your awesome sounding beer adventure!
This thread is actually a pretty great chronicle of my various adventures in booze. :D
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I've recently started enjoying beers! Not so much that I'd regularly seek them out, but I've definitely enjoyed some that I know I would've hated a year ago.
I just picked up apple pie Irish cream, and earlier tonight I had apple pie schnapps in a wonderful spiked milkshake. #blessed
I am incredibly jealous of your awesome sounding beer adventure!
This thread is actually a pretty great chronicle of my various adventures in booze. :D
I think booze is more commonly responsible for misadventures rather than adventures.
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I never really used to drink a lot of beer on a day to day basis, but I have really been enjoying some Sam Adam's Octoberfest recently.
The Octoberfest is pretty good stuff. But it really should be Oktoberfest
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So I had a chocolate peanut butter porter last night. It was definitely an experience...
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My girlfriend threw an Alice in Wonderland theme Halloween party last night. I was in charge of the "Drink Me" bottles. I had a lot of fun playing with various liquors and cordials. In all I made about a dozen different colored bottles.
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My girlfriend threw an Alice in Wonderland theme Halloween party last night. I was in charge of the "Drink Me" bottles. I had a lot of fun playing with various liquors and cordials. In all I made about a dozen different colored bottles.
That's a really fun idea. I might steal it.
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My girlfriend threw an Alice in Wonderland theme Halloween party last night. I was in charge of the "Drink Me" bottles. I had a lot of fun playing with various liquors and cordials. In all I made about a dozen different colored bottles.
I love this too! Theme parties are really fun to throw and attend.
Guys. The apple pie Irish cream is so fantastic, and it's SO SO SO fantastic with a splash of fireball whiskey.
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My girlfriend threw an Alice in Wonderland theme Halloween party last night. I was in charge of the "Drink Me" bottles. I had a lot of fun playing with various liquors and cordials. In all I made about a dozen different colored bottles.
I love this too! Theme parties are really fun to throw and attend.
Guys. The apple pie Irish cream is so fantastic, and it's SO SO SO fantastic with a splash of fireball whiskey.
apple pie Irish cream sounds great alone, but adding a shot of fireball? I have to try it sometime
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Guys. The apple pie Irish cream is so fantastic, and it's SO SO SO fantastic with a splash of fireball whiskey.
apple pie Irish cream sounds great alone, but adding a shot of fireball? I have to try it sometime
Yes you do. So decadent. For what it's worth, the Irish cream is Fulton's Harvest and I had a 4:1 ratio of Irish cream to fireball.
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Guys. The apple pie Irish cream is so fantastic, and it's SO SO SO fantastic with a splash of fireball whiskey.
apple pie Irish cream sounds great alone, but adding a shot of fireball? I have to try it sometime
Yes you do. So decadent. For what it's worth, the Irish cream is Fulton's Harvest and I had a 4:1 ratio of Irish cream to fireball.
I think I know the ratio e might try....
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This thread needs to stay active. I am drinking a Sam Adams Cream Stout right now. And it is great. Although I did have one better on my road trip out to Washington. A Warsteiner Dunkel on tap at a German restaurant at one of my overnight stops that I thoroughly enjoyed.
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Celebrating singularity today with fancy cheese and wine from a cat-shaped bottle (and local beer and Mike's harder and vodka + water + lemon (which is shockingly tasty)).
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We just put the finishing touches on SF Beer Week over here in the greater SF Bay Area. Lots of unique and delicious beers all week long. Lots of long nights and early mornings too. Time to sleep for the next week!
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We just put the finishing touches on SF Beer Week over here in the greater SF Bay Area. Lots of unique and delicious beers all week long. Lots of long nights and early mornings too. Time to sleep for the next week!
Vancouver craft beer is pretty respectable. I'm glad I live here (and drink it).
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I'm drinking the same as every evening:
Tab Tap water from a Pepsi Light deposit bottle.
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I'm drinking the same as every evening: Tab water from a Pepsi Light deposit bottle.
Tab (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_%28soft_drink%29) water?
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Big snow storm coming in. Made some hot cocoa with a little vanilla, some cayenne, and a splash of bourbon. OK, more than a splash. It's wonderful.
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Big snow storm coming in. Made some hot cocoa with a little vanilla, some cayenne, and a splash of bourbon. OK, more than a splash. It's wonderful.
:( This reminds me of when I was in France and would drink hot cocoa with a splash of charteuse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_%28liqueur%29). It was also wonderful
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Big snow storm coming in. Made some hot cocoa with a little vanilla, some cayenne, and a splash of bourbon. OK, more than a splash. It's wonderful.
:( This reminds me of when I was in France and would drink hot cocoa with a splash of charteuse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_%28liqueur%29). It was also wonderful
You say that as if chartreuse were not available outside of France.
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Oh I know it is, but I had it there, and I bought it in Grenoble, right outside where it's made, and it was expensive there... And I haven't found it anywhere in the States yet. So yeah, it just gives me fond memories about a time in my past that I haven't been able to recreate yet.
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Craft Lagers seem to have taken over all the cool London bars
Very annoying getting charged the same price for a 330m can that I would normally pay for a pint!
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Anyone here LDS?
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Anyone here LDS?
Not since the 60's man
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This thread needs to stay active. I am drinking a Sam Adams Cream Stout right now. And it is great. Although I did have one better on my road trip out to Washington. A Warsteiner Dunkel on tap at a German restaurant at one of my overnight stops that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Good note. Although, Warsteiner is one of the medium-class German beers at best. I'm not sure about overall competitiveness of these, either, but try Erdinger or Paulaner, they're delicious. And have a Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier when you get the chance. It's divine grace.
Big snow storm coming in. Made some hot cocoa with a little vanilla, some cayenne, and a splash of bourbon. OK, more than a splash. It's wonderful.
Wow, that sounds magnificent! I should try that.
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Anyone here LDS?
Hi
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This thread needs to stay active. I am drinking a Sam Adams Cream Stout right now. And it is great. Although I did have one better on my road trip out to Washington. A Warsteiner Dunkel on tap at a German restaurant at one of my overnight stops that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Good note. Although, Warsteiner is one of the medium-class German beers at best. I'm not sure about overall competitiveness of these, either, but try Erdinger or Paulaner, they're delicious. And have a Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier when you get the chance. It's divine grace.
Big snow storm coming in. Made some hot cocoa with a little vanilla, some cayenne, and a splash of bourbon. OK, more than a splash. It's wonderful.
Wow, that sounds magnificent! I should try that.
Where do I get my hands on some Paulaner in the states? I had it abroad and have had my eyes out for it ever since I came back but haven't seen any...
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Just add your location.
Just add your location. I picked the hefe because it's basically the only German style worth drinking ;P. https://www.beermenus.com/beers/paulaner-hefe [Okay, dunkelweizens are okay too, as not crappy imitations of hefes ;) ]
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Ah that explains it... Only one place under 100 miles from the 2 places I live...
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Alcohol. The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
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Those of you who drink, might be interested in this (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=13061.0;topicseen)! (It's my business)
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Hmmm. Bump.
Anyone enjoy a nice smoky scotch? Lagavulin, or Ardbeg, perchance?
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Hmmm. Bump.
Anyone enjoy a nice smoky scotch? Lagavulin, or Ardbeg, perchance?
How about a Laphroaig?
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Hmmm. Bump.
Anyone enjoy a nice smoky scotch? Lagavulin, or Ardbeg, perchance?
How about a Laphroaig?
love laphroaig, though ive only had the quarter cask. I think there's a laphroaig 10 in the house somwhere, I'll probably be opening it soon.
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I almost resurrected this thread this weekend!
Tonight I made myself a White Russian. Made it a BIT strong.
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I almost resurrected this thread this weekend!
Tonight I made myself a White Russian. Made it a BIT strong.
while you were drinking it, did two guys (one named woo) break into your house, pee on your rug, stick your head down the toilet and ask you where the money was? Or are white russians the absolutel only thing you have in common with the dude?
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I almost resurrected this thread this weekend!
Tonight I made myself a White Russian. Made it a BIT strong.
while you were drinking it, did two guys (one named woo) break into your house, pee on your rug, stick your head down the toilet and ask you where the money was? Or are white russians the absolutel only thing you have in common with the dude?
The only OTHER thing I have in common with the dude is that I have not seen The Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers, 1998).
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I almost resurrected this thread this weekend!
Tonight I made myself a White Russian. Made it a BIT strong.
while you were drinking it, did two guys (one named woo) break into your house, pee on your rug, stick your head down the toilet and ask you where the money was? Or are white russians the absolutel only thing you have in common with the dude?
The only OTHER thing I have in common with the dude is that I have not seen The Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers, 1998).
well to sum it up, he enjoys white russians.
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I almost resurrected this thread this weekend!
Tonight I made myself a White Russian. Made it a BIT strong.
while you were drinking it, did two guys (one named woo) break into your house, pee on your rug, stick your head down the toilet and ask you where the money was? Or are white russians the absolutel only thing you have in common with the dude?
The only OTHER thing I have in common with the dude is that I have not seen The Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers, 1998).
well to sum it up, he enjoys white russians.
Yeah, that hits all the major plot points.
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I've been known to drink White Russians only because of my love of The Big Lebowski. I drink Sarsaparilla for the same reason.
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I've been known to drink White Russians only because of my love of The Big Lebowski. I drink Sarsaparilla for the same reason.
Sioux City Sarsaparilla?
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I've been known to drink White Russians only because of my love of The Big Lebowski. I drink Sarsaparilla for the same reason.
Sioux City Sarsaparilla?
Yes. Because that's a good one.
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Hmmm. Bump.
Anyone enjoy a nice smoky scotch? Lagavulin, or Ardbeg, perchance?
How about a Laphroaig?
love laphroaig, though ive only had the quarter cask. I think there's a laphroaig 10 in the house somwhere, I'll probably be opening it soon.
Pretty good. Right now I have a Chivas Mizunara blend that I got in Japan; enjoying that too.
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Hmmm. Bump.
Anyone enjoy a nice smoky scotch? Lagavulin, or Ardbeg, perchance?
How about a Laphroaig?
love laphroaig, though ive only had the quarter cask. I think there's a laphroaig 10 in the house somwhere, I'll probably be opening it soon.
Pretty good. Right now I have a Chivas Mizunara blend that I got in Japan; enjoying that too.
better than the regular chivas 12? I mean, chivas is pretty decent, but it doesn't compare to a laphroaig quarter cask.
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Hmmm. Bump.
Anyone enjoy a nice smoky scotch? Lagavulin, or Ardbeg, perchance?
How about a Laphroaig?
love laphroaig, though ive only had the quarter cask. I think there's a laphroaig 10 in the house somwhere, I'll probably be opening it soon.
Pretty good. Right now I have a Chivas Mizunara blend that I got in Japan; enjoying that too.
Hey, it's a Shraeye! Are you guys married yet?
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I just tried some of the last of a bottle of Nikka 21. It's pretty spectacular if you ever get the opportunity/have someone nice enough to buy you a glass.
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I just tried some of the last of a bottle of Nikka 21. It's pretty spectacular if you ever get the opportunity/have someone nice enough to buy you a glass.
I have extremely limited experience with Japanese whisky. I've tasted hibiki 12 once and didn't think much of it. If you've had that, how does this compare?
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I just tried some of the last of a bottle of Nikka 21. It's pretty spectacular if you ever get the opportunity/have someone nice enough to buy you a glass.
I have extremely limited experience with Japanese whisky. I've tasted hibiki 12 once and didn't think much of it. If you've had that, how does this compare?
I can't speak to this much as I've never had Hibiki 12, but the Nikka 21 is reputed to be much better? The Nikka I can only say was one of the best whiskies I've had, but I'm not a super experienced whisky drinker.
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I just tried some of the last of a bottle of Nikka 21. It's pretty spectacular if you ever get the opportunity/have someone nice enough to buy you a glass.
I have extremely limited experience with Japanese whisky. I've tasted hibiki 12 once and didn't think much of it. If you've had that, how does this compare?
I can't speak to this much as I've never had Hibiki 12, but the Nikka 21 is reputed to be much better? The Nikka I can only say was one of the best whiskies I've had, but I'm not a super experienced whisky drinker.
I know the nikka 21 is probably a much higher class whisky, it's just a lot of things about it will probably remind me of hibiki more than of anything else, partially because my spectrum of Japanese whisky is narrow. Like, if I've only had two bourbons ever, they'd taste similar even if within the bourbon sphere they're very different.
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I would say it was most comparable to scotches I've had in the past, when I'm comparing. Smoother scotches though, I would not describe it as peaty or smoky.
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What are good not-smokey scotches? Like far away from smokey.
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Macallan would be what I'd think of (it's what my dad drinks when he's feeling fancy so I'm pretty familiar with it). Glenmorangie 10 is quite nice and smooth (and I've tried it and would agree). I've heard that Dalwhinnie is incredibly smooth if you've had that (but I have not).
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What are good not-smokey scotches? Like far away from smokey.
how much are you willing to spend? Under $100 (and there's no real reason to spend more), I would recommend balvenie 14 Caribbean cask. Under $50 and I'd probably say glengoyne 12. Don't get an older glengoyne, they don't really get better with age. But I would really recommend you give smoky scotch another try. Not necessarily something REALLY smokey like ardbeg or laphroaig, but something a little smokey like maybe lagavulin or johnny walker double black.
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What are good not-smokey scotches? Like far away from smokey.
how much are you willing to spend? Under $100 (and there's no real reason to spend more), I would recommend balvenie 14 Caribbean cask. Under $50 and I'd probably say glengoyne 12. Don't get an older glengoyne, they don't really get better with age. But I would really recommend you give smoky scotch another try. Not necessarily something REALLY smokey like ardbeg or laphroaig, but something a little smokey like maybe lagavulin or johnny walker double black.
Eh, I just don't like smokey taste. Smoked meats, cheeses, etc. bother me. It feels like my throat and esophagus close up.
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What are good not-smokey scotches? Like far away from smokey.
how much are you willing to spend? Under $100 (and there's no real reason to spend more), I would recommend balvenie 14 Caribbean cask. Under $50 and I'd probably say glengoyne 12. Don't get an older glengoyne, they don't really get better with age. But I would really recommend you give smoky scotch another try. Not necessarily something REALLY smokey like ardbeg or laphroaig, but something a little smokey like maybe lagavulin or johnny walker double black.
Eh, I just don't like smokey taste. Smoked meats, cheeses, etc. bother me. It feels like my throat and esophagus close up.
well, alright then. Balvenie 14 Caribbean is really good and not smokey at all. So I guess try that. Unless I'm forgetting something, nothing I've had really comes close to it in that category.
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Hmmm. Bump.
Anyone enjoy a nice smoky scotch? Lagavulin, or Ardbeg, perchance?
How about a Laphroaig?
love laphroaig, though ive only had the quarter cask. I think there's a laphroaig 10 in the house somwhere, I'll probably be opening it soon.
Pretty good. Right now I have a Chivas Mizunara blend that I got in Japan; enjoying that too.
better than the regular chivas 12? I mean, chivas is pretty decent, but it doesn't compare to a laphroaig quarter cask.
Not better than regular Chivas 12; different and interesting though.
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Hmmm. Bump.
Anyone enjoy a nice smoky scotch? Lagavulin, or Ardbeg, perchance?
How about a Laphroaig?
love laphroaig, though ive only had the quarter cask. I think there's a laphroaig 10 in the house somwhere, I'll probably be opening it soon.
Pretty good. Right now I have a Chivas Mizunara blend that I got in Japan; enjoying that too.
Hey, it's a Shraeye! Are you guys married yet?
Yup! I got the Chivas Mizunara in Japan while we were on our honeymoon. We also climbed Mount Fuji, but had to stop short of the summit because of bad weather.
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Awesome! I miss you guys posting.
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What are good not-smokey scotches? Like far away from smokey.
what did you end up buying? Did you enjoy it? The suspense may just drive me to alcoholism!
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If I wanted to try a smokey whiskey (probably not super expensive since I don't know if I'd like it) what would you recommend?
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What are good not-smokey scotches? Like far away from smokey.
what did you end up buying? Did you enjoy it? The suspense may just drive me to alcoholism!
Nothing yet! I don't drink enough~
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If I wanted to try a smokey whiskey (probably not super expensive since I don't know if I'd like it) what would you recommend?
the best modestly priced smokey scotch I've had was johnny walker double black label. Its around $50 (this is obviously dependant on where you live). Now the thing is, it's not nearly as good as Laphroaig quarter cask, which is around $65, so if you get to a store and see they're similarly priced, or you want to spend the extra money, get the quarter cask. Lagavulin 16 is even more expensive, but that's another thing to buy if the store is giving a disounted price (which happens pretty often with lagavulin 16 actually). I've heard great things about caol isla, but I've never tried it myself.
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I've only seen the Johnny Walker double black and the Lagavulin where I shop. I've been tempted, but nearly $100 is a little much to spend on something I might not like...
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You could order a glass in a bar to see if you like it? It's bad value if you buy a whole bottle's worth in a bar, but if you just want to see if you like something before you invest a much larger amount of money it's much more worthwhile.
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True. I should probably do that...
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I've only seen the Johnny Walker double black and the Lagavulin where I shop. I've been tempted, but nearly $100 is a little much to spend on something I might not like...
the double black is nearly $100?
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no, the Lagavulin is
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no, the Lagavulin is
aha. Is there a talisker that is reasonably priced at your store? I'm not the hugest fan of talisker, but it is sort of intermediately smokey so that might be a better first time buy. Also talisker storm is probably a lot cheaper than lagavulin, but still probably around $60.
It's a shame there's no really affordable smokey scotch out there that is top notch.( It's not the same with non-smokey scotch.) Who knows how many potential smokey scotch fans never saw that potential because they (prudently) weren't open to the rather large investment that the hobby requires. It's really almost rant-worthy.
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I guess I should also ask then what affordable non-smokey scotch there is. I haven't tried many because well, scotch doesn't fit very well into a college student's budget. I've had a glass of Macallan 12 though and that was amazing, so I'm also thinking of getting that when my current bottle runs out...
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I guess I should also ask then what affordable non-smokey scotch there is. I haven't tried many because well, scotch doesn't fit very well into a college student's budget. I've had a glass of Macallan 12 though and that was amazing, so I'm also thinking of getting that when my current bottle runs out...
ive mentioned it before, but Glengoyne 12 usually runs about $35-$40 and is quite good. Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, and Bunnahabhain all make similarly priced single malts that in my opinion aren't quite as good, but they're each different and you might like one of those better. Glengoyne also makes a 10 year old which is pretty good, but I'd shell out the extra $10 for the 12 year old. A little bit up the price range is Macallan, as you mentioned, but the 12 is probably around $65? Something I don't hear a lot about is the Aberlour 12 but that is amazing, also around $60.
If you're looking for something blended, then monkey shoulder is a nice option for $30. Here I actually prefer johnny walker black, because it has just a little bit of smoke, although not enough to be considered really smokey.
Something I really like, and I think is comparable to scotch, is Bastille french blended whiskey. It's got a very light fruity flavor and goes for around $30. It's more and more becoming my go-to whiskey.
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Hmmm. Bump.
Anyone enjoy a nice smoky scotch? Lagavulin, or Ardbeg, perchance?
How about a Laphroaig?
love laphroaig, though ive only had the quarter cask. I think there's a laphroaig 10 in the house somwhere, I'll probably be opening it soon.
found this laphroaig. It is actually a 10 year old cask strength.
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I guess I should also ask then what affordable non-smokey scotch there is. I haven't tried many because well, scotch doesn't fit very well into a college student's budget. I've had a glass of Macallan 12 though and that was amazing, so I'm also thinking of getting that when my current bottle runs out...
ive mentioned it before, but Glengoyne 12 usually runs about $35-$40 and is quite good. Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, and Bunnahabhain all make similarly priced single malts that in my opinion aren't quite as good, but they're each different and you might like one of those better. Glengoyne also makes a 10 year old which is pretty good, but I'd shell out the extra $10 for the 12 year old. A little bit up the price range is Macallan, as you mentioned, but the 12 is probably around $65? Something I don't hear a lot about is the Aberlour 12 but that is amazing, also around $60.
If you're looking for something blended, then monkey shoulder is a nice option for $30. Here I actually prefer johnny walker black, because it has just a little bit of smoke, although not enough to be considered really smokey.
Something I really like, and I think is comparable to scotch, is Bastille french blended whiskey. It's got a very light fruity flavor and goes for around $30. It's more and more becoming my go-to whiskey.
I recently finished my first bottle of Monkey Shoulders, and it was very drinkable. I paid around $30. It's obviously a blend, but a well crafted one. It comes with a bonus - an extremely interesting nose, remarkably fruity for a scotch. It has absolutely no fruit on the palate (thank goodness, IMO), but it is a nice add-on.
I've had Bastille, which was at that time marketed as French bourbon (a misnomer in its own right), not whiskey. I found it quite foul, but again, I was misled from the beginning, and was expecting bourbon. The casks it is finished in show their presence in the nose, on the palate, and throughout the finish. I took my bottle back for a refund. YMMV.
After you've tried various Islay scotches to explore the smoke factor, try a glass of Ardbeg 10 year. Not overly expensive, and quite nice, if you like peat.
One final recommendation: a Highland single malt from Tomatin. Around $26 a bottle where I am. Very very good value, no peat (it's a highland, after all).
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I guess I should also ask then what affordable non-smokey scotch there is. I haven't tried many because well, scotch doesn't fit very well into a college student's budget. I've had a glass of Macallan 12 though and that was amazing, so I'm also thinking of getting that when my current bottle runs out...
ive mentioned it before, but Glengoyne 12 usually runs about $35-$40 and is quite good. Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, and Bunnahabhain all make similarly priced single malts that in my opinion aren't quite as good, but they're each different and you might like one of those better. Glengoyne also makes a 10 year old which is pretty good, but I'd shell out the extra $10 for the 12 year old. A little bit up the price range is Macallan, as you mentioned, but the 12 is probably around $65? Something I don't hear a lot about is the Aberlour 12 but that is amazing, also around $60.
If you're looking for something blended, then monkey shoulder is a nice option for $30. Here I actually prefer johnny walker black, because it has just a little bit of smoke, although not enough to be considered really smokey.
Something I really like, and I think is comparable to scotch, is Bastille french blended whiskey. It's got a very light fruity flavor and goes for around $30. It's more and more becoming my go-to whiskey.
I recently finished my first bottle of Monkey Shoulders, and it was very drinkable. I paid around $30. It's obviously a blend, but a well crafted one. It comes with a bonus - an extremely interesting nose, remarkably fruity for a scotch. It has absolutely no fruit on the palate (thank goodness, IMO), but it is a nice add-on.
I've had Bastille, which was at that time marketed as French bourbon (a misnomer in its own right), not whiskey. I found it quite foul, but again, I was misled from the beginning, and was expecting bourbon. The casks it is finished in show their presence in the nose, on the palate, and throughout the finish. I took my bottle back for a refund. YMMV.
After you've tried various Islay scotches to explore the smoke factor, try a glass of Ardbeg 10 year. Not overly expensive, and quite nice, if you like peat.
One final recommendation: a Highland single malt from Tomatin. Around $26 a bottle where I am. Very very good value, no peat (it's a highland, after all).
Really? I thought Bastille was great. It's obviously not at all similar to bourbon, and also probably not legally allowed to be called bourbon, so I don't know why they'd do that, (and I would never even consider buying anything as grossly mislabled as "french bourbon",) but it to me had a very unique but pleasnt flavor. You mention you don't like fruit on the palate. That could account for our difference in tastes here.
I was thinking about recommending Ardbeg 10, but it's just so harshly smokey that I decided it would be a bad idea for someone new to smokey scotch. (Personally, I think it's pretty good.) Have you had Uigeadail or Corryvrekan? Those are really fantastic.
I've heard good things about Tomatin, but never tried it.
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Just made myself a singapore sling. Really interesting. A bit too pineapply. I might try to tinker around with it, maybe add some cranberry, maybe.
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Just made myself a singapore sling. Really interesting. A bit too pineapply. I might try to tinker around with it, maybe add some cranberry, maybe.
Looks too fruity to me. I like my cocktails to taste like booze. Give me a Manhattan or a Negroni any day.
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Just made myself a singapore sling. Really interesting. A bit too pineapply. I might try to tinker around with it, maybe add some cranberry, maybe.
Looks too fruity to me. I like my cocktails to taste like booze. Give me a Manhattan or a Negroni any day.
when I'm in the mood of tasting booze, there's really nothing that I prefer to straight whiskey (well, sometimes I like to have a rusty nail, but that's rare). I tried a Manhattan once, and was wishing I drank the rye straight. When I make a cocktail, it's because I want to try something fruitier. Mojitos are my favorite.
But I think Benedictine, Cointreau, and Cherry Heering are three of the absolute best liqueurs I've had, and I'm determined to make something out of some combination of them that doesn't surrender its taste to pineapple juice.
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The store I went to didn't have Glengoyle, so I picked up Glen Garioch 12 (was around $55). They did have Balvenie, but the 12 (at around $80 or $90) and the 15 (at around $130). Not sure if they are as good as the suggested one, and seemed a bit too expensive.
I'll try a taste of the Glen Garioch later.
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What's the difference between Scotch, Bourbon and Whiskey? I had been told they were different (regional) names for the same thing.
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The store I went to didn't have Glengoyle, so I picked up Glen Garioch 12 (was around $55). They did have Balvenie, but the 12 (at around $80 or $90) and the 15 (at around $130). Not sure if they are as good as the suggested one, and seemed a bit too expensive.
I'll try a taste of the Glen Garioch later.
glengoyne not glengoyle.
And so those are awful prices :-\, like, Manhattan prices or something.
I've never had Glen Garioch.
The Balvenie 12 is good but not worth that amount of money. The 15 I've never had.
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What's the difference between Scotch, Bourbon and Whiskey? I had been told they were different (regional) names for the same thing.
whiskey is a general term for grain alcohol that is aged in wooden barrels. The term means different things in different countries. In America, whiskey must be aged for at least 2 years. In Scotland, I believe it's 3, but don't know. Whiskey can come from any country.
Bourbon is whiskey that uses at least 51% corn in its recipe. The other 49% can be any other grain. Bourbon is usually sweeter than other whiskey on account of the corn. Bourbon also has to be distilled and aged in America, in barrels that have never been used before to age anything. Kentucky straight bourbon is bourbon aged in Kentucky. Tennessee straight bourbon is aged in Tennessee, and so on.
Scotch whisky (I dropped the "e" on purpose; that's how it's spelled) can be of any grain and must be distilled and aged in Scotland. It can be aged in barrels that were already used to age things, so there are a lot of bourbon cask or sherry cask scotches, because it's cheaper to buy barrels off the bourbon distilleries than to make their own. A lot of times, scotches from different distilleries and using different grains are blended together. Something like that would be called a blended scotch whisky eg. Chivas Regal, Johnnie Walkers red, black, double black, gold, blue. The more fancy pants scotch is stuff that comes from one distillery, and comes from 100% malted barley. That's called single malt scotch whisky eg. Glenlivet, Maccalan, Ardbeg. There's also stuff that's 100% malted barley, but is a blend of products from different distilleries. That's called a blended malt eg. Monkey Shoulder, Johnnie Walker Green Label.
A whiskey does not need to have an age statement, but if there is an age statement, it must be the age of the youngest thing in the bottle.
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I almost resurrected this thread this weekend!
Tonight I made myself a White Russian. Made it a BIT strong.
while you were drinking it, did two guys (one named woo) break into your house, pee on your rug, stick your head down the toilet and ask you where the money was? Or are white russians the absolutel only thing you have in common with the dude?
The only OTHER thing I have in common with the dude is that I have not seen The Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers, 1998).
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I almost resurrected this thread this weekend!
Tonight I made myself a White Russian. Made it a BIT strong.
while you were drinking it, did two guys (one named woo) break into your house, pee on your rug, stick your head down the toilet and ask you where the money was? Or are white russians the absolutel only thing you have in common with the dude?
The only OTHER thing I have in common with the dude is that I have not seen The Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers, 1998).
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are you +1ing that you haven't seen The Big Lebowski? Because that's not something to be proud of. :P
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I almost resurrected this thread this weekend!
Tonight I made myself a White Russian. Made it a BIT strong.
while you were drinking it, did two guys (one named woo) break into your house, pee on your rug, stick your head down the toilet and ask you where the money was? Or are white russians the absolutel only thing you have in common with the dude?
The only OTHER thing I have in common with the dude is that I have not seen The Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers, 1998).
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are you +1ing that you haven't seen The Big Lebowski? Because that's not something to be proud of. :P
No, I'm +1ing because of a reference to The Big Lebowski.
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The store I went to didn't have Glengoyle, so I picked up Glen Garioch 12 (was around $55). They did have Balvenie, but the 12 (at around $80 or $90) and the 15 (at around $130). Not sure if they are as good as the suggested one, and seemed a bit too expensive.
I'll try a taste of the Glen Garioch later.
glengoyne not glengoyle.
And so those are awful prices :-\, like, Manhattan prices or something.
I've never had Glen Garioch.
The Balvenie 12 is good but not worth that amount of money. The 15 I've never had.
I meant Glengoyne; they didn't have that. Prices are pretty bad.. I live right outside if Manhattan, basically just as expensive.
Glen Garioch was pretty good; very flavourful. I don't have a sophisticated enough pallet to describe it, but it was interesting.
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The store I went to didn't have Glengoyle, so I picked up Glen Garioch 12 (was around $55). They did have Balvenie, but the 12 (at around $80 or $90) and the 15 (at around $130). Not sure if they are as good as the suggested one, and seemed a bit too expensive.
I'll try a taste of the Glen Garioch later.
glengoyne not glengoyle.
And so those are awful prices :-\, like, Manhattan prices or something.
I've never had Glen Garioch.
The Balvenie 12 is good but not worth that amount of money. The 15 I've never had.
I meant Glengoyne; they didn't have that. Prices are pretty bad.. I live right outside if Manhattan, basically just as expensive.
Glen Garioch was pretty good; very flavourful. I don't have a sophisticated enough pallet to describe it, but it was interesting.
ah... well, if you ever find yourself in Flatbush, try one of the liquor stores down there. They usually have decent prices.
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Was just given a bottle of Booker's for a present! It's supposed to be top notch bourbon so I'm looking forward to trying it.
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Nice! Yes it's quite good, maybe add a drop of water though. It's one of the few whiskeys I prefer to add water to.
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Went to a liquor store today but they were sold out of balvenie 14. Basically the only thing in the store that was sold out. Also, they sell it for $70 which is basically the cheapest around.
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Nice! Yes it's quite good, maybe add a drop of water though. It's one of the few whiskeys I prefer to add water to.
Wow you weren't kidding. It's really strong at bottle strength.
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Nice! Yes it's quite good, maybe add a drop of water though. It's one of the few whiskeys I prefer to add water to.
Wow you weren't kidding. It's really strong at bottle strength.
yeah if you're used to ~40% stuff, then the first thing you taste when booker's hits your mouth is alcohol. But once you get used to that strength/add water, it's a pretty good whiskey. I do consider it overpriced though. Wild turkey rare breed is also a cask strength bourbon that's significantly cheaper and of comparable quality.
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I've had Bastille, which was at that time marketed as French bourbon (a misnomer in its own right), not whiskey. I found it quite foul, but again, I was misled from the beginning, and was expecting bourbon. The casks it is finished in show their presence in the nose, on the palate, and throughout the finish. I took my bottle back for a refund. YMMV.
I just bought another bottle of bastille, and it was really an awful experience. Completely different from my first bottle. This one tasted all artificial, and overwhelmingly bubblegummy. I can't say enough about how bad it was. I went back to the first bottle which I had already finished and smelled it to confirm that the discrepancy was between those two bottles and not through my changing pallate and there was really no resemblance. I did notice that my original bottle was bottled in 2013 and the new one was bottled in 2011. But my point is, I apologize if anyone bought this on my recommendation, I no longer stand by it. But if you find one bottled in 2013, it might be good.
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I just tasted the first smoky scotch I didn't like: Ardbog. It's a special edition Ardbeg that really is pretty terrible. Not old enough, strong enough, smoky enough, and somewhat foul. And I absolutely love Uigeadail and Corryvreckan
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Eggnog season. I had some with Maker's Mark the other night that was excellent. What I am curious about though is what people think goes best with eggnog. I know, eggnog is delicious without any extra ingredients, but then you don't get the added benefits from the alcohol.
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Eggnog season. I had some with Maker's Mark the other night that was excellent. What I am curious about though is what people think goes best with eggnog. I know, eggnog is delicious without any extra ingredients, but then you don't get the added benefits from the alcohol.
Water. It is important to stay hydrated.
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I've done brandy which is pretty good
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I'm in a bar now, finishing my third local IPA, a really nice one. I think if I get one more I'll be home just in time to watch Stef's match. Or just go home right now? Nah, that is strictly inferior.
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Taking about drinking in random stuff reminded me: crown royal regal apple. Delicious. Mix with some cranberry juice and it is just a delicious cran-apple drink.
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This thread is almost 3 years out of date. Sad!
Well, on top of my craft beer problem, I’ve recently been getting into cocktails. I’ve set myself up with just about everything a home bar could possibly want (and then some!) and have gotten to playing around with various liquors.
Right now I’m favoring Angel’s Envy for a Rye Whiskey (delicious on it’s own, magnificent in a traditional Whiskey Sour), Woodford’s Reserve Bourbon (Just so damn smooth. Currently my top choice for making my go-to drink: A Paper Plane), Hennessy VSOP for Cognac, Uncle Val’s for a Botanical Gin, simple Bombay Sapphire for London Dry. I’ve got White Rum, Spiced Rum, Traditional Vodka, Green Chile Vodka, Citrus Vodka... - and all the Apertif’s, Digestif’s and bitters you can imagine.
For the Holiday’s I’ve been making a lot of Eggnog’s - I’ve been alternating between a Maraschino Liquor recipe and a Blanco Creme De Cacao recipe - the latter probably being more of an Alexander.
Any other cocktail drinkers around these days? And favorite drinks/choices to mix?
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Just starting to get into cocktails. My big thing right now is Old Fashioneds. But I’d love some fun recommendations to try.
My go-to whiskey is Old Forrestwr’s.
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Old fashioneds are also my go to but I have recently been getting more into Moscow mules. I actually found a restaurant that made a Crown Royal Apple Mule and my goodness was it delicious. Crown royal apple, sour apple liqueur, lime juice and ginger beer. Any vodka cocktails that aren’t overly sweet would be appreciated my wife doesn’t like dark liquor but I haven’t come up with anything that isn’t vodka + juice.
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Hey, joth is back!
I threw a cocktail party a few months ago and made huge batches of whiskey smashes (the signature cocktail from my wedding), mai tais, and a sort of paloma-type thing with an IPA float that came out really delicious. I tend to wildly swing between trying to make precise versions of classic cocktails and inventing my own with whatever I have on hand. Mixed results on both counts.
Since my wife got pregnant I've been leaning more into beer, though. My local bottle shop sells a beer advent calendar that I ended up with two of as gifts from people, so I've been working my way through those. A Metropolitan Dunkel Rye and a Half Acre IPL were standouts so far.
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Cuzz, are we still in the same hood? Cause I definitely want an invite to the next cocktail party. :)
Also, congrats on the upcoming little one!
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Cuzz, are we still in the same hood? Cause I definitely want an invite to the next cocktail party. :)
Also, congrats on the upcoming little one!
Alas, no. I moved to Chicago about 3 years ago.
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Just starting to get into cocktails. My big thing right now is Old Fashioneds. But I’d love some fun recommendations to try.
My go-to whiskey is Old Forrestwr’s.
Old Fashioned is the best fashioned.
Are you in the NYC area? If so I recommend going to Amor Y Amargo; they have an entirely bitters-inspired cocktail list, and they rotate the menu a few times a year.
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Just starting to get into cocktails. My big thing right now is Old Fashioneds. But I’d love some fun recommendations to try.
My go-to whiskey is Old Forrestwr’s.
Old Fashioned is the best fashioned.
Are you in the NYC area? If so I recommend going to Amor Y Amargo; they have an entirely bitters-inspired cocktail list, and they rotate the menu a few times a year.
That used to be my go-to order at bars and when out with friends until I began mixing and trying so many other drinks. Nothing wrong with an Old Fashioned though!
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Calvados is good.
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I’m in milkshake IPA (hazy IPA treated with lactose....so freaking good) frame of mind this spring, but the only one I have easy access to is Odell’s Cloud Catcher (solidly good).
If y’all see a milkshake IPA out in the world, lemme know!
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So I made this today and just had to share because... my goodness was it delicious!!!
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Specs:
1.5 oz Gin (used a London Dry - Bombay Sapphire)
.75 oz St. George’s Raspberry Liqueur
.5 oz Orgeat
.5 oz Lemon Juice
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
1Egg White
Seltzer
- I shook all the ingredients except the Egg & Seltzer with ice to chill. I then removed the ice and added the egg white, allowing 15 seconds for the Lemon Juice to begin to denature the egg proteins, before dry shaking again for another 45 seconds. After pouring into my glass, I topped it with Seltzer and garnished with the Raspberries.
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It’s so pretty! You should name it something lovely and summery.
Such fluffy egg white!
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It’s so pretty! You should name it something lovely and summery.
Such fluffy egg white!
It’s called a Save me the Waltz, which I rather enjoy as a name... almost as much as the drink!
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It’s so pretty! You should name it something lovely and summery.
Such fluffy egg white!
It’s called a Save me the Waltz, which I rather enjoy as a name... almost as much as the drink!
That is lovely and summery, even if by accident. How fortuitous! Gin drinks are a win for the summer, for sure.
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Lately I've been really into amaretto + ginger ale + lime. I should really give the drink a name, it's amazing.
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This recipe is the best frozen cocktail I’ve ever had. Not a trashy syrupy beach drink, not too sweet, perfect for summer. You can batch the mix in the freezer and then just blend with ice on demand. It’s amazing. https://www.seriouseats.com/2016/07/frozen-gin-and-tonic-blender-summer-drink-cocktail.html (https://www.seriouseats.com/2016/07/frozen-gin-and-tonic-blender-summer-drink-cocktail.html)
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I tell you what, you guys can have your mixed drinks. La Trappe Quadrupel is my drink of choice tonight, and it is absolutely delicious.
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For Didds:
I was drinking a Billionaire Cocktail, a riff on a Millionaire:
2 oz over-proof Bourbon (I’m using Old Forester Prohibition Style at 57%)
1/2 oz Campari
A short 1/4 oz Absinthe
A Dash of Green Chartreuse
Half a Dash of Angostura Bitters
Half a Dash of Peychaud’s Bitters
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
1 oz Lemon Juice
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Old Forrester is my go-to bourbon. Good choice.
Also all I need to buy to make that is the chartreuse and the campari...
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You should get some chartreuse! It’s so delicious in so many things.
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It’s my birthday weekend.
I’m out drinking with Debatepro. (Galz, it was a Norma Jean...so good. How do you feel about Cynar?)
I love Cynar (and it’s higher proof brother Cynar70). Cynar & Green Chartreuse are a match made in heaven.
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It’s my birthday weekend.
I’m out drinking with Debatepro. (Galz, it was a Norma Jean...so good. How do you feel about Cynar?)
I love Cynar (and it’s higher proof brother Cynar70). Cynar & Green Chartreuse are a match made in heaven.
My brother mixed up some cynar drink for us before, interesting, but not my top preference
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Galzy, do you have a Cynar and Green Chartreuse cocktail that you'd recommend?
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Galzy, do you have a Cynar and Green Chartreuse cocktail that you'd recommend?
My go to would be a Blushing Monk:
2 oz Bourbon
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
1/4 oz Cynar
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Raspberry Syrup
Couple Mint Leaves, Gently Muddled
But guessing you don’t have the Raspberry Syrup? You could muddle a couple of raspberries and do 1/4 oz of Simple Syrup instead if you have the fresh fruit.
Otherwise I would do a riff on a Bijou, subbing Cynar in for the Sweet Vermouth. I would also cut the Chartreuse slightly from what most specs call for (equal parts). I would do:
1 1/2 oz Gin
3/4 oz Cynar
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
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Slainte Mhath Dominionites.
I just recently discovered Benromach Organic and it is really good. It is my current whisky of choice.
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Hmmm, not heard of it. I do have a whiskey shaped hole in my liquor cabinet, but I don't get a lot of drinking done these days so I wasn't rushing to fill it.
Description?
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Hmmm, not heard of it. I do have a whiskey shaped hole in my liquor cabinet, but I don't get a lot of drinking done these days so I wasn't rushing to fill it.
Description?
I like the tasting notes / description for most Whisky at Master of Malt Website:
https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/benromach-organic-whisky/
A creamy black pepper flavour really came through for me and I am a sucker for Black Pepper. :)
Lats night we poured a Glencairn of House Stark (Dalwhinnie) and watched a couple episodes of "The Last Dance". It is quite smooth and easy drinking.
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Galzy, do you have a Cynar and Green Chartreuse cocktail that you'd recommend?
My go to would be a Blushing Monk:
2 oz Bourbon
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
1/4 oz Cynar
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Raspberry Syrup
Couple Mint Leaves, Gently Muddled
But guessing you don’t have the Raspberry Syrup? You could muddle a couple of raspberries and do 1/4 oz of Simple Syrup instead if you have the fresh fruit.
Otherwise I would do a riff on a Bijou, subbing Cynar in for the Sweet Vermouth. I would also cut the Chartreuse slightly from what most specs call for (equal parts). I would do:
1 1/2 oz Gin
3/4 oz Cynar
1/2 oz Green Chartreuse
Thank you!!!