This is something that's long over due around these parts. List your favorite drinks and the recipe for them. Or, if you don't know the recipe, maybe someone else does.
I pretty much stick to Maker's and Coke or Crown and Coke and the occasional Vodka and Cranberry but here's some of the more popular drinks I've been serving up at work lately
Long Island Ice Tea
1 part vodka
1 part tequila
1 part rum
1 part gin
1 part triple sec
1 1/2 parts sweet and sour mix
1 splash Coca-Cola
Mix ingredients together over ice in a glass. Pour into a shaker and give one brisk shake. Pour back into the glass and make sure there is a touch of fizz at the top. Garnish with lemon.
Serve in: Collins Glass
White Russian
2 oz vodka
1 oz coffee liqueur
light cream
Pour vodka and coffee liqueur over ice cubes in a rocks glass. Fill with light cream and serve.
Serve in: Rocks glass
Apple Martini (Appletini)
1 part Absolut® vodka
1 part DeKuyper® Sour Apple Pucker schnapps
1 part apple juice
Poor all ingredients into a shaker. Shake well and strain into a Martini glass.
Serve in: Cocktail Glass
Mountain Breeze
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz triple sec
1 oz cranberry juice
1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz tequila
1 1/2 oz sweet and sour mix
1/2 oz grapefruit juice
Build ingredients over ice in a hurricane glass, shake and garnish with a lime wedge.
Serve in: Hurricane glass
Red Headed Slut:
1 oz peach schnapps
1 oz Jagermeister
Splash of cranberry juice
Serve in: Shot Glass
Irish Car Bomb
3/4 pint Guinness
1/2 shot Bailey's Irish cream
1/2 shot Jameson Irish whiskey
Add the Bailey's and Jameson to a shot glass, layering the Bailey's on the bottom. Pour the Guinness into a pint glass or beer mug 3/4 of the way full and let settle. Drop the shot glass into the Guinness and chug away. If you're too slow, the drink will curdle and will increasingly taste worse as you go. So be quick about it.
Serve in: Beer mug and shot glass
I went to bartending school over the summer, which heightened my appreciatation for mixed drinks. Two of my favorites are already on your list (Irish Car Bomb, White Russian).
Mostly I'm a beer guy, but I'll also drink an occassional Morgan and or Dewar's with Coke.
Never been to school to get my degree in Mixology but I'm thinking about getting into a p/t class. We'll see. I started bartending about 6 months ago....just kind of dumbed myself into it. But I've been having a pretty good time with it so far.
President be damned, there's no more powerful position in the world than being the bartender. ;D
If you're already bartending than don't bother wasting your time with Bartending school, its a crock. I only did it because I had no prior experience (aside from a few months when I lived in SD), had the time to go, and figured it would be fun (which it was).
And if anyone's looking to get into bartending, unless you're: A) A chick with a nice rack B) Have a good 'in' in the industry C) Have prior experience with good references you can pretty much forget getting hired anywhere halfway decent.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 10, 2006, 01:59:11 PM
Long Island Ice Tea
1 part vodka
1 part tequila
1 part rum
1 part gin
1 part triple sec
1 1/2 parts sweet and sour mix
1 splash Coca-Cola
Mix ingredients together over ice in a glass. Pour into a shaker and give one brisk shake. Pour back into the glass and make sure there is a touch of fizz at the top. Garnish with lemon.
does it come with a fortune cookie?
Screaming Nazi
1 part Jagermeister
1 part Rumpleminze
Quote from: Wingspan on November 10, 2006, 02:14:28 PM
does it come with a fortune cookie?
No, but it damn well should.
Bloody Marys'. I am going to have to bring some bloodies to get started sunday at tailgate. Anyone else enjoy a good bloody?
If I get a mixed drink it's usually a cranberry vodka or sprite. Some others I like Long Island, Captain and Coke, Gin and Tonic, White Russian, Mojito's arn't bad on accasion. Red Bull and Vodka if your not planning on being hungover the nxt day.
Scotch or whisky does me well also.
Shots, I am all about Jaegermesiter. Soco and Lime, snakebite, tequila or the occasional shot of Yukon Jack straight will get you toasty quick.
MMM..Im getting thirsty just thinking about this...
The Irish Car Bomb is an abomination because it ruins a perfectly good Guinness...and a perfectly good Jameson...and a perfectly good Bailey's.
El Nino
2 Parts Captain Morgan's Private Stock (Captain Morgan's is an acceptable substitute)
1 Part Bacardi Limon
1 Part Malibu (or Parrot Bay)
1 Part Midori (Melon schnapps is not an acceptable substitute)
Top off with orange juice or pineapple juice, shake well, and enjoy the tropical weatherstorm in your head.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on November 10, 2006, 03:10:30 PM
The Irish Car Bomb is an abomination because it ruins a perfectly good Guinness...and a perfectly good Jameson...and a perfectly good Bailey's.
:-D
Quote from: Tomahawk on November 10, 2006, 03:13:24 PM
El Nino
2 Parts Captain Morgan's Private Stock (Captain Morgan's is an acceptable substitute)
1 Part Bacardi Limon
1 Part Malibu (or Parrot Bay)
1 Part Midori (Melon schnapps is not an acceptable substitute)
Top off with orange juice or pineapple juice, shake well, and enjoy the tropical weatherstorm in your head.
That sounds pretty good :yay
Quote from: mussa on November 10, 2006, 03:09:46 PM
Bloody Marys'. I am going to have to bring some bloodies to get started sunday at tailgate. Anyone else enjoy a good bloody?
There's about 20 different types of Bloody Marys out there. The basic:
Bloody Mary:1 Mary
1 Knife
Directions: Stab Mary repeatedly with knife. Viola.
Or.........
1 1/2 oz vodka
3 oz tomato juice
1 dash lemon juice
1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
2 - 3 drops tabasco sauce
1 lime wedge
Shake all ingredients (except for the lime wedge) with ice and strain into a rocks glass or collins glass over ice cubes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the wedge of lime and serve.
Serve in: Rocks glass (small) or Collins glass (large). Double the recipe for a Collins glass.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on November 10, 2006, 03:10:30 PM
The Irish Car Bomb is an abomination because it ruins a perfectly good Guinness...and a perfectly good Jameson...and a perfectly good Bailey's.
Guinness and Jameson go together like penis and vagina.
Amen, brother SD.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 10, 2006, 03:18:16 PM
Quote from: mussa on November 10, 2006, 03:09:46 PM
Bloody Marys'. I am going to have to bring some bloodies to get started sunday at tailgate. Anyone else enjoy a good bloody?
There's about 20 different types of Bloody Marys out there. The basic:
Bloody Mary:
1 Mary
1 Knife
Directions: Stab Mary repeatedly with knife. Viola.
Or.........
1 1/2 oz vodka
3 oz tomato juice
1 dash lemon juice
1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
2 - 3 drops tabasco sauce
1 lime wedge
Shake all ingredients (except for the lime wedge) with ice and strain into a rocks glass or collins glass over ice cubes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the wedge of lime and serve.
Serve in: Rocks glass (small) or Collins glass (large). Double the recipe for a Collins glass.
Add Old bay to the rim fo the glass and in the drink.
I put horseradish in mine also. And beer.
yea old bay is the shtein in bloodies. hotter the better
I'll take beer please. Guinness for taste, Miller Lite for marathon drinking. No hangover from either.
Or Jack on the rocks.
Rum. Straight rum. Maybe ice.
I'm fixing to make some car bombs tonight
Dio's drink.
Fill a 10 or twelve oz. glass jelly jar--I have four or five with "Bonne Maison" on them that I like a lot, don't know how much they hold but you get the idea--with ice.
fill half way with freezer-cold gin, half freshly opened and cold name brand tonic till it spills over.
poke the ice in to clear the rest over the edge
drink
No lime?
Quote from: SD_Eagle on November 10, 2006, 03:21:51 PM
Guinness and Jameson go together like penis and vagina.
In my belly, for sure. Never in the same glass.
Rum & Coke or Long Island Iced Tea
Also love to sip on Crown or Grandma (Grand Marnier).
Other than that... gimme the beer.
Quote from: SD_Eagle on November 10, 2006, 02:12:15 PM
If you're already bartending than don't bother wasting your time with Bartending school, its a crock. I only did it because I had no prior experience (aside from a few months when I lived in SD), had the time to go, and figured it would be fun (which it was).
And if anyone's looking to get into bartending, unless you're: A) A chick with a nice rack B) Have a good 'in' in the industry C) Have prior experience with good references you can pretty much forget getting hired anywhere halfway decent.
Dude, if you are giving up on Bartending as a profession b/c it's too hard to break into you are setting your bar reeeeeal low.
Johnnie Walker red is my weekday drink. Miller lite as my most regular beer.
Quote from: mussa on November 10, 2006, 06:32:34 PM
I'm fixing to make some car bombs tonight
10 to 1 this post ended up on the homeland security flagged list.
Quote from: methdeez on November 10, 2006, 09:12:17 PM
Quote from: SD_Eagle on November 10, 2006, 02:12:15 PM
If you're already bartending than don't bother wasting your time with Bartending school, its a crock. I only did it because I had no prior experience (aside from a few months when I lived in SD), had the time to go, and figured it would be fun (which it was).
And if anyone's looking to get into bartending, unless you're: A) A chick with a nice rack B) Have a good 'in' in the industry C) Have prior experience with good references you can pretty much forget getting hired anywhere halfway decent.
Dude, if you are giving up on Bartending as a profession b/c it's too hard to break into you are setting your bar reeeeeal low.
I have an in and could get a job easily if I wanted too. It would only be a part time thing for me, not a profession - that's why I'm in College. Thanks for your concern.
I love to drink and will drink just about anything, other than fruity shtein (accept for Blackberry Brandy chilled). Favorites include:
7 and 7- Seagrams Seven and Seven up
Irish Car Bombs
White Russians
Johnny Black on the rocks
Captain and Coke
Favorite Beers- just about anything other than light beer, but Yeungling and New Castle top the list. (Man I can't wait for X-mas leave to get some Ying.)
Currently I am drinking SoCo and Coke with some lime juice
Saphire and Tonic
Jameson on the rocks
Liquid Cocaines and Heroins
Makers on the rocks
Kettle and Tonic
Thats enough for now, I probably could go on forever really.
I don't drink much beer these days but when I do it's usually Red Stripe. Which reminds me....
Red Cap'n
1 Bottle Red Stripe
1 shot Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum
Take a sip out of the Red Stripe and then fill with Captain Morgan. Can be served in the bottle or mug.
Oh, and I also like drinking the occasional Samuel Jackson. IT'LL GET YOU DRUNK!!
(http://homepages.ius.edu/TESNGIBS/photogallery_files/image019.jpg)
MMMMMMMMM, MMMMMMM BITCH!
Was never a big Sam Adams fan but I like their Winter Lager. Never heard of the Red Cap'n before but I want to give it a try.
This is the booze thread, not the beer thread.
Quote from: SD_Eagle on November 11, 2006, 07:53:29 AM
Was never a big Sam Adams fan but I like their Winter Lager. Never heard of the Red Cap'n before but I want to give it a try.
Made it up a couple years ago in KC. Wanted a Captain and Coke but had no Coke in the fridge. So it was either mix it with Red Stripe or Milk. It'll put you on your ass after a few.
It's a great drink but the one thing I'll say about it is if you have more than 2 of them then don't start mixing in a bunch of other drinks.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 11, 2006, 08:08:49 AM
It's a great drink but the one thing I'll say about it is if you have more than 2 of them then don't start mixing in a bunch of other drinks.
Whydja hurl?
man, car bombs get you drunk real fast
Quote from: Yeti on November 11, 2006, 08:21:10 AM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 11, 2006, 08:08:49 AM
It's a great drink but the one thing I'll say about it is if you have more than 2 of them then don't start mixing in a bunch of other drinks.
Whydja hurl?
Didn't hurl, but I drank a few of them along with a few other drinks one night and my stomach was full of unpleasantries.
Favorites:
Tequila - Patron
Vodka - Kettle One or Grey Goose
Scotch - Dewars
Rum - Captain Morgan
Whiskey - Makers Mark
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 11, 2006, 08:08:49 AM
Quote from: SD_Eagle on November 11, 2006, 07:53:29 AM
Was never a big Sam Adams fan but I like their Winter Lager. Never heard of the Red Cap'n before but I want to give it a try.
Made it up a couple years ago in KC. Wanted a Captain and Coke but had no Coke in the fridge. So it was either mix it with Red Stripe or Milk. It'll put you on your ass after a few.
You'll get the same reaction if you mix it with a hard lemonade. I wasn't really measuring my shots though.
Quote from: General_Failure on November 10, 2006, 06:23:32 PM
Rum. Straight rum. Maybe ice.
Really? Straight rum is about the only thing that will make me hurl.
Surprised more people didn't mention Jager.
Also try a HypHouse shot. (Hypnotik and Blackhaus)
Capn and coke.
Jack and coke.
Caucasians.
Scotch------->Tumbler------->Ice Optional------->Enjoy!
Black Coffee------->Laced liberally with Bushmills------->Whipped Cream (only if you must)
Yuenglings when the weather is to hot for firewater..........
Quote from: General_Failure on November 10, 2006, 06:23:32 PM
Rum. Straight rum. Maybe ice.
Very smart man. :yay
Straight vodka. Another of my favorites is tequilla.
I always thought mixed drinks was a waste of perfectly good alcohol.
I don't get too crazy with drinks. Budweiser in the afternoon, Margerita's on Friday Night, (excluding High School Football season), and Bloody Mary's in the morning on weekends when I'm not working.
Oh, and a shot of Sambuka every now and then.
Anything but Tequila. I cannot drink that any more... :puke
Sometimes I get really crazy and mix Pepsi and Coke.
Not a hard alcohol guy. In fact, there are some hard spirits that taste so bad that I can't imagine anyone actually enjoying them. Give me a good beer, and let's call it a day.
Flaming Dr. Pepper;
Half a glass of beer
3/4 of a shot glass full of Amaretto
top off the shot glass with Bacardi 151
light it
drop the shot glass in the beer and drink it all in one shot
Tastes exactly like Dr. Pepper
My roommate used to make those things. They really do taste like Dr Pepper
Quote from: General_Failure on November 10, 2006, 06:23:32 PM
Rum. Straight rum. Maybe ice.
I had some of that today. (Stupid name...excellent rum.)
(http://www.susbirder.com/images/mount_gay.jpg)
Also some Maker's Mark and JWB.
That JWB was no joke...thanks Muss.
True. Thanks mussa for the JWB, and thanks Sarge for the MM.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on November 12, 2006, 10:54:17 PM
True. Thanks mussa for the JWB, and thanks Sarge for the MM.
No problem. :yay Thanks for letting me eat some of your sausage. :paranoid
I'm pretty sure by the end of the tailgate I was drinking Maker's and JWB at the same time.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on November 12, 2006, 10:54:17 PM
True. Thanks mussa for the JWB, and thanks Sarge for the MM.
Lushquehanna
Quote
No problem. :yay Thanks for letting me eat some of your sausage. :paranoid
Quote
:-D
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 13, 2006, 08:00:06 AM
Quote from: SD_Eagle on November 13, 2006, 07:54:54 AM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on November 12, 2006, 10:54:17 PM
True. Thanks mussa for the JWB, and thanks Sarge for the MM.
Lushquehanna
:-D Forgot about that one.
;D
And I hardly felt it. I guess the shivering pretty much burned off all the alcohol before it could work its magic.
if anybody was wondering, you have to add coke to Long Island Ice Tea...i found this out the hard way yesterday at our tailgate.
:-D
bourbon
cointreau
fresh sqeezed orange juice
is phenominal...especially if the oj is fresh sqeezed
Quote from: SunMo on November 13, 2006, 10:13:23 AM
if anybody was wondering, you have to add coke to Long Island Ice Tea...i found this out the hard way yesterday at our tailgate.
HAHA. I did the same thing man. I was like, man this is some strong long island mix.
No problem guys. I'm glad I got to pass the Johnnie around, good times :yay
I love Scotch, so I just bought 1.75 liters of White Label aka Dewars for the bargain price of $35.99. Right now I'm enjoying my second glass on the rocks. This stuff is delicous. Bought the g/f some Shiraz, I think it's a wine of some sorts but she really likes it.
gina and tonics since two this afternoon...going up to the local watering hole for dallas in a few...they should love me tonight
i puked last night. first time in 2 yrs. i ban drinking until x-mas
i just popped a bottle of tanqueray #10 that i got for x-mas...ish is phenominal...i can go 8 oz of gin to two oz tonic and still taste nothing
same thing with reyka vodka which i also got as a gift
"lava rock filtered"
amazing stuff
i turned 27 today. im going to get shtein faced tonight. wish me luck!
I really hope that at this point you don't need luck to get hammerfaced.
i meant luck in survivingfaced
Now how exactly are you going to have fun drinking if you're worried about surviving the evening? Yeesh. Amatuers.
BEER
god why do i drink...
Celebrated my birthday last night.
Rum on the rocks, followed by
Hurricanes ('tis the season), followed by
Massive amounts of beer, followed by
Tequilla, followed by
a couple more beers.
Ham. Merd.
I also had a marathon drinking session yesterday which ended in a zombie movie marathon. I am a farging mess right now.
I came home and had a brand new pool cue come in the mail. 30 min. later, I was over the pool table with a ice cold Bud in a big 22 oz. frosty mug! Happy hour at the Moose, and there wasn't a place on Earth I'd have rather been.
God, sometimes I love lifes little pleasures.
I Love Scotch :sly
Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly...
Gave a Scotch friend a bottle of Ardbeg Airidh Nam Biest
(http://www.whisky-distilleries.info/Images/Ardbeg-Airigh-Nam-Beist.jpg)
he were made happy
Quote from: Diomedes on February 19, 2007, 11:09:13 AM
Gave a Scotch friend a bottle of Ardbeg Airidh Nam Biest
(http://www.whisky-distilleries.info/Images/Ardbeg-Airigh-Nam-Beist.jpg)
he were made happy
Lucky Friend, is that something you import Dio?
I don't import anything...I'm a zesty software guy for a massive importer. This one is like $140 and is supposed to be some kind of really special stuff. I tasted it and holy shtein it's strong. I'm a gin guy anyway, so this stuff isn't for me. But I'm sure some of you folks would really like it.
We're finishing the basement, my brother in law is putting in a nice bar. I told the wife i'm getting a topline scotch to mark the occasion
a yocal bar has sam adams winter lager on tap. i swear, if i was single id be there every night until i kicked the keg. that shtein is pretty good out of the bottle, out of the tap, its like candy. :drool
Pete's Brew... Pete's Wicked Brew... Pete's Wicked Summer Brew.. WHO THE farg IS PETE?!? farg PETE!!
Quote from: Diomedes on February 19, 2007, 12:36:25 PM
I'm a zesty software guy
Dio = (http://www.thecobrasnose.com/images3/OSM&Ssm.jpg)
Petes winter or summer with a lemon is heaven
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 20, 2007, 10:16:45 AM
We're finishing the basement, my brother in law is putting in a nice bar. I told the wife i'm getting a topline scotch to mark the occasion
Can you get a 0% deferred rate for that, too?
I wish, along that line, we did get a Lazyboy Leather Sofa/Loveseat set this weekend at 0% for 2 years ;D
i drank myself into oblivion over the last three days at the beach
on sat me and my girl did our own ocean city bar crawl...we hit 17 different bars from the board walk to 124th st
I bet you hang out at Seacrets. Dont ya IGY?
good swimming weather this weekend.
Quote from: MURP on February 20, 2007, 12:02:02 PM
I bet you hang out at Seacrets. Dont ya IGY?
i've been there a few times. not in about 5 or 6 years but it was kinda nice when they swam your drinks out to your intertube.
I bet you hang out at Seacrets. Dont ya IGY?
heehee
ill burn seacrets
if you want a seacrets atmosphere without all the roid raged rope necklace weraing douchebags then mackeys is the spot
good swimming weather this weekend.
i dont go in the ocean and rarely even go to the beach in the summer...we stayed three nites this weekend for well under 200 bucks
I drank three different bars out of what I was drinking this weekend. I rule.
i had some good Wawa Green Tea this weekend.
Quote from: rjs246 on February 20, 2007, 12:07:13 PM
I drank three different bars out of what I was drinking this weekend. I rule.
You mean Boston's completely out of Shirley Temples?
Not really. It ran out of mini umbrellas.
I just wanted to sound like a big man.
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 20, 2007, 12:04:49 PM
I bet you hang out at Seacrets. Dont ya IGY?
heehee
ill burn seacrets
if you want a seacrets atmosphere without all the roid raged rope necklace weraing douchebags then mackeys is the spot
I dont know if I have been there before. where is Mackeys? (memory may have been erased by booze). Few spots I hit up while down there is Bull @ The Beach for the Oyster Sandwhiches and some brews. Purple Moose for some music if a good classic rock cover band is in. Bearded clam for pool and hanging out with white trash.
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 20, 2007, 12:06:01 PM
i dont go in the ocean and rarely even go to the beach in the summer...we stayed three nites this weekend for well under 200 bucks
i don't ever go to the beach either. did you see the scandals commercial on tv? everytime i got to OC that scandals! song gets stuck in my head.
mackeys is good. i used to go to fagers island too cuz one of my boys bartended there.
My beachhouse is in Bethany Beach, we take the boat to Seacrets, get Sloppy and boat home. Last august we went there on a monday early afternoon, they had 75 cent coorslights.
I dont know if I have been there before. where is Mackeys? (memory may have been erased by booze). Few spots I hit up while down there is Bull @ The Beach for the Oyster Sandwhiches and some brews. Purple Moose for some music if a good classic rock cover band is in. Bearded clam for pool and hanging out with white trash.
mackeys is right on the bay...btwn 55 and 60th...its like seacrets but not on crack...way more chill atmosphere and crowd...everyone at seacrets is trying to be seen...its disgusting
bull on the beach is great....their happy hour is phenominal with the half price raw bar...but yeah in general they have great bar food...we went there a few times this weekend
isnt purple moose a biker bar?...i tend to shy away from that place
Quote from: rjs246 on February 20, 2007, 12:11:34 PM
Not really. It ran out of mini umbrellas.
I just wanted to sound like a big man.
Then try drinking this. You get man points based on the name alone:
Diarrhea Bomb:
1/2 oz dark rum
1 1/2 oz Kahlua coffee liqueur
1 oz Cruzan rum cream liqueur
1 oz Barenjager honey liqueur
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well and strain into an old-fashioned glass half-filled with ice cubes. Serve.
Serve in: Sherry Glass
just because it's name has diarrhea in it does not make it manly.
in fact, that's one of the Hoydast drinks i've ever seen.
kahlua, rum cream, and honey liquor?? what the farg dude.
Someone ordered it over the weekend. I'd never made one before so I looked it up. The ingredients though, do seem to be diarrhea enducing.
i drink what the farg i want when the farg i wanna drink it and dont give a damn how gay i look...i drink fruity drinks at eagle tailgates....need i say more
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 20, 2007, 12:48:37 PM
The ingredients though, do seem to be diarrhea enducing.
true dat.
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 20, 2007, 12:49:40 PM
i drink what the farg i want when the farg i wanna drink it and dont give a damn how gay i look...i drink fruity drinks at eagle tailgates....need i say more
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i dont drink fruity drinks unless i'm in the islands or want to booze before 9am
Quote from: phattymatty on February 20, 2007, 12:52:36 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 20, 2007, 12:48:37 PM
The ingredients though, do seem to be diarrhea enducing.
true dat.
Which leads me back to my original point......it may not be a manly drink, but drinking it is infact, manly.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 20, 2007, 12:54:03 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 20, 2007, 12:49:40 PM
i drink what the farg i want when the farg i wanna drink it and dont give a damn how gay i look...i drink fruity drinks at eagle tailgates....need i say more
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i dont drink fruity drinks unless i'm in the islands or want to booze before 9am
Tequila Sunrise... It's what's for breakfast!
But seriously, I drank three bars out of what I was drinking.
Ya, that's because you were drinking something no one else drinks--you weren't drinking Jack Daniels--and each bar had only a couple fingers left in their last bottle.
One of them was Miller Lite.
Another was a specialty drink that only this bar makes and is fairly well known for. Certainly not something they don't usually serve.
The other one fits your description.
Well, I had that wrong. I thought you were saying you drank three bars out of the same thing.
That would show WAY more determination to drink one specific thing than I can ever imagine having.
ran out and got a half gallon of sky vodka and mad bloody mary mix today. garlic and feta stuffed olives, celery, old basy, pepper. bam. im getting bloody all day.
can I come over?
i love bloody marys but i couldnt drink them all day after a few of them im ready to switch up to something else...and if i had my choice id take a v8 or straight tomato juice and vodka over a bm
Quote from: mussa on February 25, 2007, 02:16:18 PM
ran out and got a half gallon of sky vodka and mad bloody mary mix today. garlic and feta stuffed olives, celery, old basy, pepper. bam. im getting bloody all day.
shame on you for not inviting at least a few of us!
i just realized mussa dropped 'old basy' on us
ha
haha, i did didn't i. damn that was 2 bloody's ago, and prob 6-7 white russians. yea, 1 or 2 bloodies and no more...
OLD BASY!!
jesus. i almost killed a half gallon of vodka yesterday.
beer-launching fridge (http://www.duke.edu/~jwc13/beerlauncher.html)
Quote from: FFatPatt on February 26, 2007, 04:05:51 PM
beer-launching fridge (http://www.duke.edu/~jwc13/beerlauncher.html)
Oh, and make sure you check out the video (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/445498/robotic_beer_launching_refrigerator/).
Gimme.
Would have to handle bottles to be worthwhile.
Cans of beer serve a purpose - namely if you plan on drinking mass quantities of fairly cheap beer, it saves a decent amount of money long-term.
There's no doubt of a significant difference in taste between a bottle and can for the better stuff, but it's not always necessary to get the job done.
then it better have more than a 10 can magazine.
I will drink cans of Miller Lite until you all cry sweet sweet tears of sympathy for my liver.
what liver.
Quote from: MURP on February 26, 2007, 04:49:21 PM
then it better have more than a 10 can magazine.
Women aren't just for bangin' anymore these days. They're also for re-loading the beer-catapulting fridge.
Cans of beer serve a purpose - namely if you plan on drinking mass quantities of fairly cheap beer, it saves a decent amount of money long-term.
and if youre 18 in a frat and living off taco bell and 7-11 pizza you care about the twelve cent difference in cost per beer
I'm having too many gin and tonics tonight
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 26, 2007, 09:05:56 PM
Cans of beer serve a purpose - namely if you plan on drinking mass quantities of fairly cheap beer, it saves a decent amount of money long-term.
and if youre 18 in a frat and living off taco bell and 7-11 pizza you care about the twelve cent difference in cost per beer
Only sissies are afraid of canned beer.
natty bo holla!!
ill drink the hell out of canned beer...i have cans of high life in my fridge as we speak...but what i wont do at this point in my life is buy a beer because its cheap
fair enough.
you buy it because it's your last link to the homie lifestyle??
once you go black you never go back son
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 26, 2007, 09:09:29 PM
ill drink the hell out of canned beer...i have cans of high life in my fridge as we speak...but what i wont do at this point in my life is buy a beer because its cheap
So, you buy cans of Miller High Life because, in your opinion, it's the best-tasting beer you can buy?
I think what we have here is another case of you getting involved in an argument and exaggerating your position on the matter just to make it more fun and interesting.
Can beer is ideal for activities such as beer pong where the taste of the beer isn't as important as the quantities that are consumed.
Idiot.
No.
So, you buy cans of Miller High Life because, in your opinion, it's the best-tasting beer you can buy?
my favorite no...but i enjoy it...well i dont really enjoy any beer but its one of the normal ones i buy...the less taste the better...once you start getting outside the realm of regular domestic beers they start to get real bad..plus i drink a lot of grand marnier and henny and i like to havea zesty beer back with them
I think what we have here is another case of you getting involved in an argument and exaggerating your position on the matter just to make it more fun and interesting.
its not an argument its fact...i have enough money in my life that i dont need to be pinching pennies when it comes to buying alcohol....not sure what the exaggeration you speak of is
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 26, 2007, 09:20:16 PM
So, you buy cans of Miller High Life because, in your opinion, it's the best-tasting beer you can buy?
my favorite no...but i enjoy it...well i dont really enjoy any beer but its one of the normal ones i buy...the less taste the better...once you start getting outside the realm of regular domestic beers they start to get real bad..plus i drink a lot of grand marnier and henny and i like to havea zesty beer back with them
I think what we have here is another case of you getting involved in an argument and exaggerating your position on the matter just to make it more fun and interesting.
its not an argument its fact...i have enough money in my life that i dont need to be pinching pennies when it comes to buying alcohol....not sure what the exaggeration you speak of is
So, you believe that beer tastes no different in bottles or cans... but someone who buys cans because they're cheaper is "pinching pennies when it comes to buying alcohol".
You do realize you make no sense whatsoever, right?
If anything is clear, it's that this cat has no idea how ridiculous he is.
i think all beer regardless of container more or less tastes the same...like i said as long as you stay in that regular domestic beer realm...do i like some better than others sure...but six of one half dozen of the other....
no what i said is price would never ever be a factor for me when it came to choosing a beer
It obviously is somewhat of a factor if you have cans in the fridge.
well considering that i most likely bought 100-150 dollars worth of liquor along with that beer i would say no
like i said i wouldnt hesitate to buy a 50 dollar bottle of cognac
but when it comes to liquor money def makes a difference....not so much with beer
anyway my original point is the days of me passing around a hat in my house for a beer run are over....im buying what i want when i want regardless if that price is $3 or $30
homeboy vigy drinks the henny xo
vsop kicko
vsop
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vsop is junk
hop up to xo or drop back to vs..otherwise your money is being stolen
actually...you're being robbed no matter what, so don't listen to me
youre just mad that the v in vigy doesnt stand for what you thought it did
you're as vanilla as elvis, whether you claim cognac or not
I'm 2 Johnny Walker Reds deep, along with 3 Miller Lites MMmm Mmmm Bitch
Wow...a heavyweight.
I'm for or five gin and tonics in...just topped off with some grandma...
anyone wanna trump me? I'm sure you're out there....
I enjoyed one 7&7 and am now drinking water and about to go to bed.
I win.
The best part about drinking often is you rarely get hangovers. If you do, you should know that you just shortened your lifespan by a year
I rarely get a hangover..I also rarely conclude a night of drinking without gulping down several glasses of water just before going to bed.
Same here, i fill up a mug of water and put it next to the bed. When i drink the whole thing and dont have to urinate in the mornign lets me know i probably overdid it drinking the night before.
I've trained myself to take a multi-vitamin and some advil before I fall asleep. Guarateed to eliminate a hangover. Of course, I don't really get hangovers anymore even when I don't do that, but at least I'm getting my vitamins!
Quote from: Diomedes on February 26, 2007, 10:32:05 PM
Wow...a heavyweight.
I'm for or five gin and tonics in...just topped off with some grandma...
anyone wanna trump me? I'm sure you're out there....
maybe getting drunk and not being at the computer all night? i think that beats you.
Greatest invention ever? Beer launching fridge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-y7rSXJKNM)
Have you guys ever heard of some concoction that is vodka, cognac & fruit juices? It's colored blue like windshield wiper fluid and it tastes roughly the same.
I had a sip tonight and it was the most vile tasting shtein I've ever sampled. Nearly tossed it right then and there.
(http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/285/hpnotiq20bottleef5.jpg)
it's a big drink in the ghetto
What Dio said.
I don't drink it often but its not that bad.
Mix it with Hennesey and you got Krytonite yo.
Went out for crabs for my pops bday. Had 2 pitchers of Yuenling and 4 millers when i got home. If i stopped drinking beer, i'd bet that i'd lose 40 lbs by august
Here's an FYI for us to tuck away for future reference.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
HealthWorld U.S. N.Y. / Region Business Technology Science Care Policy Mental Health & Behavior.
Baboon Liver Recipient Is Taken Off Critical List
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Doctors have upgraded the condition of the first human to receive a transplanted baboon liver, and they say he continues to improve as well as any patient who has received a human liver.
The patient is a 35-year-old man whose identity is being withheld at his request. Today, doctors described his condition as serious, taking his name off the critical list.
"Clinically, he looks very well, and his condition is stable," said Dr. John J. Fung, the surgeon who headed the team that gave the man a baboon liver in an 11 1/2-hour operation last Sunday.
The man is taking walks in an intensive-care unit at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is drinking milk and eating soft foods like Jell-O and custard. Some members of his family have visited him, and he has made telephone calls to other family members.
The man's new liver is functioning well, trying to restore the biochemical imbalances created by his own liver.
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I think Baboon livers will be much more affordable and in addition will have a greater tolerance for alcohol than a new human liver transplant would. Personally, I'd like to see if they would be willing to throw in a new gall baldder for free or if I refer a friend.
hypnotic is a ghetto drink?
at the local bar i go to...they used to have hypnotic saturday nites where reps from the company would come around and pass out key chains and shtein...and give shots....it was always lightweight 22 year old girls drinking it...in general thats who i always see drinking it...it seems like its a shooter type drink that doesnt taste like alcohol so girlies can drink it
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 28, 2007, 08:05:34 AM
hypnotic is a ghetto drink?
at the local bar i go to...they used to have hypnotic saturday nites where reps from the company would come around and pass out key chains and shtein...and give shots....it was always lightweight 22 year old girls drinking it...in general thats who i always see drinking it...it seems like its a shooter type drink that doesnt taste like alcohol so girlies can drink it
The wanna be thugs that come into the bar I work at every now and then always drink it. It's got nothing to do with the taste of it, it's all about the name.
"Lemme get sum uv dat Hypnotic." is the apparently the only way you're allowed to order it because that's the only thing I hear every time they come in. Idiots.
losers
My mom bought it because she liked the color :-D
The liquor salesman gave it to the bar for people to try. My buddy's a bartender at the place and he asked me if I wanted to try it. It was awful and I can't imagine anyone enjoying it.
BTW: They didn't have a key code for it in the computer system so they were charging people the same price as they would for a shot of Absolut.
Highway robbery. :yay
As Seabiscuit said...ghetto dwellers mix it with Henny. It's got made display placement in all the plexi accounts.
vigy doesn't know this because he only talks ghetto. He doesn't buy his liquor there.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on February 28, 2007, 09:17:29 AM
The liquor salesman gave it to the bar for people to try. My buddy's a bartender at the place and he asked me if I wanted to try it. It was awful and I can't imagine anyone enjoying it.
BTW: They didn't have a key code for it in the computer system so they were charging people the same price as they would for a shot of Absolut.
Highway robbery. :yay
That's jacked up. Every once in a blue moon we get a free bottle of something to let our customers try. Either a new product or something that we don't regularly stock. When that happens we charge same price as a drink from the well rather than the price of something more expensive. Anything the bar makes off it is 100% profit anyway so there's no need to rape the customers during the process.
I only had 4 beers last night. I feel like I'm maturing.
i wish i could drink on work nites...but theres no chance of me stopping anywhere close to when id have to...i cant start drinking and not be up at 4am still rockin and rollin
I successfully finished off all the beer and Seagram's in the house through the weekend and Monday night.
I'm looking forward to re-stocking on Saturday.
i wish i could drink on work nites I dont think i could go to sleep on weekdays without drinking :paranoid
sleeping (without the aid of alcohol or anything else) and getting drunk are probably the two easiest things i could ever do
We're going to a going-away party on Friday for a couple of Eagles fans who are moving back to Pennsylvania (lucky fargers).
It's the first time since our daughter was born that my wife has agreed to go out and get zesty drunk. I fully expect an icepick-to-the-eye hangover on Saturday morning.
Holla.
she's not gonna get half as drunk as you'd like
Yeah, probably not.
with every sip she's gonna have visions of her kid being in some kind of danger and needing her, and of her being too drunk to be there...etc. kids are a buzz kill, especially for womens
Daddy drinks because you cry.
conveniently, baby cries because daddy drinks.
it's a perfect set up for daddy to keep drinking
Mommy, why does Daddy yell and curse at the television when the Eagles are playing and why does he drink so much during the game?
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on February 28, 2007, 11:45:25 AM
We're going to a going-away party on Friday for a couple of Eagles fans who are moving back to Pennsylvania (lucky fargers).
It's the first time since our daughter was born that my wife has agreed to go out and get zesty drunk. I fully expect an icepick-to-the-eye hangover on Saturday morning.
Holla.
Start the clock for the next daughter... ;)
off to the pub for some henny delights....
I've been hittin a case of Labatt's Blue all day long. Good shtein.
been drinking a lot of grandma lately
Quote from: Diomedes on March 04, 2007, 10:38:21 PM
been drinking a lot of grandma lately
? grandma's last? :paranoid
Grand Marnier
I drank roughly nine thousand beers on Friday night. I'm working on a three day hangover still.
Good God.
Quote from: Diomedes on March 05, 2007, 12:10:45 PM
Grand Marnier
Got a bottle of that in my liquor cabinet as well. :drool
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on March 05, 2007, 12:13:20 PM
I drank roughly nine thousand beers on Friday night. I'm working on a three day hangover still.
Good God.
We had another couple over for dinner on Saturday night, and I understand your predicament. We had a nearly-full case already, they brought a case, and they left us with about 10 beers. The ladies probably had about 8-10 maximum combined, which means my buddy and I basically put out a whole 24-pack in 4 hours.
I had cottonmouth all day yesterday.
Inflattable Pub (http://www.davesdaily.com/out.php?id=25231&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.saynotocrack.com%2Findex.php%2F2007%2F03%2F03%2Fthe-portable-pub%2F)
Automatic drink mixer. (http://uk.gizmodo.com/2006/04/07/lazy_drinker_programmable_drin.html)
So you set up the Inflatable Pub in the back yard, bring in the beer fridge and automatic drink mixer, hook up a tv and you're good to go. Instant. Heaven.
ha thats great sarge....buy me one
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 10, 2007, 09:19:43 AM
ha thats great sarge....buy me one
No problem. I'll trade you for your season ticket. I'll even go so far as to stock it for you with your choice of swill.
Wow.. that's one expensive lazy bartender. $830!
Quote from: Diomedes on March 05, 2007, 12:10:45 PM
Grand Marnier
My old man loves that shtein, I buy him a bottle every Christmas.
Quote from: Father Demon on March 10, 2007, 10:56:52 AM
Wow.. that's one expensive lazy bartender. $830!
True, but it would pretty much pay for itself after one weekend of not going to the bar.
I picked up this great Cabernet Sav. called Root 1 For 10 bucks a bottle its a pretty good Chilean red.
i'm in a pub golf tournament tomorrow.
rules (http://www.iloveuni.co.uk/uniguides/Pub_Golf_Scorecard.pdf)
(http://render2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6aQQ%7C%3Dup6RKKt%3AxxrKUp7BHD7KPfrj%3DQofrj7t%3DzrRfDUX%3AeQaQxg%3Dr%3F87KR6xqpxQQPPxGaexQolxv8uOc5xQQQ0JeGnQQ0GoqpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gXPGn%7CRup6lQQ%7C/of=50,590,442)
http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/15/legal-absinth-market-grows-in-us/
http://gothamist.com/2007/11/12/america_goes_gr.php
Absinthe got Legalized? Im going to pick up a bottle tonight and get ripped
It's not the same. The legal stuff is a version of the same drink without the things that would make it illegal.
I'm a big fan of the mojito, so i went out and got the ingredients tonight:
Mojito
3 fresh mint sprigs
2 tsp sugar
3 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 1/2 oz light rum - I used Bacardi Superior
club soda
In a tall thin glass, crush part of the mint with a fork to coat the inside. Add the sugar and lime juice and stir thoroughly. Top with ice. Add rum and mix. Top off with *chilled* club soda (or seltzer). Add a lime slice and the remaining mint, and serve.
A great drink for anytime. Low on calories and sugar as well...
any drink that has 2 tsp of sugar is not low on sugar. :-D
compared to other mixed drinks it is actually low...according to mens health...the two i made so far are def not sweet more minty/lime flavored...
they said a margarita has like 3x the amount of sugar and calories
gfys
mojitos are really hard to make at home...they never taste like they do in a place that knows how to make them...next time youre in philly mussa go to the bar at cubra libre and get one or two...they will make your dick hard
im pretty impressed with mine so far...i just need one of those "mashers" for lack of the real term...im just using a spoon. im sure libre makes em up good no doubt...im sure the chicks in that place will get me a boner as well....giggidty
Are you non heteros done talking about farging mojitos? What the farg?
What's next? Talking about the Bud Light Lime beer?
The Mojitos I had in Miami were farging excellent. Anything I've tried since is a lame imitation.
i can only imagine how good they are in miami..cubra libre the place in philly i was talking about is an authentic cuban joint and theirs are ridiculous and yet im sure you can get a better one in mini havana
I've only ever had mojitos in Miami. They're not really my bag, but I can see why some people would be into them.
the pre-made Mojito Bacardi in a bottle is the bomb and tastes just as good. Throw in a couple of mint leaves and your gold
farg trying to make one at home
yeah if youre 17
Quote from: reese125 on June 04, 2008, 11:07:17 AM
the pre-made Mojito Bacardi in a bottle is the bomb and tastes just as good. Throw in a couple of mint leaves and your gold
farg trying to make one at home
like its that difficult to make
Mojito (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_R6YpLpV90)
i just made a mojito and its 4:30
you so crazy
I prefer the caipirinha. Just as much kick, but without all those annoying pieces of mint leaf.
Quote from: mussa on June 04, 2008, 12:12:24 PM
Quote from: reese125 on June 04, 2008, 11:07:17 AM
the pre-made Mojito Bacardi in a bottle is the bomb and tastes just as good. Throw in a couple of mint leaves and your gold
farg trying to make one at home
like its that difficult to make
farg that. When someone asks me to make a Mojito at the bar I want to shove a pestal up their ass.
you bartend in philly ngm?
Quote from: NGM on June 04, 2008, 04:58:38 PM
Quote from: mussa on June 04, 2008, 12:12:24 PM
Quote from: reese125 on June 04, 2008, 11:07:17 AM
the pre-made Mojito Bacardi in a bottle is the bomb and tastes just as good. Throw in a couple of mint leaves and your gold
farg trying to make one at home
like its that difficult to make
farg that. When someone asks me to make a Mojito at the bar I want to shove a pestal up their ass.
when do you work next? its been awhile since you put something up my butt
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 04, 2008, 05:09:31 PM
you bartend in philly ngm?
Sorry man. Lancaster County Pennsyltucky.
Muss: Next weekend, I'm off to a wedding in Austin, Texas this weekend.
I like my women like I like my whiskey: 12 years old and mixed up with coke.
http://www.bierstick.com/BierGear.aspx (http://www.bierstick.com/BierGear.aspx)
QuoteDrink up to 24 ounces in less than two seconds.
awesome.
Buddy of mine quit his job recently to go into business for himself. Someone got him a bottle of Johnnie Walker Gold 18 year scotch. I normally don't like whiskey at all but this wasn't too bad. I was surprised as I normally can't stand whiskey drinks.
Quote from: phattymatty on June 09, 2008, 03:53:03 PM
http://www.bierstick.com/BierGear.aspx (http://www.bierstick.com/BierGear.aspx)
QuoteDrink up to 24 ounces in less than two seconds.
awesome.
I bought one of these today, should be great. I put this on there before but I really want to buy the UBERTAP http://www.uberdispensing.com/
(http://bierstick.com/Images/instructions1.png)
(http://bierstick.com/Images/instructions2.png)
(http://bierstick.com/Images/instructions3.png)
let me know how that thing works. i definitely need to be able to drink 12 oz. per second.
Quote from: phattymatty on June 11, 2008, 10:26:52 AM
let me know how that thing works. i definitely need to be able to drink 12 oz. per second.
will do, should be here by this weekend i hope, I showed it to my brother, his immediate reaction was that we needed it for next week at the beach.
ok so i read an article in bon appetite (yes i read bon appetite bite me) about presidente beer and how its a "sweet and light lagar perfect for drinking on your deck in the summer"...so i just brought home a warm 12 pack two of which are currently chillin up in my ice maker
two questions:
1. what is a sweet beer and how is beer ever sweet
2. anyone had this and if so whats it like
i'm wearing a presidente t-shirt right now. i drank shteinloads of it in the dominican republic. i remember it being very similar to miller lite. a pretty tasteless beer that you can drink a lot of.
sounds right up my liver
We drank 30 Bud & Bud Light nippers at the bowling alley this afternoon. I heart bowling, drinking and MILF's who bowl.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 22, 2008, 07:09:51 PM
ok so i read an article in bon appetite (yes i read bon appetite bite me) about presidente beer and how its a "sweet and light lagar perfect for drinking on your deck in the summer"...so i just brought home a warm 12 pack two of which are currently chillin up in my ice maker
two questions:
1. what is a sweet beer and how is beer ever sweet
2. anyone had this and if so whats it like
never had it. a lot of beer i would consider sweet. maltose is the sugar that is fermented by yeast to produce alcohol in beer. so considering beer to be sweet is not strange by any means. it just means your mind doesn't work right. i suggest suicide
ive tried and failed many times to drink myself to death
and presidente is pretty good...i actually can see how it would be a great outdoior summer beer much like high life...good stuff (for beer)...only problem is its 12.50 a 12 pack
beer gets a hell of a lot more costly than 12.50 for a 12 pack..you're cruising the lower end of the price range there. bud is 11 bucks for a twelve pack, and that's about as low as I'll go..
There's a market up the street from the house that sells high end shtein of all kinds including beer and wine. $10-15 per six-pack is the norm and there are beers in there that I've never come close to hearing of. All sorts of microbrews from around the country, and, of course, from Europe, Asia & even South America.
Good shtein, yo.
Quote from: Diomedes on June 23, 2008, 06:45:27 AM
bud is 11 bucks for a twelve pack, and that's about as low as I'll go..
for the most part i only drink beer at bars and tailgates and dont really pay attention to prices....but damn i thought the big domestics (coors - bud - miller) were 7.88 or 8.99 a 12
buy cases, more bang for yer buck
I bought a 12 pack of Heineken Light this weekend at the local Publix supermarket and it was only $11.99. Coors Light and Bud are usually $8.99 - $9.99 for a 12 pack everywhere.
Incidentally, it took me three years to get my local bar to offer Yuengling. Sad.
i bought a 12 pack of steele reserve a few weeks back for 8 dollars. cheapest ive seen in awhile. that stuff is liquid death...3 of them and i was drunk
30packs FTW
Miller Lite and Coors Light (yuck) cases of bottles selling for $12.47 this week... I stocked up on the ML...
Too much of a good thing? (http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5262696&page=1)
(http://a.abcnews.com/images/TheLaw/ericMorris_liquor_080627_mn.jpg)
Agh!
Darwin award winner
I had 23 shots on my 21st birthday, some weakies, some whisky, i passed out in a bathroom at Delrose Cafe in Wilmington, the bad part was apparently i stumbled into the womens bathroom to pass out. Threw up all over my buddys car, fell down too many times, and woke up with blood in my puke next to me. That kids a Hoyda
is hoyda a filter for hero?....because anyone that drinks themself to DEATH is mine
well me and the green fairy shared a few glasses last night. my friends dad makes absinthe, the real stuff. 185 proof. i had 4 glasses and i was farged. took a shot of 175 proof whiskey also. i feel like shtein today! fml
Just bought a six-pack of Kronenbourg 1664 and cracked one open.
It's farging delicious and you Romes can't have any of it.
:flipoff
schlitz is back
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25970479/
hellz yeah
All those Schlitz signs my grandfather got fromt he liquor store back in 83 is probably worth a ton of cash now
never knew schlitz left. i was drinking some shtein called Old Style last night.
I've definitely had schlitz at some point in the last few years... I wonder how old that shtein was.
I recently rediscovered my love for Rolling Rock. Not sure when, but I started to have a taste for the pricier beers, and then when I wanted something cheap in the house for watching a ballgame or something, I always defaulted to Miller Lite or High Life. About a week ago, went to see the Dark Knight, and while waiting went to TGI Friday's (fail) across the way to have a beer, and decided on the Rolling Rock. The Wawa down the street has them for about 5.50 for a sixer.
Quote from: rjs246 on August 06, 2008, 09:31:37 AM
I've definitely had schlitz at some point in the last few years... I wonder how old that shtein was.
schlitz has never left...ive brought it to a few tailgates over the past several years...whats back is their original packaging and recipe
A friend recently brought over a bottle of this stuff. He said his mom had it for 20 years...and it was 20 years old when she got it. Stuff is wild:
http://www.plazawine.com/Chartreuse-Green-Liqueur-Fabriquee-par-Les-Peres-Chartreux-p-16469.html
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 06, 2008, 10:17:14 AM
Quote from: rjs246 on August 06, 2008, 09:31:37 AM
I've definitely had schlitz at some point in the last few years... I wonder how old that shtein was.
schlitz has never left...ive brought it to a few tailgates over the past several years...whats back is their original packaging and recipe
Ah, that certainly makes more sense.
i bought a few 32 oz cans of high life tonight for $1.39 each. tennessee is good for some things.
I dont think ive ever seen a 32oz can
They're glorious.
What size jeans do they wear?
has anyone ever made balloon wine? what did it taste like? i've made a lot of homemade shtein before (absinthe, beer, etc.) but have never tried this. i want to.
When I was 14 my buddy bought a bunch of yeast and grape juice, mixed it together in a plastic bottle and put a balloon over the top. He left it in the trunk of his car...I forget the exact time that elapsed but once it inflated we drank it. Tasted like grape juice and we got bent.
I've tasted hooch before. The stuff the inmates make. It was pretty good.
But if you drink it too soon, it will farg your innards up. One guy drank it before the fermenting was done and had to have his stomach pumped.
yeah i read that it should take about 4-6 weeks, the balloon starts inflating once the alcohol starts being made, and then once the balloon deflates again its ready to drink. i'm gonna do it, i'll bring the results to a tailgate sometime this year.
Don't put any twigs in this batch.
(http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/attachments/destin-general-discussion/2664d1173471034-hogs-breath-cafe-destin-homemade-bikini-contest-100_0417.jpg)
:-D :-D
Man, all of a sudden I'm really, really thirsty.
Quote from: mussa on August 06, 2008, 10:55:55 AM
A friend recently brought over a bottle of this stuff. He said his mom had it for 20 years...and it was 20 years old when she got it. Stuff is wild:
http://www.plazawine.com/Chartreuse-Green-Liqueur-Fabriquee-par-Les-Peres-Chartreux-p-16469.html
Chartreuse is amazing. It's like absinthe that tastes good.
over the past month, i've really come to love Vodka again. Vodka and bitterlemon ftw
Quotehttp://www.break.com/index/amazing-beer-bottle-dominoes.html
i cant believe how much i drank this weekend...i still have the shakes and am sweating buckets....72 hr detox is awesome...call roto rooter and the rehab...my pooper is still quiverring due to ejaculating chickin wing lava....i went to wipe last night and heard a sizzle as the tissue came in contact with my wrinkle hole....so i had to take my scphincter out with an ice cream scoop and put it in the freezer...but dont worry ill just thaw it out tomorrow and put it back in
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 07, 2009, 02:36:33 PM
i cant believe how much i drank this weekend...i still have the shakes and am sweating buckets....72 hr detox is awesome...call roto rooter and the rehab...my pooper is still quiverring due to ejaculating chickin wing lava....i went to wipe last night and heard a sizzle as the tissue came in contact with my wrinkle hole....so i had to take my scphincter out with an ice cream scoop and put it in the freezer...but dont worry ill just thaw it out tomorrow and put it back in
Instant classic
damn im a pretty crude dude, but damn that was sick :puke
you sickos need to get feces out your mind...it was a not a poop post...its been over 48 hrs since ive had my last drink of the weekend and i still cant stop sweating like a slave and shaking and i feel like chuck cecil speared my liver
maybe you should drink a damn beer and harden the farg up
theres no chance you would breathing right now without the help of a machine if you had drinken like i did this weekend...for me tho this is really weird...i must have alcohol poisoning
I agree with mussa. More likely a case of sissyitis than alcohol poisoning
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 07, 2009, 04:22:33 PM
theres no chance you would breathing right now without the help of a machine if you had drinken like i did this weekend...for me tho this is really weird...i must have alcohol poisoning
says the guy who drinks girly drinks and light beer, lololololololol!!!!
I call Munson-anigans.
I'm not even 10 years removed from senior year, and if I drink as much as I would have, say, on a Wednesday night... I would die too.
So, IGY's just old.
Cowards, all of you
fruity drink day at the igy residence....right now i winged it and made a gin vodka bacardi lemon apple schnapps cranberry and orange...its quite tasty
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 11, 2009, 02:16:27 PM
fruity drink day at the igy residence
isn't that every day?
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 11, 2009, 02:21:02 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 11, 2009, 02:16:27 PM
fruity drink day at the igy residence
isn't that every day?
more or less...buts its usually fruity drink night...really i was accentuating the DAY part of that post
I drank approximately 317 pints of Guinness yesterday.
My poop is black now.
Win.
holy christ...i dont know if this is every fridays or my fridays but half price apps and $4 long islands on sundays nights seems to be the call...i had the tostado nachos and a thousand li's and the bill was 30 bucks
$4 long islands?!?!?!?!...for real?
the rail alcohol they skimp into those putrid things costs about seventy five cents per drink
for real--long island ice teas are not only 1984 but they are horrendous drinks.
Quote from: reese125 on April 13, 2009, 08:45:09 AM
for real--long island ice teas are not only 1984 but they are horrendous drinks.
Long Islands made with cheap liquor are still good, and those made with top-shelf booze are farging good.
You're crazy.
stop it...man up and get a real drink
If a Long Island isn't a real drink, you best be drinking only moonshine or rubbing alcohol.
LIs are heartburn in a glass. A delicious glass, full of high octane booziness.
Quote from: rjs246 on April 13, 2009, 10:36:11 AM
LIs are heartburn in a glass. A delicious glass, full of high octane booziness.
they are heartburn...i had to ask the slut bartender last night to ease up on the sour mix because of it
and a big fat lol @ reese for saying li's arent a real drink...what a farging douche
btw matty was awesome at the game today
i've never met matty, but i'll go ahead and say i dont think there is a day Matty isnt awesome.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 13, 2009, 11:07:00 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on April 13, 2009, 10:36:11 AM
LIs are heartburn in a glass. A delicious glass, full of high octane booziness.
they are heartburn...i had to ask the slut bartender last night to ease up on the sour mix because of it
and a big fat lol @ reese for saying li's arent a real drink...what a farging douche
btw matty was awesome at the game today
yeah a big fat fluffy LOL!! You are such cheese its ridiculous...now go grab your long island with the cute umbrella you farging PS I love you watching pansy
who the hell puts little umbrellas in long islands? you must be thinking of daquaris, which isn't surprising in the least.
vodka, tequilla, triple sec, gin and rum all in the same glass. it may not be the trendiest drink out there right now, but it's a proven classic and a drink only to be had by those who can handle their booze.
oh. now i get it.
Quotewho the hell puts little umbrellas in long islands?
IGY does
and yes the drink is still horrendous
So, are you all about the Heineken and Chardonnay, then?
no... cosmos and coconut pineapple martinis why?
Appletinis? Why are they drinking straight guy drinks?
been drinking absolute pear today...its quite tasty
It isn't bad. Just be sure to SKIP the peartinis with simple syrup and amaretto. Yuck.
i was just about to make one of those
i started my day at noon with a Rob Roy, then 3 leftover crabs with 4 miller lites, now on to captain and gingers.
Drank a six pack of Amstel during the game.
my evening will consist of drinking homemade mint juleps and mojitos suckas
L to R (and back to front)
rum - bitters - mint infused simple syrup - soda water - the squad - mint leaves - fresh squeezed lime juice - bourbon
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Quote from: ice grillin you on May 02, 2009, 03:47:38 PM
my evening will consist of drinking homemade mint juleps and mojitos followed by sitting in that corner right there drunk on CF fighting with Munson until 3am..suckas..
L to R (and back to front)
rum - bitters - mint infused simple syrup - soda water - the squad - mint leaves - fresh squeezed lime juice - bourbon
(http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/98/l_8ab981e4313a4496b5eeaf21e4962af1.jpg)
fixed
im doin mojitos tonight as well. your missing sugar and real limes. i can make a mean mojito.
simple syrup = real sugar and real lime juice = limes nub
Quote from: reese125 on May 02, 2009, 04:12:04 PM
my evening will consist of drinking homemade mint juleps and mojitos followed by sitting in that corner right there drunk on CF fighting with Munson until 3am..suckas..
fixed
me: have any luck scoopin newport shorts tonight youngin
trash bag: u can mak aneething u wants up but my mom inszt fat and ivey nevvvr somcedd ink my hole ligfe so keeep tawlkihngd sghit u fat moththers fargkkers
been drinking Lager since noon, fruits.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 02, 2009, 06:24:17 PM
simple syrup = real sugar and real lime juice = limes nub
Quote from: reese125 on May 02, 2009, 04:12:04 PM
my evening will consist of drinking homemade mint juleps and mojitos followed by sitting in that corner right there drunk on CF fighting with Munson until 3am..suckas..
fixed
must be a black thing ::)
Merlot FTW
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 02, 2009, 06:24:17 PM
simple syrup = real sugar and real lime juice = limes nub
Quote from: reese125 on May 02, 2009, 04:12:04 PM
my evening will consist of drinking homemade mint juleps and mojitos followed by sitting in that corner right there drunk on CF fighting with Munson until 3am..suckas..
fixed
me: have any luck scoopin newport shorts tonight youngin
trash bag: u can mak aneething u wants up but my mom inszt fat and ivey nevvvr somcedd ink my hole ligfe so keeep tawlkihngd sghit u fat moththers fargkkers
I can't wait to be as old and bitter as you.
you need more art on those walls
Jim Beam??
Crown Royal FTW.
Quote from: Diomedes on May 03, 2009, 06:54:49 AM
you need more art on those walls
ha...definitely
we have a huge mirror to put on the wall but im a loser and dont know how to hang it
Quote from: shorebird on May 03, 2009, 09:37:00 AM
Jim Beam??
Crown Royal FTW.
crown is not bourbon dunny
I wouldn't call it scotch either, but I'm a snob.
Jim Beam is fine for mixing.
Quote from: MadMarchHare on May 03, 2009, 07:25:45 PM
I wouldn't call it scotch either, but I'm a snob.
shut your face
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 03, 2009, 10:23:02 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on May 03, 2009, 06:54:49 AM
you need more art on those walls
ha...definitely
we have a huge mirror to put on the wall but im a loser and dont know how to hang it
(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/hammer-1.jpg) + (http://www.rammfence.com/shop/images/ring_shank_nail_m.jpg)
Shouldn't he drill out a hole first so he doesn't break the glass?
thanks for ruining it.
its a gigantic mirror and i think it needs more than just a nail....plus i dont have a stud finder...im completely worthless when it comes to home fixin/puttin up shtein...it will sit in my garage until my man can come over and do it
you don't need a stud finder. they are 16 inches apart. look at the base molding (the strip of wood on the floor). you'll see the indents where it was nailed..those nails are going to be in the studs. find one and then knock on the wall above it to make sure you get a solid sound. then follow out 16 inches in each direction and do the same. you'll find the studs easily.
for a large mirror you're gonna probably need to use a rail to hang it on, and a tube of adhesive
but yeah, considering your skillset and confidence level, maybe it's best to wait until your man friend can help you
igy how bigs the mirror? We have a 7 ft. one we just lean up against the wall in our bedroom. Our apt. complex won't let us attach brackets to the wall, which means I can't hang my flat screen, mirror etc.
If the mirror is only a few feet in height and width go to Lowe's/Home Depot and buy a wire to attach to it. Hammer two nails in the wall as even as you can get and hang it by the wire. The mirror should have something in the back that you can attach the wire too, just make sure the wire will support the weight. For our living room mirror I guessed it weighed around 50lbs. but bought a 100lbs wire just in case.
thanks for the suggestions but its just not happening...i cant risk something that expensive and big falling...i mean if i had to pay someone perhaps id try to do it myself but my boy is going to do it for me
the mirror is like 5.5 x 2 feet....maybe 6 x 2
Quoteyou don't need a stud finder. they are 16 inches apart. look at the base molding (the strip of wood on the floor). you'll see the indents where it was nailed..those nails are going to be in the studs. find one and then knock on the wall above it to make sure you get a solid sound. then follow out 16 inches in each direction and do the same. you'll find the studs easily.
although I always knew to knock on the wall for the stud sound, never knew it was standard 16 in apart..as well as the base molding scoop
tip of the day...good lookin
you can also just look at the wall. depending how well done/how old/which fasteners were used, you can see the stud locations just by knwing what to look for. if it's a sloppy job, or nails were used instead of screws, you'll be able to see the divets where the mud work was poorly done, or the bumps where the nails have popped. once you find one, look up and down above and below it to see if you can spy another...likely you can. once you've identified one stud, you can measure over to the next, and confirm your location by looking for more divets/popped nails, knocking, etc.
i have a stud finder and it beeps every time i get near it.
also, go to lowes and pick up a laser level. i got one for under $50 a couple years ago. pretty sure it's a black and decker. it also has a stud finder with it as well.
it's great for picture hanging, especially when you've got larger pictures that may require multiple nails or screws to hold it in place.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on May 04, 2009, 11:01:48 AM
i have a stud finder and it beeps every time i get near it.
booooo
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 04, 2009, 11:06:53 AM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on May 04, 2009, 11:01:48 AM
i have a stud finder and it beeps every time i get near it.
booooo
at least it doesn't whistle like you do.
stud finders and lasers work too, if you want to spend money
so sunny left behind a bud lime at my house when he was visiting a couple weeks ago and i decided to take the plunge while cooking out last night
its was less putrid than i thought it would be and i was actually able to finish it but its just not beer...if i want a beer ill drink a beer and if i want lime ill have a margarita or something
in other words there really no reason for it to exist other than sun's drinking pleasure
Maybe you should have put it in the fridge when he left.
Drinks from this weekend:
Friday night - Bud Light Lime
Saturday morning - Bud Light Lime
Saturday lunch - Tropicolada
Saturday afternoon - 7&7
Saturday night - Modelo Especial
Sunday morning - Modelo Especial
Sunday lunch - Coors Light
Could my life be any better?
Yes. Significantly.
it should have ended with you drowning during a shark attack
I'm feeling a lot of positive energy from you guys. It's great. It's all great.
on my vacation next week im going to attempt to make top shelf homemade margaritas...this morning i went out and got real cane sugar...not already granulated cane but like this
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which im going to make simple syrup out of...i also got a $75 bottle of tequila
i was going to get cointreau but the customer service rep at my liquor store told me to get grand imperial orange liquor instead...i noticed this stuff was 19 dollars for a fifth while a 375 ml of cointreau was 22 bucks...the cointreau must be better right...cust svc guy says no he actually prefers the grand imperial but they are at least equal...so i say thanks and take it still not believing him and go to a store manager where i explain that im not questioning his staff but i find it hard to believe that the liquor which is three dollars cheaper and double the amount is better...he also swears it is and he himself uses it for margaritas...moral of the story is for anyone that uses cointreau in their home bar the call now is to go with grand imperial orange liqueur....at least until i actually taste it
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 27, 2009, 05:43:02 PM.moral of the story is for anyone that uses cointreau in their home bar the call now is to go with grand imperial orange liqueur....at least until i actually taste it
well thank farging god we have our marching orders from on high
Quote from: Diomedes on June 27, 2009, 07:12:29 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 27, 2009, 05:43:02 PM.moral of the story is for anyone that uses cointreau in their home bar the call now is to go with grand imperial orange liqueur....at least until i actually taste it
well thank farging god we have our marching orders from on high
just trying to help sweetie....try for one minute to stop being a hater
You chose wisely IGY, actually the guy is right. Even a decent triple sec works better than pricey and more bitter orange liquors like Cointreau or Grand Marnier imo. You'll want to save the Cointreau for making a proper crepe Suzette.
I'm generally not big on mixed drinks but real margaritas (not pre-bottled crap) really are good for long hot days at the beach or poolside.
What tequila did you get? If it is that expensive you should definitely try at least a shot straight up, it's probably butter. I haven't found anything that beats Patron anejo. Even though it is pretty commercial it's tremendous stuff. Put it in the freezer for a few hours and it pours like syrup and goes down like water. I got myself a 1.75 liter farger that i think was either on sale or more likely mispriced at about $40 less than it should have been.
Quote from: Eagaholic on June 28, 2009, 12:03:21 AM
What tequila did you get? If it is that expensive you should definitely try at least a shot straight up, it's probably butter. I haven't found anything that beats Patron anejo. Even though it is pretty commercial it's tremendous stuff. Put it in the freezer for a few hours and it pours like syrup and goes down like water. I got myself a 1.75 liter farger that i think was either on sale or more likely mispriced at about $40 less than it should have been.
im actually not a big fan of tequila outside of a margarita...but this bottle i will definitely sip just because of the price
this is what i got
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Quote from: Eagaholic on June 28, 2009, 12:03:21 AM
You chose wisely IGY, actually the guy is right. Even a decent triple sec works better than pricey and more bitter orange liquors like Cointreau or Grand Marnier imo.
im not disagreeing....i was just looking at cointreau because almost every recipe for a top shelf margarita calls for it...
whole reason im doing this is cause i was at a bar a few weeks ago and they had the best margarita ive ever tasted and i asked them what kind of sweet n sour mix they used and the bartender told me it was homemade they mix it up every morning using real cane sugar...
so im trying to see if i can come close to duplicating it...the key is going to find the exact perfect sweet sour ratio btwn the simple syrup and the lime juice...i think im also going to use a tiny bit of fresh squeezed orange juice as well
I never tried Partida, let me know what you think. It's not hard to get the perfect balance, you just have to experiment. I usually get it perfect by the seventh or eight round.
see i wanted to make a huge batch for the weekend...i literally bought 75 limes yesterday...i guess ill have to try it in small doses first...what is your ratio normally
i prefer my mix to be a tad more sweet than sour but still not really sweet
The ladyfriend's grandmother is 94 and still boozing. Her Whiskey Sour recipe:
1 can frozen lemonade concentrate.
1 can bourbon (using the newly empty lemonade concentrate can from above).
1 tray of ice cubes.
1 maraschino cherry (plus a little maraschino cherry juice).
Blender.
I shtein you not it's so much better than any sours drink I've ever had (although I usually skip the cherry). Sours gives me heartburn like crazy. This concoction goes down like frozen copped butter joints.
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 01, 2009, 10:41:46 AM
see i wanted to make a huge batch for the weekend...i literally bought 75 limes yesterday...i guess ill have to try it in small doses first...what is your ratio normally
i prefer my mix to be a tad more sweet than sour but still not really sweet
Wow, you're going to town. I hope you have one of those electric citrus juicers, they make life a lot easier if you are doing up 75 limes. For my mix I just eyeball it rather than use a recipe and adjust to taste with adding the sugar. At one point I started using a good rum instead of tequila which actually works well too. Don't forget to take the salt into account when mixing the batch if you are going to use it with the glasses since it will counter some of the sweetness.
Quote from: rjs246 on July 01, 2009, 10:50:31 AM
The ladyfriend's grandmother is 94 and still boozing. Her Whiskey Sour recipe:
1 can frozen lemonade concentrate.
1 can bourbon (using the newly empty lemonade concentrate can from above).
1 tray of ice cubes.
1 maraschino cherry (plus a little maraschino cherry juice).
Blender.
I shtein you not it's so much better than any sours drink I've ever had (although I usually skip the cherry). Sours gives me heartburn like crazy. This concoction goes down like frozen copped butter joints.
thats like a whiskey sweet tho...where does the sour come from because if you use that store bought lemondade concentrate with all its sugar content as opposed to real lemon juice it would be a damn sweet drink wouldnt it
Quote from: Eagaholic on July 01, 2009, 11:05:55 AM
Wow, you're going to town. I hope you have one of those electric citrus juicers, they make life a lot easier if you are doing up 75 limes. For my mix I just eyeball it rather than use a recipe and adjust to taste with adding the sugar. At one point I started using a good rum instead of tequila which actually works well too. Don't forget to take the salt into account when mixing the batch if you are going to use it with the glasses since it will counter some of the sweetness.
i actually have even better...one of those bar juicers with the lever you just pull down...they are awesome and much better than electric
i guess ill just start with a 50/50 mix and go from there
and yeah id imagine rum would work well...basically youd have a mojito instead of a margarita minus the mint
It's actually not as sweet as you would expect. It has a lot of that acidic lemon bite.
well its about the easiest drink ever made so im gonna try it....ill just use a less sweet bourbon...or maybe even make it with a straight whiskey
I love bourbon and hate sours and almost never drink mixed drinks so I'm partial to this drink and have little to compare it to, but it gets three thumbs up from me.
i dont like sours either but i dont consider that a sour drink
i like the idea of it as it can be made in a batch and it measures itself which allows me to not have to think at all
I hate tequila. I used to guzzle the stuff but I can't even smell it now. If I do, puke city, baby.
Liquor stores have customer service reps? Who knew.
I just found out that the local ballpark is going to have Guinness on tap now. Who cares, right? Well, every Thursday is Thirsty Thursday and all 32 ounce beers are $3 including imports.
Drunk as a motherfarger I'll be tomorrow night.
I wanna try...
(http://www.bakonvodka.com/media/bottle.png)
I thought I found a liquor store up in PA off 202 that carried Brown Aled Girl but they didn't have it. This is my 2nd favorite beer to date (unforunately I can't remember the name of the best beer I ever tasted) and I have not been able to find it anywhere.
that's a great find Phanatic, now just need some egg flavored tonic
so i made it last night EH and it was that shtein
i was wasted before i even made the batch so i went with a simple 50/50 lime juice can sugar SS and it was perfect
it was even beter than at the bar that caused me to make it
round two tonight
(http://www.stuffyerface.com/images/4beersweb.jpg)
Had that bottle on the far right last night...mmmm mmmm. Cost me 10 dollars, but it was basically all I needed.
I shouldn't look at this thread, it just makes me want to drink. Since I am an unemployed loser I think I will do just that. Right now!
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on July 03, 2009, 02:37:25 PM
I shouldn't look at this thread, it just makes me want to drink. Since I am an unemployed loser I think I will do just that. Right now!
Being unemployed doesn't necessarily have anything to do with being a loser, especially in this economy.
Successfully drinking your way through unemployment until your next job comes through = win.
IGY, you must have planted the margarita suggestion - I whipped up a batch as my contribution to a beach barbeque (steak, burgers, chicken, and brats). I still say there is something about well made margaritas on a long hot day in the sun that can deliver more alcohol than beer or other drinks.
i drank two 30's basically myself over the past 3 days, i love the beach
Mojitos, in my opinion, are much better than margaritas. not so damn sour either. plus its about 5 shots of rum per drink, so much quicker than beer and margaritas.
Quote from: Eagaholic on July 05, 2009, 11:14:26 PM
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on July 03, 2009, 02:37:25 PM
I shouldn't look at this thread, it just makes me want to drink. Since I am an unemployed loser I think I will do just that. Right now!
Being unemployed doesn't necessarily have anything to do with being a loser, especially in this economy.
while this is true, i can attest to the fact that thawk was infact a loser long before he joined the ranks of the unemployed.
Quote from: mussa on July 06, 2009, 10:21:12 AM
Mojitos, in my opinion, are much better than margaritas. not so damn sour either. plus its about 5 shots of rum per drink, so much quicker than beer and margaritas.
im not sure why the comparison because margaritas and mojitos taste totally different but...
-- an original margarita doesnt have any pure sugar in it which makes it a little tart but you can make one with simple syrup and adjust it to your taste...or drink it in the sun and let the ice melt a little which will cut down on the lime...or just put less lime juice in
-- you can make any drink as strong or weak as you want it but margaritas are actually stronger than mojitios if made the right way
-- mojitos dont have dark rum at all much less five shots of it
Getting old sucks, these 2 day hangovers are no fun.
I've said before i'm taking Milk Thistle, it clears out your liver. I keep getting liver pains everytime i take them, supposedly its a good thing that its clearing out toxins, but part of me really worries that i've already Larry Hagman'd myself
Bud Lite
Miller Lite
Miller High Life
Coors Lite
Keystone Lite
Natty Lite
Keystone Ice
Beast Lite
Bud Lite Lime
Yuengling
Yuengling Lite
Corona
Corona Lite
Busch Lite
Winters Bourbon Cask Ale
Brown Aled Girl
Bavarian Barbarian
Dogfish Head IPA 60
Dogfish Head IPA 90
Dos Equis Amber
Mad King
Victory Wild Devil
Hazed and Infused
Purple Haze
Sam Adams Boston Lagar
Sam Adams Summer Ale
I've run out of memory on what else I've drank this year.
I've drank all that in one sitting
What the farg? farging Munson.
The one I've probably drank the most of lately is BL Lime. That shtein is addicting.
Though I've been getting 6ers of Dogfish Head 60 lately. I might buy some 90 tonight before I go out, but they come in 4 packs :boo
If you can get your hands on some Bavarian Barbarian, do it. It looks dark as shtein, but tastes pretty hoppy and sweet.
farg me
Can't get away from the Limes, sunny.
Quote from: rjs246 on July 10, 2009, 02:41:53 PM
What the farg? farging Munson.
haha...i seriously spent 10 minutes scrolling back and forth thru the last page or two of the thread trying to figure out why
ma dooks in law is up from florida and brought me a sack of oranges that i just got finsihed juicing and made a grey goose with...holy shtein its heaven
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 10, 2009, 03:29:46 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on July 10, 2009, 02:41:53 PM
What the farg? farging Munson.
haha...i seriously spent 10 minutes scrolling back and forth thru the last page or two of the thread trying to figure out why
It stemmed from SD's Natty Ice comment in the soccer thread....I started thinking about all the beers I had drank since I turned 21.
i bought this bottle of sweet tea vodka at the liquor store next to my office the other day. been mixing it with lemonade to make alcoholic arnold palmers. good shtein.
That sounds farging delicious.
yeah it is delicious. the liquor store is having a vodka sale so i went browsing and they have some stuff in this place that i've never seen before. actually had 3 diff. kinds of sweet tea vodka but the brand I got in called Firefly.
welcome to three years ago you neanderthals
and you arent suppose to mix firefly...at most add a couple tablespoons of water
the peach is amazingly good
I discovered this weekend that George Dickel No. 12 is a pretty good value. Twenty bucks for a fifth and tastes decent. Plenty of thirty dollar bottle I've had are no better.
A friend of mine who works at the local liquor store stuck a 20 oz. soda bottle full of a clear liquid in with my usual 12 pack of Bud this past weekend. Turns out this stuff was some kind of moonshine. Smooooooth as silk, and tasted great when I blended some strawberries and watermelon to mix with it. I've had moonshine before that tasted like model airplane glue, but not this stuff. Somebody knew what the hell he was doing.
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 17, 2009, 10:14:43 AM
welcome to three years ago you neanderthals
and you arent suppose to mix firefly...at most add a couple tablespoons of water
the peach is amazingly good
false. not sure where the rules come from but i've tried it straight up, with water, and with lemonade, and the lemonade jawn is by far the best.
Quote from: Diomedes on July 19, 2009, 03:27:24 PM
I discovered this weekend that George Dickel No. 12 is a pretty good value. Twenty bucks for a fifth and tastes decent. Plenty of thirty dollar bottle I've had are no better.
nice. dickel has been a staple in my house for years. it kinda started out as a joke when we were in college but ended up being pretty much our go to liquor. i still bring it to parties and tailgates.
Quote from: phattymatty on July 22, 2009, 10:07:34 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 17, 2009, 10:14:43 AM
welcome to three years ago you neanderthals
and you arent suppose to mix firefly...at most add a couple tablespoons of water
the peach is amazingly good
false. not sure where the rules come from but i've tried it straight up, with water, and with lemonade, and the lemonade jawn is by far the best.
its way to sweet as it is..adding more sugar makes it intolerable...thats why it needs to be cut with a little water...plus you cant taste any liquor when you put lemonade in it
QuoteLenDale White lost more than 30 pounds this offseason and is in his fourth training camp with the Tennessee Titans at his slimmest weight since high school. The running back admits he wishes he understood earlier in his career the importance of being in shape.
Just how did he lose the weight? White gave up tequila.
"I really got to be honest," White said. "It wasn't a lot of major diet changes. (It was) watching what I drink. I was a big Patron consumer. ... That's what it was. I was drinking a lot, drank a lot of alcohol. I cut that out of my diet all the way. I don't drink at all.
hoyda
I was drinking these this weekend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Mule
Quite possibly the most awesome summer beverage. My dad got his hands on real ginger root beer and bought the proper copper mugs:
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Place by me sells those and they are delicious.
boo hipster cocktails
trendy garbage
You're so tough. I just want to hug you.
BUT HE'LL HURT YOU!
I give good hug.
I don't drink fad cocktails.
I drink things that taste delicious and get me drunk. And occasionally water.
if you don't use too much, you can just add water to certain delicious drinks, like scotch, and efficiently hydrate that way
A friend of mine makes up country time lemonade with Captian Morgan. He calls it Rumalade and drinks it outta' copper cups. It's delicious.
rum and fruit juice.....brilliance!
HA
Yes.
i made a new drink. yukon jack and limeade. called the mongoose
ewww, still have memories of drinking half a handle of Yukon jack whenever i smell pinsol.
just to reiterate
combining (fill in liquor of your choice) with (fill in juice of your choice) is not new exciting or different
i invented Vodka and Cranberry over hte weekend, it was amazing after adding a lime.
that lime is an interesting twist
I did throw together some version of a cosmo for the wifey and her friend last weekend, i'm sure this is a drink already but if your girl likes Cosmos this might interest her.
Cranberry Juice
Vodka
Caravella Orangecello
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on August 07, 2009, 11:38:19 AM
I did throw together some version of a cosmo for the wifey and her friend last weekend, i'm sure this is a drink already but if your girl likes Cosmos this might interest her.
Cranberry Juice
Vodka
Caravella Orangecello
and by Caravella Orangecello, you mean semen?
and a hint of Mussa Candy
Paint chips?
Quote from: mussa on August 07, 2009, 11:54:41 AM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on August 07, 2009, 11:38:19 AM
I did throw together some version of a cosmo for the wifey and her friend last weekend, i'm sure this is a drink already but if your girl likes Cosmos this might interest her.
Cranberry Juice
Vodka
Caravella Orangecello
and by Caravella Orangecello, you mean semen?
:-D
I am going to a micro fest at Stoudts Brewery on Oct. 24th. It is 30 bucks for 4 hours of straight boozing. It is in Adamstown, PA it is usually at least 17 different breweries with over 50 beers. Most of them are at least 6% alcohol. There are breweries like dogfishead, applachian, troegs, magic hat, and many more that attend. If any of you get the chance I highly recommend it, hotels are near by btw.
Stoudts Scarlet Lady :yay
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on August 17, 2009, 12:22:45 AM
I am going to a micro fest at Stoudts Brewery on Oct. 24th. It is 30 bucks for 4 hours of straight boozing. It is in Adamstown, PA it is usually at least 17 different breweries with over 50 beers. Most of them are at least 6% alcohol. There are breweries like dogfishead, applachian, troegs, magic hat, and many more that attend. If any of you get the chance I highly recommend it, hotels are near by btw.
i might need to do that really bad. The wifey loves beer tastings.
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 07, 2009, 11:34:42 AM
that lime is an interesting twist
Awful even by my standards.
Still laughed, though.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on August 17, 2009, 12:46:46 AM
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on August 17, 2009, 12:22:45 AM
I am going to a micro fest at Stoudts Brewery on Oct. 24th. It is 30 bucks for 4 hours of straight boozing. It is in Adamstown, PA it is usually at least 17 different breweries with over 50 beers. Most of them are at least 6% alcohol. There are breweries like dogfishead, applachian, troegs, magic hat, and many more that attend. If any of you get the chance I highly recommend it, hotels are near by btw.
i might need to do that really bad. The wifey loves beer tastings.
I give it the mushroom stamp of approval. It is totally worth the money the beer is awesome and it is such a great scene there. You also get a meal with the ticket, thought that is kind of just a bonus.
Quote from: Rome on August 17, 2009, 10:03:19 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 07, 2009, 11:34:42 AM
that lime is an interesting twist
Awful even by my standards.
Still laughed, though.
took you long enough
oh and i learned from the best
bombay and saphire tonight.
Quote from: mussa on August 19, 2009, 10:08:49 PM
bombay and saphire tonight.
:-D apparently.
Last time I drank that I finished the bottle and had to do PT with my CO, not fun.
yeah i just drank it all but a sip...fml
bloody fargin marys today boys
mondays off FTL
got a bottle of Tullamore Dew 12 yo recently. It's now my favorite Irish whiskey, supplanting Jameson.
I made Cherrybomb's recently. I guess i must have used zesty cherry's since they turned hard once the booze hit them. They get ya farged up though, i put bacardi 151 and Stoli Vanilla together, good shtein. I think i need to buy the more expensive softer cherrys though.
Quote from: Diomedes on August 31, 2009, 02:44:35 PM
got a bottle of Tullamore Dew 12 yo recently. It's now my favorite Irish whiskey, supplanting Jameson.
Have you tried the Jameson 18 year old?
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 09, 2009, 10:33:10 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on August 31, 2009, 02:44:35 PM
got a bottle of Tullamore Dew 12 yo recently. It's now my favorite Irish whiskey, supplanting Jameson.
Have you tried the Jameson 18 year old?
I have, but long ago. I remember it being damn good. Given it's aged quite a lot longer then TD, I would probably prefer it between the two, but it's also a much more expensive bottle, so at the price point I'm working with TD is the pick.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 09, 2009, 10:33:10 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on August 31, 2009, 02:44:35 PM
got a bottle of Tullamore Dew 12 yo recently. It's now my favorite Irish whiskey, supplanting Jameson.
Have you tried the Jameson 18 year old?
i'd love to try an 18 year old jenna jameson before her vadge got all cavernous.
speaking of jenna jameson, I peeped her movie The Masseuse staying at a hotel in DC last week...holy monkey
For SunnyMo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBcZjxd-bk&feature=player_embedded)
Quote from: Diomedes on September 10, 2009, 08:21:44 AM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 09, 2009, 10:33:10 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on August 31, 2009, 02:44:35 PM
got a bottle of Tullamore Dew 12 yo recently. It's now my favorite Irish whiskey, supplanting Jameson.
Have you tried the Jameson 18 year old?
I have, but long ago. I remember it being damn good. Given it's aged quite a lot longer then TD, I would probably prefer it between the two, but it's also a much more expensive bottle, so at the price point I'm working with TD is the pick.
I'll have to try it sometime. I got a bottle of the Jameson from the kids as a thank-you (for a wedding, and not killing anybody in the process), and I've had precious little of it. I do need to get it out and enjoy the stuff, though.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on September 11, 2009, 10:38:41 AM
For SunnyMo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBcZjxd-bk&feature=player_embedded)
fargin great
we have a whole thread for beer, and you put that shtein in the booze thread?
Quote from: Diomedes on September 11, 2009, 06:57:27 PM
we have a whole thread for beer, and you put that shtein in the booze thread?
we have a beer thread?
http://www.concretefield.info/forum/index.php?topic=19682.0
Demon left us, so it doesnt count
i got so trashed last night that im drinking a bloody mary minus the vodka, plus the rum. fml
ha
i honestly dont know where to put this one, but great article on legalizing marijuana from CNN (http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/11/magazines/fortune/medical_marijuana_legalizing.fortune/?postversion=2009091116)
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on September 13, 2009, 05:37:29 PM
i honestly dont know where to put this one, but great article on legalizing marijuana from CNN (http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/11/magazines/fortune/medical_marijuana_legalizing.fortune/?postversion=2009091116)
We have a whole thread dedicated to this somewhere. Started by Dio I think and containing mostly coherent thoughts.
nm, and don't forget to tip your waitress.
Upon reflection I've decided that I don't care. Disregard. Or mock. Your decision.
i dont know where i am right now. Go FLYERS
Yeah I reread that shtein and thought it sounded like a cry for help, which is roughly the opposite of the point I was trying to make. The point I was trying to make is that functional alcoholism rules but I don't know if anyone else shares that opinion.
Whatever. Suck it, nerds.
i agree, honestly, reading that i wasnt sure if it was a drunken post of mine at some point. My family all drinks very heavily, yet we're the definitions of functional alcoholics. Being Welsh/Irish/Scottish/English is a gift and a curse
i tried to get some more firefly sweet tea vodka at the store today but the dude working there insisted that i try this other brand and that it's the best thing he's ever tasted. it's called Jeremiah Weed. he must have been a connoisseur.
Does it got weed in it?
One type of vodka that i like, but only in small doses is Zubrowka. The Bison Grass gives it a weird taste.
i have a good friend who just got back from guatamala and brought this big bottle of mezcal which we're supposed to open at some point this weekend. never had it before.
Mezcal and tequila are extremely similar in taste as far as I'm concerned, but tequila is a little better. You'll never find a worm in the bottom of the bottle of tequila; only Mezcal. They're both made from the agave plant, but use a different distilling process.
Went to Total Wine the other day and built my own 6 pack of beers I never tried. Yuengling Porter is blah, just get Yuengling. Magic Hat Circus Boy is also meh, I've had better girl beers.
Quote from: Tomahawk on October 02, 2009, 06:21:15 PM
Mezcal and tequila are extremely similar in taste as far as I'm concerned, but tequila is a little better. You'll never find a worm in the bottom of the bottle of tequila; only Mezcal. They're both made from the agave plant, but use a different distilling process.
I just spent 3 months in Oaxaca, MX, the home of Mescal. I probably tried 60 different kinds. (Went on a tour of these little places in the country and went to a tasting festival).
This is what I learned:
The worm is only for tourist-made bottles. Was made up as a marketing gimmick in the 20th century.
Mescal from outside of Oaxaca is shtein. I tried it in Veracruz and Jalisco, and I have had that shtein they sell in the yellow bottles near the border. Tastes like cheap tequila run through an engine block.
Like all booze, good shtein is good and bad shtein is bad, but if it is not from Oaxaca, it is probably bad.
The main difference between tequila and mezcal is that there is more of a smoke flavor in some mezcal, I would compare it to the difference between scotch and irish whiskey.
The best part about it is this chile-worm-salt that they dip orange slices into drink it with, I brought home a bunch.
Also, they traditionally slug it out of these half-gourds, which must have like 8 ounces in them. Those country fools can really put it down.
Also, $1.10 for all you can drink of 50 different mezcal's, with vendors selling goat meat BBQ tacos is the best $1.10 that was ever spent.
Got an e-mail from the Troegs brewery manager, asking to use one of my photos for their marketing/website. Sensing an opportunity, I offered it to them for two cases of beer. They not only agreed, but upped the offer.
As of lunch time, in my car there is a case of Scratch #22, a case of Scratch #23, a 22oz bottle of Mad Elf, and a 22oz bottle of Java Head. Oh, and I got a couple of free tastes (Java Head and Dead Reckoning) while I was there. Life is good.
damn Sus, thats some good stuff right there..nice work
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on October 23, 2009, 12:45:19 PM
Got an e-mail from the Troegs brewery manager, asking to use one of my photos for their marketing/website. Sensing an opportunity, I offered it to them for two cases of beer. They not only agreed, but upped the offer.
As of lunch time, in my car there is a case of Scratch #22, a case of Scratch #23, a 22oz bottle of Mad Elf, and a 22oz bottle of Java Head. Oh, and I got a couple of free tastes (Java Head and Dead Reckoning) while I was there. Life is good.
Id offer to take more pictures. will work for beer!
Quote from: mussa on October 23, 2009, 01:58:23 PM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on October 23, 2009, 12:45:19 PM
Got an e-mail from the Troegs brewery manager, asking to use one of my photos for their marketing/website. Sensing an opportunity, I offered it to them for two cases of beer. They not only agreed, but upped the offer.
As of lunch time, in my car there is a case of Scratch #22, a case of Scratch #23, a 22oz bottle of Mad Elf, and a 22oz bottle of Java Head. Oh, and I got a couple of free tastes (Java Head and Dead Reckoning) while I was there. Life is good.
Id offer to take more pictures. will work for beer!
I did offer to take more, but he didn't respond to that. I'll just have to take some good ones, and see if he'll continue the arrangement.
haha, thats awesome Sus. Dreamjob right there
sus ill give you a beer at my tailgate if you take a picture of the drapes for me next week
and by beer he means fruity jungle juice lime kool-aid drank
And by "drapes," I hope he's talking about the banners hanging on the Wachovia Center.
(I'll be happy to help.)
Mmmm Mad Elf.
my penn state drink of choice today...
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Gotta like the glassware, too.
thanks...this is like 1/5 of my phillie glass collection....i have over 100 old school philly sports teams glasses in general
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Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on October 24, 2009, 05:22:57 PM
Gotta like the glassware, too.
No doubt - that is sweet
Where do you find them, Havas - eBay?
lot of them are from my grandpop and my pops...but yes some ebay...then a lot from gross yard sales and flea markets...im convinced the people that sit at flea market tables eat their young
theres also used to be or still is an awesome glass store near the lancaster outlets...it mostly sells beer (i got a butter schlitz malt liquor glass from it) glasses but sometimes has some throwback philly sports johnsons too...got a bunch there
Flea market freaks are ruthless.
My mom goes to them and she says that some of the people working them are mixes between carnival freaks and nutjobs. But I have told her to be on the look out for old memorabilia.
It cracks me up when I see the yard sale freaks stopping traffic because there is nowhere to park. When the rich folks have one its like watching the Beverly Hilbillies. Total comedy. There is a section of town here, River Oaks, that have some yard sales. Me and my girl went one day looking for a book case. I lasted about 6 minutes and had to leave.
they are the worst...but you can score some phenominal shtein at them...its like putting your penis in the butt of a 300 lb smack whore and instead of pulling out and having aids on your johnson you have a 1980 eagles superbowl glass sitting on your helmet
lolololol...I'm speechless.
Best analogy ever?
I have a old 1975 Flyers Stanley cup glass that sour cream came in that i rock on special occasions.
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 24, 2009, 05:56:35 PM
lot of them are from my grandpop and my pops...but yes some ebay...then a lot from gross yard sales and flea markets...im convinced the people that sit at flea market tables eat their young
theres also used to be or still is an awesome glass store near the lancaster outlets...it mostly sells beer (i got a butter schlitz malt liquor glass from it) glasses but sometimes has some throwback philly sports johnsons too...got a bunch there
sam steins?
is that whats its called....it used to have yellow lettering on a silo or some shtein didnt it?
I am feeling the need to blow some cash.
What do you think is the best Bourbon for under $100 a fifth?
Basil Hayden's is really smooth. That is my recommendation.
i've basically been working 20 hour weeks for the last few because of trips to philly and various sporting events and booze. i should probably be fired pretty soon.
Quote from: NGM on October 26, 2009, 06:17:48 PM
Basil Hayden's is really smooth. That is my recommendation.
im definitely not a bourbon expert and im sure you can get much better but that jim beam black is really smooth as well
Quote from: phattymatty on October 27, 2009, 10:54:46 AM
i've basically been working 20 hour weeks for the last few because of trips to philly and various sporting events and booze. i should probably be fired pretty soon.
including inside the game i had like 23 beers yesterday...im def still drunk right now
no joke, i'm a disaster right now. already had a co-worker tell me i smell of booze.
If you're lazy and don't get your work done, they fire you. If you're drunk and you don't get your work done, they send you to counseling. So you might as well have fun.
Upon consulting with the internet, I think I am going with Woodford Reserve, $34.99 a 5th.
Just went to total wine looking for Brown Aled Girl....and walked right into what is to date my favorite beer, Winters Bourbon Cask Ale. I already know it's not going to taste nearly as good as it did when I had it draft, but mmmm.
Quote from: methdeez on October 27, 2009, 01:35:13 PM
Upon consulting with the internet, I think I am going with Woodford Reserve, $34.99 a 5th.
This was really delicious by the way. I heartily recommend it.
Just got my hands on a bottle of Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA. 21% alcohol, 9 bucks a bottle...I'm savin her for the weekend.
Also been getting into a brewery that's apparently somewhere in Maryland near the Delaware line and is now in Delaware called Fordham. I sampled some of their beers last week and I liked all 3 of them, so I just went to total wine and made a variety 6er with some of them. SB or any other Marylanders ever had em?
Quote from: Munson on December 09, 2009, 07:16:24 PM
Just got my hands on a bottle of Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA. 21% alcohol, 9 bucks a bottle...I'm savin her for the weekend.
That stuff tastes like shtein.
that's because trashy people have bad taste.
Quote from: PhillyPhanInDC on December 09, 2009, 09:16:16 PM
Quote from: Munson on December 09, 2009, 07:16:24 PM
Just got my hands on a bottle of Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA. 21% alcohol, 9 bucks a bottle...I'm savin her for the weekend.
That stuff tastes like shtein.
id rather eat shtein than drink that stuff...theres a dogfish restaurant brewery near my house and i was there one night and saw that stuff...i normally dont go near microbrews as i despise 95% of them but when i saw 21% beer i had to try it....i think i made it five excruciating sips in before i gave up
LOL at you guys calling Dogfish trashy. Its strong as farg, but not trashy.
munson is trashy not dogfish
dogfish is just horrible
munson is that as well
i laughed at that.
Some Dogfish isn't bad. The 120 IPA is just over the top, and I seriously doubt anyone sits and sips at a beer like that. It's just awful. I love strong, hoppy beers, but that one in particular is nasty in any amount.
You have to realize that 120 isn't a casual, pedestrian beer that you just down like there's five minutes left in happy hour.
Quote from: PhillyPhanInDC on December 09, 2009, 10:26:15 PM
Some Dogfish isn't bad. The 120 IPA is just over the top, and I seriously doubt anyone sits and sips at a beer like that. It's just awful. I love strong, hoppy beers, but that one in particular is nasty in any amount.
i always wanna try and describe it to people but you just cant...you have to actually taste it to really appreciate and understand its epic awfulness
What's your feelings on the 90ipa? I understand the 120 has way too much octane for most people, and its something you sip on rather than chug. I'm a huge fan of the 90ipa, and an even bigger fan of Stone IPA
BTW...they toned the 120 back a while ago. It's now around 18% ABV.
i smell vagina. i inject everclear directly into my heart, lungs, and brain.
hoyda. a real man would shoot it up his pee hole with a turkey baster.
dude, i'm talking about partying. i'm using the turkey baster right now, and probably before i go on my next flight.
carry on then.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on December 09, 2009, 11:03:06 PM
BTW...they toned the 120 back a while ago. It's now around 18% ABV.
I had read the same thing Sus, but I was surprised when I saw that the description still reads as 21% at Total Wine. But it's very possible they just haven't bothered updating it.
My personal favorite Dogfish Head is the 90 minute. The 60 minute is terrible, I thought I could like it at first but 90 minute blows it out of the water, especially when it's draft. I may have my expectations too high for the 120, but if it's as good as the 90, it'll be fine by me. But I also haven't tried a lot of their brews, mostly the "ancient" ones. Midas Touch didn't really do it for me though.
I had a bottle of Old Scratch Amber Lager from Flying Dog tonight.....meh. Nothing special.
IGY would like Midas Touch, it taste like grape soda
fifty cent sodas in the hood they goin crazy
i killed a bottle of ten high the other night. by myself
went to "The Hole in the Wall" bar at the Bayard House (http://www.mainlinetoday.com/Main-Line-Today/December-2008/Off-the-Line/) in Chesapeake City yesterday. No Sarge its not a glory hole spot, just wish it was. Probably the best bloody mary i've ever had, but it was small and 9 bucks. We normally go for the Wednesday or Thursday drink specials (http://www.bayardhouse.com/menus/menu.html?spm=47), good place if any of you are in the Chesapeake City area.
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 13, 2009, 07:36:19 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on December 13, 2009, 03:44:03 PM
if any of you are in the Chesapeake City area.
ha
dont hate, you'd like it fool. I've put the offer out there on your trips back, wifey would enjoy that
Accomplished my personal goal of 5 different scotches during the Giants game.
McCallan 12 year is a best buy - got on sale for $35 and is a nice holiday treat. Drinks better than most $60 - 75 bottles. Velvety smooth with a small dash of water. Nice malt flavor, though not at all smokey. Delicious, narrowly edges Johnny Walker gold.
Talisker 10year is delicious
MacCallan at $35 is a good buy. Wish I could get it at that price out here (Chicagoland).
Got Lagavulin 16 for Xmas. It really is a LOT better than the 12.
Quote from: Munson on December 10, 2009, 02:22:52 AM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on December 09, 2009, 11:03:06 PM
BTW...they toned the 120 back a while ago. It's now around 18% ABV.
I had read the same thing Sus, but I was surprised when I saw that the description still reads as 21% at Total Wine. But it's very possible they just haven't bothered updating it.
My personal favorite Dogfish Head is the 90 minute. The 60 minute is terrible, I thought I could like it at first but 90 minute blows it out of the water, especially when it's draft. I may have my expectations too high for the 120, but if it's as good as the 90, it'll be fine by me. But I also haven't tried a lot of their brews, mostly the "ancient" ones. Midas Touch didn't really do it for me though.
I had a bottle of Old Scratch Amber Lager from Flying Dog tonight.....meh. Nothing special.
This stuff was awesome, BTW. The only beer I've ever had that actually burned a little bit. Still had a pretty good taste to it. Definitely not the type of beer you can drink all the time, but if you're inthe mood to get a reeeeal good buzz and not have to fill up on a bunch of beers, this and one or two others did the trick for me.
Got together with a couple of friends recently for a BBQ, scotch and cigars. We had an array of top shelf stuff, but what stole the show was the Padron 1926 series 80th anniversary smoke from his 2200 cigar humidor. I only smoke cigars occasionally and have had a number of good cubans, but this was the best smoke I've ever had. They can still be found on the market if anyone here likes cigars. At about $33 a pop it's definitely worth trying it once to have maybe the best smoke that can be bought in circulation.
Lastly, we topped everything off with a small dose of Louis VIII cognac. $1600 a bottle in hand blown Baccarat crystal, in a box that looked like it would hold crown jewels or a Faberge egg or the holy hand grenade of Antioch. I was happy to find it really was awesome, not just some overpriced overhyped status symbol. Usually I don't even like cognac, it's over rated and there isn't enough flavor to justify the burn, even in decent XO brands. This was in a whole other universe. I might even consider having a kid if I knew he would grow up to be an ad exec for Remy Martin and give me that shtein for Christmas, like my friend's kid does for him.
I've been having a Deschutes Black Butte Porter lately....farging delicious.
Here's the site if you want to jerk off your tongue to it. -louis c.k.
http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/brews/year-round-brews/black-butte-porter/default.aspx
nice hbionic. Give Oskar Blues TenFidy a chance, you'll love it. its like 15 bucks for 4 cans though.
I'll look for it next time out...I'll check out the local 'bevmo' and see if they carry it. Looks good.
I like dark beer occasionally, but never have tried Deschutes Black Butte Porter. I'm gonna' check for it this afternoon at my local liquor store.
i like my beer like i like my american legion; no color and lacking flavor.
This is my new booze of choice since new years. 94 proof
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Quote from: mussa on February 12, 2010, 01:42:25 PM
This is my new booze of choice since new years. 94 proof
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No wonder I hardly see you anymore.....you fargin drunk.
Quote from: shorebird on February 12, 2010, 02:00:52 PM
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lol
HA, hey this is my last week of my 20's. I'm going out with a bang!
you're not 30 yet? farg you look old.
:'(
we are slamming bottles of this tonight
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Quote from: ice grillin you on May 09, 2010, 08:47:28 PM
we are slamming bottles of this tonight
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Boones Farm? Eatin' a McDonald's dbl cheeseburger with it, no doubt.
I haven't drank that crap since highschool.
me either but its so good
I'll have to admit, I likes the fuzzy navel's, although Boone's farm never had that flavor when I was drinking it. I've noticed they have a lot of flavors now. Might have to give some a try.
yeah i noticed that buying it....they have all kinds of flavors now...they had a melon ball that looked quite tasty
Boone's Farm has turned into the Snapple of boozin'
ha...it really was like that
problem is they have so many flavors now that half of them arent even in the chill chests...like i would have tried the melon ball but it was warm
Melon ball probably taste like Cantelope, which I love.
I have to admit, i've never drank a sip of it, i just bought it for whores so i could play with their funholes. In HS it was all about the Penguin BUD ICE, some regular Bud Heavys, Miller Lite Ice, and Mickeys.
boones farm tastes pretty much just like the st ides coolers
We would enjoy Mickeys/Steele Reserve/Old E800 to be gangster. I honestly spent most of my hs years on blunt rides
Let me guess...to the valley?
yep, blunt rides listening to Liquid Swords and or Bobby Digital was a given for a weekday.
Any of you drunks tried Crown Black yet?
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 09, 2010, 11:07:28 PM
yep, blunt rides listening to Liquid Swords and or Bobby Digital was a given for a weekday.
Ghostface killas, Liquid Swords, and 36 Chambers ftw.
Boone's was/is like the Camel cigarettes of cheap booze. They were basically directly marketing the shtein to teens. Might as well had flavors like "Bumble Gum" or "Blue-Rasberry". We used to always get it so we could get the girls to drink something. For use it was only high class shtein: Mickeys, Natty Ice, The Beast, Miller/Bud/Coors Light, whatever we could get the creepy bastich to buy us at the beverage store for a $10 tip.
We managed to become friends with the liquor store owner in HS. We'd roll up there and they never carried 30packs, we convinced them to start carrying them, the indian guys loved us because we'd drop some real coin in there. Loved going in there on half days still in our uniforms..ha
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 09, 2010, 09:11:12 PM
ha...it really was like that
problem is they have so many flavors now that half of them arent even in the chill chests...like i would have tried the melon ball but it was warm
My boy swears by melon ball, I don't typically drink stuff like that but he swears up and down I'd love it.
sipping on crown royal I was given by a friend's mother when she cleaned out a liquor cabinet full of booze she never drinks. the bottle had a paper seal that said 1979 on it and had never been opened. Cap was good, tastes just fine.
Any of yous familiar with the Johnstown Flood Tax? I'd never heard of it before.
http://www.johnstownfloodtax.com/
PA is by far the worst farging state when it comes to booze.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on May 11, 2010, 01:46:10 PM
Any of yous familiar with the Johnstown Flood Tax? I'd never heard of it before.
http://www.johnstownfloodtax.com/
PA is by far the worst farging state when it comes to booze.
They really need to pump some of that tax back into Johnstown. It's nothing like I remember it as a kid and that ain't saying much!!
Apparently there are plans to flood Johnstown out of existence as soon as the state raises enough money.
And when they're done, they'll use the proposed interstate toll funds and flood out the whole damned state and make the country a better place.
Quote from: charlie on May 11, 2010, 02:40:43 PM
Apparently there are plans to flood Johnstown out of existence as soon as the state raises enough money.
It could use it.
haha...vodka eyeballing
http://ht.ly/1P774 (http://ht.ly/1P774)
for years i've joked about drinking thru my eye, now i may try
Hit up Victory brewery two weeks ago. Finally cracked open the last growler I filled there. Golden monkey. Pretty damned good.
(http://www.beeraday.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/victory_golden_monkey.jpg)
Next week, I'll be damned near living at Dogfish Head.
That could get ugly
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on August 05, 2010, 07:37:40 PM
Hit up Victory brewery two weeks ago. Finally cracked open the last growler I filled there. Golden monkey. Pretty damned good.
(http://www.beeraday.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/victory_golden_monkey.jpg)
Next week, I'll be damned near living at Dogfish Head.
I just had Golden Monkey about a month ago, it was okay.
Don't know if they'll have 120 at the brewery, but if they do I hate you. Lawnmower was good for a standard lager, definitely better than any of the usual beers you get that are 4%. They have Theobroma at the bar in Rehobeth right now, so I'm assuming they'll have it at the brewery...that shtein is delicious.
Last I heard, the new batch of 120 didn't make it. Damn. But I'll more than make up for it with the liquor.
My g/f bought a bottle of their Blue Hen Vodka and we used it to mix some drinks, didn't really seem like anything special but wasn't terrible. I bought a bottle of the Jin but haven't broken it open yet. The bartender gave me a free sample shot though and it went down pretty smooth, and I don't usually do shots very well.
Definitely snag some of the Theobroma though. It was at least 8% because they served me in a tulip glass, but it wasn't really bitter at all. A little of the opposite, in fact.
How can you possibly tell if a vodka is any good after mixing it? Taste is neat, sure. Mix it with other crap...NO.
Unless it's flavored, most vodka tastes the same to me anymore...crappy. Even after mixing it. This was just vodka and a little sprite and I didn't find myself wanting to switch drinks immediately. Shots of any vodka that isn't expensive just suck.
Whatever.
You drink booze neat to find out what it tastes like.
Period.
I do love me a Creamsicle Crush.
my favorite thing ever
labatts ice 24 ounce johnsons....10 bucks a case at richards in blackwood if you buy in bulk
def recommend going there and picking up a thousand beers...perfect for a stop off on the way to or fro the shore (ummm souderton!?!?)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs143.ash2/40474_1576199805364_1246659021_31602945_6928711_n.jpg)
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already got my 16oz, bud lime in aluminum bottles...thanks though
way to ruin a perfectly good thread....i dont think theres been a lime beer post in at least the last page and a half
just wanted to let you know i had it covered...i appreciate the concern
will it help if i tell you i also have 2 bottles of curazan black cherry on tap as well?
lime beer negative 1000
cruzan black cherry johnson plus 40
last two posts by you negative 960
ps- you are allowed to pick up some beer on the way home too
They serve bud light lime pounders in dewey....FTW
igy, in all seriousness, how is labatt ice? I've only ever had labatt blue light, and I enjoyed it.
Beer/Bourbon/BBQ fest was the shtein. Not sure why they had Patron and Jager, but I wasn't complaining.
My buddy gets those Labatts Ice cans all the time. I am not a huge fan of them but they do get you very drunk.
they are awesomeness for like if you are going to a party or to the bar and you wanna get quick little jump start on the evening...just grab one or two for the ride...i find myself drinking them more in the car than i do anywhere else it seems
You can drink and ride in PA?! That's pretty badass
vigy lives in MD. and I don't think it's legal.
i believe it is legal in md to drink while driving....or at least it used to be
Quote from: Tomahawk on August 08, 2010, 11:54:47 PM
You can drink and ride in PA?! That's pretty badass
when reagan was president.
Tasting flight at Dogfish Head:
(http://grayimagery.smugmug.com/photos/964987063_nh2rd-L.jpg)
Also had a glass of 90 Minute IPA, filtered through this bad boy:
(http://grayimagery.smugmug.com/photos/964987107_kFrc8-L.jpg)
Did you check out the Theobroma? I just bought 23oz bottle of it at Total Wine the other night.
I wish they'd start bottling and selling Lawnmower so I could support them more often. It'd be cheap and I could drink it anytime.
They had it on tap, but I couldn't manage it last night. Maybe on my next visit.
If you've got any big distributors near by, they probably have it there. Total Wine had a shteinton of it, but 10 bucks a bottle meant I was only buying one for the time being.
Did you like the Raison D'Etre? I bought a bottle of it for a make your own 6 pack and I wasn't a huge fan. I never tried the Stout, as they aren't generally my thing.
I think I saw a bunch of the Theobroma at Atlantic Liquors when I was picking up some other stuff. I'm going to the brewery this afternoon for a tour and tasting. If they have it there, I'll give it a try.
I didn't think I'd like the Raison. It's something like half way toward barley wine, which I don't really like. But it was surprisingly dry, which is due it being a saison. Interesting flavor, but not something I'd drink regularly.
Had some of this last night, on the rocks with a teeny weeny splash of pepsi and a twist of lime. I don't drink liquor often, this is some of the best I've had.
(http://thelock.img.jugem.jp/20090910_656353.jpg)
I don't drink rum all that often, don't have much of a taste for it. In fact, I probably have rum only once or twice a year: Mixed into Black Eyed Susans on Preakness weekend, and in the egg nog at Christmas.
Now I want an egg nog and rum. Delicious.
Dark and Stormies are the only rum drink I ever have. Well, I guess egg nog, but I could go the rest of my life without eggnog and not give a shtein.
Want me to drive you out to the middle of nowhere... Leave you for dead?
egg nog is the best three or four sips youll ever have then it gets kinda awful
^^^This^^^
I go through this every Xmas.....I buy some egg nog, pour a glass, drink about half of it and then let the rest of the egg nog expire in my fridge. I don't understand how it can taste so good and in the blink of an eye become the most terrible thing I've ever ingested.
Stop sipping it?
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 15, 2010, 07:46:34 PM
egg nog is the best three or four sips youll ever have then it gets kinda awful
Could not have said it better. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/Gabey8/1789_88e9.gif)
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Sly Fox Royal Weisse, Bavarian-style wheat beer LAST WEEK'S COLUMN about the world's strongest beer had me thinking about some other classic beer records. The fastest chugger, the biggest can collection, the most pints balanced on a man's head - you know, the fun, occasionally idiotic achievements that could only be inspired by, well, beer.
Like, how many beer steins can a person carry while walking across a room?
For several years, the Guinness world record for beer-stein carrying was held by Anita Schwarz, a Bavarian waitress who managed to lug 16 full liters of lager while walking 40 meters (about 110 feet). In 2008, she pushed that record to an incredible 19 liters.
Think of it: Nineteen glass liters filled with beer weigh almost 100 pounds. Watching the online videos, I'd say Schwarz weighs 140, tops. She grips seven steins in each hand, with five more stacked on top of them, and sloshes her way across the floor. It's a heckuva feat.
Just weeks after she set the record, though, a beefy German expatriate named Reinhard Wurtz, of Sydney, Australia, topped her by hoisting 20 full liters across a room.
Not long ago, I asked Wurtz if he caught any grief for beating a girl, and he was unapologetic:
"Look, the girls have an advantage toward the boys. First, you need a slim hand [a big boy's big hands don't fit through the handles]. Secondly, the law of the lever helps the girls: They have shorter arms. And then, they are full-breasted, so they can even lean the steins against them. So you can see, it's not always muscles only."
That might be good news for a lady who'd like to win back this cherished world record. But, sadly, in today's world of uber-competitiveness, it's only a matter of time until the fine sport of beer-stein lifting is tarnished by scandal, probably involving male breast implants.
In the meantime, here are a few other beer records – idiotic and otherwise:
* Fastest beer coaster flipper: Dean Gould, United Kingdom, flipped 800 coasters in 41 seconds. During the same night, he caught 35 in a row while blindfolded. Gould owns a dozen other Guinness world records.
* Most beer pints balanced on one's head: 237, John Evans, United Kingdom. Evans, the world's pre-eminent head-balancer (see his Web site at www.headbalancer.com), has also balanced a Mini Cooper on his head.
* Fastest one-liter chug: 1.3 seconds, by Steven Petrosino, Carlisle, Pa., set in 1977. (Guinness no longer lists beer-consumption records.)
* Most beer consumed in 5 minutes: 7.75 imperial pints (about 13 12-ounce bottles), Eric Lean of the United Kingdom.
* Most beer consumed in one sitting: 119 bottles in 6 hours, Andre Rene Roussimoff, aka pro wrestler Andre the Giant, weight 565 pounds, now deceased. (Source: Modern Drunkard magazine.)
* Largest beer pyramid: 63,365 cases, built in the Netherlands.
* Largest collection of beer coasters: 152,860 varieties, owned by Leo Pisker, of Langenzersdorf, Austria.
* Largest beer festival: 6.5 million attendees, Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany.
* Bitterest beer: The Hop, by Pitstop Brewer, United Kingdom, measuring 323 international bittering units. ("Triple-hopped" Miller Lite measures about 10 IBUs.)
* Bitterest beer, American: Founders Devil Dancer, 200 IBUs.
* Biggest beer-can collection: 70,000-plus, by Jeff Lebo, Etters, Pa. He built an entire house to store the cans.
* Biggest beer bottle collection: 16,000, currently housed at Carlsberg Brewery, Denmark.
* Biggest beer selection, bar: 2,000-plus varieties, Delirium Café, Brussels.
* Biggest draft beer selection: 250 taps, Yard House, Long Beach, Calif.
* Biggest beer selection, festival: 2,238 varieties, Great American Beer Festival, Denver, (expected at 2010 festival).
* Most expensive bottle of beer: Lowenbrau, salvaged from the wreck of the Hindenburg, and sold in a 2009 auction for £11,021.50 (about $17,000).
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So I was in DC last week for a client visit and stayed about 6 blocks from Matt which means that we went out and got shtein faced. I drank nothing but Jack and Gingers all night and it was the first time I've gotten 100% liquor drunk in farging forever. As a result I might have to re-assess my own belief that I am a truly functional alcoholic.
I would now refer to myself as a functional beeraholic. I don't remember walking back to my hotel, I had to sprint to the can for an emergency poopspray in the middle of the night and spent the entire next day at the client sight tasting chicken wings in my mouth and trying not to gag.
Coward
I think 'woman' would have been more appropriate.
You don't know how to think. Obviously
Quote from: rjs246 on August 30, 2010, 03:11:03 PM
So I was in DC last week for a client visit and stayed about 6 blocks from Matt which means that we went out and got shtein faced. I drank nothing but Jack and Gingers all night and it was the first time I've gotten 100% liquor drunk in farging forever. As a result I might have to re-assess my own belief that I am a truly functional alcoholic.
I would now refer to myself as a functional beeraholic. I don't remember walking back to my hotel, I had to sprint to the can for an emergency poopspray in the middle of the night and spent the entire next day at the client sight tasting chicken wings in my mouth and trying not to gag.
You are a farging woman.
See? Now that's more like it.
Quote from: rjs246 on August 30, 2010, 03:11:03 PM
So I was in DC last week for a client visit and stayed about 6 blocks from Matt which means that we went out and got shtein faced. I drank nothing but Jack and Gingers all night and it was the first time I've gotten 100% liquor drunk in farging forever. As a result I might have to re-assess my own belief that I am a truly functional alcoholic.
I don't remember walking back to my hotel, I spent the entire next day at the client sight tasting matt in my mouth and trying not to gag.
sounds like an epic night.
Quote from: rjs246 on August 30, 2010, 04:50:40 PM
I think 'woman' would have been more appropriate.
Hahahaha, I was busy reading your original post and never even saw this when I finally replied.
Woman.
Will you stop jerking off and post your goddamned keepers?
I gotta drink a lot of beers quick to do any damage. Beer is for life, not for getting drunk.
thats why the Bierstick is king
The Russian finance minister has asked the Russian people to drink more and smoke more to help the country raise money.
Has there ever been a more appropriate job title than "Finance Minister?" Because when it comes down to it, Money is worshiped around the world a hell of a lot more than any Deity.
Not only that, it's every bit the scam that religion is. Nothing but a great big confidence game.
Quote from: Diomedes on September 02, 2010, 01:06:28 PM
Not only that, it's every bit the scam that religion is.
Not really.....regardless of how much personal value you put in making money, there's no doubt as to it's existence.
That's true of gold. It exists.
Money is the scam. It's based on what? A promise.
I thought that the value of cash money was, at least in some way, determined by the amount of gold a country has in reserve.....or some shtein like that.
You cant buy booze with gold u Romes. but yes, you are correct.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 02, 2010, 11:57:29 PM
I thought that the value of cash money was, at least in some way, determined by the amount of gold a country has in reserve.....or some shtein like that.
Uhm, no. That ended long long ago.
Yep. The value of our money is based pretty much on pure speculation.
Yeah the gold standard went away in the early 1900s.
Also the world's oldest beer (http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/baltic.sea.beer/index.html?hpt=T2) has been discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
Quote from: Diomedes on September 03, 2010, 07:53:43 AM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 02, 2010, 11:57:29 PM
I thought that the value of cash money was, at least in some way, determined by the amount of gold a country has in reserve.....or some shtein like that.
Uhm, no. That ended long long ago.
Quote from: rjs246 on September 03, 2010, 09:48:45 AM
Yeah the gold standard went away in the early 1900s.
Got it. But I still contend that cash money is still more worthy of worship that any god out there since cash is tangible.
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Also the world's oldest beer (http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/baltic.sea.beer/index.html?hpt=T2) has been discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
Heard about that. That's gotta be some skunky ass beer by now.
probably my favorite bar in DC is going to be on diners drive inns and dives
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/misc-events/diners-drive-ins-and-dives-viewing-party,1172328.html
i love that farging show
i like Man vs Food better
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 03, 2010, 11:30:22 AM
Quote
Also the world's oldest beer (http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/baltic.sea.beer/index.html?hpt=T2) has been discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
Heard about that. That's gotta be some skunky ass beer by now.
Sunlight causes skunkiness. So no. Dummy.
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives would be great except that the host is intolerable and needs to be ritualistically butchered.
Man Vs. Food has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The host should be eaten by starving children.
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 03, 2010, 11:31:43 AM
probably my favorite bar in DC is going to be on diners drive inns and dives
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/misc-events/diners-drive-ins-and-dives-viewing-party,1172328.html
yeah...don't you remember all the stupid pictures of him up on the walls now?
yeah i never would have thought it possible but i think the man vs food guy is infinitely more douchey than fieri.
its funny too....me an matty went there before a phillies game a couple months ago and i saw all these pictures of guy fieiri on the wall.....and just assumed that hed been there to visit...not even thinking that he had done an episode of the show
Quote from: SunMo on September 03, 2010, 11:33:08 AM
i like Man vs Food better
Agreed. Stays in one city the whole show, participates in an eating challenge, doesn't have annoying hair and a stack of euphemisms.
Quote from: phattymatty on September 03, 2010, 11:37:43 AM
yeah i never would have thought it possible but i think the man vs food guy is infinitely more douchey than fieri.
i love richman....he always droppin ill language and hip hop references...did you see him last week using the two pizzas as turntables
fieri is a west coast underwear stain
They're both awful. Picking which one is worse is a waste of time when we could be talking about the pluses and minuses of wearing flip flops.
bought some fresh squeezed oj from the amish market today for mimosas at a phillies tailgate sunday....but cracked some of it open early to go with ciroc tonight
this is the booze thread but in general is there anything better than good fresh squeezed orange juice
I worked for Diageo when they launched Ciroc and for a few years thereafter.
the fact you're drinking it now is proof positive that what matters is marketing
sure, it's good stuff, but not that good
its no better or worse than grey goose...i actually bought it on a cruise for mad cheap...id never pay retail for it
good, don't.
what a rip off
i drink Ketel One for martinis, every other drank i go with Svedka, especially bloody mary's. mmmmmmmmmmm
grey goose is another marketing rip off too, btw
the dude who put Jagermeister on ever bar shelf cooked up Grey Goose and essentially the whole "premium" vodka market. Which was of course followed by the "super premium" brands.
all bullshtein
best vodka on the market for your money, be it earned or stolen:
Tanqueray Sterling
i can not drink cheap vodka. I get violent when i drink vodka that comes out of plastic containers like Popov.
Quote from: Diomedes on September 03, 2010, 08:23:35 PM
best vodka on the market for your money, be it earned or stolen:
Tanqueray Sterling
never had that but bang for the buck wise froggy b is my jawn
and im not enough of an expert to know what the very best vodkas are and i know grey goose isnt one of them...that said its blatantly better than anything ive ever had in the 15-30 dollar range
Ketel or GTFO
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on September 03, 2010, 08:23:53 PM
i can not drink cheap vodka. I get violent when i drink vodka that comes out of plastic containers like Popov.
thats strange...normally people can drink any vodka for pretty much ever....its the bourbons whiskeys and especially gin that get people all mel gibson
I dont understand why it's that way, but i've learned to limit my exposure. I'm an easy going guy, love getting boozed up, rarely if ever have an attitude, but cheap booze is the devil
Quote from: rjs246 on September 03, 2010, 11:35:39 AM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 03, 2010, 11:30:22 AM
Quote
Also the world's oldest beer (http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/baltic.sea.beer/index.html?hpt=T2) has been discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
Heard about that. That's gotta be some skunky ass beer by now.
Sunlight causes skunkiness. So no. Dummy.
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives would be great except that the host is intolerable and needs to be ritualistically butchered.
Man Vs. Food has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The host should be eaten by starving children.
I don't recall a more factually accurate post ever being posted on :CF especially the last thought.
Man vs. Food is a solid show, you have to take it for what it is and not read too much into douche bags.
My buddy gave me a bottle of Private Stock and a bottle of 7 for checking on his dogs this weekend. I don't think there is a better drink for the price than a 7 and 7.
I just killed an entire large bottle of Crown Black during a live fantasy draft and was officially the drunk icehole the entire time.
14 team league. My starters:
McNabb - lol
Adrian Peterson - yes, the good one
Cedric Benson
Andre Johnson
Hines Ward
Brent Celek
Matt Prater
Dallas D
Julius Peppers
Will Smith - sacks are worth 3 points but INT's are worth 2 - weird
Bench:
ROFLburger
Crayton
Sproles
Bernard Scott
New England
Mike Williams - TB Rookie
DRAFTING WHILE DRUNK WILL KILL YOU
Oh, and Carson Palmer was on the board when I took Big Ben as my backup.
Gordon's Ale is on tap at a local bar. Monday I had two plus multiple beers and I ended up calling in to work because I was so hammered. Last night had one and it sent me over the edge again. 9.2% tastes like heaven, but it will wreck your next day...
pretty sure i tried to drive a bulldozer down a city street last night.
What was her name?
Quote from: phattymatty on September 04, 2010, 05:04:37 PM
pretty sure i tried to drive a bulldozer down a city street last night.
pretty sure ive destroyed your bottle of dickel today
good. george never lets you down.
i tried glenlivet scotch on saturday night and almost threw up...what farging disgusting shtein.
then i had a vanilla java porter...it was wonderful. i need to find more.
dickel is a high value booze
Quote from: SunMo on September 06, 2010, 05:45:41 PM
i tried glenlivet scotch on saturday night and almost threw up...what farging disgusting shtein.
then i had a vanilla java porter...it was wonderful. i need to find more.
I don't know much about scotch other than I like it.
Glenlivet is a Speyside, which puts it in some pretty good company. Much better than the Islays in my book. Still, your basic Glenlivet is nice, but rather unimpressive. Of that variety, I actually like The Balvenie, especially the ones that are finished in port or sherry wood casks.
trust me it has nothing to do with the quality or intracacies of scotch....johnny cakes loves lime and vanilla beers....he isnt exactly a guy that is going to like straight liquor of any kind...much less scotch which i agree is beyond hideous
one of my favorites is me him and our girls in nyc getting offered a free shot...they are all "you mean like coffee with a shot of kaluah?"...i was like this shtein is free in a bar where a miller like bottle is six bucks im getting something hard....and i order some firewater type rail bourbon...the look on all three of their faces after trying it was something to behold and had me dying...needless to say ole havas was in for four shots that nite (for the record it really was almost undrinkable and i love bourbon)
Scotch is great, but people who have an acquired taste of Lime Beers just arent ready for the full taste of a good scotch.
i despise lime beers and hate scotch more
good scotch is one of the bigger oxymorons in life
hey, let's argue about taste!
[CF]Hey, lets argue about what people like and dont like[/CF]
its not an argument...im convinced that no one really likes scotch...they more like to tell people they like scotch and they like the idea of having a scotch and cigar...but as for the taste itself...no chance anyone actually likes it
im pretty sure i love it, like you love Boom Bap
worst ever?
worst liquor ever
you are worse than scotch
I like scotch and do not like cigars.
I like the taste of scotch and the taste of cigars...but not together.
sunny like lime beer and capri superslims
nothing wrong with that
yeah but hes not a sexually confused hipster
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 07, 2010, 08:18:52 AM
you are worse than scotch
why you gots to hurt me like that, yo?
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 07, 2010, 08:44:10 AM
yeah but hes not a sexually confused hipster
elegant, tart fun is for everyone
(http://www.thebrewsite.com/images/beers/vanilla-java-porter.jpg)
mmmmmm
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 07, 2010, 08:44:10 AM
yeah but hes not a sexually confused hipster
That's what you think.
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 07, 2010, 07:17:43 AM
one of my favorites is me him and our girls in nyc getting offered a free shot...they are all "you mean like coffee with a shot of kaluah?"...i was like this shtein is free in a bar where a miller like bottle is six bucks im getting something hard....and i order some firewater type rail bourbon...the look on all three of their faces after trying it was something to behold and had me dying...needless to say ole havas was in for four shots that nite (for the record it really was almost undrinkable and i love bourbon)
first of all, i didn't think it was some kind of shot in a coffee bullshtein. i knew exactly what he was talking about. i was just looking around to see what we wanted to pick. i would've done jaeger, vodka, whiskey or whatever.
you picked bourbon which i was pumped to try, and it was farging awful. why would i drink something that makes me want to throw up?
oh it was only 3 shots for you because C didn't even order one
bourbon is whiskey, you know that right?
well it tasted like hooker ass.
great
glad you didn't like it
Quote from: SunMo on September 07, 2010, 09:16:34 AM
(http://www.thebrewsite.com/images/beers/vanilla-java-porter.jpg)
mmmmmm
(http://morningcigarette.com/images/block/Capri.%20Cigarette%20Advertising%20Campaign.%201993.jpg)
Hit.
I am no scotch aficionado, but I do like a scotch and soda with lime.
Occasionally i drink it on the rocks.
snob
Only the most expensive club soda's will do.
I prefer seltzer to club soda.
no love for soda water?
I like to mix my drinks with grain alcohol or unleaded gasoline (91 octane or higher, of course). Pansies.
What booze looks like under a microscope:
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1999889,00.html
im thirsty
Whiskey is beautiful.
freddie gets dance muscles from whiskey.
Wrong, that was pretty much exclusively Miller Lite.
lightweight
If your liquor store clerk tells you that Canadian Hunter whiskey is so similar to Crown Royal that you won't be able to tell the difference, she's lying.
If she's showing you her titties, so what.
I don't think even MDS is desperate enough to have wanted to see those.
They've got Dogfish Head Immort Ale on tap at Timothy's in Newark....12%. Pretty damn good.
free beer
http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/2010-09-22-freebud22_ST_N.htm
I didn't have a drink last night and I felt like shtein this morning and right now all I want to do is go to bed.
farg SOBRIETY.
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 23, 2010, 10:43:08 AM
free beer
http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/2010-09-22-freebud22_ST_N.htm
Screw all the big beer co's. This is a dirty move to get the tiny part of the market the craft beers (good beer) are taking from them.
Still love their Michelob Winter's Bourbon Cask Ale
A couple of nights ago I picked up a bottle of Bookers bourbon. At $55 a bottle I wanted to see it was really that much better than the Jack 7 or Bulleit I have in my bar. After peeling off the wax seal and pulling the cork top, the smell about burned by nose. So I tasted it straight up to see what it was really like. Burned my mouth too and I thought damn, how strong is this shtein? The label solved the question, 128 proof.
So I realized i needed to dilute it properly (used the fancy shmancy Figi water and ice cubes) and it was terrific. The funny thing though, I got highly buzzed though I didn't think I drank that much. I almost never drink to the point of being flat out drunk, but somehow this snuck right up on me. I think maybe because it tastes so good and is very smooth.
Anyway, highly recommended. Although it's pricey, if you take the extra alcohol content into account, it still cost a lot.
I'm nursing the last of a bottle of Basil Hayden's this week. It was a birthday gift, god knows I can't afford good bourbon.
Luckily, Bulleit isn't bad at all.
How do you like the Haydin's? It's part of the same small batch group as Booker's. I read it is done in a light bodied style.
It is on the paler side, yeah. I think it's delicious.
I would slay all of you for a delicious beer right now.
Quote from: Diomedes on September 25, 2010, 09:20:29 PM
It is on the paler side, yeah. I think it's delicious.
I want to give it a try but I don't think I can keep myself from getting another bottle of Booker's next. I've about kicked my last bottle, it grows on you. I'm starting to crave it at night.
QuoteI would slay all of you for a delicious beer right now.
A couple of weeks ago I bought a couple of mixed 6 packs. Delightful beers but i just haven't been in a beer mood lately. They are all sitting there, ice cold, going to waste.
I hate you.
take a number
Had some Dos Equis Amber last night. Didn't like it too much.
Sam Adams Octoberfest is back out, which is delicious.
have some sam adams summer brews sitting aside for the game sunday to go along with the bloody marys.
I hate Octoberfests. Never understood what people like about them. Winter Warmers too. Gross.
I haven't tried many other Octoberfests, although I did have a Beck's Oktoberfest once that was pretty good as well, I like the Sam Adams because I generally like darker beers, and I like the caramel and toffee flavors in it. It's good shtein.
Quote from: PhillyPhanInDC on September 29, 2010, 12:08:52 PM
Had some Dos Equis Amber last night. Didn't like it too much.
I've tried a couple different types of Dos Ickys. Didn't like any of them. At all.
I'm with you, don't like Dos Equis.
Horses, them I like. To hump, that is.
Quote from: Diomedes on September 29, 2010, 04:07:43 PM
I'm with you, don't like Dos Equis.
Horses, them I like. To hump, that is.
Someone got let out early for good behavior today. Lousy drunk.
Quote
Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study.
British experts evaluated substances including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and marijuana, ranking them based on how destructive they are to the individual who takes them and to society as a whole.
Researchers analyzed how addictive a drug is and how it harms the human body, in addition to other criteria like environmental damage caused by the drug, its role in breaking up families and its economic costs, such as health care, social services, and prison.
Heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine, or crystal meth, were the most lethal to individuals. When considering their wider social effects, alcohol, heroin and crack cocaine were the deadliest. But overall, alcohol outranked all other substances, followed by heroin and crack cocaine. Marijuana, ecstasy and LSD scored far lower.
The study was paid for by Britain's Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and was published online Monday in the medical journal, Lancet.
Experts said alcohol scored so high because it is so widely used and has devastating consequences not only for drinkers but for those around them.
"Just think about what happens (with alcohol) at every football game," said Wim van den Brink, a professor of psychiatry and addiction at the University of Amsterdam. He was not linked to the study and co-authored a commentary in the Lancet.
When drunk in excess, alcohol damages nearly all organ systems. It is also connected to higher death rates and is involved in a greater percentage of crime than most other drugs, including heroin.
But experts said it would be impractical and incorrect to outlaw alcohol.
"We cannot return to the days of prohibition," said Leslie King, an adviser to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and one of the study's authors. "Alcohol is too embedded in our culture and it won't go away."
King said countries should target problem drinkers, not the vast majority of people who indulge in a drink or two. He said governments should consider more education programs and raising the price of alcohol so it isn't as widely available.
Experts said the study should prompt countries to reconsider how they classify drugs. For example, last year in Britain, the government increased its penalties for the possession of marijuana. One of its senior advisers, David Nutt - the lead author on the Lancet study - was fired after he criticized the British decision.
"What governments decide is illegal is not always based on science," said van den Brink. He said considerations about revenue and taxation, like those garnered from the alcohol and tobacco industries, may influence decisions about which substances to regulate or outlaw.
"Drugs that are legal cause at least as much damage, if not more, than drugs that are illicit," he said
I am plain and simple. Jack Daniels Black, neat.
off to the bar...liver helmet intact
I just bought 2 big boys of Crown Royal Black for the holidays. Sexiest bottle of alcohol on earth.
Went to Total Wine to see if they had 120 in stock....they did not, however they had the 2nd Dogfish beer I was seeking, the Burton Baton. Can't wait to try this.
Also was got a nice tip from an employee there to try Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome, said it's mucccccccch better then Michelob's attempt at a winter warmer, Winter's Bourbon Cask Ale.
The last batch of 120 was destroyed because of quality control issues, so it can't be found anywhere. They only just ramped up the next batch this fall, and they expect to bottle and ship in the spring.
Calendar of Dogfish releases for 2011 (http://dogfish.com/files/2011_beer_releases.pdf)
Yeah I had read about the batch in the summer that got scrapped, and they were supposed to have another batch this december, but according to the guy at the store, this one hasn't turned out well either. They said there's still hope they get it in Jan 3rd, but if not it wouldn't be til spring :boo
I guess maybe he's talking about the test batches at the brewpub? Otherwise, for general distribution, I defer to the boss' blog:
http://www.dogfish.com/community/blogfish/members/sam/dont-cry-over-spilt-120.htm
Hmm...maybe so. He seemed optimistic about the january date, but damn...that sucks.
They had the World Wide Stout there, which I was tempted to buy just because it's as strong/stronger than the 120, but I'm not generally a stout fan. Ever had some?
Yep...and it's pretty good. A little bit sweet to offset the high ABV (it's 18%, just like the 120). It's not one that you'd want to have more than one or two of, though.
Yeah, my issue with stouts is the coffee taste...I'm not a fan of coffee at all, and in beer it makes me show my vagina when I drink it.
Might have to try it anyway just to say I tried it.
Tried "The Knot" over the weekend. Interesting but I wouldn't buy a bottle.
Greatest thing going now in the world of booze is the cut rate 1.75 L bottles (equals 2 and a third bottles), often for just a few more bucks than a fifth and sometimes less than a 1 liter bottle.
Just picked up a 1.75L of JD black for $31.99 and Bombay Sapphire for $29.99 (a fifth is usually around $25). That's a lot of bang for the buck. I've noticed this for at least several months now.
Been making mudslides with oreo ice cream. Unreal.
they're for your girl right?
No for me.
Milkshake = Good
Alcohol = Great
What's there not to like?
the shteins afterwards
got home from work today and my front desk guy told me i have a package. it was an entire case of wine that i don't even remember buying. probably one of my better drunk decisions actually.
Are you sure it wasn't sent to you by that tasty GILF as a token of her continued esteem?
so my brother got me a bottle of this for xmas
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im drowning my eagle sorrows in it right now and damn is it some smoooov shtein
That looks good. Hope I can find that out here.
don
im so ripped?!
lets do this......
Wife took me into a cool store that specializes in wine the other night. Opened a few years ago and just never got around to going. Place was awesome! They also had a nice assortment of spirits. Huge assortment of Tequila.
Can anyone recommend a good Tequila? We just finished a bottle of Silver Patron. I'd like to try something different.
Prick! I am on my third Heineken watching Twilight Zone marathon.
Don, someone bought me a bottle of Patron Cafe over the summer. I don't usually go for that kind of stuff, but it was excellent. Try it, you won't be disappointed.
Thanks. I was like a kid in a candy store at this store. They had stuff I'd never seen on the shelf.
We made Margaritas at my moms last night and each batch got progressively worse. Around 12:30 someone said "shtein I'm not even drunk." so we broke out a bottle of brandy. Thank god the Mrs. was designated driver as Honolulu's finest was out in full force.
Got my kid a home brewing kid for Christmas (the full experience, not that candy-assed Mr. Beer travesty). We currently have a batch of Belgian tripel in the bottles, and we're looking forward to enjoying the final product in a few weeks.
I would not advise taking a shot of Dewars out of a bottle that's been open for more than 5 years unless you enjoy the taste and smell of turpentine. Closest I've ever come to simultaneously shooting and vomiting in my life.
Oh shtein. Yeah, we always err on the side of caution when we go to the parents house. I'm sure there's booze in the cabinet from the King Kamehameha administration.
On the flip side, if the bottle is sealed it tastes just fine, as I can attest from a recent inheritance of a long forgotten liquor cabinet. Crown Royal with a sealed paper tag dated 1976 was good, as was a similarly old bottle of JW Red. Which, incidentally, went down just fine after a few, to the point where I wonder why in the hell I would ever spend more on a blend. The bite is nice, it's husky and smoky and for the money, excellent Scotch.
My experience with Red is it was kinda harsh. Was this not true because of the aging perhaps?
It is harsh, true. But as far as this particular bottle, nothing could have been going on with the aging..it was in a glass bottle in a dark cabinet. Not in oak. It was no more than 3 years aged when bottled and did't gain a thing by sitting in Matilda's closet.
Quote from: Don Ho on January 02, 2011, 02:29:31 AM
Wife took me into a cool store that specializes in wine the other night. Opened a few years ago and just never got around to going. Place was awesome! They also had a nice assortment of spirits. Huge assortment of Tequila.
Can anyone recommend a good Tequila? We just finished a bottle of Silver Patron. I'd like to try something different.
Don, try the Patron anejo. It has great flavor and is quite a bit different than the silver which isn't aged. Put it in the freezer and it is hard to find a smoother liquor.
For Philly folks, I ran into a guy over the holidays at the state store who is the head bartender at a Mexican place that just opened in Wayne off the Blue Route. Don't remember the name but can probably google it. He said they now have 75 tequilas and should be getting another 75 over the next few weeks. Also stumbled upon a place in Horsham with the same, and a great chicken mole' (on Horsham road across from Gavins sports bar). Stumbled back out a couple of hours later. Recommended if anyone is ever in the area and tequila questing.
In fact Don, if you want to try this place I can arrange for you to stay at my P's place there and I'll stay at your place in Hawaii. Deal?
Maryland sucks (http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2011/01/04/alcohol-may-come-with-a-new-kind-of-high/)
Philly tried this or NJ not to long ago. It'll fail this time around, but in time it will be the norm. farging pansys
QuoteFor light to moderate drinkers, the tax would amount to only $10.83 per year.
These are the real pansies.
Quote"Alcohol excise tax is a win-win for the state. They provide much needed revenue, and reduce alcohol consumption and related problems," said David Jernigan, Johns Hopkins professor.
Anybody else miss the logic here?
pretty sure he came to the retarded conclusion that alcoholics will not buy booze if they have to pay an extra dime.
He's a NERD, thats the logic.
Actually here's his writeup. He seems to have a motivation
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=2015
QuoteResearch and Professional Experience
Dr. Jernigan's work has focused on public health practice with a particular interest in alcohol policy. He has written about and worked extensively in the field of media advocacy, the strategic use of the mass media to influence public health policy. He has also served as an adviser to the World Health Organization and the World Bank on the role of alcohol in health and development.
Dr. Jernigan is the Director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in that capacity pioneers in new forms of surveillance of the levels of risk posed to young people by exposure to alcohol advertising.
Keywords
Alcohol, alcohol policy, globalization, media, advocacy, media advocacy, obesity, youth
Honors and Awards
Addiction Book Prize, 2004, for Alcohol in Developing Societies (co-author).
National Citation of Merit Award, American Council on Alcohol Problems, 1996.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of California at Berkeley Department of Sociology, 1983-84.
Selected Publications
Jernigan, D. H., Ross, C. Monitoring youth exposure to advertising on television: The devil is in the details. Journal of Public Affairs, in press.
Schwartz, M.B., Ross, C., Harris, J., Jernigan, D., Siegel, M., Ostroff, J., Brownell, K.D. Cereal industry pledges to self-regulate advertising to youth: Will they improve the marketing landscape? Journal of Public Health Policy, in press.
King, C., Siegel, M., Jernigan, D., Wulach, L., Ross, C., Dixon, K., Ostroff, J. Adolescent exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines: An evaluation of advertising placement in relation to youth readership. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45(6), 626-633, 2009.
Jernigan, D. The extent of global alcohol marketing and its impact on youth. Contemporary Drug Problems, in press.
Chung, P.J., Garfield, C.F., Elliott, M.N., Ostroff, J., Ross, C., Jernigan, D.H., Vestal, K.D., Schuster, M.A., Alcohol advertising and age 12-20 viewership on cable television. American Journal of Public Health, 99(10), 1-8, 2009.
Jernigan, D. The global alcohol industry: an overview. Addiction 104 (Supppl. 1): 6-12, 2009.
Siegel, M., King, C., Ostroff, J., Ross, C., Dixon, K., Jernigan, D. Comment: Alcohol advertising in magazines and youth readership: Are youths disproportionately exposed? Contemporary Economic Policy 26(3): 482–492, 2008.
Jernigan, D., Ostroff, J., Ross, C., Naimi, T., Brewer, R. Youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines – United States, 2001-2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 56(30): 763-767, 2007.
Jernigan, D., Ostroff, J., Ross, C., Naimi, T., Brewer, R. Youth exposure to alcohol advertising on Radio – United States, June-August 2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 55(34): 937-940, 2006.
Jernigan, D., Obot, I. Thirsting for the African market. African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies 5(1): 57-70, 2006.
Jernigan, D., Ostroff, J., Ross, C. Alcohol advertising and youth: a measured approach. Journal of Public Health Policy, 26(3):312-325, 2005.
Jernigan, D., Ostroff, J., Ross, C., O'Hara, J. Gender differences in adolescent exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 158:629-634, 2004.
Ashe, M., Jernigan, D., Kline, R., Galaz, R. Land use planning and the control of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and fast food restaurants. American Journal of Public Health, 93(9):1404-1408, 2003.
Rehm, J., Room, R., Monteiro, M., Gmel, G., Graham, K., Rehn, N., Sempos, C.T., Jernigan, D. Alcohol as a risk factor for global burden of disease. European Addiction Research, 9(4):157-164, 2003.
Rehm, J., Rehn, N., Room, R., Monteiro, M., Gmel, G., Jernigan, D., Frick, U. The global distribution and average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking. European Addiction Research, 9(4):147-156, 2003. Room, R., Graham, K., Rehm, J., Jernigan, D., Monteiro, M. Drinking and its burden in a global perspective: policy considerations and options. European Addiction Research, 9(4):165-175, 2003.
Mosher, J., Jernigan, D. Making the link: a public health approach to preventing alcohol-related violence and crime. Journal of Substance Use, 6(4):273-289, 2001.
Rehm, J., Monteiro, M., Room, R., Gmel, G., Jernigan, D., Frick, U., Graham, K., Steps towards constructing a global comparative risk analysis for alcohol consumption: determining indicators and empirical weights for patterns of drinking, deciding about theoretical minimum, and dealing with different consequences. European Addiction Research 7(3):138-147, 2001.
Jernigan, D., Applying commodity chain analysis to changing modes of alcohol supply in a developing country. Addiction 95 supplement 4:465-475, 2000.
Room, R., Jernigan, D., The ambiguous role of alcohol in economic and social development. Addiction 95 supplement 4:523-535, 2000.
Quote from: phattymatty on January 06, 2011, 11:57:50 AM
pretty sure he came to the retarded conclusion that alcoholics will not buy booze if they have to pay an extra dime.
And somehow that will increase revenue.
so i went out in this gutter bar last night in a tiny town in upstate ny and their special was a bottle of beer and shot of jameson for $3
holy farging shtein did i get plastered...if i were to get pulled over right this second id clock at least a dui if not dwi
i dont know what i love more right now MA or my liver helmet
He's seen the light
it might be a nice place to visit but i wouldnt wanna liver there
where in NY igy, upstate NY is unfortunately kind of my thing
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 06, 2011, 01:01:05 AM
Quote from: Don Ho on January 02, 2011, 02:29:31 AM
Wife took me into a cool store that specializes in wine the other night. Opened a few years ago and just never got around to going. Place was awesome! They also had a nice assortment of spirits. Huge assortment of Tequila.
Can anyone recommend a good Tequila? We just finished a bottle of Silver Patron. I'd like to try something different.
Don, try the Patron anejo. It has great flavor and is quite a bit different than the silver which isn't aged. Put it in the freezer and it is hard to find a smoother liquor.
For Philly folks, I ran into a guy over the holidays at the state store who is the head bartender at a Mexican place that just opened in Wayne off the Blue Route. Don't remember the name but can probably google it. He said they now have 75 tequilas and should be getting another 75 over the next few weeks. Also stumbled upon a place in Horsham with the same, and a great chicken mole' (on Horsham road across from Gavins sports bar). Stumbled back out a couple of hours later. Recommended if anyone is ever in the area and tequila questing.
In fact Don, if you want to try this place I can arrange for you to stay at my P's place there and I'll stay at your place in Hawaii. Deal?
i believe that is the matador but its actually on rt 30 next to the boathouse.
Yes you're right, I remember the name Matador now that you mention it.
When IGY gets drunk it brings out the white in him
That would explain the margaritas
Quote from: Dillen on January 14, 2011, 02:52:33 PM
where in NY igy, upstate NY is unfortunately kind of my thing
ticonderoga
They have a Best Western there that's actually pretty decent, nice indoor pool and hot tub. If you go back there they have a real good create your own pasta night each week.
You son of a bitch Eagaholic, you know everything...I'm starting to think you're some kind of superhero that wanders the U.S. and posts on the internet random interestings here and there every once in a while; often.
Who are you, and what do you want with us?
I am an extragalactic source-being and I have come to your planet to obtain roofies.
Well that's easy. Just go out for drinks with any number of people here.
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 15, 2011, 03:33:00 AM
They have a Best Western there that's actually pretty decent, nice indoor pool and hot tub. If you go back there they have a real good create your own pasta night each week.
went there in october last time i was up....the food was terrible but the place is super nice with the big fire places and the whole ski lodge thing is a good look
I never found anywhere else in town that was god for dinner but Burleigh's was great for a cheap breakfast and lunch was decent.
Quote from: General_Failure on January 15, 2011, 06:05:16 AM
Well that's easy. Just go out for drinks with any number of people here.
I may be used to rancid slime oozing invertebrates where come from, but I still have my standards.
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 15, 2011, 04:46:24 PM
I never found anywhere else in town that was god for dinner but Burleigh's was great for a cheap breakfast and lunch was decent.
yeah thats bunnys...awesome down home diner type grub...great milkshakes too
the country club which is only open in the summer has some good food here and there on the menu...and the carillion is tolerable...but basically the food here is atrocious...stick to whiskey and beer
how the hell do you know anything about ti
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 06, 2011, 01:01:05 AM
Quote from: Don Ho on January 02, 2011, 02:29:31 AM
Wife took me into a cool store that specializes in wine the other night. Opened a few years ago and just never got around to going. Place was awesome! They also had a nice assortment of spirits. Huge assortment of Tequila.
Can anyone recommend a good Tequila? We just finished a bottle of Silver Patron. I'd like to try something different.
Don, try the Patron anejo. It has great flavor and is quite a bit different than the silver which isn't aged. Put it in the freezer and it is hard to find a smoother liquor.
For Philly folks, I ran into a guy over the holidays at the state store who is the head bartender at a Mexican place that just opened in Wayne off the Blue Route. Don't remember the name but can probably google it. He said they now have 75 tequilas and should be getting another 75 over the next few weeks. Also stumbled upon a place in Horsham with the same, and a great chicken mole' (on Horsham road across from Gavins sports bar). Stumbled back out a couple of hours later. Recommended if anyone is ever in the area and tequila questing.
In fact Don, if you want to try this place I can arrange for you to stay at my P's place there and I'll stay at your place in Hawaii. Deal?
Deal. Make it in September when we can catch a birds and bums game I'll throw in Grace Park as your personal maid.
Grace Park definitely makes that deal fly
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 15, 2011, 06:16:26 PM
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 15, 2011, 04:46:24 PM
I never found anywhere else in town that was god for dinner but Burleigh's was great for a cheap breakfast and lunch was decent.
yeah thats bunnys...awesome down home diner type grub...great milkshakes too
the country club which is only open in the summer has some good food here and there on the menu...and the carillion is tolerable...but basically the food here is atrocious...stick to whiskey and beer
how the hell do you know anything about ti
I was working up there on and off for 3-4 months a couple of years ago. Had the good sense to leave before the winter. Flying into Albany and driving by Lake George is as beautiful a scenery as there is on the planet, but throw some ice on those hairpin turns while drivers gawk at the view and water rescues aren't uncommon. Best Western has a terrific rewards program, racked up $450 of store credit I used at Best Buy as half my payment for a sweet Martin guitar on sale :yay
i generally hate captain but i got a bottle of the 100 proof johnson for xmas....still not good but a nice quick buzz is gotten
I'm drinking against my norm tonight as well. I got a bottle of Jack while I was doing my Toys For Tots work....I was standing at a box in Wal Mart and some dude dropped a few toys in the box, set another bag on the floor and said "This is for you." and walked away....so I figured tonight I'll make that bottle go away.
And it's gone. And so am I.
Jamming on rock band with squaw. I farging rule bitchs!!!
who else is gettin all ripped up tonight for the snow bomb....im going to see blue valentine at 5 then to the pub to get all zesty
snow plus bar = heaven
NO I WILL NOT MAKE OUT WITH YOU
Quote from: FastFreddie on January 23, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
I don't want to read about other people drinking, assface.
LIAR!
Your obsession with me is reaching fastfreddian levels.
pounded a 40 dog before blue valentine and then crushed six long islands at the pub.....get nice son!
Screw PA and our liquor laws. This is a crying shame...
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/02/pennsylvania_liquor_control_bo_5.html
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 26, 2011, 10:50:20 PM
pounded a 40 dog before blue valentine and then crushed six long islands at the pub.....get nice son!
I don't speak the language but it seems that igy enjoys beastiality.
i just threw out 3 empty bottles of tanqueray, 1 of ciroc, and 3 bottles on wine...and that's just since monday. and that doesn't include any beers bottles or cans. i may have a problem.
I'm sure your friends drank most of it.
id feel better about myself if that were true.
You'd probably feel better if your friends staged an intervention instead.
Quote from: mussa on February 04, 2011, 04:57:12 PM
Screw PA and our liquor laws. This is a crying shame...
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/02/pennsylvania_liquor_control_bo_5.html
The clearance sale sounds nice...but the reason for it sucks.
Quote from: General_Failure on February 04, 2011, 08:06:01 PM
You'd probably feel better if your friends staged an intervention instead.
No.
You wouldn't, since your liver is evil and must be punished.
Just tried Seagrams Sweet Tea Vodka mixed with Sprite. Tasted kind of like sweet tea and wasn't bad but I'll stick with my bourbon.
the firefly peach is really good
in fact firefly in general kills any other brand ive had
liquid candy + alcohol
only idiot America
Quote from: General_Failure on February 05, 2011, 11:22:04 AM
You wouldn't, since your liver is evil and must be punished.
I think evil liver would be a good name for a rock band
i'm so hungover that i may skip all super bowl parties today and just cry. i'm officially old.
You're probably better off.
The last two posts are chock full of lies.
You're all alone on the drunk bus, Russel.
i got shotgun...i was supposed to go to a movie tonight but got all ripped up during the sixer game
onto my mike schmidt 548 zinfadel....
drunk...blah blah who cares.
does being the most drunk there equate to more business for you? if so increase your intake.
farg i'm an idiot when i'm wasted
LOL, riiiiight
Finally got around to buying a bottle of Partida anejo tequila - been curious since IGY's posts last year about it and making margaritas.
I have a good liquor store down the road and a pretty knowledgeable lady there likes it a little more than the Patron anejo which for me is the gold standard, and the Partida is usually a couple of bucks more.
Very good stuff, enjoyed it straight up, but decided to do a head to head taste test with Patron anejo. Had the Patron reposado too, so I threw that in to the test for good measure.
The Partida and Patron are both very good but different. The Partida is brighter with more spicy flavor but the Patron is deeper, with a smooth rich oily feel. Total butta. And if out of the freezer it is as smooth as a $1k cognac.
Definite edge to Patron. But I discovered that drinking both is better than just one or the other. Any combo of tequilas that can make you pass out while standing up taking a piss and not falling over is totally worth paying the premium. Gold standard.
going to try some of these disgusting concoctions tonight
http://www.blastbycolt.com/ (http://www.blastbycolt.com/)
http://www.good.is/post/a-bottle-opener-that-alerts-your-friends-it-s-time-to-drink/ (http://www.good.is/post/a-bottle-opener-that-alerts-your-friends-it-s-time-to-drink/)
My buddy's friend from Cali was in town this weekend and buying shots of four horsemen all night... Didn't realize there was a worse shot than Three wiseman until now.
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Just because...
nm
tangelos + vodka + memorial day weekend = fun in the sun
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Anyone ever soak lychees in booze?
I'd never had those things before Preakness weekend when a guest brought some to our party. Seemed like they'd do well infused with rum or vodka.
Is it just me or does that jar look like it has an aborted fetus in it?
Looks like oranges to me.
stop ruining my fun, you.
Mida, you farmer-loving Florida dwelling know-it-all lush.: my florida agriculture booze question. Answer it.
ive never infused lychees myself but ive had lychee infused vodka a few times...its quite tasty altho not my favorite
i actually like honey-doo the best but it takes forevere to infuse melon into liquor
I imagine that's because the water content is already so high that melon just doesn't soak up the booze readily?
Lychees might suffer the same problem...the are all water.
yes on the water part...but its because the more water in the fruit the less potent the flavor of the fruit is
i actually made a rosemary infused vodka and a basil infused vodka last year...came out awesome and worked especially well in bloody marys
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 24, 2011, 08:19:15 PM
i actually made a rosemary infused vodka and a basil infused vodka last year...
wow, cool. Did it match your purse?
I love bloody marys...what a great idea.
Every year my neighbor gives me a bottle of Gentleman Jack for Xmas, I have 3 of them so I decided to crack one open. Not bad, I'm halfway through a bottle.
no wonder you are goin all relationship advice on us like you are on dr phil
but i give it another half bottle before you are asking how young is to young to anger rape asphyixiate and dump in an abandoned house
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 27, 2011, 08:04:52 PM
no wonder you are goin all relationship advice on us like you are on dr phil
but i give it another half bottle before you are asking how young is to young to anger rape asphyixiate and dump in an abandoned house
relationship is a foreign word to me as I never plan on settling down. farg mate who I'm forced to talk to is a more appropriate term.
Was at the Dogfish brewpub in Rehoboth tonight....had me a glass of 120:
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Soooo good
Waiter there said they weren't going to bottle/ship this batch though.... :boo
so i made honey water for a drink tonight
basically simple syrup but with honey
then i threw it in a pitcher with a bottle of champagne and rum of all things
im loaded beyond belief and still are headed to the pub
watering hole?
Let's hope he's wasn't driving.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 29, 2011, 11:25:46 PM
im loaded beyond belief and still are headed to the pub
Little guy is rubbing off on you....possibly in more ways than one.
broken AC units lead to drunken nights.....
I'm up in Philly now. When I was up over Christmas I gave my buddy a bottle of Bookers bourbon to try. I went back with another bottle a couple of nights ago for us. I saw in his office he had 11 empty boxes of the Bookers lying off in a corner shelf. It comes in a wood box. I believe his goal is to collect enough to build a house for Habitat for Humanity. I'm a good influence.
Just got introduced to Bulleit (not a typo) bourbon. Very tasty, and cheaper than Makers.
Thanks for the heads up M. I was at the store the other day and almost bought a bottle of Makers. I'll give this a try.
Quote from: Eagaholic on July 05, 2011, 12:19:37 AM
I'm up in Philly now. When I was up over Christmas I gave my buddy a bottle of Bookers bourbon to try. I went back with another bottle a couple of nights ago for us. I saw in his office he had 11 empty boxes of the Bookers lying off in a corner shelf. It comes in a wood box. I believe his goal is to collect enough to build a house for Habitat for Humanity. I'm a good influence.
Send this man to Hawaii!
Actually tried Makers the other night for the first time. I prefer Bulleit too.
Quote from: Don Ho on July 05, 2011, 12:49:11 AM
Quote from: Eagaholic on July 05, 2011, 12:19:37 AM
I'm up in Philly now. When I was up over Christmas I gave my buddy a bottle of Bookers bourbon to try. I went back with another bottle a couple of nights ago for us. I saw in his office he had 11 empty boxes of the Bookers lying off in a corner shelf. It comes in a wood box. I believe his goal is to collect enough to build a house for Habitat for Humanity. I'm a good influence.
Send this man to Hawaii!
He's a pretty good carpenter when he's not flamable.
I was hoping to get him out here tonight to liven up my neighbors 4th shindig. Tequila about to flow.
Funny, but my friend used to drink tequila before he tried Bookers. I had also turned him onto Patron some time ago. He's the guy who usually takes me to Eagles games, so it's give to give back.
Question, Don - is there any technique to body surfing? A friend of mine did it and a wave came down and drove his head into the sand. He ended up fracturing a vertebra.
Btw, I can never think about going to Hawaii without hearing that I wanna go to Hawaii, YAY!YAY! from Special Ed going through my mind.
Actually there is a technique. Getting slammed into the sand is normal. Its just taken years of bodysurfing to learn how to wipeout and knowing the particular break you're at. I grew up here and when we would bodysurf we try and ride with the curl, sliding east or west - parallel to the shore. When I went to school on the east coast we went up to Hampton Beach in NH for Labor Day weekend and the waves were awesome. Water was cold as crap but the waves were so clean. I got some of my best rides ever and I had no fins. One of my friends said "you're doing it all wrong". They were all going straight in the white wash towards shore. There are a couple of insane breaks not far from my house - Sandy Beach and Makapu'u. Sandy is just straight sick. People get hurt there on a daily basis. You'll see an ambulance pulling in or out of the parking lot 9 times out of 10. It was small today but fun.
I surfed at Sandy Beach using a BZ body board when I was 16. Almost killed myself. At 4-6 feet those waves are nasty. Anything above 6' is ludicrous.
Quote from: Don Ho on July 05, 2011, 01:25:20 AM
Actually there is a technique. Getting slammed into the sand is normal. Its just taken years of bodysurfing to learn how to wipeout and knowing the particular break you're at. I grew up here and when we would bodysurf we try and ride with the curl, sliding east or west - parallel to the shore. When I went to school on the east coast we went up to Hampton Beach in NH for Labor Day weekend and the waves were awesome. Water was cold as crap but the waves were so clean. I got some of my best rides ever and I had no fins. One of my friends said "you're doing it all wrong". They were all going straight in the white wash towards shore. There are a couple of insane breaks not far from my house - Sandy Beach and Makapu'u. Sandy is just straight sick. People get hurt there on a daily basis. You'll see an ambulance pulling in or out of the parking lot 9 times out of 10. It was small today but fun.
Cool, I'll pass it along to my friend. If it takes him years to get it down he'll probably get it by 80 y/o, something to shoot for.
Quote from: Rome on July 05, 2011, 07:35:22 AM
I surfed at Sandy Beach using a BZ body board when I was 16. Almost killed myself. At 4-6 feet those waves are nasty. Anything above 6' is ludicrous.
We've had some good size surf the past few days. I'll forward some sick shtein from Sandy Beach. Some real big stuff due in this weekend. 10+!!!
IGY,
The tequila my friend served the other weekend was called "Senor Rio". Pretty good stuff.
Been making the girls Singapore Slings this summer. Too sweet for me but the chicks dig them.
Big Glass
1 oz grenadine
add crushed ice
2 oz sour mix
1 oz gin
2 oz club soda
1 oz brandy
Throw a cherry and orange slice in and stir.
who are "the girls?" your sheep?
Are you wearing your smoking jacket while mixing and have the cigarette holder thing going?
The girls are my wife and my friends wifes. We throw a lot of parties since we put in the pool.
And no, no smoking jacket.
I was drinking some "Belgian" style 9.2% alcohol beer last night. Local brew. Is it just me, or are the hangovers and intestinal distress disproportionately larger from microbrews? Plus, in other news, I am not a fan of the effects aging has on alcohol tolerance and recovery time. Just saying... All you guys who are in your 40's and over, do you cry about this? It's very sad.
Actually, after barfing at breakfast in Minneapolis with Sarge and Demon, I just stopped getting farged up.
I've been drinking Lord Chesterfield Ale from Yuengling lately.
I dig it.
Quote from: MMH on July 09, 2011, 11:48:37 AM
Actually, after barfing at breakfast in Minneapolis with Sarge and Demon, I just stopped getting farged up.
You probably weren't sick from the alcohol but more likely from having that homeless guy's junk in your mouth the night before.
Pics?
Regrettably, no, I was without my camera.
theres an outside chance of me entering munson type posts tonight
I hate Miller Lite to a degree that I think less of people who drink it. I mean, I know you shouldn't judge people off zesty beer they drink but whatever. Anyway, I was at APC tonight and they had this shtein called Yard beer. Worst shtein I ever tasted. I was begging for a Miller Lite
yards is garbage......as are most micro brews....yards was a direct challneger to kenzo
my god.....hunter pence + the eagles today got it on and crackin
for starters picked up a sixer of my dawgs on the way home from work....
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iwoke up with a wet dick. i feel like i was in the back room of a farmers market or something. she did walk me to an atm before kicking me out though so obv a pro.
nmandi
vince young
hunter pence
pretty cool day that i missed
Hey, you just got some man-Hoyda.
Where are you going to go now?
Quote from: phattymatty on July 30, 2011, 09:00:36 PM
nmandi
vince young
hunter pence
pretty cool day that i missed
the hideki irabu funeral doesnt make up for it?
i told some woman that hideki matsui died yesterday and the lady looked like she wanted to die. then i ate some chicken necks.
Phatty for world president.
I think we could dial back the phatty worship. It's become kind of embarrassing.
LOL
Quote from: Diomedes on July 31, 2011, 10:39:36 AM
I think we could dial back the phatty worship. It's become kind of embarrassing.
Agreed.
top this matty!!
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Those are some sweet ass sixer glasses
the butcher block is half wrong though.. the bottom slots should all be sideways like the top ones so you don't have people putting your sharp knives in edge-down
I think my parents used to have that same knife block.
Quote from: General_Failure on July 31, 2011, 02:28:25 PM
I think my parents used to have that same knife block.
Everyone has a knife block that looks like that.
Quote from: Diomedes on July 31, 2011, 10:39:36 AM
I think we could dial back the phatty worship. It's become kind of embarrassing.
NO
you're losing it. get a knife block that doesn't dull your knives Rome
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great piece on the GOAT cocktail
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/drink/2011/11/the_old_fashioned_a_complete_history_and_guide_to_this_classic_c.html
I thought an old fashioned is a hand job?
Quote from: Tomahawk on November 03, 2011, 02:30:54 PM
I thought an old fashioned is a hand job?
an old fashioned is a blow job from shore
Quote from: Tomahawk on November 03, 2011, 02:30:54 PM
I thought an old fashioned is a hand job?
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Quote from: ice grillin you on November 03, 2011, 02:32:33 PM
Quote from: Tomahawk on November 03, 2011, 02:30:54 PM
I thought an old fashioned is a hand job?
an old fashioned is a blow job from shore
Lol! Nice.
Been drinking this on tap for the past week I've been on vaca. It's from a micro brewery in Annapolis. Pretty tasty.
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I posted about Fordham a couple years back. I went to total wine and they had free samples of it. I forget which ones i tried/liked though. They were decent.
I like most any ale or lager, but this was really good on draft.
That's the same company that own's Ram's Head Tavern on West Street, whatever they call the location on General's Highway that used to be Rudy's, and the movie-theater-cum-nightclub Ram's Head Live in downtown Baltimore.
Their beer is alright, but doesn't compare to Brewer's Art or Heavy Seas, both in Baltimore.
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11.3%, 9%, 7%, 15%
the Theobroma is the only one I've ever had. The Pearl Jam one is some special beer Dogfish Head has put out in honor of Pearl Jam's 20 year anniversary or something.
Now, to be clear: I agree. Fordham makes good beer. Better than most if not all macro-breweries. I just don't think it compares to other locally brewed beers.
Quote from: Munson on November 03, 2011, 06:52:24 PM
The Pearl Jam one is some special beer Dogfish Head has put out in honor of Pearl Jam's 20 year anniversary or something.
We visited the brewery and brewpub a couple of weekends ago. Left with 12 bottles of the stuff.
Have you visited 16 Mile yet?
To tell you the truth, this is only the 2nd time I'm hearing 16 mile. I keep forgetting to look for their stuff at Total Wine too, I've meant to the alst couple times. What's their beer like?
And how's the Pearl Jam stuff? Any good?
The 16 Mile stuff is okay. Nothing spectacular, but still good. We cruised over to the brewery in Georgetown, which was almost too much of a drive for what we got.
The Pearl Jam brew is good. Nothing really freaky. Mild even. Then again, I'm currently drinking a world wide stout.
Haha I still haven't tried that stuff yet. I'm not a big stout guy at all, I don't even like Guinness...but the 18% alcohol makes me want to try it.
The Olde School is 15% and has the light green caps like the WWS and 120 bottles do, so I'm excited to try it. The website and the bottles both recommend aging it a little, so I might keep a bottle of it to the side and save it for a year or so. Any experience with aging beer? What's a good temp/environment to keep it in?
The Immort Ale is supposed to be coming out soon, but Total Wine told me they didn't know of any shipments they were getting which sucks. I had that stuff at Timothy's Newark on draft and it was delicious. Apparently the owner there is good friends with Sam so he gets a lot of stuff other bars don't...which is true, since I've seen they've had Immort Ale and My Antonia on tap there before, and they're also one of the few bars to get 120 kegs anymore it seems.
My old boss surfs with Sam all the time.
I think I've had the Immort, but it's lost in my aging memory banks.
I picked up a couple of WWS bottles whenever I visited Total Wine (the one in Claymont is just ridiculous!). I had one at the tailgate on Sunday. I was going to celebrate International Stout Day with a Kalamazoo Stout, but then I remembered that I had the WWS.
I'm not a huge fan of the 120. Probably sacrilege, but while I like a good IPA, that 120 is just too crazy strong.
As far as aging goes, I haven't gone out of the way to age 'em for the sake of aging. It's more like the fact that between the kids and I, we have a bunch of one-off bottles in the garage, and we drink 'em when we're in the mood. Lately they've been neglected because the boy got a kegerator, and he has a sixtel of Punkin and a sixtel of Sahtea. (Like I said before, it would be a dangerous thing if I lived in Sussex County.) I'm pretty sure that as long as the temp doesn't get too extreme, and you keep the light away, they should age pretty nicely.
Haha the Claymont one is where I do my shopping too, decided to go there today and buy myself the birthday presents I posted in that pic. They almost always seem to have the World Wide Stout in stock. I've tried a bunch of other beers thanks to that place too. Still looking for Legacy Brewing's "Brown Aled Girl"...I had it at Firewaters once and havn't been able to find it since. Claymont Total Wine told me once they were expecting a shipment of it, and then never got it in. Sad times.
I love 120, it's just too heavy to have more then 2. Then again, if you have 2, you're probably down for the count anyway :-D But they just make me feel so full, which is my only complaint.
My bank account would be emptier then it already is if I lived near the Dogfish brewpub. I'm praying every day they decide to open one up here in North Wilmington. They'd get so much business if they did. When I finally enter the real world, I'll probably go the way of your son and buy a kegerator and just buy kegs of Dogfish to have at all times.
The great thing about our weekend is that we stayed at the motel that is literally 2 doors from the brewpub. Drink and stagger home is the way to go. My son and I closed the place on Friday night. I think the employees wanted us to get the hell out, but we nursed our beers as long a possible.
Quote from: Diomedes on November 03, 2011, 06:49:32 PM
That's the same company that own's Ram's Head Tavern on West Street, whatever they call the location on General's Highway that used to be Rudy's, and the movie-theater-cum-nightclub Ram's Head Live in downtown Baltimore.
Their beer is alright, but doesn't compare to Brewer's Art or Heavy Seas, both in Baltimore.
Well I'll most definitly have to try those two if you think they beat Fordhams. They must be really good.
Brewer's Art just started selling their signature brew, "Resurrection Ale," in cans. You might be able to find it on the Shore in a large store that stocks specialty stuff. I think Heavy Seas has broader distribution than Brewer's Art, so it should be easier to find. The Heavy Seas beer I know best is called Loose Cannon. Very good.
If you're ever in Baltimore, the Brewer's Art bar/restaurant is a great place and of course they have several of their beers on tap. My favorite of theirs is called "Ozzy."
Be warned. Their alcohol content is higher than most.
It was touch and go Tuesday morning.
Margaritas are good.
Quote from: MMH on November 04, 2011, 08:07:10 AM
Be warned. Their alcohol content is higher than most.
It was touch and go Tuesday morning.
I usually wait til lunch for the stronger brews. Try a nice lager for breakfast. I don't like Fosters all that much but for some reason it goes well with oatmeal.
I love drinking in the morning, drunk at 2. Followed by a nap. Then dinner and early to bed.
F'n nice day.
there really is nothing better than daytime drinking...of course like an idiot i always carry it to the next morning
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Never had the Hellhound. The Immort I had once on tap. Can't remember how much I liked it, so I think I liked it :-D
Where is that brewed?
Dogfish Head is a Delaware brewery, and I would probably guess one of the more famous "small" craft beer breweries. They had a show on one of those Discovery Channels for a while, and they're beer is pretty widely distributed. Not sure how much of it, if any, makes it out to CA though.
If you're into beer that's a bit different, and strong, you'd like it. The Burton Baton is 10%, the Hellound is 10%, and the Immort is 11%.
Quote from: Munson on November 23, 2011, 01:59:21 PM
Dogfish Head is a Delaware brewery, and I would probably guess one of the more famous "small" craft beer breweries. They had a show on one of those Discovery Channels for a while, and they're beer is pretty widely distributed. Not sure how much of it, if any, makes it out to CA though.
If you're into beer that's a bit different, and strong, you'd like it. The Burton Baton is 10%, the Hellound is 10%, and the Immort is 11%.
I've had dogfish head beers before, but I've never seen any of those.
They're more widely distributed ones are 60 Minute and 90 minute IPA, Midas Touch, among a few others. That picture is beers that are only brewed and released a couple times a year. I think the Immort Ale is only released once a year. Easy to find here in DE, probably not so much the further away you get. Though I have a friend who lives in Chicago who frequents a bar that gets some of their other harder to find brews.
Some of the more limited beers from Dogfish only come out in the larger "bomber" bottles. I scored a bottle of Black and Blue, and I'm hoping to enjoy it before long. We also have a bunch of different limited release stuff. It's actually starting to build up to the point where the bottles are getting in the way. We're going to have to actually drink 'em, I suppose.
It's kind of fanboy-ish to just collect them, don't you think? Cheers!
Quote from: Munson on November 23, 2011, 01:59:21 PM
Dogfish Head is a Delaware brewery, and I would probably guess one of the more famous "small" craft beer breweries. They had a show on one of those Discovery Channels for a while, and they're beer is pretty widely distributed. Not sure how much of it, if any, makes it out to CA though.
If you're into beer that's a bit different, and strong, you'd like it. The Burton Baton is 10%, the Hellound is 10%, and the Immort is 11%.
I'll send you a six pack each of Longboard Lager and Primo Beer for some of that! I think Seabiscuit told me about Dogfish Brewery as I have heard of it.
i drink tanqueray and tonics all the time, like a liter a week, but wanted to change things up so i got hendricks gin this week. add cucumber slices instead of lime juice and its pretty delicious. super smooth.
my favorite gin was a Tanqueray variety called Malacca. Cancelled ten years ago or so.
I'm drinking mostly bourbon these days but god damn I love gin.
hmmm never heard of that and ive been a tanqueray guy for years. sometimes i get the rangpur bottle which is basically just pre-limed but i've never seen that one.
guy at the store tried to get me to buy a bottle called bulldog but i passed.
nm just looked it up, discontinued in 2004. i was just getting into my gin days at that time.
Quote from: Don Ho on November 24, 2011, 06:46:20 PM
Quote from: Munson on November 23, 2011, 01:59:21 PM
Dogfish Head is a Delaware brewery, and I would probably guess one of the more famous "small" craft beer breweries. They had a show on one of those Discovery Channels for a while, and they're beer is pretty widely distributed. Not sure how much of it, if any, makes it out to CA though.
If you're into beer that's a bit different, and strong, you'd like it. The Burton Baton is 10%, the Hellound is 10%, and the Immort is 11%.
I'll send you a six pack each of Longboard Lager and Primo Beer for some of that! I think Seabiscuit told me about Dogfish Brewery as I have heard of it.
Haha I'm not quite sure what the price or logistics of shipping beer overseas would be, but maybe SB or Sus would be able to hook you up?
Hendricks is good stuff :yay
A local store has Guinness draught in the 15oz cans for $10.71 a case :yay ;D
Hey Sus and anyone else interested...according to DFH's twitter, 120 minute IPA is shipping out to wholesalers and bars this week. :yay
Are you a dogfishead fanboy or what?
Yes.
And, a follower on twitter
Really, after chugging cheap light beer through my late teens/early 20's, I just got sick of crappy light tasting beer. Plus it takes way too much (like 5-6+ cans) just to get any type of light buzz on with that shtein. And my stomach can't handle putting that much liquid in it anymore, so I've moved to liquor and strong craft beers so I can drink smaller amounts and get the same desired effect. They taste a hell of a lot better, and Dogfish is just easy to find here in DE/I know I like it.
We had a couple of 120s from our trip last month. It's almost too much for me, but I'll have one once in a while. Hopefully they solved their contamination issues for good.
Last night I opened a bottle of Affligem Noel that I picked up at Total Wine. Not bad. Interesting spices in it, and just enough sweetness to support the ABV. Not an everyday beer, but a nice seasonal change of pace.
its a beautiful thing--quietly passed last week
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/Pennsylvania-LCB-Delivers-Alcohol-Right-to-Your-Door-134774828.html (http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/Pennsylvania-LCB-Delivers-Alcohol-Right-to-Your-Door-134774828.html)
MmmmHop! (http://www.dawn.com/2011/12/03/boy-band-hanson-to-launch-beer.html)
I guess it makes sense since their fans from back in the day are finally old enough to drink now.
Quote from: Diomedes on November 25, 2011, 09:14:29 PM
my favorite gin was a Tanqueray variety called Malacca. Cancelled ten years ago or so.
I'm drinking mostly bourbon these days but god damn I love gin.
I was traveling back from Denver last month and upgraded to first class. Late evening connecting flight out of SF so most everyone was asleep. I was one of the few enjoying the free libations so the crew was taking good care of me. I was in the mood for a Gin & Tonic so the flight attendant said they had Bombay Saphire. Good shtein. Hadn't had Bombay Gin in some time so it was quite satisfying.
I get the Saphire 1.75 L for $29 on sale. One of the best liquor deals doing.
Fanboy-Gasm
18%, 4.5%, 18%
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I love how they put the bright green "holy shtein" caps on the high ABV stuff.
The ta henket sounds pretty interesting. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.
I picked up a bomber of Stone Double bastich. Whew, is that hoppy! But it's still pretty damned good. We have a gigantic (3 liter) bottle of the stuff that I found this time last year. We just need enough people around who would appreciate the hops for more than a few sips...
I tried that stuff at Firewaters a couple years back...good god. Hoppy doesn't even do it justice lol
The Claymont Total Wine had them tonight Sus, but they were tucked in that section where all the cases are to the right of the beer isle when you walk in. I was pissed because I couldn't find it (after finding a ton of 120 and only a couple bottles of the Fort sitting there)...then before I left figured I'd walk through those piles of cases they have and found a bunch of it.
I have a feeling it's gonna be "just another Dogfish" to me (as in nothing that separates it like Immort or 120 or Theobroma in terms of taste), but I still love trying everything they do.
just trying this tonight for the first time....really potent shtein but also really good...kind of like a rye moonshine....
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sounds delicious, hipster
my current standby, neat at my left hand as I type. gun farging slinger.
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how much is that
21 or 22 for a fifth.
i wish i did
like on some mad men steeze
but i dont like shtein neat....
in fact other than gm i dont farg with anything neat
disclaimer: i despise scotch which is the ultimate neat drink
It's alright, you'll learn to love them all neat eventually.
Grand Marnier after dinner is the only dessert I ever order. The higher marques are fantastic too, but my god the cost.
I think scotch is best with a little splash of water. It opens it up. Most of the scotch makers drink it like that.
One of the rare times I got violently ill from alcohol was from scotch and beer as a teen and couldn't tolerate even the smell for decades. About three years ago really started getting into it though and love it now. Igy you might be surprised with a non smokey one like macallan 12yr old with some ice cold water. Beautiful malt flavor and very smooth.
i got a rando package today from some dude i kind of work with all the time in new york, and it ended up being a 2002 dom perignon. i have not checked but thats at least a $200 bottle.
gonna blast it with my mom xmas morning.
What is there not to love about Matty?
Make this man a Saint. Now.
Quote from: Eagaholic on December 24, 2011, 12:21:09 AM
I think scotch is best with a little splash of water. It opens it up. Most of the scotch makers drink it like that.
One of the rare times I got violently ill from alcohol was from scotch and beer as a teen and couldn't tolerate even the smell for decades. About three years ago really started getting into it though and love it now. Igy you might be surprised with a non smokey one like macallan 12yr old with some ice cold water. Beautiful malt flavor and very smooth.
ive tried a dozen different scotches....both really high end and average and i physically cant get any of them down....trust me i wanna like scotch but its straight up putrid
matty... $120 (http://www.plummarket.com/wine/2002-moet-et-chandon-dom-perignon.html?p_id=8839&utm_source=google+product&utm_medium=winefeed&utm_term=8110554057&utm_campaign=food+beverages+tobacco+beverages+wine&utm_content=2002+moet+et+chandon+dom+perignon&v_traceback=c1223_2120_f1224_0003)
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 24, 2011, 11:00:05 AM
Quote from: Eagaholic on December 24, 2011, 12:21:09 AM
I think scotch is best with a little splash of water. It opens it up. Most of the scotch makers drink it like that.
One of the rare times I got violently ill from alcohol was from scotch and beer as a teen and couldn't tolerate even the smell for decades. About three years ago really started getting into it though and love it now. Igy you might be surprised with a non smokey one like macallan 12yr old with some ice cold water. Beautiful malt flavor and very smooth.
ive tried a dozen different scotches....both really high end and average and i physically cant get any of them down....trust me i wanna like scotch but its straight up putrid
I don't know why you want to like it. It tastes like I imagine a dirty foot would taste, but whatever.
tried tequila for the first time last night, cabo wabo.
not bad although the whole lick, drink, suck thing gets tiring.
sip fine tequila neat..the lime and all that is a gimmick
Quote from: Diomedes on December 24, 2011, 01:29:24 PM
sip fine tequila neat..the lime and all that is a gimmick
This. Totally.
BTW, just tapped a sixtel of this:
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Damn...it's really dark shtein. (but damn, it's good)
sixtel? you gonna make me look that up, or you wanna save me the trouble?
Just smaller kegs, pretty much.
I suspected something like that, since he said "tapped." Thnks.
There's really no other way to describe it. Just look like the offspring of keg sex.
Sorry for the lingo. It's a 1/6 of a barrel; standard size for microbrew kegs.
got a bottle of dom in the mail yesterday from a co-worker. i figure that will cost about $50 for every minute the bottle lasts once open.
dom is terrible shtein....id much rather have a 9.99 bottle of korbel
fraud
sorry buddy my pallet dont have the high post standards that yours does......not sure what else to say
fyi
my brother gave me some good shtein today for xmas...some more moonshine....baby bourbon style...and a mason jar of some homemade liquor he did in his apartment
nye is gonna be sickening
Quote from: phattymatty on December 24, 2011, 02:59:35 AM
i got a rando package today from some dude i kind of work with all the time in new york, and it ended up being a 2002 dom perignon. i have not checked but thats at least a $200 bottle.
gonna blast it with my mom xmas morning.
Quote from: phattymatty on December 24, 2011, 06:44:51 PM
got a bottle of dom in the mail yesterday from a co-worker. i figure that will cost about $50 for every minute the bottle lasts once open.
Um...
haha wow. merry christmas.
We drank mamosas this morning. I spent less than $5 on the oj and champagne combined. Allah bless America.
We had them as well. I was going to get decent champagne but I got Korbel & orange juice from a place down here called Loveland Groves. It's the best tasting orange juice I've ever had. Anyway, between the sugar from the drinks and the salt from the ham, potato salad, green bean casserole, etc. I think I feel a mild stroke coming on.
Yay!
I use Freixenet when I make mimosas.
I got the flu on friday, and drank a total of 1 glass of wine and 2 beers all weekend. Might be an all time holiday record since i was 17
I've been drunk since Friday. My stomach is raw as shtein today.
ditto. i feel like i wiped my ass with steel wool.
Doing a double Beamer/honey/and Gingerale to try and calm this sore throat. Its hilarous how many people are drunks and want to konw what booze helps best to medicate them, and cure them.
My mom is visiting for the holidays. She doesn't drink much but when she does partake she prefers Windsor and Gingerale. So I picked a bottle of Windsor and have been sipping on it for a couple of days now. It tastes like sandpaper and ass straight but mixed with a little Gingerale is tasty.
I've never even heard of that.
How's all the stuff you left at her house doing?
By "all the stuff," I assume you are referring to my Willies and GI Joes?
And all the other crap you've mentioned over the years. Slot car racing sets, your gay sister, etc.
I've been drinking this great drink called Jack Daniels. I take a glass, put three ice cubes in it, pour some coke in it, pour in a shot of Jack Daniels, hand that to my wife and drink the rest of the bottle. Its really very delightful.
there arent many things in life better than the cherry at the end of an old fashioned
this girl called red wine "purple mouthed cry juice" today and it made me laugh.
for women, that's exactly what it is
put on some Tori Amos get your Shiraz on, and cry cry cry
I kind of like them.
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does anyone know if ouzo is an acceptable replacement for pernod as a cocktail ingrediant
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 12, 2012, 08:31:30 PM
does anyone know if ouzo is an acceptable replacement for pernod as a cocktail ingrediant
Yeah, you should be good. You can also try Ricard or Herbsaint or anisette.
Not a fan of Pernod or just dont have it on hand?
no i like it....i just ran out
QuoteA new beer maker has surged ahead to become the largest in America -- and it probably isn't the one you think.
Anheuser-Busch, the maker of the No. 1 beer Bud Light? Nope. That's a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD -2.25%), which is based in Belgium.
How about MillerCoors, which makes No. 2 beer Coors Light? Nope. MillerCoors is a joint venture of London's SABMiller (SBMRY -2.67%) and Molson Coors (TAP -1.70%), which operates out of Montreal and Denver.
The biggest U.S. brewer is now D.G. Yuengling and Son, based in Pottsville, Pa., the Allentown Morning Call reports. Yuengling saw shipments soar 16.9% last year to 2.5 million barrels. As a result, it barely squeaked into first place, surpassing Sam Adams maker Boston Beer (SAM +0.52%), which rose 8% to 2.4 million barrels.
"It just floors me that so much of our beer industry is owned by foreign concerns," Dick Yuengling, the brewery's fifth-generation owner, told the Morning Call. "We were not in any race to be the largest domestically owned brewer, but it's a tremendous honor for us."
And Yuengling's sales will likely increase for 2012 because it just started selling beer in its 14th state, Ohio, the Morning Call reported.
Yuengling's growth is even more remarkable because the industry has been in a prolonged slide. Total beer shipments fell by 1.4% last year, Advertising Age reported.
The beer industry saw another shakeup last year: Coors Light surpassed Budweiser to become the No. 2 beer. It was the first time in decades that Anheuser-Busch hasn't controlled the top two beers in the country.
I haven't had it for a while but i remember Yeungling lager being a pretty good domestic beer for the money. Have to get a 6 again to see if its changed.
I've been drinking lots of Jack Daniels, various bourbons and some outstanding scotch lately. After years of avoiding hard liquor this new trend in my behavior is both troubling and awesome.
If you're disciplined and stick with it, you lose the troubling part and it just becomes awesome.
Btw, any good bourbons or scotch to recommend? I've been on a Bookers kick for a while, it's usually that or Jack, which is great at $32 for a 1.75L.
its not cheap but i really like hudson baby bourbon
The bourbon that really gave me a rager is Blanton's single barrel. It was a birthday gift and the shtein is farging delicious. The scotch I've been drinking is Lagavulin 16 which is generally accepted as a great scotch. I don't know either liquor well enough to have a discerning palate but Lagavulin is very smokey/peaty and utterly delicious.
Just when I was about to point out rusty's typo, he edited it. Damn it all to hell
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 16, 2012, 04:17:46 PM
its not cheap but i really like hudson baby bourbon
Ill keep an eye out. I don't mind paying for a good bottle as long as I feel it's worth it, I'm just dont like the ones that you pay a lot more for something marginally better, although of course some of that is a matter of taste too.
Quote from: rjs246 on January 16, 2012, 04:40:21 PM
The bourbon that really gave me a rager is Blanton's single barrel. It was a birthday gift and the shtein is farging delicious. The scotch I've been drinking is Lagavulin 16 which is generally accepted as a great scotch. I don't know either liquor well enough to have a discerning palate but Lagavulin is very smokey/peaty and utterly delicious.
My tastes have changed from the peaty types of scotch. Now I'm a big fan of Macallan. The 12 year is rich and very smooth with a great malt flavor but no real peat. For a splurge the Mac 18 is awesome. Gonna have to check out Blantons.
IGY, I decided to try and actually drink something that isnt on the rocks or straight. What type of bourbon would you recommend for an Old Fashioned
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on January 18, 2012, 12:38:46 PM
IGY, I decided to try and actually drink something that isnt on the rocks or straight. What type of bourbon would you recommend for an Old Fashioned
i prefer rye to bourbon....or a blended whiskey
i usually make them with old overholt
but if going bourbon id just stick to a beam or something along those lines...imo an old fashioned doesnt require a top notch bottle...in fact i dont hesitate to make them with canadian club....imperial or even philadelphia
Ok, how do you guys make the jump to bourbon, whiskey, etc.
Did you guys just run out of beer and that was all that was left?
i hate the taste of beer so it was easy for me
im probably not the person to ask about it tho as im definitely not a connoisseur...i dont drink liquor without a mixer like it seems most people here do...my recommendation would be to buy some rot got blended whiskey and mix with a coke big gulp...thats how i got started
buy a few different bottles, and each night get shteinfaced drunk on a different one.
the bottle which tasted the best and left the least of a hangover wins.
IGY, the coke big gulp sounds like a good idea. If that doesn't work, I'll go to plan B as DH recommended.
there's no reason to ruin good scotch by adding 144 ounces of flat soda. go with plan b and thank me later.
plan c is if scotch was found to cure aids then you should die of pneumonia....shtein is ungawdly awful and if your first forray into the world of liquor is thru scotch you will never get any further...
yeah, tried scotch once and wanted throw up
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 18, 2012, 03:27:01 PM
plan c is if scotch was found to cure aids then you should die of pneumonia....shtein is ungawdly awful and if your first forray into the world of liquor is thru scotch you will never get any further...
Scotch is whiskey that was made in Scotland. All scotch is whiskey although not all whiskey is scotch.
Quote from: SunMo on January 18, 2012, 03:29:21 PM
yeah, tried scotch once and wanted throw up
Were you twelve? This is the most vaginastic statement I've read since Bud Lime.
well, at least since I read this gem
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 18, 2012, 02:41:49 PMi hate the taste of beer
:-D
Thanks IGY, wasnt sure if it was worth putting good bourbon in or not.
And for scotch, start off with 5 fingers work your way down to none, so the opposite of your sex life hbionic.
lol
Anyone ever have Patron XO cafe?
shtein is too good. Highly recommend it.
Quote from: SD on January 18, 2012, 05:29:12 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 18, 2012, 03:27:01 PM
plan c is if scotch was found to cure aids then you should die of pneumonia....shtein is ungawdly awful and if your first forray into the world of liquor is thru scotch you will never get any further...
Scotch is whiskey that was made in Scotland. All scotch is whiskey although not all whiskey is scotch.
yeah i know this...but what does it have to do with scotch tasting like feces
and im with sunny except i can barely even smell the stuff without dry heaving
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on January 18, 2012, 06:28:30 PM
Thanks IGY, wasnt sure if it was worth putting good bourbon in or not.
not that it matters and if you like bourbon better use it but a true old fashioned is made with rye....i happen to prefer rye over bourbon anyway
as for the quality of the booze it may be worth it to you...i personally know several people who would punch me in the face for saying it isnt...i just think when you are muddling and mixing like you do with an OF its not that important....other people say well its still 90% liquor being used so it should be good stuff....cant really argue with that but i dont need it
Tequila and Vodka is as crazy as I get...unless Sarge comes around with his Maker's Mark bottle (which we still have in our kitchen...untouched).
I don't have enough hair on my chest to drink that shtein. I'll stick to craft beers.
tequila is more evil than any whiskey imo
Whiskey tastes like shtein and so does every other liquor. Doesn't mean I won't get farged up drinking Crown & Coke or Captain & Gingers all night, but still, it tastes like alcohol.
i feel the same exact way but replace liquor with beer
Anyone who things Dogfish 90 minute tastes like Yuengling tastes like Bud Light has definitely never actually drank beer with an open mind...but look who we're talking about here
I usually stick to rum when it comes to liquor, but I also enjoy gin and Southern Comfort...whatever the hell that counts as
Chuggy...any good west coast beers that you think might make it all the way out here to tiny DE? I've been looking to expand my horizons but I've been unable to find anything new I really enjoy in a while. Just been on a Dogfish kick. Which you should try to get your hands on, BTW, if you haven't already.
I generally like dark/amber/brown beers that don't taste as dark as they look...when the hops are balanced out by the malt, and aren't stouts. I've tried so many times to get into stouts but I have yet to find one I like.
+1 to IGY for the rye advice. -1 for missing the boat on good scotch.
Munson, have you ever tried any of the Russian River ales? They make some of the best IPAs out there.
I don't think so...definitely don't recognize the name. I tried so many beers at the bar but I still recognize names when I hear them.
I used to try all my beers at Firewaters up in PA but they went wayyyy downhill with their beer selection these days. I gotta check out the new Gastropub that just opened up in Branmar Plaza, they claim to have 24 craft beers on tap.
I got a bottle of Rye a little while ago called Redemption.
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the newest addition to my liquor cabinet came from a friend who went to the Galapagos Islands a couple weeks ago and brought this from Ecuador:
(http://netzhumir.galeon.com/reposado1.jpg)
I don't know what it is but I'm going to start drinking it tonight.
I was in Firewaters the weekend of the beer fest in Kennett Square. Pretty interesting place, but too Hooters-ish for me.
The one I'm looking for is called Pliny the Elder. I'm not sure where to get it on tap, but I see from the Russian River website that it's sold at Brewers Outlet on 202, and also at Waywood Beverage in Kennett. Funny to think that you'd have to wander into PA - and buy and entire case - to try it.
Quote from: Diomedes on January 18, 2012, 08:01:05 PM
the newest addition to my liquor cabinet came from a friend who went to the Galapagos Islands a couple weeks ago and brought this from Ecuador:
(http://netzhumir.galeon.com/reposado1.jpg)
I don't know what it is but I'm going to start drinking it tonight.
Looks like a nice tequila to me. I'm interested in seeing how it works for you.
Quote from: Rome on January 18, 2012, 07:18:11 PM
Whiskey tastes like shtein and so does every other liquor. Doesn't mean I won't get farged up drinking Crown & Coke or Captain & Gingers all night, but still, it tastes like alcohol.
Crown has been my choice of drink for 4 years now. Go to a bar-its Crown with a splash. I've become infatuated with the taste of Crown Black.
Quote from: reese125 on January 18, 2012, 06:56:06 PM
Anyone ever have Patron XO cafe?
shtein is too good. Highly recommend it.
Might as well drink Kahlua
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on January 18, 2012, 08:03:22 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on January 18, 2012, 08:01:05 PM
the newest addition to my liquor cabinet came from a friend who went to the Galapagos Islands a couple weeks ago and brought this from Ecuador:
(http://netzhumir.galeon.com/reposado1.jpg)
I don't know what it is but I'm going to start drinking it tonight.
Looks like a nice tequila to me. I'm interested in seeing how it works for you.
Tastes like some kind of rum.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on January 18, 2012, 08:01:42 PM
I was in Firewaters the weekend of the beer fest in Kennett Square. Pretty interesting place, but too Hooters-ish for me.
The one I'm looking for is called Pliny the Elder. I'm not sure where to get it on tap, but I see from the Russian River website that it's sold at Brewers Outlet on 202, and also at Waywood Beverage in Kennett. Funny to think that you'd have to wander into PA - and buy and entire case - to try it.
Yeah a few years ago when I first turned 21, the one down the street from Duffers Pub was a bit more....low key for lack of a better term. Now they've become more and more hooters-y and the beer selections have become predictable and not interesting. They do get Mad Elf every year though so that's worth it.
The beer I've been trying to find is Bavarian Barbarian Headbangerz Brown Ale...they used to have it at FW (replaced it with the IPA which isn't as good) and according to the site the closest place to me I'll find it is some distributor in Philly somewhere....everywhere else is out near Williamsport.
Quote from: Tomahawk on January 18, 2012, 08:11:40 PM
Quote from: reese125 on January 18, 2012, 06:56:06 PM
Anyone ever have Patron XO cafe?
shtein is too good. Highly recommend it.
Might as well drink Kahlua
no way. it mght have a somehwhat similar taste as kahlua but the shtein is just friggin so smooth for a tequila....add the 70 proof and coffee taste to it and its butter to me.
except for chicks (and romey) sipping captain who drinks 70 proof liquor?
oh my bad... its 160 proof or bust.
ride or die brah
you are the whitest girl ever
stop being scared your whole whole life
Quote from: Diomedes on January 18, 2012, 08:13:31 PM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on January 18, 2012, 08:03:22 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on January 18, 2012, 08:01:05 PM
the newest addition to my liquor cabinet came from a friend who went to the Galapagos Islands a couple weeks ago and brought this from Ecuador:
(http://netzhumir.galeon.com/reposado1.jpg)
I don't know what it is but I'm going to start drinking it tonight.
Looks like a nice tequila to me. I'm interested in seeing how it works for you.
Tastes like some kind of rum.
That would make sense from from Ecuador. Looks pretty dark for a reposado. Hope you dont end up with a patch over an eye.
Good quality sippin rum is the most under rated liquor in the world. Absolutely delicious. Great on the rocks (scotch not so much, better with a splash of cold water - up to 10 splashes if you're a wuss).
I'd encourage anyone to try El Dorado 15 year old rum, great quality stuff from Guyana . Blows away most of the other 10 - 12 rums (rhums) I got in my bar. Zaya 12 yr gran reserva from Trinidad is also sumptuous and reasonable at $29/bottle though it is slightly sweet. Morgan is for kids and bacardi is for mixing.
Nothing beats a couple captain and oj's in the morning to get you ready for a tough day of work
or lines of candy
Local watering hole in Harrisburg is opening back up after being closed for months (they had a fire back in October). My kid just sent a cell phone pic from one of the bar areas:
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absinthe is a good drink to have after you've brushed your teeth before bed but then decide you still want to drink some more.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on January 20, 2012, 05:37:37 PM
Local watering hole in Harrisburg is opening back up after being closed for months (they had a fire back in October). My kid just sent a cell phone pic from one of the bar areas:
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Holy shtein. There is not one bar outside of the brewpub that is stacked like that. I've asked them on twitter a few times to open up a 2nd bar up north...fargers
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I've never tried it. Any thoughts? The "unexpected" infusion of cucumber and rose petals? Yikes.
QuoteHendrick's Gin is a handcrafted gin distilled from a proprietary recipe which includes traditional botanicals such as juniper, coriander, and citrus peel. The "unexpected" infusion of cucumber and rose petals result in a most iconoclastic gin."
Some people love it, but not me. I don't mix iconoclasm with gin. As I've said, Tanqueray Malacca was my favorite. These days, I'm drinking plain old Seagrams, because of The Poverty. The cucumber is unmistakable in Hendricks, but it's not overpowering..it's still a gin and tastes like one...with a waft of rosy cucumber.
It's a great bottle.
yeah dont pay attention to the hendricks description...its just trying to be different....it tastes like gin
A buddy picked up a bottle of Black Eagle bourbon at Total Wine a few weeks ago. It's pretty nice. Not a lot of distinguishing character other than its smoothness. Still, for $10 a bottle, it's seems like a great everyday sipper.
Figured I'd turn to the drinkers.
In a few weeks, we're going to be hosting a different sort of party than we usually do. I'm going to move the furniture and bring in some bar tables, have someone walk around with hor'dourves, have a live music, etc. I'll set up some sort of bar and do the usual been/wine/soda thing, but I was thinking of offering some cocktails with harder booze. I'm not set up to do a fully stocked bar, so what would you lushes recommend for that sort of thing?
The idea is to serve beer and wine, plus a selection of a couple particular cocktails (not a full bar)? Is there a theme of any kind to this party?
Know your audience. Who's going? Family, friends, clients? Get a feel for what people are into.
yeah or just print out a menu list of exotic named drinks that in reality aren't that exotic.
couple brown liquors, couple clear liquors and a bunch of mixers.
also do mojitos for the ladies.
Like the:
'Ragin Cajun Spicy Jumbalaya-tini (regular red martini)
or
Urine of God (Vodka and orange juice)
or
Middle-Earth Artic River Blue (Ice+Vodka)
Thanks for the tips. Not really a theme, unless you consider making people keep their kids at home a theme. Maybe a bar theme, since that's the sort of vibe we'll go for, but I think the bar tables and music will help get to that.
the important factor is are you trying to make real cocktails such as manhattans dackerys martinis brandy alexanders old fashioneds ect....or are you just trying to do rum n cokes gin and tonics
if you are just keeping it simple then get bottles of rum gin bourbon vodka and mixers coke...diet coke....ginger ale...tonic....soda...juices (orange cranberry and pineapple is what id do)...soda
if you are trying to get more intricate then in addition youll need brandy kahluah baileys sweet and dry vermouth...cointreau...bitters....sugar cubes...half and half...
probably will want some quality bar materials as well...a good muddler...a shaker...one of those hand held juicer johnsons...long spoon
dont forget plenty of lemons and limes....also need marachino cherries....ive seen people get cocktail onions but thats awful
most important of all the biggest mistake you can make is not getting enough ice...nothing more annoying than being at a party and running out of ice...when you think you have enough ice at the store get two more bags
oh another nice touch is get some good quality plastic stirrers...and get the ones with one sharp end...that way people can use them to pick up the fruit and at the same time stir their drinks...cocktail napkins as well
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 25, 2012, 08:42:36 AM
the important factor is are you trying to make real cocktails such as manhattans dackerys martinis brandy alexanders old fashioneds ect....or are you just trying to do rum n cokes gin and tonics
Not sure why I find that so funny since I'm all for phonetic spelling
i couldnt properly spell that word without looking it up if my live depended on it...just one of those words ive never been able to get and gave up trying long ago
Quote from: Zanshin on January 24, 2012, 03:08:33 PM
Figured I'd turn to the drinkers.
In a few weeks, we're going to be hosting a different sort of party than we usually do. I'm going to move the furniture and bring in some bar tables, have someone walk around with hor'dourves, have a live music, etc. I'll set up some sort of bar and do the usual been/wine/soda thing, but I was thinking of offering some cocktails with harder booze. I'm not set up to do a fully stocked bar, so what would you lushes recommend for that sort of thing?
If you keep all of the ingredients for a Long Island Iced Tea available, then you'll have your rum, tequilla, gin and vodka drinkers covered. Oh, and your LIT drinkers will be happy as well. All that's left is some whisky or bourbon and a variety of mixers and you've got everything you need. Might want to grab some peach and/or peppermint schnapps for the ladies.
Oh, don't forget the mini umbrellas and the tiny plastic swords.
Also, who is bartending this thing? Or are you just setting the booze out and letting people make whatever they want? If you've got someone covering the bar, then you might also want to print out some sort of "drink menu" since you're going to have a limited variety of alcohol.
Cool. I'll most likely hire someone to do the bar, provided I can find someone who will work cheap ;-).
Find a local bartending school and ask one of the kids if he wants a little extra practice. I'd offer no more than $50 for the evening and he can put out a tip jar. You know your friends better than I do, so if you think they'd tip him handsomely, then I'd go lower than $50. Also, be sure to put the word out in advance that a bartender will be present and even though it's open bar, the bartender is working for tips.
I'd pay the kid $75, set aside another $25 for a tip if he's good, give him (and stick to) set hours (from say 6 to 10) and I'd tell my guests to keep their money in their pockets, the party is on me.
But see, I'm classy like that. When I host a party, you don't have to bring money.
I'm with Dio. Seriously, we're dating.
But seriously, I like Dio's method of payment, otherwise, you're one step above a BYOB. I do like the idea of plucking a student from a school for practice.
Haha, I'd never let anyone pay money at a party at my house.
Though it's also entirely possible that I'd do beer, wine, sangria, margaritas, shots, simple mixes, and call it a day, depending on who I dig up who wants to work the bar.
Quote from: Diomedes on January 25, 2012, 03:01:42 PM
I'd pay the kid $75, set aside another $25 for a tip if he's good, give him (and stick to) set hours (from say 6 to 10) and I'd tell my guests to keep their money in their pockets, the party is on me.
But see, I'm classy like that. When I host a party, you don't have to bring money.
This isnt a bad idea either but I don't think it matters if it's a private party or not. If a bartender pours me a drink, I'm going to tip him whether I paid for the drink or not. I'm looking as gthistles party as being no different than say a wedding reception. As a guest, I didn't pay for dinner or my drinks but I'm still tipping the help. I don't look at that as an "expense" on my part, just complimenting the person on their service. If gthistle wants to tip the guy as well, that's fine but drinkers should always tip their bartender.
how about just set a up a wet bar and let the adults make their own cocktails like every other grown up house party ever held...this isnt a wedding at a country club spalding
Probably because it's a more "formal" party. Doesn't sound like coat and tie formal, but definitely not your typical house party.
I, for one, am anxiously awaiting an invite via Facebook.
Also possible. But I'm trying to get away from the "every other grown up house party ever held" spalding.
The music will be the cool thing, I think...drinks of any kind will go well.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on January 25, 2012, 03:41:20 PM
Probably because it's a more "formal" party. Doesn't sound like coat and tie formal, but definitely not your typical house party.
I, for one, am anxiously awaiting an invite via Facebook.
Right. Hey, if you weren't in CA, it would be a possibility. You could bring my wife an envelope of money and shave pubes for her birthday. That's what I'm getting her.
IN!
Shhh...most people on here probably think my wife is a troll. Don't ruin it for them.
thanks to the magic of facebook, we know she's hot as balls, and I for one can't wait to attend your classy swinger party
That's the first thing my buddy said-- "where's the bowl where we put the keys?"
I thought about the people who would be invited and realized that it would bad bet for me. No bowl.
OUT!
Given the amount of booze you'll be pouring out for your guests, you might want to collect keys for other reasons entirely.
Thought about that...we'll see how it goes. I might be thinking drinking night, and they might be thinking half a glass of wine. Hard to tell until the night gets rolling.
What kind of music will be playing? I picture some lounge music (electronica), latin jazz, or some Michael Buble. Am I close?
I've got some friends who perform professionally, and they'll be playing. Still working out the set list, but it'll be a range of stuff, but there will be some jazzy, bluesy stuff, for sure.
I'm thinking more like buena vista social club/gypsy kings/rodrigo y gabriela
It'll run the gamut. If things get slow, I even have a really talented guitar guy on hand who can flat-out shred ;-).
If things get slow you should break out the cocaine and the baby oil.
I wouldn't even know where to get baby oil. Do they mash up babies to make that?
Yes, but you should buy a baby press to get the good oil.
True. Not all the extra virgin baby oil in the U.S. market is actually extra, and some of it isn't even virgin.
Quote from: Zanshin on January 25, 2012, 04:02:54 PM
It'll run the gamut. If things get slow, I even have a really talented guitar guy on hand who can flat-out shred ;-).
I'm sure there's only so far you can go with a hurdy gurdy and a monkey.
Taht diablo rojo song is sick
Quote from: Sgt PSN on January 12, 2012, 09:17:56 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 12, 2012, 08:31:30 PM
does anyone know if ouzo is an acceptable replacement for pernod as a cocktail ingrediant
Yeah, you should be good.
last couple weekends ive made a few sazeracs and at least in that drink ouzo doesnt quite cut it...perhaps because a sazerac is known for its stubborness
my old fashioneds tonight...
the players
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sugar - bitters - h2o
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muddle that jonhson
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mmmmm rye
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get fruity
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chill out and stir
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one love
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The farg is wrong with you?
do this for fifty other drinks, replete with wannabe street slang, and you've got yourself a cocktail blog the likes of which the ghetto never seen
you'll be rich, bitch!
^^^ Best advice anyone on this board has ever given.
Quote from: Diomedes on January 29, 2012, 08:48:57 AM
do this for fifty other drinks, replete with wannabe street slang, and you've got yourself a cocktail blog the likes of which the ghetto never seen
you'll be rich, bitch!
lol
That actually looks decent igs. I'm trying to transition from beer to hard alcohol and mixed drinks again. Beer is great and all but I need the variety.
That pestle isn't fooling anyone either.
Pestle is a giggle word...he's afraid to say it lest he sound educated. Which is to say, homo. On the street, it's called a "masher."
In his bedside drawer, it's called "Todd's Bumstick"
Quote from: Diomedes on January 29, 2012, 10:36:59 AM
In his bedside drawer, it's called "Todd's Bumstick"
haha
That shtein looks delicious. I need to get cubed sugar, rather than ghetto'ing it up with granulated
Quote from: SD on January 29, 2012, 10:40:24 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on January 29, 2012, 10:36:59 AM
In his bedside drawer, it's called "Todd's Bumstick"
haha
Good thing its not made from a white wood, that would be humiliating
i've started using a new tonic recently called fever tree and it's delicious. i was always under the assumption that tonic is tonic and was usually fine with schweppes etc., but it makes a surprisingly huge difference. not as bitter as the normal brand name stuff and has a different bubble factor. it's smaller bubbles than normal soda consistency if that makes sense. good stuff. also bubble factor is the scientific term.
nm
Quote from: rjs246 on January 16, 2012, 04:40:21 PM
The bourbon that really gave me a rager is Blanton's single barrel. It was a birthday gift and the shtein is farging delicious.
That really is a nice bottle, finally picked one up. A little stronger than most others but the flavor is more concentrated as well. Poured a taste of Bulleit and Jack to try along side, and the Blanton's is a definite cut above. I thought it also edged out Bookers, which is about the same price. Good recommendation :yay
Quote from: phattymatty on February 16, 2012, 06:56:45 PM
i've started using a new tonic recently called fever tree and it's delicious. i was always under the assumption that tonic is tonic and was usually fine with schweppes etc., but it makes a surprisingly huge difference. not as bitter as the normal brand name stuff and has a different bubble factor. it's smaller bubbles than normal soda consistency if that makes sense. good stuff. also bubble factor is the scientific term.
I have a lady friend who likes gin and tonic, so I'd just got about 5 brands of tonic to do a taste test. She graduated from culinary school and likes this sort of thing. Good timing to hear about fever tree, I'll see if I can find some to add in.
I still haven't found a tonic I like yet, which sucks because I enjoy gin and never know what else is good to mix it with
How do you enjoy gin if you haven't found something else to mix it with? It is the one liquor I can't drink straight. I haven't found anything else I like mixing it with other than tonic, but sometimes I like adding a splash of a liquor called St Germain, which makes a good refreshing summer drink.
There's some difference in brands of tonic but not a lot (though I haven't tried these high end ones like the one I just found out about from phatty's post - got curious and saw a few more as well http://www.amazon.com/Premium-Tonic-Water-Sample-Pack/dp/B002GDC9ZI/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1329456740&sr=8-6 )
The secret to a good gin and tonic is plenty of ice. If you haven't had one that's well made they can be pretty meh, so maybe you just don't like them or perhaps you haven't had a good one.
When I say I haven't found anything to mix it with, I didn't mean to imply that I haven't tried doing so :-D
I've had some gross and some "meh" gin drinks. Gin and ginger ale wasn't that bad.
2 parts gin to 1 part tonic
then add a splash of gin.
that's the perfect gin and tonic
Sippin' on gin n juice
i be sippin gin straight out a plastic cup....on a park bench on 12th st where my whole crew famous
Gin...and wave a bottle of vermouth in the vicinity. Toss in a couple of olives, and that's all the mixer I need.
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/a-new-site-for-the-old-fashioned/
Troegs Nugget Nectar just got released. My local liquor store doesnt have them yet, but i'm down for 3 cases once the distributor gets them in. farg everyone else. I wait all year for this beer
is it as delicious as the Mad Elf?
It's less sweet, and a bit hoppier. I'm not a huge fan, but lots of folks are. My kids went to the brewery on release day, and they said that guys were rolling out of there with hand trucks full of the stuff.
I was surprised at how sweet the Mad Elf was honestly, for such a high ABV beer. With a name like "Nugget Nectar", it sounds like would be pretty sweet.
So I noticed that Sam Adams spring beer this year is Alpine Spring, replacing the Noble Pils? I heard the Noble Pils was pretty good but I've never been a big Sam Adams guy so I didn't try it. The only Sam I've really enjoyed have been the Winter Lagar and the Oktoberfest
I had sushi the other night and had three Kirin Ichibans to wash it down.
Damn good beer.
Heading to a new place tomorrow for lunch.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/03/aroogas_draft_house_sports_bar_1.html
FWIW...check the last pic in the story. LOL
Lunch: Victory Uncle Teddy's Bitter on cask, followed by a snifter of Bell's Hopslam. Oh, and a few wings. Ahhh...wake me up when it's time to go home, okay?
i'm starting to mess around with some flavored vodkas. for no reason at all. made these strawberry and pear jars last night, and like 12 hours later the fruit is already almost completely white and the vodka is bright red and pear color (tan?). i'm also making some habenero bacon vodka later which i assume is going to be amazing in bloodys.
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Last week my squaw filled up jar with gummy bears and dumped in a bunch of vodka. Stuck it in the fridge for 2 days and the gummy bears tripled in size. Was like doing a jello shot but gayer.
i tried the vodka thing last year and it did nothing for me...in theory its sounds like a cool idea and the jars look awesome...but i didnt get a very strong flavor from it and it def wasnt worth the time it takes...id much rather just buy regular vodka and add nectar to it....or even just buy flavored vodka
Quote from: Sgt PSN on March 08, 2012, 03:38:21 PM
Last week my squaw filled up jar with gummy bears and dumped in a bunch of vodka. Stuck it in the fridge for 2 days and the gummy bears tripled in size. Was like doing a jello shot but gayer.
that sounds dope....im gonna try that with swedish fish
Hmm.....I do love me some swedish fish. Might have to try that one out. I laughed at how big the gummy bears got. Fat little fargers did give me a solid buzz although I don't recommend eating them by the handful.
What about gummy worms and tequila?
I've heard that the swedish fish thing works great...and skittles (separated by color).
racist.
Just giving them the full experience of their fruity heritage.
The Swedish fish thing is a goddamn genius idea.
Settle down homos.
hey, why do you think they call them gummy bears?
QuoteDecember 21, 2008, 10:00 pm
By DAVID KRAMER
One thing I miss about drinking is hanging out in bars.
For years my wife and I resisted owning a television, so I would use my local bar like the family room, and go there to watch sports on TV. My wife used to tell me with pride that during the summer months, when the windows were open at my local, the bartenders would see her walking by on her way home and shout greetings to her outside, whether I was at the bar or not.
My local bar was Peter McManus over on 7th Avenue and 19th Street in Manhattan. It's an Irish place with worn banquettes and stools and an old, beat-up bar complete with a fish tank and photographs of family and patrons going back for generations.
I used to joke that I was surprised to be treated like a regular over there because I always considered myself to be firmly irregular. And as much as I did frequent the place, there was a group of guys and women who were always there. From my vantage point, they were the real regulars. Still, I was treated really well at the bar no matter how often I showed up.
McManus is one of those rare New York bars that still understands and holds dear the concept of the buyback — a drink on the house for every few you buy. And depending on the bartender and the length of my drinking session, the buybacks could be plentiful. Every now and then, the cadence of the buybacks would increase and I would find myself going one-for-one with the bartender, which made it difficult to slip out in a moment of polite one-upmanship.
I thought this was just great. I knew that buybacks didn't go to just anybody. They were a perk of the inner circle, the handful of patrons who were genuinely liked and trusted by the staff. So a buyback didn't just mean free beer — a great concept on its own. It meant acceptance. It meant I was on one of the rings of the inner circle.
Of course, there was a trade-off for all those buybacks; you had to tip nicely. Most nights I drank too much, left big piles of cash on the bar and staggered home. Being a big tipper was not something you could accuse me of in most circumstances. I still remember going out for dinner with my grandmother in Florida, where after an obscenely large early-bird special, she packed up all the extra food and the basket of rolls to take home and told me to tip one dollar per person. This was etched firmly into my tipping ethos.
When my wife and I got married in the early 90's and we started looking for a place to live in Manhattan, my only condition was that our apartment be near a bar I liked. We lived briefly on Second Avenue in the West 30's, but I didn't like the local bar very much so we soon moved to Chelsea, where I settled on McManus.
This was about 1993 and I was becoming more and more obsessive about the Knicks at the time. I was a loud and vocal fan, and soon became friendly with the bartenders during the prime Patrick Ewing-Charles Oakley years. I hoped to drink them to a championship. I often laughed to myself about the fact that I lived within walking distance of Madison Square Garden, but could not think of a more magical place to watch those games than from a stool in My Bar.
After a few years on 21st Street, we decided to move. I remember walking into McManus and telling Bruce, one of the bartenders there, that I was about to move out of the neighborhood. I remember his glum expression as he told me to wait a minute, then left and came back with a beer.
"This one's on me," he said. "Where are you moving to?"
"Twenty-fifth Street!" I said, holding my free beer. In those days, any place above 23rd Street was decidedly not Chelsea, and we both laughed hysterically. I don't think I paid for a drink the rest of the night. Despite the long commute I now had, I managed to maintain my regular status.
* * *
Last winter when I was still drinking — long after the demise of the Knicks — I was in McManus. I was sitting next to Bruce at the end of the bar where the off-duty cops and bartenders typically hung out. On this particular night there were no cops in the house; it was relatively slow. Suddenly, at the middle of the bar, a customer began yelling at one of the bartenders. The guy had been cut off. And he didn't like it. Everyone at our end of the bar looked over with concern, and the guy opened up his jacket like he had a gun in his waistband. All around me everyone jumped into action.
Someone grabbed a bat and jumped over the bar. Bruce got up and he and a bunch of others ran and began pushing this guy out the front door. For a split-second I just sat there. All alone now, sitting at the bar, I considered that after all these years, I had never been in a bar fight. I had no idea what to do — and that guy had a gun for all I knew.
Something drove me just then to jump up. I started across the bar and made it in time to join in on pushing the angry customer out the door. We all got outside and almost on cue a police cruiser stopped on the corner to see what was going on. They guy took off and the cops never got out of their car. They didn't chase him; nobody had really seen a gun anyway. We all went back inside and drank some more.
When I got home I woke up my wife. I told her about how I had been in my first bar fight — if that was what that was. Then I told her the details of what had happened.
I told her about that split-second, how I was frozen on my bar stool and didn't know what to do. But then every free drink that I had ever had, and the potential of that ending — forever — flashed before my eyes. No more special treatment. No more buybacks ... The thought was staggering. I just had to do something.
She couldn't believe I had been so stupid: "You have a son!" She couldn't believe I would run right into the scuffle when there may well have been guns involved. What would she have done if I had been shot or killed?
I promised her I would never do anything like that again, and now that I am not spending time in bars, it's an easy promise to keep. But to tell the truth, even now, I know there is just no way I could have lived with myself if I had been still sitting on that stool when all the guys from the bar came back inside.
Bad judgment? Sure. But I wouldn't blame the alcohol. I never did have very good judgment, and still don't, even though I am sober.
Yes, bad judgement: It was bad, awful judgement to let your drinking get so f'n bad you had to stop, dickbag. Now you can't drink anymore and those of us who still can don't give a shtein about your goddamn bar stories.
i love how he acts like buybacks in nyc are only for regulars...you drink steadily in a nyc bar for more than an hour and you are guaranteed of getting a buyback
First, that story was too damned long.
Second, buy backs are cool. I never stayed in one bar long enough to get any buybacks, but I was in one with my late BIL, and it was pretty magical to behold. Befriend the bartender and you will never go dry.
I spent a large portion of liberated whore moneiez in downtown bars.
farg all of you who did not.
WTF is this story about and why did it take 18 paragraphs to tell it? It could have been much shorter and gotten the same point across.
I went to this bar frequently but didn't feel like I was a regular eventhough the bartender gave me buy backs, which are reserved only for the most loyal and dedicated customers. So I was included in this bar stool fraternity even though I just said I never felt like it. By the way, the bar I went to is one of the last remaining bars in America that gives buy backs. Did you know that? Aren't I awesome for finding one of the best kept secrets ever? This could only happen in NY.
Then one day I said I was moving and the bartender was like "oh noez!" and I was like "it's only 4 blocks up the street, lolololoz." He gave me a drink on the house because of my superior wit. Then this one guy was drunk and angry and made a gesture that indicated he had a weapon. Everyone else in the bar sprang into action while I came to the realization that I had never been involved in a bar fight before and began to wonder what the proper protocol was. Once I noticed that the bar patrons had the situation well in hand, I sprung in to action with the same verocity as the guy who doesn't want to do any heavy lifting so he just uses his finger to push a little bit while everyone else does all the work. Then I had a few drinks to help calm my nerves and bring me down from my adrenaline high.
I went home and told my wife hoping that she would be sexualy aroused at my machismo but she reminded me who is really in charge in our house and now I'm not allowed to drink anymore. I miss my balls.
It was just a story about an ex drunk and his buy backs.
Settle down already.
yeah i dont get the big deal...its actually a decent write up...i just wish he knew more about nyc bars...especially since he acts like hes the expert
He sounds like someone my age who's been * asked * to cut out boozing.
I'd farg his wife while he's out.
i have no qualms saying i will 100% die young of liver disease due to drinking...and my girl knows this...but id rather live my life to the fullest for its first 50-60 years than live a middling existence but stay born till 85
cracked open those vodkas today and the pear is incredibly good...sweet enough to drink on the rocks, and i can't stand vodka on the rocks. maybe the best tasting vodka i've ever had. the strawberry was definitely milder...tastes really fresh like you're cramming a strawbeery in your mouth with each sip....100x better than the artificially sweet ones...but not strong enough to drink straight. at least for me. i imagine it will be very good with a mixer though.
the habanero / bacon is obviously vomit inducing by itself but i will rate again after making bloodies with it for sixers tomorrow...i have a feeling it will be bangin.
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supposedly coronoa 40's just hit the US...i despise coronoa but the bottle is pretty hott....has anyone ever seen these in their local market :hbionicbatsignal
Looks interesting, I won't go out of my way to drink Corona but it's okay every once in a while.
Bud Light is my every day beer, so last night I tried a Bud Platinum. Taste like shtein but it has more alcohol in it.
never heard of bud platinum....how much more alcohol does it have
bud btw i think has the most alcohol of any big brewery domestic
Corona is a nice beer-like beverage on a hot day, when the drink is nice and cold. When it gets warm, though, Corona gets pretty nasty. I don't think I could down a 40 fast enough.
I tried Shock Top Raspberry Wheat yesterday. I've tried a few fruit flavored beers before but thought they were awful. This one had a nice taste to it.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on March 11, 2012, 06:00:06 PM
I tried Shock Top Raspberry Wheat yesterday. I've tried a few fruit flavored beers before but thought they were awful. This one had a nice taste to it.
im the same way with flavored beers...they generally repulse me....but this cat that tailgates with us and brews his own beer makes a strawberry i think?...and its pretty refreshing
Quote from: Sgt PSN on March 11, 2012, 06:00:06 PM
I tried Shock Top Raspberry Wheat yesterday. I've tried a few fruit flavored beers before but thought they were awful. This one had a nice taste to it.
I farging love Shock Top. My room mate got a mixed case for xmas which included Belgium White, Raspberry Wheat, and Pumpkin spice, all 3 were farging delicious.
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 11, 2012, 05:49:48 PM
never heard of bud platinum....how much more alcohol does it have
bud btw i think has the most alcohol of any big brewery domestic
I think it has double the alcohol that regular Bud has. I like to pace myself so getting something that has double the alcohol content isn't up my alley.
holy farg double would mean 10%...which is stronger than any malt liquor.....i def wanna see this stuff now...
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 11, 2012, 09:08:11 PM
holy farg double would mean 10%...which is stronger than any malt liquor.....i def wanna see this stuff now...
Apparently a regular Bud has %4.5 and Platinum has %6
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I drank 4 beers as a "pregame" for the loop last night and ended up not needing a drink at the bar. 3 very strong, aged 3-6 months Dogfishes. I knew my tolerance has gone down over the last few months but goddamn.
thats not accurate sd....bud has 5.0 i think maybe even a little higher
if this platinum is only a % higher nd gross then it can go to hell....if im drinking really gross (all beer is nasty) then it better be minimum 8%
Drink good beer, it tastes good and has high alcohol.
Oh my god, do not engage IGY in conversations about beer. Have you people learned nothing over the past decade?
We're still here while the smart ones have left. So no, we haven't learned shtein.
The board is The Walking Dead of messageboards
there are only a few main characters and none of them are likeable.
you know it sucks, but you keep watching out of some misplaced loyalty/force of habit
Lol....perfect analogy.
Not really because unlike here, walking dead has been pretty good for the last month
Bud platinum literally tastes like piss.
Did you do a blind taste test to compare? I hope you didn't drink both sample straight from the bottle.
No but I did drink piss before....
It was MURP's piss wasn't it?
Haha NO!
Quote from: SunMo on March 12, 2012, 11:13:08 AM
The board is The Walking Dead of messageboards
there are only a few main characters and none of them are likeable.
you know it sucks, but you keep watching out of some misplaced loyalty/force of habit
:-D :CF Mission Statement
I am in Bloomsburg this week for work across from my hotel is the Turkey Hill Brewery. I have had 3 of their beers and all have been outstanding. The food is good too and relatively cheap.
This is not the same Turkey Hill as that which makes excellent Sugar Water "Iced Tea," is it? That ish is fantastic if you are diabetic, or a laborer.
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Turkey Hill Iced Tea is pretty much all I drink at home haha
shtein is farging delicious.
No affiliation I am aware of.
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on March 15, 2012, 06:44:00 PM
I am in Bloomsburg this week for work across from my hotel is the Turkey Hill Brewery. I have had 3 of their beers and all have been outstanding. The food is good too and relatively cheap.
Are you shacking up with my mom?
No but I am sure we could arrange something. :-*
for xmas a got a jar of ole smokey apple moonshine....its not really moonshine its only 40 proof but it seems semi interesting....gonna crack it tonight after it wraps up chillin in the freezer
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http://www.olesmokymoonshine.com/varieties/
No idea how I pulled it off, but I took $80 out last night, got annihilated, and woke up with $67 in my pocket.
Check your bunghole for soreness, minor bleeding. You probably turned a trick or two.
Quote from: SD on March 18, 2012, 10:37:29 AM
No idea how I pulled it off, but I took $80 out last night, got annihilated, and woke up with $67 in my pocket.
Maybe you whored yourself out to the hottie who was groping you?
If so, well done.
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How cool is this motherfarger?
I wish I could vote for him twice.
Quote from: Rome on March 18, 2012, 10:40:59 AM
Quote from: SD on March 18, 2012, 10:37:29 AM
No idea how I pulled it off, but I took $80 out last night, got annihilated, and woke up with $67 in my pocket.
Maybe you whored yourself out to the hottie who was groping you?
If so, well done.
Girlfriend and I broke up Monday so I moved on to someone younger and hotter. And thank you sir.
Her mom didn't seem to approve, though.
Quote from: SD on March 18, 2012, 12:27:37 PM
Quote from: Rome on March 18, 2012, 10:40:59 AM
Quote from: SD on March 18, 2012, 10:37:29 AM
No idea how I pulled it off, but I took $80 out last night, got annihilated, and woke up with $67 in my pocket.
Maybe you whored yourself out to the hottie who was groping you?
If so, well done.
Girlfriend and I broke up Monday so I moved on to someone younger and hotter. And thank you sir.
And she pays you for sex. That's a keeper.
They call that a return customer in the industry.
holy farg this baby borbon corn whiskey is strong as farg
baileys and skim milk: the perfect 4am night capper
word
Picked up bottle of Crystal Head Vodka this past saturday. Pretty damn smooth. If I didn't have an ealry flight the next day I could have drank it all night long
that's the Dan Akroyd stuff right?
Yeah, thats the one.
While the bottle is pretty cool looking, it was kind of awkward breaking it out at my buddy's house. He just had a kid last tuesday and flew in his wife's mother and sister. Nothing says "welcome to this world, child" like drinking booze out of a skull.
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Quote from: paco on March 26, 2012, 11:46:41 AM
While the bottle is pretty cool looking, it was kind of awkward breaking it out at my buddy's house. He just had a kid last tuesday and flew in his wife's mother and sister. Nothing says "welcome to this world, child" like drinking booze out of a skull.
i've tried that before simply because of the bottle and its totally meh.
also, those bottles have been popping up in several of my local bars in the last few months, i asked the bartender to crack one open for me the other day, and he said he had orders that he couldn't until dan ackroyd comes around. i guess it's some kind of marketing thing where he actually comes to each bar for some kind of opening ceremony or something. seems pretty douchy but i guess it's a good marketing ploy for anyone over 40 who still remembers who dan ackroyd is.
what are those weird circular square candies...they seem like a skittles/jelly bean hybrid and i would like to try them.
i think they are gobstoppers....who knows...the lady fills the jar
Flyers candy jar, sweet.
Ended up trying Matty's vodka experiment. We always freeze our pineapple cores for cooking, ended up throwing them in a mason jar along with some strawberries. Curious to see what it turns out like.
i tried them after like two weeks and they were good, then i made two more batches and kept them sealed for an entire month...they were pretty amazing. had a little party one night and everyone loved it.
what vodka experiment?
Nice, its been 2 weeks and its pretty decent. I'll keep it sealed for a month and see if the pineapple permeates thru. I figured the strawberry would just give a hint of the flavor.
I still need to do the swedish fish vodka thing...
I tried it with gummi bears, and it didn't work out so well. Apparently I didn't get the right kind of bears, and I ended up with a snotty soup of nonsense that was neither good as a gummi nor as a drink additive.
How long did you leave them soak?
I wonder if I should poke little holes in the fish to help absorb the liquor?
No, dummy. You put them on fish hooks and leave them hang in the jar.
wait we are talking about infusing alcohol again?
lol....i didnt know that a 4000 year old practice was now called "mattys experiment"
The man invented it!
he didnt but i bet whoever did is somehow related to him
Thats pretty much a given
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on April 25, 2012, 10:21:43 PM
How long did you leave them soak?
I gave up after maybe a week. The dissolving started almost immediately, and I wanted to see just how it would progress. I eventually tried making a drink with the juice, and when it hit the ice, it congealed into little tiny floating gummi globs, which made the drink kind of nasty. What was left of the whole bears was pretty gelatinous, and I didn't feel desperate enough to spoon the shtein into my mouth, so I just dumped it all out (it was a small batch, so no big deal).
ive been a maniac tonight
fifth of peach vodka
pint of vsop
half a fifth of kahluah
just cracked my first 24 oz labatts ice
a handful of labatts and a sunrise later im destroyed....but still awake...barely...
someone please make sure im awake for the flyer game
Holy shtein! Judas Priest young man, easy there. Last time I mixed Kahluah wiith other libations I was a mess.
I had three Margaritas made with some real zesty cheap ass Tequila earlier tonight. Durango? On sale at the local drug store. Good lord was it bad.
i met a ladyfriend for brunch at 10:30 am yesterday...was planning to have a nice little relaxing sunday afternoon.
5-6 bars later, i came home at 2am last night, fuzzy memories of being at a german beer hall, taking my shirt off after briere kicked the puck into net, and attempting to play trivia at some bar. not going to look at my bank account this morning. also not going to work.
yay adulthood.
match made in heaven
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That's a MA match made in heaven.
Lol. My Poppop used to drink Gene Cream Ale.
Genny is a mainstay at the Moose and VFW
My pops used to call them Genny Screamers, because the next morning your'd blow out an O ring on the toilet.
First time I ever threw up because of drinking was because of Genny Creams.
Good times.
Never had one.
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Pulls down zipper...
That. Is farging awesome. I about creamed myself too.
And the bitch is also pretty hot.
That girl you guys are referring to is really Dave Benett...it says so right there.
Quote from: Eagaholic on July 13, 2012, 02:26:34 AM
That. Is farging awesome. I about creamed myself too.
And the bitch is also pretty hot.
HA!
Quote from: hbionic on July 13, 2012, 04:21:29 AM
That girl you guys are referring to is really Dave Benett...it says so right there.
I'd say Dave's push up bra is really working for him
i've never seen mad men but i saw her on top chef once. that chick is married to the schnozzberries guy from super troopers.
Quote from: phattymatty on July 14, 2012, 01:36:56 AM
i've never seen mad men but i saw her on top chef once. that chick is married to the schnozzberries guy from super troopers.
I didn't even know she was a celeb, so I just googled her.
"I just googled her" has a nice sound, come to think if it.
Btw, was it you that recommended the high end tonic waters a while back? I tried a couple including Fever Tree that was probably over $3 for a 16 oz bottle. I wasn't that impressed then, maybe because I already had a few. But I found a left over bottle a couple of nights ago and made gin and tonics again. I liked it a lot. The difference wasn't huge but it still made the drink much more enjoyable.
My local pub currently has 90-minute on tap. God bless America.
Quote from: Eagaholic on July 14, 2012, 02:02:52 AM
Btw, was it you that recommended the high end tonic waters a while back? I tried a couple including Fever Tree that was probably over $3 for a 16 oz bottle. I wasn't that impressed then, maybe because I already had a few. But I found a left over bottle a couple of nights ago and made gin and tonics again. I liked it a lot. The difference wasn't huge but it still made the drink much more enjoyable.
Yes, I have a constant supply of fever tree in my fridge these days. There is a fine line between delicious and zesty G&Ts but that tonic makes a huge difference for me.
It's all about the tonic not being flat. I never buy any of the large size bottles. Only the small glass ones.
its obvious and boring but theres no substitute for canada dry tonic
I slightly prefer Schweppes but probably couldn't tell them apart in a blind taste test.
the taste is close...but canada dry is noticeably fizzier and stays fizzy longer
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 15, 2012, 11:40:40 AM
the taste is close...but canada dry is noticeably fizzier and stays fizzy longer
everytime you told me this i thought it was bullshtein until i had schwepps last weekend and you are right.
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His flipper probably smells like pig hoyda.
I think you mean bacon.
Bacon is belly. I mean hoyda.
You must not be aware that Kermit likes to go elbow deep.
All muppets go elbow deep.
some fruity beer friends left in my refirgerator this weekend....cant hate on 8% tho...much background love to my CF peoples
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My bro's girl is all over that stuff. Its got a nice hit for 8%, and honestly takes like soda.
its crazy sweet which isnt my thing so i could never drink even a six pack of it but its tolerable...and yes 8% is the key....were it 4.5 or some shtein i wouldnt even come close to considering it
Preemptive Strike:
Not setting your beer on your laptop would probably be a good step in the right direction to prevent you from mucking up the Computer thread with questions like "how do I get beer out of my computer?"
noted
People actually leave the header expanded when they come here? Huh.
Quote from: General_Failure on July 29, 2012, 09:21:17 PM
People actually leave the header expanded when they come here? Huh.
people who dont know anything about computers or the internet....#dumbasses
I leave it open because I click on the "view unread" link about a thousand times a day and if you collapse the header, it's gone
I never even realized you could collapse it until now. But yeah....look at that little (http://www.concretefield.info/forum/Themes/core/images/upshrink.gif) hanging out up there next to the time and date.
same here
sus would probably appreciate this more than anyone but today at the bar i had a handful of victory golden monkeys....pretty nasty stuff but 9% will get the job done
They're not my fave, but I find them far from nasty. But yeah, the 9% is A Good Thing.
Yeah they're a bit bitter-hoppy for my taste but still not "nasty"
Sailor Jerry commercial with "Where Eagles Dare" by the Misfits uncut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z02KuZvlRZY
Great commercial
vernors and old overholt what!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2188292/Alcohol-limits-Drunk-driver-Justin-A-Clark-0-627-blood-alcohol-content-TWICE-lethal-dose.html
standing ovation
The showroom picture of a Yaris was a nice touch.
1 of 2 things will happen to this guy. He'll either realize that he's one lucky sumbitch to still be alive and will make smarter decisions, or, he'll think he's invincible and try it again. I just hope that when he dies, he doesn't take anyone with him.
QuoteWhen police arrived, Clark was sitting in his car revving the engine and upon being asked if he knew what day it was he stated, 'three but now it is four.'
Hank the Angry dwarf just sits there and claps.
went to a bar tonight that had 1.25 natty bohs and 25 cent natty bohs when the orioles hit a homer....i got a half chub when chris davis went yard and then ordered four drafts....which they suprisingly allowed
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2012 top 20 party schools.....
1) West Virginia University
2) University of Iowa
3) Ohio University
4) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5) University of Georgia
6) University of Florida in Gainesville
7) University of California-Santa Barbara
8. Florida State University
9) Miami University of Ohio
10) Syracuse University
11) Penn State University
12) DePauw University
13) University of Wisconsin-Madison
14) University of Mississippi
15) University of Texas-Austin
16) University of Maryland
17) University of South Carolina
18) James Madison University
19) University of Maine
20) University of Tennessee
Big Ten represent
Ive always wondered how they come up with that list. Most DUI's? Most alcohol-based deaths? Most STD's?
there is an 80 question questionairre they had out to the students
And the school that had the highest % of incoherent answers wins
Legal Question for the board. Anyone dealt with a DUI in Delaware?
My buddy got popped with a DUI sunday morning at 8am. Basically he drank all day Saturday, went to bed around 12:30, felt fine when he woke up and headed home from the beach. Officer smelled booze on him still, did a test and he was shocked when he blew double the legal limit. Best part about it was he had paid for a limo/taxi Saturday night to get him to Dewey and back.
Would a judge give a crap if 8 hours after drinking he still blew double the limit? He's a first time offender, never been arrested. I don't know the ins and outs, and he's just shook that he could lose his license, and he has a commute to philly every day. I just told him to go ahead an get the best lawyer he can and take any classes or whatnot they offer him. He cant argue that he wasn't drunk, thats obvious. Just tough to comprehend when he slept it off, and never thought that he was still feeling it.
Moral of the story, eat more bacon.
Damn. The only people I know to get a DUI were that same night of drinking, but I feel like that story could help him out a little bit if the judge believes it.
The only close friend I know who got a DUI got it while he was in Arizona and they royally farged him. Took away is license for two years, fined him a butt ton.
Yeah, I've known people who've gotten them the night of, but never the next day. Something can be said for getting that shower in the morning and getting the stank off.
ive known a few people who got dui's the next day...all it takes is to wake up drunk and be stopped for anything....you actually smell more like alcohol the next day cause your body is getting rid of it and often if you are driving the next morning its because you are going home and probably havent showered or anything
anyway this isnt going to be the judges first dui like this and he/she probably wont care...sometimes its even worse because it shows how much you drank the night before and the judge will deem you have a serious drinking problem....duis arent just about drinking and driving but drinking ingeneral...thats why you go to alcohol counseling for them and not drinking and driving counseling
thats said the judge probably isnt going to have much to do with the case...dooks lawyer and the prosecutor will most likely cut a deal beforehand and 99.9% chance the court/judge acepts it....most first time dui's get pleaded out to a pbj...im sure it differs by state as far as losing your liscence but as long as he didnt refuse the breathlyzer i think he should be ok...make sure he enrolls in a class asap...the prosecutor and court will like seeing him be proactive and its a fig leaf of sorts to show hes taking the issue seriously
Nah, he did the breathalyzer, and coudlnt believe that it was .14. He acutally asked if they would draw blood, because he just couldn't fathom how that was right. Now he's bugging because if its more than .15 he's considered out of the first time offender program. He's already setup the classes and meets with his lawyer tomorrow. He was completely complicit, the officer told him he knew he wasnt some POS, but once he set the wheels in motion it couldn't stop.
also if i got my liscence suspended id still drive to work...just dont be a douche and dont drive anywhere else...but if he does get it suspended in a lot of states theres the option of having an alcohol restricted liscence thats allows you to drive only to and from work....you can also i think get an interlock on your car in lieu of losing a liscence
btw liscence is easily the hardest word in the english language to spell and i still dont know how to do it...if i ever get it right its only because of a wild and lucky guess
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on August 21, 2012, 01:22:43 PM
Nah, he did the breathalyzer, and coudlnt believe that it was .14. He acutally asked if they would draw blood, because he just couldn't fathom how that was right. Now he's bugging because if its more than .15 he's considered out of the first time offender program. He's already setup the classes and meets with his lawyer tomorrow. He was completely complicit, the officer told him he knew he wasnt some POS, but once he set the wheels in motion it couldn't stop.
if he was shcoked because he didnt think he drank that much the night before thats one thing....but if hes shocked cause it was the next day then he shouldnt be
.14 is not that high for the morning after a binge fest
Between the butchering of 'fig leaf' 'complicit' and 'liscence' I think you should both probably just jump off of a bridge.
Quote from: rjs246 on August 21, 2012, 01:25:36 PM
Between the butchering of 'fig leaf' 'complicit' and 'liscence' I think you should both probably just jump off of a bridge.
it is a fig leaf because no way dook is taking those bogus classes for real nor does he think he needs them and he will absolutely drink and drive again someday
i have no defense for liscence
That's called offering/extending an olive branch. Not a fig leaf.
i believe an olive branch is a legitimate peace offering...whereas a fig leaf is an offering disguised in a ruse
Fig leaf refers to ineffectively covering up something distasteful with something tasteful.
right....so hed be hiding the fact that he doesnt give a shtein about his situation by going to these classes on his own for no other reason than appeasing/fooling the court
his distateful attitude is being covered up by the tastefulness of his going out of his way on his own to take these classes
No. But I'm disgusted with myself for even having this conversation so, sure.
This is fascinating - please continue.
Well you see, extending an olive branch refers to offering a good faith compromise to a difficult situation, which is exactly what IGY is suggesting. The elaborate rationalization that IGY presents in an effort to cling desperately to his false believe that a fig leaf is somehow in play here just doesn't hold water.
Also, SB's boy wasn't complicit, he was compliant.
And license is spelled thusly.
fig leaf absolutely is in play....and in no way was i suggesting hed be making a good faith gesture...what you do is take the stupid class on your own so it appears to the court that you actually care when in reality you dont
you are upset with yourself because you had never heard of the metaphorical fig leaf before....so you and your smarty pant friends thought you could trip up the street smart but book dope moron...but you know what
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False on all counts. I use the fig leaf metaphor and the olive branch metaphor from time to time. Olive branch works better here, but my self loathing has now truly reached new depths so if you're insisting that this is a fig leaf situation you can just go right ahead and do that.
My friends really are smart though. Woo-wee.
Quote from: rjs246 on August 21, 2012, 02:19:53 PM
Well you see, extending an olive branch refers to offering a good faith compromise to a difficult situation, which is exactly what IGY is suggesting. The elaborate rationalization that IGY presents in an effort to cling desperately to his false believe that a fig leaf is somehow in play here just doesn't hold water.
Also, SB's boy wasn't complicit, he was compliant.
And license is spelled thusly.
SO SUE ME NERD!
Honestly we should all go on a bender and drive off a bridge holding hands, Thelma and Louise style.
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 21, 2012, 01:24:40 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on August 21, 2012, 01:22:43 PM
Nah, he did the breathalyzer, and coudlnt believe that it was .14. He acutally asked if they would draw blood, because he just couldn't fathom how that was right. Now he's bugging because if its more than .15 he's considered out of the first time offender program. He's already setup the classes and meets with his lawyer tomorrow. He was completely complicit, the officer told him he knew he wasnt some POS, but once he set the wheels in motion it couldn't stop.
if he was shcoked because he didnt think he drank that much the night before thats one thing....but if hes shocked cause it was the next day then he shouldnt be
.14 is not that high for the morning after a binge fest
Matty must be technically drunk all the time
Pretty sure regardless of the state, a DUI means a loss of license. That word wasnt hard to spell at all.
Quote from: DH on August 21, 2012, 05:02:23 PM
Pretty sure regardless of the state, a DUI means a loss of license. That word wasnt hard to spell at all.
It's actually pretty rare, at least for 1st time offenders. Obviously I can't speak on behalf of every state, but I know that Missouri, Kansas, NC and Cali won't take your license for a 1st timer....assuming that you weren't a fleshpop who refused a field sobriety and/or breathalyzer.
Worst I've seen done to 1st timers is they get a restricted license which only allows them to drive to and from work (and during work, if driving is part of their job) and court appointments. Typically, the restriction is in place until court ordered fines, alcohol treatment and/or community service are completed which can be upwards of 6 months.
Also, there's nothing that SB's friend can do short of getting a lawyer who is savvy enough to find an error in the arresting officer's procedure. DUI laws are only based on the amount of booze in your system when the cops pull you over. It doesn't matter how much or how little you had to drink and it doesn't matter how long ago you drank. He could have not drank for a week but if it's in his system, he's intoxicated. You could just as easily stop off at a bar, have 1 beer, get in your car, be pulled over and still blow over the legal limit. 1 beer consumed will put damn near everyone over .08 immediately. So unless you wait about an hour to give your body time to process the alcohol, you could get popped for DUI.
Finally, who gives a shtein how easy or hard it is to spell license (or any other word for that matter)? The board has a farging spell check feature for christ's sake.
In ILL, the license (sp?) is suspended for 3 months if you complicity comply to the field sobriety tests; if you don't it's 6 months. If you follow the Implied Consent law, doing the stupid drunk tricks, you can get a work permit after the first month. I'm pretty sure anymore first time offenders have to get a breath-a-starter installed, where they gotta blow start the car to make sure they're still not hammered.
According to ILL lawyers, the best thing a first time offender can do is refuse all tests, not necessarily being a fleshpophead about it, but requesting legal representation. Apparently that way the lawdogs can actually fight the charges and win since there's no evidence.
NJ is 7 months mandatory
We're gonna drink, we're gonna get drunk, we're gonna drive, and we're gonna pull it off every... single... fargING... TIME!
- Sam Kinison
in md you definitely do not lose your lisence for a first time offense unless you refuse the breathlizer
but md is a bleeding heart liberal hippie state
Quote from: Rome on August 21, 2012, 07:45:34 PM
We're gonna drink, we're gonna get drunk, we're gonna drive, and we're gonna pull it off every... single... fargING... TIME!
- Sam Kinison
which makes his cause of death all the more funny
It though Illinois was a hippie MA state, guess it just sucks ass. I remember when i turned 16 and they just started doing the Zero Tolerance laws. There was some oddity if you decided to move out of the state you got the ticket in, that you could get a license in an adjoining state no problem. I have no clue if that was even an option then, or is now. But if it is, He's gonna be moving to Good Ol Maryland
OK, here goes - I got popped back in early 08 in Jersey. Long story short, I blew just over the limit, and ended up losing my license for 7 months. In that time, I moved to Philly, and tried to get myself a PA license, which I was told I could not get because of reciprocity laws.
Bottom line, of all the stupid shtein I've done, getting a DUI was the worst. It ended up costing me upwards of 7K between legal fees and penalties, I lost my license for 7 months, and worst part is that it's embarrassing as shtein whenever it comes up..."Hey Mike, you wanna drive?....'umm, I cant'"
I look it as a good thing though because as cliche as it sounds, I probably would have killed myself if I kept living like that, and even if its just to selfishly protect myself from losing it again, I never drive even buzzed anymore. Weirdest part though was that I signed up for the classes right after it happened, and was never called to attend.
I can say, the embarrassment is there. He pretty much is depressed, spent two days loathing in bed, hasn't told any of his other buddies. He retained a top rate local lawyer from Sussex County, De. The southern judges don't appreciate bringing northern judges from Wilmington down. It's just a zesty way to get popped.
I dont remember who said it, and Im not going back to look, but the most important thing is not to get the "best" lawyer, but one who knows the prosecutor. My lawyer knew the prosecutor well, and I got off with the penalties, fines, etc. Still ended up costing a ridiculous amount of money, time and embarrasment.
99.9% of the time in a dui case it is more or less locked in stone what you are gonna get...especially for a first timer...no need to spend more than necessary on a lawyer
if you were challenging the validity of the breathylizer....trying to get off on some technicality...claiming police misconduct or some shtein like that then you want a good lawyer...otherwise you can basically represent yourself and not a whole lot is going to change
guidlines
Get a good DWI lawyer and your chances of beating it or having it knocked down to Careless or Reckless Driving increase exponentially.
PS: Representing yourself in any court of law is a colossally stupid idea.
Quote from: DH on August 22, 2012, 10:07:56 AM
I look it as a good thing though because as cliche as it sounds, I probably would have killed myself if I kept living like that, and even if its just to selfishly protect myself from losing it again, I never drive even buzzed anymore. Weirdest part though was that I signed up for the classes right after it happened, and was never called to attend.
THIS. I got mine a long time ago, like 2001. Believe it or not, I blew a .32, couple hours later when I got blood drawn I still had a .19. Anyway, luckily no one got hurt, and I was in school so didn't really care about the 3 month license suspension since I didn't drive up there anyway. At the time driving wasted was just a normal thing we all did. If it wasn't for this DUI I'm sure something much worse would have happened.
Even though it really hasn't affected my drinking much, I am probably the most responsible person that I know when it comes to driving. Maybe a handful of times in the last ten years have I driven with 2-3 beers in me, and never have I driven after any more than that.
Funny story about my classes though, wss taking them up in State College and saw an older girl from my HS there. Started shooting the shtein like "you have to take this bullshtein class too? yadda yadda". she was the instructor.
i can't believe no one wants to take legal advice from a man who has guidlines
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my girls mother is up from florida and she brought me this vodka i saw on drinking made easy a few months ago....its actually made from oranges....flavored vodkas are regular vodka and then flavored with fruit....but this one is made from oranges....its pretty damn good and im trying to find freshly squeezed oj somewhere around me e to have screwdrivers this morning...
you ever seen/heard of this romey?
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There's a television show called Drinking Made Easy?
This surprises you?
Kind of...never realized drinking was hard. I guess I'm a natural
i cant tell if you are serious about never having heard of it or are making a joke....either way its a great show
http://drinkingmadeeasy.com/
In the years I lived in NYC, I became accustomed to "buy-backs" from my regular pubs. Every third or fourth or fifth drink, depending on the bar/bartender/crowd at the time, I'd get a round on the house. There were no strict rules for this, and I only got them in bars I patronized regularly, but the courtesy could be counted on.
Is this practice unique to NYC? I haven't had a single bartender give me a drink on the house in Baltimore. What gives?
Quote from: Diomedes on September 02, 2012, 01:24:48 PM
In the years I lived in NYC, I became accustomed to "buy-backs" from my regular pubs. Every third or fourth or fifth drink, depending on the bar/bartender/crowd at the time, I'd get a round on the house. There were no strict rules for this, and I only got them in bars I patronized regularly, but the courtesy could be counted on.
Is this practice unique to NYC? I haven't had a single bartender give me a drink on the house in Baltimore. What gives?
i bring this same subject up all the time....yeah its a new york thing for the most part....on the rare occasion ive gotten them in some other big cities but its a practice in ny...and its not just for regulars....everytime i go to nyc i get buy backs almost anywhere i go
I have determined, through thorough experimentation, that AM all-you-can-drink bloody marys is not the fantastic idea that it initially appears to be.
Quote from: rjs246 on September 02, 2012, 01:33:49 PM
I have determined, through thorough experimentation, that AM all-you-can-drink bloody marys is not the fantastic idea that it initially appears to be.
You might want to let matty know that was bloody mary and that he didn't get ass raped
I came to a similar conclusion, though I have to say it's still a pretty good idea. In my testing however, I found that the bottomless Bloody Maria (con tequila en lugar de vodka) is every bit as fantastic as I thought it would be.
Just a tip, one functioning drunk to another.
Quote from: SD on September 02, 2012, 01:44:19 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on September 02, 2012, 01:33:49 PM
I have determined, through thorough experimentation, that AM all-you-can-drink bloody marys is not the fantastic idea that it initially appears to be.
You might want to let matty know that was bloody mary and that he didn't get ass raped
Can't it be both?
I don't frequent bars enough to give you a definitive viewpoint, but I have seen it in action with my late brother-in-law. I sat with him in a club in Bethlehem, and the buybacks were pretty frequent.
in the last two hours on this board matty has been accused of being a huge fan of child rape and getting his scphincter violated
what the hell is going on with that guy
Child rape? Guess I missed that one.
is anyone crushing their liver tonight....everybody has to be off tomorrow no?
yes...i am. beer and vodka/ginger ales
vodka ginger ales?
wtf?
It was an accidental mix one time and it tasted pretty good....so there ya have it. I like to mix them up once in awhile
try vodka and milk...i heard its wonderful
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 03, 2012, 12:29:23 AM
try vodka and milk...i heard its wonderful
Have you never heard of a moscow mule?
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 03, 2012, 12:29:23 AM
try vodka and milk...i heard its wonderful
No thanks I'll stick with my goose and vernors
Quote from: methdeez on September 03, 2012, 12:36:46 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 03, 2012, 12:29:23 AM
try vodka and milk...i heard its wonderful
Have you never heard of a moscow mule?
no but if its vodka and milk ill pass
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 03, 2012, 12:38:45 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 03, 2012, 12:29:23 AM
try vodka and milk...i heard its wonderful
No thanks I'll stick with my goose and vernors
lol at vernors...im suprised they sell that in houston....i thought that was a michigan thang...either way that and vodka is gross and is something id drink at four in the morning when i was out of pretty much every other possible combination
I cant imagine drinking vodka and milk without throwing up. I know white russians are a drink but straight vodka and milk sounds disgusting. Better to just have vodka and vodka. Or vodka and water. Or water and water.
when i said that i was literally trying to think of the worst combination of anything...and vodka milk is what came to mind...i thought this was a good call until deez came in and acted like i was crazy for talkin shtein about vodka milk
it was a good call, although maybe vodka and soy milk might be worse
i mean if you are gonna go soy milk you might as well just drink semen and vodka...but i was trying to avoid something like that
oh and its been 15 hours and 23 minutes since ive had the screwdriver that kicked this shtein fest off
So the bums debacle was part of this binge? I hope it helped. I waited 4 hours until I cracked open the fire water.
this binge is ending now....my entire being is about to shut down and its getting light here....ill be back up around noon to do it again
Quote from: Diomedes on September 02, 2012, 01:24:48 PM
In the years I lived in NYC, I became accustomed to "buy-backs" from my regular pubs. Every third or fourth or fifth drink, depending on the bar/bartender/crowd at the time, I'd get a round on the house. There were no strict rules for this, and I only got them in bars I patronized regularly, but the courtesy could be counted on.
Is this practice unique to NYC? I haven't had a single bartender give me a drink on the house in Baltimore. What gives?
Wasn't there a long winded, douchey article or blog posted on this very subject? Probably in the last year or 2.
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 03, 2012, 03:06:56 AM
when i said that i was literally trying to think of the worst combination of anything...and vodka milk is what came to mind...i thought this was a good call until deez came in and acted like i was crazy for talkin shtein about vodka milk
No I was calling you crazy for talking shtein about Vodka and Ginger, so you pulled out Method Man's recipe for worst drink ever.
But vodka and ginger beer is very good, it's called a Moscow Mule, and may have popularized Vodka in the US in the first place.
If there was one, Sassy, I'd be much obliged if you would dig it up and post the link.
I actually did a little skimming through this thread when I posted about it, but I have no clue when it was actually posted, or if it was even posted in this thread. Very well could have been posted in the random musings thread and I'm not about to try finding it in there.
Just take my word on it when I say that the author of the article in question was worse than atv, stalker, and none dumber combined.
I had forgotten ATV, thanks for the reminder.
Turns out it wasn't posted that long ago at all.....it only feels that way. It's also important to note that Dio was the first person to comment on the story. I don't know why it's important to note that. It just is.
Quote from: Rome on March 09, 2012, 04:00:50 PM
QuoteDecember 21, 2008, 10:00 pm
By DAVID KRAMER
One thing I miss about drinking is hanging out in bars.
For years my wife and I resisted owning a television, so I would use my local bar like the family room, and go there to watch sports on TV. My wife used to tell me with pride that during the summer months, when the windows were open at my local, the bartenders would see her walking by on her way home and shout greetings to her outside, whether I was at the bar or not.
My local bar was Peter McManus over on 7th Avenue and 19th Street in Manhattan. It's an Irish place with worn banquettes and stools and an old, beat-up bar complete with a fish tank and photographs of family and patrons going back for generations.
I used to joke that I was surprised to be treated like a regular over there because I always considered myself to be firmly irregular. And as much as I did frequent the place, there was a group of guys and women who were always there. From my vantage point, they were the real regulars. Still, I was treated really well at the bar no matter how often I showed up.
McManus is one of those rare New York bars that still understands and holds dear the concept of the buyback — a drink on the house for every few you buy. And depending on the bartender and the length of my drinking session, the buybacks could be plentiful. Every now and then, the cadence of the buybacks would increase and I would find myself going one-for-one with the bartender, which made it difficult to slip out in a moment of polite one-upmanship.
I thought this was just great. I knew that buybacks didn't go to just anybody. They were a perk of the inner circle, the handful of patrons who were genuinely liked and trusted by the staff. So a buyback didn't just mean free beer — a great concept on its own. It meant acceptance. It meant I was on one of the rings of the inner circle.
Of course, there was a trade-off for all those buybacks; you had to tip nicely. Most nights I drank too much, left big piles of cash on the bar and staggered home. Being a big tipper was not something you could accuse me of in most circumstances. I still remember going out for dinner with my grandmother in Florida, where after an obscenely large early-bird special, she packed up all the extra food and the basket of rolls to take home and told me to tip one dollar per person. This was etched firmly into my tipping ethos.
When my wife and I got married in the early 90's and we started looking for a place to live in Manhattan, my only condition was that our apartment be near a bar I liked. We lived briefly on Second Avenue in the West 30's, but I didn't like the local bar very much so we soon moved to Chelsea, where I settled on McManus.
This was about 1993 and I was becoming more and more obsessive about the Knicks at the time. I was a loud and vocal fan, and soon became friendly with the bartenders during the prime Patrick Ewing-Charles Oakley years. I hoped to drink them to a championship. I often laughed to myself about the fact that I lived within walking distance of Madison Square Garden, but could not think of a more magical place to watch those games than from a stool in My Bar.
After a few years on 21st Street, we decided to move. I remember walking into McManus and telling Bruce, one of the bartenders there, that I was about to move out of the neighborhood. I remember his glum expression as he told me to wait a minute, then left and came back with a beer.
"This one's on me," he said. "Where are you moving to?"
"Twenty-fifth Street!" I said, holding my free beer. In those days, any place above 23rd Street was decidedly not Chelsea, and we both laughed hysterically. I don't think I paid for a drink the rest of the night. Despite the long commute I now had, I managed to maintain my regular status.
* * *
Last winter when I was still drinking — long after the demise of the Knicks — I was in McManus. I was sitting next to Bruce at the end of the bar where the off-duty cops and bartenders typically hung out. On this particular night there were no cops in the house; it was relatively slow. Suddenly, at the middle of the bar, a customer began yelling at one of the bartenders. The guy had been cut off. And he didn't like it. Everyone at our end of the bar looked over with concern, and the guy opened up his jacket like he had a gun in his waistband. All around me everyone jumped into action.
Someone grabbed a bat and jumped over the bar. Bruce got up and he and a bunch of others ran and began pushing this guy out the front door. For a split-second I just sat there. All alone now, sitting at the bar, I considered that after all these years, I had never been in a bar fight. I had no idea what to do — and that guy had a gun for all I knew.
Something drove me just then to jump up. I started across the bar and made it in time to join in on pushing the angry customer out the door. We all got outside and almost on cue a police cruiser stopped on the corner to see what was going on. They guy took off and the cops never got out of their car. They didn't chase him; nobody had really seen a gun anyway. We all went back inside and drank some more.
When I got home I woke up my wife. I told her about how I had been in my first bar fight — if that was what that was. Then I told her the details of what had happened.
I told her about that split-second, how I was frozen on my bar stool and didn't know what to do. But then every free drink that I had ever had, and the potential of that ending — forever — flashed before my eyes. No more special treatment. No more buybacks ... The thought was staggering. I just had to do something.
She couldn't believe I had been so stupid: "You have a son!" She couldn't believe I would run right into the scuffle when there may well have been guns involved. What would she have done if I had been shot or killed?
I promised her I would never do anything like that again, and now that I am not spending time in bars, it's an easy promise to keep. But to tell the truth, even now, I know there is just no way I could have lived with myself if I had been still sitting on that stool when all the guys from the bar came back inside.
Bad judgment? Sure. But I wouldn't blame the alcohol. I never did have very good judgment, and still don't, even though I am sober.
His doctor was right about his drinking!
That is garbage rambling from an AA meeting.
F
Reading it again, that story is douchier than I remembered.
So if I got it straight, he just about lived in NYC bars for many years of his life until one night there was a "bar fight" where a whole bunch of guys shoved another one out the door who possibly may or may not have had a gun, and the guy ran away. So he doesn't go to bars anymore and now his wife isn't afraid.
Don't forget about him also complaining about not getting enough free liquor.
Most people who have ever had a drink think that their personal version of drinking is the most interesting thing the world has ever seen. I know this first hand because my drinking has always and will always rule and you're all a bunch of lightweights with terrible drinking stories compared to me.
That story, though, was scraping bottom. It was pathetic on a level that is difficult to achieve. Most former drinkers lament the life they led and the decisions they made and therefor actually had a reason to quit. This guy liked drinking and the worst decision he ever made while drinking was to push someone out of a door as part of a mob of out-the-door-pushers. Sounds to me like he quit drinking because his wife is an uptight funholehair and still pines for the life because he never had a good reason to stop in the first place. What a douche.
Yuengling released an Oktoberfest beer....I bought a 6 pack but haven't tried it yet. I've not been a big fan of their beers outside of the lager, but i have hope they'll do seasonals well.
Oktoberfests, and all pumpkin flavored beers, can go farg themselves. Just awful.
I don't like pumpkin at all but I've been able to find a few autumn beers that I like. Dogfish's is alright, and I love the Sam Adams fall brew, though I don't think that's specifically pumpkin.
I'm not sure if Yuengling's is supposed to be pumpkin flavor either but if it is I'll send you a case.
Quote from: rjs246 on September 05, 2012, 12:20:25 PM
Oktoberfests, and all pumpkin flavored beers, can go farg themselves. Just awful.
Sam Adam's Octoberfest is the jesus.
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Quote from: rjs246 on September 05, 2012, 12:20:25 PM
Oktoberfests, and all pumpkin flavored beers, can go farg themselves. Just awful.
This couldn't be more true.
Also, while I occasionally like a decent IPA, it seems like the craze has gotten to the point where people will order pretty much anything on the menu with "IPA" in the title. I just don't get it. It's a good change of pace, but why would I want to go all hoppy all the time?
Still, I'd order an IPA before a garbage fall seasonal.
IPA's are unbelievably gross
IPA's are like sleeping with a tranny. It's just weird at first, but eventually, it gets palpable. IPAs ladies and gentlemen.
i have tall boys of shlitz in my fridge right now so i'm no beer snob but shock top makes a good, cheap pumpkin beer.
In a blind taste test, almost no one could tell the difference between Blue Moon and Shock Top.
I can tell the difference and I think Shock Top is better. Cheaper too.
Edit: The Belgian style is what I'm referring to, of course. farg Oktoberfest horseshtein.
I don't like flavored beer, in general. I like my beer to taste like, well, beer. I do like darker beers, though, and some of the fall stuff falls under that category. Sam is a good staple, in general. I do like Dogfish Head quite a bit, including their IPA...but not all the time. Their Raison d'etra is pretty badass, though.
Sam Adam's Octoberfest is the best. I can't stand hbionic's tranny IPA's or some hipster PBR crap. I'm interested if Yuengling's Octoberfest is decent since it would save some $ over Sam Adam's. I'm already a fan of their black and tan in addition to their porter.
For being cheap, Yuengling is very drinkable, pretty much across their varieties. I picked up a case a couple of weeks ago for $10, which was silly.
Full disclosure, though-- I'm a big beer fan, but I don't drink much of it these days. I had a bunch the other day, but it was the first I've had one in weeks. My tastebuds love the stuff, but my body does better without it.
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 05, 2012, 01:18:22 PM
In a blind taste test, almost no one could tell the difference between Blue Moon and Shock Top.
They both suck, so its tough to distinguish.
I lurve IPA's. But it depends on the brewer. Stone always has winners. Just had Black Diamond Brewing's Jagged Edge this weekend. Nothing special, but worth the try. Nothing beats a Stone Ruination.
I'm not sure if I mentioned it in the beer or app threads, but there's a RateBeer app on android that's a nice resource to use when shopping for a good beer. Probably on iOS, too.
im a beer Hoyda who only drinks light beer, but i started drinking Heineken Light a few months ago and it's farging delicious. little pricey, but worth it.
Get it in the mini-keg, Sunny. Awesome for tailgates. An added benefit is if anyone tries to take any from it you can smash 'em in the face with it.
they make the light in the mini keg?
Quote from: SunMo on September 05, 2012, 02:18:31 PM
im a beer Hoyda who only drinks light beer, but i started drinking Heineken Light a few months ago and it's farging delicious. little pricey, but worth it.
Sunny, have you tried Moosehead Light Lime? A buddy of mine swears they are the best lime drinks around. I have to remind him that he's a hoyda who loves lime drinks.
i don't drink lime beers much anymore. i'm all growds up
I'm like a proud father right now.
Quote from: rjs246 on September 05, 2012, 12:34:11 PM
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lol this cracked me up
Had the Yuengling Oktoberfest on tap tonight....pretty much tasted like Yuengling, just a little darker. Pretty good.
Then again maybe the bartender just thought I was ordering Yuengling
Had the Dogfish pumpkin yesterday, and it wasn't as good as I remembered. Maybe this year's batch was made differently, but the pumpkin taste was just too much. I had a few Smuttynose pumpkin brews a couple of weeks ago, and the subtle flavoring was perfect.
Anybody else had Duclaw beers? I've come to really like their products. Excellent balance of favors.
their beers are awful but i can walk to duclaw from the cribbo
XXSerum is some great IPA.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 06, 2012, 08:04:19 PM
Had the Dogfish pumpkin yesterday, and it wasn't as good as I remembered. Maybe this year's batch was made differently, but the pumpkin taste was just too much. I had a few Smuttynose pumpkin brews a couple of weeks ago, and the subtle flavoring was perfect.
Anybody else had Duclaw beers? I've come to really like their products. Excellent balance of favors.
I've found I enjoy the Punkin Ale when it's on tap, not so much out of the bottle.
Quote from: DH on August 21, 2012, 05:02:23 PM
Pretty sure regardless of the state, a DUI means a loss of license. That word wasn't hard to spell at all.
Quick update. The arresting officer apparently never filed his paperwork, and he was given a Dismissal without prejudice. That means everything he was charged with the speeding and DUI are out. They can be brought up at any time, especially if he gets in any more trouble. But he lucked out. Still out $2500 just in legal fee's. I really wonder if the officer just felt bad after it all and figured it was a lesson to be learned.
sounds like a pbj which is pretty much the verdict in almost every first time dui offense in maryland
I cant get beyond that letter combo and keep thinking of a sandwich
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dio you ever had pikesville rye?
picked up a bottle today in crackamore....looks like quite the rot gut
Nope, let us know how it goes.
Generally speaking, Rye is too harsh for drinking neat and I'm not much for bothering to mix drinks, so I don't go for in for Rye.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/sep/24/ut-fraternity-suspended-over-graphic-alcohol/?print=1
lol....what?
Quote from: Diomedes on September 22, 2012, 05:49:25 PM
Nope, let us know how it goes.
not well
even for rot gut its brutal
not that you were thinking about but DO NOT buy
Duly noted.
my new beer koozie (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006SNUVPC/ref=pe_175190_21431760_M3C_SC_dp_1)
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I'm still hungover from a bachelor party Saturday. I keep randomly feeling like I'm about to pass out. Impressive display of destroying myself.
dc just opened up its first legal distillery today...stopping by after work to get a bottle of their first batch of gin.
for consumption tonight, AMIRITE!?
Went to the brew fest in Kennett Square this weekend, and it was excellent. We had tickets for the "connoisseur event," which let us try from about 38 different brews for the first hour and a half. The full event included something like 70 to 80 breweries, and it was packed with people.
One of my faves was the Allagash Curieux, which is a Belgian tripel aged in bourbon barrels.
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We went to Total Wine and picked up a few bottles to bring home for a special occasion.
just bought a bottle of this today...saffron infused gin. clerk told me it was great but i'm skeptical. but hey, orange gin.
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A Two Stones Pub opened up here and I went last week. They had just had a Dogfish Tap takevoer the day before so it was nearly all Dogfish. They had a keg of 2009 Old School that tasted delicious. 100% better than a brand new bottle of the stuff.
Was it just a straight keg, or was it a firkin?
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on October 05, 2012, 07:49:11 PM
Was it just a straight keg, or was it a firkin?
hmm..I guess I have no idea. I assume a keg because they always have one beer there on cask that they advertise, so I would assume they'd advertise if they had any others not in the standard keg?
I'm not entirely sure what a firkin is though...they're similar to casks, no? usually wooden and smaller?
A firkin and a cask is very similar, in that they are both lightly refrigerated and naturally carbonated. But usually with a firkin they put additional flavoring items into the barrel and age it to give it a different flavor.
that saffron gin i posted earlier was actually really good...finished most of the bottle just drinking it on the rocks, pretty delicious.
today i got a bottle of Bluecoat gin, pretty much because it's in a cool bottle. Mixed one up with Fever Tree tonic and cucumbers, one of the better G&Ts I've had.
also i have never seen or heard the word firkin. sounds like a retarded person trying to curse.
The kids' place had a pumpkin beer event on Friday. 11 different pumpkin beers on tap, one of them (Weyerbacher) in a firkin. I'm not a huge pumpkin beer fan, but it was nice doing a tasting flight.
I had Saranac pumpkin ale last night. They come in this 32 oz. jug handle type for 5 so I gave it a try. Really wanted the Dogfish pumpkin ale but it was $10 for a 4 pack.
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i hate those "i was so drunk...." guys but i was so drunk at my sister in law's wedding.
started with a flask of jameson pre and post ceremony, and vodka tonics from 6pm to 330am.
i don't remember much from the hotel bar afterwards, except when the bartender called last call i ordered 5 v&t's to keep me going.
story sucks, sorry.
Delete.
i just shtein and the entire bathroom smelled like liquor
Got a bottle of Rouge Double Chocolate Stout I may crack open tonight
Quote from: SunMo on October 22, 2012, 03:23:56 PM
i hate those "i was so drunk...." guys but i was so drunk at my sister in law's wedding.
started with a flask of jameson pre and post ceremony, and vodka tonics from 6pm to 330am.
i don't remember much from the hotel bar afterwards, except when the bartender called last call i ordered 5 v&t's to keep me going.
story sucks, sorry.
I just want to know if you hurled.
lol @ "hurled"
gin and juice since this morning....now onto wine
sierra nevada torpedo extra IPA
is that english?
not if i have much more
i dont know what it is but keep at it.....its the only way to achieve epic liver status one day
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on October 30, 2012, 12:20:49 AM
sierra nevada torpedo extra IPA
Never had it, but it sounds delicious. I'll look for it next time I go to the le beer shoppe.
lol
This was last night. Had Bitches Brew, Palo Santo Marron, and Chicory Stout.
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They did a tap takeover at a Two stones here about a month back. They brought aged Olde School and 120, I think the Old School was like 3 years old....sooooo good.
Also love having Theobroma on tap
Got a bottle of Trader Joe's 2012 vintage dark ale because it came in a large bottle for $5.49. Most aged vintage beers/ales I've had are overpriced gimicky fru fru products that might be ok for one third the price but still odd. This was wasn't bad at all though, probably because it was fresh rather than aged in some kind of oak barrel 4years ago, even though it was "on lees" which is a wine fermentation term. Packed a surprising punch. When I looked at the bottle I saw it was a full 750ml and it carried its 9% abv well. Good buzz/$ value.
went bar hopping in nyc yesterday...one of the spots we went to....one of my very favorite bars in the world
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What's cool about it? Serious question. Never been to NY so when I make it one day, it would be cool to put it on the list.
its just a classic old school ny dive bar...something that has been dying off since the 90's
its also on the upper east side in an extremely affluent area....in fact its just up the street from bloomingdales
any bar with a neon sign storefront = awesome
got a jug of something called meadowbrook farms egg nog made in philadelphia.....it comes with bourbon brandy and whiskey already incorporated but not super strong....i think its 18%...but add philadelphia rye to it and its a philly christmas treat
Hey Sus, I know you're around the area somewhat...have you had anything from Twin Lakes Brewery yet? I had their winter warmer Jubilicious the other day and it was excellent. Unfortunately they're so small they don't bottle any of their shtein, so you can only get it at whatever bars they send it to. I think they do sell their IPA in cans at some liquor stores though.
Had a Xmas party last night. Drank from noon yesterday till 5 am. I'm in zombie mode on the couch in pajamas watching the bums. What's cool is pretty much every group of people that showed up brought a bottle of something. Woke up and there's a bottle of Makers Mark, Sailor Jerry, Jack Daniels, Patron, Ciroq, Captain Morgan and a few bottles of wine.
Same here - I ended up going to a Christmas party with my cousins. We were supposed to have a bonfire at their place but it was too dangerous with the winds yesterday. I was supposed go down the city with Sunny & igy but obviously never made it. I was blacked out by 3am and somehow woke up in time to make it down to Delaware Park to get NFL bets in.
I started with beer and ended with shots of vodka and bourbon. I am in bed watching redzone hungry as farg
Phreak you don't have to go all the way down to Del Park anymore to place your bets (unless you just want the experience of being in the casino of course). Delaware passed a law that allowed 20 or so businesses within the state to offer sports betting, and a large majority of them are much closer to the PA border than the casino. Stanley's Tavern (the one Bergey used to part own) is one of them, and that's literally 2-3 minutes from the border, less if you don't hit red lights.
No shtein? Good info - thanks!
Yup, here's a list of the businesses you can find the betting cards at by county...
http://www.delottery.com/games/sports/sportsretailers.asp
Stanley's, Fairfax News, Famous Jack's and Famous Joe's are all pretty much right over the border. If you wanted to stick around to drink and watch games, Stanley's is the best by far out of those choices in terms of food and drink selection and atmosphere.
Quote from: Munson on December 20, 2012, 07:48:21 PM
Hey Sus, I know you're around the area somewhat...have you had anything from Twin Lakes Brewery yet? I had their winter warmer Jubilicious the other day and it was excellent. Unfortunately they're so small they don't bottle any of their shtein, so you can only get it at whatever bars they send it to. I think they do sell their IPA in cans at some liquor stores though.
Sorry for the delay...
Yeah, I've had some of their stuff before, mostly at beer festivals (and I think at McKensie's in Glen Mills). Pretty good overall. I tried to visit them on a random Friday a while back (after the Bengals game), only to discover that they are only open to the public on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It's pretty much just a little estate in Greenville, and it was a pretty strange experience. I ended up going to Boxcar in West Chester (another strange, but much better, experience).
had a pretty damn good quart of beer last nite from el salvador called regia
What do you folks think about hard ciders? I've been padding the revenue stream for Angry Orchard lately. I prefer their "traditional dry" to their other marques. I've also tried the woodchuck amber, their original, and it's comparable (though a tad weaker at 5% vs. 5.5%). I also had the woodchuck pear cider...at 4% it's like drinking soda, and it's way too sweet for me.
Does anyone know of a cider that breaks the 5.5% ABV?
I've tried Ace Pear Cider at the Ale House in Fredericksburg (there is one in Richmond and I think on the MD side). It's only 5%, but not as sweet as you'd expect. Pretty dry too. I like it on occasion.
ive only had a few...one of them being woodchuck but i dont know the variety....i think it was their "regular"
i dont know the makers of the others ive had but they all have been pretty good however like you mentioned about the pear woodchuck they all have also been to sweet...i wasnt able to drink more than two or three before i needed to switch to something else
I suspect it's difficult to get a higher ABV into cider for some reason. I'm not a chemistry guy though, so I'd have to have someone explain it to me.
I am fairly sure it is because they use a different type of yeast in ciders than in traditional beer brewing.
theres def gotta be ciders stronger than the 5% range.....theoretically you can make it as strong as you want....i suspect they dont go real high because then it becomes a wine or at least starts to resemble a wine like taste and then its like whats the point of making a cider if you are going to go there
Over the holidays I had....
Twin Lakes Jubilicious
Anchor Christmas Ale
Goose Island Christmas Ale
Harpoon Winter Warmer
Breckenridge Christmas Ale
All goddamn delicious. I think the Harpoon might have been my favorite.....but the Breckenridge was really good as well.
I had about two gallons of Young's Double Chocolate over Christmas.
Nummy
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I've seen a can of that and though bleehch!
I'm mistaken? Chocolate beer?
I've had a type of chocolate beer, pretty sure not that one, but it was delicious.
Pretzels go with beer. Chocolate goes with pretzels. It should work.
Not really a chocolate beer, but you can definitely detect notes of it, along with coffee and occasionally toffee.
It's the farging business.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/664/73
It comes in bottles generally. Never seen the cans in person.
I've had Rouge's double chocolate stout before...it was just a little too much for me. I'm not a fan of coffee flavored shtein so stouts aren't my thing
Quote from: Diomedes on January 03, 2013, 03:23:42 PM
What do you folks think about hard ciders? I've been padding the revenue stream for Angry Orchard lately. I prefer their "traditional dry" to their other marques. I've also tried the woodchuck amber, their original, and it's comparable (though a tad weaker at 5% vs. 5.5%). I also had the woodchuck pear cider...at 4% it's like drinking soda, and it's way too sweet for me.
Does anyone know of a cider that breaks the 5.5% ABV?
Strongbow is 5%. Pretty sure the kind I was drinking in Australia in 98' was 8%. Not really into sweet tasting alcoholic beverages but Strongbow isn't half bad.
Young's Double Chocolate is farging delicious. And it doesn't taste like a Hershey bar either. Just a hint of it.
i bet chocolate stout tastes extra good at the soccer bar
I tried that Strongbow stuff once...nasty.
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 03, 2013, 08:42:59 PM
i bet chocolate stout tastes extra good at the soccer bar
I'd bet you have no idea what you are talking about. I'd also bet that everyone here already knows that.
I've had the Strongbow as well. It's alright, nothing special. I certainly preferred it over the Pear Woodchuck.
so far:
Angry Orchard "Traditional Dry"
Woodchuck "Amber"
Angry Orchard "Crisp Apple"
Strongbow
Woodchuck Pear
Next time I buy cider I'll get the big Euro brand Magner's and see how that is.
Check out:
http://jackshardcider.com/
...and...
http://docshardcider.com/
Jack's is made near Gettysburg, and they offer a nice, refreshing cider variety. I had the Doc's at a brew fest this summer, and I liked it a lot.
Youngs double chocolate has bee a favorite of mine for a long time. I like their line. I haven't seen their Old Nick barley wine style ale (I think it's called) in at least a couple of years but good for a change of pace. Have to be in the mood the the >7 % alcohol.
Quote from: Diomedes on January 03, 2013, 03:30:46 PM
I suspect it's difficult to get a higher ABV into cider for some reason. I'm not a chemistry guy though, so I'd have to have someone explain it to me.
Alcohol comes from the fermentation of sugar so the more sugar fermented the greater the alcohol. I'm guessing there just isn't enough sugar in apples or pears to convert into over 5 or 6 %, or what ever they max out at (though sometimes sugar is added to give a boost. In wine making it is called chaptalization if the grapes are too lame on their own).
Thanks Sus.
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 05, 2013, 01:48:06 AMAlcohol comes from the fermentation of sugar so the more sugar fermented the greater the alcohol. I'm guessing there just isn't enough sugar in apples or pears to convert into over 5 or 6 %, or what ever they max out at (though sometimes sugar is added to give a boost. In wine making it is called chaptalization if the grapes are too lame on their own).
I'd imagine apples are loaded with sugar.
Dio... if you like Guinness try a Black Velvet (Magner's & Guinness).
It's ridiculous.
Hmm...never done that. I've had a Black & Tan of course. Sounds...interesting.
Yep. That's a good word for it. I can't drink ten of them but mixing one in here and there is refreshing.
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 05, 2013, 01:48:06 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on January 03, 2013, 03:30:46 PM
I suspect it's difficult to get a higher ABV into cider for some reason. I'm not a chemistry guy though, so I'd have to have someone explain it to me.
Alcohol comes from the fermentation of sugar so the more sugar fermented the greater the alcohol. I'm guessing there just isn't enough sugar in apples or pears to convert into over 5 or 6 %, or what ever they max out at (though sometimes sugar is added to give a boost. In wine making it is called chaptalization if the grapes are too lame on their own).
I think the max they can get on Cider drinks is like 14% to 17% based on a conversation I had with a home brewer at an Iron Hill Brew contest a few years back. Guy had some ridiculous homemade cider, said its a pain to get cider even to 10%, and it involves freezing, then scraping off the water that freezes.
Quote from: Diomedes on January 05, 2013, 07:36:01 AM
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 05, 2013, 01:48:06 AMAlcohol comes from the fermentation of sugar so the more sugar fermented the greater the alcohol. I'm guessing there just isn't enough sugar in apples or pears to convert into over 5 or 6 %, or what ever they max out at (though sometimes sugar is added to give a boost. In wine making it is called chaptalization if the grapes are too lame on their own).
I'd imagine apples are loaded with sugar.
They have a good bit of sugar but not nearly as much as grapes can get, especially if they are effected by a mold called botrytis which draws out the water content of the grapes and leaves the sugars very concentrated, which is why wine can naturally reach alcohol concentrations of > 18%. I have a bottle of wine that is about 30% residual sugar which means the grapes were probably 5 or 6 times as sweet as apples.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on January 05, 2013, 10:10:33 AM
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 05, 2013, 01:48:06 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on January 03, 2013, 03:30:46 PM
I suspect it's difficult to get a higher ABV into cider for some reason. I'm not a chemistry guy though, so I'd have to have someone explain it to me.
Alcohol comes from the fermentation of sugar so the more sugar fermented the greater the alcohol. I'm guessing there just isn't enough sugar in apples or pears to convert into over 5 or 6 %, or what ever they max out at (though sometimes sugar is added to give a boost. In wine making it is called chaptalization if the grapes are too lame on their own).
I think the max they can get on Cider drinks is like 14% to 17% based on a conversation I had with a home brewer at an Iron Hill Brew contest a few years back. Guy had some ridiculous homemade cider, said its a pain to get cider even to 10%, and it involves freezing, then scraping off the water that freezes.
That makes sense since freezing it and removing the ice is essenatialy removing water and leaving the alcohol more concentrated, but the alcohol wouldn't get that high just from fermentation.
bar down the street from me is owned by the mcfaddens group...they've always brought a fairly decent philly crowd for games but are currently turning into a full fledged philly bar. all philly sports, a whole separate room, etc. i'm going to be bartending that room for a bunch of flyers games this year if anyone happens to be in dc.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on January 05, 2013, 10:10:33 AM
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 05, 2013, 01:48:06 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on January 03, 2013, 03:30:46 PM
I suspect it's difficult to get a higher ABV into cider for some reason. I'm not a chemistry guy though, so I'd have to have someone explain it to me.
Alcohol comes from the fermentation of sugar so the more sugar fermented the greater the alcohol. I'm guessing there just isn't enough sugar in apples or pears to convert into over 5 or 6 %, or what ever they max out at (though sometimes sugar is added to give a boost. In wine making it is called chaptalization if the grapes are too lame on their own).
I think the max they can get on Cider drinks is like 14% to 17% based on a conversation I had with a home brewer at an Iron Hill Brew contest a few years back. Guy had some ridiculous homemade cider, said its a pain to get cider even to 10%, and it involves freezing, then scraping off the water that freezes.
He drinks a cider drink, he drinks a vodka drink. He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a lager drink...he sings the songs that remind him of the good times, he sings a song that reminds him of the better times.....
Yeah, thanks for that.
You twisted the 1st line a bit. I'd like to knock you down for doing that but you'll probably just get up again.
I decided that it wasn't worth the trouble of looking it up. I didn't know you were a Chumbawumba purist.
I thought everyone was.
http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/zjgzi1/upright-citizens-brigade-lady-of-the-lake
Quote from: phattymatty on January 10, 2013, 09:36:24 AMi'm going to be bartending that room for a bunch of flyers games this year if anyone happens to be in dc.
Bright guys aren't they, these McFaddens. Hire a fox to guard the chicken coop. Profit.
im even impressing myself how hard im oblitering beer tonight...like i dont even have to try and a deuce deuce of this is down or a quart of this is down
colt 45 ftl
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/31/us/justice-beer/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
I'm not sure if this is best put in the booze thread, medical advice, random musings, or if I should create a narcotics thread, but I can say this - I have a tooth blowing up on me. Tolerable yesterday, earlier today needed Aleve, and out of control by dinner. But a combo of 4 Vicodin and 4 scotches plus a good coffee is the magic bullet. We'll see what happens when I get up for work tomorrow, but for now raw carrots with crunchy peanut butter and guacomole is no problem.
If you're doing 4 Vics and booze and it's just taking the edge off I'd go to the dentist. There's something wrong. farg toothaches they're the worst.
Yeah, agreed. I'm just hoping to hold out til Monday. It's on a tooth with a crown already so could be looking at root canal, yay.
I was listening to one of the shows on MadDog Radio and that dope Tom Byrne was fill in hosting (he used to be at 97.5 and assaulted a cabbie and tried to say he was a celeb). The topic was Rory McElroy not finishing his round. I think Rory is full of shtein with his toothache excuse but if he is telling the truth - I can understand.
When my wisdom teeth were busted and needing to come out I was farging miserable. I was eating tubes of orajel until they came out.
shouldnt have played then....when you walk off after going +8 on the first seven holes it looks like you quit....fair or not
Agreed. Or you dope up and grit it out.
But when those fargers hurt - they can be miserable
grit it out on the farging golf course, lol
Quote from: Diomedes on March 02, 2013, 11:41:49 PM
grit it out on the farging golf course, lol
ha
the end
G-Spirits.....booze that gets poured over hot chicks' boobs before being bottled (http://www.therock.net.nz/G-Spirits-trailer-NSFW/tabid/871/articleID/22376/Default.aspx)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VDN0JxhqKvo#!
Since they're eurotrash chicks, I imagine the booze is poured on them to help wash off the residue from their latest bukkake scene.
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 29, 2010, 01:59:56 AM
so my brother got me a bottle of this for xmas
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im drowning my eagle sorrows in it right now and damn is it some smoooov shtein
I was in one of my buyers office the other day. He is also the liquor buyer at this particular customer. Sitting on his shelf glaring at me is a bottle of this. He left the room for a few minutes and I was tempted as hell to throw the bottle in my bag. I need to do some negotiating with this guy.
its pricey as hell but damn its good
got a bottle of this for tonight....pretty eh...but at least unlike most flavored vodkas absolutes are 80 proof
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that sounds delicious.
I am going to go to the store by my crib to see if they have it....will report back
its got plum in it too...good for smoother liquor poopies in the morning
They didn't have it so I got a couple mickeys sixers.
Mmmm...been awhile since I drank this
along with coqui 900 my all time favorite malt liquor
mickey's pull tops was the first thing i ever threw up on
lol my first drunk puke was courtesy of red dog
I miss those old pull tops. My pops used to slam old Milwaukee when I was a kid and he'd let me crack em open and sneak a sip here and there
ive never even heard of red dog what is that?
you probably dont remember but mickey pull tops were not like old milwaukee or schlitz pull tops...they were similar to pulling the pin on a grenade....had this huge pin and it pulled a massive metal shard off the wide mouth...it was nothing like a beer can....the reason they banned them was because they were so dangerous...they were slicin people up on the regular
Red dog was made by miller I think during my high school years. We always drank that and icehouse.
Nah I sure don't....they sound awesome. Gonna see if I can find a pic
i just googled red dog and i def remember it now.....never had it but i remember that bulldog packaging...lol blast from the past
Yeah the chick I was fooling around with at my first job was over 21 and was me and my boys alcohol hook up.
On prom night we ended up taking over the top floor of a hotel. Our suite was the beer room...we emptied out the ice machine into the hot tub and bath tub and stocked it with red dog. Must have been four hundred beers in there.
That night was the first and last time I've drank gin too. Hated the taste and never touched it since.
i would take a gin IV if offered
KY Derby and mint julep with Blantons bourbon becoming a tradition now. Don't know shtein about horse racing and I know purists wouldn't mix a fine bourbon, especially with something sweet, but it's awesome.
mint juleps are indeed very good and also too sweet to have more than one or two
old fashioneds are goat
Yeah, not making it too sweet is important. But I think the key is to take a sprig of mint and smack it a couple of times in the palm and put it at the rim of the glass. The fragrant smell when taking a sip actually makes more a difference than the taste from the muddled leaf extract.
even better than that is make mint simple syrup....shtein is so good and it cuts some of the sweetness of the syrup
Yes, I'm undecided which I like better. It is also very good making a concentrated infusion like a tea. Like many herbs, mint gets bitter if steeped more than a couple of minutes, but 1-2 minutes in near boiling water is another good way to go.
Btw, couldn't help thinking of Buddy after the derby (KY horse farm connection and all), and the trainer of the winning horse bears some resemblance to him. Only when interviewed the trainer didn't say the other horses sucked.
i made pineapple mint mojitos last weekend for me and matty with mint simple syrup and a fresh pineapple from wifeys mother in florida....so good
if the race was 2.34 then i watched 2.36 of the coverage...in fact i dvr'ed it...so i didnt see any trainers/owners or shtein like that
There's absolutely no comparison between making drinks from scratch vs some manufactured bottled shtein, especially when you hit it just right.
I'm now out of Blanton's which is as good a bourbon as I've ever had (shout out to RJS recommendation) so I'm off the store for more.
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Got this ice bucket for $5 yesterday at a garage sale.
Tropical!
Quote from: Rome on May 05, 2013, 10:02:40 AM
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Got this ice bucket for $5 yesterday at a garage sale.
Tropical!
I think you paid about $4.75 too much.
Haha....seriously. Who the hell spends $5 on 1 item at a yard sale? If I'm giving up a Lincoln for something at a yard sale, it better plug in and do something.
Quote from: methdeez on May 05, 2013, 01:14:30 PM
Quote from: Rome on May 05, 2013, 10:02:40 AM
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Got this ice bucket for $5 yesterday at a garage sale.
Tropical!
I think you paid about $4.75 too much.
lolol
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Do you get all your glassware from gas stations in the 1980s?
Quote from: General_Failure on May 05, 2013, 08:20:13 PM
Do you get all your glassware from gas stations in the 1980s?
my pops did
I eat right and try not to drink that much, but I do like to have decent beer in the house for when someone comes over who likes good beer. The problem is, that someone is usually me.
cilantro lime infused gin going in the jar for next weekends memorial day johnson
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That Big 5 glass is legit.
I love Carlsberg
elephant is slammin....8.5%
six pack is 12 bucks around the way tho...but it will get you going nicely
I like elephant and tradiotanal. I only know of one bar in Philly that serves it on tap but its in center city. The place round the corner from me sells a case for $30.
My boy likes Sam summer ale...it's decent but I'm getting sick of it...so yesterday I bought their summer variety pack. Not bad...not great but there's a good variety to chose from.
Sam Adams is a notch above Bud Light. In other words, it's swill. And it's from Boston, and farg Boston.
all micro brews are for the most part disgusting (not that sam is a micro brew)
and yes on the boston thing
Their Octoberfest and Winter lager beers are pretty good, but I never found much outside of those from them that I've enjoyed
Quote from: Rome on May 19, 2013, 12:32:17 PM
Sam Adams is a notch above Bud Light. In other words, it's swill. And it's from Boston, and farg Boston.
I farging love Bud Light as an everyday beer.
Quote from: Munson on May 19, 2013, 01:22:48 PM
Their Octoberfest and Winter lager beers are pretty good, but I never found much outside of those from them that I've enjoyed
I'm not a Sam Adams fan...I was pre gaming before the mmrbq and grabbed a variety pack so nobody would bitch. I wish their beer was hoppier because their standard flavor is pretty meh.
Why bother drinking if Bud Light is an option? It tastes like piss water. I'm not a beer snob either. By that I mean I'll drink it if I'm at a tailgate or a party or whatever, but if I'm going to the liquor store for beer I'm not coming home with that shtein.
I drink this now...
(http://www.fullsailbrewing.com/client/images/beers/SessionBlack-Case-2012.jpg)
The local ABC liquor stores carry it and it's delicious.
I can easily distinguish BL from other light beers. I did a taste test between BL Coors lite and Miller Lite and passed with flying colors (somebody called me on it so I had to prove I could tell the difference). To me it has a bite from the beechwood aging process that makes it stand out over other lite beers. A 30 pack of cans will run ya $20. Is it a great beer and would it be my first option hell no but for a cheap everyday beer it fits what I like.
they opened up a new costco in dc recently that has a liquor aisle. it's amazing.
anyway i've seen rumors on the internet for years that the costco brand (kirkland) vodka comes from the same distillery as grey goose. bought the biggest bottle i've ever seen (1.75 liters) and it cost $13.
have not tried it yet but plan to today. will report back.
you told me that the other week and i refuse to believe the hype...i feel like its to good to be true
i made philadelphia fish house punch for tomorrow....the punch that the founding fathers and ben frank and the boys used to make all the time at the philly fish house
What's in that punch?
Fishheads, whiskey, and since he mentioned Ben Franklin, Royal French panty squeezins.
Delaware legalized growler sales in liquor stores, got my first one tonight. 32 ounces of 16 Mile's Inlet IPA. 6.1% but can't taste the bitterness of the hops at all. Pretty good.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 24, 2013, 07:12:58 PM
What's in that punch?
cognac - rum - peach jawn - simple syrup - lemon juice
Quote from: phattymatty on May 24, 2013, 04:01:27 PM
they opened up a new costco in dc recently that has a liquor aisle. it's amazing.
anyway i've seen rumors on the internet for years that the costco brand (kirkland) vodka comes from the same distillery as grey goose. bought the biggest bottle i've ever seen (1.75 liters) and it cost $13.
have not tried it yet but plan to today. will report back.
Have you checked out their steaks yet? Great prime grade delmonico, strip, and filet for the same price or less you usually find choice cuts for. They generally have pretty good prices at the liquor store but some things aren't a particularly good buy. I've had good luck with the Kirkland brand, usually a good buy but not as good as some would have you believe when being sourced from premium producers, even when branded (for example the Kirkland Macallan 15 year old scotch isn't nearly as Macallan's own, but it is maybe half the price so it's still a good deal).
Btw, have you tried Fentimans tonic? I like it more than Fever Tree, which I think is very good. Q on the other hand is way overpriced crap imo (too bitter and dry).
http://www.bigskybrew.com/Our%20Beer
Just had the 'Moose Drool' Brown Ale the other day at happy hour. If you're in the mood for something dark like a porter, but want the 'lite version', this is it. Good tasting beer. I think it may have been my first Brown Ale as well. Pretty darn good.
my new take to a party/cookout birthday present bottle...bought a case of it a few weeks ago
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That shtein looks like it will put unwanted hair on my chest.
Still not a bourbon/whiskey kinda 'guy.
anyone on here on Untapped?
im leaving for upstate ny at 130 or 2 (7.5 hr drive) when my girl gets home from a concert....plan A was to go to bed at like 6 or 7 and have her wake me up when she gets home...plan b took over which was to drink bourbon from 4-8 and let it put me to sleepies...plan c is now in effect....still drinking bourbon and want to not go to sleep
I'm about to embark on a similar trip, only I'm going the wrong direction. North Carolina. If I don't come back, you'll know they got me.
outer banks??....actually you seem more like a asheville mountain man
Greensboro
DRUNK
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This shtein is righteous. Drank a few at the ball game last night. Tasty.
so kids are smoking (vaporizing) booze now.
i've done more dumb shtein than anyone i know but these kids are crazy. it's like a night of boozing in an instant. i'm impressed, proud, disgusted and sad for them at the same time.
At least they know that liquor enemas are fatal and stay away from those?
how effin lazy is society today....farg hanging out all night and getting drunk with friends....instead blast a speedball of flavored vodka up my nose so I can jump back on facebook real quick
lol true.
Quote from: Rome on June 30, 2013, 07:04:19 AM
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This shtein is righteous. Drank a few at the ball game last night. Tasty.
The true Hawaiian in you is coming out! Kona Brewing also makes Longboard Lager which I really enjoyed until Hawaii 5-0 shoved it down our throats with all the product placement. The McGarret to Dan-o "How bout a Longboard" lines make me quite ill.
My local place had $3.00 pints of all the Kona brewing selections last weekend and I got peppered trying all of them. That was the best of the bunch. They have it at Jackie Robinson Ballpark for the Daytona Cubs too and they have 32 ounce drafts for $3.25 on Thirsty Thursdays. I might drink 10 of them next time I go. Seriously good shtein.
That's great, $3 pints. Did you try the Wailua Ale? Not bad.
sa
Quote from: Don Ho on July 03, 2013, 07:50:13 PM
Quote from: Rome on June 30, 2013, 07:04:19 AM
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This shtein is righteous. Drank a few at the ball game last night. Tasty.
The true Hawaiian in you is coming out! Kona Brewing also makes Longboard Lager which I really enjoyed until Hawaii 5-0 shoved it down our throats with all the product placement. The McGarret to Dan-o "How bout a Longboard" lines make me quite ill.
Same here Don. Plus the stuff we get out east is brewed by inbev or something, and to me doesn't have the same flavors as the stuff we had at Koko Marina
I just stumbled into a bar a mile from my house I had no idea was here.
They have $4 Dogfish 90 Min IPA on tap during happy hour for $4. How the farg is this possible? More later...
How much are they?
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 05, 2013, 06:51:39 PM
How much are they?
Yeah, how much do the $4 ones on tap during happy hour for $4 cost?
$4 aint bad for a $4 Dogfish 90 minute. It'll get ya drunk.
they're $8 usually. and i wasn't drunk when i posted that. later... a little bit.
For the few scotch drinks here, Costco has a really nice 16 year old Speyside in for about $32, drinks more like a $65 bottle imo. It is Alexander Murray 16 yr old oak aged (1995 vintage). I'm not a single malt snob, I often prefer Johnnie Walker at a given price point, but this gets the nod imo at $32 over JW gold at $75/bottle. Did several rounds of head to head competition to confirm. For the Murray - Salut!! (which I think is Italian or something for toasting $32sluts).
How much does the $32 Speyside single malt at Costco for $32 cost?
$4 a bottle.
I actually like it more than the $75 JW gold label which you can sometimes find for under $80.
How much is the scotch at any Costco in PA?
How has nobody ever won a legal challenge to that absurd state store system? Still blows my mind every time I go there. It's one hell of a racket they've got going on and usually corporate business wins those in the end. I'm surprised they will give drivers licenses to people under 40 in PA. They should allow abortions on law makers up to the 160th trimester.
It's a farged up system in both the control state and non control state models, but I think the he state distribution model is actually more efficient than the private model.
By law in non-controls states, the distillery/winery/importer can sell only to the distributor, who can in turn sell only to the retailer (be it for on-premise consumption i.e. bar or restaurant, or for off-premise consumption, i.e. package store), who can in turn sell only to the consumer. Skip this chain and you get immediate attention from the law, and the fines are serious. No one messes with it. And why should they anyway? Once you're in the game, everyone gets their cut and the government gets a cut each time they do.
In the control states, the distributor is cut out of the loop. The manufacturer sells to the state, the state sells to the consumer.
It's a system put in place at the end of prohibition for reasons I don't remember well enough to lay out here. Something about keeping the manufacturers from undue influence on the market, etc. I think it's just a tax grab and the private companies don't mind because they get caked off just fine in a nice, stable system.
There is a sincere effort to break the state system, but it faces a formidable challenge from the liquor store workers union (who is lying to protect their position) and the distributors (who are two entrenched and short sighted to see the opportunity this presents).
pre gaming at the cribbo before the big show tonight....gin n juice to start....colt 45 40 dogs to finish
its ON
Stone Farking Wheaton W00t Stout (http://t.today.com/food/stone-farking-wheaton-w00t-stout-geekiest-beer-world-6C10674018) in the house. Damn, it's one big beer!
Any of you lushes brew your own beer? They sell kits online for relatively cheap. I bought John Palmer's How to Brew and am waiting for the kit. Wondering how yours turned out. When I was in the Navy a buddy of mine made his own beer and it was sublime.
a friend of mine who used to have season tickets with us brews his own all the time....he still comes to a game or two a year and brings some....im not a big fruit beer guy but he makes a raspberry lager that is excellent...i personally dont know the first thing about it tho
The place where I bought the kit is a 35 minute drive from me and offers a intro course for $40. It's sunday at 1, I can't wait.
My Navy buddy made his with a hint of cherry and hazelnut.
I started brushing up on the process, if I brew any decent ones I bring them to a tailgate this year.
nice....mos def do....learn how to make malt liquor too
I think the coolest thing about it is being able to put the beer in so many different kinds of bottles jugs whatever you want.....as long as it has the right top
I've got a real cheap mr beer kit but haven't used it. I've been told that I won't get anything decent out of it really.
We have a supply store down near Newark that I'd like to go to sometime soon and see what kind of brew kits they have there. I'd also just like to buy some hops and malts to put into my Randall Jr tube.
My buddy used to use Grolsch bottles because they had the cap attached and were easy to plug. The place I'm going to sells all that stuff.
Here's the Yelp review of the place. The angry women sexist review of the place half way down is gold:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/keystone-homebrew-supply-montgomeryville
Quote from: Munson on August 03, 2013, 12:16:46 PM
I've got a real cheap mr beer kit but haven't used it. I've been told that I won't get anything decent out of it really.
We have a supply store down near Newark that I'd like to go to sometime soon and see what kind of brew kits they have there. I'd also just like to buy some hops and malts to put into my Randall Jr tube.
How cheap? From what I understand as long as you have the basic supplies you can brew a decent batch. The kit I bought was $65
http://www.keystonehomebrew.com/shop/catalog/product/view/id/657/s/tb-maestro-beer-equip-kit/
I made beer once. The fine people at Dogfish Head do a superior job, so now I let them do it for me.
Quote from: Zanshin on August 03, 2013, 02:37:23 PM
I made beer once. The fine people at Dogfish Head do a superior job, so now I let them do it for me.
The owner and founder of Dogfish was serving beer at the Dogfish tent at Firefly. Cool guy.
Good to know, because I've been giving him a lot of money.
Quote from: Munson on August 03, 2013, 12:16:46 PM
I've got a real cheap mr beer kit but haven't used it. I've been told that I won't get anything decent out of it really.
We have a supply store down near Newark that I'd like to go to sometime soon and see what kind of brew kits they have there. I'd also just like to buy some hops and malts to put into my Randall Jr tube.
Mr Beer kits aren't bad if you want to do a basic beer. Hell, my parents just dropped off two yesterday that I have no interest in using so if anyone wants em, let me know.
I've brewed a few times, and have some buddies who are pretty hardcore into brewing. I entered a homebrew contest at Iron Hill a few years back and managed to win second place in my category where it was being judged by the Iron Hill brewers and brewer from Dogfish. Guy from dogfish wanted my hops and grain usage recipe so they do do something down the road. It's all about the hops.
So anyone have Jura Distillery scotches? Buddy was in Scotland, his family there lives close where Jura is made. Just across some of north sea or whatever it is. Anyway. The 10year Origin is delicious. Doesnt need any ice. Has an almost sweet taste, and its not very peaty.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on August 08, 2013, 06:29:40 PM
So anyone have Jura Distillery scotches? Buddy was in Scotland, his family there lives close where Jura is made. Just across some of north sea or whatever it is. Anyway. The 10year Origin is delicious. Doesnt need any ice. Has an almost sweet taste, and its not very peaty.
Never had it, but it sounds nice. I'll have to keep an eye open for it.
i recently turned two half gallons of grape juice into wine using yeast, etc.
it actually tasted really good, regular grape juice was better than white. don't know what the alcohol content was but it's definitely higher than normal store wine...got 3 of us super drunk.
was more just a science experiment than anything as bottles of grape juice are probably more expensive than a cheap bottle of wine but it was fun to try.
so you'll be bringing some down to the tailgates ?
Quote from: phattymatty on August 09, 2013, 07:52:40 AM
i recently turned two half gallons of grape juice into wine using yeast, etc.
it actually tasted really good, regular grape juice was better than white. don't know what the alcohol content was but it's definitely higher than normal store wine...got 3 of us super drunk.
was more just a science experiment than anything as bottles of grape juice are probably more expensive than a cheap bottle of wine but it was fun to try.
You're like jesus
Oh and Munson, the Homebrew store in the Shoppes of Loviers is awesome. They really help you thru what flavors you're looking to get, and how to emulate some more famous recipes by other larger microbreweries. They also have a wine brewing section that looks interesting, but I think Matty has that market cornered with Welch Drank.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on August 09, 2013, 10:52:09 AM
Quote from: phattymatty on August 09, 2013, 07:52:40 AM
i recently turned two half gallons of grape juice into wine using yeast, etc.
it actually tasted really good, regular grape juice was better than white. don't know what the alcohol content was but it's definitely higher than normal store wine...got 3 of us super drunk.
was more just a science experiment than anything as bottles of grape juice are probably more expensive than a cheap bottle of wine but it was fun to try.
You're like jesus
Oh and Munson, the Homebrew store in the Shoppes of Loviers is awesome. They really help you thru what flavors you're looking to get, and how to emulate some more famous recipes by other larger microbreweries. They also have a wine brewing section that looks interesting, but I think Matty has that market cornered with Welch Drank.
Yeah I believe that's the store I googled and found. Like I said all I have is the Mr. Beer kit, when I move out of here eventually I'd like to get a full sized brew kit and try it out. But for now I have that Randall jr. that dogfish sells, and they said I should try out some hops and malts in it. I tried it fruiting some Goose Island Summer beers last week with my girl using strawberries and blackberries, and it turned out okay.
Basically go into that store, they'll get you out under 150, and you'll be able to brew for years down the road. Its the up front costs that discourage people from trying. My buddies keg theirs so it keeps the costs down.
Stopped in the home DFH brewpub tonight. Had the current DNA offering, a cherry saison. Very nice. Also checked the "secret stash" board, and picked up two bottles of '06 Raison d'Extra for a tailgate treat this fall.
Cherry saison sounds delicious.
I'm not a saison guy normally, but the cherry (and honey and fennel) made it crisp and refreshing.
Did a 2 hour walk through on brewing at the Keystone Brewing Company today. Here's the kit I bought:
http://www.keystonehomebrew.com/shop/tb-maestro-beer-equip-kit.html
Bought ingredients to make a pumpkin ale. Gonna do my first brew this weekend.
Looks good. Make sure you're working totally clean, and watch for any source of possible contamination. Do that, and you'll be fine.
me and matty almost did a bottles worth of jameson shots last night....after and during a 20 beer day
ugly
I got zesty playing horse shoes last night. $100 pot winner takes all. Was 19-18 us and the other team gets a ringer. Game over. Now that I think about it I should have cut short last night because my throws weren't as good as when the tourney started.
Bout to brew my first batch.
Finishing up my first batch
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Is the PAM part of the recipe?
My old neighbor use to brew his own beer. It was some good shtein.
Pumpkin Ale actually sounds pretty darn good. Let us know how it turns out.
I might have pitched the yeast at too high of a temp. The thermometer on the side of the bucket isn't working so it was hard to tell the temp. I added cold water to the wort and let it sit in my sink in ice water for 40 minutes. Recommendation on the recipe was 20 minutes but you can never be sure. I have it formenting in my basement in a bucket of water because temps are going to be in the 80's and 90's the next few days.
Bottled up my first batch yesterday. Tried one but it's hard to gauge the taste because it's flat without the carbonation. Gonna give it a month before I try another one. It had an odd odor but I guess that's normal. Had a Sam Fall sampler pack and cracked open a Pumpkin ale last night. Smelled and taste almost exactly like what I brewed. If it's decent I'll bring some to either the Giants or Dallas game in late October.
My next batch I'm thinking Nut Brown Ale.
Quote from: SD on September 07, 2013, 10:35:05 AM
Bottled up my first batch yesterday. Tried one but it's hard to gauge the taste because it's flat without the carbonation. Gonna give it a month before I try another one. It had an odd odor but I guess that's normal. Had a Sam Fall sampler pack and cracked open a Pumpkin ale last night. Smelled and taste almost exactly like what I brewed. If it's decent I'll bring some to either the Giants or Dallas game in late October.
My next batch I'm thinking Nut Brown Ale.
Chuggie wants the whole case
In longneck bottles.
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Looks like I'm taking the black this weekend
Beer didn't carbonate during secondary fermenting. I'm bringing a bottle into work tomorrow for my buddy to test. He's been brewing for 25 years. I think I let it sit in fermentation too long before I bottled it.
I had the same problem when I made mine years ago. Tasted awful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-8xsEIXN1o
ol buddy took that mug to the face pretty good...and then didn't properly stomp the other guy.
too drunk to feel the cup and too drunk to properly throw a right
Too fratboy to know how to fight anyway, but I've got to think you have to be pretty drunk to take a mug to the face and not feel it.
youd be surprised at what one can accomplish while drunk
What have you been up to the last couple weeks, anyway?
shriveling up what was left of my liver
i also got kicked out of bar the other night for calling out a racist...it was for my protection not cause i called him out....but if the transplant waiting list thing doesn't work out I can always be proud of one of the last things I did in my life
http://www.businessinsider.com/map-americas-favorite-beers-by-state-2013-10
Seriously... Blue Moon?
Yuengling winning here isn't much of a surprise, but I wonder if Dogfish was included on the list...probably would have won here if it was.
Quote from: SD on September 07, 2013, 10:35:05 AM
Bottled up my first batch yesterday. Tried one but it's hard to gauge the taste because it's flat without the carbonation. Gonna give it a month before I try another one. It had an odd odor but I guess that's normal. Had a Sam Fall sampler pack and cracked open a Pumpkin ale last night. Smelled and taste almost exactly like what I brewed. If it's decent I'll bring some to either the Giants or Dallas game in late October.
My next batch I'm thinking Nut Brown Ale.
so we gonna see some of this sunday ?
it said you could put in your own selection people couldve choose dogfish.
i know dogfish is popular (i dont like it one bit) but i doubt its even remotely close to lager.
or anywhere close to volume
Quote from: smeags on October 16, 2013, 03:09:54 PM
it said you could put in your own selection people couldve choose dogfish.
i know dogfish is popular (i dont like it one bit) but i doubt its even remotely close to lager.
Write ins are never going to win though. I'm saying in Delaware it definitely could have won. Probably the only state that it would. Home town team loves their beer here.
But yeah SB, Yuengling blows it out of the water volume wise.
I used to love Yuengling a lot but now I have trouble enjoying it as much as I used to if it's not through a nitro tap. farging delicious when it is though. I have yet to taste a wing sauce that doesn't go well with Yeungling.
gotcha - forgot yyou're in bidenville.
i used to love lager as well but i steered away from beer in general for a while but now have gotten into the craft beer scene. been digging sea dog blueberry and to show my contradictive tastes dogfish's pumpkin ale which i had for the first time at the kc tailgate.
yuenling is delicious, i just dont go out of my way to get it.
Quote from: smeags on October 16, 2013, 03:09:54 PM
i know dogfish is popular (i dont like it one bit).
You, sir, need to re-evaluate your entire belief system. Dogfish Head varieties are basically everything that's right about beer. On a CF scale, Dogfish Head is essentially The Wire of beers.
On a related note, I'll buy Yuengling every once in awhile, because it's cheap and reminds me of some good college parties. Much like Rolling Rock, it's a solid ice cold choice in the summer for a lighter palate. But, come on, it's not a GREAT beer. Sam Adams is definitely a higher quality on the beer scale for people who actually like the taste of beer.
i have tried several and the pumpkin ale is the only one i liked.
again i'm not big on beer anymore so my opinion on it should hold no water as i'd much rather drink vodka or smoke a pipe of denver tobacco. :paranoid
Quote from: smeags on October 16, 2013, 03:07:07 PM
Quote from: SD on September 07, 2013, 10:35:05 AM
Bottled up my first batch yesterday. Tried one but it's hard to gauge the taste because it's flat without the carbonation. Gonna give it a month before I try another one. It had an odd odor but I guess that's normal. Had a Sam Fall sampler pack and cracked open a Pumpkin ale last night. Smelled and taste almost exactly like what I brewed. If it's decent I'll bring some to either the Giants or Dallas game in late October.
My next batch I'm thinking Nut Brown Ale.
so we gonna see some of this sunday ?
No for two reasons, my tickets fell through, and the batch is bad.
I didn't know Blue Moon was so popular. I bought their pumpkin version a few weeks ago and it wasn't half bad.
Agreed on Dogfish, love it and Victory.
Blue moon is owned by MillerCoors. The best part about Blue Moon's advertising has been ignoring that fact. And thats coming from a guy who has a genetic predisposition to Miller Lite. I think a road trip to Wisconsin is coming now, to the motherland.
They're not ignoring it. They're almost hiding it. Damned big boys are threatened by the micros and they try to do some smoke and mirror acts to infiltrate the demographic.
as long as they don't interfere too much with the recipe or operations of these places, I don't mind too much. Goose Island has remained decent even though they're owned by one of the big boys now.
Agreed.
FWIW, the place my son works for is having a pumpkin ale event tomorrow night. At least 20 different brews on tap. Should be interesting.
Thats sounds like i good time.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on October 17, 2013, 03:08:04 PM
Agreed.
FWIW, the place my son works for is having a pumpkin ale event tomorrow night. At least 20 different brews on tap. Should be interesting.
NICE. One of my neighbors grew up with Joe Sixpack from the daily news, and we had a beer tasting last october with him Joe hosting it. Had 12 different types of pumpkins to try, it was awesome.
Interesting night last night
Go to Isaac Newtowns for a pumpkin beer fest. Leave the bar, miss a step, twist my ankle and roll down three steps. See police lights. Turn the corner, some drunk bitch with a great rack took out 7 cars in the lot, missing mine by about 30 feet. Go to a different bar, room mate brings home some strange, she pisses his bed.
Hahaha...yeah that qualifies as interesting for sure.
She pissed his bed? The farg?
Reminds me of a story about a buddy of mine. He very drunkenly hooked up with a girl who went to Princeton...so drunk that he couldn't get off, so he "faked" it....by peeing on her.
One of the best stories I've ever heard. Pissed on a Princeton grad.
when i was in upstate ny i went over to vermont to try this pizza place that I had read about in gourmet magazine...it opened about a year and a half ago in an old barn...they made half the barn the pizza spot and the other half a new microwbrewery...they split the rent ut are totally seperate companies....the pizza jawn is byob but you just walk next door to the brewery and they sell you a growler or a quart to take over the drink with your pizza....it was a really cool set up and the beer even tasted good for a microbrew...probably because of the scene and the pizza more than the beer
brewery - http://www.fiddleheadbrewing.com/?month=11&day-num=15&year-num=1970
pizza - http://folinopizza.com/
i know this is shocking but ole igy is on another all nighter
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those are like the penn state uniforms of beer cans
been drinking since noon and matty isnt getting here until 7.....other world ugliness potential tonight
Matty puts out. Just sayin
fire bush
i made a little pit stop at the costco liquor aisle tonight...got a 2.75 liter bottle of vodka, handles of chivas and knob creek, a box of black box wine, and 4 more bottles of wine...damage was a little over 80 bucks. best place on earth.
did you get my handle?
there may be a christmas present in there for you.
FAP
my holiday work party started at 6PM yesterday and i walked into my crib at 430AM. i have never felt worse.
Me and some buddies from work decided to have a liquid lunch today at the Henry James Saloon. We come back to work and the building is on fire.
So I guess that means in have to submit another claim.
Doubtful...everything is scanned now...system is called vbms...it absolutely blows.
havent slept since friday night.....question is can i carry on till tonight or do i need a nap during the early game?...a critical factor is that im off thru new years day
Room mate did some beer exchange thing at work where they each paid $30 and some guy got a deal for a shtein load of craft beer cases. He got two cases out of it with 12 different types of beers in all. We drank a shtein ton of them at the Bears tailgate. Magic Hat #9 was my favorite of the bunch, and accordingly, I've been drinking it non stop since.
Maryland Senate votes to ban Jungle Juice, Crack Juice under Fire (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-md-senate-votes-to-outlaw-grain-alcohol-20140205,0,5675609.story)
QuoteReilly, who brought an unopened bottle of Everclear into the Senate chambers for debate, pointed out that college students could still get other strong liquors, including Barcadi 151, a rum named for its 151-proof alcohol content. Reilly, of Anne Arundel, suggested that instead of restricting sales of booze, the state should work on alcohol education. "We need to get to the heart of the matter."
"Lots of luck on that one," responded Sen. Karen Montgomery, a Democrat. She argued the potent booze, often poured into lemonade, fruit punch or watermelons, contributes to sexual assault of women.
"This is a date-rape drug," she said. "This a dangerous alcohol."
Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-md-senate-votes-to-outlaw-grain-alcohol-20140205,0,5675609.story#ixzz2sTmLnh3N
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Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 05, 2014, 02:52:41 PM
Maryland Senate votes to ban Jungle Juice, Crack Juice under Fire (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-md-senate-votes-to-outlaw-grain-alcohol-20140205,0,5675609.story)
QuoteReilly, who brought an unopened bottle of Everclear into the Senate chambers for debate, pointed out that college students could still get other strong liquors, including Barcadi 151, a rum named for its 151-proof alcohol content. Reilly, of Anne Arundel, suggested that instead of restricting sales of booze, the state should work on alcohol education. "We need to get to the heart of the matter."
"Lots of luck on that one," responded Sen. Karen Montgomery, a Democrat. She argued the potent booze, often poured into lemonade, fruit punch or watermelons, contributes to sexual assault of women.
"This is a date-rape drug," she said. "This a dangerous alcohol."
Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-md-senate-votes-to-outlaw-grain-alcohol-20140205,0,5675609.story#ixzz2sTmLnh3N
Wow, that's one of the worst collections of pseudo logic and irrationality I think I've ever come across. And much of it from academia no less. Its almost bizarre. Forget the kids with grain, I'd worry more about whatever those adults are on.
grain alcohol actually curbs sexual assaults because the dood who wants to smash is usually passed out or too drunk to perform...this is a fact
btw does anyone know what a handle of grain sells for?
Bluepoint Brewing just got bought out by AB. Time did a breakdown of who owns what craft beers since the microbrew industry is getting bought up left and right.
http://business.time.com/2014/02/06/who-really-owns-your-craft-beer/?hpt=hp_t3
QuoteWho Really Owns Your Craft Beer?
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Based on their labels, and even by the long histories detailed on their websites, you'd never know some seemingly independent, seemingly craft beers are owned by gigantic corporations.
Thanks to rounds of industry buyouts, combined with marketing that's been declared by beer enthusiasts as misleading—or "crafty"—it's sometimes difficult to tell which beer brands are truly the indie craft operations they present themselves to be. Here are a few examples:
Blue Point. The company's story began in Long Island more than ten years ago, when a pair of home-brewing enthusiasts decided to open a microbrewery—reportedly Long Island's first. The timing coincided with the rapid expansion of craft brewing around the country, and eventually the Blue Point Brewing Company worked its way to be among the top 50 American craft brewers by sales volume. Blue Point's official status as a craft beer ended this week, however, when it was purchased by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer company.
Blue Moon. The largest of the so-called "crafty beers," which are marketed as their own indie labels yet are produced by industry giants, Blue Moon is owned by MillerCoors. While the MillerCoors site acknowledges this is the case, Blue Moon's "Our Story" page skips over the corporate parentage issue.
(MORE: That Craft Beer You're Drinking Isn't Craft Beer. Do You Care?)
Boulevard. Based in Kansas City, Boulevard ranked as the nation's 12th largest craft brewer before it was bought by the Belgian brewer Duvel last fall.
Goose Island. "Goose Island is a craft beer, period," Goose Islander founder John Hall told me last summer. According to the Brewers Association's definition, however, Goose Island's qualification as a craft product ended in 2011, when the popular Chicago-based brewer was purchased by Anheuser-Busch. One of the association's requirements to be in the craft category, you see, is independent ownership.
Leinenkugel. The brew with the name often mistaken as an import is another MillerCoors offering listed under the company's "Craft" section. The others are Blue Moon (see above), Batch 19, Crispin Original Cider, Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve, and Killian's Irish Red.
Redhook. Despite its prominent spot in the Craft Brew Alliance, which also includes the Widmer Brothers, Kona Brewing, and Omission brands, Redhook is not considered a craft brewer by the Brewers Association because one-third of the company is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev.
(MORE: In the Craft Beer World, a Pecking Order Emerges)
Shock Top. The fact that it's brewed in St. Louis is the only hint that Shock Top is owned by another brewer that was born in the city and has since fallen into the hands of foreign owners: Anheuser Busch. So like Blue Moon, Shock Top is considered in the beer community as a faux-craft "crafty" beer, rather than the genuine article.
Read more: Who Really Owns Your Craft Beer? | TIME.com http://business.time.com/2014/02/06/who-really-owns-your-craft-beer/#ixzz2sebMcBXf
The power of big (beer) business. If you can't compete with the small guy on quality, just buy the company. Then leverage your deep pockets on that product. Even if you take a loss on the segment in the short term, you can still put the other small guys out of business, and emerge victorious.
That's a good article. I knew a number of them were craft frauds. Though I usually don't drink flavored beers I like Blue Point's blueberry, it's a surprisingly good summer beer and has a good pure taste. Too bad they sold out, maybe I'll give it a try next year to see how much its changed.
i dont know whats worse pretentious beer drinkers who drink awful tasting beer because they dont think anyone else knows about it or pretentious beer drinkers who stop drinking awful tasting beer because it was bought out
I was supposed to interview for a job this week with AB. They handled it about as unprofessionally as they could. Nice to see their employees suck just as much as their product.
Sometimes IGY's ignorance is charming...other times it's just stupid.
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 07, 2014, 11:49:17 PM
i dont know whats worse pretentious beer drinkers who drink awful tasting beer because they dont think anyone else knows about it or pretentious beer drinkers who stop drinking awful tasting beer because it was bought out
It's nothing compared to the people who drink the flavorless crap that Big Corporate Beer pushes with multi million dollar ad campaigns designed to make you feel better for drinking their diluted horse piss. And people who complain about others discussing the value based judgements on what they consume and enjoy.
Quote from: Dillen on February 08, 2014, 12:19:46 AMThey handled it about as unprofessionally as they could. Nice to see their employees suck just as much as their product.
Yeah, it's not a good sign when your prospective employer can't do something as central to the success of their business as run a professional new hire process. If this part of the operation is so badly farged up, how's the rest of it and do you really want to be subject to that kind of outfit?
Hey Dillen, Dogfish Head always has jobs listed on their website.
Quote from: Diomedes on February 08, 2014, 03:01:20 PM
Quote from: Dillen on February 08, 2014, 12:19:46 AMThey handled it about as unprofessionally as they could. Nice to see their employees suck just as much as their product.
Yeah, it's not a good sign when your prospective employer can't do something as central to the success of their business as run a professional new hire process. If this part of the operation is so badly farged up, how's the rest of it and do you really want to be subject to that kind of outfit?
Bingo. I didn't really want the job anyways but I'm probably looking for a new place instead of taking a promotion, so figured the interview practice was whatever. Now I just want them to contact me back so I can tell them that they suck balls.
If you get that chance, report back.
Quote from: Munson on February 08, 2014, 12:40:17 AM
Sometimes IGY's ignorance is charming...other times it's just stupid.
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Went to the Ashton Cigar Bar last night in the city. Pretty cool concept, they have a humidor, you buy cigars and can order drinks. Great place to just relax.
Except for all the cigar douchebags, and disgusting smoke, it sounds great.
Quote from: Diomedes on February 23, 2014, 07:20:18 PM
Except for all the cigar douchebags, and disgusting smoke, it sounds great.
What is a cigar douchebag exactly? Someone who smokes cigars?
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you are a cigar douchebag
I don't have to post any pictures to support my argument
you and Rome should go golfing and cigar smoking, drink some port and blow each other
We already have a date set for all that, March 16th.
i agree that cigars are stupid if they dont have weed in them
I've been on a bourbon tear for the last several months and have collected maybe a dozen bottles. If anyone is interested in a write up on a few of them - how they compare, best buys etc I'll do it. If not, won't bother.
Neighbor of mine had some friends visiting from Australia. They rented a house on the North Shore and left a bunch of liqour behind. My buddy doesn't drink so he gave me a bottle of Don Julio Tequila Anejo they never opened. Holy shtein! Some of the best tequila I've ever had. Polished it off in two weeks.
Quote from: Eagaholic on March 02, 2014, 11:08:27 PM
I've been on a bourbon tear for the last several months and have collected maybe a dozen bottles. If anyone is interested in a write up on a few of them - how they compare, best buys etc I'll do it. If not, won't bother.
If you go to the trouble to write something, I'll read it. I'll probably mock you; it would be poor form not to.
OK, I'll write something up in the next few days, going to wait until I can drink the samples while writing.
http://greatist.com/health/best-foods-hangover (http://greatist.com/health/best-foods-hangover)
so shady but great that they got exposed....
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/03/idaho-hockey-boise-beers-lawsuit/
im drinking vodka's out of an unfamiliar vessel tonight...its an ocean spray cranberry container so I dont really know how much vee to put in it and i just accidently made a straight firewater hellacious awful rot gut vee and simply lemon
its on
Sounds interesting.
I'm half deep into a twelve pack of Amstel and have some jack Daniels honey and coke for later
do you have a condom for the penis that will be in your butt later
Hahahah none of that funny biz going on. Just me and the teevee tonight.
Chick is over her friends doing god know what (or who)
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http://www.vox.com/2014/4/16/5620170/one-in-five-beers-sold-in-america-is-a-bud-light
I don't even drink, but I wish that was an Onion article.
the gap btwn 1 and 2 is crazy
The triumph of marketing over craft.
I love Bud Light. Sure it's watered down shtein but for an everyday cheap beer it's the farging king. I took a tour of the brewery when I was in St. Louis, the big difference is the beachwood aging process. They let us taste a sample that wasn't beachwood aged, it tasted like a Coors/Miller Lite.
its obviously just personal choice but i think bud light tastes like butthole. i'll take miller or coors any day of the week over that ish.
Quote from: SD on April 19, 2014, 09:36:06 AM
I love Bud Light. Sure it's watered down shtein but for an everyday cheap beer it's the farging king. I took a tour of the brewery when I was in St. Louis, the big difference is the beachwood aging process. They let us taste a sample that wasn't beachwood aged, it tasted like a Coors/Miller Lite.
bud light is my conglomerate beer of choice...in my mind its the best....in reality I probably couldnt tell the difference btwn bud miller or coors light
oh and farg the coors family.....pos bigots all of them
How can you be a bigot with a name like Adolph?
Agreed on Bud Light. When I go to the grocery/drug stores (yes EVERY store from the littlest Korean Mom and Pop to the corner gas station to WalMart sells alcohol in the state) and nothing is on sale or just can't decide, I go with Bud Light. Coors Light outsells Bud Light here. Number one selling grocery item in the state? Heineken 12 pack.
My big name go to is Miller Lite. I prefer that to Bud Lite
I also prefer Miller high life to both of them
Picked up a six pack of high life pounders today
Bud Light makes me feel like shtein after I drink it. If I absolutely have to go cheap shtein, I'll take Millers or Coors, or Yuengling...though I've started to be able to taste the difference in Yuengling at the bars...sometimes it's delicious, other times it's bleh.
my favorite beer callin me right now
one of these things is not like the other....one of these things just doesnt belong...
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Simply Apple >>>>>> all the other Simply's
Eagles Tupperware!
I had several Yuenglings today. And more than a few Jameson's back. Yummy.
Bought a case of Carlsberg, usually it's great, right now it tastes like ass and is making me tired.
Quote from: SD on April 19, 2014, 09:05:10 PM
Bought a case of Carlsberg, usually it's great, right now it tastes like ass and is making me tired.
i love their elephant beer because its strong as shtein
I've got a Genessee Cream Ale craving
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on April 19, 2014, 09:17:33 PM
I've got a Genessee Cream Ale craving
do they have that down there?
thats my cousins favorite beer....i bet dillon crushes it too
I saw it once at a hole in the wall store and bought it. Went back and they stopped selling it
I'm gonna check HEB tomorrow. That's the local grocery store chain here. They have a store that has a shtein load of different beers. They stock Peruvian beer and Canadian too for when I've got a Molson craving
e&j and bitters tonight
Molson Canadian
Eh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC7uW1rkdB8
Cold.. COLD Beerrrr
zagat came out with a top 10 beer halls in the us
frankford hall (awesome) was number one and morgans pier (never been) number nine
philly rep
http://www.zagat.com/b/the-10-hottest-beer-gardens-across-the-u.s#1
Had to clear out my grandparents house a few weeks back and grabbed a lot of stuff from my grandfathers bar. Ended up taking his "Beer Meister" which despite being built in 73, is still running like a champ. Took the time to refinish the inside with new paint, polish everything up, then realized it only fits pony 1/4 kegs which none of the craftbrews are available in. Kinda sucked, but whatever, it'll be specifically for Miller Lite.
Also found a refrigerator Kegerator conversion kit which is really just a tap that you insert on the fridge. Got around last night to getting it installed which was just taking a hole saw, and cutting thru the outside of the fridge to the inside plastic. Hooked up a sixtel of Stone Go To IPA, got it regulated pretty quickly, and we're now up and running. I would say if anyone has a spare fridge that you use as a beer fridge, def look at getting a kit off micromatic or amazon. Simple install, and you can't go wrong if you have a good beer supplier.
Also picked up a really old Jockey Box which i still need to get cleaned up, but it's pretty awesome. A jockey box is a box where it has coiled copper and you put ice over top of it, so it instantly cools beer. They were big before manual pump kegs at parties apparently. Still has an old "Reading Brewing" tap on it.
when i was young and couldn't afford it a kegerator was my dream purchase....now that i am old and can afford it i really don't drink beer anymore....dagger
still i am jealous of anyone that has one....my boy has an outdoor dual one....its so sweet
use some of those cheddar stacks to pay someone to make a gin keg
Quote from: SunMo on July 11, 2014, 04:09:34 PM
use some of those cheddar stacks to pay someone to make a gin keg
is there a specific reason that you want me dead?
I know, I really should have done it years ago. My grandfather had one at his house and vacation home. Going thru all of his stuff, I came across the paperwork when he first bought the old BeerMeister. It was a breakdown of cost of a 24 case of beer, compared to costs of going out to the bar, vs having your own keg. Kinda cool in its own oldschool hand written way.
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 11, 2014, 04:37:46 PM
Quote from: SunMo on July 11, 2014, 04:09:34 PM
use some of those cheddar stacks to pay someone to make a gin keg
is there a specific reason that you want me dead?
He wants your Eagles memorabilia.
And Flyers tapes.
http://www.vice.com/al-kee-hol
I'm pretty sure VICE made this just for IGY
that was dope
the half gallon idea was super....im pretty sure hemmingway is rolling over in his grave at the thought of frozen daqs but i love them...whenever i go to new orleans the grain alcohol one is almost always my first drink of the day....those things are the ultimate kickstarter and no matter how zesty you might feel its always drinkable and gets you right back on track
savannah riverfront (which if you havent been there is basically a mini bourbon street) has a bunch of those places as well.....i wish more cities did
my sister used to live in the garden district...those drinks at the saint are no joke. get crunked.
It's legal crack juice. I need to make a trip soon.
:-D Yes they are! That was one of the great things about going to New Orleans. I've been three times and it's always been in December. They were damn good but I couldn't think of anything better on a hot, humid day than one of those.
Had my sons first bday party yesterday. Ended up getting a 1/2 Keg of Miller Lite. I was worried that we'd end up with it not getting kicked, but i was dead wrong. Tapped it at 330, Dry as a dead dingos donger by 9pm
theres no such thing as a full keg
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/09/how-rye-came-back/375061/
i used to have a beer meister but gave it to my nephew last year. i just wasnt using anymore. nowafays aboput the only things i drink, if i drink, is vodka or this brandy we get fron virginia. i still like beer on a hot day at times but not enough to keep a meister.
farged around and got obliterated today at one of the very best dive bars in america....holla dio
http://www.yelp.com/biz/mount-royal-tavern-baltimore
yep, great bar.
my wife just said "um yeah thats what you need right now....another drink" she was factually correct so im getting another one but i think she was being sarcastic
lolololol awesome
make it a double...
I don't feel so swell.
Off to the golf course for bloodies and charred flesh.
so ive been on a binge since about noon on Friday....and yesterday morning i cracked a 2 liter of ginger ale to drink with beam all weekend....this morning i went to take my daily vitamin and wash it down with the ginger....but apparently at some point this weekend i came up with the awesome idea to mix the bourbon with the ginger in the 2 liter....end result this morning was me spraying a vitamin drink all over my kitchen
first sweden now finland decides to ban fireball
http://yle.fi/uutiset/alko_recalls_fireball_liqueur_over_propylene_glycol_concerns/7553390
ive personally banned it after this past weekened
I drink Jack Daniels. Neat.
It only contains Jack with a trace amount of Daniels.
Fireball = fad.
I tried it, disgusting.
Quote from: Diomedes on October 28, 2014, 10:07:58 PM
Fireball = fad.
I tried it, disgusting.
yeah fireball was popular for a couple minutes in like 2008....I didnt think people even drank it anymore
fireball didn't really get super trendy with the youngins until the last two years or so.
i don't get it either, there has been gross cinnamon liquor for years under different names. and yeah it's nasty.
yup, Cinnamon toast crunch shots brought it out to the masses. It's trash whiskey. And Phatty is right, whether its Goldschlager, Aftershock, they're only there to keep you warm at tailgates.
Quote from: phattymatty on October 29, 2014, 09:04:41 AM
fireball didn't really get super trendy with the youngins until the last two years or so.
i don't get it either, there has been gross cinnamon liquor for years under different names. and yeah it's nasty.
i remember this bar used to serve a shot called a stumbling fireman - it was rumple mintz topped with firewater (the nasty cinnamon drink fad of the 90's)
i tried the cinnamon toast crunch shot this weekend and didn't like it.
i don't particularly care for fireball itself but my buddy kept buying them so i kept drinking them
the cinnamon flavor for candy/gum and drinks should be banned. disgusting and nothing like the real thing.
make a drink that taste like cinnabon ? now you're talking.
Quote from: phattymatty on October 29, 2014, 09:04:41 AM
fireball didn't really get super trendy with the youngins until the last two years or so.
baltimore must be cutting edge.....shtein was huge there for much of the mid aughts
Baltimore is more important than anyone admits, even its boosters. Great American city.
Can't wait to get the farg out.
Rumpleminz is what Beermonkey would always bring to the tailgates
That stuff is rather stout
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 29, 2014, 08:09:00 PM
Rumpleminz is what Beermonkey would always bring to the tailgates
That stuff is rather stout
hundred proof
Rumplemintz and Sprite... So good
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 29, 2014, 08:09:00 PM
Rumpleminz is what Beermonkey would always bring to the tailgates
That stuff is rather stout
Remember the game in 2002 vs. the Rams when he made the gallon of Alabama Slammer, I took a fall down the 700 level stairs.
Hahaha damn that's right - I remember that. The recovery at the bottom was impressive...fall down and pop up and lead an Eagles cheer.
Those Alabama Slammers were excellent
Just scored a couple bottles of George T Stagg bourbon. Pretty impressive intensity. It regularly wins best bourbon competitions and at 138.1 proof packs a wallop.
dry overholt manhattans on the rocks tonight at the bar
At Walts in Baltimore. Holy shtein some awful renditions
Of course I would have begged off on account of poverty, errands, or painful mangina, but you couldn't have at least called me out? Feelings hurted.
im drinking a 40 of mickeys right now and the bottle is plastic.......america is dead
That's insane. A plastic 40?!
Quote from: Diomedes on November 16, 2014, 09:55:04 AM
Of course I would have begged off on account of poverty, errands, or painful mangina, but you couldn't have at least called me out? Feelings hurted.
Next time around i'll give you a heads up so you can get that errands list done. My buddys college roommate lives on Decker, sweet remodel with a heck of a rooftop deck.
I've got people on S. Decker, couple blocks below the park. Old ladies, sisters, born in the house they still call home today.
Quote from: Diomedes on November 17, 2014, 03:30:24 PM
I've got people on S. Decker, couple blocks below the park. Old ladies, sisters, born in the house they still call home today.
Seems to be the norm around there. Guy grew up in the Highlands, moved a few blocks over to Canton.
canton and federal hill are probably 50/50 transients
I kept waiting to run into Stan Valchek at the Grumwald
dog fish is debuting a scrapple beer next month
That sounds disgusting yet I can't wait to try it
its just gonna be a tester beer at first...i think youll only be able to get it at their brewery in rehobeth
Is that a place or the sound you make when you realize what a horrible decision you've made?
whats the bad decision....going to delaware or trying a scrapple beer
Going to Delaware. Going to Delaware for beer. Trying a scrapple beer.
Run, don't walk to your nearest liquor store that may still have some Willett 2 year old rye. Or better yet, drive. It will probably go fast.
I've collected 25+ bottles of bourbon and rye this year and this gets the nod as the best buy. At $39 a bottle it edges out the cheaper Weller Special Reserve which is > $15 less. With a 111.4 proof it may need a little water for those not used to higher proof bottlings but I think it is silky smooth as is. Remarkable for being aged just 2 years. Honorable mention goes out to Four Roses small batch and single barrel as well as the Col. E H Taylor small batch (though it isn't a style everyone will like as much, it is a favorite here).
Quote from: General_Failure on November 20, 2014, 12:31:58 PM
Is that a place or the sound you make when you realize what a horrible decision you've made?
Rehobeth is a beach town in Delaware that is really family friendly but is best known for 3 things...1. The Dogfish Head brewpub, 2. Being a very gay friendly town, and 3. Dave Grohl vacation's there every year.
Take a 2 minute bike ride south and you're in Dewey, which is basically just a bunch of drunk people at all times in the summer. Which is why I love it. Also has really nice, usually not so crowded beaches.
I wish I could bring everyone ive ever met to the bar around the corner from my house just so they could experience the pours....its beyond explanation
Legitimately funny.
http://randommization.com/2013/09/12/if-you-add-drunk-people-to-fitness-quotes-things-get-hilarious/
I liked the obsessed one and the 'think why you started' one. :-D
just got busy at Costco...
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That's your member number, huh? Time to get busy making fake Costco IDs.
have at it
shtein you can have my actual membership card if i can find it....i always use the costco credit card to get in the store
looks like you're mixing up some jesus juice.
I've been brewing my own beer. Best hobby ever.
one of the bottles i got was carolans irish cream....half the price of baileys....
never heard of it....but the reviews ive been reading put it right there with baileys and some people are saying its better....not sure I believe that but I feel better about going cheap now
lol that's an impressive trip...probably bought more liquor than the average corner bar.
solid run.
friend told me the kirkland scotch is back in stock.
still makes me laugh when they check your cart. like they would have noticed if you had another dozen bottles of booze in there before they write on your receipt.
yeah they had it....I don't drink scotch so I didn't look that close but I think they had the big bottle and then a small bottle that was single batch or some shtein...the small bottle was "expensive"
Quote from: rjs246 on April 17, 2015, 12:24:16 PM
I've been brewing my own beer. Best hobby ever.
just made some hard cider. def want to look into making my own brew. also got a recipie for limonchello. gonna make that during the eagles season.
how much am i looking at to get started on the beer ?
Few hundred bucks for the equipment and fifty or so for the kits. The process is super easy. Getting it right is not. But when you do get it right it's pretty awesome to have two cases of delicious beer that you made yourself.
limoncello I made last week...key to limoncello imo if you've never made it before and are gonna follow a recipe is to cut back on the amount of simple syrup the recipe calls for....or at least add it to taste otherwise I find it to be crazy sweet
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i have 5 or 6 big mason jars of vodka in my fridge steeped with fruit. strawberry, pear, orange, kiwi and some other shtein. just straight fruit and vodka, nothing else.
the pear johnson is amazing.
man that limonchello looks good. the recipie i got is from my kid's boss. had some of the stuff a few weeks ago. was really good and not too sweet.
have to look into the brewing kit. gonna have room to do things like this when i finish the shed im putting in the yard.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 17, 2015, 11:25:48 AM
just got busy at Costco...
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Is that Woodford Reserve their double oak? If so it's a nice bottle. I went to a big whiskey tasting recently and you got a $50 voucher to use toward whatever you wanted that they served. Out of the 40-50 whiskies I tried I took this bottle. It wasn't the best one there but I liked it more than anything else near that price.
I was visiting my dad a couple of weeks ago and he broke open some home made limoncello and it was too syrupy. I'm not big on it anyway but what helped a lot was to just add a little fresh lemon juice to it.
Costco's branded scotch from the big producers are a good buy, but some people go nuts thinking they will be getting the exact same juice as the brand. For example, Costco's 18yr from Macallan is well worth the $40 or whatever but it isn't nearly as good as The Macallan's 18yr that goes for $170. They sell off the stock that doesn't meet their quality standard or the necessary flavor profile, and Kirkland rebrands it. I don't know that's always the case though. Apparently their 7yr small batch bourbon for around $25/liter is the same as Baker's Bourbon which goe for around $55/750ml. Their mash bill and batch numbers filed with the TTB (govt. agency) look like the same lot.
no it isn't the double oak....its their select...like where they put the batch and bottle number on the bottle
the limoncello was too syrupy cause im sure he followed the classic limoncello recipe....and just like I was saying to smeags it comes out way too sweet ie "syrupy" if you put in the amount of simple syrup it calls for
Costco is just ridiculous with their prices on most stuff...this weekend i was out of liquor so i had to slum it at my local place....i got a fifth of jose cuervo for 20 bucks....at Costco i get a liter of their tequila which imo is better for 13 bucks
Yo bartender...err, Havas...hook me up with a good recipe for a rum punch type drink for this weekend. I am craving a good one that is a bit more in depth than rum and fruit punch.
Google Philadelphia fish house punch
How have I never heard of this before?! That is exactly what I am looking for...thank you.
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What is the best Jamaican rum to buy?
I'm def no rum expert...if there is even such a thing...but I really like mt gay for dark
I basically stick with Bacardi for light
had a bottle of kraken dark rum not too long ago. good stuff.
Yeah I enjoyed Kraken when I tried it.
i'll def be grabbing some again in the future.
made some ginger syrup today....threw some in a glass of ice with busch beer, bourbon and mint....pretty damn tasty
bloodys at noon to kick the draft and caps/rangers off
vodka sodas afternoon
now pregame racing it with the mint julep johnson
one of my good buddies just went back to japan and reminded me of this:
http://deadspin.com/5840693/lets-go-balls-deep-inside-the-spine-of-peyton-manning
The Last Pooperai story is me from a few years ago. i just laughed for an hour remembering it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaLwD05fKRQ
i dont even like craft beers and i probably would have never bought another one of these congolmerate beers again anway but i definitely wont now
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ab-inbev-sabmiller-ok-in-principle-to-set-up-beer-merger/2015/10/13/c1dc1130-7177-11e5-ba14-318f8e87a2fc_story.html
I will stick with liquor and tree.
QuoteBelgium-based AB InBev, already the world's largest brewer, makes Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois and Beck's. SABMiller, based in London, has Miller Genuine Draft, Peroni and Milwaukee's Best among its 200 or so brands.
i mean i would drink any one of these if someone had it sitting in a cooler but as long as Miller Lite is not affected I am cool.
hmm so I guess I am wrong but I always thought Miller Lite was part of MillerCoors which is different than SABMiller or whatever. I'm going to lose it if Miller Lite changes.
did it say that some beers were going to be made differently?
i only saw that the two corporations were merging
i don't want bud people near my miller lite at all.
reds - 5.0
miller lite - 4.1
Quote from: phattymatty on October 13, 2015, 07:04:34 PM
i don't want bud people near my miller lite at all.
This this 1000 times this.
The only people who are going to suffer are the workers who get fired when these mega-mergers happen.
sickening
QuoteIn order to get the merger past the the U.S. Department of Justice, the firms could be forced to sell some of their assets in the country, including SABMiller's stake in the MillerCoors joint venture.
Regulators similarly compelled AB InBev to shed some of its ventures following its bid for Grupo Modelo in 2013. Before that deal could be approved, Modelo's U.S. assets -- including Corona -- were sold to a smaller rival.
As younger drinkers turn in ever greater numbers to independent breweries, the global market leaders have been trying to defend their market share.
AB InBev has swallowed Seattle's Elysian Brewing, Oregon's 10 Barrel Brewing and Chicago-based Goose Island in the last year or two.
it's 6 years old now, but the documentary "Beerwars" was fascinating detailing the same merger craze happened back in the 50's 60's and how it ultimately nearly destroyed the palates of beer drinkers across the country.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 14, 2015, 08:15:21 AM
how it ultimately nearly destroyed the palates of beer drinkers across the country.
i dont even like beer it all tastes like garbage so im not worried about that....but these farging monster corporations packaging all our beers companies together and then scooping up as many indy breweries as they can get so they can take over the beer world is annoying as farg
Hurry and stock up while you still can.
Quote2016, changes recipe for first time in 256 years
My goodness, my Guinness! The famed Irish brewmaker announced a change to the ol' recipe that will please vegetarian and vegan drinkers: It's eliminating the fish bladders. Yikes, well maybe you didn't know it, but isinglass, a gelatin made from fish bladders, has been used to filter yeast particles from the deep-brown brew for the last 256 years. Most Anheuser-Busch, Heineken and Miller products have been deemed vegetarian-friendly by Barnivore.com, which tracks animal ingredients in alcohol, reports CNN.
farging vegans
guinness has less alcohol in it than pbr and the same as coors light.....farg that shtein
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 04, 2015, 02:03:50 PM
guinness has less alcohol in it than pbr and the same as coors light.....farg that shtein
This. Plus it tastes like shtein.
Never understood the love for guinness
I like a pint of Guinness every now and again with certain dinners. Not as a daily thing. But as a change of pace, good stuff.
Quote from: Zanshin on November 04, 2015, 04:20:39 PM
I like a pint of Guinness every now and again with certain dinners. Not as a daily thing. But as a change of pace, good stuff.
Exactly
Quote from: smeags on November 04, 2015, 03:31:05 PM
Never understood the love for guinness
notre dame fans
Aside from the taste of it, is there anything worse than some college age douchebag who thinks that drinking Guinness makes him some sort of cultured beer snob?
Any kind of beer snob.
all the beer dopes now drink craft beer...I cant remember the last time I saw someone drink a guiness...and again why would you at its alcohol level...especially when so many craft beers got big abv muscles
farg a craft beer and Guinness
I'm pounding the last of my six pack of high life
people on the coasts I don't think drink the big beer factories anymore...I rarely ever see it ordered...beer snobbery is strong outside of middle america
guiness tastes more like piss than miller lite....people think its craft beer like or heavy because its brown and has to settle...but its basically brown water
Yeah I don't like it
I don't like dark beer at all really
you just proved my point
its not "dark" at all....just in color
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 05, 2015, 01:01:17 AM
you just proved my point
its not "dark" at all....just in color
lol, beer snob! :-D
im equal opportunity....i despise all beer....i do drink a good amount of craft beers but not cause they taste good beacuse they get you farged up...i always ask for whichever one has the most alcohol within reason...i honestly dont understand the concept of drinking a beer that has under 5% alcohol
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Haaa, true.
I want to try Not Your Fathers Root Beer or whatever it is called
Anyone tried it?
I love root beer
i always want to try it to but i don't want a whole one....i always want someone im with to get it so i can taste...no one is ever interested tho
Everyone I know who's tried it says it's great. I'm not a root beer guy but my girl loves it, as do a lot of my friends. Apparently tastes just like root beer.
1 is good, the first sip is like, holy shtein this is amazing. at the end of the bottle you are like, holy shtein i have diabetes
Quote from: SunMo on November 07, 2015, 12:37:14 PM
1 is good, the first sip is like, holy shtein this is amazing. at the end of the bottle you are like, holy shtein i have diabetes
Ha...pretty much. It tastes just like root beer but I wouldn't drink more than 1. Definitely not a beer to drink to get buzzed.
I like Not Your Father's Root Beer way better than Coney Island root beer. Not Your Father's is making a 20% abv variety, I read.
seems like its supposed to be a wine cooler for doods
Actually, I don't think it's even marketed to guys. Same sort of thing as the ciders. But I'd be curious about 20% abv.
Speaking of wine coolers...me and my buddy used to steal his moms Bartyles and James wine coolers and slam them. We were 12.
I don't think that's a particularly unique story.
Quote from: Zanshin on November 07, 2015, 06:36:55 PM
But I'd be curious about 20% abv.
??....no way that root beer is 20%.....that almost liquor
Quote from: Zanshin on November 07, 2015, 06:52:55 PM
I don't think that's a particularly unique story.
It's not but seeing wine coolers reminded me of that.
Same summer I stole a six pack of beer from our fridge and got busted. Told my parents that older kids made me do it or else they would've beaten me up. That was a lie. We drank them in our fort in the woods.
It's 8.5% now. They're developing 12% and 20% varieties.
actually just went to their website it says its 10%.....even that is farging huge....if it truly tastes like root beer holy shtein will that get people farged up
It does. It's good. Coney Island is too syrupy for me.
i went to a really cool microbrewery in North Wales on Saturday. It's called Prism http://prismbeer.com/
The beers themselves were decent but the location of the bar/brewery was great. i thought the gps took me to the wrong spot because it took me to this small industrial park and you have to drive behind the main businesses and there is this zesty loading dock area that they made into the entrance. it's small and dark but its a really cool spot. I was disappointed to learn that they are going to be moving to a shopping center next year. but if you can get there anytime soon do it because it's a cool spot.
So was it a cool spot?
Really cool.
i lost my thesaurus
homer
QuoteThe creativity nurtured from that experience shows in the beers we brew today as does the anti-establishment nature of his favorite band, Pink Floyd.
yeah that definitely played a part. every friday at 5pm they play an entire floyd album start to finish.
so its last call before side A is even over?
Quote from: SunMo on November 09, 2015, 10:54:18 AM
i went to a really cool microbrewery in North Wales on Saturday. It's called Prism http://prismbeer.com/
The beers themselves were decent but the location of the bar/brewery was great. i thought the gps took me to the wrong spot because it took me to this small industrial park and you have to drive behind the main businesses and there is this zesty loading dock area that they made into the entrance. it's small and dark but its a really cool spot. I was disappointed to learn that they are going to be moving to a shopping center next year. but if you can get there anytime soon do it because it's a cool spot.
My nephew basically lives at that spot.
cool spot, you mean
I'll have to keep an eye out for them. I have had some good stuff from Round Guys, which is just up the road from there.
It's pretty cool to see all the brewers popping up. It makes the beer festivals all the more interesting.
Perkasie has one called Free Will. i took igy and mrs igy there and we had a pretty good time
that will always be known as the place with the 8 dollar hot dog truck out front
Yeah, they are decent, too. Also Forest & Main in Ambler.
On one of the recent tailgates, we had a variety pack from Voodoo Brewery, which is out in the Erie part of the state. Nothing in that case was less than 7.2%. We almost finished it. And it was a 1:00 game.
I picked up a Dogfish 20 anniversary the other day. No idea if it will be any good, but it is 17% so it can't be a total loss.
Tried neshaminy creek brewing's churchville lager. Wasn't bad but I wonder if that croydon water was the reason I got the shteins afterwards.
They do have one called concrete pillow ... 12.7% abv
Quote from: Eagaholic on November 09, 2015, 04:10:52 PM
I picked up a Dogfish 20 anniversary the other day. No idea if it will be any good, but it is 17% so it can't be a total loss.
Dogfish Head is a solid bet any day of the week.
I like their 90. I got some of their 120 min this year but supposedly it's best to let it sit for a year or two before drinking so I'll probably I'll do that.
Quote from: smeags on November 09, 2015, 04:19:33 PM
Tried neshaminy creek brewing's churchville lager. Wasn't bad but I wonder if that croydon water was the reason I got the shteins afterwards.
They do have one called concrete pillow ... 12.7% abv
Their owner/operator is a friend of mine from PSU. Shape of Hops to Come (double IPA) is supposed to be fantastic. I've never traveled up there to try and they don't distribute down here so I can't vouch for it but I totally know the dude.
Quote from: SunMo on November 09, 2015, 12:50:46 PM
cool spot, you mean
I really don't know personally. He seems to enjoy it, which is nice.
Quote from: rjs246 on November 09, 2015, 04:55:18 PM
Quote from: smeags on November 09, 2015, 04:19:33 PM
Tried neshaminy creek brewing's churchville lager. Wasn't bad but I wonder if that croydon water was the reason I got the shteins afterwards.
They do have one called concrete pillow ... 12.7% abv
Their owner/operator is a friend of mine from PSU. Shape of Hops to Come (double IPA) is supposed to be fantastic. I've never traveled up there to try and they don't distribute down here so I can't vouch for it but I totally know the dude.
Nice. Damn they have a big selection. Right down,the road from my dad's. Be over there thruday. Maybe I'll stop in and check,it,out.
Well went to NCB... Got a six pack of the JAWN selection for Sunday's game. Pretty good. Not a high ABV though. Still the highlight of the day. Thanks chip.
Still haven't tried Not Your Fathers Root beer yet
But just saw they're now making Not Your Fathers Ginger Ale
I gotta get both now
On another note - crushing some rum punch tonight like a champ. Forgot I was gonna drink tonight and took my pain meds when I got home. Oops
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 25, 2015, 10:39:43 PM
Still haven't tried Not Your Fathers Root beer yet
I had it a couple weeks ago...forgot to post it...its unbelievably sweet...I had two and almost couldn't finish the second one cause it was pure sugar....really does taste exactly like root beer...so much so that you might not think there is any alcohol in it...but it also is way weaker than what someone on this board said....its only 5.8....still decent for what it tastes like and it would farg up a amateur or someone who doesn't drink much...but it was kinda disappointing finding out it was only that much after talking in the thread a couple weeks ago that is was something ridiculous like 15%
So it's like a soda in the sense that one can hit the spot (like a real Coke on a hot day) but any ones after that first and it's too sweet and syrupy?
I was at dinner and out for drinks with a beer snob a couple weeks ago at my work conference. Halfway through dinner I began to wonder if I could get away with murdering him with my steak knife. Had a comment for the beer that everyone ordered especially the dude who was drinking coors light. He ended up drinking some double ipa 3476min chocolate pubic hair ale and drank it with his pinkie sticking out.
its like a soda in that it literally tastes like a root beer....you cant even taste a hint of alcohol...the only difference was that it wasnt as carbonated as a root beer...which yes made it too syrupy for me
Ok gotcha - yeah it sounds like I'd enjoy one or two and that's it
I couldn't stomach more than a taste. Far too sweet.
Quite the bargain:
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Is that for drinking or starter.fluid ?
Probably better as the latter, because it doesn't taste even remotely good in most situations.
is that a fifth a 1L or a 1.75?
1.75
Now I just wanna play Risk
I played the other night. What a goddamn pain in the ass changing all the pieces and rolling forever. Won't pull that out again for another ten years.
Warfish however, I might revisit.
As for the unbelievably cheap vodka...now I know what the guy three doors down from me used to drink himself to death. Poor bastich.
Stratego owns.
Speaking of booze, I have a bottle of kraken rum waiting in the freezer for new years eve.
We were describing it to IGY at the last tailgate. My boy bought it because it was cheap, but he refused to drink it because it was so terrible. Mixed in an LIT it's barely tolerable, but nothing other than a bunch of other cheap booze seems to mask the nastiness.
i could have sworn lil sus told me it was under ten bucks like 8.49 for the handle...11.50 isnt crazy cheap for rot gut even in that size
still cant wait to try it....any vodka someone who is a drinker literally cant get down i have to try.....he said hes brining me a bottle saturday....shots for everyone!
I dry heaved even thinking of trying it
We had some rotgut shtein a couple years ago and it was brutal. Made a screwdriver and ended up having to pour it out. Even adding like 32oz of orange juice couldn't mask the awfulness
Maybe he got it on sale before the state put it "on sale" for the holidays. I'll remind him that he needs to bring some.
how can vodka be undrinkable....i dont get it...thats why i was floored and asked him to get me some when lil sus told me he couldnt do it
gotta get in this shtein
lets all define, "drinkable" here.
jay poured a drink of it out and lil sus had one and said he never would again
this is apparently literally undrinkable stuff
To me it was like drinking peroxide or some shtein...when I drink goose or titos or even absolut it has a smooth taste. The el cheapo stuff is a chore to get down.
Ketel one and titos are bangin
yeah i get that a 40 dollar fifth of vodka is better than a handle for ten bucks.....breaking news
but i have never had a vodka that when mixed with cranberry or whatever i couldnt drink and drink without even a small problem...thats unfathomable to me and became even more so when the person who told me about it is a mans man when it comes to drinking
to me a shot is where the struggle starts to get a little real
Sounds like you have a real dilemma on your hands.
Personally I haven't had vodka I couldn't drink when mixed. May have been nasty but I could still drink it.
To your point, shots are the real test.
Yeah, I would certainly drink it if I didn't have any better alternatives in the house. It's the boy who was most offended by the stuff.
This has been a very boozy holiday season for me. I polished off my bottle of rum last night that was leftover from my spiked egg nogs on Christmas. Also drank as many Molson's as I could get my hands on.
But I finally tried the Not Your Father's Root Beer and Ginger Ale tonight at my cousins house
His girl said it was $48 for a case of the root beer and you guys were right. It was good but very sweet. I had one and that was about it. It's definitely a novelty drink and she said its best over ice or with vanilla vodka and ice cream to make a float.
The Ginger Ale i didn't care for. It was very gingery - like almost spicy but yet sweet. I love regular ginger ale but I wasn't digging this one at all.
To funny! I almost bought a 6 pack of the Root Beer tonight. It was on sale for $8.29 and actually called my nephew to get his advice but the little prick never picked up. Ended up drinking a nice bottle of Kendal Jackson Chardonnay. Way to much Jack Daniels Double Barrell the previous two nights.
Yeah I've had my hard liquor fill for awhile. It's rare I drink it but this week and a half I've hit it. Time to go home a detox.
I've never been a wine guy - I've tried a few but just couldn't enjoy the taste
We had a party and BBQ'd up a coupe of briskets over about 8-9 hours. I made a sauce from scratch using some of that not your fathers root beer. Hit it out of the park with the brisket and the sauce. Tender, juicy, not quite fall-apart slices, with perfectly crisped blackened bark over a thin layer fat, then made burnt ends from the point. The sauce made a perfect match if you wanted to use it. Needed to break out the Pappy Van Winkle bourbon for a meal from heaven. But that root beer became a great secret ingredient for the sauce. Damn good holiday eatin.
I had this yesterday:
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Deliciousness.
Someday I'll get to try that. I had the Black Barrel this weekend (a present to the wife from her brother). Not bad.
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Quote from: Eagaholic on January 22, 2016, 02:23:13 PM
I have about 4 cases of Bourbon County variants I picked up this season. If that isn't enough I have 200+ bottles of bourbon/rye in the bar to fall back on.
What?? My liquor shelf has one bottle, which I am currently drinking, and when it's gone I replace it. What's the point in buying 200 bottles of whisky all at once?
I'll put it another way...I'm not wasting money spent on alcohol. I buy it I drink it. I buy it. I drink it. When I die, the kids aren't getting a cabinet full of booze, because I farging drank it all.
I mean, apart from the flagrant display of wealth, I don't get it.
You must jest.
A few points. When I buy a bottle I often drink maybe 1/4 of it before I get another. That way I eventually build up a large bar, which has a lot of advantages.
I don't just slug down alcohol to get drunk. I genuinely enjoy the spirit in the same way many people savor a fine meal. I love learning about it - the art of crafting a whiskey, the traditions and storied history (at Mt Vernon Geo Washington was the country's largest producer), even the chemistry behind it. Much of our trade law today for example has it's roots in the early bourbon industry. It was awesome for me going to a distillery and learning how the pot still vs column stills work and are engineered.
Some of these bottles are investments. I've bought numerous bottles just in the last year or so for $69 to $229 that went for $550 to $2000+ this past holiday season. Just a handful of them will more than pay for all my other bottles, including the ultra-premium ones that I will be basically be drinking for free. Yet others I will try to trade up for different bottles that I speculate will go up even more in value. So it's playing a commodity secondary market, and I thoroughly enjoy it. Ultimately I want to trade up enough the get some of the most prized and rare bottles that I regard as works of art. I collect them the same way others collect stamps, baseball cards, cars or football jerseys. Except these you can actually consume and therefore enjoy in a far more unique way than other genres of collectibles. Last year I bought 3 bottles called Pappy Van Winkle 23 year old for under $250. Now
the empty bottle routinely sells for $300 - $350 on Ebay. Call it ludicrous, call people idiots all you want - a market is a market. And when I create a strategy and out maneuver other buyers to score one of the nearly impossible to find prizes, the victory feeling is every bit as good as, for example, an important division win for the Eagles.
Having friends over for a blind tasting is a blast. Different bourbons have different "mash bills" or recipes. Learning to taste which ones are high rye or to differentiate wheat from barley in the recipe to me is fascinating, the same way a craft beer enthusiast will blend in citra hops for example to add a tropical citrus aroma to try and create a particular flavor profile in making their home brew. This is of course lost on lead-palate booze guzzles and it brings hipsters to the point of jizz but whatever.
I'm not real big on cocktails in general but in the winter I sometimes get on a Sazerac kick. I've tinkered and experimented with about 30 versions. Sometimes the smallest change can make a big difference, and when you get it just right it goes to an entirely different level, hit it out of the park and stadium good. If I didn't have a number of ryes and several bitters to experiment with I couldn't play like this. The Sazerac also has a great history to it btw (arguably the first cocktail) but that's another story.
Even if you don't get into learning all there is to know about bourbon, there's a simple friendly deliciousness to it as well as uniqueness to the different producers. IGY gets this and I think Sarge is a fan of wheated recipe bourbon, but I don't think it's for everyone. To me, having a selection that I can choose from is as basic as having different foods I can decide to have for dinner each night.
I could easily write another 10 paragraphs but I'll spare you and everyone else. We just live in different worlds.
Damn I had no idea that there was a market for empties!
Interesting stuff
Unfortunately it's not just collectors who want a cool bottle. That was about $250 ago. Now it is likely bought for creating a forgery. Bourbon nerds are unlike any other, and can be kind of militant. There's already been multiple suits filed against huge producers like Templeton and Diageo which, remarkably, the companies lost.
There's probably over 100 active bourbon blogs out there and one activist type guy went to a high end bar where they served this stuff, probably at $75 a shot. He noted the fill level and laser code on the bottle. Next time in, the level was lower. Next time the level was higher that it originally. He asked to see the bottle and it had that same unique laser code, so obviously the bar was scamming partons with a probably nice $50/bottle bourbon poured into an empty super premium bottle.
And I learned on Bar Rescue that's illegal!
Militant bourbon dudes...I've heard it all now. That's crazy!
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 22, 2016, 06:12:32 PM
I don't just slug down alcohol to get drunk.
This is where you lost me.
i'm sitting here dreaming of snow days gone by where i'd already be bellied up to the bar in margate getting my first drunk of the day on.
god i miss home on days like today.
Quote from: rjs246 on January 23, 2016, 07:33:44 AM
Quote from: Eagaholic on January 22, 2016, 06:12:32 PM
I don't just slug down alcohol to get drunk.
This is where you lost me.
I went on to say bourbon is damn good.
I had some rip van winkle once. It was good but I must be a brute. I buy Bulleit or if I'm rich Woodford Reserve and it's yummy to me. Right now, I've got a Christmas bottle of Woodford on top of the fridge (my liquor cabinet). Next purchase will probably be a bottle of Tullamore Dew if my joint has it on shelf again, or Jameson if not.
Fascinating aren't I.
ive been in this game for years....it made me an animal...theres rules to this shtein...i wrote me a manual...a step by step book-let for you to get...
your game on track and your ego pushed back
http://www.foodrepublic.com/2016/02/10/6-rules-for-drinking-like-a-man/
came into my office today only because the mail room told me there was a bottle of johnny walker blue with my name on it.
still not sure who sent it.
me matty and our lady friends went to a bar yesterday and the bill was 405.00
My sister went on a tour of the Sam Adams brewery when she was in Boston. She bought me 3 of their limited edition Barrel Room Collection. Kosmic mother funk grand cru, American Kriek, and Stoney Brook Red. Disgusting. Highly recommend passing.
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 02, 2016, 10:25:55 PM
me matty and our lady friends went to a bar yesterday and the bill was 405.00
tip was another benjamin on top of that I hope . $125 each for a good time, not bad
no one tips more than me
btw this is all so random
I had to date check this cause I coincidentally went out with Matty last night but his lady friend wasn't there and the check wasn't that much so for s second I thought I lied
I legit think I had 14 bourbon and diets last night tho
also I connected with mr fennimore yesterday
:nerdbatsignal
happening at my go to craft brewery around the corner....LETS DO THIS!
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The Force is strong at Jailbreak! Come into the taproom in your favorite Star Wars attire! We'll be offering some fun prizes to the staff favorite of the night 😉
Rogue One will be playing on the projection screen at 7pm!
Custom pint glasses will be availble for sale. Designs coming soon!
:-D
Craft brew and cosplay? Sounds like hipster heaven and my own personal hell.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 25, 2017, 02:24:22 PM
:nerdbatsignal
happening at my go to craft brewery around the corner....LETS DO THIS!
The Force is strong at Jailbreak! Come into the taproom in your favorite Star Wars attire! We'll be offering some fun prizes to the staff favorite of the night 😉
Rogue One will be playing on the projection screen at 7pm!
Custom pint glasses will be availble for sale. Designs coming soon!
I have a costume if you need one
igy's coming to the darkside.
Quote from: SD on April 26, 2017, 10:44:14 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 25, 2017, 02:24:22 PM
:nerdbatsignal
happening at my go to craft brewery around the corner....LETS DO THIS!
The Force is strong at Jailbreak! Come into the taproom in your favorite Star Wars attire! We'll be offering some fun prizes to the staff favorite of the night 😉
Rogue One will be playing on the projection screen at 7pm!
Custom pint glasses will be availble for sale. Designs coming soon!
I have a costume if you need one
just one?
Just 1 for you. It's his Jaba jawn. Usually requires 2 people, but also perfectly functional for a single fatty.
plus every nerd knows that jaba was the greatest liberal in the outter rim.
Quote from: smeags on April 26, 2017, 10:56:41 AM
igy's coming to the darkside.
Darth Havas
His Sith power is arguing people to death over sports and civil rights issues.
i want the outfit the sax player was wearing at the bar and ill go
made my bi annual costco run today....lets rock n roll
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And????????
What did you get?
Probably alcohol and a bunch of pink sugary mixers.
Drunktown USA in effect
trying to drown my sadness
tanqueray and hennessy till i earl....
im never not drunk but im in the early stages of a bender right now
Although it's not what I do primarily as an attorney, I got these guys opened as a distillery in Bensalem. <shameless plug>
For anyone who likes vodka and whiskey, they do a good job and are good people and would recommend checking them out.
https://www.1675spirits.com
I drive by there weekly and didn't notice this place. def gonna check it out.
Any of you booze hounds want to try a beer that claims to taste like Lucky CharmsTM? (https://www.wfsb.com/new-lucky-charms-flavored-beer-is-magically-ridiculous/article_cf7620a4-7584-5373-ba01-61624d7c4996.html?fbclid=IwAR3dJqa1uj9OiBbALvk-VS5_WghU1xzJmMopn6Ep1_ujquYuUcFwSAXWxKw)
After I try the one that claims to taste like Froot Loops.
Quote from: Don Ho on February 28, 2019, 02:20:38 AM
After I try the one that claims to taste like Froot Loops.
their website actually says that it "wont taste like a bowl of cereal"
its 6.6 which isnt terrible....the can is pretty dope too
id try
someone tell russell to pick up some....its down in his neck
i just had a few over the weekend that had a cinnamon toast crunch aftertaste and they were pretty good.
this is more about the fountain drink than it is booze but..
something about fountain drinks and i dont really know what it is
however there arent too many more pleasurable things in the world
than getting an extra large diet coke with extra ice at wawa (or any place that has fountain)
dumping/drinking half of it
filling it back up with your favorite blended whiskey and going to town
do the same thing with non fountain soda and it isnt close
def one of my lifes biggest pleasures
Yep.
I do it all the time.
McDonald's diet and regular coke taste good. But I always get a huge 44oz and then top it off. shtein I may do that tonight. I have a bottle of rum at the crib I need to get into.
its so good..it somehow gets colder than any drink you can make at home no matter what you do....
its also the only time i ever use a straw...even when i was a kid i didnt like straws so it has nothing to do with the whole straw in the sea turtle nose...i didnt use them before all that but in this case you gotta have it...its a must
For sure. Normally I will scrap the lid and straw so I can crunch the ice. Not with the booze on board tho.
Same thing applies on coldness to beer when I put it in a cooler of ice vs the fridge. I go get a case and leave it in the cooler bc its so much better.
yeah exactly you can put a beer in the freezer to the point of starting to crystalize and it still wont beat the coldness of a fully packed cooler