It's always five o'clock somewhere

[Monkeyface]

Huh? How so? Single malt?

So I have a 1L bottle of stoli bought from my yesteryears. I'd like to use it to make some cocktails for Christmas. Although my family would like some creamy frappe, white Russian esque in a punch bowl, I'd rather do something a little healthier to watch my waistline. So far, I'm thinking something that's easy to whip up in a pitcher: Moscow mule, or bloody mary. Anything else?

Just spike your eggnog with it. Not very healthy though, but very delicious.

 

[Fwiffo]

I'm skipping the cocktail. Champagne is going to cost me a fortune.

At any rate, Rickard's Red - what is an Irish Red Ale? What can I buy as a substitute because I don't fancy going 2km to haul a case for my cousin's husband?

 

[Grand Potentate]

How To Decode Any Whisk(e)y Label | VinePair

 

[prince nez]

Had a bit of a whisky tasting today - US, Japanese, Scotch, Australian; blended and single malt. No complaints from my old man who promptly retired to the chaise afterward and fell asleep there.

All this followed some NZ sauvignon blanc, and the mandatory bottles of veurve and bolli... In other words just another day in the life of Fwiffo .

 

[Journeyman]

All this followed some NZ sauvignon blanc, and the mandatory bottles of veurve and bolli... In other words just another day in the life of Fwiffo .

Had a bottle of rose last night. I hadn't drunk rose for years and didn't particularly remember liking it back at that time, but this was very drinkable, although wine snobs might turn up their noses at it. It went down very easily on a hot day.

 

[prince nez]

But everybody knows rose is for losers and middle aged women in fish cafes...

 

[fxh]

JM - I've tried that Arrogant Frog in a Shiraz I think in a 1 litre bottle - its OK for the price. And its French. Been drinking soem Japanese stuff- Pomello I think - its a bit like a Lemon /Pomegranate Liquire. Label is in Japaneses. Also a French Lychee Liquire. How do you spell liquire?

 

[Journeyman]

How do you spell liquire?

"Liqueur", perhaps?

 

[Arnathor]

The best beer from every state

This is amazing, thanks!

 

[Monkeyface]

But everybody knows rose is for losers and middle aged women in fish cafes...

How about rose champagne?

 

[prince nez]

"Liqueur", perhaps?

Lick her.

 

[Journeyman]

But everybody knows rose is for losers and middle aged women in fish cafes...

Who says that I don't fit into one, or both, of those categories??

 

[Leitmotif]

Some gin recommendations? I always have hendricks, anything else?

 

[Grand Potentate]

Some gin recommendations? I always have hendricks, anything else?

Do you want a fruitier gin or a more British gin?

 

[Leitmotif]

Do you want a fruitier gin or a more British gin?

I like the fruitness of hendricks and the scent of it.

 

[Grand Potentate]

I like the fruitness of hendricks and the scent of it.

Hendricks is a cucumber based gin, so it's Fairly light. Junipero is VERY juniper based. Plymouth is a good dry British style gin. Tanqueray 10 is also good.

Of the bunch Plymouth is my favorite

 

[Thruth]

I like the fruitness of hendricks and the scent of it.

You should be drinking Lemon Gin. Panty remover. You mo-mo

 

[Arnathor]

Top porter from local producers

 

[doghouse]

Hendricks is a cucumber based gin, so it's Fairly light. Junipero is VERY juniper based. Plymouth is a good dry British style gin. Tanqueray 10 is also good.

Of the bunch Plymouth is my favorite

Plymouth is a semi-sweet gin. Good though. London Drys would be Beefeater, Bombay and the like.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Plymouth is a semi-sweet gin. Good though. London Drys would be Beefeater, Bombay and the like.

I could never tell any difference in sweetness between tanq 10 and Plymouth.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Interesting piece on booze conglomerates

Who Owns Your Favorite Liquor Brands?

 

[Grand Potentate]

MFDoom this woman makes drinks the way you like em.

 

[doghouse]

MFDoom this woman makes drinks the way you like em.

Tip: Dont let people know you make a mean old fashioned, because you will end up having to make them for everybody. Exhausting.

 

[MFDoom]

MFDoom this woman makes drinks the way you like em.

Bahahahah that was hilarious. She says three ounces of bourbon, then fills the glass

 

[Arnathor]

Bahahahah that was hilarious. She says three ounces of bourbon, then fills the glass

Isn't that just as good?

This person gets it:

 

[sirloin]

Today a Negroni.

Why? First warm days of summer here. So thought it fitting to unwind, after a day of shaking hands and kissing babies, with a italian summer classic.

 

[LelandJ]

Should avoid Compari since they started using chemicals to color in 2007:

http://medicinalmixology.com/campari-and-its-betrayal-of-the-negroni/

 

[Grand Potentate]

Should avoid Compari since they started using chemicals to color in 2007:

http://medicinalmixology.com/campari-and-its-betrayal-of-the-negroni/

you're like the santa claus of thread ruining.

 

[LelandJ]

you're like the santa claus of thread ruining.

Every day is Christmas!

 

[sirloin]

you're like the santa claus of thread ruining.

Yes. You obviously need a drink Leland!

 

[Monkeyface]

Should avoid Compari since they started using chemicals to color in 2007:

http://medicinalmixology.com/campari-and-its-betrayal-of-the-negroni/

So you don't consume anything with artificial colouring?

 

[COG]

Avoid Jack Daniels too. No longer the original recipe. Bastards lowered the alcocontent.

 

[LKP]

So you don't consume anything with artificial colouring?

And everyone drinks 3-4L of campari daily

 

[Monkeyface]

Recently I'm really into mezcal, the smokier the better, but that stuff is pricey in Europe. Will pick up a bottle a bottle or two when I'm in NY.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Recently I'm really into mezcal, the smokier the better, but that stuff is pricey in Europe. Will pick up a bottle a bottle or two when I'm in NY.

Try these if you can get them

http://www.ilegalmezcal.com/products-ilegal-mezcal/

They're really fucking tasty

 

[Monkeyface]

Try these if you can get them

http://www.ilegalmezcal.com/products-ilegal-mezcal/

They're really fucking tasty

I heard those were less smoky?

 

[Grand Potentate]

I heard those were less smoky?

they're definitely not on the smokier side but they are fucking delicious. you have to be careful with mezcals - some end up too smoky and it feel like you're sipping a glass of liquid smoke.

 

[COG]

I was unaware that one could drink mescaline. Useful thread.

 

[LelandJ]

So you don't consume anything with artificial colouring?

Of course not! I don't buy any clothes with nylon or synthetics either!!

 

[Thruth]

I was unaware that one could drink mescaline. Useful thread.

Get yer inches of cactus that you need to Guve you the trip you need.

Think brewing tea.

chop it up, boil it, strain it, repeat. Then reduce it. Don't use a blender. Horribly vile tasting.

Enjoy