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Ice Mountain Water.
Water with lemon.
Five Alive frozen punch with Ginger Ale.
Sprite.
Hot Chocolate with a shot of Disaronno.
Tap water.
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Shit, did we get old?
Apple cinnamon shine.
I ran out of margarita mix. Tequila + cranberry pomegranate juice.
Tea :)
Jack Daniel's Single Barrel. Way way better than the usual overrated and overpriced JD product. A little pricey though at £42 per bottle.
£42 a bottle? Fucking hell.
I've got two fifths of whisky, Maker's Mark and Johnny Walker Black, but I haven't touched them much. I don't drink much by myself. I still have like 18 beers from my last run to Costco, because they have a house-brand pack of microbrews, and recently I got a couple of Widmer Hefeweizers at a local import store by some goddamned miracle. Not packs of those, but individual bottles (and they were like 500 yen/each). I take it when I can get it out here.
I've been drinking a great many things lately, the best of which by far was goose island night stalker. I also really enjoyed Bolero Snort's ragin bull winter, it's a great spicy seasonal.
Best discovery for the missus has been Omission brewery. She's gluten intolerant and really misses having a beer. Most of the gluten free stuff is pretty crappy, the best has been mass produced lager good. A drink possibly being as good as a Becks or Carling isn't something you can ever really look forward to. Que the spotting of the omission bottles, and chilled six packs, in the local liquor store.
We tried just one, the pale ale, and it was really, honestly very good. I'd happily drink it if there were some in the fridge.
We also sampled a local(ish) delicacy. Picklebacks. A shot of whiskey followed immediately by a shot of pickle brine. They're not as bad as you'd think. But they're also not that great.
I have whiskey and pickles.
When I was in Guatemala, you only really had the choice of 3 or 4 beers (if you were lucky enough for them to have it in stock).
Gallo - it's ok, but I prefer something...better. The international awards it has won can like my dick.
Moza - a bock styled beer that was decent to the palate but left me wanting something more.
Monte Carlo - Kinda like heiniken, but not. It was serviceable and usually was my go to beer.
All that said, when I was picked up from the Airport by the 'rents, they were kind enough to have brought me some kickass BBQ, and a 4 pack of Tank 7 for the ride home, which is close to an hour. Thank Heavens that the lawmakers in MO allow open containers in the car (passengers are allowed to drink, but not driver.)
I broke down and bought a bottle of Lagavulin. I haven't had it in probably six years or so, but my god is it heavenly. Yes, it was $91 for a 750ml bottle (£55 for our friends playing overseas.) Not only does it taste and smell incredible, but for minutes after drinking it, it felt like a kindly HVAC technician had gently installed a tiny gas furnace in the back of my throat. And I don't mean that in a bad way, I mean that as in I felt like it might be a good move to just turn off the thermostat in my house and sustain myself via the warming heat emanating from my esophagus.
It was distilled 16 years ago. I was still watching cartoons then. Maybe the Viper TV show was on then? I dunno... Anyway... Lagavulin, drink it. :up:... It comes from here... Look how pretty it is.
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Yes...... Yes Viper was definitely on the air when this whiskey was distilled. :hard:
Grrrrr! Lagavulin is being made right now! Grrrrrrrrrr!
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I'm trying to accomplish something tonight... I plan to drink wine, beer, liquor, and sake all in one night.
*Sips a small glass of sake.
Achievement unlocked!!! :toast:
Hangover?
Stopped by the Lincoln Park Costco, which now stocks a wider selection of beers in 750mL bottles. Split a Goose Island Lolita and a Gulden Draak with the girlfriend last night.
I got some of this for Christmas:
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and finally opened it over the weekend. It's really, really good. I'm normally not a fan of rye, but this is up there with some of my favorite beverages.
On the subject of Christmas spirits, I also received a bottle of George T. Stagg bourbon and Eagle Rare bourbon. The Stagg stuff is 141 proof and mind-numbingly (literally) good. Both are Buffalo Trace Distilliary; the Eagle is quite a bit cheaper than the Stagg and, IMHO, an *excellent* buy. Possibly one of the best inexpensive bourbons I've had. Stagg may be taking the place of the best effingham serious booze I own, a spot previously occupied by Booker's. Booker's tastes very good but there's no denying it's downright flammable. The Stagg is every bit as volitile, but has a superior flavor. If you like unfiltered bourbons (as I do), I'd give it a go.
Picked up bottles of Knob Creek and Monkey Shoulder on the way home the other night. Also have a bottle of Breckenridge Bourbon sitting in Steve's flat that he trafficked back from the USA, really really looking forward to having that again.
Knob Creek is a classic. I'm always sad that more bars don't carry it - for whatever reason, Woodford's Reserve seems to have taken over locally for it.
A while back I posted some questions about converting a PS3 to do media playback and resolved it wasn't possible without investing far more work than it was worth. A couple days later I overheard one of our employees (a student) lamenting that he really wanted to play GTAV but couldn't swing the dough to buy a PS3 and the game. I really like this guy - he's one of the few people that doesn't make my work life a living hell - so a couple weeks ago I bagged up my 20-hour old PS3 and all its gear and brought it in as a late Christmas gift. His boss thought that was awesome and picked up GTAV via Amazon Prime at the same time. Very cool.
Friday afternoon I found a box on my chair with a thank you note. In side the box was;
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Three amazing bourbons for a PS3? I could not have hoped for a better result.
Man, it was a great weekend.
gekkeikan plum wine
Home brew. It's awesome.
Can we speak a little on beer in this thread? I'm just not hardcore enough anymore to drink liquor.
Being Canadian, I've always drank the usual Canadian stuff (Canadian, Coor's Light, Keith's, etc) but really decided, lately, that I just don't like the taste enough, and I'm not a rampant alcoholic so I can't just guzzle until I don't feel it anymore.
For a while I've been drinking Lech:
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Which I quite like. It goes down relatively smoothly, it's quite fizzy and it tastes crisp. But it's also pretty bitter in the aftertaste.
Then, at a party at a friend's bar, I sampled the greatest thing I have ever tasted--Grimbergen.
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Ooooooh yum. Yum in my tummy. It came in that exact glass, with that kind of head on it. Fucking delicious. No bitterness, a hint of caramel, and strong enough to get ya fuckin' drunk on a couple of them. This was the first dark beer of any kind I'd had in ages, since I first tried Guinness when I was like 16--which I DESPISED. So this came as a bit of a shock.
The downside? It only JUST came to Canada, and I have searched high and low with absolutely NO luck. So far, it's only available to restaurants and bars, to be put on tap. I'm sad. :(
Until the glorious day that it becomes available by the bottle, I've been trying to find something similar. And it turns out it's Belgian Dubbels, brewed by monks, in general, that I like. So far, this is the best I've found:
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Quite good, though just a tiny bit bitter, unlike Grimbergen. On the plus side, it comes in bottles. So I think for now, I'm gonna go with that.
I also tried Chimay's dubbel:
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Also quite nice, but again, more bitter than Grimbergen. And, go figure, at least in Canada, they only sell the fucker in WINE BOTTLE size. Which is about three of those bigger glasses. Kinda lame.
Any beer connoisseurs know more about Belgian dubbels or what else I might try?
I had a Leffe Blonde yesterday, actually. I prefer Chimay Blue over the Red label. It's even darker and smoother.
My decision to shift focus towards liquor was motivated by weight loss. A nice strong bottle of beer can hit 3-400 calories, an equally nice large bourbon is 100 or so.
I do have a few bottles from Hastings Brewery to check out tonight though since I spent a day back in my old stomping ground yesterday and picked them up from the little organic vegan bakery that is their sole retail outlet.
Hell yes. I loved the Canadian beers that I tried when I was in Hamilton a few years back. I remember trying Schlitz Gold, 666, 10W30 and Alexander Keith's IPA. We've had Keith's here locally for a few years now, except for the IPA, which is the best of the Keith's I've tried.
Leffe Brun is a nice beer. Tonight had two beers... LOL.. lightweight I know. Samichlaus Classic Bier... what a beer. It is sweet, but the taste.. It is a must try if you haven't before. Not incredibly expensive, $5 for a bottle. Very rich, deep flavour. Not at all bitter. 14% so it packs a bit of a punch.
Also had Omme Gang - Game of Thrones - Take Back the Black Stout... ya.. I bought it due to nerdome and liking the show... but damned if it isn't a fine smooth stout. 750ml @ 7%... also recommended.
If you want the other stuff, then come to the US and you'll find it everywhere, just don't expect to find the IPA.
I've had Keith's Red, once. Didn't like it.
Tried a Sam Adams Cold Snap. Tasted like a slightly better Blue Moon.
That's not setting the bar particularly high.
It really isn't, the regular Sam Adams Winter Lager is definitely better.
Yeah, Cold snap is OK.
I prefer Boston and Winter much more. But I would gladly take it over just about any other regular offering.
Cocktails. They were 2-4-1 at a local Caribbean place that I've dragged Steve to a couple of times (and Matt and Keith O, come to think of it...).
Normally £6.75 each, during happy hour midday-7pm and then 10pm-1am they are effectively half price.
Didn't stop me killing 7 in the first 50 minutes (we got there at 5pm) and running up a tab of £170 for the evening (just me and T drinking). There were 6 or 7 off-menu signature cocktails I demanded the staff to make me that probably cost £7-10 each. I also discovered that Subway is open at 2am and was still drunk at 10am the next morning. Oh yeah, basically on an empty stomach too.
Victory?
Victory.
Cocktails? You're going to undo all the good work you did with that Kettlebell, bro.
Tell me about it. It's likely just glycogen and fluids but I was 5lb heavier the day after. Back to straight bourbon I go...
It's the sugar. The amount of that in most cocktails is insane. Even lager is probably slightly healthier. Bitter is probably the healthiest beer from that aspect, and vodka lime sodas/gin or vodka tonics are the only cocktails I drink. I usually stick to wine, and even then, maybe 1-2 glasses every 2 weeks.
On the other hand, I'm in Thailand (Chiangmai, so no supadrai action) for a stag from Friday to Sunday. This is going to be brutal.
Not the fluids, it's all the sugar being turned into fats.
Alcohol causes you to duirese fluid off from the inhibition of the ADH (anti-diuretic hormone). Now if you were loading water after the alcohol and were trying to sober up, then it is possible to be fluid volume build up. But that would mean you have drank almost .75 a gallon of water that your body had not released yet.
In other news, I drank the almost mandatory crap "green beer" today for obvious reasons. It was shit, and I should have just bought my Gin and Tonics and been happy.
There is no fucking way I drank seventeen and a half THOUSAND calories' worth of sugar...given that one pound of fat is 3500 calories.
It's the 4-6lb of glycogen I seem to be able to gain in hours and lose inside two days fairly reliably.
I was pissing like a racehorse yesterday and already appear to be 2-3lbs lighter.
Which obviously justified me having a couple of Whiskey Old Fashioned.
Dude, the sugar will fuck you up big-time - anyway, Godson is the nurse here, so...
Ok, a kilogram of refined white sugar contains c. 3800 calories.
Eating a kilo bag should metabolise into a little over 1lb of fat.
I'd question the odds of all those drinks containing 5 kilos of sugar total.
It's not that simple. But anyway, the takeaway is that cocktails and sugar are bad, MMKAY?
Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt scotch was on offer in Sainsbury's, down from £27 to £22 a bottle. So I grabbed two.
Oh yeah, today I discovered that Whistlepig Straight Rye changes hands for £90 a bottle here on the rare occasion any surfaces. That's not far off 150 bucks.
I was at Costco the other day and saw a 40 year old bottle of scotch for 700 $. It was Kirkland brand.
Serious wtf. I passed on the 'awesome' opportunity.
I remember seeing bottles of a certain Courvoisier range selling for $1200 at Sam's Club. They kept it in a locked case.
I did not know that. Makes it a decent price then.
A decent price for a new tv maybe. :|
Glenmorangie.
Deschutes stuff is really great. Mirror Pond rocked my socks.
I haven't had this since 2009 with ettsn at taco Mac.
Yeung, it has been too long
Yeah next time I go back east I will have a Yuengling for sure.
I just poured myself a nice amount from the Lagavulin bottle to celebrate a recent event... My god this stuff is amazing. I have never experienced any other liquor that you can take a big mouthful of, swish it around in your mouth, swallow it, and not have any kind of harsh burning sensation. It just makes your gums feel all warm and tingly, that's it.
I mean, when people usually say that a liquor tastes smooth, they basically mean "Well, it won't burn too much." But this stuff, my god, it's smooth. As in, does it really have that much alcohol smooth.