Booze
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- hydro743
- That looks like a stiff drink.skinny_puppy
- WTF.. oODanish
- Take that, "whiskey dick"!!!futurefood
- Haha, very good, skinnyNairn
- Thanks Nairn, glad someone appreciates.skinny_puppy
- Continuity4
Both skinny_puppy and thumb_screws recently convinced me to get in to the world of whisky (I'm a bourbon and rye kind of fellow — when not drinking cider or wine — so I basically know nothing going into this).
Finally pulled the trigger yesterday, and got myself this little blended Japanese number:
By no means top of the range, but — as a toe-dipper for someone like me — it was pretty exciting. Without getting into the granular details, it's a very pleasant sip.
Eyes open and palate thrilled, I've ordered this Japanese one (also a blend) after reading a shitload of good reviews about it, and reading the characteristics. It arrives probably on Monday:
I can't wait to even nose it.
Whisky, I'm in. I'm all-in.
- Beautifulskinny_puppy
- Nikka from the Barrel is a fave of mine. Love it. A little dash neat or with an ice cube or two for a chilled whisky. So good.sab
- Both skinny_puppy and thumb_screws turned me on to adding a few drops of water to another wise neat glass. Heavenly.Continuity
- Also, re: Nikka. I totally agree with you sab, this stuff is absolutely wonderful. So glad I ordered it.Continuity
- Gardener5
I just got home with an auction win for £18 of 20 x bottles of 90's and early 00's red & white wine. Makes a pleasant change from getting records, Xmas = sorted!
- Christmas? This is a Friday!palimpsest
- haha, yeah am unsure they will all last until then if I'm being honestGardener
- More like a tuesday ;)OBBTKN
- these will all have belonged to someone who's died and the family have just cleared all his stuff out to the local auction.Gardener
- mmmm, dead man's wine...Gardener
- He who loves not women, wine, and song
Remains a fool his whole life long.
- M. Lutherrzu-rzu - Probably fit 80-100 records in that bin.canoe
- haha, yepGardener
- Wine dies. Some may not be drinkable if they werent stored properly. You’ll know right away if air seeped past the cork. but some may be at peak now.shellie
- ^ Yeah. Need to revisit these bottles as you open them. We can play "Wine or Vinegar"Akagiyama
- ‘Dead man's wine’
My difficult second albumWolfboy
- Danish1
- Fascinating. 4x distillation puts it somewhere near pure alcohol. Then judging by the colour it was matured in ex bourbon casks.skinny_puppy
- Finally it was angel shared / diluted down to 63%. So it's like matured vodka made from peated barley. Must be interesting to tasteskinny_puppy
- BuddhaHat0
fuck me these things are like a low fizz lemon soda water/seltzer, it is far too easy to knock off a bunch of these without even noticing. 6% and almost no calories.
- Continuity2
Had an absolutely lovely and refreshing cocktail from a recipe passed to me by a friend of mine. Perfect for this hot, muggy heat wave. If it has a name, I have no idea what it is.
Goes something like this:
(Per glass)
6 cl yuzu sake
6 cl dry gin
2 cl pineapple juice
2 cl simple syrup
1 sprig of corianderBung everything into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a whisky tumbler. Add more ice as desired. Drink. Make a new one. Drink. Get ripped.
- ooh. i had to look up simple syrup though - 50/50 sugar and water?Nairn
- yep, silly but commonimbecile
- @Nairn, yup, as easy as that.Continuity
- so if I'm reading this correctly, that's 4 shots of booze in one cocktail? daaaaang it would not take long for even me to get rippedBuddhaHat
- Correct! I was feeling pretty all right with the world after two of these.Continuity
- No, sorry. 6 shots. My shot glass is marked at 2 cl.Continuity
- Challenge accepted.palimpsest
- Equal parts sake and gin?? No wonder you’re feeling good lolllfuturefood
- Danish1
- Nice. You've got some making up to do, to be fair.Fax_Benson
- Danish1
- I would love to taste this. Old school Macallan is the best.skinny_puppy
- skinny_puppy0
- eeeh he should have cut that "funny bottle" at the at the top of the arch...
fucked cork cut -> cork flavored winested - look at that color and texture, for a porto it looks really great. i can just imagine how great it tastes. honey+grapested
- It looks amazing ...skinny_puppy
- eeeh he should have cut that "funny bottle" at the at the top of the arch...
- hydro742
Made my first Dirty Martini last night. Granted looked ghetto as fuck since I didn't have the fancy glasses and olive skewer (like the image). But wasn't bad.
Need to find other Martini recipes to give a go.
- Gin or vodka?
That matters.
And there's really only one correct choice.Continuity
- Gin or vodka?
- hydro742
Wife Beaters love this shit..
- DaveO0
Had a boozy night on Friday and Saturday after a long week, and now I've got a cold. Amazing (and annoying) how when you get older the lack of sleep really runs you down.
- As you get older, you need more sleep, increasingly, until you are permanently asleep.shapesalad
- there is nothing new about alcohol weakening the immune systemimbecile
