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Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 4:38 pm
by DSafetyGuy
cerrano wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:49 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:45 pm
cerrano wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:35 pm
sancarlos wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:30 pm I’m not familiar with St. George gin. Will have to try some.

Lately we’ve been enjoying cocktails that feature gin and lemon. My wife takes Kirkland gin and infuses it with lots of lemon peel. (We have a lemon tree.) Nice!
"we have a lemon tree" is such a cool low-key west coast flex.
Damn, I wasted 8+ years not doing it.
don't worry. climate change will make this possible in upstate ny in about 5 years. 10 tops.
Downside: The street with busy traffic is farther away here than where we lived in LA.

Upside: By being in high school and not elementary, the schoolchildren passing by our house should still have adequate arm strength to get them into traffic.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 11:02 pm
by govmentchedda
Yes. Yes, I am.

Deluge tonight in the greater Asheville area. Friends got their rental car flooded near Biltmore Village. Hillman brewery, near there has very good beer and almost great food. Is "almost great" above "very good"? Cause that's what I meant.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:24 am
by mister d
“Almost great” would imply to me very good but with an identifiable reason it’s not great.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:33 pm
by govmentchedda
I suppose this identifiable reason was that it was bar food. Really, really good bar food.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:49 pm
by brian
govmentchedda wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:33 pm I suppose this identifiable reason was that it was bar food. Really, really good bar food.
Jealous that you're in AVL. We don't feel comfortable traveling. Looks like I'm gonna miss my nephew's wedding in October, but I just can't justify plane travel at this point. Especially since there will be several elderly people there including my mother I assume and I don't want to contemplate being responsible for getting my 70-year-old mother who has been a smoker for 55 years sick.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:40 am
by govmentchedda
We're lucky enough to be able to drive. We did it in two stops this trip and made great time.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:27 pm
by rass
Second night in a row I managed to get perfectly buzzed and stopped

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:35 pm
by cerrano
rass wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:27 pm Second night in a row I managed to get perfectly buzzed and stopped
Quitters never puke.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:26 am
by BSF21
rass wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:27 pm Second night in a row I managed to get perfectly buzzed and stopped
I did the same except for the last 2 words...

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:35 am
by mister d
rass wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:27 pm Second night in a row I managed to ...f... zz... top...

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:48 am
by rass
ah how how how how

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:56 am
by mister d
I'm choosing not to do a photoshop to save everyone from seeing exactly what they're thinking.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:35 am
by Pruitt
rass wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:27 pm Second night in a row I managed to get perfectly buzzed and stopped
That's a real sign of maturity.

I drink often (and now enjoy my edibles as well), but can honestly say that my kids have never seen me hammered.

(Reads like my submission for the "Father of the Year" competition.)

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:37 am
by Giff
Same. Except for everything after often.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:38 am
by Pruitt
Giff wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:37 am Same. Except for everything after often.
Ha!

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:40 pm
by sancarlos
rass wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 8:48 am ah how how how how
I laughed.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:41 pm
by sancarlos
Giff wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:37 am Same. Except for everything after often.
I laughed again. (Me, too.)

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:39 pm
by rass
rass wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:27 pm Second night in a row I managed to get perfectly buzzed and stopped
3/5 this week, on a different (good) mixture tonight

Assuming I can still manage to cook dinner we’re all good

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:55 pm
by sancarlos
Been drinking “Perfect” Manhattans this week.

3 parts rye or bourbon
1 part sweet vermouth
1 part dry vermouth

Tasty!

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:01 pm
by cerrano
four roses single barrel. killed me twice.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:20 pm
by BSF21
Checked out a new seafood place with the wife, then a local brewery for a couple beers (plus an M43 on tap), and now a nightcap at home. Good night.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:56 am
by cerrano
cerrano wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:01 pm four roses single barrel. killed me twice.
So a friend from Ra-cha-cha stopped by with a bottle of Teelings, we emptied that and then went back to the four roses. I’m posting this from a very small public park near my house after having vomited 3 times this evening and I really don’t know how I gonna make it through Saturday.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:48 am
by Rush2112
Had to put my 17 almost 18-year-old cat down today. He's been a comfort through a lot of shit I've had to live through. I've had more than a few beers in his honour. Kicked my keg of homebrew, and one survivor of the 6er of 10% tallboys. Epic Day DIPA is an underappreciated CO beer. And bought an expensive ass bottle of 40-year-old port for the wife's upcoming "29th." Looking forward to breaking into that.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:31 am
by govmentchedda
So sorry about your cat, Rush. Sucks.

Taylor Fladgate Port? You'll be very happy with that age.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 11:20 am
by sancarlos
Yeah, sorry, Rush. Port is a good soother.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:58 pm
by bfj
cerrano wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:56 am
cerrano wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:01 pm four roses single barrel. killed me twice.
So a friend from Ra-cha-cha stopped by with a bottle of Teelings, we emptied that and then went back to the four roses. I’m posting this from a very small public park near my house after having vomited 3 times this evening and I really don’t know how I gonna make it through Saturday.
What is Ra-cha-cha? Did you make it back from the park?

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 1:41 pm
by Rush2112
govmentchedda wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:31 am Taylor Fladgate Port? You'll be very happy with that age.
Graham's Tawny.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 5:45 pm
by cerrano
bfj wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:58 pm
cerrano wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:56 am
cerrano wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:01 pm four roses single barrel. killed me twice.
So a friend from Ra-cha-cha stopped by with a bottle of Teelings, we emptied that and then went back to the four roses. I’m posting this from a very small public park near my house after having vomited 3 times this evening and I really don’t know how I gonna make it through Saturday.
What is Ra-cha-cha? Did you make it back from the park?
It’s my friends nickname for Rochester. We taught together for 2 years back in the early 2000’s before he moved back up there.

Got into bed at 3 am with a nasty sore throat from the stomach acid. I’m getting too old for this shit.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:21 pm
by rass
Unfortunate bit of mixing this evening. Will let you know how it goes

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:25 pm
by P.D.X.
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Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:34 pm
by A_B
rass wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:21 pm Unfortunate bit of mixing this evening. Will let you know how it goes
It’s a myth.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:30 pm
by rass
A_B wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:34 pm
rass wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:21 pm Unfortunate bit of mixing this evening. Will let you know how it goes
It’s a myth.
What if I were Romeo

(no myth)

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:55 pm
by The Sybian
Drinking my home brewed Black IPA. I fucking killed it with this batch. Why don't any breweries make black IPAs anymore? Firestone Walker, Stone, Clown Shoes all used to, and locally Carton makes a phenomenal one once a year, but I haven't seen a single black IPA in almost 2 years.

Also been enjoying the fuck out of Widow Jane Rye aged on bourbon barrels with staves of oak and apple wood.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 10:32 pm
by sancarlos
Damn, Sybian. Congrats! I don’t have the energy or balls to try to make my own beer, let alone do a great job. I’m impressed.

On my home front, I shared a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon with the wife over dinner, then I took two hits on the pen. Now we are going to watch an old French film noir I recorded (with a glass of Port, in honor of Rush’s good cat). So, life is good tonight, here too. Hope all you Swampers are enjoying your Saturday night.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 2:37 am
by Rush2112
Thank you SCK. Henry was a fantastic cat.

and Syb, congrats. It's awesome to think something so tasty (and alcoholic!) can come from your own hands. I've been on a streak of brewing some good shit, which is amazing seeing that I'm serious(ish) and while keeping things clean and all that, I don't go crazy with measurements and all that.

Black/Cascadian IPAs have just fallen out of flavour. They used to be pretty popular, just hard to have when you gotta have 10 NEIPA varients, plus the 3 pastry stouts on a 15 beer tap list.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:45 am
by DSafetyGuy
rass wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:30 pm
A_B wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:34 pm
rass wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:21 pm Unfortunate bit of mixing this evening. Will let you know how it goes
It’s a myth.
What if I were Romeo

(no myth)
You in black jeans?

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 6:09 am
by rass
rass wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:30 pm
A_B wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:34 pm
rass wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:21 pm Unfortunate bit of mixing this evening. Will let you know how it goes
It’s a myth.
What if I were Romeo

(no myth)
Was legitimately hungover for at least until 4PM, when I felt well enough to force myself to run. Felt pretty good after that.

And I remember neither of those posts, especially not quoting Michael Penn. But I have full confidence it was me.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:34 pm
by wlu_lax6
so is the salt crushed flaming hot cheetos? Yes this is the Red Lobster Mountain Dew Rita
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Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:46 pm
by sancarlos
Ugh.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:14 am
by rass
Never been a Red Lobster guy, but if Chili's (or maybe Bennigan's, there was one of those near work back then) had thought that one up 15 or 20 years ago I might have given one or two a try. Gone out of my way to do so, even.