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Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:11 pm
by MaxWebster
Just bought a 6 of Maudite last week - i'm not much of a beer drinker but Unibroue Belgians have been my go-to for years.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:29 pm
by P.D.X.
Love those TJ-broues. Oddly enough at altitude I haven't had too bad of corksplosions.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 5:42 pm
by The Sybian
Pruitt wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:03 pm
The Sybian wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:37 pm I decided I need to get back into drinking more Belgian style beers. Just exploded open a Trader Joe’s 2017 Vintage Ale from Unibroue.
I have yet to try anything from Unibroue that was less than really good.
Yeah, completely agree. Trois Pistoles was my favorite, but it's been many years. Need to revisit. I think TJs had a sampler pack for dirt cheap, Trois Pistoles, Maudite and La Fin du Monde.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 5:52 pm
by Pruitt
MaxWebster wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:11 pm Just bought a 6 of Maudite last week - i'm not much of a beer drinker but Unibroue Belgians have been my go-to for years.
As they say in Montreal - "Maudite? Tabernac!"

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:18 pm
by Rush2112
P.D.X. wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:29 pm Love those TJ-broues. Oddly enough at altitude I haven't had too bad of corksplosions.
Opening a 2017 tonight. (After a Avery sour from 2014 that I forgot I had.)

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:12 am
by The Sybian
Rush2112 wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:18 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:29 pm Love those TJ-broues. Oddly enough at altitude I haven't had too bad of corksplosions.
Opening a 2017 tonight. (After a Avery sour from 2014 that I forgot I had.)
And I had an Avery sour (2017 Amiticia) Friday night. Aged in Cabernet barrels. Absolutely amazing beer. Wine and oak really came through,

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:26 pm
by HaulCitgo
Anyone got something for Drambuie. Bit sweet on its own but other brown liquor long gone from the cabinet. Like March again trying to isolate.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:43 pm
by HaulCitgo
Answer is ice. Lots. Thanks. Carry on.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:50 pm
by Johnny Carwash
My delayed-by-shipping Christmas gift from my brother turned out to be a bottle of Oban Distiller's Edition. Never had even the standard version before, so I feel like I need to do something ceremonial before drinking.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:24 pm
by bfj
HaulCitgo wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:26 pm Anyone got something for Drambuie. Bit sweet on its own but other brown liquor long gone from the cabinet. Like March again trying to isolate.
My dad used to put it on ice cream.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:34 pm
by HaulCitgo
How you gonna wait til after holidays to turn me on to that. Seems like it would work.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:36 pm
by HaulCitgo
Next year egg nog ice cream and Drambuie

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:39 pm
by rass
Smooth Ambler* Old Scout AMERICAN Whiskey, in front of a struggling fire in a fire place in an otherwise dark room as my wife loudly participates in a work zoom meeting in another dark room upstairs and my old dog snores.


*from WV, my cousin used to work there and I was surprised enough to find it in NJ last fall that I bought it

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:43 pm
by The Sybian
rass wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:39 pm Smooth Ambler* Old Scout AMERICAN Whiskey, in front of a struggling fire in a fire place in an otherwise dark room as my wife loudly participates in a work zoom meeting in another dark room upstairs and my old dog snores.


*from WV, my cousin used to work there and I was surprised enough to find it in NJ last fall that I bought it
Smooth Ambler is a great nickname for you.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:43 pm
by P.D.X.
Did Drynuary also and think I'm gonna wait until Friday to celebrate it with a Focal Banger that's sitting in a friend's fridge.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:46 pm
by brian
Bought a bottle of Havana Club rum and a couple of Cohibas over the weekend because fuck America though haven't got a chance to dip into either yet.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:48 pm
by rass
P.D.X. wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:43 pm Did Drynuary also and think I'm gonna wait until Friday to celebrate it with a Focal Banger that's sitting in a friend's fridge.
Had Heady and FB once, one the same night, and was pretty drunk before that, but I think I liked FB more.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:10 pm
by The Sybian
rass wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:48 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:43 pm Did Drynuary also and think I'm gonna wait until Friday to celebrate it with a Focal Banger that's sitting in a friend's fridge.
Had Heady and FB once, one the same night, and was pretty drunk before that, but I think I liked FB more.
This is the correct answer. Heady got all the hype and fame, but everyone I've ever discussed it with prefers FB.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:28 pm
by A_B
A halfway decent vodka with a San pelligrino citrus tonic is a nice nightcap.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:00 am
by Rush2112
The Sybian wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:10 pm
rass wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:48 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:43 pm Did Drynuary also and think I'm gonna wait until Friday to celebrate it with a Focal Banger that's sitting in a friend's fridge.
Had Heady and FB once, one the same night, and was pretty drunk before that, but I think I liked FB more.
This is the correct answer. Heady got all the hype and fame, but everyone I've ever discussed it with prefers FB.
Same with Pliny. PtE gets the hype. People prefer Blind Pig.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:01 am
by mister d
I'm halfway there. Don't agree on Pliny, for sure on Focal.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:07 am
by The Sybian
Rush2112 wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:00 am
The Sybian wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:10 pm
rass wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:48 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:43 pm Did Drynuary also and think I'm gonna wait until Friday to celebrate it with a Focal Banger that's sitting in a friend's fridge.
Had Heady and FB once, one the same night, and was pretty drunk before that, but I think I liked FB more.
This is the correct answer. Heady got all the hype and fame, but everyone I've ever discussed it with prefers FB.
Same with Pliny. PtE gets the hype. People prefer Blind Pig.
Have yet to try either.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:57 am
by sancarlos
Rush2112 wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:00 am
The Sybian wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:10 pm
rass wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:48 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:43 pm Did Drynuary also and think I'm gonna wait until Friday to celebrate it with a Focal Banger that's sitting in a friend's fridge.
Had Heady and FB once, one the same night, and was pretty drunk before that, but I think I liked FB more.
This is the correct answer. Heady got all the hype and fame, but everyone I've ever discussed it with prefers FB.
Same with Pliny. PtE gets the hype. People prefer Blind Pig.
Have you had Mind Circus? It is another great Russian River offering.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:59 am
by sancarlos
The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:07 am
Rush2112 wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:00 am
The Sybian wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:10 pm
rass wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:48 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:43 pm Did Drynuary also and think I'm gonna wait until Friday to celebrate it with a Focal Banger that's sitting in a friend's fridge.
Had Heady and FB once, one the same night, and was pretty drunk before that, but I think I liked FB more.
This is the correct answer. Heady got all the hype and fame, but everyone I've ever discussed it with prefers FB.
Same with Pliny. PtE gets the hype. People prefer Blind Pig.
Have yet to try either.
Next time you're out here, Syb. They sell it at my local grocery store (as well as the other Russian River beers). One thing I respect is that if a bottle sits on the shelf for a month, they are under orders to send it back (one never sits for a month, though.)

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:06 pm
by P.D.X.
I drank the Focal Banger and enjoyed it immensely then went to a bar with some friends and saw a girl I knew at another table so got up to say hi and instantly the bar owner jumped on me with "Maybe you're not aware there's a global pandemic..." and then went on to blame the 400k deaths and the fact that he could barely keep his 20 employs on "people like me" and I was like "dude, all you gotta do is ask me to sit back down" and he was all like "you're telling ME how to run MY bar" and had already decided at that point that I was never going back there so pointed to a few other people that were clearly away from their tables and observed that "maybe they also don't know there's a global pandemic" at which point he booted me. Anyway, I take omens for what they are and am now into Dry-rebruary.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:37 pm
by mister d
Maybe you're unaware but some smaller breweries and distilleries are still suffering ...

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:03 pm
by sancarlos
mister d wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:37 pm Maybe you're unaware but some smaller breweries and distilleries are still suffering ...
I suppose. But, I was talking to the guy who runs our local small brewery, and he says he's selling tons of Crowlers and 12 oz. cans.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:10 pm
by mister d
Yeah but you have to figure those go at lower margin than pints in house and growler fills, right?



(And I was just rewording what the bar owner yelled at him.)

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:38 pm
by The Sybian
sancarlos wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:03 pm
mister d wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:37 pm Maybe you're unaware but some smaller breweries and distilleries are still suffering ...
I suppose. But, I was talking to the guy who runs our local small brewery, and he says he's selling tons of Crowlers and 12 oz. cans.
Which one, you have so many!

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:47 pm
by GoodKarma
P.D.X. wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:06 pm I drank the Focal Banger and enjoyed it immensely then went to a bar with some friends and saw a girl I knew at another table so got up to say hi and instantly the bar owner jumped on me with "Maybe you're not aware there's a global pandemic..." and then went on to blame the 400k deaths and the fact that he could barely keep his 20 employs on "people like me" and I was like "dude, all you gotta do is ask me to sit back down" and he was all like "you're telling ME how to run MY bar" and had already decided at that point that I was never going back there so pointed to a few other people that were clearly away from their tables and observed that "maybe they also don't know there's a global pandemic" at which point he booted me. Anyway, I take omens for what they are and am now into Dry-rebruary.
Care to divulge the establishment? I'm curious...

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:52 pm
by P.D.X.
ye olde Sundown Saloon

so yeah, no loss

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:11 pm
by sancarlos
The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:38 pm
sancarlos wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:03 pm
mister d wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:37 pm Maybe you're unaware but some smaller breweries and distilleries are still suffering ...
I suppose. But, I was talking to the guy who runs our local small brewery, and he says he's selling tons of Crowlers and 12 oz. cans.
Which one, you have so many!
Ha ha. We have three. I was referring to the one that pissed off DSafe - Blue Oak.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:57 am
by The Sybian
sancarlos wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:11 pm
The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:38 pm
sancarlos wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:03 pm
mister d wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:37 pm Maybe you're unaware but some smaller breweries and distilleries are still suffering ...
I suppose. But, I was talking to the guy who runs our local small brewery, and he says he's selling tons of Crowlers and 12 oz. cans.
Which one, you have so many!
Ha ha. We have three. I was referring to the one that pissed off DSafe - Blue Oak.
Why? I really liked that place.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:04 am
by sancarlos
The Sybian wrote: Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:57 am
sancarlos wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:11 pm
The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:38 pm
sancarlos wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:03 pm
mister d wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:37 pm Maybe you're unaware but some smaller breweries and distilleries are still suffering ...
I suppose. But, I was talking to the guy who runs our local small brewery, and he says he's selling tons of Crowlers and 12 oz. cans.
Which one, you have so many!
Ha ha. We have three. I was referring to the one that pissed off DSafe - Blue Oak.
Why? I really liked that place.
DSG had a pretty epic post about it, here.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:52 pm
by Rex
i just made a Crown and Canada Dry, which I don’t think I’ve ever done before. Why isn’t there a name for this?

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:55 pm
by The Sybian
Rex wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:52 pm i just made a Crown and Canada Dry, which I don’t think I’ve ever done before. Why isn’t there a name for this?
Because those sissies still respect the British Crown.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:57 pm
by Rex
It’s a good drink. I’m giving up beer for Lent and I need something to sip during basketball games.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:01 pm
by Ryan
Oh, a Dry Regina?

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:39 pm
by A_B
Rex wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:57 pm It’s a good drink. I’m giving up beer for Lent and I need something to sip during basketball games.
Let me just tell you. Switching whiskey for beer is not really a sacrifice.

Re: What?? Are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:00 pm
by Rex
Who made you Pope?