Unibroue Maudite..... I just can't seem to get enough of this stuff.

bells two hearted has been tasting amazing to me.

Homebrewed chili-chocolate stout...

right now it's an Old-Fashioned with Pappy Van Winkle 12yr. I was worried about spoiling the bourbon by mixing it, but it totally blew away any old fashioned I've had to date. 2.5 oz Pappy, 1 tsp demerara syrup, 2 dashes of Fee's Whiskey-Barrel Aged Bitters, orange twist.

jsagoff wrote:right now it's an Old-Fashioned with Pappy Van Winkle 12yr. I was worried about spoiling the bourbon by mixing it, but it totally blew away any old fashioned I've had to date. 2.5 oz Pappy, 1 tsp demerara syrup, 2 dashes of Fee's Whiskey-Barrel Aged Bitters, orange twist.

do you deliver? I could SERIOUSLY use one of these right now

Roggenbier homebrew.

Last night we had a 11 year vertical of Lagier Meredith Syrah

Such a consistently great wine.

yesterday,

Abita Purple Haze
Three Floyds Gumball Head
Miller Lite
Miller High life
Tsingtao

Patron
Herradura
Cazadores
Jim Beam
Pineapple infused Vodka

quite a night....

Tonight:

Miller High Life
Herradura
Perhaps some Jim Beam

jimswside wrote:yesterday,

Abita Purple Haze

What did you think about the Purple Haze? I had it for the first time a couple weeks ago and was very happy with my selection. I have always enjoyed their Turbo Dog (first introduced to me at Kuma's years ago), and looking over the liquor store's beer selection, decided what the hell and gave it a chance. It wasn't as tragically sweet as I feared it might be.

Chicago Expat wrote:

jimswside wrote:yesterday,

Abita Purple Haze

What did you think about the Purple Haze? I had it for the first time a couple weeks ago and was very happy with my selection. I have always enjoyed their Turbo Dog (first introduced to me at Kuma's years ago), and looking over the liquor store's beer selection, decided what the hell and gave it a chance. It wasn't as tragically sweet as I feared it might be.

I liked it, really "fruity" finish. Even after gumball head that has a citrus taste to it.

2003 Carabella Pinot Noir "Inchinnan"
(Chehalem Mountain, Oregon)

Yummy, even the second night - we opened it last night and used that system (what's it called?) where you use a rubber cork and suck the air out with a pump to save it for tonight.

After a month of post-op, doctor-enforced abstinence, I'm happy to report that I'm back on the Pappy Van Winkle 23-year. Longest month of my life.

=R=

ronnie_suburban wrote:After a month of post-op, doctor-enforced abstinence, I'm happy to report that I'm back on the Pappy Van Winkle 23-year. Longest month of my life.

=R=

Hell of a way to fall off the wagon! Glad to hear you're well on the mend

just cracked a bottle of leyenda del MILAGRO silver.
a friend gave me this tequila from his trip to west coast mexico

ronnie_suburban wrote:Tomato juice again . . . but this time with horseradish, sambal, worcestershire sauce, Frank's hot sauce, a generous squeeze of lime and some freshly-ground black pepper mixed in. Much better this time.

Much, much better this time, via the addition of Sobieski vodka.

=R=

ronnie_suburban wrote:

ronnie_suburban wrote:Tomato juice again . . . but this time with horseradish, sambal, worcestershire sauce, Frank's hot sauce, a generous squeeze of lime and some freshly-ground black pepper mixed in. Much better this time.

Much, much better this time, via the addition of Sobieski vodka.

=R=

i do like sobieskia also

philw wrote:

ronnie_suburban wrote:

ronnie_suburban wrote:Tomato juice again . . . but this time with horseradish, sambal, worcestershire sauce, Frank's hot sauce, a generous squeeze of lime and some freshly-ground black pepper mixed in. Much better this time.

Much, much better this time, via the addition of Sobieski vodka.

=R=

i do like sobieskia also

Yeah, I saw your post above about the Sobieski and lemonade, which made me miss drinking my Sobieski.

I'm not much of a vodka guy but a friend gave me a bottle of the Sobieski for Christmas and I really liked it. I've bought a few more since then. It's got a very distinctive and pleasant finish, which I'm guessing is imparted by the type of rye from which it's distilled. And at about $10 a bottle, it's a very good buy.

As I was going through my month of not drinking, I started thinking about all the different alcohols I was going to drink when I was done. Since I'd been continually tweaking my Virgin Mary recipe during that time, I thought it might lend itself well to also being a Bloody Mary. Turns out, I was right. If I'd only had a pickle spear to toss in there, it would have been perfect.

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my 23 yr old son had abottle & left it behind when he went home to k-zoo.
i sence bought a few bottles

fightin a bit of a sore throat so:

some tequila & Bud Light Golden Wheat(supposedly has citrus peels in it(gotta get that vitamin C somewhere...)

"Dang! That's Good" brand Butterscotch Root Beer. Found a bottle of this in the fridge at my parent's house in Wisconsin and thought it was pretty novel. So, they just brought me a case, which will likely last me a few years. The flavor is essentially butterscotch disc candies melted down and added to decent root beer. Really really sweet, but tasty.

Rum is the spirit of the evening. Started out with some Westerhall and moved from there to some Prichard's. Have to say that the butterscotch root beer sounds pretty good, too.

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after a taste of a brilliant version @ Toon's, I hade to try my hand at this.

pineapple infused Grey Goose Vodka.

should be a good week.

jimswside wrote:after a taste of a brilliant version @ Toon's, I hade to try my hand at this.

pineapple infused Grey Goose Vodka.

should be a good week.

that looks tasty!! Just the thing that PG and I will need after our arduous trek to Utica next week

boudreaulicious wrote:
that looks tasty!! Just the thing that PG and I will need after our arduous trek to Utica next week

cant promise any will be left...

if not Ill buy a new bottle and top off the pineapple mid-week.

jimswside wrote:after a taste of a brilliant version @ Toon's, I hade to try my hand at this.

pineapple infused Grey Goose Vodka.

should be a good week.

f'in awesome... good work man

MBK wrote:

jimswside wrote:after a taste of a brilliant version @ Toon's, I hade to try my hand at this.

pineapple infused Grey Goose Vodka.

should be a good week.

f'in awesome... good work man

thanks,

I hadnt had any vodka in about 13 years, until I tried the pineapple infused vodka @ Toons a couple Saturdays ago. Really liked it, and knew I had a bottle of Grey Goose laying around unused. Went out and bought an iced tea dispenser and put the pineapple and vodka together. After a few hours it was good, last night it was really good, tonight I bet it will be better. But a real dangerous drink, very easy going down.

Hey Jim, what's your approximate recipe? How many pineapples to how much vodka? Any other ingredients?

Pineapple infused vodka is good stuff! It can get dangerous though...they go down very easy. Griffin's Pub (now a condo bldg) always had a selection of infused vodkas. Pineapple was a favorite. Their hot pepper infused vodka was amazing in their bloody marys.

gleam wrote:Hey Jim, what's your approximate recipe? How many pineapples to how much vodka? Any other ingredients?

They make a version of this at Prairie Grass Cafe (referred to as Nordic Nectar). In their verision they use 2 pineapples for every liter of Vodka. It steeps for a minimum of 72 hours and can go up to a week, as long as the fruit is entirely covered. After a week, it begins to oxidize and the quality drops a bit. Once it's finished, it can be strained off and frozen for future use. At that point, the pineapple does add solids to the vodka, which will cause it to expand, so be sure to leave some extra head space.

Hope that helps,

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I'm drinking a version of the Jack and Coke. It's the Bacardi and Pepsi. I typically use half a can of pepsi and a shot or two of Bacardi clear rum (clear rum is the key) with a splash of fresh lime juice. It's very smooth compared to a Jack and Coke. You'll actually enjoy this if a J+C makes you cringe.