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Let's get the design into a new thread - a good beer is as good as music !
... I'm drinking a cool ice tea lemonade this evening
Anyone up for chocolate milk , with a gin chaser?
Cal, ever tried the Goslings Black Seal? Great in a Dark
and Stormy of course, but nice on the rocks as well
My wife loves gin, as such we try anything new we can find. Her standby (besides Tanqueray) is Burnetts!!!
Gosling's Black is pretty good. I used to be a huge rum drinker but got introduced to Bourbon a while back, much to the wallet's dismay... but right now I'm comparing some Pusser's Rums - the regular strength and the gunpowder proof. Tasty stuff if you're more of a Bourbon person. Sailor Jerry used to be my standby.
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The label says "The original Admiralty Rum of the Royal Navy" and it's a product of Guyana. I've had far rougher rums but it isn't the smoothest out there. The regular is really tasty at 42% and the gun powder proof packs a bit more punch but still tastes good at 54.5%. Sailor Jerry is rough in comparison. Pusser's also makes a 15 year one which was like $60/bottle but you can get lots of good stuff for $60 so that will go untried unless I hit the lotto
Brian - for a mainstream gin, the new Star of Bombay is quite nice, but it's hard to beat some of the small local craft / artisan products - unfortunately they're not often as widely available.
It's the out of left field botanicals that give each their special character / texture.
Fermentorium's Stump (cascade hops, grand fir, bay laurel, coriander and lavender. )
Victoria Distillers Empress 1908 (grapefruit peel, rose, ginger, coriander, cinnamon, Fairmont Empress Blend Tea, butterfly pea flowers)
Sheringham Point's Seaside (kelp)
I'm sure with careful research and tastings you could find something in your own neighborhood equally as delightful.
As for Bourbons, my go to would have to be Maker's Mark - I know, maybe too safe for the adventurous.
It's the out of left field botanicals that give each their special character / texture.
Fermentorium's Stump (cascade hops, grand fir, bay laurel, coriander and lavender. )
Victoria Distillers Empress 1908 (grapefruit peel, rose, ginger, coriander, cinnamon, Fairmont Empress Blend Tea, butterfly pea flowers)
Sheringham Point's Seaside (kelp)
I'm sure with careful research and tastings you could find something in your own neighborhood equally as delightful.
As for Bourbons, my go to would have to be Maker's Mark - I know, maybe too safe for the adventurous.
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Love gin also but it's mostly a summertime drink for me. My Favorite - when I'm willing to splurge - is 47 Monkeys from Germany. Another is Blue Gin from Hans Reisetbauer from Austria. He's mostly known for eaux de vie. His ingredients are almost all organic, often biodynamic. There's a local one here from Taos NM called Hacienda Gin from KGB spirits if you're ever this way. I think it makes it into Colorado also. Will keep an eye out for Star of Bombay - always interested in new gins.
Maker's is my go-to Bourbon also. Always on-hand for Manhattans and other mixed drinks but serves equally well straight or on rocks too. Jeez - it's early to be thinking about drinking, still on coffee here.
Maker's is my go-to Bourbon also. Always on-hand for Manhattans and other mixed drinks but serves equally well straight or on rocks too. Jeez - it's early to be thinking about drinking, still on coffee here.
Auchentoshan Three Wood Single Malt
had a paperwork avalanch off my desk, was looking for my Etymotic attenuators before walking to Slumbrew for dinner
needed the attenuators - would have probably needed the Quiet Comfort noise cancelers over my ER6 IEM to actually listen to my own music
while rumaging around the desk behind the 24" monitor where the booze hides I saw I hadn't even unboxed the Auchentoshan...
had a paperwork avalanch off my desk, was looking for my Etymotic attenuators before walking to Slumbrew for dinner
needed the attenuators - would have probably needed the Quiet Comfort noise cancelers over my ER6 IEM to actually listen to my own music
while rumaging around the desk behind the 24" monitor where the booze hides I saw I hadn't even unboxed the Auchentoshan...
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There's something I just don't quite get on with in the two Auchentoshan's that I've had (three wood and the standard 12 yr). I don't know if it's the sherry influence or what. I generally don't mind sherry cask matured whisky, but there was just something I didn't like in those.
I really like the Bruichladdich 12.
I really like the Bruichladdich 12.
Or at least some detail to discuss! Store bought, brand, powder, syrup, skim, partially skimmed, whole...anything!
my widow air cond decided to drip inside this year
maybe I should toss some beers in the 33 gallon tub I put under it
I'm sure there's some Guinness draft cans with the nitro 'widget' here somewhere
for non alcholic drink options I mix Naked mighty mango or Zola Acai juices with unsweetened soy milk
maybe I should toss some beers in the 33 gallon tub I put under it
I'm sure there's some Guinness draft cans with the nitro 'widget' here somewhere
for non alcholic drink options I mix Naked mighty mango or Zola Acai juices with unsweetened soy milk
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Im drinking chocolate Milk
Dude, you ever drink water/coffee/beers or just chocolate milk? LOL
Your choice is good though
I'm kinda seeing this as one of those jokes that gets repeated over and over again until it's really not funny anymore, then is repeated still more and more until suddenly it's funny again, and then the whole cycle repeats a few times? Anyone else?
No?
Okay then.