Author Topic: Liquor? I Hardly Knew Her! (Read 18859 times)

Kara · « **Reply #60 on:** October 31, 2014, 07:01:43 PM »

I bought a bottle of St. George vert. My first green absinthe.

Shit is SIXTY PERCENT ALCOHOL BY VOLUME which I did not know until I looked at the label while putting it in my trunk.

toku · « **Reply #61 on:** October 31, 2014, 07:08:12 PM »

Quote from: Vularai on October 31, 2014, 07:01:43 PM

I bought a bottle of St. George vert. My first green absinthe.

Shit is SIXTY PERCENT ALCOHOL BY VOLUME which I did not know until I looked at the label while putting it in my trunk.

octopushover · « **Reply #62 on:** October 31, 2014, 09:41:32 PM »

Canadian Absinthe situation is still woeful, but luckily we have Herbsaint which is essential to a good Sazerac.

Kara · « **Reply #63 on:** November 01, 2014, 08:13:41 AM »

Quote from: The Walrus on October 31, 2014, 09:40:25 PM

Hmm, $69.99 at BevMo for a 750 ml bottle of the St. George. That's a bit steep, but I'm intrigued.

When I try a new one I start with a 200 mL. (1) That's more than enough to last awhile since a shot will put me down for the night on most nights and (2) I don't want to invest that much money upfront on a new marque in case I don't like it or I do something idiotic like buy a Bohemian-style. (That almost happened to me today. Thanks for saving my ass, based Wormwood Society message board I was searching while in BevMo on 2G.

)

Anyway, St. George has a distinct lemon flavor which was interesting, you smell it right away when you pop the cork. From my understanding, vertes are the color they are because of an additional infusion of herbs after distilling; however, I didn't feel like St. George was as herby as Kubler (a blanche) is, but I have a bad feeling that since Kubler was my first I think it's how all absinthe should taste since I found La Clandestine had the same problem.

Absolutely subjective opinion, but I don't really think the louche on a verte looks nice.

Kara · « **Reply #64 on:** November 01, 2014, 05:55:27 PM »

Do you like anise? If you don't your only real choices are Bohemian-style which I have no experience with because I love anise almost as much as I love fucking up my life. (Reviews will be unhelpful too as drinkers have a profound antipathy for Bohemian-style, heaven forbid people not like anise.)

If you like / don't mind anise, I'd start with a 200 mL of La Clandestine. It's a very distilled absinthe (like a nice--not necessarily expensive Esch

--vodka) so you can decide if you like the "base" flavor of the drink, and, if you do, you can then work your way into more challenging (i.e. less distilled / clean) offerings.

Even though it's kind of encouraging bad behavior (the distiller is milking the prestige of a marque from the late 19th century without really backing up their claim) I think I'm going to try nu-Pernod Fils next. Sucks that you can't get it in 200 mL to my knowledge though, at 80 clams a bottle I'm going to have to save for like two months to buy that.

Tribal · « **Reply #65 on:** November 01, 2014, 09:06:48 PM »

Quote from: Vularai on November 01, 2014, 05:55:27 PM

Do you like anise? If you don't your only real choices are Bohemian-style which I have no experience with because I love anise almost as much as I love fucking up my life. (Reviews will be unhelpful too as drinkers have a profound antipathy for Bohemian-style, heaven forbid people not like anise.)

If you like / don't mind anise, I'd start with a 200 mL of La Clandestine. It's a very distilled absinthe (like a nice--not necessarily expensive Esch --vodka) so you can decide if you like the "base" flavor of the drink, and, if you do, you can then work your way into more challenging (i.e. less distilled / clean) offerings.

Even though it's kind of encouraging bad behavior (the distiller is milking the prestige of a marque from the late 19th century without really backing up their claim) I think I'm going to try nu-Pernod Fils next. Sucks that you can't get it in 200 mL to my knowledge though, at 80 clams a bottle I'm going to have to save for like two months to buy that.

christ, you're a taco

Rufus · « **Reply #66 on:** November 01, 2014, 09:10:07 PM »

Talk to me, Tribal.

team filler · « **Reply #67 on:** November 02, 2014, 02:36:22 AM »

thinking of going to buy a bottle of something right now, feeling the need to drink myself into oblivion

chronovore · « **Reply #68 on:** November 02, 2014, 08:00:56 AM »

Quote from: The Walrus on October 31, 2014, 09:40:25 PM

Hmm, $69.99 at BevMo for a 750 ml bottle of the St. George. That's a bit steep, but I'm intrigued.

I have half a 1.75 of Bacardi left, and a whole bunch of juice. I think I'll be cocktailing it up tonight, playing Dark Souls until I get too drunk to beat the enemies.

That’s negative-one beers for me. :'(

Kara · « **Reply #69 on:** November 02, 2014, 11:32:52 AM »

Quote from: Tribal on November 01, 2014, 09:06:48 PM

christ, you're a taco

I'm trying my hardest.

toku · « **Reply #70 on:** November 06, 2014, 08:13:33 PM »

Full moon tonight so *migos voice*
tequila tequila tequila

team filler · « **Reply #71 on:** November 08, 2014, 07:22:38 PM »

just bought a bottle of tangeuray

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #72 on:** November 08, 2014, 07:33:40 PM »

Drinking from a handle of Seagrams 7 with diet ginger ale. It works

team filler · « **Reply #73 on:** November 08, 2014, 09:14:15 PM »

my first time getting rangpur, shit is good brehs. drinking quality liquor straight up

Kara · « **Reply #74 on:** November 08, 2014, 09:22:45 PM »

Drinking the good stuff.

Waving goodbye to the rubbing alcohol.

team filler · « **Reply #75 on:** November 08, 2014, 09:28:32 PM »

liquor is cheaper on post too, so blessed

team filler · « **Reply #76 on:** December 20, 2014, 01:11:15 AM »

working on a bottle of tanqueray

team filler · « **Reply #77 on:** December 20, 2014, 01:29:13 AM »

we should do a plug thing

Kara · « **Reply #78 on:** December 30, 2014, 10:46:40 PM »

Had Calvados for the first time recently. It's just not-as-shitty slivovitz, but has a good reputation and decent cost of entry which baffles me. It's amazing what you can get people to overpay for by saying it's from France. *takes a sip of Pernod Fils*

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #79 on:** December 30, 2014, 10:52:40 PM »

I bought some Mike's Hard Strawberry Lemonade.

Does that make me a bad person?

toku · « **Reply #80 on:** December 30, 2014, 11:59:12 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 30, 2014, 10:52:40 PM

I bought some Mike's Hard Strawberry Lemonade.

Does that make me a bad person?

this is the liquor thread, not the bitch ass nicca thread.

Kara · « **Reply #81 on:** February 01, 2015, 10:23:34 PM »

Chartreuse

Getting a strange look from the cashier at the liquor superstore when you bring a bottle of Chartreuse up on Super Bowl weekend.

Funding the enclosed monastic lifestyle by buying booze.

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Funding institutional child molestation by buying booze.

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/r/neofeg · « **Reply #82 on:** February 01, 2015, 10:47:59 PM »

homemade rakia

Trent Dole · « **Reply #83 on:** February 01, 2015, 11:53:52 PM »

It's supposed to snowageddon here AGAIN tonight/tomorrow. If it's okish in the morning think I'ma get me some Fireball.

nachobro · « **Reply #84 on:** February 02, 2015, 02:50:42 PM »

Slivovitz is a special thing. Pretty sure Jews drink it as atonement for imagined or real sins. That's what I use it for anyway.

Thanks to Kara bringing it up and there being a specialty booze store next to my work I grabbed a bottle of sliv (Serbian, which I've never had before) and some Becherovka and tonic. Been a bit since I've had either so I'm excited to get home and break them open.

Kara · « **Reply #85 on:** February 03, 2015, 01:01:59 AM »

Quote from: nachobro on February 02, 2015, 02:50:42 PM

Slivovitz is a special thing. Pretty sure Jews drink it as atonement for imagined or real sins. That's what I use it for anyway.

Why does it always have to be about guilt with the Tribe huh? Why can't we just like drinking an absolutely godawful spirit that isn't even really ours?

Oh yeah, Manischewitz is why.

nachobro · « **Reply #86 on:** February 03, 2015, 01:13:16 AM »

I've had Becherovka plenty of times before but mixed with tonic water it's really damn good. I think this is gonna be my go to drink for a while.

toku · « **Reply #87 on:** February 18, 2015, 12:41:14 AM »

https://vine.co/v/Oj3Hve1TXtK

Kara · « **Reply #88 on:** May 27, 2015, 12:26:44 AM »

Bought a bottle of Leopold Brothers absinthe verte. It's good, and having a batch number on the bottle is deliciously decadent, but I feel like American absinthes try too hard to inundate you with strong herbs and miss that crisp, cool taste Franco-Swiss product has.

The bottle is super ghetto, which I like.

octopushover · « **Reply #89 on:** August 22, 2015, 09:09:24 PM »

this one's for vularai

Kara · « **Reply #90 on:** August 22, 2015, 09:30:20 PM »

That's the same absinthe spoon I use at home.

Kara · « **Reply #91 on:** August 22, 2015, 10:01:51 PM »

I'm drinking USDA certified organic vodka. Who the fuck cares if poison is organic.

toku · « **Reply #92 on:** August 22, 2015, 10:04:12 PM »

Quote from: Vularai on August 22, 2015, 10:01:51 PM

I'm drinking USDA certified organic vodka. Who the fuck cares if poison is organic.

is it tito's? kinda rough straight up but really nice when mixed

Kara · « **Reply #93 on:** August 22, 2015, 10:10:32 PM »

http://www.cropvodka.com

This.

They should change the name to Crap Vodka imo.

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It's actually pretty smooth straight.

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #94 on:** February 21, 2017, 01:40:52 PM »

hola amigos

Any tequila recommendations?

toku · « **Reply #95 on:** February 21, 2017, 01:47:36 PM »

Don't really have brand recommendations just don't go cheap. Whatever you usually spend on booze, go at least $20 on top when you're looking at tequila. I can and still do all types of cheap liquor but I refuse to believe there is any kind of tequila that's sub $35 - 40 that's drinkable.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #96 on:** February 21, 2017, 02:34:37 PM »

you prob don't fuck with Patron right.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #97 on:** February 21, 2017, 05:41:23 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 21, 2017, 01:40:52 PM

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hola amigos

Any tequila recommendations?

herradura reposado is great and you can find it pretty easily.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #98 on:** February 21, 2017, 06:50:37 PM »

Valkyrie · « **Reply #99 on:** February 21, 2017, 06:52:53 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 21, 2017, 01:40:52 PM

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hola amigos

Any tequila recommendations?

Not a fan of silver tequila, gold only. Jose Cuervo is quite generic but is my favorite brand. Silver is probably more shot friendly in taste for most though, so it depends on how you're gonna drink it. But Patron is good for silver. Try Don Julio if you can get your hands on it. Pretty good stuff.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #100 on:** February 21, 2017, 07:24:28 PM »

What about if I wanted to mix it with juice? Not for myself, of course.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #101 on:** February 21, 2017, 07:33:19 PM »

Get patron and conspicuously leave the bottle on your shelf.

toku · « **Reply #102 on:** February 21, 2017, 09:16:17 PM »

jose gold actually solid forgot about that one

Valkyrie · « **Reply #103 on:** February 22, 2017, 01:34:35 AM »

Bottoms up, I'll out-shot you

Kara · « **Reply #104 on:** February 22, 2017, 01:41:23 AM »

Get some mezcal or something broseph. You already have a well-earned rep around here.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #105 on:** February 22, 2017, 09:05:10 AM »

I kinda like cazadores, don't drink tequila much anymore tho

chronovore · « **Reply #106 on:** August 28, 2017, 07:06:48 PM »

I have been bequeathed the liquor collection of a good friend, who had been collecting stuff in Japan for decades. One of the items is a triangular-bottled 10-year Glenfiddich Pure Malt in a very old looking cylindrical tin. My first thought is that this is from some era before Glenfiddich exported single-malts, as there was a time when it was considered too rarified a taste. So my assumption is that this is a blend, so I don't have high hopes.

I have a drink. It is magnificent.

I have another drink the next day. It wasn't my imagination, it is really, REALLY good. I look more closely at the bottle. It says it's from 1974. Investigating on the web, I haven't found a perfect match on it, but what I'm seeing so far is that it's no longer bottled this way, hasn't been for decades.

I'm going to treat it a little more reverentially from here on out, and toast my departed friend each time.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #107 on:** August 28, 2017, 07:12:19 PM »

post on r/scotch they will tell you what it is

chronovore · « **Reply #108 on:** August 29, 2017, 03:16:06 AM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on August 28, 2017, 07:12:19 PM

post on r/scotch they will tell you what it is

I did it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotch/comments/6wplnl/glenfiddich_pure_malt_purchased_in_japan/

chronovore · « **Reply #109 on:** July 29, 2018, 08:37:10 AM »

https://twitter.com/AviationGin/status/1007036639699505152

nudemacusers · « **Reply #110 on:** July 29, 2018, 11:39:50 AM »

Picked up Martell blue Swift today; ‘cognac finished in a bourbon barrel’. Definitely inherits some of the bourbon feel and notes, but I don’t think this will unseat Remy 1738 for me in this price range.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #111 on:** July 29, 2018, 11:50:49 AM »

Also scrolling back I see some digs at calvados. watching you all closely

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #112 on:** July 29, 2018, 11:56:09 AM »

Nikka Whisky From the Barrel

It's nice but the price is a bit steep for what you get. Think it's like half the price in Japan itself. Good value over there.

Only stand-out thing to me seems to be the finish. Great lingering chocolate raisin aftertaste.

Kara · « **Reply #113 on:** July 29, 2018, 11:56:45 AM »

Quote from: nudemacusers on July 29, 2018, 11:39:50 AM

Picked up Martell blue Swift today; ‘cognac finished in a bourbon barrel’. Definitely inherits some of the bourbon feel and notes, but I don’t think this will unseat Remy 1738 for me in this price range.

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VSOP

nudemacusers · « **Reply #114 on:** July 29, 2018, 12:21:48 PM »

Tasty · « **Reply #115 on:** July 29, 2018, 03:04:19 PM »

https://www.reddit.com/r/IASIP/comments/3kesv9/the_real_rum_ham_recipe_getting_drunk_off_pig/

Probably gonna give this a try soon.

Kara · « **Reply #116 on:** July 29, 2018, 06:01:54 PM »

Quote from: nudemacusers on July 29, 2018, 12:21:48 PM

It's really weird to see VS stuff locked up in cases, even if it's "good." (For example, Hennessey.)

team filler · « **Reply #117 on:** July 29, 2018, 06:04:05 PM »

a lot of niccas drink hennessey

Tasty · « **Reply #118 on:** July 29, 2018, 06:08:49 PM »

More like Hunnecessary.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #119 on:** July 29, 2018, 10:31:51 PM »

I think I am buying too much Gin

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Author Topic: Liquor? I Hardly Knew Her! (Read 18859 times)