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Offline houston-nat

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #625 on: November 01, 2014, 09:59:51 am »
sounds interesting. Light or dark rum?
Shoot. I don't know. After a bit of Googling, there are a number of recipes: Epicurious suggests light rum, Michael Ruhlman uses "any good rum," and one of NYC's top cocktail bars naturally uses premium Ron Zacapa 23.

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« Reply #626 on: November 01, 2014, 12:04:19 pm »
The biggest selling whiskeys are beam and jack, they both suck. I think a lot of scotch in particular is over priced because there is no pressure from cheaper alternatives

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #628 on: December 15, 2014, 10:02:45 pm »
Fireball is so much better

The biggest selling whiskeys are beam and jack, they both suck. I think a lot of scotch in particular is over priced because there is no pressure from cheaper alternatives

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #629 on: December 16, 2014, 09:09:09 am »
You haven't lived until you've had chicha down in the jungle...de-lish.  If the sight of toothless old women spitting up masticated cassava into a communal bowl doesn't get your appetite up for some nice charred monkey, nothing will. 

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #630 on: December 16, 2014, 02:42:48 pm »
Fireball is so much better

Really, you said that out loud???

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #631 on: December 16, 2014, 07:23:03 pm »
I actually sat at a bar this afternoon where 6 people around me each did a Fireball shot and I resisted temptation

Really, you said that out loud???

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« Reply #632 on: December 16, 2014, 07:43:50 pm »
I actually sat at a bar this afternoon where 6 people around me each did a Fireball shot and I resisted temptation

A first for you?

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #634 on: January 05, 2015, 02:06:38 pm »
Got a bottle off Bulleit Rye so I would stop downing the expensive Redbreast Irish Whiskey.

Meh.

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #635 on: January 05, 2015, 03:40:45 pm »
My bottle of Maker's Mark is low. With the cold weather here in CT, it won't make ti til Friday.

Has anyone had the Michter's Bourbon, American Whiskey or Sour Mash?

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #636 on: January 05, 2015, 03:48:59 pm »
Do I go for a bike ride tonight in the freezing darkness, or drink the half bottle of Bulleit rye that's sitting in the cabinet while watching the hockey junior worlds final match? This seems like an existential challenge.

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #637 on: January 05, 2015, 03:50:44 pm »
Where in CT ?

My bottle of Maker's Mark is low. With the cold weather here in CT, it won't make ti til Friday.

Has anyone had the Michter's Bourbon, American Whiskey or Sour Mash?

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #638 on: January 05, 2015, 09:12:53 pm »
Got a bottle off Bulleit Rye so I would stop downing the expensive Redbreast Irish Whiskey.

Meh.

It's a decent staple Rye.

I got a bottle of High West Double Rye for Christmas.  Wow, what a whiskey that is.   :az:

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #639 on: January 05, 2015, 10:26:25 pm »
Where in CT ?

what's it to you?

Kidding, we moved to Southington (Southwest of Hartford)  this past summer.

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #640 on: January 06, 2015, 12:24:46 am »
DC is fine...McFadden's is a grab-ass hellhole, though. 

And now it's gone. Reports are that they will not reopen but instead sell the place - they've already been closed since before New Years when five people got stabbed. Good. I could never stand that place, but it still holds the distinction of being the only place I ever got black-out drunk.

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« Reply #641 on: January 06, 2015, 04:32:14 am »
I grew up in Groton.  Went to college in New Britain

what's it to you?

Kidding, we moved to Southington (Southwest of Hartford)  this past summer.

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #642 on: January 06, 2015, 10:00:07 am »
I grew up in Groton.  Went to college in New Britain

I drive through New Britain everyday on my way to Glastonbury. I drive right past the AA stadium there.

Traffic in the Hartford area is such a breeze.

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #644 on: April 10, 2015, 12:55:08 pm »
Anybody want to start a business with me making that liquor where people chew some crap, spit it out, and ferment it? It's pretty much the final frontier in booze trends. I need some chewers. I don't know if I want hipster chewers or people that look like they live in a jungle. Not sure which the consumer would prefer

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #645 on: April 10, 2015, 01:00:56 pm »
Anybody want to start a business with me making that liquor where people chew some crap, spit it out, and ferment it? It's pretty much the final frontier in booze trends. I need some chewers. I don't know if I want hipster chewers or people that look like they live in a jungle. Not sure which the consumer would prefer

Get some Peruvians, at least it'll be authentic spit booze

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #646 on: April 12, 2015, 09:07:10 pm »
Are you ready for the BOURBON SHORTAGE?? https://www.yahoo.com/food/is-the-u-s-poised-to-run-out-of-bourbon-115951633747.html

All they have to do is raise the price until demand = supply.

In the meantime, Wasmund's (Copper Fox Distillery, Sperryville) is cranking out their unreal 12 month aged Single Malt.  If you stumble into a bottle of batch 115 grab it. 

It goes without saying (though the article mentioned this) that shorter aging allows increased production.

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #647 on: April 22, 2015, 07:00:18 pm »
Good piece on the CBS Evening News this evening on the heist of lots of KY bourbon.

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #648 on: June 06, 2015, 04:13:58 pm »
Is uk cider brandy available in the U.S.- the abc website doesn't seem to have any

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Re: Have a seat at the bar.
« Reply #649 on: June 06, 2015, 04:15:56 pm »
Is uk cider brandy available in the U.S.- the abc website doesn't seem to have any
Do you have a specific brand?