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Post by dualstow » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:14 pm

Vodka is the ideal hard beverage in my opinion. Unpretentious ethanol, minimal impurities, easy on the breath.
And you can put herbs and caraway seed in it and make aquavit.

Smithers, that looks delicious!

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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:22 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:17 pm
dualstow wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:14 pm
Vodka is the ideal hard beverage in my opinion. Unpretentious ethanol, minimal impurities, easy on the breath.
And you can put herbs and caraway seed in it and make aquavit.

I used to subscribe to that exact philosophy, except it's a boring, tasteless drink.
The vodka I'm drinking RIGHT NOW tastes like orange soda, I love it.
I prefer whisky or gin these days when I am avoiding beer for the carbs/calories.
I've been making brandy old-fashioneds lately, great stuff!
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Post by Smith1776 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:26 pm

What are your guys' favourite wines?
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Post by Smith1776 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:27 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:27 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
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What are your guys' favourite wines?
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Post by Mountaineer » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:27 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:26 pm
What are your guys' favourite wines?
Red and white. 😉. On a more serious note: Kirkland Malbec.
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Mountaineer wrote:
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What are your guys' favourite wines?
Red and white. 😉
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Post by vnatale » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:36 pm

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Most of us are of the thinking in this book (I think). He covers everything in 4-8 page snippets. Things that I have otherwise read whole books on are nicely summarized here.

Like cholesterol, fats, wheat, food pyramid, salt, etc.

https://www.amazon.com/Lies-My-Doctor-T ... 162860378X
Just starting to read the book....but right away he impresses me to no end with this sentence: "You can use Bing.com, DuckDuckGo.com, or Google.com to search any health topic."

That he did not take the typical approach of saying "Google it" tells me that, indeed, this IS going to be a different type book!

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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:44 pm

MangoMan wrote:
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I like brandy as a nightcap, too, although neat.
Speaking of nightcaps, and spirits with bad memories, Jägermeister made my skin crawl for the longest time, but did you know it's just a regular, slightly stodgy digestif in Germany?
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Post by Mark Leavy » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:21 pm

I carry 2 100ml bottles of everclear in my TSA liquids bag. I use it as a cleaner, disinfectant, fire starter/camp stove and occasional spike.

In a semi related note, I found I can get around the TSA restrictions on lighters with a rechargeable plasma arc lighter. It looks like a pen and has no fuel. And if questioned I plan on calling it a UV light. Which, it sorta is.

And Southern Comfort is an abomination.
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Post by dualstow » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:21 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:17 pm
dualstow wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:14 pm
Vodka is the ideal hard beverage in my opinion. Unpretentious ethanol, minimal impurities, easy on the breath.
And you can put herbs and caraway seed in it and make aquavit.

I used to subscribe to that exact philosophy, except it's a boring, tasteless drink. I prefer whisky or gin these days when I am avoiding beer for the carbs/calories.
No problem. I invented this thing I call a (air quotes) “cocktail” where I mix the vodka with tasty stuff.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Post by dualstow » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:26 pm

Smith1776 wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:26 pm
What are your guys' favourite wines?
Tempranillo, by a mile (that’s kilometer in Americanese). So smooth and drinkable.
Valpolicella, but I don’t often see it.
Honestly, I buy dry stuff for cooking and end up drinking it.
My neighbor is a wine merchant. I should really take advantage.
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Post by dualstow » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:30 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:26 pm
See, if I'm going to start adding with high calorie mixers, I can just drink beer. When I drink gin, whisky or brandy on the rocks/neat there are very few calories and zero carbs. Add an orange soda and you're at the same calorie load as an IPA.
I do like gin. Broker’s is good value.
But if you can wait 3 months ( drink something else in the meantime) bruise some caraway seed, anise and cinnamon and put it in a nearly full bottle of vodka. Leave in the sunlight.
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Post by Mark Leavy » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:32 pm

dualstow wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:26 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:26 pm
What are your guys' favourite wines?
Tempranillo, by a mile (that’s kilometer in Americanese).
Agreed. But I can almost never find a good Tempranillo in the states. It doesn’t compare with the Tempranillo wines in Logroño. Except last week in Basalt CO at the Tempranillo restaurant. Tasted just like Spain.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:34 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:26 pm
See, if I'm going to start adding with high calorie mixers, I can just drink beer. When I drink gin, whisky or brandy on the rocks/neat there are very few calories and zero carbs. Add an orange soda and you're at the same calorie load as an IPA.
It's DIET, dude. I'm not a tard >:( I also make my OFs with Splenda, which is kinda bitch-like but it's what I do.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:37 pm

Mark Leavy wrote:
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6 hard boiled eggs.
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Post by vnatale » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:45 pm

vnatale wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:20 am
MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:54 am
Mark Leavy wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:42 pm
Dinner tonight:

6 hard boiled eggs.
1 Old fashioned
48 oz Tomahawk ribeye
I bottle of 8 year old Zin
1 slice NY style cheesecake.
2 mugs of collagen broth

Next meal in 2 days.
Isn't there (gasp!) sugar and other refined carbs (crust) in that?
Curious if there is anyone else here but me that had zero idea what an "Old fashioned" is?

Vinny
Though my question has seemed to spark quite a lot of subsequent discussion I did not get any direct answers to my question. Therefore, I'm going to take it that I AM the only here who does not know what an "Old fashioned" is.

Related question....Many times when I go to hear live music there is, of course, all kinds of alcohol being served.

And, also, of course, being a non-drinker, I am completely oblivious to what people are drinking other than being able to discern that someone is drinking a bottle of some beer while someone else is drinking a mixed drink. Me? I'm mostly drinking water except when I'm feeling really wild and get fruit juice.

Now to my next question. Of all the drinks that you have been discussing in this topic are there any that would not typically be available in a music venue that is serving alcohol?

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Post by Smith1776 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:53 pm

dualstow wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:26 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:26 pm
What are your guys' favourite wines?
Tempranillo, by a mile (that’s kilometer in Americanese). So smooth and drinkable.
Valpolicella, but I don’t often see it.
Honestly, I buy dry stuff for cooking and end up drinking it.
My neighbor is a wine merchant. I should really take advantage.
A wine recommendation from dualstow is worth its weight in gold (bullion) in my book!

Tempranillo it is!
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Post by vnatale » Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:07 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:50 pm
C'mon man. DDG, Google, or (ick) Bing.
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If it's a bar, they will make any drink you want. If It's a concert arena, prob not.
My question was not that I wanted to know actually what an "old fashioned". The way it was presented it was like, of course, everyone knows that it is. Just wanted to know if there was anyone but me when reading that list who had no idea what it was. See the separate issue?

And, yes, I'm referring to bars. I generally do not go to concert arena's for live music as the value is quite low -- much higher prices and much farther away from the musicians. I like to be no farther than 15 feet from them. Some places I go to I'm right up against the stage and have to back away if the musicians make some move to the front of the stage.

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Post by vnatale » Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:17 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:50 pm
C'mon man. DDG, Google, or (ick) Bing.
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If it's a bar, they will make any drink you want. If It's a concert arena, prob not.
Now that I've read the description I'm glad my goal was NOT to know what it actually was because I'd then have to invest more time in "Binging" what the following mean:

"muddling"
"bitters"
"zest"

You have to keep in mind that in my brief - 2 1/2 years - drinking career I tended to drink only the highest as possible alcohol content so as to maximize getting drunk as quickly as possible. Quite infrequently I'd drink cheap sweet wine. But rarely. Mostly just that high alcohol content beer. $2.00 a six pack sound right for the early 70s? Maximus Super? Colt 45? Were those the brands I was drinking?

During that drinking career I never had a mixed drink or any form of liquor aside from what I just named. W

When I was 12 years old my mother gave my cousin and me a shot of anisette to drink after we both came back to my house complaining about having an upset stomach from all the amusement park rides we'd just been on. I remember my cousin and I both being amazed how it quickly took care of each of our stomach issues. Next time I'm on Facebook with her I'll have to ask her if she also remembers that from nearly 6o years ago.

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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:25 pm

vnatale wrote:
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I tended to drink only the highest as possible alcohol content so as to maximize getting drunk as quickly as possible.
FINALLY

SOMEONE I CAN UNDERSTAND
Colt 45? Were those the brands I was drinking?
Were you talking about rap concerts earlier? They were probably drinking Colt 45s.

Possibly cognac.
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Post by vnatale » Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:10 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:25 pm
vnatale wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:17 pm
I tended to drink only the highest as possible alcohol content so as to maximize getting drunk as quickly as possible.
FINALLY

SOMEONE I CAN UNDERSTAND

Even at that young age, well before I got involved in business, I was always interested in maximum efficiency!
Colt 45? Were those the brands I was drinking?
Were you talking about rap concerts earlier? They were probably drinking Colt 45s.

That was me buying six packs of Colt 45's. Never went to a rap concert and never will. And, this time period was over 15+ years before rap was invented / becoming a music genre.

Possibly cognac.
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Post by Smith1776 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:20 pm

Awesome side effect of my wine study: less time spent thinking about my portfolio and wanting to tinker with it.

I also learned a new word: tannins.
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Post by dualstow » Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:36 pm

Mark Leavy wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:32 pm
dualstow wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:26 pm
Smith1776 wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:26 pm
What are your guys' favourite wines?
Tempranillo, by a mile (that’s kilometer in Americanese).
Agreed. But I can almost never find a good Tempranillo in the states. It doesn’t compare with the Tempranillo wines in Logroño. Except last week in Basalt CO at the Tempranillo restaurant. Tasted just like Spain.
I haven’t had the pleasure. Sounds nice.
Smith, i actually don’t know that much about wine. I just know what I like. I’d say a recommendation from Mark is worth its weight in gold.
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Post by Smith1776 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:39 pm

dualstow wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:36 pm

I haven’t had the pleasure. Sounds nice.
Smith, i actually don’t know that much about wine. I just know what I like. I’d say a recommendation from Mark is worth its weight in gold.
Too late. Found a cheap one and I'm going to pair it with some nice dinner tomorrow. 8)

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Post by Kriegsspiel » Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:50 am

White wine from Soave (Soave Classico), in Italy, is very good. If you can find a Soave eiswein you should try it.
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