What are you drinking?

[Peregrine]

I'll be right over! 

(PS, had no idea it was National Champagne Day - happy to join in that celebration)

--Bruce

Come on over! NYC? Just grab a flight to Heathrow and we're about 45mins drive. See you for 8?!

[bhodges]

Come on over! NYC? Just grab a flight to Heathrow and we're about 45mins drive. See you for 8?!

(Frantically checking flights...)

Hm...looks like I can't be there before around 5:00am - but perhaps the festivities will still be going on. 

Enjoy - that looks like a great bottle, and equally great food to go with it!

--Bruce

[Peregrine]

(Frantically checking flights...)

Hm...looks like I can't be there before around 5:00am - but perhaps the festivities will still be going on. 

Enjoy - that looks like a great bottle, and equally great food to go with it!

--Bruce

Hehe!

[stingo]

Just put Sierra Nevada's Narwhal Russian Imperial Stout on tap. A very fine beer indeed, and it hides its 10.20% very well.

[Brian]

Just put Sierra Nevada's Narwhal Russian Imperial Stout on tap. A very fine beer indeed, and it hides its 10.20% very well.

"put" it on tap? Are you a bartender?

[stingo]

"put" it on tap? Are you a bartender?

Nope - home kegerator.

[Bogey]

One of my brother in laws Christmas gifts:



Hope he can see his next one.

[stingo]

Whoa nice!

Currently enjoying Yards Brewing's George Washington Tavern Porter.

[SonicMan46]

One of my brother in laws Christmas gifts:



Hope he can see his next one.

Hey Bill - 100 Proof! Lately (other than wine), I've been sampling our local Piedmont NC beers - we now have a number of excellent breweries  including Foothills, Natty Greene, & Red Oak - two of my current favorites are Natty Greene's Buckshot & Foothills IPA - excellent brews!  Dave

 

[stingo]

I know there's already a "What are you eating?" thread, but having searched, I could not find a "What are you drinking?" thread. Most likely there is one but I did not go through the "What are you eating?" hits to find it.

Still, just wanted to say I'm very much enjoying Saucony Creek's Hop Suplex Ale at the moment. Slainte!

[Philo]

Amp Energy - Dale Jr. Sour

So delish.

[bhodges]

For the four nights of the Momenta Quartet Festival, a small home-brew outfit called BrewHeister provided four unusually interesting beers. Runner-up was Earth's Heart Heaves a Sigh, a sorghum saison with a red beet tincture.

But my favorite: Love in the Dark, a porter flavored with mole, and spiked with árbol chiles.

--Bruce

[greg]

My new favorite drink.




1/2 rum, 1/2 Coke, add lime squirts to make a Cuba libre. Such a mysterious flavor.

I wanna try some absinthe sometime. 

[vandermolen]

I like Harvey's 'Old' a very dark English beer (bitter) from a local brewery in Sussex. It is only available in winter.

https://www.harveys.org.uk/beers/cask-ales/old-ale/

[NikF]

At home I usually have a couple of single malts and also a blended whisky, none of them exotic. For years one of the single malts was this -



- but for a number of reasons it has now been replaced in my affections by this -



And for the blended stuff my choice is -



I can't say I recommend it, because it varies dramatically. You take your chances. The one I have now is okay.
e: And speaking of drama, here's a comment left about it by someone on a review site -

"Think of this whisky as a burly Scot with thick forearms and a thick accent. A bit brutal, a bit rough around the edges but very friendly and honest. Very good fella to have in a dark alleyway. This is of course more an observation, than a criticism, but be aware of what you're getting up to."

[Ken B]

I like Harvey's 'Old' a very dark English beer (bitter) from a local brewery in Sussex. It is only available in winter.

https://www.harveys.org.uk/beers/cask-ales/old-ale/

English beer is the best.
I have a weakness for Spitfire. But my favourite is a Yorkshire brew, Rudgate Ruby Mild.

[vandermolen]

English beer is the best.
I have a weakness for Spitfire. But my favourite is a Yorkshire brew, Rudgate Ruby Mild.

That's nice to hear about English beer. Mild is my favourite type of beer although many pubs don't serve it.

[greg]

One of my brother in laws Christmas gifts:



Hope he can see his next one.

Funny, I didn't even see this until now. I bought the same exact bottle of moonshine a few days ago.
I guess I shouldn't have expected anything, but it tastes so awful. Like rubbing alcohol. But it might mix well with orange juice. If that doesn't work, I'll just use it to clean stuff.


Yesterday, I bought some Seagram's Extra Dry Gin and some Captain Morgan White Rum. Also some mixers.
Two things that worked for me:
Gin Sour- Gin, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup
Daiquiri- White Rum, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup


Gin and Tonic doesn't do it for me. Tonic water just doesn't hide the taste of gin enough. Guess I'm not a huge fan of drinking Christmas trees. Or it's an acquired taste. But Gin Sour is fantastic because the lemon juice covers up that gin flavor enough to where it makes the drink interesting instead of nasty.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

I wanted to try a martini the other night. I'm mostly a wine drinker and not very interested in mixed drinks/cocktails (although I have been known to enjoy an Irish coffee now and again). I had a vodka martini ages ago, but really disliked it. However, I have always been mystified by the aura around this drink--"If you're drinking a martini--you're really living it up!!"

Anyway, I was surprised to find that the classic martini was nowhere on the drink menu at this (otherwise highly rated) restaurant: Chocolate martini, Cranberry martini, Lemon and sugar martini, etc (who drinks this sweet rubbish before dinner??). I had to tell the waiter: DRY, WITH AN OLIVE!!!

What I received really surprised me--refreshing, tart, and surprisingly not very heavy. I think I may have one again sometime!

[greg]

I wanted to try a martini the other night. I'm mostly a wine drinker and not very interested in mixed drinks/cocktails (although I have been known to enjoy an Irish coffee now and again). I had a vodka martini ages ago, but really disliked it. However, I have always been mystified by the aura around this drink--"If you're drinking a martini--you're really living it up!!"

Anyway, I was surprised to find that the classic martini was nowhere on the drink menu at this (otherwise highly rated) restaurant: Chocolate martini, Cranberry martini, Lemon and sugar martini, etc (who drinks this sweet rubbish before dinner??). I had to tell the waiter: DRY, WITH AN OLIVE!!!

What I received really surprised me--refreshing, tart, and surprisingly not very heavy. I think I may have one again sometime!

Good to hear you liked it. I have the gin and dry vermouth, so maybe I'll try it sometime....

one drink that I'll be ordering at restaurants/bars many more times in the future is the Long Island Iced Tea. That one is so delicious.

But what's funny is that I thought there was tea in it at first. (I only ordered it because of a friend's recommendation). I come home and look up the ingredients. 5 types of strong alcohol and hardly anything else, in a tall glass. I never would have guessed, didn't even feel anything from it.