What are you drinking while ILX is down: the temporary wine/beer/spirits/etc. thread

feel like a few pints of smithwicks tonight

Bridlewood Block 7 Syrah tonight. Martini tomorrow.

My latest cheap buzz:
http://www.yay-today.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/5779312049_00d6734050-300x300.jpg

I just had a bottle of Crane Lake Petite Syrah, a 3/$10 wine, which may be my new 2 buck Chuck. Gt it at Sprouts, a Fresh and Easy type store.

Last night tried for the first time an Original Sazerac. It was interesting.

The only sazerac I've had was terrible, but I don't know if that's the way they all taste or what.

I'm not a coctail drinker usually, so I don't have much to compare it to. "Interesting" is about all I could muster. Was in New Orleans recently and read all about the origins and was intrigued. Next time I'm down there I'm gonna try one at the recommended bar and see what the difference is.

a well-made sazerac should be delicious for just about anyone who likes whiskey. it's kind of a fussy drink though--easy to get the flavor thrown off.

Yeah the one I had tasted sort of like cherry cough syrup, IIRC?

yeah that's......not correct.

Ha, yeah, I just googled the list of ingredients and was like "this seems like something I should like!"

imo this guy is otm, especially the part following "my preferred method":

http://www.gumbopages.com/food/beverages/sazerac.html

sippin on some sazerac

Also had some Suntory Yamazaki 12-year. They've just recently gotten wider distribution in our area, I've been told. I don't think I'll be switching loyalties from my beloved islays, but it was delicious. Complex and very very smooth. The smoothness belied its age.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhaxHYb46E

My First Sazerac was enjoyed at Galatoire's

There have been many since

My first was at Mr. B's, then the Pelican Club, Christian's, Commander's Palace, and on down the list. It's pretty much a street sign for how well a meal in NOLA is gonna go.

<3 Mr. B's.

Lots of places you can get a great sazerac; have never had anything that matches Mr. B's barbequed shrimp.

Forreals. I recommend everyone go there at least for the appetizer of that wonderful, I-don't-care-how-messy-my-shirt-gets bowl of butter sauce slathered goodness. Has never disappointed anyone I've sent there.

I think I preferred their gumbo to Commander's, too. Heresy, I'm sure, but they're basically the same restaurant anyway.

Knob

I would be drinking Lacryma Christi, if I could afford it. Seems most appropriate to the season.

a variety of things tonight, but the highlight was getting to try a pour of the famous 1974 a.h. hirsch bourbon

Venting my recent, uncharacteristic anti-American sentiments *solely* through choices of alcohol this holiday season. Havana Club rum-based cocktails, Alberta Premium + Canada Dry, French champagne.

picked up bottles of jameson, baileys and a beaujolais in work raffle so i'll be drinkin those, mainly

andrew otm about the yamazaki

Got a bottle of Corryvreckan at the airport. Ardbeg is peerless at the moment.

I will enjoy a pint of Founder's Breakfast Stout once my shift at the library is over.

so good

They've got a few kegs at the local! Stoked.

Had some Guinness Foreign Extra last night. It's everything I wish regular Guinness was.

had some fernet-like Latvian liquor at impromptu work party yesterday

never got the taste for it tbh

foreign extra is different depending upon where it's brewed, ive had nigerian and portuguese versions before

pint of the blind stuff pls landlord

so cider is going well, next thing we tackle will be beer, after which we are stupidly going to try to make our own whiskey, after which i will probably be blind

at lunch - Fontezoppa Verdicchio di Matelica 2010

quite a lot of Guinness

so cider is going well, next thing we tackle will be beer, after which we are stupidly going to try to make our own whiskey, after which i will probably be blind

― PROVEN BY BOOZE SCIENCE, Friday, December 23, 2011 5:29 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

uhh yeah be careful! what are you using for a still?

A teakettle and a mirror, maybe?

yah PROVEN BY BOOZE SCIENCE is a valuable poster and we will want to ensure he is 'still' breathing

i would ask some of my bathub poitín making relatives how it's done but they are alas all in the great still in the sky

Details are still sketchy on the mechanics of whiskey making but I am told by the other participants that we have "a plan"

My plan is not to be the first one to try the whiskey

foreign extra is different depending upon where it's brewed, ive had nigerian and portuguese versions before

― nakhchivan

This is from Ireland, 7.5% ABV

My sister made delicious Scofflaw cocktails last night: rye whiskey, vermouth, grenadine, lemon juice and orange bitters.

Was still full of 2 p.m. Christmas dinner last night, so supper was a bowl of popcorn and three fingers of bourbon on an ice cube.

Failla "Phoenix Ranch" Syrah 2005
Inniskillin Vidal Icewine

i find bourbon is amazing for the stomach when you're full! xp

currently drinking evan williams single barrel ('02).

cracked my van winkle rye earlier tonight. now enjoying some henry mckenna. there's always room for rye and bourbon.