What Are You Drinking?

[Castanza]

On 12/24/2022 at 4:36 PM, maxthetrade said:

Well, I need a break from the relatives Had some excellent vintage Champagne: 

 

and some over 40 years old Tawny Port, my favorite Port of all time:

 

A perfect match with a cheese plate from Maitre affineur Antony and some selfmade Baguettes:

 

The cheese is in a class of its own, if you ever get a chance to taste his cheese do it, you won't regret!

 

Very nice, looks like a good spread right there

[boilermaker75]

On 12/27/2022 at 6:10 PM, JGBRK said:

Cheers

 

 

I've never had any of the Pappy's. Are they that good?

[Gregmal]

Gonna fly high tonight 

 

 

[boilermaker75]

3 hours ago, Gregmal said:

Gonna fly high tonight 

 

 

 

Looks like a Happy New Year!

[JGBRK]

On 12/28/2022 at 5:43 PM, boilermaker75 said:

 

I've never had any of the Pappy's. Are they that good?

My palate is not that refined, but yes, I find it enjoyable.

[boilermaker75]

8 minutes ago, JGBRK said:

My palate is not that refined, but yes, I find it enjoyable.

 

My palate also. Put two shots in front of me, one from a $50 bottle and one from a $1,500 bottle, and I probably can tell they are different but not which one costs $1,500, LOL

[Spekulatius]

Belgian beer St Bernardus :

[Dinar]

15 minutes ago, Spekulatius said:

Belgian beer St Bernardus :

It is fantastic, I love this one

[copelandlewis]

3 hours ago, Dinar said:

It is fantastic, I love this one

My favorite beer.

[Paarslaars]

On 1/6/2023 at 12:39 AM, Spekulatius said:

Belgian beer St Bernardus :

Ah respect, as a Belgian we consider it very important to drink a beer from it's own proper glass!

I always have this one in house, works great in a stew as well!

 

Below is my favorite one, quite expensive to be honest but it's dark beer that has been aged on whiskey barrels, giving it a delightful wood flavor touch you typically find in red wine.

 

Edited January 10, 2023 by Paarslaars

[Spekulatius]

It’s the season:

 

[Red Lion]

Costco has a 14 year Oban for about $65. It’s excellent, I need to buy more before it disappears. 

[whatstheofficerproblem]

On 9/10/2023 at 8:04 AM, RedLion said:

Costco has a 14 year Oban for about $65. It’s excellent, I need to buy more before it disappears. 

 

Oban 14 has always costed $65-$70 even in Total Wines where I'm from. Maybe it's a region thing?

Edited September 23, 2023 by whatstheofficerproblem

[Red Lion]

24 minutes ago, whatstheofficerproblem said:

 

Oban 14 has always costed $65-$70 even in Total Wines where I'm from. Maybe it's a region thing?

 

Honestly I just only see it at specialty stores with a big markup. My shopping options are limited. Costco is my lifeline. 

[Parsad]

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cheers-bottle-scotch-whisky-sells-161739679.html

 

Cheers!

[LC]

Right now, it’s fireball, fever tree soda water, and aperol. “Woof” is the right word

Edited November 19, 2023 by LC

[Castanza]

2 hours ago, LC said:

Right now, it’s fireball, fever tree soda water, and aperol. “Woof” is the right word

Haven’t had fireball since the college days…I’ll second that “woof” just thinking about it

[Parsad]

15 minutes ago, Castanza said:

Haven’t had fireball since the college days…I’ll second that “woof” just thinking about it

 

+1!  Cheers!

[LC]

Im feeling it today, boys. Was definitely reaching for yield last night

[Spekulatius]

2 hours ago, LC said:

Im feeling it today, boys. Was definitely reaching for yield last night

I recall this stuff having some quality issues a while ago:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fireball-whiskey-recall_n_6067486

[Castanza]

7 hours ago, LC said:

Im feeling it today, boys. Was definitely reaching for yield last night

I mean if you’re going to suffer through drinking Fireball; you might as well go all the way 

[Red Lion]

Drinking some Caymus 2021 Cabernet. Not amazing for the price. I’ve been drinking Frank family Cabernet at half the price, and I think it’s better. Not a wine connoisseur, so maybe I have bad taste. 

[Spekulatius]

9 hours ago, RedLion said:

Drinking some Caymus 2021 Cabernet. Not amazing for the price. I’ve been drinking Frank family Cabernet at half the price, and I think it’s better. Not a wine connoisseur, so maybe I have bad taste. 

Seems expensive for $90/ bottle but even more egregious is selling $65 Bottles with "California" appellation. "California" means the grapes are coming from Central Valley - Ouch. I can buy good bottles of Cabernet for <$20 with Grapes from Sonoma county.

 

You can't make great wine with crappy grapes (at least that's what my dad told me who was a winemaker).

Edited November 30, 2023 by Spekulatius

[gfp]

We just returned home from a long trip to Florida with a lot of driving and ate dinner next to the roadside hotel one night at a "Longhorn Steakhouse" - I think it is a Darden brand.  If you really want to know where the dregs of the Caymus central valley grape supply end up, it is in a LongHorn Steakhouse "exclusive" product called "BONANZA by caymus."  36 a bottle at the restaurant.  Blech!

[Red Lion]

1 hour ago, Spekulatius said:

Seems expensive for $90/ bottle but even more egregious is selling $65 Bottles with "California" appellation. "California" means the grapes are coming from Central Valley - Ouch. I can buy good bottles of Cabernet for <$20 with Grapes from Sonoma county.

 

You can't make great wine with crappy grapes (at least that's what my dad told me who was a winemaker).

I was drinking the Napa valley one to the left. It was good, but not worth $90. I actually bought a 1 liter bottle on sale for $85, so probably not a bad deal, but…

 

The Frank family Cabernet from Calistoga is better, in my opinion, for just over $40.