What Are You Drinking?

[Gregmal]

6 hours ago, Parsad said:

Also, never leave the Empress gin bottle in direct sunlight...it loses the Lavender color.  I learned that the hard way!  Cheers!

This is a real thing and it applies to pretty much any bottle. Always keep them away from sunlight or places where the temperatures might fluctuate upwards. It'll ruin the bottle. Especially if it's been opened. Also funny to go into a shop and notice the "behind the counter" stuff up on the shelf thats directly in line of the windows. Happens quite a bit. Last thing you wanna do is buy a good bottle thats been skunked by an ignorant store owner. 

 

https://www.breakingbourbon.com/article/bourbon-storage-experiment-24-month-tasting-results

Edited April 11 by Gregmal

[Parsad]

1 hour ago, Gregmal said:

This is a real thing and it applies to pretty much any bottle. Always keep them away from sunlight or places where the temperatures might fluctuate upwards. It'll ruin the bottle. Especially if it's been opened. Also funny to go into a shop and notice the "behind the counter" stuff up on the shelf thats directly in line of the windows. Happens quite a bit. Last thing you wanna do is buy a good bottle thats been skunked by an ignorant store owner. 

 

https://www.breakingbourbon.com/article/bourbon-storage-experiment-24-month-tasting-results

 

We were having a barbecue, so it was sitting on the table outside with all of the beverages/bar for a few hours.  Luckily it was about half finished when I noticed.  Flavor didn't change, but half of the beauty of the Empress gin is the amazing color you get in your cocktails!  Cheers!

[LC]

@John Hjorth John, be sure to pick up a bottle of Monkey 47 if they have it - another great bottle if you like gin! 

[John Hjorth]

7 minutes ago, LC said:

@John Hjorth John, be sure to pick up a bottle of Monkey 47 if they have it - another great bottle if you like gin! 

 

Thank you, @LC ! 

[whatstheofficerproblem]

Any recommendations for local brews in Bozeman? Going to be visiting Yellowstone end of May.

[LC]

Are you going to climb half dome? If so - don't forget gloves! 

[whatstheofficerproblem]

1 hour ago, LC said:

Are you going to climb half dome? If so - don't forget gloves! 

 

No. I need to outlive Judge Andrews. Not going to do anything that contains tail risk of an early afterlife.

[Santayana]

@Parsad I highly recommend Sheringham Gin made a few miles outside of Victoria.

[Parsad]

9 hours ago, Santayana said:

@Parsad I highly recommend Sheringham Gin made a few miles outside of Victoria.

 

Hi Santayana, I have it.  It's good stuff.  Similar to Empress, but not quite as clean. 

 

I'm partial to Empress and Hendricks.  Those two are my go to bottles!  Cheers!

[Gregmal]

Reliable source came thru. Bottled days before the Ukraine War started!

 

 

[brobro777]

6 pack of Heineken baby cuz I'm a piker

 

haha

 

[whatstheofficerproblem]

Friday was IPA day. Saturday I finished my golden drops of the Ardbeg 25 as a cheers to California. Today's day drinking session is a 6 pack Guinness extra stout. This is my second time drinking Guinness & I just don't get it. Why do you want to taste burnt barley? This thing tastes like black coffee i.e. battery acid.

 

That said the extra stout is better at giving you a buzz vs draught. You folks have convinced me to get the Empress Gin. I will be setting up a bar in my studio in NY. Going to make my own mixers from scratch and will post recipes here from time to time if they're good.

 

Have a first class one way ticket booked to NY on the 31st. Going there tail end of summer and if I can survive Iowa & Somaliland winters, I'll be just fine in NY.

 

[gfp]

56 minutes ago, whatstheofficerproblem said:

Friday was IPA day. Saturday I finished my golden drops of the Ardbeg 25 as a cheers to California. Today's day drinking session is a 6 pack Guinness extra stout. This is my second time drinking Guinness & I just don't get it. Why do you want to taste burnt barley? This thing tastes like black coffee i.e. battery acid.

 

That said the extra stout is better at giving you a buzz vs draught. You folks have convinced me to get the Empress Gin. I will be setting up a bar in my studio in NY. Going to make my own mixers from scratch and will post recipes here from time to time if they're good.

 

Have a first class one way ticket booked to NY on the 31st. Going there tail end of summer and if I can survive Iowa & Somaliland winters, I'll be just fine in NY.

 

 

Nice - you sell the car?  I don't care for extra stout but I love Guiness draught.  But I also drink black coffee every day of my life.

[whatstheofficerproblem]

41 minutes ago, gfp said:

Nice - you sell the car?  I don't care for extra stout but I love Guiness draught.  But I also drink black coffee every day of my life.

 

Yep. Took barely 30 mins at a CarMax. Carvana was low balling me. Sold at Carvana. Not much baggage, moving with just my clothes.

 

Guinness overall sucks. Coffee every day is fine. Hell I drink it 3x a day. Thing is I don't drink "black coffee" which is literally just battery acid. I need dairy in my coffee.