A thread with this title was an integral part of the old fora. Maybe it can be revived.
Of course, it's a tad early in the day to actually post while plastered in this timezone. :-)
Hooray! I was just thinking of reviving this thread last night. I don't really have any exciting imbibing to discuss. Mostly it's been wine recently. There is a local winery that we bought a couple cases from that we keep for special occasions, and we have a couple other good bottles, including some my cousin bought me when I got my PhD that I hope have not gone bad. I am not good at celebrating like that because I want to save the bottles, and then sometimes it's too late, and that's dumb. I think I have a bottle of champagne from when I got a promotion 6 (?) years ago? Or one before that? Yikes. I guess it's sad not to ever think the circumstance warrants the good wine. I did drink a lot of what my cousin got me (> 6 years ago!), and they were wonderful, but there are still a few left. They probably haven't been stored right, either. I just wrote and deleted a bit about writing and deleting a post on the venting thread about past grad school and current career trauma. I will not sully this thread with that melancholia!
Aside from the red wines, we had some Laphroaig to toast my dad last weekend. I missed that stuff.
I was thinking about our supply lately. We have some hard liquor, though neither of us drink it much. I think the last time we had some rye was a very raucous and irresponsible night of Cards Against Humanity a couple Thanksgiving Eves ago with husband's bff and bff's wife that did not leave us feeling up for cooking and company the following day. And we have some Czech liquors that I stay away from. Bits of rum and stuff. Mostly just wine and expired beer.
What's everyone else drinking these days?
penicillin (https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/penicillin_cocktail/) cocktails. which turn out to still be fine when you substitute bourbon for the scotch, and ginger liquer (I prefer stirrings) for half of the honey/ginger simple syrup, and bottled lemon juice for fresh squeezed.
(all my quarantine food is like this — "amazing steak recipe, except I didn't have steak and subbed in flour and sugar and butter... wait, maybe I made a cake?")
In spite of the fact that spring is exceedingly slow to arrive in the extreme northland, I have embraced gin and tonic and dared the weather to comply.
Quote from: ab_grp on April 27, 2020, 03:47:16 PM
Aside from the red wines, we had some Laphroaig to toast my dad last weekend. I missed that stuff.
Glad you toasted your dad, but I'll admit that I just don't enjoy the peaty Scotches. I keep trying them because they seem like something I should like, but I never do. I feel the same way about goat cheese. But I thoroughly enjoyed the bottle of MacAllan 12 I dug put of the cupboard last week.
We finished off a bottle of tequila that had been left here over the summer. Our local taco place has been selling their margarita mix as part of their take out options so it was easy to do.
The brewery down the street from us does online orders so we've been putting those in every 7-10 days. We get a mix of cans (4 packs) and crowlers (32oz) from what they have on tap. They've been brewing new stuff so it's been a nice rotation.
We haven't really touched our bourbon and whiskey but we're nearly out of our mixing bourbon anyway.
Quote from: onthefringe on April 27, 2020, 07:05:02 PM
Quote from: ab_grp on April 27, 2020, 03:47:16 PM
Aside from the red wines, we had some Laphroaig to toast my dad last weekend. I missed that stuff.
Glad you toasted your dad, but I'll admit that I just don't enjoy the peaty Scotches. I keep trying them because they seem like something I should like, but I never do. I feel the same way about goat cheese. But I thoroughly enjoyed the bottle of MacAllan 12 I dug put of the cupboard last week.
I'm with you. I was never into any sort of scotch until a few years ago. A few colleagues and I went to trivia night and won the whole shebang and decided we would get a drink of something more expensive than our Blue Moons or what have you. The gang leader convinced us to have Laphroaig. I thought it tasted like (trying to remember the list...) Ben Gay, burning rubber, and something else. I think I even had ice in it. Some still bring up "what did we drink that night, again?!" But at some later date the opportunity arose again and I kind of wanted to try it again. My spouse later introduced me to Ardbeg, which I also like. And a group of colleagues went out to celebrate one's impending wedding at a whiskey bar, and that led to getting to try quite a few varietals, some of which I liked better than others. In any case, I wouldn't say it's top of the list for me, but it's got something that keeps me coming back now and again. I wouldn't be surprised if it has something that alters brain chemistry like some sort of alien parasite. I also like goat cheese once in a while but would not say it's a favorite.
My wife is an actual cocktail historian (it says so on her business card and Vistaprint has a rigorous peer-review process) so our drinks game is exceptional. Tonight she practiced a couple of prohibition era cocktails, a Three Mile Limit and something I can't remember. After that I had some bourbon and fired up a wonderful documentary I'd been meaning to watch: Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World. Salud!
Quote from: onthefringe on April 27, 2020, 06:35:19 PM
(all my quarantine food is like this — "amazing steak recipe, except I didn't have steak and subbed in flour and sugar and butter... wait, maybe I made a cake?")
Perhaps we get our groceries from the same place. Yesterday's delivery was a whole bunch of stuff they'd subbed in for things I'd ordered (including beef instead of turkey), so my meal planning for 3 weeks is all "what can I make with this now?"
Quote from: larryc on April 28, 2020, 10:07:23 PM
Tonight she practiced a couple of prohibition era cocktails, a Three Mile Limit
I have to look this up....
I looked up the drink "Three Mile Limit": 1 oz White Rum; 0.5 oz Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Grenadine; 0.5 oz Cognac.
Anybody know or care to guess why a drink would have such a name?
Quote from: dismalist on April 29, 2020, 12:18:17 PM
I looked up the drink "Three Mile Limit": 1 oz White Rum; 0.5 oz Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Grenadine; 0.5 oz Cognac.
Anybody know or care to guess why a drink would have such a name?
I'm guessing something to do with international waters, but I don't think I get it.
Quote from: onthefringe on April 29, 2020, 12:31:05 PM
Quote from: dismalist on April 29, 2020, 12:18:17 PM
I looked up the drink "Three Mile Limit": 1 oz White Rum; 0.5 oz Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Grenadine; 0.5 oz Cognac.
Anybody know or care to guess why a drink would have such a name?
I'm guessing something to do with international waters, but I don't think I get it.
Absolutely! Ocean going ships carrying booze legally would come up to the three mile limit and wait there for fleets of smaller vessels which would pick up the booze and smuggle it to shore. The only cocktail I know whose name honors a market process! :-)
Quote from: dismalist on April 29, 2020, 12:37:27 PM
Quote from: onthefringe on April 29, 2020, 12:31:05 PM
Quote from: dismalist on April 29, 2020, 12:18:17 PM
I looked up the drink "Three Mile Limit": 1 oz White Rum; 0.5 oz Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Grenadine; 0.5 oz Cognac.
Anybody know or care to guess why a drink would have such a name?
I'm guessing something to do with international waters, but I don't think I get it.
Absolutely! Ocean going ships carrying booze legally would come up to the three mile limit and wait there for fleets of smaller vessels which would pick up the booze and smuggle it to shore. The only cocktail I know whose name honors a market process! :-)
This is a very educational thread. I'm glad that it has finally returned.
Quote from: ab_grp on April 29, 2020, 03:28:32 PM
Quote from: dismalist on April 29, 2020, 12:37:27 PM
Quote from: onthefringe on April 29, 2020, 12:31:05 PM
Quote from: dismalist on April 29, 2020, 12:18:17 PM
I looked up the drink "Three Mile Limit": 1 oz White Rum; 0.5 oz Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Grenadine; 0.5 oz Cognac.
Anybody know or care to guess why a drink would have such a name?
I'm guessing something to do with international waters, but I don't think I get it.
Absolutely! Ocean going ships carrying booze legally would come up to the three mile limit and wait there for fleets of smaller vessels which would pick up the booze and smuggle it to shore. The only cocktail I know whose name honors a market process! :-)
This is a very educational thread. I'm glad that it has finally returned.
And now google tells me eventually the US extended their to twelve miles, leading to the creation of the twelve mile cocktail (https://cold-glass.com/2011/12/05/floating-through-repeal-day-the-twelve-mile-limit-cocktail/)
Is bourbon and limeade a thing? I haven't made it to the grocery store in two weeks and am grasping at straws. Maybe just bourbon on the rocks?
Cats will run out of food in four days, which should push me into motion soon...
Quote from: onthefringe on April 29, 2020, 05:10:35 PM
Quote from: ab_grp on April 29, 2020, 03:28:32 PM
Quote from: dismalist on April 29, 2020, 12:37:27 PM
Quote from: onthefringe on April 29, 2020, 12:31:05 PM
Quote from: dismalist on April 29, 2020, 12:18:17 PM
I looked up the drink "Three Mile Limit": 1 oz White Rum; 0.5 oz Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Grenadine; 0.5 oz Cognac.
Anybody know or care to guess why a drink would have such a name?
I'm guessing something to do with international waters, but I don't think I get it.
Absolutely! Ocean going ships carrying booze legally would come up to the three mile limit and wait there for fleets of smaller vessels which would pick up the booze and smuggle it to shore. The only cocktail I know whose name honors a market process! :-)
This is a very educational thread. I'm glad that it has finally returned.
And now google tells me eventually the US extended their to twelve miles, leading to the creation of the twelve mile cocktail (https://cold-glass.com/2011/12/05/floating-through-repeal-day-the-twelve-mile-limit-cocktail/)
Is bourbon and limeade a thing? I haven't made it to the grocery store in two weeks and am grasping at straws. Maybe just bourbon on the rocks?
Cats will run out of food in four days, which should push me into motion soon...
The three mile limit was once known as the "cannon shot rule". Before modern laws of the sea were drafted up in the 20th century, it was generally agreed that a nation's sovereignty extended only as far as it could demonstrate (hypothetical) military control. About 3 miles.
There's a reason why cruise lines like Norwegian will throw in unlimited booze for almost nothing. It's basically cheaper than water when you're out in international waters. And probably safer, in most quantities.
I've been trying to watch my intake, but self-quarantining with small children has prompted some imbibing. (My littlest one, who can barely write, filled out a prescription for my spouse, ordering 5 glasses of water a day, and no wine for a week. She seemed saddened but not surprised to see a bottle on the dinner table.)
As a compromise, I've been drinking Bloody Mary's. For the vitamins. And because we have a local pickle guy who makes delicious mix, and will do curbside pickup.
QuoteThe three mile limit was once known as the "cannon shot rule". Before modern laws of the sea were drafted up in the 20th century, it was generally agreed that a nation's sovereignty extended only as far as it could demonstrate (hypothetical) military control. About 3 miles.
There's a reason why cruise lines like Norwegian will throw in unlimited booze for almost nothing. It's basically cheaper than water when you're out in international waters. And probably safer, in most quantities.
I've been trying to watch my intake, but self-quarantining with small children has prompted some imbibing. (My littlest one, who can barely write, filled out a prescription for my spouse, ordering 5 glasses of water a day, and no wine for a week. She seemed saddened but not surprised to see a bottle on the dinner table.)
As a compromise, I've been drinking Bloody Mary's. For the vitamins. And because we have a local pickle guy who makes delicious mix, and will do curbside pickup.
Ah,
Dottore, our littlest one, now 30
anni, got her early years in Italy. There was always a bottle of wine on the table at dinner. Anything else would have been ...
maleducato! :-)
My wife is Italian-American. The little one had wine before any solids, and knows exactly what buttons she's pushing.
"Medicinal red wine" is customarily prescribed during cold and flu season, in this house.
Well, Covid-19 is flu-like, no, so that the medicinal properties of red wine are needed equally urgently! :-)
I can't believe there hasn't been a post here since May.
Today, I saw and purchased my first pack of Oktoberfest for the season. Can't wait to taste it's gloriousness. Just had to unearth this topic from the depths first.
Thanks for bringing it back! Spouse went down this morning to pick up another stockpile of cases of wine and some beer (Shock Top, Blue Moon, and Coors). They were out of Kilt Lifter, apparently.
Never heard of that last one before, but I recognize the reference!
M.
It sounds good, but have never seen it here.
Quote from: alto_stratus on August 22, 2020, 10:22:16 AM
I can't believe there hasn't been a post here since May.
Today, I saw and purchased my first pack of Oktoberfest for the season. Can't wait to taste it's gloriousness. Just had to unearth this topic from the depths first.
Same. For me it was a case of Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest is one of my favorite styles. Made a few back in my homebrewing days.
Good day for Shipyard Summer, me hearties.
I've taken to drinking wine before I "zoom" with my students, and before I participate in departmental "zoom" presentations for our students. SUrely I 'm not the only one?
I never know what to drink in November. Too late for Oktoberfest, too early for a winter ale.
Plain ol' ale was sold out, so I settled on Pilsner and Pale Ale. Maybe November should be a wine month.
Instacart dropped off my supplies. Wegmans, I <3 u. Joel Gott cab is perfect for tonight. Sophisticated and earthy.
I am drinking an Oakspire Bourbon Barrell Ale, while streaming old episodes of the Great British Baking Show (I don't bake, but I'm addicted) and grading an assignment that should have been cake, but is apparently not.
Quote from: alto_stratus on November 07, 2020, 01:43:29 PM
I never know what to drink in November. Too late for Oktoberfest, too early for a winter ale.
Plain ol' ale was sold out, so I settled on Pilsner and Pale Ale. Maybe November should be a wine month.
I really like Oktoberfest, so I'd drink it all year round, but wine is also a good thought.
Quote from: Morris Zapp on October 14, 2020, 03:32:32 PM
I've taken to drinking wine before I "zoom" with my students, and before I participate in departmental "zoom" presentations for our students. SUrely I 'm not the only one?
Difficult.
Once upon a time in a country that produces wine, far, far away, I had one small [by American standards] glass of wine at lunch. Teaching was at 14:00. I knew I had to control myself, telling myself to think before I shot off my mouth in answer to a question.
Well, someone asked a question ca. 15 minutes into the lecture. No worries. I waited, and thought, controlling myself and answered:
I don't care!Since then, many years ago, I never touched a drop of alcohol before teaching. :-)
Of course, with administrators, it could be different ... .
Quote from: dismalist on November 21, 2020, 07:03:40 PM
Once upon a time in a country that produces wine, far, far away, I had one small [by American standards] glass of wine at lunch. Teaching was at 14:00. I knew I had to control myself, telling myself to think before I shot off my mouth in answer to a question.
Well, someone asked a question ca. 15 minutes into the lecture. No worries. I waited, and thought, controlling myself and answered: I don't care!
[. . .]
Of course, with administrators, it could be different ... .
Of course, with administrators, this could be essential . . .
AR.
Posting while hung over.
Nothing to add at this time.
I'm gone all spring and have to dig to page 11 to find this topic?! :-o
Well, good news for me and the fall-beer fans: Sam's Oktoberfest is out and it's DELICIOUS. Mmmmmmm.
Quote from: alto_stratus on August 22, 2020, 10:22:16 AM
I can't believe there hasn't been a post here since May.
Today, I saw and purchased my first pack of Oktoberfest for the season. Can't wait to taste it's gloriousness. Just had to unearth this topic from the depths first.
Quote from: alto_stratus on August 20, 2021, 01:40:16 PM
I'm gone all spring and have to dig to page 11 to find this topic?! :-o
Well, good news for me and the fall-beer fans: Sam's Oktoberfest is out and it's DELICIOUS. Mmmmmmm.
Once again, looks like
Oktoberfest serves to revive this thread, once recognized to be educational, at least seasonally. That's what
Oktoberfest does for us. What can we do for
Oktoberfest?
Sadly, it used to be much more lively - and perhaps more life-ly. Twenty years of foruming does take its toll.
trip to the dispensary. well, I am experimenting.
It's a new day.
It's been a really bad week (though I'm sure it could have been much worse!), so I am having shiraz, and then we will soon have pasta bolognese and watch some fun but not supersmart TV and TGIF and good grief. I am glad for this thread.
Quote from: dismalist on August 20, 2021, 03:11:02 PM
Quote from: alto_stratus on August 22, 2020, 10:22:16 AM
I can't believe there hasn't been a post here since May.
Today, I saw and purchased my first pack of Oktoberfest for the season. Can't wait to taste it's gloriousness. Just had to unearth this topic from the depths first.
Quote from: alto_stratus on August 20, 2021, 01:40:16 PM
I'm gone all spring and have to dig to page 11 to find this topic?! :-o
Well, good news for me and the fall-beer fans: Sam's Oktoberfest is out and it's DELICIOUS. Mmmmmmm.
Once again, looks like Oktoberfest serves to revive this thread, once recognized to be educational, at least seasonally. That's what Oktoberfest does for us. What can we do for Oktoberfest?
I can put my accordion on and play 《Kornblumenblau,》《Im Munchen steht ein hofbrau haus,》 and 《Die Lorelei, 》if you like. Or medleys from the "Student Prince," "Merry Widow," and "Sound of Music," if you want to sing along in English....
Actually, I can go for about 4 hours if my gigs at Schmidt's in Col's German Village are any indication.
However, it should be pointed out that diehards believe Oktoberfest actually falls in late September....might be to do with the ides and kalends and all that...
M.
M.
Tonight it's Joel Gott. The scale and me had words, so the Oktoberfest will be rationed, and probably last until October.
I always have to explain to my SO that Oktoberfest begins in September. Preparation is part of the process. And I am really prepared, so I start in August.
I am turning over a new leaf for fall. Exercise, philosophy... it's time to get this life back on track.
Barrel-aged pastry stout from local brewery. I'm in a happy place.
We actually bought a still from Amazon and have spent the pandemic making moonshine. First couple of batches were not drink able. Apparently the heat was too much during the distillation process. so far we have done figs and grapes,both from our yard. You wish you knew how to make your own alcohol!
The Sam's Oktoberfest did not last until October... Have moved on to Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest. Nice roasty malted flavor. Also got the Harpoon fall mix pack. I love fall.
I like to get drunk and shop online. What do you buy when you are drinking? I seem to buy shoes and then they Arrive end it's like "what was I thimking?"
I don't want to go to campus tomorrow. That is all.
Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest is my fav. Mmm. Harpoon Oktoberfest is okay - but it tastes like they mixed a little bit of pumpkin ale with IPA. Yep, I think they cheated.
I also buy shoes when my inhibitions have been lowered. I always like the shoes when they arrive, though. I think the wine or beer just gets me over the natural disinclination to deal with footwear (is it wide enough, is it long enough, is it flat enough, will it stay on my foot when I walk?)- and yet, somehow, it makes me an awesome footwear selector...
Sometimes I buy home organizing stuff.
Salted caramel brown ale from local brewery. Paired with sea salt dark chocolate from Aldi.
I do not shop online when I'm drinking, as I hate shopping. I especially hate shoe shopping. And, generally, I hate wearing shoes. I can never find any that are comfortable enough. I have colleagues that wear incredibly stylish heels, and all I can think is: 1) I would fall flat on my face and 2) those cannot be comfortable in the slightest. But, maybe I should try shoe shopping while drinking, as it works for alto_stratus.
Reviving? Made Harvey Wallbangers for us today, recapturing my misspent youth.
We didn't have any yet, but tonight (and for a few nights, probably) we will have a bottle of Caymus cabernet sauvignon to celebrate my husband's new old job (going back to a previous one). The wine has received wonderful reviews, so I'm excited! Usually I have Bogle petit sirah these days, which is fine, but this is a treat! And it's a 1L bottle, which is different than the usual.
I've never had a Harvey Wallbanger, but it looks like they are similar to screwdrivers but with a vanilla-ish flavor from Galliano (which I also haven't had, as far as I know)? While googling, I saw a link to an article saying that one story of the name origin was some guy Harvey who got drunk and kept running into walls, but I had heard that drinks with Galliano usually have "against the wall" in the name (because the bottle is so tall and is always next to the wall at the bar), so maybe that's where the wall part came from. More to research, apparently. Anyway, sounds pretty good. Enjoy, jimbogumbo!