Modern Vespa

red stag is too sweet by itself. I use it as a splash in other stuff.

Agreed. I drink Makers Neat, red stag is usually prepared into a brass buck..

Brass Buck
3 Parts Red Stag
4 Parts Ginger ale
Lime Wedge
Fill a highball glass 3/4 with ice. Pour in Red Stag and ginger ale. Garnish with lime.party!

You guys drinking Kentucky Bourbon are drinking the watered down stuff. Get a bottle of this and hide the scooter keys. 53 cases annually, un-cut and unfiltered from the barrel to the bottle and smooth as silk. It's distilled by Buffalo Trace about 15 minutes from my place. This is true Kentucky sippin bourbon.

Rhum Barbancourt... true sippin' rum!



A coupla fingers on the rocks with a twist of lemon, not lime.

Mmmm. Warm tummy.

And, if you happen to be in the Bluegrass, the Buffalo Trace tour is the best by far, imho. I don't think they're on the official Bourbon Trail, but Frankfort is easy to find.

My lower wine chiller rack is all Justin Isosceles going bake to 2002 and will have to wait. So tonight Saucelito Canyon 1880 Zinfandel from a vineyard in the Central Coast near Lake Lopez.

71.4%, what do you cut that with?!

Scotch was my choice, but I became pissed off at the recent skyrocketing prices. I decided to protest by broadening my horizons.

It turns out that I like Rye Whiskey just fine. Not the Canadian rye...The "real" rye.

Goodbye Glenlivet. Mar sin leibh an dràsda.

Unfortunately, the PA State Store system has determined that
1) Only one (1) brand (Jim Beam) will be sold in the local store and that
2) Everyone will like it
3) Or Lump it.

I guess I should call my sister in Ohio and see what the stores have there.

In the meanwhile, I still have some Newcastle Brown Ale on hand that'll do just peachy.

Everclear.

Apparently I need to step my game up to Kentucky standards.

oops, my previous post came up blank. ..Sorry.
It is my friend BASIL HAYDEN!!!

Tonight it's my special Filthy Martini. Coat the ice with dry vermouth and pour off any excess, add Bombay Sapphire, and shake. Drain into a chilled martini glass with exactly three garlic-stuffed olives and plenty of olive brine. If I'm feeling adventurous, I'll trade some of the brine for a few grains of Maldon smoked salt.

Serve with sardines and crackers. Nom nom nom!

Having a glass of last years limoncello. Been cycling through what's left of my batch and the several samples I have from Jess, trying to refine the recipe for the next batch.

I had my second-to-last drink of my last bottle of limoncello tonight. After that, all gone.

Fortunately, I put a fresh infusion away last night, so in a few weeks I might actually have some more. Experimenting with lowering the proof slightly to see how that tastes. This one should come in at 80 to 83 proof.

Not that I'm drinking it tonight, I'm not drinking anything tonight, but...


If I mentioned Rock and Rye, would anyone know the drink of which I speaketh?

Black Russian...

Pink Russian. Vodka and Pepto-bismol.

Some Mexican Wine from our recent trip to the wine valley in Baja. Surprisingly amazing. Here's the winery with upside down boats for roofs:

Mint Julep made with Woodford Reserve! Oh oh oh!
(Fresh spearmint, sugar, crushed ice)

I have one bomber left of the Enjoy By....I really like this beer, and bought a nice Enjoy By glass at the Stone company store in South Park.
I've been in to Pliny the Elder recently though and digging that.
Tonight -- Gin and Tonic. Bombay, Fever Tree Tonic and seedless limes from a local tree. Oh, with 7/11 ice.

i have an early rise tomorrow for market. i may sip on a hard lemonade, and leave the unopened bottle of white wine in the fridge in case i get lucky, later this year...

Nice! I scoured San Diego and found all the 22s of Enjoy By. I came up with 10 of them and have 6 left for early holiday presents and my own holiday enjoyment. I'm crazy about it.

Everyone keeps making reference to Pliny in regards to the enjoy by. I'll have to give it another chance.

Nice, {max?}
I only found four Enjoy Bys.. Adams Ave Liquor and Mazzara Pizza..
I think it's my favorite, as a new IPA and beer convert. But pliny is pretty special too
little white (jane)

The only time we drink Mint Juleps is on Derby Day at the Derby. What a waste of good bourbon. Ice, water, sugar and mint. Definitely an acquired taste.

The very last glass of the very last bottle of my once-massive supply of limoncello. This one is 96 proof, and very potent.

I guess nobody knows what Rock and Rye is?

Damn, now I really feel old.


Tonight, spiced rum. Just a bit. It warms up my feet when they are cold. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.

Rye whiskey and rock candy.

Very 1850s, sir.

That's about it. Add some fruit (No shit...fruit) and you've got it.

I remember my grandfather (in who's house I was raised) always kept some in stock. It looked different than the stuff they sell today, Jacquins being the only brand I could find, but it's a sweet cordial which I usually buy for the holidays.
The Rock and Rye I remember had the rock candy crystallized onto the inside of the bottle, making it look like cracked ice. I tried to find a pic, but alas, couldn't.

I'll admit to a predilection for old-stye hooch. 8)

Interesting!

Wife brought me home a bottle of Basil Hayden's tonight:

Love Dennis Hopper in "Blue Velvet".........and the scene where's he talking P B R !

Nice whiskey.
Nicer wife!

Oh boy, that stuff was really good.

<----shopping for worthy lemons.

R

You know, I think we could probably work out a mutually beneficial arrangement...

Earlier today we sampled our altbier, only been in the bottle a week. Really liking how it's coming out.

Tonight I'm drinking pisco and keeping an eye on an interesting experiment. Trying something different with all the lemon juice left over from limoncello. I'm thinking of it as un-lemonaid as I'm removing the sugar. It looks really cool, not sure if it will be drinkable but worst case I'm sure it will make a great drain cleaner.

I dunno. How old are your sewer pipes?

good point, interested to see what the final ph is.

Tonight, manhattans

If I knew my mini-me's flight was going to be delayed so many times tonight, I would have been drinking something. It is beginning to feel like a Glenrothes night. And.....in the time it took to write this post, her flight has been delayed yet one more time. Maybe it's not too late to call BayPorter. Grrrrrrr.