Modern Vespa

coopers extra stout then coce buds and becks

A conversation between a man and a woman - about beer....

Woman:
Do you drink beer?

Man: Yes.

Woman:
How many beers a day?

Man:
Usually about 3.

Woman:
How much do you pay per beer?

Man: $5.00 which includes a tip.

(This is where it gets scary !)

Woman:
And how long have you been drinking?

Man:
About 20 years, I suppose.

Woman:
So a beer costs $5 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at $450. In one year, it would be approximately $5400 ...correct?

Man:
Correct.

Woman:
If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past
20 years puts your spending at $108,000, correct?

Man:
Correct.

Woman:
Do you know that if you didn't drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?

Man:
Do you drink beer?

Woman:
No.

Man:
Where's your Ferrari?

this drinking thread needs some trakta

Mint julep!

Okolehao Moonshine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okolehao

Is that new

I continue Belgium theme since I came back from VWD. Yesterday I drank Genever, today- Lambic.

We have several bottles of wine in the fridge. We close our eyes, grab one, (because we can never chose one cause they are all good) We grab the glasses and towels and head to the hot tub for relaxing and fine discussions about life. I really like my weekends!

Bell's Two Hearted Ale.

Genever Mint Julep, the forgotten one and overshadowed by KY style with bourbon,

North coast brewery...

Pranqster 7% + and a bottle of Brother Theolonious 9.4%. Feeling no pain.

I'm feeling tuff tonight, so I'm drinking Booker's bourbon. Only problem is, now I can't feel my tongue .....

Sierra Nevada Summer Ale

I have to ease up from my two weeks in Spain!

Picopoul de Pinet -- Coteaux du Languedoc

A little something I made. Four stage hop schedule during the boil, two variety dry hopped IPA. Essentially a five hopped IPA. The greeting aroma is like stuffing your head in a sack of oranges. The bitterness is evenly mellowed with the smoked oak additions. It's pretty awesome... and way too drinkable.

94.6 IBUs (International Bittering Units)
8.5 SRM (Standard Reference Method)
8.1% ABV (Alcohol by Volume)

Next time, I'm making more than five gallons. This beer rocks!

Corona. Good ol' Corona.

My daughter (not that daughter, the other daughter) and her friends came over for a weekend visit/vacation and left the remainder of the beer they bought in my refrigerator.

Mrs. Menhir doesn't drink.

There's no one else living here except me. So...









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Foster's Again....

Bottled the hefeweizen today and celebrated with an altbier.

Based on some comments in this thread, I bought a couple of airline-sized bottles of Drambuie to see if I would like it. I drank one of them this afternoon, and I suspect the other one will be gone by tonight.

So that's an affirmative.

Mrs. Jess (who hates licorice) was distinctly unimpressed.

10 year old Bulleit Bourbon on ice

Four roses small batch.

Be sure to keep Mrs. Jess away from another of my favorites, Metaxa ouzo. This stuff could probably kill someone who hates licorice.

And, tonight's choice is DonQ Gran Anejo.

A chilly glass of ice water. Party animal tonight!

coffee and it is nearly 11pm. R

Hard core!

I had started on the Trumer earlier, but by the time I got home, I downgraded to Coors.

Steep downgrade. Still livable though.

I have a few Newcastle left in the fridge. Need to quiet my mind. Maybe that's a good way...

Tito's hand made vodka my new favorite vodka

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I need to cut myself off. I have had three and fear overnight reprocussions of bathroom trips.

My better half is also not a fan of anything even hinting of licorice / anise. So I' can't even drink Arak, Absinthe and Ouzo around her. But Drambuie has such a negligible note of licorice (or perhaps it's just so jumbled up with all the other tastes and fragrances in there) that she's never mentioned noticing it.

Mrs. Jess must be extremely sensitive to it. [shrugs]

Luckily, there's is something out there for every taste.

I noticed the licorice note right off the bat. It comes on strong at the beginning of a sip and then fades faster than licorice flavors normally would. And yeah, it's balanced by the honey and herbs and spices and such. But it's definitely there. Nowhere near the level of Jagermeister, of course.

I was under the impression that Jagermeister was the sort of thing frat pledges drank as a hazing stunt or on a dare.

I dislike those exact flavors too. I am not sure what it is about the taste but it won't ever be enjoyed by mouth. By smell not a bother at all.

Besides my beer and wine favorites (medium not hoppy beers and red wines), I like mixed drinks that use sour tangy things with lemon, pomegranate and black cherry juices. Or a shot of a nice tequila now and then.

Water

I wonder if like / dislike of licorice and anise falls roughly along gender lines. Now we're talking! Got any favorite brands?

A Patron Silver or a Souza. There are a couple others I have had and liked but can't remember names.


Black licorice flavor is one of those flavors that trigger a "get that out of your mouth it could be. poisonous" kind of responses. It does not compute as a food. Lol. I also hate hate those seeds on rye bread. One of those sneaks up on me on get stuck in my teeth, my day has just gone from okay to bad. Lol.

A totally unexpected treat

Thanks my fav.
Maybe an old fashioned. Oh yes.

California?!? Pshaw. Probably tasted like warm grape juice.

To the MV Riders in the Seattle, Portland area, Elysian Brewing and New Belgium recently released a Rye IPA brewed with our Cascade Hops: They are sending a case to me in NY and two cases are on route to our Hop Ranch in Grandview, WA. Please let us know what you think:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yik8rh604Gs/UatKmrWmN5I/AAAAAAAB9oo/0NNDdiEpZ30/s1600/image%25255B2%25255D.png

Cheers,

G

On the road to Colorado, had some fine samples in Bloomington, IN on Friday.