bloke wrote:As far as whiskey is concerned, I WISH I COULD find other whiskeys that I like as well as I like Dickel #12
I have always thought that American Whiskey was pure rot-gut. Dickels is not, I have a bottle that sits proudly next to my bottle of Jameson's and Tullamore Irish Dew. It serves me well straight up with no chaser when I am in the mood for a heavier, woody flavor.
bloke wrote:The term (around these parts) for cheap domestic whiskeys is "bust-haid".
As that sage of all things, Chick Williamson (my Grandfather) would say about such things "That stuff will put the "slobber-knocker" on you quicker than you know".
Same sentiment, different regions.
He also said once about my aunt: "She's complain if you hung her with a new rope".
Chuck"who misses his Grandfathers piquant sayings about all things in life"Jackson
just bought the new Sam Adams Brewmaster's collectin for Spring. Haven't had a chance to sample them yet. Includes Boston Lager, Black Lager, Alpine Spring, Mighty Oak Ale, Irish Red and Whitewater IPA, can't wait!
B&H imperial E flat tuba
Mirafone 187 BBb
1919 Pan American BBb Helicon
1924 Buescher BBb tuba (Dr. Suessaphone)
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It's more bitter melon tea for me, at this very moment, but the alcohol currently interfering with my central nervous system is from Ficklin Tawny Port, and before that a pint of Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout, both products of sunny California that I recommend most heartily. Port is naturally a sweet wine, but I didn't find this one syrupy or cloying, rather well balanced.
Right now I am drinking a fizzy vitamin C drink, but later I will be drinking a dry Hendrick's Martini or a sidecar: 2 brandy, 3/4 triple sec 3/4 lime, 3 drops orange bitters.
Cerveny 601 Kaiser BBb
Boosey and Hawkes EEb
Leningrad EEb
Courtois AC 440 trombone
Conn 88H
Conn 8H
Besson New Standard
Courtois Alto trombone
Hm, prices on the brandy shelf have so far discouraged experimentation, but I might try this sidecar recipe with pisco, which is after all a type of brandy.
A Drinking Game:
You say this one line at a time, adding a line each go round and everybody at your table has to repeat it perfectly with no mispronunciations. Anybody messes up has to chug their drink.
One hen
Two ducks
Three cackling geese
Four olympic oysters
Five corpulent porpoises
Six pairs of Dinah Frago's favorite tweezers
Seven hundred Macedonian knights in full battle array
Eight parapatetic, parapalegic old ladies in wheel chairs
Nine ancient Egyptian mummies brought back from the secret sacred crypts of ancient egypt.
Ten titillating Tarantula spiders tip toeing down Tenth Avenue on a tuesday afternoon
If you get through all this sober, you be super human!
It was only $3-4 more than the decent British stuff.
I'll have to look out for that!
Today, it's obvious... Hofbrau, Spaten, Stiegl... oh wait? St. Patrick's day? Oh... well...the lines were too long at the Irish bars, so, we went to some German bars instead. Works for me! Prosit!
bort wrote:
Today, it's obvious... Hofbrau, Spaten, Stiegl... oh wait? St. Patrick's day? Oh... well...the lines were too long at the Irish bars, so, we went to some German bars instead. Works for me! Prosit!
Should have brought some green food coloring....
Yamaha YEP-642s
Boosey & Hawkes 19" Bell Imperial EEb
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Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
