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Sat Aug-25-07 01:05 PM
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We need a "Beer, Wine, and Spirits" Group... other than |
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the Lounge. A place where people can suggest good brews and wines, and share drink recipes.
I'm not much of a drinker but I do enjoy a good cocktail or glass of wine now and then and I get stuck at home on screwdrivers and fuzzy navels. Now I know DU has some great connosieurs and tasters. Let us use their talents.
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:06 PM
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1. You'd have my support (*hic*) |
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1st post: "So how early do you start drinking?" ;)
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:10 PM
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2. start with a coffee cocktail (no coffee in it, oddly): |
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shot of brandy 2 or 3 shots of ruby port an egg a teaspoon sugar
shake vigorously in cocktail shaker with ice; strain into a glass. looks like coffee! tastes like...grape jelly, actually. bottoms up!
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:18 PM
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8. Cool -- here's another good Sunday morning pick-me-up |
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My girlfriend likes mimosas, so one day I tried to mix one up w/o OJ (take out all that nasty nutrition). Here's what i came up with:
1/2 shot Cointreau 1/2 - 1 shot good Bourbon (Knob Creek works nicely)
Pour into a champagne flute and fill to the top with a decent prosecco.
Simple, tasty and very very sneaky. Don't make any plans for the afternoon.
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:12 PM
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I'd like that group a lot. It would be an excellent place for wine especially, since buying a bottle blind can be so hit or miss. Great idea.
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:14 PM
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5. K & R for wine enthusiasts et al. |
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:15 PM
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I could spend days talking about my favorite beers, and there's about a thousand of 'em.
Another couple of days talking about my favorite tequilas. That's right. Tequilas.
I highly recommend a show called "beer nutz" I think it's on HD-Net. Two guys go from city to city seeking the best "beer-nutz" in each locale. It's a classic.
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:15 PM
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Try this:
Crown Royal (Buy the Reserve - it's better) 2 parts Diet Mountain Dew 1 part Pineapple juice 1 part
Serve on the rocks. You can adjust the amounts per your personal tastes. I use Diet MD simply because Crown is sweet anyway and the pineapple gives it a nice zing. :beer:
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:24 PM
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:51 PM
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10. I like the ideas as well. |
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I have a small winery near Watertown NY that I buy a LOT of wine from and they have a couple of very good ones for red and whites, along with some decent dessert wines.
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Sat Aug-25-07 03:44 PM
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16. Dessert Wine?! Sounds like my kind of dessert! |
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Sat Aug-25-07 07:50 PM
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34. It is a wine that is sweeter than most... |
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And hence, usually served with the dessert course. http://www.thousandislandswinery.com/Check out the Delaware, and Seaway Blues.
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:52 PM
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Sat Aug-25-07 01:59 PM
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13. Sign me up for all three |
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Sat Aug-25-07 02:48 PM
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14. My husband just stumbled upon Glayva for me. |
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He and his buddies enjoy a good scotch, but it's just not my taste. When he was in London recently a friend introduced him to Glayva, a liqueur made from Scotch. Now I'm not much of a liqueur drinker either, but this stuff is good. Makes a nice refreshing drink when mixed with club soda over ice.
My sister just invented something last week that she calls a Florida Fruit Basket. I don't know what is in it, but it packs a wallop when you aren't looking.
My husband and I are wine connosieurs, I'd probably participate in a Beer, Wine and Spirits group from time to time.
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Sat Aug-25-07 04:50 PM
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22. To me, Glayva is just a knockoff of Drambuie |
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Edited on Sat Aug-25-07 04:51 PM by Canuckistanian
I find Drambuie to have more of an intense flavor and not as sweet as Glayva.
When I was younger, my roommate and I spent many the hour drinking Rusty Nails (2 parts Scotch and 1 part Drambuie).
BTW, "Glayva" is derived from the Gaelic "Glé mhath", meaning "Very Good"
Sláinte mhath!
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Sat Aug-25-07 05:08 PM
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23. Interesting. I find Drambuie to be completely unpalatable. |
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Eee gads, does that mean I have no taste?! :)
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Sat Aug-25-07 05:19 PM
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Glayva is a fine liqueur and I guess the taste of Drambuie is somewhat of an aquired one.
Each to his own.
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Sat Aug-25-07 03:18 PM
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15. I'm just thinking of getting back into homebrewing. |
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This could be interesting.
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Sat Aug-25-07 03:52 PM
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17. Sounds fun! I'm in! nt |
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Sat Aug-25-07 03:56 PM
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Only if you homebrewers can share with the rest of us!
:beer:
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Sat Aug-25-07 03:57 PM
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Sat Aug-25-07 03:59 PM
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20. That's not a bad idea. I'm kind of wine-tarded, and would like to learn more. |
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I've got John Cleese's Wine For The Confused in my Netflix queue, but I haven't seen it yet.
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Sat Aug-25-07 06:21 PM
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31. I'd like to learn more too. |
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Sat Aug-25-07 04:48 PM
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21. IPA freak here. Count me in nt |
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Sat Aug-25-07 05:23 PM
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27. Another Hop-head checking in. n/t |
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Sat Aug-25-07 05:14 PM
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24. A friend here in Santa Fe has just opened a meadery. I always resisted... |
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...the idea of mead because, knowing it's made from honey, I thought it might be too sweet. (And I'm asking myself if that sentence I just wrote might not be a metaphor for my whole life. But...I digress).
My daughter and I just went to his place and had a tasting party, and I'm just blown away. There are dry versions of mead, as well as sweet, and it's *just delicious*!
He's not quite ready to start selling to the public from his web site yet. He's in production, but only small amounts for now. But here's the web site, for future reference, if people would like to try something different:
www.falconmead.com
The owner is Darragh. Tell him Judy sent you!
I can't drink as much as I'd like to. Half a Margarita and I'm already feeling *really* friendly. But then I've got these uncooperative kidneys that start yelling, "Keep this up and I'll form another stone"! :)
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Sat Aug-25-07 05:23 PM
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26. A place where we can safely post while intoxicated. n/t |
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Sat Aug-25-07 05:28 PM
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28. "It's five o'clock somewhere" |
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With all the worldwide DU'ers, we can find it 5 o'clock somewhere.
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Sat Aug-25-07 06:05 PM
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29. wanna drool? . . . I have, in my modest wine collection . . . |
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eight bottles of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1961, and a few other special vintages, including one bottle of Chateau Latour 1945 . . . yeah, I know -- I'm an asshole . . . :shrug:
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Sat Aug-25-07 06:24 PM
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32. ok i'll go for it EOM |
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Sat Aug-25-07 06:50 PM
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33. Not to mention talking about home brewing too. :) |
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Something I just started doing. (after years of thinking about it, never having the money to buy any equipment, then finally saying screw it, and starting my first two brews in gallon water jugs left over from hurricane season, and making an airlock out of PVC left over from another project. :) )
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Sat Aug-25-07 08:10 PM
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36. Martini time in my house |
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Edited on Sat Aug-25-07 08:10 PM by libnnc
:toast:
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Sat Aug-25-07 08:21 PM
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37. my head is made of cork for a reason! |
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hear hear!!!
:toast: :beer: :hangover:
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Sun Aug-26-07 06:43 AM
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38. Here's a link to "Modern Drunkard Magazine" |
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