Important!!!

[nobby]

What's your poison?

Beer? Ale? Whiskey? Fatties?

I'm thinking right now of the "nectar of the gods"

Guinness Draft. So smooth. So tasty. So guzzleable :grin:

And only a couple of calories more than bud lite Razz

The little plastic thingy contains 75% nitrogen/ 25% CO2.

Okay, now I have to run down to the Quik-E-Mart!


Then, thanks to Guinness researchers again, enter the widget, that little device that replicates the nitrogen tapping system in a can. When a chilled can is opened, a capsule containing the correct mix of nitrogen and carbon dioxide forces the beer through appropriately tiny holes. To call the resulting pour “draft” in a can isn’t the contradiction it first seems. Again, stout led the way, but other ales, such as Boddington’s, are also packaged with widgets.


Whether on tap or widget-driven, the quality of a nitrogen-dispensed pint really does depend on the skill of the served. As an experiment, ask your favorite bartender to pour two pints: pour one gently down the side of the glass and pour the other straight into the bottom. The first pint that still contains lots of disolved nitrogen will taste prickly and flavorless. The second, correctly poured pint with much of the nitrogen released will have the characteristic creamy head and smooth flavor. That’s the pint your Irish friend is longing for.

http://www.allaboutbeer.com/features/packside.html

[Fulcrum]

Brilliant!

I tend to favor Smithwicks when I'm not in the mood for a meal, like Guinness is. But yeah, Guinness off the tap, especially in the UK, is mother's milk (and I hear it's even better in Eire).

[E. Shaun]

I like almost all booze except for vodka.

Heresy, I know.

Favorite beer is Kilkenney, favorite highball is either Rye and 7 (with Crown only) or Gin and tonic, and favorite liqueur is Bailey's.

Oh, and I almost forgot...I'm a huge fan of Port. Warres' Warrior being my fave.

[nobby]

Favorite beer is Kilkenney

THOSE BASTARDS!

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m63/jonnewyork/kennydead.gif

[nobby]

AHH!

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m63/jonnewyork/AHH.jpg

[pounce]

when aardvark was over last week i had my favorite drink, ALOT.

anyhow, it was mostly things that involved vodka, my favorite in general. guiness properly poured is a wonderful thing.

also, i forced aardie to have a captain creamy. it's cream soda and captain morgan spiced rum. very good, sweet, and it'll kick your ass faster than you think. btw - chicks dig captain creamy. plus the name is funny.

[Spock]

Warsteiner Dunkel

Because life is too short to drink cheap beer.

I grew up on this stuff.
Little King Cream Ale (http://www.mylifeisbeer.com/beer/bottles/bottledetail/197/), a local brew.

[gabby garcia]

Sierra Nevada Celebration with a side o prime rib - rare.

Louis Jadot Pouilly-Fuisse with a side o Alaskan king crab legs - drawn lemon butter.

scotch and sushi.

champagne always.

very happy

gg

[clicktrack]

Various Wines. Lots of them.

Rye & Ginger (CC preferably)

Vodka.

Various Beers...From Keiths to KilKenny, to Boddingtons to

Yep...I'm an equal opportunity alcoholic...

[J.G.]

I'm a digger of various wines too--red, white, rose', some of those fun fizzers from Italy, and of course, champagne...

I DIG many-a-fahiiiine Belgian beer too, and their beer hybrids like Kreik are damned tasty when the sweet-tooth is pointy.

Ciders are appreciated as well.

I like cocktails too, from Margy's to those creamy, girlie numbers.

Then there's the hot, wintery warmers like vin-chaud, special coffee's and teas that I enjoyyyyyy...

I'm not so much into the straight hard stuff, as it's just a lil too much burn for my buck, but over chipped ice, or with water, I do like some.

Yeah, I like beeeeooooooze... Razz

[blackieC]

Harp lager is my favorite beer with Bass close behind.

I never could understand why so many why so many Brittish folks drink Budweiser. Although I will drink Bud Light when trying to avoid impairment. As Gabby once said,"It's the lemonade of beers".

Speaking of which I recently re-discovered shandy.

1/2 good full flavored beer, 1/2 lemonade or lemon soda. Exticulant summer beverage.

Liquor-wise I favor Tito's vodka and Ardbeg 10, a peaty little Islay single malt.











Those of you who read Gabby's post will probably not have to wonder why I seem to wind up at the Gabby/Crunch household at dinnertime so often.
Wink

[Pimp-X]

Lakeport and Molson Canadian.




:lol:

[orbb]

scotch and sushi.



gg

I cannot imagine the combined taste of peat moss and wasabi.

[gabby garcia]

I cannot imagine the combined taste of peat moss and wasabi.

whiskey is fantastic with sushi. much scotch is born in the cold -close to the sea and rocky coast with hints of salt spray, fog and wet woods, and of course grains. perfect with the clean, bracing tastes of raw fish and rice. try it sometime - you may likee.

:)

gg

[Fulcrum]

I never could understand why so many why so many Brittish folks drink Budweiser.

Me either. I generally just get my water straight from the tap.

Liquor-wise I favor Tito's vodka and Ardbeg 10, a peaty little Islay single malt.Ah it was only a matter of time before someone mentioned Tito's... figures it'd be you. I need to pay a little visit to the bottle downstairs, actually.

[jerryskid]

Warsteiner Dunkel

Because life is too short to drink cheap beer.

I grew up on this stuff.
Little King Cream Ale (http://www.mylifeisbeer.com/beer/bottles/bottledetail/197/), a local brew.


ah little kings....that sure takes me back...hard to find in this part of the state though...gonna have to take a drive to Cincy...:grin:

[Senap]

Just home from a weekend in Amsterdam I already miss this feller:

24

Amstel Bock. A dark creamy dutch beer. mmmmmmmmm

[Tim Halligan]

Me either. I generally just get my water straight from the tap.


There is a beer over here called Swan Light because it's, well, a light (as in low alcohol) beer. Something in the order of 1%.

Those of us over a certain age...ie probably not Knightsy...know it as "sex on the beach" because it's the nearest thing to f@#king water available.

:grin:


Cheers,
Tim

[TSTW]

There is a local Ale in Cornwall (UK) called 'Skinners', the water in Cornwall is soft so the liquid is a beautiful light golden colour and the taste is incredible.

The names of their various beverages are hilarious so its a win win situation!

http://www.kernowharvest.co.uk/store/ales-mead/skinners-ale/skinners-ale-cornish-knocker-500ml-4-5-a/showitemSKINKNOCK.aspx

[meLoCo_go]

If surfing the web counts as poison - than I'm poisoned beyond curability....

In case of booze - cognac...
Luckily can't afford desired quantities of desired quality))))

[Tim Armstrong]

Local (to me) brewery Dogfish Head makes several excellent beers AND they have a very small distillery making rum and vodka (which I haven't gotten to try yet). Their 60-minute and 90-minute IPAs are about as wonderful an assault of hops as I've drank.

I do love me some Guiness Stout, too, but the tastiest stout I've ever drank was some fresh Beamish Stout in a pub in Dublin a few years ago. Slightly sweeter, with a hint of chocolate. Tasty!

Interesting beer geek factoid about Guiness: Every batch has in it a small amount of a previous batch that was allowed to sour, and then was pasturized. Theoretically, since each of THOSE batches have beer from previous batches in THEM, you could be drinking a few molecules of 200 year old Guiness!

Cheers, Tim

[legros]

I can't leave the office for another 1/2 hour but I sure feel like a camel under a burning sunlite in the sahara desert. thanks very much!

Calvados and a black coffee please!

[Comte de St Germain]

Blood.

[gabby garcia]

Blood.

and oatmeal?
Wink

[The Diz]

tho i can hardly ever find it, murphy's irish stout is my personal fav. when i do find a pub that has it, then i tend to sit there for about 8 hours. last happened at AES at a pub by the Hilton. missed all of the saturday fun, and due to that, completely missed all of sunday. drive back to L.A. that night was a blast i must say.

if anyone has any spots in l.a. that have it, please let me know. the daily pint has at various times in the past. other than that?

[maccool]

There is a local Ale in Cornwall (UK) called 'Skinners', the water in Cornwall is soft so the liquid is a beautiful light golden colour and the taste is incredible.

And if you're ever in Kernow, go drink at the Blisland Inn, on the edge of Bodmin Moor( 50°31'41.95"N 4°40'56.27"W, sorry, can't attach .kmz files from Google Earth). Many beers, well kept, and cider. Be careful with the cider.
Nearby resides Mitt Gamon, a world-class blues harp player of my long acqaintance.

As for my own beer taste, it's generally a good light hoppy bitter, unless I'm in range of real Gueuze. I spent a year and a half living in Brussels and acquired a taste for good Gueuze, which is only made in and around Brussels. It's "sourdough" beer! By that I mean that it's spontaneously fermented, like sourdough starter is in San Francisco. No yeast is added to the mash, it's just left open to the elements and the local yeasty flora do the rest. But it's peculiar to the local yeasty flora exising in the Senne river valley in and around Brussels. Kriek is made by steeping local cherries in the lambic produced this way, and not all of them are sweet. Gueuze blends new and older lambics and varies in sweetness from the too-sweet-for-me likes of Mort Subite to the ascerbic Cantillon, my favourite, which will take the enamel off your teeth.

I also like good Scotch; some good blends, and most single-malts, always with a splash of water, or even soda with the blends.

Oh yeah, and good Kentucky bourbon.

But, if I could have my choice of intoxicants, it would have to be a primo Hawaiian buds fatty, along with a great room and a great acoustic guitar. I know I can't play when I'm pissed, even when I'm pissed, but I think I can play when I'm stoned, even when I'm stoned, and sometimes I even surprise myself. C'mon, I can't be the only one!

[Comte de St Germain]

and oatmeal?
Wink

I prefer scotch with soup.

Mason once said to Dixon: "A life well lived involves the combination of soup and liquor."

Dixon had a penchant for vomiting at inopportune times.

N'er would we hold it against him, especially the night he watered his vomit with a hand held garden sprinkler. Such a pest, yet always a good wingman.

[CurtZHP]

I think for now, I'll just have a Coke with lots of ice.

Maybe later, I'll have a Ballentine Ale.

[frnjplayer]

Brilliant!

I tend to favor Smithwicks when I'm not in the mood for a meal, like Guinness is. But yeah, Guinness off the tap, especially in the UK, is mother's milk (and I hear it's even better in Eire).

mmmmmmm
Smithwick's!

[nwsoundman]

FATTIES

[Johnny]

Tito's vodka straight or in a MMartini.

Ascott makes a very tasty and inexpensive XO brandy. I also like Armagnac de Montal.

Beer, Guinness or Shiner Bock (we have a kegerator of Shiner at our Church).

[jimmyjazz]

I loves me some Guinness Pub Draft, or better yet, pulled from the tap.

Thanks for the photo!

[binaural turbine]

mmmmmmm
Smithwick's!

FATTIES

hard to go wrong with either of these, although I tend to prefer a bowl rather than a bomber.

Less finger stink.

[magicchord]

Just give me Coors, but not the Light version.

[bblackwood]

Beer all the way here - primarily stuff from the Dogfish Head and Rogue breweries (brew my own as well).

[ajcamlet]

http://www.themacallan.com/img/random/main/pic_1926.jpg

[nobby]

Beer all the way here - primarily stuff from the Dogfish Head and Rogue breweries (brew my own as well).

There are two microbreweries within a mile of here, but how about passing me a glass of your home brew? :D

[MacGregor]

What's your poison?

Beer? Ale? Whiskey? Fatties?



Whisky. Scottish single malt. The only truth!
Not that blended cheapy water (with ice, urgs) cooked south of
Canada.

[Grapestomper]

Wine!

(Lots of wine, lots of types, as long as it's interesting and well made/grown.)

Whisky!

(Single Malt Scotch: Single barrel, cask-strength bottlings, especially from Cadenheads. I like 'em peaty, I like 'em malty)

Fatties!

(Copious quantities of the local Nor-Cal herbs)

Beer...

(Once in a while... I enjoy an "Arrigant Bastard". To paraphrase a joke that has already been used in this thread: "How is American beer like making love in a canoe?"

"It's fucking close to water")

M

[QweziRider]

Guinness Extra Stout.

A good tequila.

The occasional rare (once every squillion years) fatty.

[mandor]

Well...I'll second (or third, or whatever we're up to) Guinness, and will agree with Fulcrum on Smithwicks (which we happen to have on tap here at my local pub), but in the pub I prefer Cider - Blackthorn, Strongbow, or my new favorite which I happened upon while in London this summer: Magners (over ice).

Of course, you can never go wrong with a 'Blacktooth Grin' (finally something for you Pantera fans): Crown Royal and Coke (diet, of course...gotta watch my figure, don't you know)

[invisibl]

The aussies 'll know this.. For americans or Poms insert ( deride) your fav beers here..

The General Managers of Cascade Brewery (Tasmania), Tooheys (New South Wales), XXXX (Queensland), CUB (Victoria) and Coopers (South Australia) were at a national beer conference.

They decide to all go to lunch together and the waitress asks what they want to drink.

The General Manager of Tooheys says without hesitation "I'll have A Tooheys New."

The General Manager of Cascade smiles and says "I'll have a Cascade Draught, brewed from pure mountain water!"

The General Manager of XXXX proudly says "I'll have a XXXX Gold, the King of Beers!"

The bloke from Carlton says "I'll have a Carlton Draught, the cleanest draught on the planet"

The General Manager from Coopers glances at his lunch mates and says, "I'll have a Diet Coke."

The others look at him like he has sprouted a new head. He just shrugs and says, "Well if you blokes aren't drinking beer, then neither will I."




Oh and still 42 below vodka..

[PRobb]

AHH!

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m63/jonnewyork/AHH.jpg
Is that an Ampex 300? Very cool.

Anyhoo-
Beer- Brown and either British or Belgian. Although an ice cold Rolling Rock on a hot summer day goes down real nice. Otherwise, I agree with the canoe joke (which I think was mine)

Scotch- Islay malts. Yes to Ardbeg and do try the 12. And that McCallan 1926- where the hell did you get that and what does it taste like?

Cocktails- Yes please. Manhattans and Sazeracs (both with Old Overholt Rye) Here's a nice one: 1 part gin, 2 parts vodka and 1 part Lillet. The spice of the gin and the sweetness of the Lillet balance nicely. And the gin is absolutely Tanqueray.

Skoal, L'chaim, slanje, nasdrovia, prost, whatever ya got.

[PRobb]

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
-Benjamin Franklin

[saxplayerz]

Corona or any good home brew will do. :grin:

[Unfcknblvbl]

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
-Benjamin Franklin

"A woman drove me to drink and I never had the decency to thank her."
-W.C. Fields

[oudplayer]

Aslan Sütü brand rakı. Hard to find, so in a pinch Yeni Rakı will do. Must consume with beyaz peynir (white cheese, similar to feta), kavun (Persian melons), and antep fıstıgı (Gaziantep pistachios).

Amazing stuff - a room full of leftist musicians on the stuff will produce conversation like you've never heard before. It is also effective (at least in Istanbul) in pacifying an artist who just got so screwed over by the label that they're about to go on a physical rampage busting everything in your studio.

[PRobb]

Aslan Sütü brand rak?. Hard to find, so in a pinch Yeni Rak? will do. Must consume with beyaz peynir (white cheese, similar to feta), kavun (Persian melons), and antep f?st?g? (Gaziantep pistachios).

Amazing stuff - a room full of leftist musicians on the stuff will produce conversation like you've never heard before. It is also effective (at least in Istanbul) in pacifying an artist who just got so screwed over by the label that they're about to go on a physical rampage busting everything in your studio.

Yummy! My girlfriend has a Turkish brother in law (inishte?) and that stuff is great. Similar to French Pastisse or Swedish Aqua Vit or Greek.. well perhaps I shouldn't mix Turks and Greeks.Roll eyes Clear when you pour it, turns cloudy when mixed with water or ice.

[Johnny]

Another anise-flavored brandy?

[Mark]

Full Sail Amber Ale or Fat Tire, and when I'm in some dive bar that only serves crap beer, rum (not particular) and coke.

[oudplayer]

Yummy! My girlfriend has a Turkish brother in law (inishte?) and that stuff is great. Similar to French Pastisse or Swedish Aqua Vit or Greek.. well perhaps I shouldn't mix Turks and Greeks.Roll eyes Clear when you pour it, turns cloudy when mixed with water or ice.
When you get to "know" rakı, you'll see it's really quite different than Greek ouzo - I can't stand drinking mass-marketed ouzo anymore (a piss-poor drink on par with "Lucky" brand vodka).

Yer talk about beers though is making me long for beer selection - in Turkey, we have Efes Pilsen, and we have Efes Pilsen, and if you get tired of that, there's always Efes Pilsen...

[nobby]

http://www.themacallan.com/img/random/main/pic_1926.jpg

Aye, laddie!

Been a while since I've had a wee drop o' tha!

[Palewailer]

If i'm buying?

[Palewailer]

If you're buying?
Twisted

[jerryskid]

Bushmills on the rocks for me....and of course a cold Rolling Rock....(but not for much longer)

[Anduin]

Sweat of a hottie. Direct from her navel.

[PRobb]

Sweat of a hottie. Direct from her navel.

Oooh, kinky. I like it.

[Tim Armstrong]

Bushmills on the rocks for me....and of course a cold Rolling Rock....(but not for much longer)

The bastards started brewing RR in New Jersey in August, I believe...

Tim

[Mixerpuppet]

I don't drink alcohol....

[PRobb]

Aye, laddie!

Been a while since I've had a wee drop o' tha!

Where is AJCamlet? You can't post that picture without some explanation. Is that really 80 year old Macallan!?!?!?!?!?

[bunnerabb]

Yup.

I am a black leather duster and cowboy hat wearing, Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 drinking sonofabitch.

Neat. Coke back.

Bartenders actually fuck that up.

[Grapestomper]

Where is AJCamlet? You can't post that picture without some explanation. Is that really 80 year old Macallan!?!?!?!?!?

It really is...

...but if I had to guess, I'd guess that he didn't get to drink it.


It goes for something like 10,000 pounds for a bottle.


(On the other hand, if he DID get to taste it, I wanna fuckin' report!)
M

[Southpaw]

What's your poison?

Beer? Ale? Whiskey? Fatties?

I'm thinking right now of the "nectar of the gods"

Guinness Draft. So smooth. So tasty. So guzzleable :grin:

And only a couple of calories more than bud lite Razz

The little plastic thingy contains 75% nitrogen/ 25% CO2.

Okay, now I have to run down to the Quik-E-Mart!



http://www.allaboutbeer.com/features/packside.html

My wife and I honeymooned in Ireland for two weeks and we made damn sure we stopped at St. James Gate Brewery for a sampling of my favorite poison. I thought I liked Guinness until I had it at the brewery. At sip one, 'like' turned into full blown 'love'. It's a whole 'nother beast when it's fresh like that.

It was an epiphany.

I've been hunting for the perfect Guiness ever since. In talking to a couple of pub patrons in Killkenny, I learned about the Catch-22 of Guinness: To get good business, you need to have fresh Guinness. To have fresh Guinness, you have to have good business so you're always tapping new kegs.

I've since learned where the best Guinness in Seattle is. And it's the hoppen Irish pubs. There's nothing like it. Mother's milk, indeed.

[drumhogg]

Arrrrrr.....


Captain and coke.....

Or

If I'm feelin' frisky

Sky Vodka and Red Bull

[volthause]

I'll take a Knob Creek over ice, or a plain and simple Miller High Life.

It is, afterall, the champagne of beers.

Merry Highlifemas!

[nobby]

Ever notice that Aussie wine has about 1.5% more alcohol that wines from any other continent?

I wonder why that is.

[gabby garcia]

I have been searching for a bottle of Chateau Nib Nob 1985.

very elusive.

I've heard tell of a few bottles left, hidden away in a machiavellian dungeon somewhere, exact location as of yet undetermined.


I would settle for some of this, in the meantime.

[st robert]

straight blue agave anejo or silver. el tesoro platinum, don julio, cuervo reserva de familia.

rogue dead guy ale is fabulous in the beer dept, only surpassed by their shakespeare stout.

ahhhh...

rob

[G. Hoffman]

Expensive as fuck, powerful, rich, deep, and old red wine. Best served with a great steak.


But Guiness is pretty good too.


I also like (and my Australian friends give me shit for it) a really good dry hard cider. Say what you like, but a good Hornsby's is quite nice.


Oh, and I LOVE desert wine (though only with desert, and usually by the time I'm drinking it I'm drunk enough that I'm not sure if I actually like it, or I just want to drink more).


Honestly, I mostly just drink with food.



Gabriel

[Grapestomper]

Ever notice that Aussie wine has about 1.5% more alcohol that wines from any other continent?

I wonder why that is.

It's because it's fuckin' hot down there.

[Thumper]

Belvedere on the rocks.

Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout.

Goose Island's 312 (my local fav)

And because I'm a rock n roll dude... PBR and Old Style.

Fond (missing) memories from high school: They all involve Schlitz.

[jerryskid]

just got this sent to me:

Water vs. Beer, rum, whiskey, vodka, wine, or other liquors
WATER
It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water
each
day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of
Escherichia coli bacteria found in feces, in other words, we are
consuming 1 kilo of poop.

BEER

We do not run that risk when drinking beer, rum, whiskey, vodka, wine, or
other liquors because alcohol has to go through a distillation process
of
boiling, filtering and fermenting.



WATER = Poop

BEER = HEALTH



FREE YOURSELF OF POOP ... DRINK BEER, rum, whiskey, vodka, wine, or
other liquors

It is better to drink beer, rum, whiskey, vodka, wine, or other
liquors and talk shit than it is to drink water and be full of
shit.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information, I am doing
it as
a public service and because I have a kind heart.

[J.G.]

CRIKEY.

I just worked out for 1 hour on our elliptical machine and sweated my ass off; I sweated poop? Thumbdown

I need a beer.

[TSTW]

or my new favorite which I happened upon while in London this summer: Magners (over ice)


No offence, but i think Magners is over-rated. It has a peculiar after taste which i cant quite put my finger on.

There is a local cider, totally traditional called 'Stowford Press', which i can confirm will put hair's on your chest!!!

Vodka and red bull tend to make me aggressive, for which i'm not a fan.

[Drummerboy]

The only alcohol I drink is beer. Shitloads of this stuff:
http://www.schuetzengarten.ch/portal/Portals/0/Bilder/Produkte/Klosterbr%C3%A4u_gr_1.gif
It's called Schützengarten - best Swiss beer ever.
With foreign beer I especially like Stella Artois. Drank that a lot in Birmingham (although it's from Belgium...)

[maccool]

Well...my new favorite which I happened upon while in London this summer: Magners (over ice)...

Oh dear me! Magners, a triumph of advertising. In Ireland it's sold as Bulmers, which is a long-established brand of English Hereford cider. It's all bollocks. I've tried Magners, once. And once was enough. Horrid!

[nobby]

Where is AJCamlet? You can't post that picture without some explanation. Is that really 80 year old Macallan!?!?!?!?!?

Not to worry. It won't spoil!

[ProgHead]

Patron Reposada Tequila straight up or mixed in a Margarita. Can't beat a true 100% Agave tequila.

Beerwise, I'm still quite partial to an ice cold Moosehead.

[nobby]

Beerwise, I'm still quite partial to an ice cold Moosehead.

I used to drink that with my buddies ages ago. I'd forgotten all about it.

I think it was the pale ale though. (http://www.moosehead.ca/moosehead.com/corporate/products.asp)

[ProgHead]

I used to drink that with my buddies ages ago. I'd forgotten all about it.

I think it was the pale ale though. (http://www.moosehead.ca/moosehead.com/corporate/products.asp)

I prefer the Lager over the Pale Ale.. But hey, I'll drink either when you get right down to it.

[chrisj]

Coffee :Roll eyes:

[gabby garcia]

Beerwise, I'm still quite partial to an ice cold Moosehead.

moosehead makes me gag.


ok I've never had one, I just wanted to say that.

:icon_eek:

(don't bogart the glenlivet blackie)

[blackieC]

(don't bogart the glenlivet blackie)




*sssssshhhhhhhhhh.....*




Scrubbin' the floor boss, scrubbin' the floor.

[conejito]

Bonghits 'n' beer!!

Only kind green bud, please.

Beer? I'll take whatever you're pouring, but if I have a choice, it'll be microbrewed India Pale Ale for me, thanks.

Whisky? Sure. Make mine a 10- or 12-year-old Macallan.

Mixed drinks? Gimme a Cuba Libre, or better yet, a Captain and Coke, if ya got it.

Martini? Mixerman makes the best vodka martinis around.

[jerryskid]

(Looking at shoe)....Damn, Blackie, you missed a spot !!!!!!

[Scratchy Potts]

http://www.scotchwhisky.net/images/bots/speyburn.jpg...


Followed by

http://212.25.248.194/originals/cannabis-joint.jpg

:Confused:

[mandor]

Oh dear me! Magners, a triumph of advertising. In Ireland it's sold as Bulmers, which is a long-established brand of English Hereford cider. It's all bollocks. I've tried Magners, once. And once was enough. Horrid!

Yeah well...marketing makes a killing on us tourists! It's probably something like South Americans coming to the US and drinking Budweiser and thinking it's cool.

The thing I liked about Magners (for the summertime), is that it was very light and refreshing (I could drink them like water), but it still packed a kick. Found a pub in Berkeley that tries to stock it. Gotta admit, they looked at me kinda funny when I asked for it on the rocks. I told them they should get out more! :)

[mandor]

No offence, but i think Magners is over-rated. It has a peculiar after taste which i cant quite put my finger on.

There is a local cider, totally traditional called 'Stowford Press', which i can confirm will put hair's on your chest!!!

Vodka and red bull tend to make me aggressive, for which i'm not a fan.

No offence taken. Beauty is in the eye of the beer...er...cider holder. :). In my constant quest to sample new stuff, can you tell me whereabouts 'local' is to you? Looks like Gabe is a Cider man also (although, I'll only drink Hornsby's if I can't get anything else), so let us know where we can sample this beastie.

Christ...why are the majority of my posts in this thread? People might start to think I have a 'problem'!

[nobby]

Coffee :Roll eyes:

Yep. I'm a caffeine addict also.

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In fact, I could use a cup about now :Yawn:

[Anduin]

I'm still quite partial to an ice cold Moosehead.

Me too. But only if it's spring out in the bush and I haven't had any action in months. Otherwise I'd go for a human.

[TSTW]

Christ...why are the majority of my posts in this thread? People might start to think I have a 'problem'!

Heh heh! i appreciate! I'll pm you Mandor!

[PRobb]

The cider in most bars around here is Woodpecker. I really like it in the summer when beer can be a bit heavy. Only on tap though. In the bottle it has a bit of an iodine taste.

[nobby]

Sometimes the situation doesn't require a Marshall stack or a fifth of single malt (NTTAWWT)

Half pint of Chivas posing with half pint practice amp

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m63/jonnewyork/HalfPint001_edited.jpg

[nobby]

This explains Malice's interest in Pinot Noir...

Red wine component revs endurance in mice (http://www.physorg.com/news83000301.html)

A red wine component shown to extend the lives of mice and protect them from obesity also has been shown to boost endurance, French researchers said.

Besides confirming resveratrol's benefits, the researchers offered insights into how the substance works, The Washington Post said Friday.

Resveratrol apparently raises the metabolism so muscles burn more energy and work more efficiently, researchers said. Mice fed large doses could run twice as far as they would normally. Researchers said the same triggering mechanism is likely to be in humans as well.

"This compound could have many applications -- treating obesity and diabetes, improving human endurance, helping the frail," said Johan Auwerx, a professor at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology in Strasbourg, France, who led the research published online and in the Dec. 15 issue of the journal Cell.



" Auwerx said more research is needed, especially to see if the approach is safe for humans. Humans would have to take hundreds of resveratrol pills or drink hundreds of glasses of wine a day to get equivalent levels tested on the mice."

I'm on it.

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