CS Booze Club.

[Kara]

I found out recently that I don't mind Jack Daniels (Jack Dagnels for my fellow Epic Meal Time fans), at least, not when mixed with Pepsi.

[sms001]

Blue Moon's summer ale, Agave Nectar Ale.

So, not syrupy tasting? I'll check it out, thanks.

I found out recently that I don't mind Jack Daniels ... mixed with Pepsi.

Sacrilege! COKE. JACK AND COKE!

I usually drink it neat, but a good summertime cocktail is whiskey and lemonade, or if you wanna get fancy, a Lynchburg Lemonade (1 part each Jack, Triple Sec, Sour mix, 3 parts lemon-lime soda) is quite tasty.

[Jester]

Lynchburgs are tasty. As is Jack. Especially good is Jack Daniels Single Barrel, chilled.

[Dentarthurdent]

Lately I've been drinking something I haven't given a name. I've been mixing Meyers' rum with Vernor's ale and lime juice and ice and swirling it all together. It's sure as hell not a Dark 'n' Stormy. But I couldn't get to a big enough city to purchase ginger beer this last time, so...*shrug* it's not half bad. It's nowhere as good as a D'n'S, of course. But not too bad.

[Jester]

Dent, if it isn't made with Gosling's Black Seal rum, it isn't a Dark and Stormy. Meyers's in a Dark and Stormy automatically makes it not a Dark and Stormy.

That being said....a while back, my bar was out of ginger beer, and a bar guest wanted a Dark and Stormy. Telling him of our lack of product, I suggested ginger ale instead. Not the same, certainly not a Dark and Stormy, but he figured what the hell, and actually enjoyed it. And I came up with a name for it. We called it a Partly Cloudy. It seemed to fit.

So if you want to call your drink something, perhaps borrow that names. Or simply call it a Meyers's and Vernor's. or hell, get all funky and call it an M&V.

[Jester]

Rogue Irish Style Lager (5.0% ABV). A big bottle of this has been in my fridge so long (a year or two) that I didn't even realize I had it. The color is yellow, only slightly darker than your average BuMiCo* swill. The nose is subtle and slightly sweet, with much promise of something tasty. In taste, it's a nice, flavorful lager, with a good balance of subtle sweetness and light hoppiness. It loses me, however, on the aftertaste, which is unpleasantly pilsner-like and bitter. Not my favorite offering from Rogue. Sad. I give it a 5 out o 10. It would have scored decently higher except for that aftertaste.

If you want a good Irish lager, I'd recommend the old standby, Harp. Always a classic, and it should not worry about this Irish lager being a threat to it.

Damn it. Now I want a Harp.

*For those new to this thread, you'll see me refer to "BuMiCo from time to time. That is merely my abbreviation for the typical product of Bud, Miller, or Coors, an abbreviation I use to refer to typical American swill beer. It is not, however, an indication that I believe everything made by these companies falls into this category.

[sms001]

Damn it. Now I want a Harp.

lol. I've got three in my fridge right now - had a hankering for some half & halfs this weekend - and they're right next to the wine from your 'Lousy day off' thread.

Thanks for the heads-up on the Rogue offering. My shop (I think) has it and I was tempted to snag a six a while ago. If I see it again I'll make it a part of a mixed-six instead of a whole six pack.

[Tyg3rW01f]

My late Uncle Danny introduced me to an interesting twist on a "Rusty Nail"... substitute hazelnut liqueur for the Drambuey. He calls it a "Colquhoun" as the hazelnut is the clan plant.

It's a nice drink... ESPECIALLY when you make it with McClellan's Highland scotch.

Another... Mead. Homemade, and aged for two and a half years or longer. GOODSHTUFFSH!!!

[Dentarthurdent]

Another... Mead. Homemade, and aged for two and a half years or longer. GOODSHTUFFSH!!!

I may have already ranted about this on this board, but homemade mead, aged for 16 years. It was like being run over by a honey train with a walnut caboose. Never before have I tasted anything alcoholic that was so delicious, and I suspect never again.

[Tyg3rW01f]

s-s-s-s-s-six-TEEN years?!

*jaw is on floor*

[Dentarthurdent]

s-s-s-s-s-six-TEEN years?!

Yeah. I was dating this guy whose grandpa died, and we all went to his funeral and then had a wake at his house. He had laid down the mead 16 years prior, and one of the uncles had brought it up from the basement/cellar and said we were going to drink it in his honor, and the grandma was all telling us how nasty it had to be after aging for that long.

I'm glad we talked her out of dumping it. It was so amazing.

Speaking of long-aged alcohol, I heard of a rum-runners' boat being sunk off Isle Royale during Prohibition and one of the casks being hauled up by...er...local employees in the late 90s or early 2000s. Who had the party to end all parties, from the way it's usually told.

[Jester]

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So while I was at the grocery store, I was chatting with my friend Glacier, who works the and was ringing me up. Knowing I am a fan of beer (DUH), she asked me my opinion on two different beers: Fat Tire from New Belgian in Colorado, and 420 from Sweetwater in Georgia, both of which have just recently become available in Key West.

She asked because she had seen a 2-for-1 special on sicpacks of Fat Tire, and was wondering if it was worth it.

Fat Tire is a beer labels as an amber. As a fan of ambers, I find this alternatively offensive or hilarious, as it is in no way an amber. I love ambers. I know ambers. I rink ambers. And this beer, folks, is no amber. It has no bite, almost no flavor. It's not a bad beer, in the sense that it tastes gross. It's just mediocre, boring, or as the marketing goons at Bud Light might say, "has drinkability." In other words, don't expect much in the flavor department. Which is pretty much exactly the opposite of what a good amber actually is. (Excellent examples of ambers for those interested: Ballast Point Calico out of California, Alaskan out of Alaska, Fixed Gears out of I think Colorado, and my favorite, Evolution out of Utah.) I suggested to Glacier that she'd be better off finding a bar that stocks it and trying one.

Which brings us to Sweetwater 420, a pale ale. Unlike Fat Tire, 420 is everything you'd expect out of what it's listed as, and then some. It is flavorful, has a nice hoppy bite as a pale ale should, and is very quenching. At a bar a couple weeks ago, when I asked why drafts they had, as soon as they mentioned 420, I said "Stop! Sold!" I told Glacier to go try the 420, and I'd be shocked if she didn't love it.

Two examples of beer. One has an excellent marketing program, because they well the shit out of it, despite it being pretty much crap. The other is less well known, and is superior in every other way.

To put it simply, 420 is the Ferrari, and Fat Tire is the Fiero with a great paint job.

[SilverOrb]

I made a Japanese Slipper the other day... Made it with the cheap melon liquor though.. Yum.

Also I LOVE this white peach Cosmo I had once... Tried to make it home but couldn't get the proportions right :-(

[Jester]

Also I LOVE this white peach Cosmo I had once... Tried to make it home but couldn't get the proportions right :-(

What are the ingredients? I can probably figure out the proportions for you. Since, ya know, it's kind of my job and all.

[SilverOrb]

It had Absolut, Peach Schnapps, TripleSec, and cranberry & lime juices. At least that's what the board said lol. Thanks Jester!