OMG_Bill Report post Posted September 5, 2007 Sounds tasty. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fée époussetée Report post Posted September 6, 2007 Fantastic. Did he know what absinthe was? Or did you have to sit him down for a history lesson? he had the basic idea, I only had to tell him not to burn it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Robinson Report post Posted September 6, 2007 Turkey Browns served with the last of the Wit's End White. 'Tis a good evening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OMG_Bill Report post Posted September 6, 2007 During the last big rain, some labels washed off a few bottles. Tonight it was something green and it tasted rather "new". Sweet and not as bitter as some may like. I'll label it with a sharpie.....#10. It's been one of those weeks. Sort of like buying the bent cans at the supermarket......you just never really know what you're going to get. Oh well, it seems to work so I won't bitch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peridot Report post Posted September 6, 2007 Old Fashioneds (Elijah Craig) with friends and Battlestar Galactica on DVD. What a good night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baubel Report post Posted September 6, 2007 NuPernod. Partly because I made the dose incredibly poorly, and partly because it's NuPernod. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Absomphe Report post Posted September 6, 2007 If you made the dose too strong, the latter part of your statement about covered it, and if you made the dose too weak it probably would have been an improvement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baubel Report post Posted September 6, 2007 I'd like to think the problem was simply that I made it. However, you are correct, it was too strong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Robinson Report post Posted September 7, 2007 Had one of the best dishes of fish and chips I've ever had, and two of the best poured pints of Guinness I've found outside of Dublin. Was a good lunch. Tonight, I think I'll go with something green. Not sure what yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baubel Report post Posted September 7, 2007 A glass of Edouard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fever Report post Posted September 7, 2007 Half of my first order came in (two Montmartre) and I enjoyed four glasses last night. Beautiful drink. Delicious. Crossing my fingers that the other package will arrive today (another Montmartre and an Ike). If it does then Ike Limitee is on the menu. If not, more Monty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MMarking Report post Posted September 8, 2007 After this week, I am surprised I didn't start with a flask in my car at 3:30pm! I had a hankering for a Lemon Drop. So I made one and after tasting it, Wrayalien said, "Why not add a shot of absinthe to it?" which I did and it is wonderful!!! Now, I suppose it already has a nifty name for it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrayalien Report post Posted September 8, 2007 Louched Lemon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Legate Report post Posted September 8, 2007 Friday after a long, long week. Next week looks too exciting with a few days off and drinking with some good friends. Ummm, 2 vertes and one blanche and I may soon be headed to bed. I have some serious gardening to do tomorrow before the crops all go to seed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baubel Report post Posted September 8, 2007 Some pommie pyment and a commie comedy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boggy Report post Posted September 8, 2007 Faustino Rivero Crianza 2003 Rioja. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrayWolf Report post Posted September 8, 2007 Phew.. it´s been a while since I´ve been on. Lots of nasties going on as well as a few goodies (mostly just insanely busy) To reply T73 and Maggie, I´m glad you liked the selection I´ve send some from the last batches that were made. And that you two liked the chestnut one better than I did! As for me, I´m running on emtpy, but another glass of berry gin should be do-able Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boggy Report post Posted September 8, 2007 Treblement de terre with Ronsard brandy as a dilutant (it improves when dissolved in extrait). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nymphadora Report post Posted September 8, 2007 I know it wasn't your intention, but everytime I look at that painting I see Bin Laden staring back at me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeRoy Report post Posted September 9, 2007 I bought a sampler box of Redhook tonight. I'm not impressed. The IPA is ok, at best! I think I'll try another drink of a nice verte with some wonderful artwork on the label! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShaiHulud Report post Posted September 9, 2007 I typically LOVE Deschuets (Black Butte Porter etc...) but I am trying the Mirror Pond Pale Ale tonight and I am not a fan. What's up with that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Bill Turkey Report post Posted September 9, 2007 I know it wasn't your intention, but everytime I look at that painting I see Bin Laden staring back at me. The guy from Bin & Jerry's? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeRoy Report post Posted September 9, 2007 I am trying the Pond Ale tonight and I am not a fan. What's up with that? Well..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Legate Report post Posted September 9, 2007 A Libertine Amer 72%. Not pre-sweetened. Lotsa Melissa. Not terribly complex but very nice. Water. A blanche of questionable origin. Water. I see a pattern developing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OMG_Bill Report post Posted September 9, 2007 Samuel Smith's India Ale and Nut Brown Ale. I needed some bottles and was feeling kind of spunky. More research is needed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Absomphe Report post Posted September 9, 2007 I bought a sampler box of Redhook tonight.I'm not impressed. The IPA is ok, at best! Redhook is a xitty brewery with an even xittier attitude towards the craft beer industry. Their beer has always been sub-par, at least as far as micros (or once were micros) go, and back in the 80s, after they sold a large intrest of the business to Anheuser Busch, they made sure to lobby for a repeal of the tax break that small brewers received in Washington...this, of course, they did [/i]after they had grown too productive to be considered a micro anymore. Personally, I'd love it if nobody ever purchased a Redhook beer again, and they went belly up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Robinson Report post Posted September 9, 2007 Had my first dose of the Absinthe CCC I've has sitting in my cabinet forever. From the initial reviews, this stuff must have aged VERY nicely, because I really like it. Straight forward with the wormwood, but balanced out well. The louche sucked, and the mouthfeel was a bit thin, but the flavor was extremely enjoyable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocktailchronicles Report post Posted September 9, 2007 I typically LOVE Deschuets (Black Butte Porter etc...) but I am trying the Mirror Pond Pale Ale tonight and I am not a fan. What's up with that? I hear you -- their Cinder Cone Red prompted the first-ever mash note I've written to a brewery, and the Black Butte is a staple in my house in the fall, but I've always found the Mirror Pond to be a big glass of meh. Pity, that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boggy Report post Posted September 9, 2007 I know it wasn't your intention, but everytime I look at that painting I see Bin Laden staring back at me. I am sure St. Jerome will deal with him, if you ask him. As Doctor of Church, he is as effective as Padre Pio in case of heresies (Osama definitely is one, even Muslims do not support him that strongly they had used to). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fixedspiral Report post Posted September 9, 2007 It was my roommate's (one of my 2 best friends ever) birthday technically yesterday, and I just can't sleep now. I know I got an assortment of Flying Dog beers (not the high gravs) and innumerable Vodka Tonics, and several specialty drinks we make, called "Marshalls" (after my roommate), which entails some sort of frozen fruit concentrate, a wee bit of ice, and any liquor on hand (minus the absinthe!). It turned out a decent night, but it's nearly 6 am, and I'm the only person not passed out. ::beady little eyes:: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
