What are you drinking right now?

[eg1]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Good choice! 18 or 12?

Neither -- just the garden variety. It's rare around here to find anything but the basic Jamesons, Bushmills, or Powers in a bar.

 

[DNW]

Finishing up my jug of Saranac Black Forest.

 

[saint]

'85 Gould Campbell. Still has a good bit of life ahead of it.

 

[Lucky Strike]

No imagination, me:

 

[Huntsman]

I've always thought of the Martini (or rather, it's progenitor, the Martinez) as the clear spirit mirror of the Manhattan -- gin for the bourbon, dry vermouth for sweet, olive for cherry. Straight gin martinis are all well and good, but all the extra dry malarky gets on my nerves (order a chilled gin with an olive already!), and I should like the Vesper, but I don't, so I thought I'd try a new variant; I present The White Martini. I use the -tini ending as it carries the mantle borne by the Martinez, but uses vodka and white vermouth from the Vesper, but in the proportions of the Manhattan. The White Martini: 2 oz. Vodka 1 oz White Lillet 1/4 oz Maraschino Stir over ice for 25 seconds, strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a generous slice of lemon peel, squeezed over the glass.

 

[Connemara]

Having lunch at my grandparents's bar, so I mixed myself a nice Coke & Wild Turkey 101.

 

[skalogre]

Originally Posted by Huntsman

I've always thought of the Martini (or rather, it's progenitor, the Martinez) as the clear spirit mirror of the Manhattan -- gin for the bourbon, dry vermouth for sweet, olive for cherry. Straight gin martinis are all well and good, but all the extra dry malarky gets on my nerves (order a chilled gin with an olive already!), and I should like the Vesper, but I don't, so I thought I'd try a new variant; I present The White Martini. I use the -tini ending as it carries the mantle borne by the Martinez, but uses vodka and white vermouth from the Vesper, but in the proportions of the Manhattan. The White Martini: 2 oz. Vodka 1 oz White Lillet 1/4 oz Maraschino Stir over ice for 25 seconds, strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a generous slice of lemon peel, squeezed over the glass. http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9061/dsc00372mi5.jpg
Huntsman, I very rarely drink coctails but I do find your posts fascinating. Keep them up.

 

[Huntsman]

Originally Posted by skalogre

Huntsman, I very rarely drink coctails but I do find your posts fascinating. Keep them up.
Hey, thanks. Not to indulge in counter praise but I enjoy your beer posts also as I know next to nothing about beer (did not know the Lindemans lambics were to some degree fake, shame on me, I really want a real Kriek now). ~Huntsman ps. I recently picket up a 750ml of Chimay blue. I've had the red and can't wait to try this one...

 

[kronik]

Originally Posted by Huntsman

Hey, thanks. Not to indulge in counter praise but I enjoy your beer posts also as I know next to nothing about beer (did not know the Lindemans lambics were to some degree fake, shame on me, I really want a real Kriek now).

~Huntsman

ps. I recently picket up a 750ml of Chimay blue. I've had the red and can't wait to try this one...

I just started into the beer thing myself - about to have a Cantillon Kriek for the first time. All I've had until now in the "craft beer" area are Hoegaarden, Kasteel (Rouge/Triple), Young's Chocolate Stout (I want to try Ommegang's), Ommegang's Three Philosophers, and Lindeman's Framboise.

What's like Hoegaarden, only better? I really like the taste of it compared to most beer. If I recall, skalogre said it was a witbier?

 

[DNW]

Originally Posted by kronik

I just started into the beer thing myself - about to have a Cantillon Kriek for the first time. All I've had until now in the "craft beer" area are Hoegaarden, Kasteel (Rouge/Triple), Young's Chocolate Stout (I want to try Ommegang's), Ommegang's Three Philosophers, and Lindeman's Framboise.

What's like Hoegaarden, only better? I really like the taste of it compared to most beer. If I recall, skalogre said it was a witbier?

Well, coincidentally, Ommegang also makes a witte. My favorite out of their beers is the Three Philosophers, but you might want to give the witte a try. It's been so long since I last had Hoegaarden that I don't remember what it tastes like.

 

[skalogre]

Originally Posted by kronik

I just started into the beer thing myself - about to have a Cantillon Kriek for the first time. All I've had until now in the "craft beer" area are Hoegaarden, Kasteel (Rouge/Triple), Young's Chocolate Stout (I want to try Ommegang's), Ommegang's Three Philosophers, and Lindeman's Framboise. What's like Hoegaarden, only better? I really like the taste of it compared to most beer. If I recall, skalogre said it was a witbier?
Nice. The Cantillon Kriek is the ****

Personally, I prefer Witterkerke to Hoegaarden (sort of a touch more citrus note and little stronger flavour, again IMO). That Japanese Hitachino Nest White Ale is really good facsimile of a Belgian witbier without being just a blatant copy... Thanks for the kind words Huntsman. Just decided that taking a quick snap with my phone of what I am drinking will make it easier for me to remember what I have actually tried before. I forget things too easily

 

[kronik]

Originally Posted by skalogre

Nice. The Cantillon Kriek is the ****

Personally, I prefer Witterkerke to Hoegaarden (sort of a touch more citrus note and little stronger flavour, again IMO). That Japanese Hitachino Nest White Ale is really good facsimile of a Belgian witbier without being just a blatant copy...

Thanks for the kind words Huntsman. Just decided that taking a quick snap with my phone of what I am drinking will make it easier for me to remember what I have actually tried before. I forget things too easily

The first Kriek I had was a Kasteel, with (now) obviously added sugar. The Cantillon Kriek is very sour; I could see liking it more if I was fond of cherries.

I'll have to look around for the Witterkerke.

 

[BrettChaotix]

I just finished my first New Orleans local brew... 16oz of 11% and lots of walking has forced me to switch to a PBR while I finish ny Po-Boy dinner

 

[DNW]

Originally Posted by BrettChaotix

I just finished my first New Orleans local brew... 16oz of 11% and lots of walking has forced me to switch to a PBR while I finish ny Po-Boy dinner

Dude, you're in New Orleans. Get off the interweb and enjoy.

 

[lee_44106]

Just had a Dogfish Head 60 min IPA, now enjoying a nice glass of Duvel. In a couple of hours I shall be retiring for the night.