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Kenny Logins posted:I'd be more of a fan of manhattans if I weren't in canada where they will always make them with crappy Canadian whiskey I thought you use rye also I thought for purposes of a mixed drink Canadian bourbon is good. I’m also of the school anything better than bulleit(Sp?) is a waste in a mixed drink - others may disagree
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maskenfreiheit posted:I thought you use rye also I thought for purposes of a mixed drink Canadian bourbon is good. i use old overholt which is cheap as gently caress but makes a great manhattan. they also will charge you like $15 for a manhattan made with OO in chicago which is loving lol as gently caress since that's what a bottle will run you.
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Jan 6, 2018 03:39
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Kenny Logins posted:I'd be more of a fan of manhattans if I weren't in canada where they will always make them with crappy Canadian whiskey rye whisky good
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Jan 6, 2018 03:39
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I am very much over Canadian rye and most American ryes that would be good for manhattans I'd be just as happy drinking straight
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Jan 6, 2018 03:44
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Canada alcohol is good. steamwhistle is ok. molson is better than bud. they’re not Belgium but for a pint and a burg they’re good.
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Jan 6, 2018 03:45
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many small canadian microbrews are still very good and not super trendy so they are still drinkable yes
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Jan 6, 2018 03:47
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hot take: people only pretend Belgian beer is good because of Delirium- the everclear of beer. it’s ok BTW but let’s just admit it’s good and not pretend to care what a lambic is.
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Jan 6, 2018 03:50
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I had an old fashioned too. I plan to have one more - probably just a whiskey or bourbon neat with a water bottle to round things out.
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Jan 6, 2018 04:39
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Kenny Logins posted:I'd be more of a fan of manhattans if I weren't in canada where they will always make them with crappy Canadian whiskey go to better bars / ask the bartender to make it with a specific hooch
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Jan 6, 2018 04:43
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Chris Knight posted:go to better bars / ask the bartender to make it with a specific hooch they purposely sabotage them and wish people ordered Toronto instead but they don’t
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Jan 6, 2018 04:54
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Almanac Astounding Enterprises it’s a sour but it doesn’t smash you in the face with it, they were most definitely going for a blend of flavors quite enjoyable to split a 375mL bottle, and I might even have been able to handle a full one myself (whereas most bottles of sour that size I prefer to split 3+ ways)
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Jan 6, 2018 08:39
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evan Williams white label good or bad? local just started carrying it 
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Jan 6, 2018 16:11
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good thing about living in a cold place, you can save fridge space by keeping your beer cold outside silver lining and all that
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Jan 6, 2018 17:15
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Ragtime All The Time posted:evan Williams white label good or bad? local just started carrying it
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Jan 6, 2018 18:20
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maskenfreiheit posted:they purposely sabotage them and wish people ordered Toronto instead but they don’t lmao
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Jan 6, 2018 19:32
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according to ye olde bartender's guide, manhattans were made with canadian whisky during prohibition, so it's not like the recipe's incorrect
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Jan 6, 2018 20:02
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maskenfreiheit posted:hot take: people only pretend Belgian beer is good because of Delirium- the everclear of beer. 
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Jan 6, 2018 21:50
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maskenfreiheit posted:hot take: people only pretend Belgian beer is good because of Delirium- the everclear of beer. i like belgian beer because of chimay, i've had delirium like, twice? couldn't even tell you if i liked it or not it's been so long.
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Kenny Logins posted:it's the bottled in bond (100 proof). probably worth a shot but I've never tried it. worst case it'll be great for cocktails After trying it it seems fine enough, the price is right too
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Jan 6, 2018 23:00
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chimay blue is Real Good (and try having it on tap in Brussels)
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Jan 7, 2018 01:47
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i fukken love belgians but it feels like its getting harder to get them as liquor stores have been dedicating more shelf space and resources for local stuff. like, just in-state stuff. theres even some out of state beers i'm not seeing as frequently as i used to.
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Jan 7, 2018 02:37
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lol so last night we got pissed drinking beer, mate of mine and me and I fell asleep snoring like hard out, like ive never done before and so I wake up and my throat is sooooo fuckin sore and then later on today it feels like I have something stuck in my throat, feels like a piece of pork fat idk so im coughing and hoicking and everything I can to try to get this poo poo out and I look down my throat in the mirror and see that the dangly bit which apparently is called an uvula is swollen and long and touching my tongue, and god it feels so hosed up like its constantly causing gag like reactions and when i talk its so so so weird its hosed up my friends gently caress I hope its down and normal in the morning
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Jan 7, 2018 11:19
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Belgian beer is really good on average* and anyone who thinks Belgian beers are not among the very best in the world simply don't know jack poo poo about beer. *their pilsners/lagers suck tho
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Jan 7, 2018 11:23
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i don't like the banana and clove flavors that are present in a lot of belgian beers from their yeast strains so i typically avoid belgians. lambic is great though.
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Jan 7, 2018 16:53
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drinking an ommegang quad rn my tastebuds generally make things worse (cilantro tastes like soap, some beers just taste like crackers, etc) but i'm real glad i dont have the belgian->bananacloves gene
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Ragtime All The Time posted:evan Williams white label good or bad? local just started carrying it it's really great don't drink it neat -- add at least one ice cube. just in general whiskey is meant to be consumed at 35-40% abv. cheap whiskeys are often pre-diluted to 40%, and suffer for having ice added. they just taste like watered down whiskey. these are whiskeys to be consumed neat. more expensive whiskeys affirmatively require a significant amount of added ice or water to get them down from cask/bottle strength to an appropriate drinking dilution. the flavors grow stronger when you dilute them, because the bracing alcohol content masked them before. -- this is also why wild turkey 101 is like 10x better than wild turkey 80. they're the same whiskey, just the 101 isn't pre-diluted, so you can pour it over a couple ice cubes and enjoy it "opening up"
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Kenny Logins posted:it's the bottled in bond (100 proof). probably worth a shot but I've never tried it. worst case it'll be great for cocktails whiskey has a strong flavor, so most whiskey cocktails are aggressively spirit-forward consequently there's no such thing as a mixing whiskey. if you don't like it straight, you ain't gonna like it in a cocktail
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https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/950063896555130885
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:it's really great
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Kenny Logins posted:small addendum: if a bottling is listed somewhere between 41% and 49% try it neat (first) because the bottler bottled it at that level for a reason. they bottled it at that level because you're expected to add some water or ice, and enjoy the changes in aroma as the whiskey "blooms" so to speak
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nowhere in finland has ever had a shortage of empty spirits bottles
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:they bottled it at that level because you're expected to add some water or ice, and enjoy the changes in aroma as the whiskey "blooms" so to speak e: I would also say in most cases if you're dealing with non-bib high proofs you're better off diluting with cold water rather than ice. cheaper stuff is fine to use a nice big ice ball or w/e Kenny Logins fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Jan 8, 2018 |
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maskenfreiheit posted:hot take: people only pretend Belgian beer is good because of Delirium- the everclear of beer. sounds like something a tasteless nobody from iowa would say
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Kenny Logins posted:e: I would also say in most cases if you're dealing with non-bib high proofs you're better off diluting with cold water rather than ice. cheaper stuff is fine to use a nice big ice ball or w/e i'm neutral on water vs ice, but i am not neutral at all on those giant ice balls giant ice balls are meant to avoid melting by having low surface area relative to their mass. they are excellent for preserving the temperature and dilution level in a pre-diluted drink, like a cocktail, or a low-abv whiskey. but they will take ages and ages to reach target dilution levels on a pour you actually wanted to get down to the 35-40% sweet spot. and that's not fun. if you intend to chill your drink with a giant ice ball, you may wish to stir it with ice or water before pouring it into the final vessel with the ice ball, or else you will never hit the desired numbers (and flavours)
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i am so glad my taste buds are not sensitive enough to care about meltwater in my drinks
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prefect posted:i am so glad my taste buds are not sensitive enough to care about meltwater in my drinks
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Corla Plankun posted:but i'm real glad i dont have the belgian->bananacloves gene the what? if your tripel/quad tastes like banana bread, they hosed it up brewing trips and quad is real fuckin hard
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prefect posted:i am so glad my taste buds are not sensitive enough to care about meltwater in my drinks if you cared about the meltwater in your drinks you would taste more stuff don't be a snob: put ice in your whiskey, it tastes better
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:if you cared about the meltwater in your drinks you would taste more stuff i do put ice in all my drinks. step one is always "fill glass with ice"  i was more saying "i'm not one of those people who put cold rocks in their drinks so they don't accidentally get any water in there"
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