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 Are you feeling very daycrew? does The Mattering seem like it could Overwhelm you at any second? Have you not embraced the nihilism as the free world runs head first over a cliff? ALCOHOL CAN HELP WITH THAT if alcohol helps too much please seek medical attention or psyciatric help cspam not responsible for any injuries, mental of physical, that may be sustained attempting to escape the mattering Welcome to your liquid escape from this awful (excellent?) reality! Post here for all your intoxication needs and questions! Need a drink recommendation? Drank something you want to share? Want to make awkward conversation with strangers? We got that Seriously the combined ABV of this forum would kill you many times over, we've got the gumption to make it through these trying times together. I'll be posting nightly cocktails, with pictures and instructions. I can whip up recommendations for anything using only what you have accessible Remember, nothing matters, except paying your tab. make alcohol great again. Your current Authoritarian overlord bar manager - Lastgirl Barkeeps: 2DCAT - Secretary Of Liquor Weeping Wound - Undersecretary of Beer M_Gargantua - Undersecretary of Wine Alcohols of the Month: Liquor - For when you need to maximally concentrate your self loathing and hope it goes away. 2DCAT posted:Choosing my first Liquor of the Month has been a very difficult and challenging problem. On one hand, I'd like to select a liquor that truly represents the people -- a high proof, low cost whiskey that truly represents the history of America. On the other hand... now that the Republicans in Congress appear to have formally recognized my position as Secretary of Liquor, I also feel the need to side the bastard 1%, and select a whiskey thats mediocre, unavailable to nearly the entire world, and outside the price point of the vast majority of the people. But today, as I walked the halls of Congress... I was reminded at how broken our society has become. Instead of choosing one, or the other... I have chosen to make a compromise. Beer - The working mans choice of watery slurry to grow your gut. Weeping Wound posted:Well, what do you know? Wine - For when you're trying to appear calm and collected as your coastal elitist world crumbles around you. M_Gargantua posted:Wine is the classiest of the tasty drinks. Cocktails are expensive while being delicious, and scotch, while also classy, is both expensive and arguable on the taste front.
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(it's also like $5 for these don't slay me)
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since 2DCAT recommended such a great rye, tonight i'll be having a Classic Manhattan 3oz rye whiskey 1.5oz sweet vermouth few drops of bitters cherry garnish with citrus peel mixed on ice, served neat.   they're beautiful i know! so to make one  first grab a shaker with ice in it, glass, and sweet vermouth. garnish the glass with a lemon peel if youre classy. add the rye whiskey and the vermouth to the shaker in a 1:2 ratio.  next add a few drops of bitters, if you have them peach biters add a sweet kick instead of the usual. swirl it around until its all mixed up. drop a cherry in the glass, i smash them against the side so its muddled and you don't have to wait for the end to taste it.
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i'm drinkin evan williams and diet mt dew bc i'm not some fkin bourgeois poster
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no goon is turned away for their tastes. if we did that we would just be d&d.
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May 17, 2017 03:03
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Evan Williams is the perfect bottom-shelf bourbon.
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May 17, 2017 03:05
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Rittenhouse Rye is a pro as hell pick, next time I'm not on medication that prevents me from drinking I'll deffo pick some up ^^Evan Williams is also good as hell for the price, it's probably the best choice at that end of the quality ladder
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DRINK BOURBON YOU FUCKS IF YOU DON'T YOU HATE AMERICA DON'T IMPORT YOUR poo poo CREATE JOBS FOR AMERICANS
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true story mt dew was originally made as a mixer for whiskey and i'm glad of it
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also drink good NATO member Poland vodka, not evil election-tampering enemy Russkie vodka I recommend Sobieski, or Luksusowa if you want special kind of vodka made of scarce unavailable in Latvia wonder plant potato
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Epic High Five posted:DRINK BOURBON YOU FUCKS IF YOU DON'T YOU HATE AMERICA DON'T IMPORT YOUR poo poo CREATE JOBS FOR AMERICANS rye whiskey is more american than bourbon; noted patriot george washington distilled it on his property
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I'm a fan of the classics and counter-revolutionaries
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i was sipppin on some ozark distillery bourbon with a hint of water this evening
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May 17, 2017 06:49
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mormonpartyboat posted:i was sipppin on some ozark distillery bourbon with a hint of water this evening that sounds pretty rad. guessing they keep it pretty local because ive never seen it up here.
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alcyhol
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my old roommate used to get angry when i'd mix random stuff, like one time there was a little bourbon left and i topped it off with triplesec and sprite, or whiskey with orange fanta. he said i was wasting good whiskey like lol it wasnt going to waste anyway i got a dui so ive been sober for 5 months now, it blows. protip: if you leave the car at home and just uber to a bar, you cant drive home drunk! also half of americans never drink a drop, 10% only have one drink a year, another 10% only one a month, 10% just a couple per week, so the entire liquor industry rests on the backs of alcoholics. stay safe and dont overdo it guys! that said, i still like alcohol and will partake again in another month, but i'll be in that 2 drinks per week group. but it's not vital to cope with trump
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i hate that broke brain medications make alcohol a no go, i feel like i'm really missing out
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got any sevens posted:my old roommate used to get angry when i'd mix random stuff, like one time there was a little bourbon left and i topped it off with triplesec and sprite, or whiskey with orange fanta. he said i was wasting good whiskey like lol it wasnt going to waste These stats explain why America is the way it is jesus.
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May 17, 2017 08:00
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A Manhattan is a good and tasty drink. Probably my second favorite drink, behind my beloved sazerac.
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Is there any reason not to put high proof alcohol in your freezer? Also, cardamom bitters are really good, if you're into experimenting with bitters. *edit* Also, Rum and Coke is good. If you've got either Lime Coke, because you've got access to one of those Freestyle machines, or Lime Syrup/Lime juice add that and it'll be so much better you'll never drink just a Rum and Coke again. Relevant Tangent has issued a correction as of 19:29 on May 17, 2017 |
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May 17, 2017 19:25
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Relevant Tangent posted:Is there any reason not to put high proof alcohol in your freezer? cold ruins the taste
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May 17, 2017 19:33
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Deceptive Thinker posted:cold ruins the taste that's a benefit for lovely liqours. fridgid fireball is amazing and very cheep. jager is also good cold because there's not a good taste to ruin cold ruining the taste is why you almost always drink wine at room temp
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M_Gargantua posted:that's a benefit for lovely liqours. fridgid fireball is amazing and very cheep. jager is also good cold because there's not a good taste to ruin I mean, we put ice in all of our drinks? Also, barenjager as cold as your freezer gets is pretty close to syrup. Golden, honey flavored syrup that gets you drunk.
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May 17, 2017 20:10
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How? It explicitly discourages binge drinking.
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Relevant Tangent posted:How? It explicitly discourages binge drinking. I didn't read the OP
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When I get bored, I do drunken science experiments. Manhattans were something I looked into for a bit, and this is what I came back with. I shoot for a final ABV of around 30%, so my proportions are 2oz of the Rittenhouse Rye, and .9oz of Vermouth. I also use two dashes of bitters and an expressed clementine peel. A lot of people like buying store-bought vermouth, and while there is a lot of good stuff out there (punt e mas and antica formula immediately come to mind), you can do it better and cheaper if you do it on your own:  This was my last endeavor. Over the course of about 2 years, I ran roughly 2,000 food and beverage ingredients through the GC:MS and LC:MS, ultimately, I came back with aromatic matches that worked well with Rye whiskey. I'd have to pull up my notebook for all of the ingredients I used in this vermouth, but I know the final cost came out to $8.50 for 750ml, which is far below the price of even the cheapest vermouth. The biggest price factor in this is what you decide to cut the fortified wine with in the end. You can go all balls out if you're drinking it by its own, but I found that a cheaper amontillado works super well in a Rittenhouse manhattan. I use the expressed clementine peel since it's a much better aromatic match than the orange peel, but orange peel also works (i use it a lot when clementines are hard to find). I've been using the glycerin-based fee brothers, whiskey barrel aged, old fashioned bitters. You can use whatever though. I putting two dashes of the bitters into a metal spoon then blowtourching the bitters as the heat changes the glycerin structure quite a bit making it pretty drat awesome. I also smoke my manhattan with applewood because I think it rounds out the flavor a bit and applewood is a superb aromatic match with rittenhouse. I've fooled around with at least two dozen ways of infusing the smoke into the cocktail, but the best method I've found is to through your chilled, base cocktail into decanter, funnel the smoke in, and once its filled with smoke, cap off the decanter. Give it 2-3 shakes, and strain into the serving glass. Once in the glass, flame the clementine peel and toss in. Yes, I'm using punt e mas today because i'm out of my homemade vermouth   final product: 
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got any sevens posted:also half of americans never drink a drop, 10% only have one drink a year, another 10% only one a month, 10% just a couple per week, so the entire liquor industry rests on the backs of alcoholics. Are they counting kids or something in that half that don't drink at all? Because that seems really low.
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Thoguh posted:Are they counting kids or something in that half that don't drink at all? Because that seems really low. Adults over the age of 18. Also, the numbers are slightly off; it's 30% don't drink, 30% drink less than 1 drink a week, 20% drink less than once a day, 10% drink approximately twice a day, and the final 10% averages 74 drinks per week or more than 10 drinks per day.
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2DCAT posted:A lot of people like buying store-bought vermouth, and while there is a lot of good stuff out there (punt e mas and antica formula immediately come to mind), you can do it better and cheaper if you do it on your own: im definitely trying this one my summer settles down. also gonna share my polish brandy recepie when I make another batch.
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Adults over the age of 18. Also, the numbers are slightly off; it's 30% don't drink, 30% drink less than 1 drink a week, 20% drink less than once a day, 10% drink approximately twice a day, and the final 10% averages 74 drinks per week or more than 10 drinks per day. i wonder how this break up by region. im east coast and i struggle to think of anyone 18-40 who drinks LESS than like 4 drinks a weekend. that upper 10% really making bank for the alcohol companies. i drink excessively and still probably only ~20 drinks worth of alcohol a week.
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A thing that is very good and very easy is infusing hibiscus into your gin. You get a solid purple colored gin with an unexpected flavor and all you need is a strainer, an empty bottle to pour your gin into, and some hibiscus which is easy to find at basically every Hispanic/Asian/World market. It doesn't overwhelm the other botanicals in the gin, and it makes for some stunning drinks.
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May 18, 2017 01:34
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i'm drinking franzia boxed wine
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im doing a knob creek rye manhattan atm to roll me along while cooking im about to dive into scotch for the first time and picked up a bottle of glenmorangie 10 to celebrate also probably going to have some of this pinot since it smelled loving fantastic when i deglazed with it 
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M_Gargantua posted:that sounds pretty rad. guessing they keep it pretty local because ive never seen it up here. yah its got a lot of spicy and isn't GREAT for sipping so im going to try making some cocktails out of it
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since i have no lime, tonight's coctail is not the delicious cosmopolitan it is instead a trashy vodka cran remember that ice will throw off your ratios, and you don't want to overfill your glass (having extra is never frowned upon though!) whatever size you want, 1/2 a glass of cranberry juice, 1/4 of vodka, 1/4 of triplesec. makes for a sweet drink that you can pound and discover you have made yourself drunk without realizing it. then the next 3 drinks continue to hit you as you slouch into the couch and mainline tweet refreshes. cranberry juice is cheep and takes the edge off.  for those of you curious, thinking this sounds a lot like a cosmo. a proper cosmo is made out of the far better cointreau instead of triplesec, with lime juice, and has a much smaller amount of cranberry. Lindsey O. Graham posted:i'm drinking franzia boxed wine i wish you best with your hangover tomorrow
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Lindsey O. Graham posted:i'm drinking franzia boxed wine Why does a bachelor on a US Senate salary like such swill?
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 Paul Newman drank bushmills in the verdict he also typed on an olympia sm9 cheers drink one
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M_Gargantua posted:i wonder how this break up by region. im east coast and i struggle to think of anyone 18-40 who drinks LESS than like 4 drinks a weekend. Back when I worked at a liquor store, I estimate that 5% of our customer base bought 90% of our product, by volume. And that's excluding bootleggers. Once you've watched a man break down a pallet of Natty Light and reconfigure it to fit in the bed of a pickup truck in less than ten minutes, you've seen America. Old Kentucky Shark has issued a correction as of 02:51 on May 18, 2017 |
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seconding PBR as a cheap but drinkable beer. If you need something a little sweeter, Miller High Life is a crisp beer that I pretty much only drink during the summer and it's not bad, even if it is terribly sweet. Edit: I spent my early 20s living in a Minnesota/Wisconsin border town and I moved to Arkansas last year and the fact there are people here who don't drink "just because" is weird as gently caress. Poco has issued a correction as of 02:54 on May 18, 2017 |
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