What are you drinking?

[zelezo vlk]

Negroni

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[greyhammer90]

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva neat

 

[pkt77242]

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva neat

Is there any other way?

Laphroaig 10

 

[greyhammer90]

Is there any other way?

Laphroaig 10

It really is absurdly smooth. There's a small part of me that would like to make a daiquiri with it, but I think adding more sugar to this would give me diabetes instantly.

On the other hand, if it has one flaw as a rum its that I don't get much citrus from it. It's like drinking toffee in the best possible way though.

 

[pkt77242]

It really is absurdly smooth. There's a small part of me that would like to make a daiquiri with it, but I think adding more sugar to this would give me diabetes instantly.

On the other hand, if it has one flaw as a rum its that I don't get much citrus from it. It's like drinking toffee in the best possible way though.

That sounds very good.

Lagavulin DE 1991. Sherry and peat, my favorite combo.

 

[greyhammer90]

That sounds very good.

Lagavulin DE 1991. Sherry and peat, my favorite combo.

Have you never had it? It's a great sipping rum, especially for its $45 price range.

Have you ever had Peat Monster?

 

[NorthDakota]

I've literally heard of none of this stuff. Do any of you savages drink mainstream domestic beer? Goodness gracious.

 

[greyhammer90]

mainstream domestic beer

 

[Black Irish]

I've literally heard of none of this stuff. Do any of you savages drink mainstream domestic beer? Goodness gracious.

My co-workers at my former job threw me a going away part about a year ago. I drank nothing but MGD to ensure I wouldn't get drunk, and could enjoy and remember the festivities. I could only choke down about 4 of them over the course of 3 hours. So yes, sometimes us savages do drink mainstream domestic beer. When you need to drink, but can't risk having the rush of flavor exciting your taste buds and causing you to over-imbibe, well, that is when mainstream domestic beer serves its purpose.

 

[NDShark]

Blanton's

 

[pkt77242]

My co-workers at my former job threw me a going away part about a year ago. I drank nothing but MGD to ensure I wouldn't get drunk, and could enjoy and remember the festivities. I could only choke down about 4 of them over the course of 3 hours. So yes, sometimes us savages do drink mainstream domestic beer. When you need to drink, but can't risk having the rush of flavor exciting your taste buds and causing you to over-imbibe, well, that is when mainstream domestic beer serves its purpose.

Don't forget that it is good for simmering brats in before grilling them. Miller High Life or PBR are my go to for that. Of course you drink whatever you don't use as waste is bad.

The thing is that if I am at a friends house I drink whatever they have in their house (sometimes to my regret) because it is rude not too.

 

[greyhammer90]

Don't forget that it is good for simmering brats in before grilling them. Miller High Life or PBR are my go to for that. Of course you drink whatever you don't use as waste is bad.

The thing is that if I am at a friends house I drink whatever they have in their house (sometimes to my regret) because it is rude not too.

Man Rule: When someone offers you a beer, your favorite kind is cold.

 

[pkt77242]

Have you never had it? It's a great sipping rum, especially for its $45 price range.

Have you ever had Peat Monster?

I have only had 5 or 6 nicer rums (Rhum Barbancourt 15yo, Ron Zacapa 23yo though only once, Mount Gay Extra Old, Appleton Estate 12yo, Ron Abuelo 12yo and maybe one other one).

I have had Peat Monster, a solid whisky but there are others that I prefer in that price range.

 

[greyhammer90]

I have had Peat Monster, a solid whisky but there are others that I prefer in that price range.

Examples?

Admittedly I mostly use Peat Monster to make interesting cocktails (I can make a Manhattan that tastes like a campfire), but you said you liked peat so I figured I'd check.

 

[pkt77242]

William Larue Weller 2011 66.75%

N: Polished oak, glazed pecans, brown sugar, and some caramel.
P: Pecan praline, polished oak, leather, brown sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.
F: The cinnamon, glazed pecans and some of the pencil shavings linger on the tongue for a few minutes.

 

[palinurus]

I've literally heard of none of this stuff. Do any of you savages drink mainstream domestic beer? Goodness gracious.

I joined a buddy for the ND-Navy game in a mom and pop sandwich shop and got stuck drinking an Amstel Light. If I have to do it, I make sure I don't squander calories on a bad beer.

Don't forget that it is good for simmering brats in before grilling them. Miller High Life or PBR are my go to for that. Of course you drink whatever you don't use as waste is bad.

The thing is that if I am at a friends house I drink whatever they have in their house (sometimes to my regret) because it is rude not too.

I'm not making fun of North Dakota; I used to drink whatever, as recently as three years ago. Slug down a few Lites while watching a game and eating, sure! But a buddy came to visit, and every time he did, he'd bring a sampler of six craft beers. Here's a Flying Dog; there's Old Dominion; here's an Edmund Fitzgerald. Before you know it, I couldn't drink the other stuff. I would, and even now, only have a couple but I enjoyed them incredibly more. So when I go to visit a bad-beer friend, I dip into the inventory and take what I feel like drinking and, of course, leave the remainder with the beer-pagan, hoping he'll get beer-religion and be beer-saved.

 

[pkt77242]

Examples?

Admittedly I mostly use Peat Monster to make interesting cocktails (I can make a Manhattan that tastes like a campfire), but you said you liked peat so I figured I'd check.

Peat Monster runs around $60-65 here

so off the top of my head
Ardbeg 10
Laphroaig 10yo Cask Strength
Lagavulin 16 (twice a year Costco here puts it on sale here for about $60 otherwise it is more expensive)
Caol Ila 12 (I believe that Caol Ila makes up a pretty big chunk of Peat Monster)
You can add Talisker 10 to that list as well though it isn't as peaty as the rest.

Also depending on where you are Ardbeg Uigeadail might be in that price range as well (it is $80 by me but when I travel to California it is only $60-65).

ETA: Not sure they would be good in cocktails.

 

[palinurus]

William Larue Weller 2011 66.75%

N: Polished oak, glazed pecans, brown sugar, and some caramel.
P: Pecan praline, polished oak, leather, brown sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.
F: The cinnamon, glazed pecans and some of the pencil shavings linger on the tongue for a few minutes.

This is what happens when you let the accountants get involved in brewing or distilling.

 

[greyhammer90]

I'm not making fun of North Dakota; I used to drink whatever, as recently as three years ago. Slug down a few Lites while watching a game and eating, sure! But a buddy came to visit, and every time he did, he'd bring a sampler of six craft beers. Here's a Flying Dog; there's Old Dominion; here's an Edmund Fitzgerald. Before you know it, I couldn't drink the other stuff. I would, and even now, only have a couple but I enjoyed them incredibly more. So when I go to visit a bad-beer friend, I dip into the inventory and take what I feel like drinking and, of course, leave the remainder with the beer-pagan, hoping he'll get beer-religion and be beer-saved.

I have a friend who is actively aggressive against craft beer. He calls them "fancy beers" and legitimately thought the bud light "peach beer" commercial was hilarious.

I know he's being a contrarian douche but man does it grate on me.

 

[greyhammer90]

Peat Monster runs around $60-65 here

so off the top of my head
Ardbeg 10
Laphroaig 10yo Cask Strength
Lagavulin 16 (twice a year Costco here puts it on sale here for about $60 otherwise it is more expensive)
Caol Ila 12 (I believe that Caol Ila makes up a pretty big chunk of Peat Monster)
You can add Talisker 10 to that list as well though it isn't as peaty as the rest.

Also depending on where you are Ardbeg Uigeadail might be in that price range as well (it is $80 by me but when I travel to California it is only $60-65).

ETA: Not sure they would be good in cocktails.

Thanks. I'll check some of these out.

PS: Everything is good in cocktails if you know what you're doing. I typically drink things neat first and make sure I know what I'm getting myself into before I decide to start tinkering.

 

[palinurus]

I have a friend who is actively aggressive against craft beer. He calls them "fancy beers" and legitimately thought the bud light "peach beer" commercial was hilarious.

I know he's being a contrarian douche but man does it grate on me.

well, it takes a while sometimes. I used to make fun of my beer-friend evangelist. I'd tell him I had saved a great 2011 Lite for him out in the garage refrigerator, or that this particular Coors Light won first place at the Great American Beerfest in the Timeless Treasures Division. But eventually, my tastebuds and reason wouldn't be denied. Life is too short for bad beer.

 

[pkt77242]

George T Stagg 2011 71.3% to finish the night.
N: More restrained on the nose than the WLW. Nutmeg, oak, brown sugar, and maybe a little clove.
P: Oak, nutmeg, old leather, brown sugar, clove, slight nuttiness and a little rye spiciness.
F: Oak, nutmeg and the rye spiciness linger. Just a touch of the brown sugar sweetness is there as well. The Rye spices really dominate after a minute or two. Lingers for a good 5 minutes.

 

[NorthDakota]

Man Rule: When someone offers you a beer, your favorite kind is cold.

Truth.

I have a friend who is actively aggressive against craft beer. He calls them "fancy beers" and legitimately thought the bud light "peach beer" commercial was hilarious.

I know he's being a contrarian douche but man does it grate on me.

He sounds like a douche. Punch him in the nuts.

 

[mango4]

I've literally heard of none of this stuff. Do any of you savages drink mainstream domestic beer? Goodness gracious.

I drink Miller Lite while playing softball or I'm visiting my old co-workers at a Miller distributor (unless they have any craft beers on the drinker pile).

If you are every in Fargo, go across the river to Junkyard Brewing in Moorhead. Fantastic stuff and they will guide you towards something similar to what you enjoy.

 

[Black Irish]

Don't forget that it is good for simmering brats in before grilling them. Miller High Life or PBR are my go to for that. Of course you drink whatever you don't use as waste is bad.

The thing is that if I am at a friends house I drink whatever they have in their house (sometimes to my regret) because it is rude not too.

There's a saying, "An Irishman can tell someone to go to hell and make the person look forward to the trip."

In a similar vein, I can usually tell someone that they are drinking philistine garbage and not get banned from polite company. After all, I'm a professional contrarian.

 

[IrishLion]

I've literally heard of none of this stuff. Do any of you savages drink mainstream domestic beer? Goodness gracious.

Rolling Rock is my go-to beer for a long day of tailgating. I enjoy it, and it's super cheap for a 30-rack. Bud Diesel is my second choice because man stuff. I'll drink Bud Select every time I'm at my friend's house when drinking games spontaneously break out.

But if I'm chilling on a Saturday night and hanging out with friends or shooting pool, I like to get something unique that I can enjoy, that doesn't just taste like a different variation of a standard light beer.

I do occasionally order a tall, ice-cold Bud Light when I'm at dinner, just to change things up. It can be very refreshing after months of challenging the palate with craft beer.

 

[pkt77242]

Today I grabbed a sixer of BP Pineapple Sculpin and a bomber of Knee Deep Hoparillo Triple IPA. Hopefully the Stone releases will hit my local places tomorrow, if not I will have to wait for next week.

 

[ACamp1900]

Stone Delicious lived up to the name... had that a week or so ago...

 

[ACamp1900]

I've literally heard of none of this stuff. Do any of you savages drink mainstream domestic beer? Goodness gracious.

Haha, I'm easily the 'beer expert' in my circles and I'm like, 'you guys are too much in this thread sometimes...' I like craft beers but I drink Beast, Pabst (how dafaq did Pabst become a hipster beer btw, hate that) Michelob, Rolling Rock and Miller often enough... I've said it before, one of my fav beverages anywhere is a Dos Equis with a lime... ultimate BBQ, party, sitting by the pool, after work, you name it beer.

Man Rule: When someone offers you a beer, your favorite kind is cold.

I've told this before but I had a good friend in college from Kenya... he never really refrigerated anything... threw his beer in his closet and we'd just drink it room temp. It's amazing how quickly you get used to it, to this day i can drink 'warm beer' because of my buddy Egonza.

 

[palinurus]

I've got a friend who's in South Bend tonight and will make a beer run for me, so quick!!:

What are some Indiana beers I want to score (besides Zombie Dust)?