Drinking fireball whiskey and dr pepper 10.
Drinking fireball whiskey and dr pepper 10.
What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom, if all creatures, even the botched and impotent, are my masters? What is my life, if I am but to bow, to agree and to obey?
-- Ayn Rand, Anthem (Chapter 11)
Some many fine beers so little time. Wife is half Jamaican, lots of Rum!
Whiskey with a 1-2 ice cubes lately.
"There are no finger prints under water."
I don't drink much, but I tend towards darker beers (Bass is my "go to" beer). Tonight, however, I felt the need to unwind a helluva day, so I'm quaffing Cap'n Morgan and Mtn Dew, a little concoction I've dubbed "Rocket fuel"...
Light a fire for a man, and he'll be warm for a day, light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life...
Discussion is an exchange of intelligence. Argument is an exchange of
ignorance. Ever found a liberal that you can have a discussion with?
Yes... all of it. Everything is situation dependent of course.
No cheap tequila though. Tonight started with a Coors Light Tallboy and finished with 2 Miller Lights... of course.. out of a can..
Scotch - Single Malts
Gin - Rocks, 2 drops Extra Dry Vermouth, 2 Spanish Queen olives... stir, sip, repeat
Rum - The Captain
Vodka - Again, as long as it isn't cheap
Just about every great beer from Colorado except browns
Wines - Dark-Dry Reds, Mix of Whites
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."
I drink in moderation but like a wide variety of beverages. Margaritas are a regular here and I especially like peach or apricot margi's made with fresh or frozen Palisade fruit. Hornitos anejo is good. The hot weather makes gin and tonics really refreshing now. Beefeaters is best with it's rich juniper berry flavor. Cold beer is great after a hard day in the field. I like most any beer that's well made.
I also make my own beer and wine of many different kinds. This weekend we'll be bottling Riesling and some Peach Riesling wine with friends who have 150 Riesling vines in the hills nearby. I helped pick the grapes last fall and crafted the wines. We should get about 230 bottles. I racked them a week ago and am happy with how they came out.
Two weeks ago we bottled some Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Tempranillo that have been aging since 2011. We'll bottle our 2012 wines over the next couple months, mostly Cab Franc, some Merlot and Cab Sauv, and a few peach wines. I make red wines in a rich, full body style. Our region is producing some of the finest Cabernet Franc and Riesling wines, and 2012 will be an exceptional vintage here. Glad I made a lot of it because wine grapes will be harder to come by this fall.
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Stranahan's or Basil Hayden's, either neat or on the rocks, with ginger ale back and a cigar.
And about every few weeks, I'll walk into a liquor store and buy a six pack of something I've never heard of before.