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Alpha Sierra
07-31-07, 19:13
My two favorites:
Fine Kentucky Bourbon
http://www.greatbourbon.com/images/eaglesingimage.jpg
and fine Cuban-seed smokes
Looks good but I'll stick with my Becks.
tiger seven
07-31-07, 20:21
There's a few things we can do well here, and booze is definitely one of them. :)
Derek
olds442tyguy
07-31-07, 20:34
I'm a Corona (hold the lime) and Marlboro Light kind of guy.
Alpha Sierra
07-31-07, 20:40
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powderkeg45
07-31-07, 23:29
Coors Light and Snap-E-Tom
Don Robison
07-31-07, 23:31
For me it just doesn't get any better than Diet Coke and Copenhagen. It also doesn't get much worse for those around me when I'm out of either.
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When it's not beer, it's Glenlivet.
Wild Turkey and a nice box pressed La Unica for me.
I'm partial to Macallen scotch. Tasty.
Of course, this is awesome too: Molotov cocktail gift box.
http://www.pinkbubblebath.com/Images/Tiralo-Gift-Box-1.gif
Kisara, I'm a fan of good vodkas as well. A bit partial to grey goose for some reason.
http://www.e-winegifts.com/images/screamingeagle.jpg
Robb Jensen
08-01-07, 12:41
I like Tequila and Bourbon :
Patron Anejo
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/randalls_1961_37430140
Cabo Wabo Anejo is my 2nd favorite
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/randalls_1961_95942520
and
Woodford Reserve Bourbon
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/randalls_1961_39531623
Knob Creek is my 2nd favorite
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/randalls_1961_106653916
And if just something lighter I like Guinness.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/gotm4/Guinness.jpg
Woodford is a my preferred Bourbon. Am a cigar guy, but got spoiled working counter drug for years so I only smoke Cuban's. The MC #2 Torpedo is one of my favorites.
C4
I just can't get into hard liquor. I'm a beer guy all the way. Modelo in cans for consuming mass quantities (with a squirt of lime juice from one of those green lime-shaped bottles) and various micro-brews etc. for slow enjoyment with a good stogie.
Everyone says beer ruins a good cigar, but I guess I'm too much of a redneck to notice.
I just can't get into hard liquor. I'm a beer guy all the way. Modelo in cans for consuming mass quantities (with a squirt of lime juice from one of those green lime-shaped bottles) and various micro-brews etc. for slow enjoyment with a good stogie.
Everyone says beer ruins a good cigar, but I guess I'm too much of a redneck to notice.
You get any New Belgium brews down there? They're located just north of here in Ft. Collins. Fat Tire ring a bell?
tiger seven
08-01-07, 13:19
Even though I was born and raised in "bourbon country" I have come to prefer Irish whiskey and a small-batch Scottish gin called Hendrick's. Such things border on heresy in Kentucky. I guess I'm a weirdo: I don't like college basketball or horse-racing either. :D
I'm a beer snob, so I do my best to avoid mainstream mega-brewery American swill. Some micro-breweries I like (Bell's for instance) but I prefer the "classic" beers of the UK. My favorite is Fuller's ESB.
I quit smoking 10 years ago, and I was never much of a cigar lover even when I did smoke. Admittedly, I was probabaly never even in the same room as really top-notch cigar, so my experience was very limited.
Derek
You get any New Belgium brews down there? They're located just north of here in Ft. Collins. Fat Tire ring a bell?
Hey Nick,
New Belgium is good, but I really like O'Dell's offerings. Their 90 Shilling and Easy Street Wheat are some of my favorites. I also really like Breckenridge's Vanilla Porter and Oatmeal Stout. Big Sky's Moose Drool and Scape Goat are great too.
Colorado is a great state for beer. I'm becoming a beer snob.....
Hey Nick,
New Belgium is good, but I really like O'Dell's offerings. Their 90 Shilling and Easy Street Wheat are some of my favorites. I also really like Breckenridge's Vanilla Porter and Oatmeal Stout. Big Sky's Moose Drool and Scape Goat are great too.
Colorado is a great state for beer. I'm becoming a beer snob.....
I like O'Dell's MUCH better, too, but there isn't a chance in hell he gets that stuff in Florida. Anyone care to work out some sort of micro brew exchange on here? If we could find a way to ship this stuff, I'd love to try some of the local stuff from across the country...
I had some beer a few weeks ago from a Company called Dogfish Head or something like that. They make a "90 minute" that turned out to be 9% alcohol and set me right on my ass. Now I know why it only comes in a 4 pack!
From now on I'll buy the "60 minute" which is evidently a more traditional alcohol content.
While I don't drink liquor often my favorites are
1) http://www.foodmall.org/images/greygoose_vodka.jpg
2) http://images.askmen.com/microsites/scotch/combo_bl_ginger.jpg
I still prefer beer.
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I had some beer a few weeks ago from a Company called Dogfish Head or something like that. They make a "90 minute" that turned out to be 9% alcohol and set me right on my ass. Now I know why it only comes in a 4 pack!
From now on I'll buy the "60 minute" which is evidently a more traditional alcohol content.
You want to get knocked on your ass? Come to Colorado. We'll hike a 14er with a cooler full of beer. The only time in your life you'll be drunk off two beers!
You want to get knocked on your ass? Come to Colorado. We'll hike a 14er with a cooler full of beer. The only time in your life you'll be drunk off two beers!
We bought this beer one time when I was in college called "Fin du Monde" or something to that effect. At the time we weren't drinking anything without "dieseling" (pouring in a shot or two of whiskey) it. We never made it out of the house. The next morning we awoke to major hangovers and a generally shitty disposition.
Turns out "fin du monde" means "the end of the world" in French, and them cajun bastards did a number on us with their 9% alcohol and our double-shots of whiskey added to it.:eek:
You want to get knocked on your ass? Come to Colorado. We'll hike a 14er with a cooler full of beer. The only time in your life you'll be drunk off two beers!
You going to tell him that he'll feel like crap for about a week afterwards? :)
olds442tyguy
08-01-07, 13:51
Fat Tire is excellent. Sadly around here the only place to get them are high dollar restaurants. (IE; $5 a bottle.) :(
Fat Tire is excellent. Sadly around here the only place to get them are high dollar restaurants. (IE; $5 a bottle.) :(
$5/bottle for beer? Christ, it's $5/bottle for freakin' Bud Light 'round here!
Fat Tire is excellent. Sadly around here the only place to get them are high dollar restaurants. (IE; $5 a bottle.) :(
Really? You can't get it at liquor stores? Strange...
We're really lucky here - I'm about 30 minutes from the largest liquor/wine store in the country (Applejack). It's like walking into a Walmart full of booze. You can get anything from malt liquor to $1500 bottles of wine, Scotch, and $4000 bottles of Cognac (Hennessey Timeless). I'm personally a bit of a wine snob. Their French selection is lacking, but California, Oregon, and Washington are stocked to the brim. The help around there is about equal to Walmart, so it's best if you go in knowing what you want.
olds442tyguy
08-01-07, 14:11
Really? You can't get it at liquor stores? Strange...
I've only ever seen Fat Tire for sale by the six pack once, and that was at some organic grocery store out by some million dollar houses. I don't remember exactly how much it cost there, but I think it was still $10+ for a six pack. Never seen it in any liquor store here. :mad:
$5/bottle for beer? Christ, it's $5/bottle for freakin' Bud Light 'round here!
:eek: That's insane. The most you'll pay for a Bud around here is $3, and that's only at overly expensive places.
tiger seven
08-01-07, 14:12
We bought this beer one time when I was in college called "Fin du Monde" or something to that effect. At the time we weren't drinking anything without "dieseling" (pouring in a shot or two of whiskey) it. We never made it out of the house. The next morning we awoke to major hangovers and a generally shitty disposition.
Turns out "fin du monde" means "the end of the world" in French, and them cajun bastards did a number on us with their 9% alcohol and our double-shots of whiskey added to it.:eek:
"La Fin du Monde" is a Quebecois beer. That brewery, Unibroue, makes some unusual beers, like this fruity beer (I think it's a lambic) called "Ephemere." I think it tastes like Sunny D! Girls love it. :rolleyes:
Derek
For the hooligan in me:
http://www.baramerica.com/img/mcewans.jpg
or for summertime back porch relaxing:
http://www.spiritscorner.com/imgcat/tanqueray_10.jpg
We bought this beer one time when I was in college called "Fin du Monde" or something to that effect. At the time we weren't drinking anything without "dieseling" (pouring in a shot or two of whiskey) it. We never made it out of the house. The next morning we awoke to major hangovers and a generally shitty disposition.
Do us a favor and let us know when it turns back to your old, pre-"Fin du Monde" rosy self.:p
Do us a favor and let us know when it turns back to your old, pre-"Fin du Monde" rosy self.:p
Hey, I think you just gave me an excuse!:D
We bought this beer one time when I was in college called "Fin du Monde" or something to that effect. At the time we weren't drinking anything without "dieseling" (pouring in a shot or two of whiskey) it. We never made it out of the house. The next morning we awoke to major hangovers and a generally shitty disposition.
Turns out "fin du monde" means "the end of the world" in French, and them cajun bastards did a number on us with their 9% alcohol and our double-shots of whiskey added to it.:eek:
This is funny, I'm holding one of the three remaining LA FIN DU MONDE out of a six pack I got months ago. I drink plenty of beer and many different kinds from all over the world. I can even drink Steel Reserve 8.1% on occasion. But after three of these things I felt like the guy in Hannibal who had the top of his head cut off and eating his own brain my head hurt so bad. Too bad your not closer I would let you have these gems;)
Nathan_Bell
08-01-07, 16:35
You want to get knocked on your ass? Come to Colorado. We'll hike a 14er with a cooler full of beer. The only time in your life you'll be drunk off two beers!
If you want to get drunk on 1 beer, donate blood then hit a bar on the way home.
On the list of favorite adult beverages, hmm tough one. I have a list of ones that I avoid at all costs, but a favorite? Good Irish whisky, heck even semi-cheap Irish whiskey ranks high. As for a beer like liquid, I will have to punt and say Guiness. On tap and poured right, not that funky bottled stuff.
A perfectly seared medium-rare filet mignon.
Padron 1964 Anniversario Maduro.
Galway Pipe.
The mustard cole slaw at Jim Neely's Interstate Barbecue in Memphis.
A well-brewed cup of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee.
Rooftop breakfast buffet at the Tulip Hotel in Florence, Italy.
The view through an Astro-Physics AP130 apochromatic refractor telescope.
Ten hours of quality, uninterrupted sleep.
Diet Mountain Dew and chewing gum!
Gave up drinking and my Copenhagen a few years ago, never knew how to enjoy them but i sure did need them. Figured out my kids were the finer things in life...
most of the time.:D
the1911fan
08-01-07, 20:35
6-10 of these buggers
http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/beerProfile.php?beer_id=00000003
http://www.united-nations-of-beer.com/images/landsharklager.jpg
http://www.877spirits.com/store/images/large/5774.jpg.jpg
Makes for good times
Am I the only one around here who will admit to drinking crap beer? A six-pack of Coors Light is good enough for me, and being a lightweight, it will last me most of a month.:cool:
Am I the only one around here who will admit to drinking crap beer? A six-pack of Coors Light is good enough for me, and being a lightweight, it will last me most of a month.:cool:
There isn't anything wrong with drinking some Coors. I just get some good stuff when I can:D
A good day at the range with the boys followed by :cool:
Good steak
Ice cold CORONA with lime
Cohiba #5.
:D
Matt in AZ
08-01-07, 22:51
Woodford Reserve Bourbon
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/randalls_1961_39531623
I'll offer a third recommendation for Woodford Reserve Bourbon Whiskey.
Richard Zacks, historian and author of The Pirate Coast and The Pirate Hunter has made some interesting notes on the life of Lt. Presley O'Bannon. Upon returning to civilian life following his exploits along the Barbary Coast, O'Bannon helped his brother-in-law Elijah Pepper start the Old Pepper Distillery near Lexington, KY. The Old Pepper distillery is the now property of Labrot and Graham, distillers of the precious Woodford Reserve. This distillery lineage is also corroborated on Wikipedia.com (open source).
Other notable fine things:
Sunsets at Asilomar Beach, CA
A worthwhile and secretive fishing hole
A fit, obedient, sporting-breed dog
A fit, obedient, sporting-breed dog
As I read that sentence, I was sure that the last word would be "woman". :D
Submariner
08-02-07, 07:25
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/DasBoot56/Lager.jpg
Robb Jensen
08-02-07, 07:27
For a second I thought that was Meth.
Submariner
08-02-07, 07:29
For a second I thought that was Meth.
Dark lager. :D
If we could find a way to ship this stuff, I'd love to try some of the local stuff from across the country...
Sadly, that is illegal. Alkyhurl can't cross state lines person to person through a shipper. When you buy alky online, it gets shipped from a distributor within the state that you reside in. Love that Interstate Commerce clause, eh?
I can't bring myself to drink Guinness. Its everybody's alleged favorite, although I suspect every younger person that says that of lying. Most haven't built up the tolerance to it yet. :D
I'm not big on likker, although I have been enjoying a single malt that a friend gave me from the Isle of Mull: Tobermory 10 YO. Since its the only whisky that's made on that Isle, it has a unique flavor that is unlike others I've tried.
As for beers, which I like more than liquor, I'm most partial to Bass Ale, and also enjoy an ice cold Newcastle Brown Ale, Celebretor, and Xingu. If you're ever in Vegas, stop by The Freakin' Frog. They have an inventory of about 800 beers.
tiger seven
08-02-07, 10:47
If you're ever in Vegas, stop by The Freakin' Frog. They have an inventory of about 800 beers.
That sounds fun! I'd also recommend The Brickskeller in D.C. They claim to have the largest beer list in the world, with over 1,000 beers available.
The Brickskeller Beer List (http://www.thebrickskeller.net/_wsn/page3.html)
Derek
Spaten Maibock this stuff is 14% it rocks your socks off after 4 or 5 of em:cool:
I can't bring myself to drink Guinness. Its everybody's alleged favorite, although I suspect every younger person that says that of lying. Most haven't built up the tolerance to it yet. :D
Guinness is really good. Just make sure you are getting it fresh, on tap from a place that knows how to store and serve it. The little clover leaf in the foam is always a nice touch.
http://mysite.verizon.net/tlinderman/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/two_es_fish.jpg
didn't catch a thing, but who cares...
Nathan_Bell
08-02-07, 17:04
Guinness is really good. Just make sure you are getting it fresh, on tap from a place that knows how to store and serve it. The little clover leaf in the foam is always a nice touch.
It's fun to watch the drunks watching the bubbles go the wrong way :D
Alpha Sierra
08-02-07, 18:18
http://mysite.verizon.net/tlinderman/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/two_es_fish.jpg
didn't catch a thing, but who cares...
THE finest thing in life. I agree.
Neuhaus, in particular. :)
powderkeg45
08-16-07, 00:14
http://mysite.verizon.net/tlinderman/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/two_es_fish.jpg
didn't catch a thing, but who cares...
Hopefully someday, my daughter turned a year a week ago.
Guess I'll have to add a bachelor's night of 7&7s and Chris LeDoux cds.
olds442tyguy
09-12-07, 16:06
Really? You can't get it at liquor stores? Strange...
Update on that.
The WalMarts around here just started selling Fat Tire last month I guess. It's $10.97 a six pack. :eek: Grabbed some Heineken instead and went about my business.
Enter last Friday. Went to Baker's/Kroger's to avoid commie crap, and what do you know. Six packs of Fat Tire for $6.25. That's the cheapest I've ever heard of it anywhere, so I went ahead and stocked up. :D
Update on that.
The WalMarts around here just started selling Fat Tire last month I guess. It's $10.97 a six pack. :eek: Grabbed some Heineken instead and went about my business.
Enter last Friday. Went to Baker's/Kroger's to avoid commie crap, and what do you know. Six packs of Fat Tire for $6.25. That's the cheapest I've ever heard of it anywhere, so I went ahead and stocked up. :D
Grocery stores around here aren't allowed to sell beer with an alcohol content greater than 3.2%. :(
I'd take some CO brews down to the AAC silencer shoot later this month if I knew there would be beer drinkers around...
Black Label on the rocks chased with a Stone IPA in between drags from a Gurkha Centurion. Mmmmmmm...
Joseywales
09-12-07, 19:47
Ashton cigars
http://www.ashtoncigar.com/images/maduro.jpg
Lagavoulin Scotch
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Lagavulin.jpg/401px-Lagavulin.jpg
Barley Wine
Chrysler 300
Hot women with guns
Allen Edmond's Shoes
http://www.allenedmonds.com/wcsstore/AllenEdmonds/upload/images/database/Hampstead.jpg
Galco Exotic Holsters
http://www.copsplus.com/products/large/gal-a-hls.jpg
Welson Lister engraved 1911
http://www.fega.com/mp/lister/1.jpg
Holland and Holland SxS
http://www.hollandandholland.com/brochure/guns/graphics/royaloushotgun_2b.jpg
Barrett M109
The Men's Wearhouse
Sushi
http://www.brendanbecht.com/foodart/italsushi/big/marma.jpg
Cool fall morning, flyfishing on a river, the steam beginning to rise off the water as you cast your first fly of the day.
http://www.taneycomotrout.com/images/morning_fog_giuding.jpg
JoseyWales- Excellent choice of cigars. Ashton is simply the most consistently well made cigar on the market, I believe. And I mean all of thier lines. I smoke Ashtons easily 95% of the time I smoke cigars.
Don't let folks fool you about Cubans anymore. It is a fact that 95% of all Cubans that Americans obtain are fake. There are even fake Cuban cigars sold in Cuba. The only way you will ever truly know for sure is to purchase them yourself at a Casa del Habano. Also, cigars from the DR, Honduras, etc have equaled or surpassed the quality of Cubans,
I'd say the finer things in life involve waking up with my gorgeous, sweet-smelling, loving wife of 19.5 years and the sound of our two teenaged daughters shuffling around getting breakfast. At least, that's whats going on here, right now.
But living in the Germany, in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria, I gotta say beer is a pretty good second place. My current favorite is a mellow dark beer known as "Kupfer Spezial" from Winklerbraeu in Lengenfeld.
MEDIKEIGHTED
09-17-07, 22:40
Am I the only one around here who will admit to drinking crap beer? A six-pack of Coors Light is good enough for me, and being a lightweight, it will last me most of a month.:cool:
Same here. While I enjoy a Sam Adams every once in a while most of the time I'm content with an ice cold Bud Light and the occasional Jaegermeister.
I do have better tastes in Tequila (Patron or Cabo Wabo only) and Whiskey (Jameson's or Maker's Mark) but I rarely order mixed drinks.
Rogueplayer
09-19-07, 21:01
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Finally, bag one of these that I saw last week in Wyoming:
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Elk backstraps make for incredible tacos. I know it sounds like a bit of a waste, but it has to be experienced to be believed.
I'm a HUGE fan of cigars from Drew Estate and Partagas. They are excellent with a glass of bourbon such as Woodford Reserve or Basil Haydens. I'd have to go with Basil Haydens has my hands down favorite with Woodford Reserve closely following. When it comes to beer I like everything from Coors Light to Chimay. I enjoy microbrews too and the Dortmunder Gold from Great Lakes Brewing is some of the best I have ever had, period. Anything from Mad Anthony Brewing in Indiana is also excellent as well.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v193/EvilKev/For%20Lumpy/IMG_3433.jpg
Clean, sober and livin' one day at a time.
Keep it simple stupid.
Tim:D
I have #3 on the way so I don't drink very much anymore. I shoot as much as I can and enjoy a beer or two in the evening but that is about it. Really too bad to because I live in the microbrew mecha of the US with several dozen breweries in about a 200 square mile area.
SperlingPE
09-27-07, 15:56
Good scotch
Good steak (quality and preparation)
Cold beer at the end of a hot working day
Getting tackled by my boys when I get home from work (never gets old)
Obtaining smiles from my boys (new Dad)
Al U. 5811
09-28-07, 22:50
This is too easy.
- a good home cooked meal
- liftin' with friends in the gym
- the after work out pump
- supp's from Europe;)
- Cap'n Crunch
- early morning hatch
- that second look and smile a pretty woman gives you when she walks by
- my kitties
PhotomanM4
09-30-07, 17:36
The finer things in life?
1. Holy Bible
2. My wife
3. My son
4. Reliable firearms
Always been a Tanqueray girl myself.
http://www.deadball38.com/tanqueray.jpg
RogerinTPA
06-27-09, 19:07
I haven't seen this thread in ages. Figured I'd give it a bump.;)
I haven't seen this thread in ages. Figured I'd give it a bump.;)
Okay, I'll participate; Right Gin from Sweden.
I had some for the first time in Vegas and now it's my favorite.
JediMindTricks
06-27-09, 19:32
When it's not beer, it's Glenlivet.
My father taught me to drink scotch with The Glenlivet. Great stuff! He always has some in stock, as well as Glenfiddich.
RogerinTPA
06-27-09, 19:36
Stoli (the plain stuff), followed by Grey Goose Vodka for me. On occasion, I go for Sol de Mexico Tequila. Good stuff. :)
I had some beer a few weeks ago from a Company called Dogfish Head or something like that. They make a "90 minute" that turned out to be 9% alcohol and set me right on my ass. Now I know why it only comes in a 4 pack!
From now on I'll buy the "60 minute" which is evidently a more traditional alcohol content.
Rob, I distribute those beers and many more like it, if you like the higher percentage alc. Give Sam Adams imperial pillsner a try! Very hoppy and robust.
Hard liquor wise gentlemen, Glenlivet or Chivas, Craft beers all the way anytime anywhere Very fond of Belgium white ale
I had some beer a few weeks ago from a Company called Dogfish Head or something like that. They make a "90 minute" that turned out to be 9% alcohol and set me right on my ass. Now I know why it only comes in a 4 pack!
From now on I'll buy the "60 minute" which is evidently a more traditional alcohol content.
Dogfish Head Ale makes an awesome mead called King Midas Touch. I'm not a fan of beer but I found two restaurants that carried it and I'd bring home a six pack whenever I'd visit. Great stuff.
I also have a sneaking like of Chambord and Cointreau as well as a various Merlots and Reislings.
A really good beer like this one (http://www.alaskanbeer.com/porter.html). Black Butte Porter (http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/brews/year-round-brews/black-butte-porter/default.aspx) and Obsidian Stout (http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/brews/year-round-brews/obsidian-stout/default.aspx) are a couple of others I also enjoy regularly when at home. Besides a good beer I also like my wife's pork riblets and rice with black bean sauce and spending time with my sons.
NinjaMedic
06-27-09, 22:34
I am a big fan of the Balvenie 15 with family and friends.
kaiservontexas
06-27-09, 22:50
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Basil Hayden's was my number 1 squeeze for a while- great sippin bourbon.
Knob Creek was a bakup- could get a half gallon for $55 and keep it in the cupboard for when i ran out of Basil.
If i was feeling really special, I'd pop open a bottle of Bookers- couldn't usually drink more than 1 or two, but damn fine tasting whisky.
always from a 3-ounce cordial, neat, room temp.
I was also partial to 1800 Anejo- which, for some reason, doesn't seem to be a real popular tequila. i loved it- $45 a bottle, and was better, in my opinion, than don pedro, petron, etc.
no drinky these days, though... not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the line i realized i didn't like being crippled at any time. if i were to get drunk or even "buzzed" these days, i'd probably just be tapping my foot until i could think clearly again.
K.L. Davis
06-27-09, 23:27
Best drink I ever had was... well, something from a bottle some old guy gave us, there was something of a communications gap, but he seemed really happy to see us, and it looks like that bottle had been waiting for something special... I am sure, that it was a congac and quite old.
The best meal I ever had was Sloppy Joes, French Fries and Stewed Tomatoes catered from an MKT :D
Cool Thread.
*The precious time I get to spend with my fiance, but in particular our Sunday hikes where we both turn the cell phones off, and rain or shine bust our butts!
*Family! I love them, and we're all spread out, the time we get is precious.
*A hand rolled smoke that is not to wet and not to dry, rolled by me, and me only...:D
*A good scotch, smokey and aged well.
*Traveling to all the amazing countries I have had the opportunity to go to, and experience (not watching from the outside) other cultures.
randyman_ar
06-28-09, 00:10
Pappy Van Winkles 20 yr. Family Reserve
Dogfish Head IPA 90
Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
Damn..... I'm thirsty!
randyman_ar
06-28-09, 00:19
Basil Hayden's was my number 1 squeeze for a while- great sippin bourbon.
Knob Creek was a bakup- could get a half gallon for $55 and keep it in the cupboard for when i ran out of Basil.
If i was feeling really special, I'd pop open a bottle of Bookers- couldn't usually drink more than 1 or two, but damn fine tasting whisky.
always from a 3-ounce cordial, neat, room temp.
I was also partial to 1800 Anejo- which, for some reason, doesn't seem to be a real popular tequila. i loved it- $45 a bottle, and was better, in my opinion, than don pedro, petron, etc.
no drinky these days, though... not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the line i realized i didn't like being crippled at any time. if i were to get drunk or even "buzzed" these days, i'd probably just be tapping my foot until i could think clearly again.
Bookers!!!
Damn fine single barrel!
One of the better things I have had is a beef tataki at a local sushi place called "Ichiban Sushi" (Salt Lake City). The beef tataki is seared and served in a soy sauce / thai sauce mix and melts in your mouth. I cannot describe it. (Tataki is kind of an almost sushi but beef and not fish -- kind of seared and then rare inside)
A good European dark or milk chocolate. Lindt is OK, as are the belgians.
A well prepared excellent cut of beef steak.
A good NY style cheesecake.
Playing with my kids. (son 6 and daughter about 1 1/2)
Teaching my son about "man" things (he is 6 and wants to shoot, fish, hunt, fly model planes, launch rockets, etc -- every day all day -- though we are taking it more slowly than he would like).
Taking your kids to Disney when they are young.
For Beer I like Guinness. But my usual drink is a kettle one & tonic.
I also enjoy driving my Mercedes. 09' E350.
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But if you are actually on their list, then count me among those who'd do some serious sucking up to get a bottle.:D
Lightly grilled Copper River wild sockeye
a bottle of Mumm Cramant
a first class ticket to a week long vacation on the west coast of Ireland
... are all things that'd be on my short list of the finer things right now.
For the bourbon fanciers, I would like to suggest '1792' which is my current pick. Former top choices were Jack Daniels Single Barrel & Woodford Reserve.
For the bourbon fanciers, I would like to suggest '1792' which is my current pick. Former top choices were Jack Daniels Single Barrel & Woodford Reserve.
i wouldn't be a proper former bourbon snob if i didn't point out that jack daniels is NOT actualy bourbon.. it's tennessee straight whisky. JD's charcoal filtering process alone is enough to disqualify it as bourbon, without even looking at the mash ratios.
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