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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #420 on: October 12, 2018, 08:14:23 PM »
JW gold and a bottle of platinum (gifts)

large handle of Tito's

Bombay Sapphire

Romana Sambvca (snaps)

Bailey's Irish Cream (coffee creamer)

handle of Templeton Rye (locally distilled) about 105 proof

fresh out of Bourbon or sour mash at the moment - my daughter's fav
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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #421 on: October 12, 2018, 09:54:06 PM »
Off the top of my head, I know that my home bar has:

Scotch Whisky: Ardbeg, Lagavulin, Laprhroig, Macallan 12
Irish Whiskey: Jamesons
Bourbon: Maker's Mark
Not Bourbon: Jack Daniels
Rye: Old Overholt, Bulleit
Canadian blended whiskey: Crown Royal
Tequila: Don Julio anejo, Espolon blanco, Espolon anejo, Cazzadores reposado
Vodka: Tito's, Dripping Springs Ruby Redbird (grapefruit)
Not vodka: Bombay Sapphire gin, Hendricks gin
Rum: Appleton Estate Reserve, Bacardi Gold
Cachaca: Leblon, Pitu
Cognac: Hennessey XO (this one was a gift), Remy Martin VSOP
Pastis: Ricard



It sounds like a lot, and there are probably a handful more, but like I said earlier, I like to host the occasional nostalgic Cocktail Party, and I like to have a variety for that.  I really, honestly don't drink much hard liquor so my bottles tend to linger for a while.  The Scotch, gin, and tequila are what I go through quickest.







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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #422 on: October 13, 2018, 07:39:31 AM »
I have some weird French stuff the wife has had for ages.  I have no clue what most of it is for.  

I drank some flavored vodka last night, Tangueray, with the fancy tonic water, which is barely different from Schwepps IMHO.  It's called Oaktree or something tree.  For the money, well, it's not a value for me.

I might get Tanqueray Ten next time and just drink the stuff cold and neat and try not to get plastered.

I had no idea how much wine I had until we moved and I had to package it all up.  I had saved a bunch of boxes from internet wine purchases and had stopped buy new wine for a couple of months.  I ended up moving about 400 bottles.  I had a 250 bottle wine rack at the old place attached to the wall, but there isn't room for that here.  For a couple of months I was drinking some really nice wine on Tuesdays to cut down the inventory.

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« Reply #423 on: October 13, 2018, 08:24:32 AM »
I have some weird French stuff the wife has had for ages.  I have no clue what most of it is for.  

I drank some flavored vodka last night, Tangueray, with the fancy tonic water, which is barely different from Schwepps IMHO.  It's called Oaktree or something tree.  For the money, well, it's not a value for me.

I might get Tanqueray Ten next time and just drink the stuff cold and neat and try not to get plastered.

I had no idea how much wine I had until we moved and I had to package it all up.  I had saved a bunch of boxes from internet wine purchases and had stopped buy new wine for a couple of months.  I ended up moving about 400 bottles.  I had a 250 bottle wine rack at the old place attached to the wall, but there isn't room for that here. For a couple of months I was drinking some really nice wine on Tuesdays to cut down the inventory.
You poor thing! ;)

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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #424 on: October 13, 2018, 08:45:02 AM »
Indeed, it was a bit surreal.  I had accumulated "special occasion wine" that rarely got drunk, as I was loathe to open them for a Tuesday night.  My rate of accumulation far exceeded my rate of consumption.  We had a neighbor who was far worse than I was.  She had thousands of bottles of really good wine, by which I mean retail prices over $50 and often over $100.  If we had a soiree', she'd bring 5 or 6 of them over, so I rarely dipped into my stash.

The wife said I had to drink half of them, so we did.  I'm really careful now about buying those higher end wines.  I still have plenty.  And my wine friends are back in Cincy anyway.

Then we went to CA a month or so ago and I brought back a case of Regusci.

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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #425 on: October 13, 2018, 09:32:55 AM »
Heh, I have a couple of custom wine racks I built into our floating sideboard in the dining room, but they only hold about 50 bottles total.  They're occasionally full, but usually only about 1/2.  We drink most of the wine we buy, I rarely put up anything for more than a year or two.  

I did have a couple of 20 yo bottles of Margaux that I brought back from one of my French trips many years ago, finally went through those on a wine/steak night with friends a couple years back.  They were unbelievable.

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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #426 on: October 13, 2018, 10:18:44 AM »
some of youse guys need to have me visit more often

I love to help with accumulations
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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #427 on: October 13, 2018, 02:10:10 PM »
I also like gin and tonic.  I prefer Tanqueray.  I just bought four bottles of super fancy tonic water to try but haven't yet.  

The problem for me with tonic water is the sugar, which I'm mightily trying to avoid where possible.  My reading suggests that intake of fructose is not a good thing for humans.  It is metabolized differently than glucose and the pathway is probably not good at all.
They do make diet tonic water, using artificial sweeteners instead of sugar.
I used to do that years ago when I was trying to do the low-carb dieting thing but still wanted some booze.

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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #428 on: October 13, 2018, 02:11:48 PM »
I found your blog once after you mentioned it on here once. Good stuff.
Of course I also happened to stumble across your you tube channel, while I was searching for said blog. O0
I deleted everything on that youtube channel when I realized that my son is now old enough to look it up. 
[Full disclosure; there wasn't anything objectionable on there... Just didn't want it out there anymore.]

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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #429 on: October 13, 2018, 02:24:12 PM »
Indeed, it was a bit surreal.  I had accumulated "special occasion wine" that rarely got drunk, as I was loathe to open them for a Tuesday night.  <<snip>>

The wife said I had to drink half of them, so we did.  I'm really careful now about buying those higher end wines.  I still have plenty.  And my wine friends are back in Cincy anyway.

Then we went to CA a month or so ago and I brought back a case of Regusci.
We're the same way, although probably not on the same scale. My wife likes a wine called "Unruly" which is a BevMo house brand, I think. They do their 5 cent wine sale, where you buy a bottle and the second one is 5 cents. This stuff is $12.95 a bottle but with the 5 cent sale, it's $6.50 per bottle. We always have a fair amount of their cab and chard on hand, and that gets opened most often. If you live in an area with BevMo, I recommend it. She's a big fan of the stuff.
But we also have our "stash" of the good wines, and because I so often start with beer, we only open those if we're grilling steaks or something and I want to also drink wine. 
We need to get better about enjoying the stuff we buy instead of saving it for an "occasion."

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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #430 on: October 13, 2018, 05:26:48 PM »
The prices at Costco here are deadly for me.  I can hardly believe them.  I should have been driving down here and stocking up and driving back to Cincy.

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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #431 on: October 13, 2018, 06:53:24 PM »
everyone should move to Atlanta
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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #432 on: October 14, 2018, 01:12:16 PM »
everyone should move to Atlanta
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And that diet tonic water is disgusting.  Much better to just drink your juniper-berry-flavored vodka on the rocks with a twist of lime, and maybe some club soda or better yet Topo Chico, if you crave the bubbles.  

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Re: Stirring the Pot
« Reply #433 on: October 15, 2018, 05:32:50 PM »
everyone should move to Atlanta
I thought they had already ...

 

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