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Started by Fireblade, August 22, 2009, 06:57:26 PM

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Capetan Mihali

#600
June 26, 2013, 09:22:54 PM
Some ersatz tinto de verano of my own formulation.

In a tumbler, I pour a good dose of $4.99/bottle Frontera "vintage red" Chilean wine.  Then a small splash of a premium bottled (non-carbonated) lemonade (Nantucket Nectar's); then a slightly bigger splash of Sprite.  Then I fill the rest (30-40% of total) with seltzer.  Muy agradable.  :bowler:

I think the lemonade/Sprite/seltzer (maybe 10%-25%-65%) combo comes semi-close to replicating the gaseosa I encountered in Madrid.  And maybe better than the pre-mixed T.D.V. that came pouring out of the bar spouts in the dive bars; that seemed more like orangeade mixed in.  It's not like this haute couture mixology.  One step more complex than the also good, but too sugary, calimocho.

Anyways, an ideal summer long drink, since you get to sip a lot of tasty liquid without too too many calories or too much booze.   :cool:
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Korea

#601
June 26, 2013, 11:22:23 PM
Rolle Bolle by New Belgium

I am actually a fan
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MadBurgerMaker

#602
June 27, 2013, 12:01:50 AM Last Edit: June 27, 2013, 12:06:55 AM by MadBurgerMaker
Founder's Dirty Bastard. Last day here.


Hey I got offered a new job today too!  :cool:

E: it's supposed to start on Monday through so I might be doing a final phone 'welcome to our place!' thing while driving. That's a little weird.

derspiess

#603
July 01, 2013, 09:34:43 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 27, 2013, 12:01:50 AM
Founder's Dirty Bastard. Last day here.

That's one from Founders I have not yet tried.  I like their Double Trouble, and pretty much anything else they make.

I had a nice Belgian Trappist Tripel last night: Westmalle.  I had had a Westmalle glass for ages but had never tried it.  Damned good.
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Capetan Mihali

#604
July 01, 2013, 09:41:31 PM
Cans of San Pellegrino limonata and aranciata were on sale at the grocery store, so they're comprising the soft-drink component of my current tinto-de-verano style wine cooler; Frontera "Vintage Red" is continuing to comprise the wine portion.  :swiss:
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derspiess

#605
July 02, 2013, 10:06:54 PM
Cracked open a 22 oz. bottle of this, in honor of our resident ethnic Albertan:



Three Floyds may be the best brewery in North America IMO.  I've volunteered to go visit a difficult client in Munster, IN simply to have a chance to spend time in their taproom.
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Savonarola

#606
July 03, 2013, 12:40:55 PM
I make infusions of chopped fruit soaked in vodka.  This week we've been drinking Bosc pear vodka.  It's a taste of winter in the sauna like Florida summer.
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fhdz

#607
July 03, 2013, 12:49:47 PM
One cup of green tea. This no coffee thing's going to be rough.
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garbon

#608
July 03, 2013, 12:52:04 PM
Quote from: fhdz on July 03, 2013, 12:49:47 PM
One cup of green tea. This no coffee thing's going to be rough.

In the past year, I made a successful transition from couple cups of coffee a day to one cup of tea...though I do still have caffeinated tea.
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Barrister

#609
July 03, 2013, 12:53:16 PM
Quote from: fhdz on July 03, 2013, 12:49:47 PM
One cup of green tea. This no coffee thing's going to be rough.

Try switching to decaff coffee.  Fills the psychological need, but minimal amount of caffeine.   :)

I switched months ago, and it's going pretty well.  I had family over the weekend, so made some 'real' coffee and had half a cup - man did I ever feel the caffeine.
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fhdz

#610
July 03, 2013, 01:36:14 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 03, 2013, 12:53:16 PM
Quote from: fhdz on July 03, 2013, 12:49:47 PM
One cup of green tea. This no coffee thing's going to be rough.

Try switching to decaff coffee.  Fills the psychological need, but minimal amount of caffeine.   :)

I switched months ago, and it's going pretty well.  I had family over the weekend, so made some 'real' coffee and had half a cup - man did I ever feel the caffeine.

I sort of feel like if I'm going to drink something that gives me coffee breath, it had better have caffeine in it.
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Caliga

#611
July 03, 2013, 08:00:01 PM
Yerba mate dude. :cool:
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lustindarkness

#612
July 03, 2013, 08:40:06 PM
My back hurts, so I am self medicating with Captain Morgan Private Stock. Good excuse at least right?
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derspiess

#613
July 08, 2013, 09:14:16 PM Last Edit: July 08, 2013, 09:15:59 PM by derspiess
Finally got my mitts on a bottle of Engelszell-- the only Trappist beer I hadn't had yet.  Or to be more precise, the only Trappist brewery I hadn't had a beer from yet.  Might crack it open tomorrow.

It's the only Trappist brewery in Austria & one of only two located outside of Belgium  :showoff:
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11B4V

#614
July 09, 2013, 02:09:02 AM
Water
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