What are you Drinking?

[Caliga]

Tuesday night I had Root Beer Beer (which I have had before up here), which is fantastic if you like both beer and rootbeer.  It barely tastes alcoholic at all, yet it's 40 proof.

Last night the bartender and I started talking about bourbon and he ended up giving me this bourbon-barrel aged chocolate stout that was out of this world.  I had four pints of it.

As an aside, some of the young ladies at my company really need to learn to control themselves at company functions.

[Caliga]

Local gypsy brewer call Quaff Bros brewed a "Bourbon Barrel aged Blueberry Cream Stout" at a local brewery and 750ml bottles were sold about a year ago.  I cellared my bottle for a year to hopefully tone down the blueberryness and it worked.  Bourbon flavor is still a little over-pronounced, though.  Should have let it go another 6-12 months.

In reality it is a bourbon barrel aged Imperial Stout with a hint of blueberry.  Pretty tasty, and gets better as it warms.  Just wish I had picked up an extra bottle.  Following up with an underfill (i.e., free) bottle of Mt. Carmel Winter Ale.

I didn't bother reading your post before I made mine just now.  I wonder if this was the stuff I got shitfaced on last night.

[The Brain]

As an aside, some of the young ladies at my company really need to learn to control themselves at company functions.

I can fly in and spank them.

[derspiess]

I didn't bother reading your post before I made mine just now.  I wonder if this was the stuff I got shitfaced on last night.

This is a local operation and a limited release so I doubt many bottles got outside of Cincy.  You may have had some variation of Bourbon County Stout by Goose Island.

[Caliga]

As an aside, some of the young ladies at my company really need to learn to control themselves at company functions.

I can fly in and spank them.

No worries, I handled it chief.

[The Brain]

As an aside, some of the young ladies at my company really need to learn to control themselves at company functions.

I can fly in and spank them.

No worries, I handled it chief.

[garbon]

As the burnoff continues - St. Germain, Bombay Sapphire & Tonic

[Caliga]

Is Campari good?  I don't think I've ever had it before, and it seems I'm about to start getting it free by the case.

[Liep]

Is Campari good?  I don't think I've ever had it before, and it seems I'm about to start getting it free by the case.

My parents are fond of it.

[Admiral Yi]

Definitely an acquired taste, one that i worked on but did not attain.

[Caliga]

Well, I hope I acquire it then.  I never have had to wonder about how to dispose of bourbon.

[derspiess]

Send a couple bottles up my way if you have trouble acquiring the taste.

[Capetan Mihali]

Campari.   My favorite beverage, bar none.  With some decent red vermouth and a generous helping of seltzer... perfection.

All my friends growing up were Italo-American, and my best friend had a really old-school father who immigrated here as a teenager.  So naturally the first time we got drunk as 13-14 year olds, it was on a bunch of straight Romana Sambuca and Campari from the liquor cabinet, plus a single warm Corona split 3 ways for a chaser.  God I hated that shit at the time.   But what are you going to do, abstain?

Right now, I'm enjoying a glass of real quality pilsener for the first time in a long while.  After a month or two of just Bud, Miller Lite, and co. when drinking beer.  It really hits the proverbial spot. 

[Caliga]

Glad to hear how much you love Campari.  Please do me a favor and keep buying the shit out of it.

[Capetan Mihali]

Will do, chief.   But it's a definite luxury for me at $25 (N.H.) or $28 (Vt.) for 750 ml.  A couple of promotional would definitely cement my brand loyalty, you know, since there are few similar and cheaper aperitivi floating around.  Just putting that out there.