What is in your cup? - Page 2649

CRussel · 02-04-2023, 12:19 AM

Friday Night! Talisker and Pizza Night.

poohbear_nc · 02-04-2023, 07:23 AM

Talisker here too!

DNSB · 02-04-2023, 02:52 PM

Hot chocolate with a dash of Kahlua.

DiapDealer · 02-05-2023, 06:58 PM

Whiskey Sour.
Bulleit 10 yr-old bourbon.

DNSB · 02-05-2023, 10:06 PM

Sadly, non-alcoholic tea.

CRussel · 02-06-2023, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Sadly, non-alcoholic tea.

Not sad, I certainly wouldn't want alcoholic tea.

Lots of faux San Pellegrino for me. This weekend I've been doing some of the early prep for this year's garden. Oh, and planting an apple tree -- Famuse or Snow apple. First planted in North America in Quebec in the early 1700's, this was the most widely planted apple in Quebec by the mid-1800's, but mostly destroyed by an unknown disease in the 1860's. By the 1880's it had virtually disappeared, surviving only in home gardens and small orchards, but is one of the precursors to the Macintosh apple. I had my first one in Ann Arbor in ~1970, at a farmer's market and I've wanted to find them ever since. Sweet, white fleshed, very juicy, and aromatic, it's the best eating apple I've ever had. So, I decided to grow one.

DNSB · 02-08-2023, 12:10 AM

No Long Island Iced Tea? The shame of it!

CRussel · 02-08-2023, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

No Long Island Iced Tea? The shame of it!

Nope. My alcohol is limited to an occasional single malt, and a rare glass of wine if I'm having dinner with friends. Cocktails have no appeal for me. I'd probably drink more wine, but I now get red wine headaches and my DW can't have any alcohol at all, so that puts a bit of a crimp in things.

DNSB · 02-08-2023, 01:12 PM

Cold brew coffee.

My XYL also has issues with her health prohibiting alcohol consumption.

astrangerhere · 02-08-2023, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

Nope. My alcohol is limited to an occasional single malt, and a rare glass of wine if I'm having dinner with friends. Cocktails have no appeal for me. I'd probably drink more wine, but I now get red wine headaches and my DW can't have any alcohol at all, so that puts a bit of a crimp in things.

I'd stop drinking if my wife couldn't. It just wouldn't feel fair.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Cold brew coffee.

My XYL also has issues with her health prohibiting alcohol consumption.

XYL? I haven't heard that in years. It always puzzled me to hear my dad ID my mom like that over the radio when "wife" is literally one syllable.

CRussel · 02-08-2023, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I'd stop drinking if my wife couldn't. It just wouldn't feel fair.

Her request. It's helped by the fact that she absolutely loathes single malts! But it's why I pretty much drink only them now and have stopped drinking wine. I keep a couple of bottles of medium quality wine in the refrigerator to cook with -- an unoaked white, usually sauvignon blanc, and a moderate bodied red, generally a shiraz -- but that's it. There's still a few rare California Cabs in the pantry/cellar, but mostly they're all gone.

DNSB · 02-08-2023, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I'd stop drinking if my wife couldn't. It just wouldn't feel fair.

Her preference that I can still enjoy the occasional drink and not feel guilty about it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

XYL? I haven't heard that in years. It always puzzled me to hear my dad ID my mom like that over the radio when "wife" is literally one syllable.

Every once in a while I revert back to the Ham radio acronyms from my youth where XYL was only 3 characters. Admittedly, my XYL was a YL then.

@CRussel When it comes to wine, I'm in the if the wine isn't good enough to drink, it's not good enough to cook with camp.

The two of us were never enthused wine drinkers and mead is no longer an option.

DiapDealer · 02-08-2023, 05:39 PM

Milk. Because the cookie demanded it.

CRussel · 02-08-2023, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Milk. Because the cookie demanded it.

Sure it did. But I'll settle for a nice tall glass of faux San Pellegrino.

poohbear_nc · 02-08-2023, 08:12 PM

As part of my exploration of rye whiskeys:

Angel's Envy Finished Rye - rye whiskey finished in Caribbean rum casks - I almost spit out my first sip - splashed over a few ice cubes - SWEET - but I tried again and now I've grown to really enjoy its complexity - maple syrup nose followed by notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and other spices I can't name - and gingerbread at the end.
Tastes best sipped very cold - might be a candidate for this summer's slushies.

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02-04-2023, 12:19 AM	#39721
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,297 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Friday Night! Talisker and Pizza Night.

02-04-2023, 07:23 AM	#39722
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,677 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Talisker here too!

02-04-2023, 02:52 PM	#39723
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,864 Karma: 169716272 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Hot chocolate with a dash of Kahlua.

02-05-2023, 06:58 PM	#39724
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,680 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Whiskey Sour. Bulleit 10 yr-old bourbon.

02-05-2023, 10:06 PM	#39725
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,864 Karma: 169716272 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Sadly, non-alcoholic tea.

02-08-2023, 12:10 AM	#39727
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,864 Karma: 169716272 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	No Long Island Iced Tea? The shame of it!

02-08-2023, 01:12 PM	#39729
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,864 Karma: 169716272 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Cold brew coffee. My XYL also has issues with her health prohibiting alcohol consumption.

02-08-2023, 05:39 PM	#39733
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,680 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Milk. Because the cookie demanded it.

02-08-2023, 08:12 PM	#39735
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,677 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	As part of my exploration of rye whiskeys: Angel's Envy Finished Rye - rye whiskey finished in Caribbean rum casks - I almost spit out my first sip - splashed over a few ice cubes - SWEET - but I tried again and now I've grown to really enjoy its complexity - maple syrup nose followed by notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and other spices I can't name - and gingerbread at the end. Tastes best sipped very cold - might be a candidate for this summer's slushies.