What The Hell Are You Drinking?

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

My landlord/neighbor makes some pretty good moonshine and wine. Xtabentún is pretty tasty too, I would say it's kind of like a honey flavored Jager.

If I am going with beer, Nantahala brewing company is right here in town (in a building I used to live in) and every brew they have is amazing. Otherwise, I settle for some Sam Adams or Strongbow. I haven't really got the chance to experiment much yet, as my location is not a place where one finds a great variety of brews, but between the breweries here and in Asheville, there is plenty of good drink to be had.

Give Sam Adam's new Angry Orchard cider a try. I'm not a big cider drinker, but I like Angry Orchard more than the others I've had such as Strongbow and Crispin.

[Julio Riddols]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Give Sam Adam's new Angry Orchard cider a try. I'm not a big cider drinker, but I like Angry Orchard more than the others I've had such as Strongbow and Crispin.

I'll definitely do that if I can find it.

[Desnudo]

Anchor Steam + Shiner Ruby Redbird

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

I'll definitely do that if I can find it.

Have you been in Bryson City? Or is this a new locale?
I totally missed that...I love that area to visit.

Asheville has some good breweries and if Old Meck out of Charlotte has made its way there yet dont miss some copper

[britrock88]

Julio, an idea: if you're bored and I'm unemployed for a while, we should meet in Asheville and tour Highland Brewing.

[britrock88]

CU Tiger can come, too.

[Marc Vaughan]

What kind of beer is currently in your fridge?

I don't drink Beer - sometimes I'll drink Snakebite, but thats as close as I go.

What's your favorite beer/mixed drink?

Snakebite it's an English drink - don't ask for it in a pub over there as most places won't serve it; its English alcoholic cider mixed with lager and black currant cordial over the top to make it palatable ...

Its most commonly drank by Students because of its (cough) medicinal properties, ie. you feel good fast ... and cheaply.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakebite_(shandy)

What's in your liquor cabinet?

Southern Comfort and probably a bottle of whisky or three.

What can you drink all night long and not feel a thing?

Pretty much anything - I'm rather tall and robust, so can drink most people under the table (my wife used to be the exception to this - although these days she's tea total).

What gets you spinning after just a couple shots?

Never found anything which puts me down 'fast' - I had a friend who used to work as a painter and decorator in pubs in Norwich when I was a teenager and we used to raid their stocks while (cough) working ... some of the mixers we used to create removed varnish from wood and were fairly lethal.

Are you good at mixing drinks, or does your spouse/boyfriend/life partner mix them for you?

I don't really mix drinks tbh, beyond putting Ice or Coke into Whisky.

When did you start drinking?

I drank from the age of around 7 or so with my sunday lunch at home (just a glass of wine or something similar). I didn't drink outside of the family until I was around 15 when I bought a pack of lager just to see if I could (tasted horrible so I gave the rest of it to a mate), around 16-17 I hit my stride and drank like a fish - mainly spirits, vodka, southern comfort and suchlike.

(this might sound young to some of you considering the American drinking age - but you can drink at 18 in the UK and most kids drink a fair bit before then, so long as you're 'sensible' about it and don't act like a prat by and large people will turn a blind eye to you)

I drank Southern Comfort a LOT until my 21st birthday when I drank a bottle of the stuff, that coincided with various 'interesting' events including being carried out of a chinese takeaway which I'd literally crawled into ....

(I only started drinking it again about 4-5 years ago)

Have you recently tried a new drink that you loved/hated?

I haven't tried anything new in ages tbh I'm not 'big' drinker these days - not by my student ten pints a night standards anyway.

Most embarrassing story involves Snakebite visiting a friend at his university and throwing up on my own trainers* ... which wouldn't have been so bad, but due to the amount of blackcurrant I'd drank in the Snakebite that night I woke up to find they'd changed colour from white to purple come the morning.

*This night may or may not have also involved me entering an air guitar contest and driving my motorbike through his halls of residence ....

[Lathum]

a snakebite in the US is a shot. Yukon Jack and lime juice.

I am currently sipping a vodka and OJ, it is hot as hell here.

[INDalltheway]

Sailor Jerry and Coke on this Sunday night. Strange - didn't plan on a buzz and it happened. Xoxo FOFC

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by Lathum

a snakebite in the US is a shot. Yukon Jack and lime juice.

I am currently sipping a vodka and OJ, it is hot as hell here.

I've also seen some bars serve it as cider + Guinness, instead of lager. And no finisher.

/tk

[Autumn]

That's called a Black Velvet around here.

[Peregrine]

Originally Posted by britrock88

Julio, an idea: if you're bored and I'm unemployed for a while, we should meet in Asheville and tour Highland Brewing.

Not just Highland but visiting the other Asheville area breweries like Craggie, Pisgah, etc is a lot of fun. I love Asheville.

[jeff061]

I had an Oaked Arrogant Bastard. I love strong as hell aggressive ales, but plain Arrogant Bastard is still not my favorite, but this Oaked variant is positively magical.

[oykib]

I had some Makgeolli at a Korean BBQ place the other night. I've had a lot of rice wine over the years. But that was a new experience.

The best part was that they served it in bowls. I felt like the hero in a Kung Fu Period Epic.

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

Not just Highland but visiting the other Asheville area breweries like Craggie, Pisgah, etc is a lot of fun. I love Asheville.

Thanks. Wanna come, too?

[Scoobz0202]

I just saw on my local beer shops twitter feed that they are having a midnight release (yes) of Westvleteren 12 in a couple weeks. It's $85 for the six pack gift set.

I'm tempted. I've been drinking mostly only craft/micro beer for the past two years, and casually for five years or so, but I'm still fairly inexperienced in the more "advanced" styles of beer. I'm afraid I'd be pissing away money on something that I don't yet have the palate for. Anybody here try it?

My go to beer that I tend to keep in the fridge is Bell's Two Hearted, Lagunita's IPA, and lately Founder's Breakfast Stout. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald occasionally, too. Nothing even remotely close to a Westvleteren 12.

[DaddyTorgo]

I had Alchemist Brewery's Heady Topper (Imperial IPA - 2012 silver medal at the World Beer Cup) at their cannery up in Waterbury VT (really the only place to get it except a couple other places in VT) back in October.

Damn good IPA - and I'm not even a huge IPA fan.

[Edward64]

Crown Royal maple ... and no, its not as good as it sounds.

[Julio Riddols]

Originally Posted by britrock88

Julio, an idea: if you're bored and I'm unemployed for a while, we should meet in Asheville and tour Highland Brewing.

Can we hit up Green Man and Wedge too?

[Julio Riddols]

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

Have you been in Bryson City? Or is this a new locale?
I totally missed that...I love that area to visit.

Asheville has some good breweries and if Old Meck out of Charlotte has made its way there yet dont miss some copper

I've been in Bryson City for a majority of the last 10 years.. Spent a couple years back in Arizona, but once my long time friend and now fiancee decided she wanted to give it a go and get together, we came back to NC.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Crown Royal maple ... and no, its not as good as it sounds.

that sounds like drinking alcoholic pancake syrup and it doesn't sound good bro

[Peregrine]

If it works with my schedule I'd be glad to meet up with some of you guys in Asheville for a beer tour.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

that sounds like drinking alcoholic pancake syrup and it doesn't sound good bro

True. Have a six pack of Singha now.

[CleBrownsfan]

If any of you enjoy seasonal Christmas Ale's then I suggest you pick up Southern Tier's 2Xmass Ale.

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

Can we hit up Green Man and Wedge too?

I would do the whole tour; the problem is that I got a job and moved to North Dakota. But I'll be back over Christmas!

[Julio Riddols]

Haha.. If I ever find the chance to hit Asheville for a weekend while little man stays with grandma, I'll drop a notice here.

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

If any of you enjoy seasonal Christmas Ale's then I suggest you pick up Southern Tier's 2Xmass Ale.

I've been staring at the handle of this one... next time I go back to my place...

(Tonight, had the Black Ghost oatmeal stout (a nitro out of Montana) and the Freshtracks, brewed with wet hops (from Boulder, CO)... both recommended.)

[mckerney]

Deviant Dales IPA tonight.

Considering picking up the Nitro Milk I saw to take to a friends place this weekend. Not sure that it sounds that appealing, but it has me curious to try it out.

[Ryche]

Surly Abrasive. Mmmmm

[CleBrownsfan]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Deviant Dales IPA tonight.

Considering picking up the Nitro Milk I saw to take to a friends place this weekend. Not sure that it sounds that appealing, but it has me curious to try it out.

Left Hand Nirto Milk? If so it's pretty tasty...

[britrock88]

Yes, it is.

[Sun Tzu]

I just picked up a nice 15 year bottle of Glengoyne. I'm very excited about opening that bad boy.

[dzilla77]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I just picked up a nice 15 year bottle of Glengoyne. I'm very excited about opening that bad boy.

I haven't seen the 15. I've had the 14 which is good and the 17 which is really good.

[Peregrine]

I've never actually tried Glengoyne, but I do have an unopened bottle of Lagavulin 16 I am excited about.

[cartman]

Love, love, LOVE Lagavulin.

[mckerney]

Big fan of Shake Chocolate Porter.

[AENeuman]

Been working on the San Francisco whiskey map: The San Francisco Whiskey Map - The Bold Italic - San Francisco

Had a Whistle Pig manhattan, by far the best drink I have ever had. Could not believe the difference a great, ($80 range) rye can make. Thought, was hoping, expensive whiskey was like expensive wine, you really can't tell the difference between mid and mid-upper range.... Totally wrong.

[timmae]

I am on a serious Zombie Killer streak at the moment... then back to Lagavulin and Laphroaig.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Picked up a bottle of Plymouth Gin today. Makes a mighty fine Gin and Tonic.

[Schmidty]

Water.

[Dodgerchick]

I don't typically drink, but if I'm grocery shopping and it strikes the mood, I'll buy... whatever. If I were to go to Happy Hour, or out with my friends and they wanna buy me a drink, I have them choose for me. They buy it, I drink it, I ain't picky.

[frnk55]

Lemonade. Crystal light that is. So refreshing.

[mckerney]

Had a couple Surly Furious last night, so good.

[Glengoyne]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I just picked up a nice 15 year bottle of Glengoyne. I'm very excited about opening that bad boy.

Originally Posted by dzilla77

I haven't seen the 15. I've had the 14 which is good and the 17 which is really good.

The 17 was good enough for me to steal its identity.

Sadly I have none in the cabinet now.

JW blue, highland park, laphroig, and speyburn round out my scotch in hand.

The Speyburn is pretty close to dirt cheap and while not exactly smooth at just 10 years, it is a really good example of sweet flavor profile in a scotch for non scotch drinkers.

[Julio Riddols]

I get my car in about a month.. Then it will be time to hit Asheville. I'm thinking a Saturday or Sunday of watching football and getting my brew tour on would be fantastic, since football season approaches.

Otherwise, i'll be in Bryson getting happily sloshed at my favorite brewery of all time, Nantahala Brewing Co. I think they might have better stuff than Asheville even.

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

I get my car in about a month.. Then it will be time to hit Asheville. I'm thinking a Saturday or Sunday of watching football and getting my brew tour on would be fantastic, since football season approaches.

Otherwise, i'll be in Bryson getting happily sloshed at my favorite brewery of all time, Nantahala Brewing Co. I think they might have better stuff than Asheville even.

I'm back in the state the last week of August if you feel like a FOFC meet/brewery crawl.

[CU Tiger]

Nantahala has some fantastic beers.

8 foot drop double IPA is one of my faves.
I had an Oktoberfest (River run maybe?) a few years ago of theirs but didnt see it this past year that was amazing.

And I have 3 or 4 of their Ambers in my beer fridge currently.

[DaddyTorgo]

I had the Balvenie Portwood the other day. That was some nice scotch.

One of these days I want to buy a single-cask bottle of theirs, but they're three-figures.

[Lathum]

Diet Coke. No name on it.

[Glengoyne]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

I had the Balvenie Portwood the other day. That was some nice scotch.

One of these days I want to buy a single-cask bottle of theirs, but they're three-figures.

I've gone through at least one bottle of Balvenie, and I like it. I've never done their port wood, as after trying the Glenmorangie Port and sherry finishes I decided I didn't care for that style of scotch. That said, I don't care at all for Glenmorangie, so I might have written it off without due consideration.

Glenmorangie tastes like ....medicine... to me.