You kids sure have strange ideas about drinking alcohol

[elpollodiablo]

YES

I also had a few draught Hopslams tonight. The local brewpub has been working the same keg for a FUCKING WEEK because no one in this town has any class or idea of what good beer is. Which I guess I should be somewhat thankful for, but it seems like a goddamn travesty that a barrel of that should go more than 48 hours.

This year's is *excellent* though. So much better than I remember.

[FreddyKnuckles]

Ginger ale and Sailor Jerry and lime juice is all that is in my house. Soon I shall yell at things but I'm not sure what. MAYBE THE THUNDERSNOW.

We had a fast and furious thundersnow

[jess]

YES

I also had a few draught Hopslams tonight. The local brewpub has been working the same keg for a FUCKING WEEK because no one in this town has any class or idea of what good beer is. Which I guess I should be somewhat thankful for, but it seems like a goddamn travesty that a barrel of that should go more than 48 hours.

This year's is *excellent* though. So much better than I remember.

The best local beer bar put a fb update up last night that they had Hopslam on tap, so my friend and I went this afternoon (our regular dept mtg was canceled) and had some. Excellent. I also had a bit of some Schlafly Pumpkin that they had gotten a last bit of, which was surprisingly pretty good for a pumpkin beer—pretty pumpkin-y, but better balanced than most. I only had a sample size of that, which is all I tend to want of pumpkin beers, but I enjoyed it.

[elpollodiablo]

Yeah, I've yet to meet a pumpkin ale that I wanted more than 4oz of.

Incidentally, I just had another draught Hopslam. Bunch of fucking savages in this town.

[Greg Nog]

Yeah, I've yet to meet a pumpkin ale that I wanted more than 4oz of.

Man, I love the Cape Ann fisherman's pumpkin stout.

[fishjim]

All this talk of thundersnows makes me want one. Sort of.

Today was the last day of a nursing clinical, so I celebrated by self-medicating. Had to use an old prescription, though:

[lucky strike]

feelin' that watermark

[El_Josharino]

I just realized today that Don and Millie's is just a local burger chain and they're not all over the place. Which is too bad for everyone else, because they have dollar margaritas. I can think of few better ways to spend a Saturday afternoon than spending 6 bucks on a double cheeseburger and chili-stuffed baked potato and another 9 dollars on margaritas.

[YojimboMonkey]

Chamomile Hot Toddy idea I had this evening: a success.  Nothing fancy, just brewed up some chamomile tea and used it to make your standard hot toddy, half a mug of chamomile, a tsp each of lemon juice and sugar, and about 2 oz of bourbon.  Delicious.

[Antero]

Abita Turbodog.  And rye.

[elpollodiablo]

Not a huge fan of Abita as I recall, but it's been a few years. Have to revisit.

I have a hell of a head cold, and Jim's relation of his toddy adventure got my hankering up something fierce. Only have rye in the house, and that would've been fine, but once I got the kettle going I realized what I really wanted was just to sit back down, so I just had two belts and a few slugs of OJ. Maybe I can talk the missus into making me one.

[Antero]

They don't make anything that will blow your socks off, but they are a good supplier of comfort beer.

[elpollodiablo]

Improvised hot toddy, with available ingredients:

2oz rye
1 tbsp honey
3 dashes Angostura
Orange twist
1 cup of Constant Comment, made separately, then added to above

SO GOOD. Strong, but fucking *exactly* what the doctor ordered. 

[FreddyKnuckles]

Needs some lemon but understand you're improvising

[elpollodiablo]

Yeah, no lemon in the house unfortunately.

[Antero]

Improvising with the liquor cabinet:

1 1/2 oz reposado tequila
1 oz Cynar
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1 dash orange bitters
Up with a grapefruit twist.

Damn, son.  That's really good.

[YojimboMonkey]

Eagle Rare
Dash of Angostura
Couple drops of water.

Doin me fine right now

[davy]

Just red wine tonight, but it did the trick.

[FreddyKnuckles]

I think I am in love

http://www.kypost.com/dpp/news/national/walgreens-to-sell-50-cent-beer

[davy]

I'm going to Trader Joe's tomorrow to pick up some cheap foodstuffs. Thought I might pick up a cheap 6-pack of Trader Joe's beer I'm there. Any particular variety better than the rest?

[coldforge]

Drinking pisco on ice tonight. A cheapo bottle I've had sitting around for ages. But that shit goes down smooth!

[Greg Nog]

I'm going to Trader Joe's tomorrow to pick up some cheap foodstuffs. Thought I might pick up a cheap 6-pack of Trader Joe's beer I'm there. Any particular variety better than the rest?

They've got three-ish different price points: there's the super-cheap cans that correspond to PBR and whatnot, called "Simpler Times" (here in NYC, I think they're about 3 bucks for a sixer).  Those are utter shit and should be avoided.

There's a slightly-more expensive array in glass bottles that are sort of generic versions of different styles, and while I seem to recall them being palatable, I usually don't go for them.

There's also the most expensive kind (here, I think they're seven bucks for a sixer) that include the Mission Street IPA and the Mission Street Pale Ale.  The Pale Ale is definitely my favorite out of the various beers I've tried there.  I recommend that one!

[Antero]

They've got that Vintage Ale or whatever that's made by Unibroue.

[jess]

Yeah, I'd imagine it depends at least in part on which brewery makes it. Who makes which TJs beer (since they certainly don't have their own brewery): http://frenchoaktv.com/2010/10/the-breweries-behind-traders-joes-private-label-beer/

[alex]

Kennebunkport Apricot Wheat has the best name.