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Although it means something quite different to Reks in other contexts , I am quite certain that at your age I never considered cellaring anything. Kids these days...

I found the World's Fair stuff way more interesting than the murder stuff.

That sucks Mike. I hate the phony "on the truck for delivery" reports.

Just beer and not too much of it because I was working in the evening.

It really would be cool. Claire likes the iTunes store and I refuse to use it. If there was an option of hi-rez I would definitely buy stuff there.

Zing!

I was literally just looking at recipes and wondering what Dinny used.

Maybe we can take a picture of Gene smoking a cigar with PS-1s and little round glasses on to see how close he can get to Bonnie's Freud.

Drinking another 21st Amendment Brew Free or Die! IPA. Beer night is a nice break.

Gene, you know better than anyone that I can swing both ways! Tonight so far it has been a 21st A. IPA and a Sierra Tumbler. Maybe I will add some plain spirits later, and maybe I will make a cocktail. Who knows?

99th Anvil List cocktail: Tom & Jerry using the Jerry Thomas recipe recited by Jim previously, although with a single egg, 2 oz of Zacapa and .75 oz of Maison Surrenne. Not bad, and not all that different from some of the other warm nog-like drinks. I need a pro to make one of these and see what it is really supposed to taste like. And 100 of 100 on the Anvil List: The Zombie or as the Stork Club Bar Book calls it, The Zombian Using Regan's Joy of Mixology recipe with an addition of passion fruit syrup because I bought it not remembering which recipe I was going to use: 2 oz anejo rum (Zacapa) 1 oz light rum (Appleton) 1 oz dark rum (Black Seal) 1/2 oz fresh lime juice 3/4 oz pineapple juice [1/4 oz passion fruit syrup] 1/4 oz apricot brandy (R&W) 1/4 oz 151-proof rum (Bacardi 151) Angostura bitters to taste (2 dashes) Shake and strain into a tall glass 3/4 full of cracked ice and garnish with mint sprig and fruit and a straw. Pretty tasty but I put in way too much lime -- read half ounce as juice of half lime -- and the addition of the passion fruit might be throwing it off a bit. Still tasty and potent! Here is the last drink of the list, up close and personal fin

Stagg rules. Here is what my last Anvil night is looking like:

Wire -- Red Barked Tree

It must be the 13th somewhere! Happy birthday John and have a great day today and tomorrow! Cheers!

Have fun with the new arm, Ari!

Thanks Tyler!

^This

Sorry about the unexpected and annoying expenses, V. Mayberry still has one fuse box in a closet covering some of the oldest knob and tube wiring in the house.

I like that muddler a lot. It is a good shape and very functional, but I wish the wood were denser and therefore had more heft. The Tap-Icer is the shizz. And remember -- vibrate -- don't pound! Good advice in many contexts.

That guy in the back looks wasted and grumpy. Anvil - 3 Hot Buttered Rum a la Stork 1.5 oz Jamaica rum (Appleton V/X -- still don't like this rum) 1 lump sugar 1 small pat of butter (unsalted) 4 cloves Pour ingredients into mug or old fashioned glass and then fill with boiling water. Meh. Warm and all that, but I just don't dig on the hot drinks for the most part. And then there were two.

Anvil List in 4 Mint Julep following the Stork Club Bar Book recipe and specifically a slightly less insane version of the author's preferred recipe, which is offered as an alternative to the usual 2 oz bourbon recipe. 4 oz Jack Daniels proof bourbon (2 oz Pappy Van Winkle 19 yo Cask cask) 2 oz cognac floated on top (1 oz Maison Surrenne) 1 tsp sugar (1.5 tsp simple syrup) 4 sprigs mint Mash with muddler. Fill silver mug with shaved ice, decorate with sprigs of mint, add straws and a green cherry. I had no silver mug or green cherries so I just went with a cut glass tumbler, a big bunch of mint and a straw. The Pappy and Surrenne were serene together. I also took the effort of cracking my ice cubes with the Tap-Icer that has been in use in this house for more than 45 years and probably before that. Here is a pic because it is so cute.

Sounds great Ken!

Hey, I was going to say that!

Mac Mini 2.66 hz processor to be the new Amarra machine. JP says he can put in an SSD and memory upgrade, so we shall see. My parents get last year's model.

Bear Republic Racer X on tap, followed by a DFH Worldwide Stout on tap. First one very good, second one very sweet. Weird progression.