A rye "cocktail" suggested by Dan in chat. Coat glass with absinthe, add 3oz rye and 3 dashes of Peychaud's bitters. I used St. George and Rittenhouse 25.

Is good.

EDIT: Dan's trying to call it a sazerac. No sugar or lemon, nuh-un.

Edited November 1, 201114 yr by Fitz

That sounds good Fitz (although it does sound quite similar to a Sazerac) - St. George and Rittenhouse 25 are both excellent!

All that talk of bourbon made me thirsty for moar.

Me and and my friend Pappy:

/\/\ trick or treat..

That sounds good Fitz (although it does sound quite similar to a Sazerac) - St. George and Rittenhouse 25 are both excellent!

Yar, Dan's backed down to calling it a simplified sazerac. It's still quite tasty, if noticeably different due to the absence of the lemon. Dunno how much difference the sugar makes.

Stillwater A Saison Darkly...finally found one w/o having to trade...quite like it...a nice mix of ingredients...only time that I can recall having a Saison out of a 12oz bottle...inexpensive...

/\/\ trick or treat..

Pesky teenage+ers, didn't I say that we were closed?

argh... watch out I brought eggs....

A rye "cocktail" suggested by Dan in chat. Coat glass with absinthe, add 3oz rye and 3 dashes of Peychaud's bitters. I used St. George and Rittenhouse 25.

Is good.

EDIT: Dan's trying to call it a sazerac. No sugar or lemon, nuh-un.

I had one of these in chat with Fitz, though mine was Vintage 21 rye and Lucid. Also a negroni. Man, I really prefer that drink the way I made it tonight, with bulldog, dolin blanc, and the obligatory Campari. I just eyeballed the ratios for both. Now diet mt dew in preparation for bed.

TOØL Black Ball Porter...bought on suggestion by the store owner...normally, I don't do that, but the store was one of the highest rated in the world...stupid Chicago...

anywho, it worked out...good, dry chocolate-y porter...worth it...

That sounds good Fitz (although it does sound quite similar to a Sazerac) - St. George and Rittenhouse 25 are both excellent!

All that talk of bourbon made me thirsty for moar.

Me and and my friend Pappy:

Ooh, nice, Shelly! That's the real deal, right there! I need to get me a bottle of that. Not that easy to find.

Yes good. Yes hard to find

Yes good. Yes hard to find

So I did a quick search just to see what is out there. (long gone are the days I was buying it for $95 at costco)

but found this interesting....

USED??... WTF is that? is that like pre chewed food? kidney filtered and re-sealed...

The new run will be coming out this Fall sometime, so you should just keep your eyes out for stock when it hits. It usually doesn't last too long, but there should be some options in the Chicagoland area.

Pre-sipped and spit back?

I think you can still find it for around $100 at certain times of the year. A lot of places seem to be out right now. Cannot remember when these tend to come out.

Edit: Al just answered: Fall.

Edited November 1, 201114 yr by shellylh

Thanks for the tip! The only time I tried it was in my pre-HC days, I was into Scotches and beers, but didn't know bourbon yet. I was hanging out with a buddy in Atlanta, chatting about liquor (what else?) and the topic turned to bourbon. He mentioned Pappy and said how awesome it was, let's go get some. We drove to his local liquor store, picked up a bottle for a bit over $100, like it was nothing, and drank a few glasses that night. I just figured you could run to your local store and pick it up whenever you wanted. I've never seen a bottle since. I'll keep my eyes wide open this fall ...

Oh, and the other thing I wonder about is recycled (used?) toilet paper. I'm always wary of that ...

Edited November 1, 201114 yr by jvlgato

I had one of these in chat with Fitz, though mine was Vintage 21 rye and Lucid.

One of these, but with sazerac instead of vintage 21

Local Brew Tuesday again?

okay

Iron Springs - Kent Lake Kölsch-style ale - 4.5%

no head - big bubbles - like a soda...

This one is for the MOTDOTU. Keep the good thoughts out there Al. They may be gone but never, ever forgotten.

Rough day here at work... Wishing good thoughts to everyone.

Local (if I lived in NoCal) cognac brandy night.

Edited November 2, 201114 yr by shellylh

yummy stuff shelly

Hardly ever post here, don't imbibe so much anymore; but needed a good drink after some long days recently. Had some Lucid Absinthe in a Head-Case glass.....

...another Hanky Panky

This is one of those drinks for me that once I do one, I get stuck in a rut and want more.

Toasting MOTDOTU...

Williams Selyem Pinot

working my way up the coast with Pinots..have not made it past Paso yet... will get up to Sonoma someday... enjoy