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Ahoy Fuckbag
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Kremlin, do you masturbate to the alcohol ads in men's magazines?
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Spice Master
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In related news, next fall, if all goes to plan, I very much want to spend as much time as I can afford in Amsterdam getting fucked out of my mind. Would anybody be interested in rendezvousing?
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Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing.
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![]() The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them. ![]() |
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Don't call me Shirley
Join Date: Jun 2010
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We have recieved another shipment!!!!!!
2 bottles of the Zubrowka bottle, which was polished off very quickly last time. A bottle of japanese whiskey. Didn't taste it, since I am, you know, at work, but it has a very complex smell and I suspect it will be harsh like something southern kentucky. A bottle of Pyrat rum, since one of my roommates keeps drinking rum bottles faster than we can buy them (its a problem, admittedly.) And two bottles of bitters: Peychauds, which is somewhat similar to Angostura but with a little more spice, it is a new orleans brand and not generally available in the UK. Purchased for exactly one drink, the Sazerac. Also a bottle of Mole bitters. I had a drink with this bitters at a bar in Chicago whose name I can't recall and it blew my mind. So I am respectful of the potential here. The Japanese Whiskey will be very challenging to mix in a cocktail, and I think I am going to pair it with the Mole bitters. 'Cause I'm crazy like that. Having people over tomorrow night for drinks + flipcup, will post a few results monday. |
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But regardless, an Old Fashioned (or especially the house cocktail - the Sazerac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) is better than the Manhattan. | |
![]() The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them. ![]() |
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Don't call me Shirley
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Had people over the other night, mostly to play flipcup, a game which a) is superior in many ways to beer pong and b) english people have never played. But also took the opportunity to make some cocktails.
The Gin Bush In a shaker filled with ice, mix 1 shot gin (I used Sipsmith, a self-proclaimed London gin), 1/2 shot of Green Chartreuse, 1/2 shot of ginger liquoer, juice of 1 lime. Shake vigorously 50 times. Pour without straining, to let some broken ice cubes join the party. Garnish with slice of lime. (This drink came out pretty well, I usually use gin for martinis and martinis only so I was glad to make a more refreshing, lighter drink with it. Good to serve to female company.) The Multicontinental Sazerac Fill one highball glass with ice water. In another glass, place a cube of unrefined sugar. Soak the sugar with 4-5 drops of Mole Bitters (Bitters | The Bitter Truth). Muddle the sugar and bitters. Pour 1 1/2 ounces of Japanese Whiskey (see picture a few posts back.) In the other glass, pour the iced water out and pour in a dash of absinthe. Toss the glass in the air with a twisting motion, try to catch it. Should coat the glass. Strain the whiskey mix into the absinthe-coated glass. Finally, cut a peel of orange, hold it over the drink, light it and squeeze (should flame up a little, this is the oil in the orange skin you're squeezing out.) This drink had a component from europe (the absinthe was from Prague), from asia (Japanese Whiskey), from South America (Mole bitters), and from North America (not really, but if they had been florida oranges.) Hence the mulitcontinental name. It had a great flavor but very very different from a straight sazerac, which uses rye and peychauds bitters. The alcohol was much more evident, you could taste it before you even sipped it, had some of the qualities of a brandy. I'm pretty sure 3 of these would end your night. |
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Don't call me Shirley
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Another shipment has arrived, just in time to get drunk in the new pad.
The crown jewel of this set is "Pappy Van Winkle 20 yr old Bourbon". Very excited to try this one. Next is a mezcal from Oaxaca A bottle of cognac (for cocktails) And dark rum (for summer cocktails) |
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Gangnam Style
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Pappy is bourbon. The best bourbon. I actually have been to their distillery (Buffalo Trace) twice in the last month. They also produce Rain vodka, which is my favorite vodka to drink straight (and at a hellova good price.)
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