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That story is almost certainly fake.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Nov 29, 2010 -> 11:10 AM) Apparently the human race has evolved past just having Males and Females. As I understand it, this would be the correct way to use the term gender. Gender is a personal description of your sexuality while "sex" is the biological description. At least, I am pretty sure that's how the law views the terms.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 29, 2010 -> 03:37 PM) Another compelling reason to finally make the Cooperstown pilgrimage. Just don't go in the middle of summer. You'll be surrounded by city folk and New Jersey people.

Apparently Ommegang is opening a Belgian cafe on their grounds. That will be awesome.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 29, 2010 -> 08:45 AM) Definitely a place worth the trip once in a while. How were the other Sam Adams Barrelroom beers? I don't know i I'll ever see those. I have only tried the Stony Brook Red which I posted about briefly. I will give reviews when I try the kriek and Tripel. I will say that the Red was far better than anything Sam Adams has produced and I have tried. It was a well executed sour (probably not great, but very tasty) and at 10% ABV it deserves a lot of credit as the alcohol is totally hidden. The best comparison is a Boon's Framboise but with double the alcohol and a bit more sourness. Reading reviews about it, I feel it is under appreciated. I doubt there is an American made sour at that price point that even compares to the Red. And I doubt any have 10% alcohol. I have never understood what people seek in sours, but then, I have never shelled out for 3 Fonteneine (sp?).

I discovered that the greatest liquor store ever resides in Springfield, MA. Unfortunately its 80 miles from where I live. But I was driving back from Cape Cod and stopped to grab the Sam Adams Barrelroom Tripel and found an Alesmith Wee Heavy. They even had Lost Abbey Angel's Share, but at $18 for a 350ml I wasn't about to pony up. I noticed that they had an entire section for Cacacha which I figured meant they had a decent rum selection. I didn't spend time looking through the rums since we were already running late. I will probably head back there after Christmas and a couple more paychecks.

Out on Cape Cod I stumbled on Sam Adams Barrelroom Collection. Picked up a kriek and Belgian red. There's also a triple in the collection but it wasn't at the store. I don't have real high hopes for them but I had never heard of them so why not try it. I'll post about them later.

Beer for tonight is Saison Rue from The Bruery. A fantastically tart beer with hints of apricot. Very nice flavor with a ton of head. Went really well with butternut squash soup.

Hot buttered rum is in the crockpot. Now I just need a way of getting it out to Cape Cod...

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 23, 2010 -> 12:33 AM) So I have accepted my first paying bartending gig a couple of weeks from now! It's a private party at a really cool house with a bar that was reclaimed from an old restaurant the homeowner once owned. I have been asked to design a menu of classic and unusual cocktails and give them the booze list and the Booze Fairy will magically have everything ready and waiting for me on event night. I'm pretty excited, and I'm trying to work down to a list of maybe a dozen featured cocktails in addition to more standard mixed drinks. If anyone is interested I will post my menu once I have it figured out. I'm sort of hoping this goes really well and I can get some word of mouth in the beachside high-roller community and maybe get a few more gigs like this down the line. You're like Betty White. Living out the dreams of a young man as an old woman.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 20, 2010 -> 06:27 PM) But it is nice to know that guys have their prince's straight Deep down, I'm really just a little girl.

Appleton 12 year is the first rum I cam actually drink straight. Still, I prefer it in Mai tais and daiquiris.

Pretty sure Prince Harry isn't getting married.

http://www.drinkupny.com/ I think they have the rum you are looking for.

You did post it last year and I have been dying to try it ever since. I tried a basic hot buttered rum but found that using water lacked something. I wanted to try it again with apple cider instead. Best part is that I have a crock pot now!

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 19, 2010 -> 10:35 PM) Melted brown sugar or syrup maybe? I was eyeballing the brown sugar. Yeah that would probably work real nice.

Reebok easy tone commercials are great.

Drinking my first authentic eggnog (raw egg). Simple Rumdood recipe with heavy cream, Appleton VX, sugar, and brandy garnished with cinnamon and nutmeg. Pretty tasty although it could use another flavor. Could sub in Appleton 12 year but I think I would maybe add some vanilla. But this is a nice base drink to build on.

Chains will generally be open, but lots of restaurants are open on Thanksgiving. My wife and I head to a restaurant every year. Also, check and see if any are doing take out for thanksgiving meals. Out here, a huge trend is restaurants making a huge meal and you just take it home and heat it up. We are doing that this year as we head to Cape Cod for a couple days. I've never been, but after spending last Thanksgiving in Canada, we are spending this one a bit closer to where the Pilgrims landed.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Nov 17, 2010 -> 10:52 AM) Define beer snob though. I mean if I'm at a bar/club i'll drink regular stuff. Or if i'm buying bulk i'll go cheap (real cheap). But if i'm having a beer with dinner or a six pack on a sunday just to chill I'm gonna buy something that actually tastes good. I'll define it. Snobs won't let the bartender or server pour a belgian beer because he knows they won't do it right. Yes, that's me. I want the yeast at the bottom, and these people won't swirl and pour it. Also, I will not order a macro unless I'm not paying. Free beer can be any beer, but if I'm paying for it, it has to be decent.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Nov 16, 2010 -> 08:15 PM) So, since 9/11 how many successful terror attacks have their been using airplanes? Serious question, maybe airline travel is more dangerous than I thought. Wouldn't a breathalyzer on every car save more lives annually? Or require everyone over 40 to get a colonoscopy? I guess I think that all these extra security measures are a bit over the top. The government requires seatbelts, makes it very difficult to smoke, and would like to elimininate happy meals. And f the goverent has full control over health care you probably will be required to have colonoscopies. I wouldn't be shocked if breathalyzers were put in cars. They will get around to it all eventually. For every person in this thread that thinks "I'm not doing anything wrong, so who cares", I will say that one day you will be doing something "wrong". Like looking suspicious.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Nov 16, 2010 -> 07:37 PM) I think much of the appeal in being a beer drinker is always being able to try something new. I'm going to peruse all of the lists to find beers I haven't tasted yet. One of my favorite beers I discovered only through the recommendation of a poster here, G&T I'm gonna high five myself. Meanwhile, would it make sense to redo this as top 10 breweries?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 14, 2010 -> 07:30 PM) I love when this commercial comes on only because of the woman in the black lingerie. Me too. And I really don't know why.

Oh and if you are making homemade eggnog, do you heat the egg or go raw?

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 13, 2010 -> 09:00 AM) Really? That kind of sucks. There's no "kind of" about it. It's very stupid but there is a large wine industry in this state and they don't want grocer stores selling the California wines on the cheap. They claim it is to ensure that minors get carded but beer is sold in grocery stores. Meanwhile the coconaut is a winner. Love the lime to cut through the sweetness of the coconut cream. As mch as I love the sweet, it has begun to wear on me a bit and this is the perfect cure.