FlaSoxxJim

Eh, Carlos Torres is garbage.

Cruzan Blackstrap almost gone and we need it for Corn 'N Oils - could you stop and pick up a bottle on your way over?

And incidentally I will be zesting 20 limes here in just a short while to make up a new batch of falernum liqueur.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Sep 8, 2009 -> 06:22 PM) ...xanthippe ?? Young wife of Socrates. . . impressive reference there.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 4, 2009 -> 02:29 PM) Curitiba, Brazil Too cool, taking a leap like this takes guts.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 01:03 AM) Have you ever noticed that you can usually tell what a woman will look like by the sound of her voice? Hot chicks usually sound hot and ugly chicks usually sound ugly. Most of the time, if I hear a hot voice over the phone, it turns out the chick is pretty hot. If that was 100% true there would be no phone sex workforce.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 07:03 AM) Trust me Flax and G&T, I'll get there. Give me 3 years. Hope both of you are still around. Hope I'm still around. Becoming at least somewhat knowlegable about your adult libations is just an occupational hazard, so no doubt we all get a little more educated over time. Don't sell yourself short even now - if you are approaching alcoholic beverages with any desire to know something about them and not just a desire to get buzzed, you're already more comitted to the process than most people. Wine is the one thing that I mostly go along for the ride on. I very much enjoy wine, but I admit that there are nuances to wine appreciation that I don't think I can ever really get. Come November, Rex will make fun of my enjoyment of "lollypop wine" when I get excited that the new Beaujolais nouveau comes in, but I like them so I'm happy. I like rieslings too, when I'm in the mood. I know some of the better ones can benefit from proper aging, but I don't think I've ever had a standard riesling that had more than a couple of years of age. I have, however, experienced several mouthfuls of vinegar that used to be riesling that aged too long under improper conditions. Yuck.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 4, 2009 -> 06:37 PM) mixing glass? I just pound that stuff with the long sticks. There's nothing wrong with muddling and building the drink in the servong glass, but I find all the muddled lime gets stuck down at the bottom if I don't at least use a Boston shaker to give it a quick mix.

I know this first birthday without Bea is going to be a tough one, but try to have a great day anyway, and remember the good times. Hope it's a good one!

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 4, 2009 -> 04:25 PM) drinking a caipirinha again. Damn you go through a lot of limes on these. Flaxx I'd love to see your freakin bar man. You mean future Exhibit A in my wife's divorce paper filings?

Rocked a different iteration of the Spievak Zombie last night, keeping the lemon down to 1/2 oz and backing down to 1 tsp of brown sugar. The big modification on this one was subbing Demerara 5-year rum for the Cruzan gold to give some more mid-body rum character. A Much-improved drink now, very high-octane but with some rich layered flavors now as well. I also had a chance to enjoy two rums I hadn't had in a long time, courtesy of the shopkeeper at one of the local grog shops who sees me in bying different things all the time and threw me two free airline bottles of Ron Matusalem — the Classico and the Gran Reserva. These are Dominican rums with a Cuban pedigree, and it's been so long I forgot how good they both were. The Classico, with a squeeze of lime and an ice cube is a very nice middle shelf sipper, similar in character and quality to Ron Botran 8 year and to Barbancourt 5 Star. This would mix up well in any cocktail calling for a gold rum with some depth of flavor. The Gran Reserva was outstanding. A quality sipper served neat at room temperature. Lots of nice rich vanilla and wood notes like you get from Zacapa or Zaya, not cloyingly sweet but decadant all the same. When I polish off one of the sipping bottles and have some room in the rum cabinet, I think I'll have to pick this one up to enjoy or a while.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 4, 2009 -> 03:38 PM) Yiddish words haven't been used much in this thread. Zei Gesund!

Quite certain Hizzle just got a beatdown.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 07:59 PM) The 50's and early 60's aren't gettin' much love. I didn't vote for that period but I loved that time. I really liked old doo wop and R 'n B and even rockabilly (Gene Vincent, Elvis etc.). I love all of that — and I have a pretty impressive vinyl doo-wop collection that I amassed back in my collecting days. And, this era is the beginning of rock and roll, so there sure is a lot going for that era. But, I think for innovation and the sheer magnitude of god music being released, I have to give the nod to the second wave of mod-60s to early 70s.

Two in a row. . . I think I'm going to faint.

Hope nobody got hurt there - but I sure do enjoy watching the wheels fall off a team that isn't the White Sox for a change.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 02:46 PM) back to the co-worker pulling his kids from class, here's a recent interoffice IM exchange: HIM: By the way, the cary school district will not be participating in the event. The district promotes a balanced approach to education. ME: who's our other president? ME: i thought we had 1 leader HIM: So. . . can I tap that? ME: ??? These text exchanges just get so strange sometimes.

Weird Science!!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 03:30 PM) Just what was the last Ice Age like Flaxx? Krazy Cold, Tom!!!

Ice Ages have come and gone faster than this thread will.

Cool it with you and your Datsun love

Alright then, what's your idea of a cool car?

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 09:56 AM) NOTE TO SELF: TELLING BOSS THAT WAS IN GREEN DOESN'T FLY TO NON 'TALKERS Tell him you kid because you care.

Yugo. Now that was a car.