FlaSoxxJim

Tried a couple of new (to me) tequila drinks this evening. The Brave Bull is a straightforward jigger of tequila and a half-jigger of Khalua, shaken with ice and strained into cocktail glass. Make the same drink but add 2 oz. of heavy cream and you have a Boscoe. Basically, they are the tequila-substituted equivalent of a Black Russian and White Russian, with just a little ingredient ratio tweaking. Interestingly, the tequila character was more pronounced in the Boscoe with the cream added than it was in the Brave Bull that just had tequila and Khalua, and it sort of crept around the edges of the cream and Khalua richnes in a very interesting way. I followed those up with a diet-murdering Chief Lapu Lapu from the Beachbum's Grog Log that had fresh orange juice and homemade passionfruit syrup and homemade sour mix complementing the light and dark rums. Solidly on the sweet side (I used very sweet honeybell oranges), but a heckuva good drink. Better get back to gin and tonics for a while or I'll totally shoot the diet in the foot.

I said it's really not my habit to intrude, and furthermore I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued. But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude.

QUOTE (G&T @ Mar 26, 2011 -> 10:11 AM) It's hipster thing. It's on a lot of menus here with a sense of irony and humor. Same here. Brilliant marketing.

PBR marketing has been brilliant the way it has positioned the product as THE chic crappy beer. Genius.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 05:42 PM) Willingly drinking gin & tonics for the first time in my life tonight. Got a bottle of Beefeater, some Canada Dry tonic (WITH quinine) and limes. What a ridiculously refreshing drink. Got a bar crawl scheduled tonight too. Expect a post in the I am drunk thread. The gin and tonics are really hitting the spot here as well. Beautiful simplicity.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 11:25 AM) The people who did that show were on acid. Gigglesnort was great, but it was tame compared to the original B.J. and Dirty Dragon Show.

All y'all just need to get the hell of my lawn!!

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 03:19 AM) FlaSox was an extra in the film That's right, make fun of the guy who's older than dirt.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 12:26 AM) I remember on an episode of the Sopranos, Tony is watching an old gangster movie. I'm not sure what it is, but here is a rough description of the scene they show. It looks to be the final scene, but a mother is waiting for her son (a gangster) to return home. The doorbell rings and, when the door opens, the son is there seemingly wrapped in a sheet or gauze and probably dead. He falls into the doorway. Does anyone know which movie this is? "The Public Enemy" (1931) — CLASSIC Cagney, and honestly still one of the best gangster films ever made. :headbang

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 11:55 PM) I tried one named Abbot, and there was an IPA there but it was only 3.6% alc, and that just seemed like an unreasonably low % for an IPA. I just didn't want to spend 5 pounds on a beer like that when I had Guinness for 3.50 pounds. College budget or not — you can't be thinking about the money when you have the opportunity to get UK Real Ale. My wife and I were poor grad students when we went and we stayed in some crap-ass bed and breakfasts and hostels, but we didn't skimp on the ale. As far as the low %abv on the British IPAs. . . many have been brewed to 4% or lower since the 1920s as typical "session beers" — tasty cask bitters that you can drink with the lads all night without getting to s***e-faced. Certainly the historic original IPAs that were shipped to troops overseas in India were a bit higher in gravity (and hopping rates), but they were nothing like the American IPA levels we are used to.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 10:08 PM) I unfortunately haven't seen too many local ales at the bars we have hit up, besides the popular ones such as Carlsberg, Stella, etc. And since Guinness is so much better here I figured I would order it more often, but I did give the local brews a shot when I saw them. Hoping to see more in Scotland starting tomorrow! Before my wife and I went to England I had a recurring nightmare about going and not being able to find Real Ale in any pub I went to. It was horrific!! Fortunately that was not the case when we finally got there. I'm very surprised to hear the clubs and bars you've hit up aren't serving up any any cask ale. Certainly that won't be the case in the traditional pubs.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 07:22 AM) I could drink Guinness here in London all day. That would be tragic if it kept you from drinking as much real ale as you can while in England — and this is coming from the biggest Guinness fan you will ever meet. Since I have to live vicariously through you while trying not to be too jealous, lift a pint or two for me.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 05:25 AM) I love a good gin and tonic. So crisp and refreshing. Can't have more than about 2 without the juniper overpowering my taste buds, but that's about the right amount to drink anyways. It just reminds me of spring and summer. Such a simple drink to make, yet so many places get it wrong. And usually it's not the gin they screw up on since any good London dry can work. It's that awful carbonated soda water from the bar gun that is usually used instead of real tonic water with quinine. Without the quinine bitterness to balance the botanicals in the gin the drink just does not come together. For most of my adult life I was pretty sure I didn't like gin and tonics because I'd never been served a proper one.

It occurred to me this evening that I have never actually made a mai tai with J. Wray and Nephew overproof rum. Rectified that situation by shaking up a classic ratios mai tai with J Wray and Appleton V/X, homemade orgeat, and Clement Creole Shrub instead of curacao to keep a little Martinique rhum funk in the mix. Not bad at all. The lack of any overly heavy rum lets all the flavors come through nicely. It's somewhat reminiscent of a high-octane version of a Trader Vic Menehune Juice which is basically a mai tai made with light rum. Man, the love of the rum drinks is going to continue to make this dieting thing tough.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Mar 23, 2011 -> 09:46 PM) Im glad buffalo wild wings serves delirium tremmens now, so i dont have to shove bud light down my throat. Very nice. Great beer.

I had two draught beers this evening after work that were new to me an both very good. The first was Lost Coast 8 Ball, a bourbon barrel aged stout with lots of great rich vanilla bean and mocha notes in it. The second was Brooklyn Brewing's Monster Ale from their draught-only Brewmaster's Reserve collection. Very fruity and estery for a barley wine but not at all unpleasant. The fruitiness actually sort of reminded me of the fresh ale esteriness that the original Pete's Wicked Red used to have. Later in the evening I am home trying to cut out a few calories in my eating and — gasp! — in my drinking as well. The last couple of nights I have gone with simple 2:3 gin and tonics with Boodles London Dry gin and a generous lime squeeze and they have been quite satisfying. My penchant for indulging in sugary and rich drinks is certainly a downfall when I'm trying to diet, since I'd much rather deny myself a big meal rather than a good drink.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 18, 2011 -> 01:19 AM) He's the same person in almost any movie, but he does fit that role well. He is the perfect person to play George Michael Bluth. That is very true, and he was outstanding in that role. It is pretty much everything he has done since then that has shown he is rather limited in his range. I have to confess that even though I'm a HUGE AD fan, I am very skeptical about a movie version coming out six years after the show was canceled. I think I would rather see them try to pull off some sort of reflexive/postmodern stealth reunion like they did with Seinfeld on Curb Your Enthusiasm a couple of seasons ago. Not to steal Barry Zuckerkorn's thunder, but I think the show jumped the shark and a film version isn't going to hold a candle to the series.

Victoria Jackson

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) Sam's Club has them. They are the Hecho in Mexico version with real sugar. YAY!!

QUOTE (Tex @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 02:21 PM) Drive In Movies ^^^

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 01:02 PM) thats the kind of girl you want with you on those Tijuana trips I forget the comedian, but I remember a great line about not feeling entirely secure in your manhood when you are with a woman who can comfortably conceal an acre of Mexico.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 10:01 AM) Yeah, I agree totally. My level of anger has multiplied with these types of stories since I had kids myself. Add me to that list. I can't read these stories without emotionally breaking down and that feeling has multiplied exponentially since becoming a parent.

QUOTE (G&T @ Mar 21, 2011 -> 09:36 PM) Don't know if y'all know this but here: http://blog.timesunion.com/dowdondrinks/bu...e-whiskey/6202/ WOW!!! I had no idea that is coming out, but I want it NOW!

Hope it's a good one!

Every tragic domestic story like this always leaves me wondering how many lives are touched when the extended family is considered. My heart breaks for the little girl and the surviving siblings.