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Post by urbino on Feb 12, 2024 5:51:37 GMT -5
The last of the Basil Hayden Toasted.
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Post by exbenedict on Feb 12, 2024 10:16:26 GMT -5
Coffee, strong, black, and full bodied. Roasted just right and ground right before brewing. Now, I just need three more and I should be ready to face the day.
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Post by just ol ed on Feb 12, 2024 10:46:39 GMT -5
Was usual morning meds in 4oz small Coke glass ("the usual" seems to be most often used with me)!
Ed-dealing with..
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Post by toshtego on Feb 12, 2024 23:18:37 GMT -5
Laird's straight apple brandy, aged 7 1/2 years in oak barrels. very nice and most welcome.
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Post by Silver on Feb 12, 2024 23:37:07 GMT -5
Having a pour of Blade & Bow. Bedtime soon.
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Post by urbino on Feb 13, 2024 3:38:17 GMT -5
Last of the Elijah Craig Small Batch.
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Post by exbenedict on Feb 13, 2024 10:59:23 GMT -5
Lapsang Suchong, cast iron tea pot, honey, relaxing in my office before dealing with life.
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rastewart
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Posts: 360
First Name: Rich
Favorite Pipe: Freehands, bent bulldogs, and the incomparable Peterson 303
Favorite Tobacco: Mac Baren's Scottish Blend (Mixture), C&D Mountain Camp, C&D Bayou Morning
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Post by rastewart on Feb 13, 2024 11:46:37 GMT -5
Last of the Elijah Craig Small Batch. |
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rastewart
Junior Member
Posts: 360
First Name: Rich
Favorite Pipe: Freehands, bent bulldogs, and the incomparable Peterson 303
Favorite Tobacco: Mac Baren's Scottish Blend (Mixture), C&D Mountain Camp, C&D Bayou Morning
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Post by rastewart on Feb 13, 2024 12:08:00 GMT -5
This morning, my second cup of coffee. One pod of Starbucks Sumatra blend, one of Bustelo, brewed as strong as the workplace Keurig will brew it, which I'm happy to say is pretty darn strong.
I subscribe to the apocryphal Turkish proverb (have heard from some Turks that the description of the coffee is right but it's not their proverb), "Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love." Except since I don't use any sugar I have to go with the country & western version, "... bitter as love." 
(Since it's Pączki Day, I'll also mention the Polish version I just learned: "black as the devil, sweet as a stolen kiss." Or Talleyrand!: “Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.” Yes, I've gone down a rabbit hole here.)
Last night, Bell's Kalamazoo Stout. Bell's Brewery always seems to get it right. If any of our Michigan crew are beer lovers, you know what I mean. Wonderful stout; I think I like it better than Guinness, though to be fair I've never had the chance to go to Ireland and taste that venerable brew nearer its source.
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Post by Silver on Feb 13, 2024 12:20:14 GMT -5
Kalamazoo Stout is good stuff. Just had some recently. I like a lot of Bell's offerings. I think they were among my first craft beers back in the mid-80s.
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Post by toshtego on Feb 13, 2024 12:51:14 GMT -5
Lapsang Suchong, cast iron tea pot, honey, relaxing in my office before dealing with life. One of my favorites! |
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Post by just ol ed on Feb 13, 2024 13:26:33 GMT -5
Usual 4oz small Coke glass with apple juice & morning meds way earlier
Ed
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Post by urbino on Feb 14, 2024 1:23:18 GMT -5
Noah's Mill.
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Post by username on Feb 14, 2024 1:33:33 GMT -5
Sailor Jerry rum and Coke classic.
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Post by Darin on Feb 14, 2024 7:53:32 GMT -5
A small pour of the Blanton's last night. It's definitely a nice spirit and I'm glad to have tried it. However, I can't say it's significantly better than others at twice their price.
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Post by Darin on Feb 14, 2024 7:54:15 GMT -5
Sailor Jerry rum and Coke classic. Oh man, I've got some Sailor Jerry "stories"! 😅 |
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Post by just ol ed on Feb 14, 2024 11:09:03 GMT -5
Morning meds recently in 4oz Coke glass (no idea where from). Guess qualifies!
Ed
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Post by urbino on Feb 14, 2024 17:34:18 GMT -5
A small pour of the Blanton's last night. It's definitely a nice spirit and I'm glad to have tried it. However, I can't say it's significantly better than others at twice their price. Blanton's is a classic case of a little bit of scarcity plus FOMO driving up interest and prices on a product that isn't a particularly premium product. Blanton's is good whiskey. It used to be my main, go-to bourbon, but there's nothing about it that's really super-premium (other than the price, now). |
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Post by Darin on Feb 15, 2024 7:52:20 GMT -5
A small pour of the Blanton's last night. It's definitely a nice spirit and I'm glad to have tried it. However, I can't say it's significantly better than others at twice their price. Blanton's is a classic case of a little bit of scarcity plus FOMO driving up interest and prices on a product that isn't a particularly premium product. Blanton's is good whiskey. It used to be my main, go-to bourbon, but there's nothing about it that's really super-premium (other than the price, now). That seems to be the case, oftentimes, with premium products. Cigars are another great example. A $15 cigar is better, usually, than an $8 cigar but once you get past that price point the difference is negligible. |
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Post by just ol ed on Feb 15, 2024 11:38:27 GMT -5
Way earlier, same small Coke glass & morning meds
Ed
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Post by urbino on Feb 15, 2024 16:06:01 GMT -5
Blanton's is a classic case of a little bit of scarcity plus FOMO driving up interest and prices on a product that isn't a particularly premium product. Blanton's is good whiskey. It used to be my main, go-to bourbon, but there's nothing about it that's really super-premium (other than the price, now). That seems to be the case, oftentimes, with premium products. Cigars are another great example. A $15 cigar is better, usually, than an $8 cigar but once you get past that price point the difference is negligible. McClelland and Esoterica blends are in the same boat. I liked some of them. I liked Dunbar a lot, in fact. But they weren't/aren't head-and-shoulders better than everything else. They're just, for different reasons, hard to get. |
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Post by toshtego on Feb 15, 2024 16:41:02 GMT -5
Sanpellegrino Aranciata Soda. Also known as Orange Soda.
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Post by urbino on Feb 16, 2024 3:24:31 GMT -5
My second tasting of this Copper & Cask 118-proof juju.
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Post by just ol ed on Feb 16, 2024 11:07:03 GMT -5
About an hour ago, morning meds & apple juice in same small Coke glass
Ed-simple mind, simple doings
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Post by urbino on Feb 17, 2024 2:34:46 GMT -5
Highland Park 12.
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Post by toshtego on Feb 17, 2024 3:34:50 GMT -5
That is a splendid Malt. The most balanced in flavor. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 17, 2024 3:40:01 GMT -5
That is a splendid Malt. The most balanced in flavor. It's been my go-to for a few years, now. Just the right amount of peat smoke without giving me the tummy ache. |
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Post by just ol ed on Feb 17, 2024 12:40:25 GMT -5
Way earlier, morning meds in small 4oz Coke glass as always
Ed-routines
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Post by username on Feb 18, 2024 0:22:53 GMT -5
Mountain Dew Baja Blast.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 18, 2024 1:00:12 GMT -5
Son picked up 2 French quarts of store brand tonic water. I had a taste and it was weak and two sweet, so I dumped in a couple of shots of Bombay Sapphire. Funny how 2 bad ingredients can make a pretty serious drink. I need to get a bottle of Tanqueray before summer, and some of that Indian tonic water.
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