Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

Prester John · May 23, 2019

meako said:
potation...even Ive never heard that one...I'd give it a try though

I think it's made with potatoes.

tmd_87 · May 23, 2019

scrteened porch said:
That marriage didn't turn out too well for Sean Connery, as I recall.

Has anybody heard of Jameson whisky with a pickle-juice chaser? I'm guessing it's a very local phenomenon.

I have had it. I have had a pickle-tini too....I liked it!

Fodderwing · May 23, 2019

I'm thinking a dill pickle chaser would be quite good.

5K Qs said:
I've not heard of it. I like a shot of dill pickle-juice now and then, but I haven't had whisky in 45 years, so it's a combo I'm unlikely to try.

- GT

Okay GT now I'm beginning to understand. Subsequent to your "retirement" you seem to have DOUBLED-DOWN, not only NOT taking it easy, but becoming BUSIER than EVER! A dram or three of potation in the evening might be just the "thin part of the wedge" needed to slowly pry apart the iron bars of the classroom cage in which you slave...

zolthar · May 23, 2019

Dschal · May 23, 2019

Rhubarb Schnapps in a month or so.

rbeggs · May 23, 2019

Dschal said:
Rhubarb Schnapps in a month or so.

That sounds interesting.

Dschal · May 23, 2019

rbeggs said:
That sounds interesting.

It’s a refreshing cocktail, with some club soda and a wedge of lime, in the summer, and really nice after dinner in the winter!

5K Qs · May 23, 2019

Fodderwing said:
I'm thinking a dill pickle chaser would be quite good.

Okay GT now I'm beginning to understand. Subsequent to your "retirement" you seem to have DOUBLED-DOWN, not only NOT taking it easy, but becoming BUSIER than EVER! A dram or three of potation in the evening might be just the "thin part of the wedge" needed to slowly pry apart the iron bars of the classroom cage in which you slave...

You might be right, Dwight. :thumbsup:

If I had my druthers, I'd go for a brownie and ice cream before bed each evening, but the doc claims that's bad for my borderline high cholesterol. So maybe an alcoholic potation/nightcap is just what the doctor (implicitly) ordered!

Isn't there a song that says that "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker"?

I always have my beer with supper.

Tonight was this brand:

- GT

tmd_87 · May 23, 2019

Duckdog · May 24, 2019

The Chub isn't as old as the KeenKutter (thank God).

- Stuart

meako · May 24, 2019

I think it was Ogden Nash who said candy is dandy but liquors quicker..
Rhubarb Schnapps....vairy interesting Kleenk.....I think it was General Burkhalter who said that...
The picture makes me think of the moonshine tasting scene in The Great Escape..Garner ,McQueen and that other guy
wow!

screened porch · May 24, 2019

meako said:
vairy interesting

You're not thinking of Arte Johnson in Laugh-in, are you?

unrelated, except for the beverage connection:
a must for the bug-out bag

Best shot of four- silly of me to stop at four.

5K Qs · May 24, 2019

meako said:
I think it was Ogden Nash who said candy is dandy but liquors quicker..
Rhubarb Schnapps....vairy interesting Kleenk.....I think it was General Burkhalter who said that...
The picture makes me think of the moonshine tasting scene in The Great Escape..Garner ,McQueen and that other guy
wow!

I learn something new every day, often on The Porch! :thumbsup:

Thanks for the Ogden Nash info,

meako ; I'm familiar with his style, but didn't realize his connection to that line. Here's one version of the song I was thinking of:

- GT

Prester John · May 24, 2019

5K Qs said:
I learn something new every day, often on The Porch! Thanks for the Ogden Nash info, meako ; I'm familiar with his style, but didn't realize his connection to that line. Here's one version of the song I was thinking of:

- GT

I think it's the whole poem!
He has a slightly longer one about martinis I like:
A Drink With Something In It
by Ogden Nash

There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth--
I think that perhaps it's the gin.

Dschal · May 24, 2019

meako said:
I think it was Ogden Nash who said candy is dandy but liquors quicker..
Rhubarb Schnapps....vairy interesting Kleenk.....I think it was General Burkhalter who said that...
The picture makes me think of the moonshine tasting scene in The Great Escape..Garner ,McQueen and that other guy
wow!

If you like rhubarb, and you like drinking, you’ll like rhubarb schnapps. Not exactly the schnapps they were drinking in Hogan’s Heroes, but good.

Duckdog · May 24, 2019

Prester John said:
I think it's the whole poem!
He has a slightly longer one about martinis I like:
A Drink With Something In It
by Ogden Nash
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There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth--
I think that perhaps it's the gin.

That is a gorgeous picture, including the knife. May make it my screensaver.
- Stuart

Prester John · May 24, 2019

Duckdog said:
That is a gorgeous picture, including the knife. May make it my screensaver.
- Stuart

Thanks, Stuart. I told the cat to move, but does she listen to me?

tmd_87 · May 24, 2019

This to start it off. Got a 12 pack sampler of Sierra Nevada. Glass is from my football teams crab feed.

Prester John · May 24, 2019

"Payday came, and with it beer."
Here's my haul today:

The Crawford Bock is a new beer I discovered recently. Pretty decent stuff.

The Moosehead I have not had in decades, but decided to get some in honour of @dc50, who just went through a rough move up in the Great White North. Cheers, Dave!

The IPA is because I told

tmd_87 I would. He graciously gifted me the rosewood lambsfoot he won in @Jack Black's recent GAW. Cheers, Taylor!

(I must say, I am glad I didn't buy a six-pack! How do all you guys drink IPAs? I really am trying to like it!

)
Anyway, thanks a million, Taylor!
¡Salud!

tmd_87 · May 24, 2019

Prester John said:
"Payday came, and with it beer."
Here's my haul today:

The Crawford Bock is a new beer I discovered recently. Pretty decent stuff.

The Moosehead I have not had in decades, but decided to get some in honour of @dc50, who just went through a rough move up in the Great White North. Cheers, Dave!

The IPA is because I told tmd_87 I would. He graciously gifted me the rosewood lambsfoot he won in @Jack Black's recent GAW. Cheers, Taylor!

(I must say, I am glad I didn't buy a six-pack! How do all you guys drink IPAs? I really am trying to like it! )
Anyway, thanks a million, Taylor!
¡Salud!

Awesome! Great haul!!!! That the IPA looks fantastic! How was it?!