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Cam/ron
12/22/08

In reply to An Ode To All The Booze We've Drunk Before
As we speak about single-malt Scotch, Talisker is my fave. Mix it in a Rob Roy with a dash of Drambuie and you'll walk on goddamn tulips.
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Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
12/22/08

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While on the subject of expensive alcohol, I had an opportunity to attend a "luxury tax" - I heard they served Patron - party thrown by one of the African-American frats on campus, but my stingy ass didn't feel like paying to go to a party where I wouldn't know anyone except my roommate. Not wanting to pay seems laughable now, but I was REALLY low on cash this semester.
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I'm Chuck Bass
12/22/08

In reply to An Ode To All The Booze We've Drunk Before
I'll give up many things (professional haircuts, the gym, clothing, my phone, internet, fresh produce) before I'll give up good beer (specifically, good IPA or, on occasion, a nice porter or stout). Life wouldn't be worth living for me without good beer.
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
12/22/08

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We were the recipients of a wonderful bottle of 12 year old single malt this past week, delivered by a friend of our friend in Scotland. Straight off the plane from Scotland.

Would I be the object of pity if I admitted it was the highlight of my year?
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FourInchHeels
12/22/08

@Gretchen: No, but you will be the object of a barrage of invitations to hang out .. starting with one from me.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/22/08

@Gretchen: No, but you are the object of envy.
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Dottie Gale
12/22/08

In reply to An Ode To All The Booze We've Drunk Before
I am like this with beer. The price of microbrews or good beers is astronomical now, and I'm spending $10 or more for a 6-pack. I still refuse to drink Miller, though.
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Flackette Goes Retro
12/22/08

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As a good Kentucky girl, I will sacrifice many things before I will give up my top-shelf bourbon. Who's up for bourbon balls, bread pudding with bourbon sauce and some bourbon on the rocks at my house?
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athenaswisdom
12/22/08

@Flackette is a Red State Elitist: I AM!! Bourbon is the nectar of the gods.
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Cam/ron
12/22/08

@athenaswisdom: I love small-batch bourbon - there's an Election Day Maker's Mark bottle (covered by patrotic waxes) waiting for me at home.
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RedHotz
12/22/08

@Flackette is a Red State Elitist: This Kentucky girl also agrees with you and I am VERY picky when it comes to my bourbon. I am also partial to moonshine if it is made properly.
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emilyanne
12/22/08

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The only drink worth savoring is an Islay Malt, preferably Lagavullin or Laphroig, 15 years or more. Purchase said bottle, open it, pour a stiff glass, add a small amount of water to allow the whisky to fully into its own, sit in a large, comfy leather chair with the fire going and a great book (MR James' ghost tales would fit this weather). Now drink.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/22/08

@emilyanne: I want to do that right now. All I'm missing is a comfy leather chair and a fireplace. I have the good book and the whiskey.

Hmmm...must procure missing items, but how?
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emilyanne
12/22/08

@dianersb: I have three of the four, sadly no fireplace either. I'm staring at our christmas tree and thinking damn I want a fireplace, it's just so unreasonable...
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A Small Turnip
12/22/08

@emilyanne: Lady, when you bandy word like "Islay" and "Laphroaig" around, it makes me want to sex you up. In the most lady-like way, of course.
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emilyanne
12/22/08

@ASmallTurnip: You can sex me in a lady like way any time. Oh I miss decent malts but luckily some scots are arriving on wednesday, hopefully bearing gifts.
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scullymurphy
12/22/08

@emilyanne: I prefer a Speyside to those smoky Islays. Give me a Balvenie every time. The 10 year old for week days and the 27 year old portwood for Sundays.

When I'm not pregnant of course.
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hellosunshine
12/22/08

In reply to An Ode To All The Booze We've Drunk Before
Oh yes - apparently my coworkers and I will be partaking in some "holiday cheer" very shortly, i.e. breaking into the multiple bottles of wine that various companies have sent us. WIN.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/22/08

@bitchytexan (hellodarling!): So jealous. In the land of the non-profit/school means no vendor appreciation gifts, which is one of the most awesome things about the corporate world.
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CherriSpryte
12/22/08

In reply to An Ode To All The Booze We've Drunk Before
There is a fantastic Polish vodka named Luksusowa that tastes like Chopin and costs like Smirnoff - $20-$30 a liter, depending where you go, and its the smoothest vodka EVER. Buy it. Drink it. Love it.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/22/08

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Good Gin. Seriously. Nothing ends a bad workday or the week better than a Bombay Sapphire martini (dry, with olives please). Any other gin just will not do, and cheap gin??? Not near these lips.
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tscheese
12/22/08

In reply to An Ode To All The Booze We've Drunk Before
I am a horrible, horrible person. Let me tell you why: I still drink cheap wine, despite knowing that there are things that are better out there.

I like firm, robust reds, like a good shiraz or cab sauv. I can taste the difference in more expensive wines--the subtleties, the depth of flavor, the vegetal/woodsy/punchy depth that makes an expensive wine taste like an expensive wine.

And yet, for daily consumption, I drink Barefoot. Or Yellowtail. Good wine is a real treat, but it's like...I don't wear my best clothes or my nicest shoes everyday, because I can't justify the expense to keep replacing the finest tippy-top stuff. I wear Dr. Martens and Target clothes everyday, because that's what works for my tastes and budget most of the time.

Same with wine. Cheap on the daily. Nice for special occasions.
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linnyt is a walking cliché
12/22/08

@tscheese: I'm as bad as you are. If I want to afford my nightly wine, I can't go too expensive. Sometimes you just need your nightly wine to get you through the day.
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hellosunshine
12/22/08

@tscheese: WORD. (Also, am drafting a PM to you in response to your lovely one.)
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katekate is squared
12/22/08

@tscheese: I'm this way with beer. I drink Yuengling on the regular, better stuff for special occasions. I never go as low as Bud or Miller or anything, because even I have standards.
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
12/22/08

@tscheese: Are you not a fan of "three-buck Chuck'? We can't get it here in BFE, but we do have friends visit that bless us with a couple of cases a year.
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DoNotStalk loves Jason Bateman
12/22/08

@katekate is squared: It's so hard to find Yuengling down here. Even most bars don't carry it.
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andheartss haz it
12/22/08

@Gretchen: Tw0-buck Chuck is my life blood.

I'll be picking up bottles of it tonight and pretending that it's better.
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
12/22/08

@andheartss nom noms cold hearts: Its only two bucks where you live? Inflation has hit up here big time if the Chuck in our state is goin' for three!
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SisterMaryMartha
12/22/08

In reply to An Ode To All The Booze We've Drunk Before
I have a recommendation, dear friends. Go to a holiday party- drink crazy booze for free. Do not go to bed until 6am. Wake at 11am. Nurse your pain with coffee, water, diet coke, orange juice, a mimosa and chicken wings.
Still feel like crap.
Suffer crippling bouts of post-alcohol anxiety.
Don't go sleep until 3am.
Wake at 8am, go to work and deal with shitty boss.

I guarantee this will remove all your desires for alcohol for at least a week.

Savings: $15-$45.
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hatepaperdoll
12/22/08

@SisterMaryMartha: The post-alcohol anxiety is the worst, its know as

The Guilt in my circle of friends, and it's led to many a declaration of NDA (never drinking again).
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keldo
12/22/08

@SisterMaryMartha: Ah we have had a frighteningly similar weekend. Spent Sunday afternoon freaking out with anxiety. Yet I later was able to nurse a mulled wine...medicinal, dontachyaknow.
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SisterMaryMartha
12/22/08

@keldo: @hatepaperdoll: It helps to remember that the anxiety is largely induced by a chemical reaction- but it still sucks. I tend to really beat myself up when I am like this.
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labeled
12/22/08

@SisterMaryMartha: Poor thing. If I could I'd make you a cheeseburger.
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SisterMaryMartha
12/22/08

@labeled: ooh, thanks. I think I was extry drunk, because I have been cutting back. So that round of boozin' hit me hard.
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hatepaperdoll
12/22/08

@SisterMaryMartha: I know, I read an article about how The Guilt is just a chemical thing, but it doesn't really stop you from thinking "Well, maybe for most people it's just chemical, but I really am a horrible person and also a failure."
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labeled
12/22/08

@SisterMaryMartha: Yes, this "temperance" thing has its drawbacks, for sure. Or, you know, advantages. Whatever.
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labeled
12/22/08

@SisterMaryMartha: The internet ate my comment.

I was just sayin' that this "temperance" thing has its disadvantages. Or advantages, but whatever.
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SisterMaryMartha
12/22/08

@hatepaperdoll: I am always convinced that I have somehow said something reprehensible that I just can't recall. Not for any real reason, just this persistent evil fear that my inner asshole exploded.
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labeled
12/22/08

@SisterMaryMartha: That. The reason I can't drink Bacardi anymore. Because it's usually based on, yk, the fact that my inner asshole did explode. Yay, me. So adult.
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SisterMaryMartha
12/22/08

@labeled: I confess: on 3 occasions of severe drunkitude, two in college and one after, I said stupid things to people. Which is to say, I only spoke the truth, what was on my mind- and not necessarily harshly- just you know, unfiltered. In front of others.

Bad.

As a result, I have ever since, been petrified of doing that again.
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hatepaperdoll
12/22/08

In reply to An Ode To All The Booze We've Drunk Before
I feel this way about Effen Vodka.

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katekate is squared
12/22/08

@hatepaperdoll: I can only read that as, "F'in vodka, man!"
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hatepaperdoll
12/22/08

@katekate is squared: Yeah, you're not alone in that: "This is f'in good vodka" "I'm f'in wasted" "Don't forget the f'in vodka"...and so on.

It's half the fun of drinking Effen Vodka!
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randomnessish
12/22/08

In reply to An Ode To All The Booze We've Drunk Before
My parents always keep bottles of good red wine in the house, and I've never seen them drink white. My dad always has a glass before he goes to bed, and even at restaurants, I've never seen him drink anything else. He rarely drinks, ever, except for that glass of red wine, and nothing else. But he isn't really a wine snob or anything.
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biminitwst
12/22/08

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Meagan, I just fell in love with you all over again.
Suggestion: Pull out the plastic, and buy your parents some good (not fantastic) wine, maybe an odd varietal like malbec, and tell them it was on sale, "buy one, get one free."
They'll have LOADS of fun looking for bargains in the wine bins. And ocassionally, they may find a winner!
I recently found one from Washington State, and one from France.
but I'm keeping the names a secret.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
12/22/08

@biminitwst: Tease.
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