Booze reports

[flomo]

this wine was great matched with a ham and cheese with dijon

[flomo]

yummy beer


softshell crab


halibut cheek

[WillburForce]

Trimbach Riesling is very nice. Good choice sir!

Not so sure about the Guinness in a can though...(ever had Guinness and oysters?)

Food looks wicked - are you a chef or just a glutton like myself?

[will641]

for red wines i would try to find these
ridge geyserville-this is my favorite american wine

crazy, my dad just bought this bottle. you really like it flomo?

actually its not geyersville, its sonoma county, three valleys.

[yourfather]

I have been trying to make my own sushi with varying degrees of success.

I saw you made a spicy tuna roll. I just used sriracha (which is the shit in general) for the spicy part. Yours looked different, what did you use? Did you add spicy mayo?

BTW, some serious baller spreads.

[flomo]

sririacha + mayo =spicy sauce



cobb salad before being smothered with blue cheese dressing

[will641]

if anyone is interested, i learned this very simple and very good way to enhance a BLT. just mince some cilantro and squeeze some lemon juice to the mayo!

[flomo]

yes will, i really like the ridge geyserville--it is my favorite american wine (that i've had so far)
and everything i've had from ridge has been great

we add guacamole to our BLTs

[flomo]

wilburforce how did the ridge go down?


another ipa/pale ale tasting
a homebrewer buddy and his gf joined us(both much more experienced than my wife and i at beer tasting)
it was good to have some professionals with us


the line up

buddy's home brew was the beeer on the far left





the least liked 3 beers of our tasting
long trail
smutty nose
and ipswich

the oddball---some liked , some didn't know what to say
dogfish

4th place
buddy's home brew

3rd place
rock art

tied for 1st
dale's and stone

[zook]

Love IPAs, only had the dale's, stone, dogfish head and long trail. Love the Dale's and Stone, like the other two. Dogfish head beers can be a little too sweet/malty for my taste, but that's a bigger problem with the 60- and 90-minute IPAs in my experience.

[WillburForce]

yeah, the ridge was v good. expensive over here, so i prob won't get again untill 4th of July next year!

I did have a very nice Medoc last night - went well with spicy Italian sausage and mushroom pasta

Been getting into my Port lately (Christ I'm getting old). Highly recommend you have a Port/Maidera tasting. Served with cheese and grapes mmmmmmmmmmnnnmmmm

[bigred]

medocs ftw!

I question the groups judgment of beer based on them not liking long trail!

[flomo]

medocs ftw!

I question the groups judgment of beer based on them not liking long trail!

it was one of the least LIKED ales
the only beer out of these tastings that i didnot like was the samuel adams

long trail is made with cascade hops

cascade hops are considered the phil collins of hops

i hate phil collins

where can i find medocs?
i'm at york and 67th

[flomo]

bigred are talking about the wine?
i can't afford that

[flomo]

been drinking a lot of this breweries products
great stuff


this wine was very tasty


parm peppercorn mayo and horseradish mayo are excellent from this place
pommes frites



and the fatguy getting fatter


right now all i have is natty light in the fridge. it was on sale and i'm cheap.

[triumphant cracker]

blind beer tasting
pale ales and IPA's




we are not experts just drunks
all 8 beers were great with the top 5 being fantastic

this is the order we put them in
1. stone coast brewing "420"
2. stone IPA
3. bass
4. sierra nevada
5. shipyard
6. flying dog
7. brooklyn
8. sam adams

we would have liked to had can of dale's pale ale included but were unable to get to MA before did this tasting
next time we will get a few cans

last time we did this sierra nevada was the one we liked best

i reccommend everyone try doing this sort of thing

the 420 ipa is my favorite..wheni used to be o pot head i bought it just for the label..but surprised myself.

[triumphant cracker]

i give this a 5 spade

[yourfather]

Take a right on st marks and go to mahmouns for felafel for 2.50 and get hot sauce on it before pommes frites.

[flomo]

Take a right on st marks and go to mahmouns for felafel for 2.50 and get hot sauce on it before pommes frites.

you got that right

we hit that earlier in the day
fat guy with backpack on is me using the hotsauce

this is at the west side location

[yourfather]

Ha you have good taste sir. Used to always go to the Mcdougal street location when I was in school.

[zook]

Mamoun's I've eaten there drunk and stoned more times than I can count

[flomo]

crif dogs--same day
yes i'm fat




corn dog for my daughter


spicy redneck for me
bacon wrapped deep fried hotdog covered with chili, coleslaw, and jalapenos


going to try to get to the red hook ballfields in brooklyn this weekend for some south of the US food---also going to ikea(so that we can ride their ferry over and back)

[flomo]

drank these beers all good
gordon was super great\



these wines did the job


baileys for the wife and some bourbon for me


trying to keep on the cheap in NYC

[flomo]

going to try to link some of the drinking threads in here

2 must haves

kingnat homebrew
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...at-t77893.html

i don't have a liquor license so you'll have to go here
speak easy

[flomo]

my 1st post might be in here
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...highlight=beer

[WillburForce]

Hey Flomo - I had some red wine the other day that was unbelievably good. I'd never heard of it - someone brought me back a bottle from Southern Italy.

Its called Aglianico del Vulture - and after some quick research it is one of the wine world best kept secrets.

It can be as good as Barolos but for 1/2 the price.

I've found a supplier in England (Majestic do a bottle) - I'd seriously recommend finding a bottle. Its only about £7 ($10) a bottle, but tastes like it is £30 - and it can be laid down for years.

I'm gonna be drinking a lot of this stuff!!!

[zook]

aglianico is delicious

[flomo]

i'll look into some Aglianico del Vulture
ty guys

[will641]

that hot dog looks so fucking good.

btw this is my favorite thread. 5 stars.

[flomo]

i'm glad you like it will

hope to add some pics tonight

[flomo]

these pics are a few months old

oysters served with mignonette sauce and hot sauce
these in the pic are New Zealand and not pictured was 6 blue point oysters


potato pancake thingie, veggie and herb sour cream with salmon roe


fried halibut cheeks

[lolzzz_321]

i came

[flomo]

drank this it worked




this was one of the bottles of aglianico i picked up after reading willburF's and zook's posts

good stuff

[flomo]

another aglianico



black and tan was a big hit over the holidays---the merlot was good for the price(yes i drink merlot)

[WillburForce]

Aglianico - my fave wine!!! Nothing beats spicy meatballs in a tomato sauce, with a glass of it.

Nothing wrong with Merlot - f the haters.

[flomo]

open faced hot(spicy) italian sausages with tomato sauce and smoked mozzarella

had those with the merlot, next time i'll try the aglianico with them

[WillburForce]

that looks seriously tasty!

[kb coolman]

Ok, I can't decide if I love this thread of if I'm having a FML moment. I think a little of both.

[ProZachNation]

Next time I feel like spending over $10 on a six pack I am picking up.


From Bells, 10% ABV

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/287/1891

[flomo]

good values


this pinot was fantastic with thanksgiving dinner(roast turkey)
i highly reccomend it next holidays


this was very tasty


i love scotch, but it is priced out of my range right now--this one was OK.
what can i say i like sminoff -prefer other lbooze to vodka
the "reds" was great with burgers and the french wine was really good after being opened for quite some time(2 days)


champagne tasting coming soon

[CBAT]

real food for Fyr

chile rellenos


pork chops


ribs


general flomo's chicken

Im going to get something to eat now!

[will641]

those ribs looks so god damn good.

[Jack Sawyer]

open faced hot(spicy) italian sausages with tomato sauce and smoked mozzarella

had those with the merlot, next time i'll try the aglianico with them

dude!

teach me.

[flomo]

this gin is great for gin & tonics--i usually don't keep any booze in the freezer but was feeling lazy earlier in the day. so instead of making ice, i just stuck the botttle in the freezer




the white ale is great, the other was just OK
--warning->had a spoiled bottle of the white ale, over carbonated and tasted like shit
1 bad one out of 8 bottles.




some friends visited from NH and brought down champagne and sparkling wine


the bollinger was everyones favorite
all were excellent

[WillburForce]

i love G&T's. try and get hold of some Hendricks Gin.

Lots of ice, slice of cucumber. heaven.

what was the MuMM sparkling like?

[zook]

Hendrick's is delicious but too good for G&T's imo, martinis or gibsons though, mmmmmmmmmmm

[WillburForce]

have you tried Bulldog gin? seriously good shit!

http://www.bulldoggin.com/bulldog.html

[flomo]

Hendrick's gin is available here but i have yet to try it. Bulldog gin i have never heard of before now.

Lately i've been mixing cocktails and using beefeater and tanq for my gins.

i don't remember what the mumm was like other than we all thought it was good for the price. 4 of us drank all 7 bottles that night, and we only took notes on the champagne.

[daven]

after a few weeks here i decided to try and sample+photograph every beer in germany. It started out well, but is going to end up as an epic fail. I'll post pics of the best sometime near the end of the year.... perhaps before and after belly shots as well.

[flomo]

after a few weeks here i decided to try and sample+photograph every beer in germany. It started out well, but is going to end up as an epic fail. I'll post pics of the best sometime near the end of the year.... perhaps before and after belly shots as well.

It would be fantastic to see some great german beer.

[Vinland]

It might be difficult to come by for others but if you are in Canada there is a micro brewery here in Manitoba that makes a few different types of beer. My fav so far:
Stir Stick Stout. It is a dark stout w/ some ethiopian coffee infused within, really good stuff.

I am a big fan of scotch although the price keeps climbing...
My favorite is 16yr Lagavulin (tastes like pure smoke) with Ardbeg and Laphroiag coming in second...

My wine choices are always red and must be bold like Cabernet Sauvingnon or Chilean Malbec...etc...I like it with red meat and also with dark chocolate (85%+)...

[daven]

Chilean Malbec

don't tell the argentinians

[Vinland]

Actually, I got it wrong, I meant to say Argentinean....
I'm saved!

[cohenleonard]

interesting choice of pasta w/the rib ragu. very nice. when is the cognac tasting? ill ship on up for that.

[flomo]

interesting choice of pasta w/the rib ragu. very nice. when is the cognac tasting? ill ship on up for that.

nice catch on the short rib pasta, the dish was supposed to be a mini lasagna. we test ran the dish with fresh pasta and it worked great. at the time of the dinner we could not get any fresh pasta and tried dry pasta. we had to change the dish as we were plating, the dry was just to thick and tough for doing mini lasagna. the dry pasta would have looked nice as lasagna but would just been a dissapointment when eaten.

probably no cognac tasting in the future. more champagne most likely.




just made a great cocktail the oriental
1.5 bourbon
.75 sweet vermouth
.75 cointreau
.5 fresh lime juice
sahke with ice stain serve up

[zook]

just made a great cocktail the oriental
1.5 bourbon
.75 sweet vermouth
.75 cointreau
.5 fresh lime juice
sahke with ice stain serve up

oooh, I'm in, TR to come as soon as I buy a lime

[zook]

going to use less vermouth and cointreau though, can't drown out the bourbon!

[flomo]

i had the "joy of mixology" by gary regan open to make a pegu club cocktail, then noticed the oriental on the opposite page. the original old times recipe for the oriental coktail was made with rye for the whiskey and orange curacao fjor the cointreau. i followed the books recipe and was very impressed with the cocktail.

if you like crisp bracing cocktails(i do), this a great one
the pegu club cocktail
2 oz gin
1 oz cointreau
.5 oz fresh lime juice
angostrura bitter to taste(3 dashes for me)
orange bitters to taste(3 dashes for me)
shake with ice, strain and serve up

[WillburForce]

big beers. me on left.

[daven]

a round of my beer photos just uploaded
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40745924@N06/3890654366/

ps paulaner from the photo above, a nice simple german standby. I like.

[flomo]

great looking beer!


and givememyleg in europe?

[BankItDrew]

5 spades

i love being crunk!

[flomo]

thank you for the spades drew


pics of the Oriental cocktail





some beers of late


the yebisu is great with sushi

[flomo]

I used this stuff for some infusions and other experiments, can not really reccomend it for cocktails.


some good wine and some OK wine


i have been mixing up a bunch of cocktails lately and i will share the ones i think are passing to excellent. these will be graded by A,
B and C--anything below C does noto get posted.

Manhattan--this is one of my favorites, so easy
A

[flomo]

Anvil a Houston establishment has given me a mission.

"We at Anvil would be remiss in our duties if we did not mention that there are certain libations we feel you should try at least once in you life...for better or worse."

link to the list
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3448/...77677677_b.jpg

the list copied from another site

Anvil’s 100 classic cocktails you must try, or “the List”

1.Absinthe Drip – absinthe, water, sugar
2.Air Mail – rhum, lime, honey, champagne
3.Alexander – spirit, creme de cacao, cream
4.Algonquin – rye, french vermouth, pineapple
5.Americano – campari, italian vermouth, soda
6.Aperol Spritz – aperol, sparkling wine
7.Aviation – gin, lemon, maraschino, creme de violette
8.Bijou – gin, italian vermouth, green chartreuse, orange bitters
9.Blackthorn – irish whiskey, french vermouth, absinthe, angostura bitters
10.Blinker – rye, grapefruit, raspberry syrup
11.Blood & Sand – scotch, orange juice, italian vermouth, cherry heering
12.Bramble – gin, lemon, creme de mure
13.Brandy Crusta – cognac, cointreau, lemon, maraschino, peychaud’s bitters
14.Caipirinha – cachaca, sugar, lime
15.Champagne Cocktail – brut, sugar, angostura bitters
16.Champs Elysees – cognac, lemon, sugar, yellow chartreuse, angostura bitters
17.Chrysanthemum – french vermouth, absinthe, benedictine
18.Cocktail a la Louisiane – rye, benedictine, italian vermouth, absinthe, peychaud’s bitters
19.Coffee Cocktail – cognac, ruby port, egg
20.Collins – spirit, lemon, sugar, soda
21.Corn ‘N Oil – blackstrap rum, falernum, angostura bitters
22.Corpse Reviver #2 – gin, lemon, cointreau, lillet blanc, absinthe
23.Cuba Libre – rum, coca cola, lime
24.Daiquiri – rum, lime, sugar
25.Daisy – bourbon, yellow chartreuse, lemon, lime
26.the Darb – gin, french vermouth, lemon, apricot brandy
27.Death in the Afternoon – champagne, absinthe
28.Dulchin – pisco, apricot brandy, curacao, lime, grenadine
29.East India Cocktail – cognac, curacao, pineapple gomme, maraschino, angostura bitters
30.El Diablo – tequila, creme de cassis, lime, ginger beer
31.Fernet-Branca – it’s a shot of fernet-branca
32.Fourth Degree – gin, french & italian vermouth, absinthe
33.French 75 – gin, lemon, sugar, brut champagne
34.Gimlet – gin, lime, turbinado
35.Gin & Tonic – gin, tonic water, lime
36.Gin Gin Mule – gin, lime, ginger beer, mint
37.Gin Rickey – gin, lime, soda
38.Hemingway Daiquiri – rum, lime, grapefruit, maraschino
39.Hot Buttered Rum – rum, butter, sugar, water
40.Improved Cocktail – spirit, maraschino, peychaud’s & angostura bitters
41.Jack Rose – applejack, lemon, grenadine
42.Japanese – brandy, orgeat, angostura bitters
43.Jasmine – gin, cointreau, campari, lemon
44.Knickerbocker – rum, raspberry syrup, curacao, lime
45.Last Word – gin, lime, green chartreuse, maraschino
46.Mai Tai – rum, curacao, lime, orgeat
47.Maiden’s Prayer – gin, cointreau, orange, lemon
48.Manhattan – rye, italian vermouth, angostura
49.Maple Leaf – bourbon, lemon, maple syrup
50.Margarita – tequila, lime, cointreau
51.Martinez – italian vermouth, gin, maraschino, orange bitters
52.Martini – gin, french vermouth, orange bitters
53.Metropole – cognac, french vermouth, peychaud’s & angostura bitters
54.Milk Punch – spirit, sugar, milk
55.Mint Julep – bourbon, mint, sugar
56.Mojito – rum, lime, mint, turbinado, soda
57.Monkey Gland – gin, orange, grenadine, absinthe
58.Monte Carlo – rye, benedictine, angostura bitters
59.Morning Glory – scotch, lemon, egg white, absinthe
60.Navy Grog – rum, honey, lime
61.Negroni – gin, campari, italian vermouth
62.Old Fashioned – spirit, sugar, angostura bitters
63.Old Pal – rye, campari, french vermouth
64.Opera – gin, dubonnet, maraschino
65.Oriental – rye, italian vermouth, curacao, lime
66.Paradise – gin, apricot brady, orange, lemon
67.Pegu Club – gin, curacao, lime, angostura & orange bitters
68.Pimm’s Cup – pimm’s no. 1, gin, lemon, soda, cucumber
69.Pink Gin – gin, angostura bitters
70.Pink Lady – gin, applejack, lemon, grenadine, egg white
71.Pisco Punch – pisco, pineapple gomme, lemon
72.Pisco Sour – piso, lemon, egg white
73.Port Flip – ruby port, sugar, whole egg
74.Punch – jerry thomas’ special punch recipe
75.Ramos Gin Fizz – gin, cream, lemon, lime, egg white, soda, orange flower water
76.Red Hook – rye, punt e mes, maraschino, angostura & orange bitters
77.Rum Swizzle – rum, lime, falernum
78.Rusty Nail – scotch, drambuie
79.Satan’s Whiskers – gin, french vermouth, italian vermouth, curacao, orange, orange bitters
80.Sazerac – rye, absinthe, peychaud’s bitters
81.Scofflaw – rye, french vermouth, lemon, grenadine, orange bitters
82.Seelbach – bourbon, cointreau, champagne, bitters
83.Sherry Cobbler – sherry, sugar, fruit, soda
84.Sidecar – cognac, cointreau, lemon
85.Silver Fizz – spirit, lemon, sugar, egg white, soda
86.Singapore Sling – gin, cherry heering, lime, pineapple, cointreau, benedictine, grenadine, angostura bitters
87.Smash – spirits, sugar, water, mint
88.Stinger – cognac, creme de menthe
89.Suffering Bastard – bourbon, gin, lemon, ginger beer, angostura bitters
90.Tailspin – gin, italian vermouth, green chartreause, campari
91.‘Ti Punch – rhum agricole, lime, sugar
92.Toddy – spirit, sugar, hot water
93.Tom & Jerry – rum, brandy, egg, nutmeg
94.Twentieth Century Cocktail – gin, lemon, creme de cacao, lillet blanc
95.Vesper – gin, vodka, lillet
96.Vieux Carre – cognac, rye, italian vermouth, benedictine, angostura & peychaud’s bitters
97.Whiskey Skin – scotch, lemon, hot water
98.White Lady – gin, cointreau, lemon
99.Widow’s Kiss – calvados, benedictine, yellow chartreause, angostura bitters
100.Zombie – jamaican rum, lime, lemon, pineapple, passion fruit syrup, brown sugar, angostura bitters

[a500lbgorilla]

im at like 6/100

[flomo]

29/100

just made a maple leaf and enjoying it right now

[zook]

been drinking a lot of negroni's recently, really good, especially if you enjoy slightly bitter cocktails. i've been enjoying them pre-dinner and then switching to manhattans after.

this is a great website for cocktail recipes and stories, guy is making every cocktail in the Savoy Cocktail Book:

http://www.underhill-lounge.com/

[flomo]

been drinking a lot of negroni's recently, really good, especially if you enjoy slightly bitter cocktails. i've been enjoying them pre-dinner and then switching to manhattans after.

this is a great website for cocktail recipes and stories, guy is making every cocktail in the Savoy Cocktail Book:

http://www.underhill-lounge.com/

thank you, been wondering what happened

i've been following erik on Egullet, no posts lately in his savoy stomping(and they had stickied his recaps for each letter--they a;re nolonger stickied)--he is still stomping along just not posting it on egullet.
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?...ugh-the-savoy/
Egullets cocktail forum is excellent.

Vieux Carre is one of my favorite aromatic style cocktails, zook i think you would love it, if you aren't already loving it.
http://www.smallscreennetwork.com/vi...carre_640x360/

[WillburForce]

I'v emade my first ever batch of Sloe Gin - check it out if you don't know what it is: http://www.sloe.biz/pip/

I've made 6 litres of the stuff....

When its done you then use the gin soaked sloes (basically small, sour plums for the blackthorn) to make Shlerry - Sloe Sherry, then when this is done, you make Shlider - Sloe Cider.

This looks to be a very drunken year for Wilbur.

Depending how many bottles i've got and whether the sloe gin is any good I was thinking about a FTR Pstars game where I ship the winner a bottle...could customise it with a FTR label...anyone interested?

I'll maybe put some pics up if i can.

[a500lbgorilla]

i would gladly clean house for a bottle of custom ftr drink.

[flomo]

movies to go with your bourbon
http://www.bluekitchen.net/top10bourbonmovies.html

and bacardi silver/white rum is not very good, anyone know of a good white rum?

[Alexos]

good thread, i think we should start another one just for wines!!

gonna grab a bottle of Aglianico next time i visit the liquor store. From what I can see we don't have many choices here in Quebec, just like 2 kinds that are 20$, rest are 60$++

[Alexos]

oh and flomo can i be your friend?

living the goood life i see!!! wp

[chardrian]

movies to go with your bourbon
http://www.bluekitchen.net/top10bourbonmovies.html

and bacardi silver/white rum is not very good, anyone know of a good white rum?

rum is a sweet booze that you might just not like.

Here's a list of some "top shelf" white rums tho:

http://nymag.com/nymetro/shopping/co...esearch/11948/

I only use rum as a mixer (mojitos, daiquiris, cuba libres) so I don't really care if I use rotgut or not.