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Last night sipping a generous pour of a newly bought bottle of Balvenie 21 yo, Port Wood Cask Limited Edition. I need to shake the hand of the man at Ace Beverage who recommended this to my wife as a present to give to me. It is glorious.

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Last night at a wine bar:

a really earthy and fruity wine I''d never heard of (not that that's hard); Negroamaro, maybe? something like that

And later at a restaurant bar:

ginger Daiquiri

gin and bitters

Overheard at the wine bar: "do you guys have Hypnotiq?" from a man who was apparently on a getting-to-know-you date. There was a lot of name-dropping, too, which was funny when one of the dropped names walked by with no hint of recognition by either party. Later on: "are you sure you guys don't have Hypnotiq? Don't know if he was trying to impress the lady, or if he was requesting on her behalf.

I don't usually eavesdrop, but hey, if you're talking loudly enough that I can't hear my husband sitting right next to me, well... Hanging out in bars sure can be interesting.

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Last night at a wine bar:

a really earthy and fruity wine I''d never heard of (not that that's hard); Negroamaro, maybe? something like that

What a co-inky-dink, I had a glass of Li Veli "Pezzo Morgana" Negroamaro at a wine bar last night, as well!

(Pretty sure I didn't say anything about Hypnotiq, or name dropping...although "no hint of recognition" is right up my alley)

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After a night of stuffing sausage and cleaning up the apartment, a Modified Negroni: 3 parts Genevieve, 3 parts Carpano Antica, 1 part Campari

You get the Genevieve character more than I'd expected, especially in the nose, but I'm not sure that 1) it works that well in the cocktail (although the sweetness helps balance out even the reduced campari bitterness) and 2) I wouldn't rather just be drinking Genevieve straight with a rock or two.

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drinking Genevieve straight with a rock or two.

Dash of cane syrup, dash of orange bitters, dash of aromatic bitters. Yumm-o!

As for me tonight...La Favorite Vieux, dash cane syrup, dash Fee's orange bitters, dash friend's scotch-based bitters, lime peel. Yessir.

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Right now I am drinking a six pack. Because, despite what the mainstream medical community says--with its "gotcha" doctors and "scientifical" research--drinking six alcoholic beverages at one sitting does not constitute a binge, nor does drinking six alcoholic beverages per day on a regular basis make you an alcoholic, it makes you an American! Nor is alcohol cited in a great many cases of automobile deaths, domestic violence and hunting, fishing and boating accidents.

That kind of verbage is just plain elitist.

Me? I'm a maverick and six packs are what we drink.

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Right now I am drinking a six pack. Because, despite what the mainstream medical community says--with its "gotcha" doctors and "scientifical" research--drinking six alcoholic beverages at one sitting does not constitute a binge, nor does drinking six alcoholic beverages per day on a regular basis make you an alcoholic, it makes you an American!

But what about in your case, in which you walk into Archibald's, rip off all your clothes, do a handstand with your legs spread and quivering, and have them pour all six beers into a plastic milk jug and then funnel the entire thing up your ass?

Stop laughing. I'm not being funny; I actually want to know if you consider this to be a day off from drinking.

With apologies to Orhan Pamuk.

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After a night of stuffing sausage and cleaning up the apartment, a Modified Negroni: 3 parts Genevieve, 3 parts Carpano Antica, 1 part Campari

You get the Genevieve character more than I'd expected, especially in the nose, but I'm not sure that 1) it works that well in the cocktail (although the sweetness helps balance out even the reduced campari bitterness) and 2) I wouldn't rather just be drinking Genevieve straight with a rock or two.

I've taken to using a smallish strainer with 6 or 7 ice cubers and pouring the Genevieve over (through?) it into a cocktail glass. Lightly chilled, lightly diluted. Perhaps a drop of bitters as well?
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Right now I am drinking a six pack. Because, despite what the mainstream medical community says--with its "gotcha" doctors and "scientifical" research--drinking six alcoholic beverages at one sitting does not constitute a binge, nor does drinking six alcoholic beverages per day on a regular basis make you an alcoholic, it makes you an American! Nor is alcohol cited in a great many cases of automobile deaths, domestic violence and hunting, fishing and boating accidents.

That kind of verbage is just plain elitist.

Me? I'm a maverick and six packs are what we drink.

Sounds like you're just doing your part to keep on spending in this economy. Nothing more American than that! :lol:

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Now I am going to have to try it with the bitters. Didn't like it with fresh lemon.

I'm enjoying it with limeade, lime juice [one lime per drink] and some mint. Pretty good combo, although for the second one I skimped a bit on the lime juice and it was a little too sweet [the limeade was lazilty bought at a store and it is too sweet for good limeade].

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I heard a rumour that Hop Stoopid kegs are ridiculously cheap in this market. I'm not a big fan of the style at more than about 6 ounces at a time, but I more than respect the craftsmanship.

Very well could be the case, as I have only seen HS on draft around DC. I was up in B-more today and Wine Source had it in bombers so I stacked up.

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2005 Kirkland Yountville Cabernet. Yes, a Costco private label, of all things. This is KILLER juice for $16. Drinks like a $35 or $40 cab. I bought a bottle about 6 weeks ago at the Pentagon City store, kind of on a lark, and when I got around to drinking it, I couldn't believe how good it was. I searched Celler Tracker and found that while the other Kirkland selections weren't very highly regarded, this particular one got raves. I went back to Costco to get more and it was sold out. A helpful employee looked it up on the computer and found out that no more was expected in, but that the Springfield/Newington store still had some. It took me a couple of weeks to get around to driving down there, but I went today and bought the last six bottles.

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