#387904 - 07/08/05 09:38 AM
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Billster
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Witches brew?
Yes, I'll have a pickled octopus in my chocolate martini 
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#387905 - 07/08/05 09:41 AM
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Mmmmmm. Gin Martinti! I agree, the rest are something else but not a Martini. Bombay Blue Saffire is my favorite.
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#387906 - 07/08/05 09:48 AM
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Garlic Mashed Potato Martini?
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#387908 - 07/08/05 09:53 AM
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Lee Knight
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Anchovy and Capers Martini!
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#387909 - 07/08/05 10:16 AM
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Yeah, nearly anything to kill the taste of the gin makes it better.
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#387910 - 07/08/05 10:26 AM
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Lee Knight
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DAK! You haven't had GOOD gin yet then.
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#387912 - 07/08/05 10:45 AM
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Billster
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Don't give those guys any ideas, Ted! They're already using pickled octopus!
Dak, you haven't had good gin. Look for Plymouth - a bit more expensive, but smooooooth.
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#387915 - 07/08/05 12:49 PM
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Originally posted by BillStir (not shaken):
"What's wrong with plain ol' gin martinis?"
When I was 15, I tangled with an entire plastic bottle of Dixie Bell- I made very short work of it- and lost. And lost. And lost. Boy, what a losing streak- for a good, well, actually bad, three days... Never been the same since. Can't deal with gin. But I do like a particularly good beer, like Otter Creek Oktoberfest, Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter, Wagner Dockside Amber, or the like. Or maybe some tequilla, or a B-52...
Yuhp, for starters, they've got gin in 'em. But I suppose that's better than an octupus, hold the pickle...
Originally posted by Spencer Crewe: "Gin = Pine tree?
Nar - tastes more like Pine Sol to me."  Originally posted by 4-DakRecorder:
"Yeah, nearly anything to kill the taste of the gin makes it better."
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#387916 - 07/08/05 12:49 PM
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Reminds me of a Denis Leary rant on coffee flavored coffee.
"Stop adding things to my coffee. What's next? Add your whole breakfast to my coffee? Eggachino?"
-paraphrased from D.L.
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#387917 - 07/08/05 12:58 PM
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Gin vs. Vodka the new Mac vs. PC? 
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#387919 - 07/08/05 02:35 PM
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Try some good gin. Straight, no ice, no garnish.
Bombay Sapphire
Tanquery
Beefeeater
Off-brands of anything will make you yak.
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#387920 - 07/08/05 02:46 PM
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Originally posted by Billster: "What the hell is Dixie Bell ?"
(Actually, I may have it misspelled; it may be Dixie Belle, for all I know, not to mention care... )
Low-quality plastic-bottled sorry-@$$3d excuse for gin with quite the cheepnis factor; they also distribute some terrible alleged vodka nastiness of the same brand-name and plastic bottle.
"That's like saying "I don't like red wine, I had a whole bottle of Ripple when I was 15"" 
I got violently ill from the stuff, doubtlessly a case of genuine alcohol poisoning, so the discernable scent of any gin, no matter how top-shelf, makes me cringe to this day. As for its inclusion in mixed-drinks, if I can't tell it's in there, I'll probably be alright with it. But at one time the mere faintest whiff could make me retch involuntarily!
Please, enjoy your gin! Don't worry about saving any for me, I'll get by!  
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#387921 - 07/08/05 03:03 PM
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The "gin" thing happened to me, only my poison was Southern Comfort. I'm not really too friendly with that stuff to this day.
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#387922 - 07/08/05 03:19 PM
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For the most part, any cheap alcohol is hideous.
People who hate tequila usually have only had the bargain-basement brand.
It seems that everyone is aware of premiere vodka, and order drinks accordingly (Stoli martini and so on). Personally, I like gin, as long as it's good gin. Tangueray is the minimum. The alcohol that messes with me is rum. High sugar content, bad hangovers... it's not for me.
Since I only drink rarely, I might as well get the good stuff when I do.
- Jeff
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#387923 - 07/08/05 03:20 PM
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If you mix three parts gin and one part Southern Comfort, you have what we call a "Bootlegger". True story.
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#387925 - 07/08/05 04:38 PM
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Jeff Klopmeyer
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I also had the REALLY bad SoCo experience as a teenager.
It makes me gag to even smell, to this day.
- Jeff
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#387926 - 07/08/05 04:41 PM
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Originally posted by Jeff Da Weasel:
...People who hate tequila usually have only had the bargain-basement brand.
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#387927 - 07/08/05 05:20 PM
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A friend of mine had an alcoholic mother (a for real alcoholic, she drank herself to death a couple of years after this story took place). Long story short, on one of many occasions we took a little bit out of every bottle and put it all in a 32oz sports bottle. There were a LOT of things there- i'm talking about 20 different bottles of stuff, easily. Jagermeister, Jim Beam, SoCo, Cuervo, Jack Daniels, etc...
Well, another long story short, i wasn't catching a buzz like everyone else, so i chugged a significant portion of this mixture, probably about 7 or 8 shots worth on top of whatever amount I already had. It tasted about the same as chewing rock salt would.
I paid for that in so many ways for days. And days. And to this day (It was about 15 years ago) there is plenty i cannot remember. For the longest time i couldn't stomach any hard alcohol- no matter what it was it'd come right back up within minutes. I had some shots of tequila a few years ago, and though it stayed down it sparked off a round of anxiety attacks that lasted awhile.
So these days, i just drink b33r
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#387928 - 07/08/05 06:01 PM
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Originally posted by Jeff Da Weasel:
Since I only drink rarely...
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#387930 - 07/08/05 08:26 PM
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I guess I have to admit that gin is an acquired taste - that I've acquired When i ordered a regular martini with my dad once, he shuddered and said "Good Lord, I've raised a gin drinker!"
The best way I've found came from an interview with Arthur Schlesinger, who was JFK's national security advisor. Veddy distinguished. 7 parts gin to 1 part dry vermouth. That's pretty "wet" by most standards, but the gentleman is correct - best way.
Another tip is not wash your glass with soap. Treat it like a wok, and let it establish its own character.
Drinking is fun, in moderation. Drinking just to drink is and get drunk is scary.
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#387932 - 07/10/05 02:08 PM
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The alcohol that messes with me is rum. High sugar content, bad hangovers... it's not for me.
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#387933 - 07/10/05 08:18 PM
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Rum gives me heartburn, in short order.
Gin is in, baybee, and naysayers be phuqued.
I had my tussle with a bottle of Johnnie Walker--think it was Black--back in college. I'd had the lion's share of the bottle, and good gawd did I have a technicolor yawn that.
Scotch and I have since made up, although I don't hang with Johnny anymore.
phaeton, in college we'd make "Death Punch" for every party our house had. Lots of ingredients, never the same twice, and in quantities that puts your little 32oz sports bottle to shame.
Sure am glad to be alive.
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