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[SciFiFisher]

Mint Julep: 1 Tbsp water (I use bottled spring water), dissolve 1 tsp icing/powdered sugar in the water, add 2 oz bourbon and 10 - 12 mint leaves. Muddle. Fill glass with crushed ice (I make ice cubes using bottled water for this drink). Garnish with 1 or 2 sprigs of mint. Enjoy! I don't have a Julep Cup, I just use either a Collins or Highball glass.

Seeing as I use Woodford Reserve for this drink, at times it's just as nice to enjoy a bourbon on the rocks with a lemon peel twist.

I wonder if Jack Daniels would work with this?

[Parrothead]

Yeah, should work with JD. Some recipes say to muddle mint leaves in sugar and water, then add crushed ice and bourbon. Not sure how much of a difference that makes. I just mix em the way I first read in recipes at the lcbo (provincial booze retailer) website. Looks like I forgot to mention giving the drink a bit of a stir after adding the crushed ice. I sip it through a straw.

[Loresinger]

Fisher have you seen the blond guiness yet

[SciFiFisher]

Fisher have you seen the blond guiness yet

No. I did not know there was such a thing. Is it Guinness's version of an IPA?

[Thumper]

It's more like a Guinness version of a PBR.

[geonuc]

It's their version of an American lager.

[Thumper]

I thought that's what I said.

[geonuc]

I thought that's what I said.

Sort of. I'd go with Guiness's version of a Bud though.

[geonuc]

They do make an IPA - a nitro IPA. It's not a very good beer, in my opinion.

[Thumper]

Yeah, I remember that. It came and went pretty quickly around here. We're having so many craft beer festivals, brewery and taproom openings and tours around here, it's tough to keep up.

[grapes]

I've been collecting a (subjective) list of worst beer names. My criteria is, I imagine myself telling someone what I'm drinking ...

Thrilla in Vanilla
Double Barley Brewing

Dirty Little Freak
DuClaw Brewing

White Zombie
Catawba Brewing

Flesh and Blood
Dogfish Head Brewing

Raging Bitch
Flying Dog Brewery

Arrogant Bastard
Stone Brewing

Glütiny
New Belgium

Blah Blah Blah IPA
21st Amendment Brewery

[Thumper]

I've had 4 of those, recognize a couple others.
Stone also has a Double Bastard.
DeClaw has Sweet Baby Jesus Porter

[grapes]

Yeah, see I think I could say I'm drinking a Sweet Baby Jesus, but a Dirty Little Freak not so much

[Thumper]

I understand.

[grapes]

Hmmm a quick google returns a lot of that sort of list, that is the sort of thing you do when you drink a lot of different kinds of beer

The Most Ridiculous Beer Names Of All Time (PHOTOS) | HuffPost

The 10 Most Questionable Beer Names and Labels in Recent History

The Most Absurd Beer Names at the Great American Beer Festival

22 Funny Beer Names You Don't Have To Be Drunk To Enjoy - BuzzFeed

[Thumper]

They do make an IPA - a nitro IPA. It's not a very good beer, in my opinion.

Well, I hadn't really noticed since I don't drink Guinness out of a bottle or can. There were 5 different versions of Guinness at my supermarket yesterday. Two types of the regular stout, a lager, an IPA, and I think some sort of spicy funky wheat. I guess with so many different flashy beers out there, they felt like they had to diversify to compete. I felt the same way about Sierra Nevada. Basically the standard in Pale Ale at one time. Now they have a couple of IPA's or doubles, and a couple other "trendy" beers.

[Thumper]

Hmmm a quick google returns a lot of that sort of list, that is the sort of thing you do when you drink a lot of different kinds of beer

The Most Ridiculous Beer Names Of All Time (PHOTOS) | HuffPost

The 10 Most Questionable Beer Names and Labels in Recent History

The Most Absurd Beer Names at the Great American Beer Festival

22 Funny Beer Names You Don't Have To Be Drunk To Enjoy - BuzzFeed

Saw Lagunitas' Hop Stoopid yesterday. Pretty sure I've had that. Also some Elysian Space Dust IPA.