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Re: squid's bar
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Thu May 31, 2018 11:28 pm
by SciFiFisher
Parrothead wrote: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?
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:12 am
by 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.
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:23 pm
by Loresinger
Fisher have you seen the blond guiness yet
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:29 pm
by SciFiFisher
Loresinger wrote: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?
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:21 am
by Thumper
It's more like a Guinness version of a PBR.
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2018 2:58 pm
by geonuc
It's their version of an American lager.
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2018 3:00 pm
by Thumper
I thought that's what I said.
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2018 3:01 pm
by geonuc
Thumper wrote:I thought that's what I said.
Sort of. I'd go with Guiness's version of a Bud though.
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2018 3:02 pm
by geonuc
They do make an IPA - a nitro IPA. It's not a very good beer, in my opinion.
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2018 3:07 pm
by 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.
Re: squid's bar
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Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:09 pm
by 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
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:16 pm
by Thumper
I've had 4 of those, recognize a couple others.
Stone also has a Double Bastard.
DeClaw has Sweet Baby Jesus Porter
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:06 pm
by grapes
Yeah, see I think I could say I'm drinking a Sweet Baby Jesus, but a Dirty Little Freak not so much
Re: squid's bar
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Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:14 pm
by Thumper
I understand.
Re: squid's bar
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Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:49 am
by 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
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:31 am
by Thumper
geonuc wrote: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.
Re: squid's bar
Posted:
Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:18 pm
by Thumper
grapes wrote: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.