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Post by lagatta on Dec 20, 2009 18:01:45 GMT
existential, water, yes, but I'd find juice even less thirst-quenching than beer. I'm not really a beer drinker: I only really like dark beers like Pelforth or the Belgians, or some good local dark beers, and one doesn't drink those for thirst; they are sipped slowly. (at least in principle).
I'm just having homemade chicken broth with ginger (in a bowl, of course, not in a glass) but I'm actually feeling much better and will imbibe in a bit of something tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2009 18:19:44 GMT
Oh wow, you have reminded me that I have a six-pack of Pelforth Brune that has not found its way to the refrigerator yet.
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Post by existentialcrisis on Jan 9, 2010 23:20:40 GMT
Tried Grey Goose vodka for the first time the other night... largely because I think Imec got it in my head! How smooth it was! And expensive! But worth it!
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Post by fumobici on Jan 10, 2010 6:15:05 GMT
I was taught that all vodka is essentially neutral grain spirits and plain water and that nobody is capable of reliably discerning expensive from cheap in blind tastings. Not sure actually though.
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Post by bazfaz on Jan 10, 2010 17:05:43 GMT
Grey Goose has the reputation of being the best vodka in the world. I wouldn't know. My experience of vodka is limited. In communist Warsaw a drunk at the restaurant where I was eating kept sending large glasses of vodka to my table. He insisted I drank them down in one gulp. I had to get the waitress to stop him sending over more glasses.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2010 17:13:25 GMT
The Ice Bar at the Kube Hotel (the only 4 star hotel in my neighborhood) proposes unlimited Grey Goose in glasses made out of ice for something like 38 euros for 30 minutes in the Ice Bar. Anoraks provided.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jan 10, 2010 17:33:10 GMT
In my glass: Las Moras Chilean Merlot. Cheap at Costco, quite drinkable.
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Post by imec on Jan 10, 2010 18:40:57 GMT
Tried Grey Goose vodka for the first time the other night... largely because I think Imec got it in my head! How smooth it was! And expensive! But worth it! Sounds like the liquid equivalent of an "ear worm" e.c. - glad you enjoyed it (always have a bottle in my freezer - usually 2 - 1 plain, 1 orange flavour)I was taught that all vodka is essentially neutral grain spirits and plain water and that nobody is capable of reliably discerning expensive from cheap in blind tastings. Not sure actually though. Don't ever get sucked in to betting on this. The clever one in the crowd challenged a woman I know (a Grey Goose affcionado) on this one night. The bartender set up 3 glasses and identified them with different coloured cocktail sticks - Absolut, Smirnoff, Grey Goose - she tasted all 3, went back and tasted one twice, faked a worried look and then confidently and accurately named them with a machine gun like burst of speech and mercilessly took the clever one's money.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2010 18:45:41 GMT
Well, Grey Goose is made in Cognac, a town known for fancy quality beverages.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 10, 2010 19:28:17 GMT
I am SO not interested in going out to the Ice Bar...
In my glass, some Nettle tea, an infusion mostly of stinging nettle (ortie), with a bit of mint and lemon peel. It is produced in Turkey, but in the summertime I got fresh nettle at the market (just be careful not to handle it with bare hands!) The is ECE (a big Turkish tea and tisane company, and is certainly widely available in Germany as the packaging is also prominently in German - Brennessel & Minze Tee. Nettles are supposed to be good for arthritis and other ills; I haven't found any counterindications yet but will try to find something more scientific. It is tasty anyway.
Don Cuevas, some Argentine wine this evening, also not expensive. Think it is a Sauvignon blanc (I'm having more of my fish stew with potatoes, onions etc and smoked Spanish paprika).
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Post by spindrift on Jan 10, 2010 19:28:27 GMT
Oh! that Ice Bar looks interesting. Worth a visit.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2010 20:02:50 GMT
Interesting simul-post.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 10, 2010 20:28:50 GMT
Are you imagining spindrift and me on holiday together in Paris and arguing about whether to go to the Ice Bar?
Normally I'd simply suggest that she and I should step out on my balcony where a bottle of Gray Goose is chilling in some snow I haven't cleared off, but she is enduring snow and ice now too.
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Post by existentialcrisis on Jan 10, 2010 22:02:04 GMT
I'm still young and dumb so I would love to check out the ice bar!!! Well, I've "done the math" and I think that's a pretty good deal.
I am pretty certain that I can distinguish between Abolute, Smirnoff and Grey Goose vodkas.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2010 22:46:01 GMT
yes,very funny simul-post! I feel very confident that I could discern between those three vodkas.I remember quite liking Chopin,a Polish potato vodka,closer to home for me. Isn't Grey Goose made from wheat? I remember them coming out around the same time,and a friend of mine was having a taste testing,and I chose the Chopin.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 11, 2010 0:21:02 GMT
The common bar-brand vodka in New Orleans is something that sounds Russian but is made in Louisiana ............ from rice. That always cracked me up.
Can't remember the name -- starts with a D, may be made-up.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2010 0:27:24 GMT
You must be thinking of TAAKA. Distilled in Kentucky,made from grain yes,is it rice?
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Post by imec on Jan 11, 2010 12:52:21 GMT
I also very much enjoy the French vodka Ciroc - made from grapes grown in Gaillac (maybe ones I saw growing... )
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2010 17:51:08 GMT
When drinking 'standard' vodka, I admit that I quite like Absolut, especially some of its flavored versions, chilled to the extreme.
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Post by imec on Jan 11, 2010 20:20:54 GMT
My 'standard' vodka is Iceberg - made in Newfoundland using water from melted iceberg chips.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2010 20:27:40 GMT
You mean the ones the polar bears have peed on?
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jan 11, 2010 20:52:54 GMT
In my glass: Azteca de Oro Brandy.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 12, 2010 7:19:20 GMT
You must be thinking of TAAKA. Distilled in Kentucky,made from grain yes,is it rice? No -- it's a longer name. I think the label is red and white & maybe has a picture of a woman on it. Bottom of the line bar brand. (this is a good example of the kind of thing my head is stuffed with)
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Post by existentialcrisis on Jan 12, 2010 7:34:16 GMT
Forgot about Iceberg... that's actually my preference over Absolut and Smirnoff. I just don't get around to drinking much vodka... probably a good thing.
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Post by rikita on Jan 27, 2010 0:22:39 GMT
nothing, i have no glas anywhere near me.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 27, 2010 2:51:23 GMT
I'll have to try Iceberg. Don't think la Sociéte des alcools du Québec (SAQ) carries it. Perhaps LCBO (Ontario) does?
Nursing the usual cheapish Argentine wine (this one is a sauvignon blanc). And more nettle tea. (I do buy pricier wines for guests).
rikita, the glass can also be a cup. We aren't fundamentalist.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2010 14:57:36 GMT
I had a sugar free Red Bull at lunch, in an attempt not to fall into a coma of boredom.
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 27, 2010 15:33:25 GMT
I just had two big bottles of San Miguel, first time in years. It's brewed in Vietnam now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2010 15:51:26 GMT
Yes, it is practically a Vietnamese brand now instead of Filipino.
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 27, 2010 16:19:17 GMT
Yep. Good enough beer. Very good dinner.
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