I know, I know, this is a bit early.  I've got a good reason for that: you see, in all odds, I won't have time to work on this tomorrow, so I thought I'd go ahead and update with mine.  After all, it just has to be by Monday, correct?

I believe so, but correct me if I'm wrong.


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I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!

No, waitaminute...nah, it's true.  Seriously.  I've got about 3 hours left in my work day, and then it's home - and I have tomorrow off for work for a trip up into the woods, wine tasting over the weekend, and then the Super Bowl.

On my trip to the woods I plan on taking my bottle of horseradish- ( Read more... )

Suffering Bastard
1 ounce bourbon
1 ounce gin
1 tsp lime juice
1 dash Angostura bitters
Shake and pour into a collins glass filled 3/4 of the way with ice.  Top with ginger beer.

Courtesy of SLOSHED!.

I'm already thinking forward to the next Mixology Monday which is tweaks - changing a recipe around a bit.  I've got ideas for a variation on the Suffering ( Read more... )

My neighbor and his brother came over tonight.  My neighbor was sick.  I'd been reading Imbibe! the other day, so I made him a cherry smash:

Cherry Smash
by Julie Reiner via Imbibe! by David Wondrich

1 1/2 ounces Courvosier VS cognac (I used the Castarede XO armagnac)
3/4 ounce orange curacao (Cointreau)
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce cherry heering
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The Willett that I got from Schneider's was $49.99 when I bought it.  The price hasn't been raised if you're thinking of getting it there; that's the price for the 6 year old, and the older ones cost more.  Much more.

However, they are out of the 6 year old until some time next week, probably Thursday.

I hit the store today to stock up on a few ( Read more... )

We've been quiet lately and for that - I apologize.

The whole hand thing hasn't helped that for me.

So tonight I ended up alone, basically, and bored out of my skull as it snowed/rained/whatever here in the DC area.  Couple that with the fact that I fell and busted my arm - THE SAME ONE - on my way to lunch today (this time the elbow, though I'm sure ( Read more... )

I have, what I call, a resilient tongue.  I can drink a lot, I admit, and by the end, I don't taste a lot of what I'm drinking, but I still do taste it.  Conversely, when drinking a lot of stuff, I can still analyze what I'm drinking fairly accurately - for me.

The other problem is that I'm not that accurate of a taste tester.  I can taste, well, ( Read more... )

Went down to Schneider's to buy a Christmas present (it's $30 cheaper there than in Virginia's ABC).

Looking at the website before I see that they have Carpano Antica sweet vermouth.  I hear it's really good, and probably should be, given the price, so I say, what the heck, I'll buy a bottle when I get there.

Got the last bottle.  Woot.

So I'm walking ( Read more... )

Obviously - it's late.  I'm not, as you might have surmised, drunk however.  A long night last night helped encourage me towards that.

But I was back on the feet.  It wasn't the greatest day in the world, especially since someone messed with my Harley.  I added an extra fork lock to the bike, hit the gym, promised Barbara dinner soon in exchange for ( Read more... )

I haven't had a cigar in ages.  One of my joys at night is to sit outside of my condo, using one of the nifty folding chairs I got from Harris Teeter with a table on the side, smoking a cigar, sipping a drink of some sort, and reading a book by the light of the street lights and house light.  That might sound dark but it's actually rather well lit ( Read more... )