Not enough!
Canada Dry Green Tea Ginger Ale.
Kinda eerie. Not sure what I think about it. It does indeed taste like green tea⌠and like ginger ale⌠but itâs kinda in that uncanny valley between the two.
Sody-pop was on sale, didnât have enough seltzers to fulfil the must-buy-4 clause, so picked up one of these to try. Itâs not too bad, I guess.
I might grow to like it by the time I âget used to itâ by the end of the bottle, will have to see.
Sale on sody-pop, so splurged and got some more of that green-tea/ginger-ale. Eerily habit-forming.
Had a nice bucket oâ coffee. Made it as usual, but instead of just mixing everything together, took the halfânâhalf in a separate mug, put my usual amount of sugar into it, then frothed it with my frother.
No idea what itâd be called, a frappochino or something? Tasted good, though. Not mixing it thoroughly let it be the âblackerâ less-sweet hotter coffee on the bottom, contrasted with the sweet creamy cooler froth on top.
Eh, itâs different. Iâd probably do it again soon.
On a lark, tried some ABK6 brand VSOP cognac. Ainât into âhardâ liquor, but havenât even had a b33r in ages, soâŚ
I wouldnât know fine liquor from paint stripper, but just didnât want anything too objectionable. So, asked the guy his recommendation, he pointed to this, and I took the gamble.
80 proof, so some decent oomf. Seems wrong to cut it with cokola or juice or anything.
Got an actual cognac glass (âsnifterâ?) so I be livinâ phat.
Wellp, guess Iâm still not into hard liquor, but Iâll slowly imbibe 'til itâs gone. Think Iâll stick with Rumple Minze on cold winter nights. Or that orange stuff with the weird name that I liked a lot.
Cold here, actually broke down and turned on the heat, so wanted something warm, but ainât arsed enough to make coffee, so⌠I made tea.
Used the pitcher, carafe, whatever, from my french press.
Generic Lipton, 2 bags, sugar⌠whups, a little short on sugar so a sploosh of honey, and halfânâhalf.
Man, thatâs good. It just hit the spot.
Spot. As in âspot of teaâ? See what I did there?
Ha! I kill me sometimesâŚ
Whiskey is my go to (for alcohol). Japanese whiskey for many years but recently i found Loch Lomond, cheap (for whiskey) and good.
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EDIT- Sorry LB didnât mean to specifically reply to you, your cognac got me thinking
No worries. Iâm just not into âhard liquorâ, because frankly, it all just tastes the same to me. I wouldnât know good shiite from shiite shiite.
I like the flavored stuff, from absinthe to Rumple Minze to orange liqueur (that Clement stuff thatâs all the name I can remember), but thatâs for sippinâ, not chugginâ.
Gimme a nice dark b33r any day, thoughâŚ
Aww, crap!! I just realised I missed all the Oktoberfest stuff. All the Samuel Jackson seasonal stuff like Pumpkin Ale and Oktoberfest, etc.
Ah⌠âRHUM CLĂMENT CRĂOLE SHRUBB ORANGE LIQUEURâ (goggled it and just c&p here, ainât yelling).
Eggnog⌠Nom-nom-nom.
Got both, both are good.
SC is a bit gummier/thicker, so I cut it with milk maybe 1:2 to thin it out a bit.
H isnât as thick, so I can have it straight or just add a sploosh of milk.
Also helps get every last bit of eggnoggy goodness out of the cartons. 
Think tomorrow Iâll make some arachnoccino (Klingon spider-coffee). 
why this stuff is so expensive is beyond me.
so i tried it. one and done. buy no more.
I mix grape juice with seltzer for my own grapey fizz.
Mix OJ with seltzer for your own Orangina.
I couldnât drink a Bud Light these days. Iâd worry about what itâs doing to me.
I just had a Belgian Troubadour Magna, 9% alcohol, tastes like a barley wine, quite pleasant.
Black label, neat. Very enjoyable with an ice but itâs cold, soâŚ
These christmas I have had some aged tequila and some Zacapa XO, both much better liquors, but this whiskey is something humble and nice. I like it a lot.
Buffalo Trace Bourbon, straight.
I keep it in the fridge, no ice necessary.
Very nice evening sipper.
Whoa, almost forgot about this threadâŚ
Homemade Rumple Minze.
Been yearning for it as a nice Christmasy sippinâ stuff, local boozery hasnât carried it since then even though itâs listed on their website.
Already freaking spring already and hadnât had a nip all winter long, so decided to make my own.
Got a jug oâ Spiritus Polski, 96% EtOH v/v. (Also great for making catnip extractâŚ)
Took a bit, like a bit under 150ml, cut it with about as much water, about 200ml, to bring it down to about 80prf/40%. Just guesstimated, as I ainât titrating anything.
Added some peppermint extract and a teeeny amount of sugar.
Tastes damned yummy, if I do say so myself.
Tempted to make some hot chocolate and give that a sploosh to make a sort of liquid Andes Mint.
In fact, that sounds damned good right about nowâŚ
Itâs almost time for the BIRCH SAP to start running. Typically sometime in April in the northern hemisphere. Do they have birch trees in the southern hemisphere? I donât know. Get your supplies do a little bit of research. You can tap white ,black , yellow birch and many others. I tap the black and yellow versions here and like to drink at least a quart of it per day when itâs running.
We do that in the UK with the birch trees. Well, some do.
Easiest and least harmful way to the tree is a vertical knife nick into and through the bark and then carve a stick flat to poke in the slit and hang a jar underneath. Few hours later, a jar of birch sap.
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A quart per day?! Seems like too much. Is it thick? Do you cut it? I want someâŚ
Itâs just nutritious water.
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