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Watcha drinking?

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    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 02:06 last edited by
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    My plan for the weekend is to make some Moscow Mules.

    I have been reminded that the last time I drank a significant number of these led to me making an uncharacteristically bold suggestion to a co-worker which eventually led me to becoming married. And also falling down a flight of concrete stairs. Not necessarily in that order.

    It might be a fun weekend.

    I was only joking

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      taiwan_girl
      wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 02:09 last edited by
      #2

      Sounds like a refreshing drink! Cheers!!

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        89th
        wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 02:32 last edited by
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        The mule is probably my favorite adult beverage. Refreshing, tasty zing, tipsy, and doesn’t make me feel full like a beer. Cheers!

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          89th
          wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 02:33 last edited by
          #4

          I had some Filipino rum the other day, it was better than the Capt Morgan crap I remember from my college days.

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            Mik
            wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 03:49 last edited by
            #5

            Nicholas Idiart Blanc De Blanc Brut. Nice French bubbly for $17. Went well with grilled swordfish and a simple green salad.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • M Mik
              28 Feb 2025, 03:49

              Nicholas Idiart Blanc De Blanc Brut. Nice French bubbly for $17. Went well with grilled swordfish and a simple green salad.

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              89th
              wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 04:50 last edited by
              #6

              @Mik your dinners and pairings always sound great. Where do you buy swordfish?

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                Mik
                wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 13:41 last edited by
                #7

                These came from Wild Fork, but I often buy from a local seafood market. Pricey but high quality.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 15:05 last edited by
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                  I couldn't wait for the weekend.

                  The great thing about vodka is that, despite what the marketing weasels may claim, there isn't really any such thing as top shelf vodka.

                  Obviously, mine was hand-crafted in small batches by Patagonian villagers working under the direct supervision of the Archbishop of Canterbury, but it still only cost $20!

                  I was only joking

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 16:02 last edited by
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                    What's to be top shelf about a spirit where the goal is to be tasteless?

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • M Mik
                      28 Feb 2025, 16:02

                      What's to be top shelf about a spirit where the goal is to be tasteless?

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 16:06 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                      #10

                      @Mik said in Watcha drinking?:

                      What's to be top shelf about a spirit where the goal is to be tasteless?

                      People are willing to pay $30 for a bottle of iceberg water, so presumably they're also happy to pay $500 for vodka that's been filtered through a Russian oligarch's cat's digestive tract.

                      When I was a kid, we drank 'Vladivar vodka', distilled not in Vladivostok, but in exotic Warrington.

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                      I was only joking

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                        Mik
                        wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 16:14 last edited by
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                        I mean, c'mon. Gin has a distinctive (and delicious) flavor, as do whiskies. Vodka is just for teh alcohol.

                        Which brings the question why are YOU daydrinking?

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • M Mik
                          28 Feb 2025, 16:14

                          I mean, c'mon. Gin has a distinctive (and delicious) flavor, as do whiskies. Vodka is just for teh alcohol.

                          Which brings the question why are YOU daydrinking?

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                          Doctor Phibes
                          wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 16:31 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                          #12

                          @Mik said in Watcha drinking?:

                          I mean, c'mon. Gin has a distinctive (and delicious) flavor, as do whiskies. Vodka is just for teh alcohol.

                          Which brings the question why are YOU daydrinking?

                          I'm thinking about drinking. Daythinking.

                          Incidentally, that Vladivar used to cost the princely sum of 1.20 GBP for a half-bottle, if memory serves, and could be conveniently secreted into the inner pocket of a Crombie overcoat, which were all the rage back then.

                          I was only joking

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                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 16:33 last edited by
                            #13

                            This was just dropped off in my officeIMG_3822.jpeg

                            It will be difficult for it to make it through the day…

                            The Brad

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                              Mik
                              wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 16:51 last edited by
                              #14

                              You might want to reword that. 😄

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                Mik
                                wrote on 1 Mar 2025, 00:04 last edited by Mik 3 Jan 2025, 00:05
                                #15

                                It could only be better in the British Isles. All the pubs.

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                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  28 Feb 2025, 16:33

                                  This was just dropped off in my officeIMG_3822.jpeg

                                  It will be difficult for it to make it through the day…

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                                  89th
                                  wrote on 1 Mar 2025, 03:54 last edited by
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                                  @LuFins-Dad said in Watcha drinking?:

                                  This was just dropped off in my officeIMG_3822.jpeg

                                  It will be difficult for it to make it through the day…

                                  I asked about it at the local liquor store the other day, they didn't have it. So I told them my best friend in Virginia is going to mail be a bottle. THANKS LD!

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                                    taiwan_girl
                                    wrote on 9 Mar 2025, 02:12 last edited by
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                                    @Doctor-Phibes @89th
                                    I tried a Moscow Mule for the first time last night.

                                    Not bad!!! I am not a big drinker but it was pretty refreshing.

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                                      9 Mar 2025, 02:12

                                      @Doctor-Phibes @89th
                                      I tried a Moscow Mule for the first time last night.

                                      Not bad!!! I am not a big drinker but it was pretty refreshing.

                                      IMG_2688.JPG

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                                      Renauda
                                      wrote on 9 Mar 2025, 02:18 last edited by Renauda 3 Sept 2025, 02:20
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                                      @taiwan_girl

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                                      Are you sure you had a Moscow Mule? That photo looks to me they served you a boiled mule..

                                      Just funning you. 😊

                                      Elbows up!

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                                        taiwan_girl
                                        wrote on 9 Mar 2025, 02:28 last edited by
                                        #19

                                        LOL. That is what they told me it was, and the menu told me. 555. More than one, and I probably would have been spinning.

                                        Ketel One Vodka, Ginger Beer, Lime Juice, Mint, Lime Wedge.

                                        https://www.mazzarobkk.com/_files/ugd/0a0dc1_d356de071c47476aaa0780cc644c8ee1.pdf?index=true

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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on 9 Mar 2025, 05:22 last edited by
                                          #20

                                          Bloody Mary mix. No vodka. It’s my drink of choice in the air.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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