lol

I didn't phrase in the form of a question as I did earlier today

So I still don’t really need to know what day of the week it is. Except for needing to know when to post my weekly drinking thread.





Always good to see you!

I like the thread, especially learning more about cocktail recipes.

Enjoy your time off. In Ohio, getting time off in January and staying off the roads has always been a bonus!

Sounds yummy!

We buy this citron ginger tea that we mix with brandy, warmed up and that’s our twice a week drink.

I also used to keep a bottle of Grand Marnier, too. But having just one orange liqueur leaves more room for bottles of other stuff.

Enjoy!

... but I was in Costco the other day, and there was someone giving out freebies of this espresso martini mixture made by Kettle One.

I liked it! I bought a bottle of it. I like to add cream (1/2 & 1/2) to it and just sip. It has been a month and it is not all gone yet.

So I don't really have a question for you, just felt like sharing.

(I had been curious about espresso martini's as I see them drinking them all the time when I watch Below Deck)

... but the reason I took it for my 'go-to' vodka drink is 1. It is made locally (I live in the Bay Area, I think originally was made in my city, San Francisco), but more importantly, 2. It is ultra filtered and tends to give less horrendous hangovers.

I don't really drink as much as I used to, so that is not really a problem for me, but I am kind of a creature of habit, and that is my habit. Also, where I buy it at Safeway, it has been $19.99 (liter) for over 14 years now.

I was surprised that the price didn't go up due to inflation. I rarely have hangovers (but I also don't drink anything like I used to).

The medium-dry Martini.
The Old Fashioned.
The Sidecar.
Lagavulin single malt, neat over chilled whiskey stones.

of a thousand nicknames!

Most of those drinks sound fun, regardless of taste.

The guy in the Army who called me ‘Chesty’ didn’t like me very much, and may not have meant it as a compliment.

ever have the pleasure of having Calvary Grog? There are a lot of variations and most (no...all of them) kicked my ass.

Like the fabled 'stone soup', everyone brought what they had and threw it in. The base spirit was usually Everclear, which, IMO, is pretty nasty stuff. It took a lot of not-Everclear to dilute it down to drinkability. Mad Dog, Boone's Farms, Hawaiian Punch, Seven-Up, sliced citrus fruit, you name it.

For me, drinking was the name of the game. When the others got around to breaking out the cigarettes and the porn films, I blitzed. I wasn't on for any of that.

After all that, I usually took a taxi to any of the German bars where American soldiers didn't hang out. There was one place where the elderly bartender/owner would pat my cheek and call me "mein Sohn."

That and Soju messed up a lot of GIs.

I spent some time with the Cav near the DMZ. Their grog was much tamer than what you described, but still packed a mean punch. Was never sure what was in it.