I have been a beer drinker since I was 15 years old. In my early 30’s I became a beer snob and love many varieties of beer. I could always drink a beer in about three drinks, so I had no problem getting pleasantly buzzed on beer without getting hangovers, even when I drank 12-20 beers in one evening, which I did almost every Friday and Saturday when I was home.
Now I am 52 and for the last few years I am unable to drink beer fast enough to get buzzed. If I drink 6 in an evening, that’s a lot. To make up for this I recently started drinking rum cocktails.
I’ve always liked rum, but I never drank it much. I bought some dark rum from New Liberty Distilleries that they don’t make any more when I was home a couple years ago and started mixing it with Cherry Coke or Cherry Dr. Pepper (Those are the only 2 sodas I like). 1 ounce with a can to start and then moving up to 2 ounces.
Once that ran out I tried Smith & Cross rum and it has so much flavor.
Then my wife had a Mai Tai in a bar and she really liked it. Around the same time, this video came out, so I figured I would try to make it.
1 oz Appleton Estate 12 year old Jamaican Rum
1/4 oz simple syrup
Juice of one lime
Shake with crushed ice and serve unstrained.
Or, you could buy the whole kit, like I did.
I tried to substitute the Appleton with Smith and Cross and surprisingly, it was not good.The flavors are similar, but the smoothness of the Appleton really shines in the Mai Tai.
I really like that one. One night when we didn’t have limes, but we had tangerines, my wife discovered she likes it with tangerine juice and a half ounce of sugar better.
Then I saw this video and at 3:18 he does a Queen’s Park Swizzle:
8-10 mint leaves
2 oz. (60 ml) El Dorado 12yr Demerara Rum
3/4 oz. (22.5 ml) fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. (15 ml) rich Demerara syrup (2:1 demerara sugar:water)
4-6 dashes Angostura Bitters (float)
Mint for garnish
This is my current favorite, it has a very unique taste and the way the flavor changes as the bitters make their way down is very nice.
The other drink we occasionally make is Frozen Margaritas.
After checking recipes and videos, and doing some experimentation, here is how I make 2 Margarita’s worth:
2 Limes
4 ounces Silver Patron Tequila
1 and 1 /2-ounces Agave Syrup
3 cups Ice & 3 shakes of salt
Peel limes and add to the blender with Tequila, Grand Mariner, and Simple Syrup
Blend until limes are broken down and mixture is well blended.
Strain and put back into blender
Add ice and salt, then blend again on SMOOTHIE
Pour into glasses and drink with a straw
They are a little complicated to make, but no pre-made margarita mix is even close to these ones.
Another drink I like is to take 2 oz of Pineapple Rum and mix it with 1 oz of the rich Demerara syrup (2:1 demerara sugar:water) and drink it on ice.
I have found that as long as I don’t pass 10 oz total of alcohol, then the next day, I feel fine. If I go over this, my day is ruined.
I know there are a lot of good whiskey drinks, but ever since I was 17 and drank Jack Daniels straight from the bottle, the smell still bothers me.
Apparently that night I had sex with the 30 year old lady that was hosting the party, she was actually quite good looking, and broke her shower. I don’t remember any of it, but when she called my house to get money to fix the shower, my mom threatened to call the cops on her and that was the last we heard about that, and I was never invited to party at her house again.
What are some of your favorites?
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I had a mini of Jack the other night. Not like I remember. Tasted like peanuts and had a headache the next day. Sticking to bourbon (Old Forester).
When I’m feeling fancy, I sometimes order a gin gimlet. What shows up can vary a great deal. A couple of bars in Greenville do it really well.
I used to like gin and tonics when I was a DJ/bartender, but haven’t tried one as an adult
I still love a well built gin and tonic. It’s also a lot easier to get much better tonic now. I’ve been a fan of the Japanese gins that I’ve tried.
Great rum drinks! I do one which may or may not have a name:
Add 1 part light rum and dark rum. Then add 3 parts orange juice + pineapple juice. Then finish with a splash of grenadine to give it a layered look. Most of the time this is just called a “Rum Punch.” You can make it in quantity and it holds up for parties.
Also that is a great story about the shower.
Is that 3 parts orange juice+3 parts pineapple or 3 parts of a mixture of the two?
3 parts pineapple, 3 parts orange juice. 1 part light rum, 1 part dark rum. Multitasking is not working well today. Adjust as needed to strengthen or diminish, but those are the basics. The Grenadine will stay separate when you pour it on last if you are making single drinks.
Wait! I posted that recipe a long time ago here:
https://www.glibertarians.com/2022/07/glib-glub/
Made a stronger version. Tardis responded with:
“What’s that called, Pineapple Diabeetus?”
I’m pretty sure I have a bottle of the New Liberty rye whiskey in the house. Unopened.
I have a bottle of their white rum on the counter
We recently implemented a “no drinking on school nights” rule. It has made a huge difference work performance
My go to on the weekends is a classic Moscow mule: 4 ice cubes, 2 oz. bottom shelf vodka, and 1 chilled 12 oz. can of Gosling’s Diet Ginger beer
I need to try that one of these days. I am stuck in a rut making vodka martinis. Which are insanely strong.
FYI: Cannibal! The Musical! is on Tubi. I don’t know if it’s an appropriate glibflic, but I enjoyed it. The DVD commentary track is disappointing — the first half when they’re getting hammered is fun but then they take a break for food and are passed out for the second half of the movie.
Something interesting — the horse subplot was not in the original script, but was added after Trey’s fiancée dumped him. The horse having the fiancée’s name may or may not be coincidental.
I’m sure Trey’s fiancee has since called to check in to see how he’s doing, see if maybe he might like to have a drink and catch up, etc.
I would play it. Musicals however, get murdered on Thursday movie nights. No matter how good they are.
But it has such classic songs as “When I was on top of you” and “Hang the bastard!”
The initial plan was to replace the audio with actual singers for this one, but they fell in love with how the actors sang it so it was kept:
https://youtu.be/XlGUwb2R5sQ?t=107
No lime? Classic recipe calls for lime juice.
I like to muddle some lime in my mules.
Other than an occasional gin and tonic or margarita, I stick to wine. Never could get into scotch, bourbons, ryes.
I probably could… But seems like an expensive habit to commit to.
Scotch is the drink of kings. But diminishing returns hits like a motherfucker. And OMB’s tariffs are not helping things!
Ron Zacapa make an excellent run in my view.
Concur.
Then my wife had a Mai Tai in a bar and she really liked it.
Whenever I hear Mai Tai why is the Coneheads the first thing I think of?
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/fc/85/e6/fc85e6859e90bd5f92c78e0c5c0484a6.jpg
This is what I think of: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/ae8562b6-e3cb-421d-ba94-4b16e3286b76/gif
Also appropriate.
If it’s wet, I’ll drink it, much to my detriment.
I remember having cold pizza and fancy scotch for breakfast once. My brother called and spoke of parenting woes. When he asked me how I was spending my Friday, I said I woke up at noon and now I’m drinking scotch.
The things men sacrifice in the name of fatherhood…
Which explains why married men live longer.
I used to drink like crazy, but I’ve been much restrained, to my betterment, knowing I’ll have a 5 year old knocking on my door at 06:30 if he sleeps in. I still get to enjoy a drink whenever I’d like, but I avoid my bad impulse of overindulging. It’s kind of the best of both worlds.
It’s true, married men live longer than single men.
They just want to die more.
* runs away from spouse, laughing manically *
Married men don’t really live longer than single men. It just SEEMS longer. 😉
Y’all are funny.
Marrying my wife was the best decision of my life, in large part because her temperament is the opposite of mine. She’s a naturally happy person, down to earth, very little drama. You definitely gotta choose right though(whatever that is for you).
I wish it seemed longer, time is a blur anymore.
I like H2O.
μ-Oxidodihydrogen kills people, ya know.
One I forgot is a Nutty Irishman.
My wife really likes this, it’s like a dessert:
3oz Bailey’s (we do a homemade version)
1 1/2 Oz Frangelico hazelnut liquor
Stirred with a little ice
My wife’s drink is the Brandy Alexander.
Brandy
Creme de coco
Milk or cream
Dash of nutmeg
Just as a tip, while not as helpful during the current freeze, you can take something along those lines, add some extra dairy, and throw it into an ice cream maker to produce a frozen version for summer.
That sounds like a good idea.
I will try to remember that come summer.
I’ll try this.
Once my wife made an amazing iced hard coffee, I think with Irish cream and Kahlua (seems redundant? It tasted amazing). Sadly she doesn’t measure anything ever so we’ve never had it again.
Similar. Hot Irish Nut- Irish coffee with Frangelico
WR Mead in WSJ: [Davos Man] He isn’t taking over the world. He’s pleading with the world to trust him.
Does this count as a Ray of Sunshine?
Most of the world outside of NATO and a few vassal states have firmly rejected their agenda.
Either good news or the cause of WW3.
Yes
If you take for granted that all of these cartoon level supervillains are doing this stuff out of the goodness of their hearts (they aren’t) he might have a point. WTF WSJ?
WSJ has sucked for a long time (maybe forever?).
I noticed the past 15 years. Seemed like am abrupt change to poop. Of course, everything is poopifying as our society goes down the toilet.
Since Murdoch, then?
Yes, also since they went color and ditched the line drawings.
Solid finish too:
More like a crisis of trust as well as competence, this isn’t an either/or, and thank God they are incompetent.
Especially when (a) the need for an energy transition has been fabricated in the first place, and, even if you don’t buy that, (b) those countries trying to implement the fantasy of net zero intermittent electrical generation are getting absolutely hammered.
They’re going to abolish dire poverty. And unhappiness.
A bunch of rich people get together to spend ungodly amounts of money partying and figuring out rules for the rest of the world while they exempt themselves from said rules. People have noticed. They aren’t fooling anyone.
I read that this AM and you could just feel Mead’s disappointment.
Since my train was delayed and it took me 2 hours 40 minutes to get to work it was one of the few good things that happened this AM.
You need to move to one of those 15 minute cities.
Forget about all the other parts, it was bound to fall down over the “global security order”, for the exact same reason as why mask could never work. It is the epitome of a collective action problem; everyone has to agree on what both the desired outcome is and the method used to achieve this. If part of your “global security order” include Gazans, Israelis are not going to like the answers provided, and vise versa. And you can pick any conflict around the world, there is always someone who is aggrieved about the answers forced down their throat. And, given enough power either individually or collectively, they will upend your apple cart.
Agreed. I remember seeing an interview not too long ago during Davos. It was a politician from Southeast Asia. Apparently people from poor countries resent the Davos crowd for telling them they have to sacrifice and stay poor in order for those WEF plans to work.
The real scandal of Davos isn’t that it’s taking over the world. It’s that it’s failing.
Yeah, sure. Fuck off.
i like whisky too much to drink cocktails most times
Vodka from the freezer with a splash of vodka and a vodka garnish. Now that’s a sweetass drink.
I like H2O.
That stuff’ll kill ya.
Fish fuck in it.
Vanilla vodka and orange soda. Tastes like an orange push-up
Maybe they should rename themselves Cracked Pink?
I wonder if people who babble this nonsense really believe it. I guess, unfortunately, too many do.
Risk
The Allianz Risk Barometer published this month noted that political risk was already at a five-year high in 2023, with some 100 countries considered at high or extreme risk of civil unrest.
This is expected to deepen in 2024, amid continued economic hardship, particularly in “debt-crisis countries.” Protest groups advocating a range of causes are meanwhile expected to cause greater disruptions.
Asked on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday what he considers the main global risk at present, Bäte pointed to a lack of trust from populations in their governments across major democracies.
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The Allianz Risk Barometer report also noted that populist and far-right political forces expanded their influence with electoral success in the Netherlands and Slovakia, reinforcing the emerging trend that started in 2022, when “Italy elected a party with neo-fascist roots, Hungary re-elected Viktor Orbán, and the far-right Sweden Democrats took over 20% of the votes in a general election.”
“We have an increasing detachment of the political elite from the working class and the people that actually go to work every day, and that, I see as the number one risk for our societies,” Bäte said.
Let the lynchings commence.
The “far right” guy who had electoral success in Slovakia was a commie and as far as I know is still a leftie.
1. So “far-right” winners are a threat to civil society but far left are not. I don’t remember our betters freaking out about the Five Star movement – but I may have forgotten.
2. Bate seems to grasp real, significant problem in that last sentence.
I wonder if the Risk-o-meter registers a reading when commies sweep into power in Latin America, or the CIA gets to dicking around in Eastern European or Middle Eastern leadership matters.
Nope. It’s a “political risk to them -o- meter.”
One day I am going to make Chatham Artillery Punch, when I have the need to serve 200:
Where does one get a cake of ice?
I assume they want the shape. So, for example fill a Bundt cake pan with water and freeze.
It’s been along time since I’ve seen block ice available for purchase, but it is used to be semi-common.
Kroger, maybe Albertsons.
Start by creaming together your butter, sugar and ice. Then add your dry ingredients and bake in a preheated -25F oven for 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center breaks.
:appreciative applause:
Just spend some time trying to work through all the recipes in this lovely book:
“….rubbing lumps of sugar on the rind”
“Shut yo mouth!”
“I’m just talking ’bout Neph!”
I didn’t even get to bring up the white loaf-sugar! Nor the lovely footnotes (or should that be foote notes?) and asides through the book:
And the entire chapter:
Nice find. That’s as valuable as my hillbilly wine book.
For 200 people, that comes out to not quite 2 oz of liquor and an 1.5 oz of champagne apiece. That’s not much damage.
7 gallons of liquor comes out to 4.5 oz each, plus the 1.5 oz of champagne. Not enough for 200 people but for 200 servings, I guess.
My favorite Sissy Drinks for Lightweights:
• shot of Amaretto in 7-Up or Sprite
• shot of Kahlua* or Bailey’s in milk (proportions flexible)
*After Bad Experiences with them in college, I avoid “Russian” mixed drinks. 🤢🤮
Russians are bad, M’kay?
Speaking of Russian cocktails, a Russian lady I once knew said “I like to start with Slippery Nipples. Then Sex on the Beach. And last an Orgasm.” She wasn’t so bad.
“Do you like to drink?”
Alcohol and I used to be best friends but we had a bit of a falling out.
After last weekend, I am getting real close to that point, too.
“I used to drink a lot. I still do, but I used to, too.”
-stolen and paraphrased from M. Hedberg
No hangovers for 40 years, wife hasn’t left me, kids like me. Have more money.
First they came for the ill, then the smokers and heavy duty models, the drinkers are all gone now too.
I don’t really do spirits. I have friends that are deep in to Scotch. And, I can now appreciate a briny, peaty scotch. But I only drink scotch when they are pouring the expensive stuff.
I stick to mead, wine, cider, and sour ales.
Democrats seize on Iowa results to campaign on threats posed by Trump
Top Democrats did not react to Donald Trump’s crushing win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday with the dismay that might have been expected. Instead, the victory of the twice-impeached, 91-times criminally charged former president was heralded as an early beginning to the battle for the White House itself.
Called early, Trump’s victory came by 30 points over the hard-right Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, who edged the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley for second. Only one of 99 Iowa counties did not go for Trump: Johnson county, which includes the University of Iowa, was won by Haley, the relative moderate left in the race – by a single vote.
Responding to Trump’s win, and using an acronym for Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America great again”, Biden told followers: “Here’s the thing: this election was always going to be you and me versus extreme Maga Republicans. It was true yesterday and it’ll be true tomorrow.”
Do as you are told, or the boogie man will get you!
“twice-impeached, 91-times criminally charged former president”. Peace be upon him. Amen.
Biden is so tiresome. I can’t wait for him to be out. Pretty sure a rhesus monkey that fucks people in the ear* could beat Biden in a presidential race.
*Old Richard Pryor joke.
Yeah, but Hunter isn’t going to run against his father.
Heyooooooo!
The thing that gets me, is, he barely broke 50%, but everyone speaks of it as a responding victory. To me, it shows he may have real problems in the general election if a bunch of second tier candidates can take that much of the Republican vote.
Record setting margin of victory.
Iowa is usually split pretty evenly. It is not uncommon for there to be a two-way or three-way split where the “victor” is only a point or two ahead of the 2nd place finish.
Trump got more votes than all the other candidates combined. This is actually a big fucking deal.
Remember, Trump did not win the caucuses in 2016. He came in second to Ted Cruz.
This is more typical:
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/primaries/iowa
Ted Cruz 27.6%
Donald J. Trump 24.3%
Marco Rubio 23.1%
Ben Carson 9.3%
Rand Paul 4.5%
Jeb Bush 2.%
Followed by New Hampshire
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/primaries/new-hampshire
Donald J. Trump 35.3%
John Kasich 15.8%
Ted Cruz 11.7%
Jeb Bush 11.0%
Marco Rubio 10.6%
Chris Christie 7.4%
So, the rule of thumb is 3 tickets out of Iowa. Then New Hampshire validates those tickets.
Our EV future awaits.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/16/news/chicago-area-tesla-charging-stations-lined-with-dead-cars-in-freezing-cold-a-bunch-of-dead-robots-out-here/
Mind you the article is completely unclear. Are the chargers broken or are these people that ran their batteries down and came into the charger with a near zero state of charge. If it is point 2 they will take a charge, but it can several hours to warm a cold soaked battery enough to take a charge at any kind of speed.
The latter. Batteries are not taking charges as they are frozen. There are better copies of that article, but I run short on time to find them.
Which is why relying on public charging in an urban environment for EVs is not going to work well.
But too bad as our green future awaits!
Again, they dont work. Dumbest fucking idea since the square wheel.
Technically, steam powered cars were more effective all-weather transportation back in the old days. Possibly now as well. I’d like to see Leno or somebody do a modern steam powered car.
From an article I read about the same charging station. Disclaimer: I don’t own a Tesla and have never even sat in a Tesla, so I know nothing.
“Bilek said all EVs can have problems dealing with extreme cold, and drivers need to hit their preconditioning button before they charge their battery.
“It’s not plug and go. You have to precondition the battery, meaning that you have to get the battery up to the optimal temperature to accept a fast charge,” said Bilek.”
And if there isn’t enough charge to heat the battery first, you’re fucked right?
It will slow charge. Taking power to both heat the pack and trickle charge at whatever rate it will accept as it warms.
However, it can take at least an hour before it will take any charge.
If you have enough juice wit the Tesla it automatically preconditions if you have it use navigation to a charger.
I can, and have, pumped gasoline in my cars and truck at -20F. It’s Iowa. It happens a lot.
I have also had the nozzle of the pump freeze in the filler neck of my Jeep. Fun times…
OTH – CA designed Tesla Model 3s were notorious for having their charge doors freeze. They finally had to relented and added a heater. Mine, unfortunately, is the older unheated design.
However, since this is our non-road trip garage kept second car it charge at home and is always ready to go with 80% charge every morning. So zero wasted time filling up or going to the gas station in the first place.
I have also had the nozzle of the pump freeze in the filler neck of my Jeep.
I have never experienced that one before.
our non-road trip garage kept second car
EVs have a niche. They are perfectly fine as a commuter vehicle as long has you can charge at home. I don’t believe they will ever be viable as a general-purpose vehicle that can be used for road trips.
They are an adventure for road trips – a bit like the early days of the automobile. It require planning, but it’s very doable.
OTH, you can just drive with far less to worry about with an ICE vehicle. I’ve no desire right now to have an EV as my primary or only vehicle.
There was a great youtube video that talked about the infrastructure problems that EVs had. I don’t have time to find it at work.
But the summary is that we’ve spent a hundred years building out the infrastructure we need to support ICEs. This needs to be duplicated in a handful of years to make EVs even remotely feasible as a replacement for ICEs.
The wind blow constantly here in Iowa. I could easily see a small wind generator on the roof to charge an EV every day. But that would be a 3rd or 4th vehicle for us. We are never going to stop having at least two AWD/4WD ICE vehicles at all times.
Why would I take 100-150M joules stored in gasoline and turn them into a couple hundred thousand joules of electricity? Spend hours charging my car? Why would I do that?
Just put the goddamed gasoline directly into the vehicle in five minutes and you are off to the races.
Like I said, dumbest idea since the square wheel. And no, they are not fine as any kind of vehicle. The whole thing is an absurd scam.
Diesel gels at low temps…
For your margarita, try Salerno blood orange liqueur instead of Grand Marnier, which I find a little too sweet and, I dunno, cloying? The Salerno lets the tequila shine a little more, and you’re already using good tequila.
The Queen’s Park Swizzle looks interesting. I’ll have to give that a go, especially since my mint plant is doing quite well, still.
I used to grow mint, but the second plant to pop up always had a grassy flavor.
Responding to Trump’s win, and using an acronym for Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America great again”, Biden told followers: “Here’s the thing: this election was always going to be you and me versus extreme Maga Republicans. It was true yesterday and it’ll be true tomorrow.”
The Party Who Cried Wolf.
“You and me”. Guess he has a mouse in his pocket.
He’s talking to the Lump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjwkXYB4nHs
These look delicious.
I like Dark n Stormies made with Gosling’s Black Seal rum.
I have a bottle of Gosling’s Old Rum and a bottle of Gosling’s Papa Seal rum. Both are good for sipping. I don’t mix them.
Which is why relying on public charging in an urban environment for EVs is not going to work well.
This sort of bogus attack on climate saving tech is exactly what the new denialism is all about.
Re: Davos
The hubris of those fuckers is unbelievable. If only we had records of what has happened in the past they would know that every time someone has tried to impose ‘global order’ it has failed spectacularly. There are just too many different cultures and value systems to cobble everyone together.
Who really thinks they are better able to decide how someone else or some other culture should live their lives? Why would anyone even want to try?
They really are cartoon villains. Ten bucks says Klaus Schwab has a white Persian cat.
lol
Bam! Got my twenty bucks!
https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/secondary/Blofeld-375127.jpg
I’m
Earl ScheibKlaus Schwab and I’ll destroy your economy for just $99.95The left likes to demonize the industrialists like Rockefeller, Ford, and Carnegie trying to run things, but that’s exactly what’s happening here. “We made a lot of money therefore we’re smart enough to be in charge of everyone else.”
The reason that appeal to experts is a formal fallacy is that wisdom or smarts in one area does not translate into wisdom or. smarts in all areas.
These fuckers might be quite sharp in their respective fields but they are idiots regarding nearly everything else. This is primary school stuff, what were they doing when it was explained to them. Probably day dreaming and eating their own boogers.
Steelers lost yesterday, but my dogs didn’t care.
Awww, big floofy bois.
“We made a lot of money therefore we’re smart enough to be in charge of everyone else.”
Conversely-
If you’re so rich, why ain’t you smart?
#2 looks delicious.
Untried “Quaalude” recipe from my ’80s Mr. Boston:
1 oz vodka
1 oz hazelnut liqueur
1 oz coffee liqueur
1 splash milk
Pour over ice in old-fashioned glass.
If you like tangerine juice, keep your eyes peeled for the Honey tangerine. Distinct aroma, distinct flavor, very yummy. The ones that I’ve seen are grown in Florida. Worth every penny.
I haven’t seen a real tangerine in a store for several years. All I see is the little ones called ‘Cuties”. I want those big sweet loose skinned tangerines of my youth.
They’re gone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancy_(citrus)
LA satsumas are the best eating. Sadly the only distance shipper stopped after a couple of bad years and increased costs.
Two words: Blood Orange
What is ‘new denial?’ An alarming wave of climate misinformation is spreading on YouTube, watchdog says
If you’ve been on YouTube lately, you might have come across someone claiming wind and solar energy don’t work, that rising sea levels will help coral reefs flourish, or that climate scientists are corrupt and alarmist.
These are all false and misleading statements taken from a handful of thousands of YouTube videos analyzed by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), which has identified a stark change in the tactics of climate deniers over the past few years.
Wind and solar work? In some places sometimes, sure. Wow… This has hit journolist 2.0 as I’m seeing this story all over now.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/16/climate/climate-denial-misinformation-youtube/index.html
“Center for Countering Digital Hate”
They need to come up with better names for these CIA fronts.
Guess who’s an idiot slipping on ice for the past four days? “I forgot my yak traks at work!” What about those caulks in the garage? 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️
Ooof. Hoping for no muscle injuries. Be more like Vivek, less like Joe.
https://notthebee.com/article/vivek-almost-biffed-it-on-a-patch-of-ice-but-recovered
I’ve become a fan of aged rums. As mentioned upthread, Ron Zacapa makes a fine one. My current favorite is Bumbu Rum XO (black bottle with a silver X). I also tried some Flor De Cana rum while in Costa Rica and quite enjoy it. the 7 year is good for an inexpensive aged rum. I have a slight preference for the 18 over the 25 for a more expensive one.
My favorite Rum cocktail:
2 oz of Bumbu XO rum
1 oz of Combier Liquer d’Orange
splash of chocolate bitters.
Shake well and server over large square ice cube.
I’ve had the white Bumbu in the clear bottle, and it’s pretty good.
That one sounds good.