That’s right, only 14 days left before you can expect some grubby kids knocking on your door wearing costumes, and asking important questions in the modern time. After you get the pollsters and missionaries off the steps, make sure to offer the kids trick or treating some candy. I still need to get over to the store and decide what full sized bars will be offered this year.
Let’s start with some prime idiocy.
In just a little over a week, hemp derived THC was banned, state reps planned to kill the emergency ban as quickly as possible, breweries complained and threatened lawsuits, and judges stepped in.
I approve of this measuring standard.
“Complicated” = we’re aware it makes us hypocrites, but we have excuses!
For those of you not lucky enough to live in Cleveland, you can find out when you can get Great Lakes Christmas Ale.
Ohio, once again, did quite well at the GABF, with one of my locals winning a brewer of the year.
After months of time, millions of dollars, the end result everyone predicted has come to pass.
There are things I come across while looking for recipes, and some things need to be shared so others can help me carry the burden of horror.
That’s a hell of a parlay!
Awarded? Really it comes across as a warning to me.
Fuck Sweetest Day, a bullshit holiday that they keep trying to make popular around here.
I told you I go hunting for recipes. I went down this rabbit thanks to fellow links poster Tonio, who sent me a picture of a recipe in a book he found. It being something I was ignorant of, I decided to look into it, and found my ignorance was embarrassing, as the drink had existed since the late 1400s. So, after comparing quite a few recipes, I decided to give it a shot.
Atholl Brose
- 6 ounces water (optional)
- 6 ounces whisky (Scotch)
- 1/4 cup oats (steel cut strongly preferred)
- 4 tsp honey (heather being traditional)
The first decision to make when going into this recipe is if you’re going to soak the oats in water first, and then mix the water with whisky, or cut out the middleman, and soak the oats directly in the whisky from the start. As I went with a more risk averse start, I soaked the oats in water for 24 hours, strained out the oats (squeezing them in the strainer to get as much liquid as possible out). To that oak infused water, I added the honey and whisky (I went with a big punchy one) and stirred like hell to get the honey to dissolve. At that point, the base drink is done. There are those who then add heavy cream to it (aim for ~4 ounces for the whole recipe if you wish), but that did not appeal to me.
The real question… what the hell does it taste like? I got very little of the oat characteristics in the final product, and it came across as a sweetened, watered down, whisky. It’s not terrible, but I’m not sure I’ll go this route again, next time I’ll likely try it soaking the oats directly in the whisky, and then reserving the oats to make a whisky, cinnamon, and apple breakfast the next day.
My No Seconds protest is being overshadowed by this ridiculous No Kings nonsense.
At least yours makes sense. “No Kings” is a lame name, and I don’t see anything specific they want. It’s just “We hate Trump because the people on TV and TikTok told use we should.”
The more of this nonsense they pull, the more certain I am that Donald is doing the right things – pulling funding, cracking skulls, etc.
It’s when they stop that it’s time to worry again.
Its so they can, no matter if 1 or 1000 people, put a dot on a map and claim widespread protests.
From their site, apparently Europe is jumping in on the game too
Also they co-opted “No Dictators” and rolled those in.
And they wonder why Trump won, and aDF is polling higher than ever.
Not even of pie?
No. Bro is a big fan of RFK.
So use lard and butter, tastes better that way anyhow.
That Christmas Ale isn’t available within 50 miles, but the Kroger 20 minutes away has their Nosferatu Red and Oktoberfest.
Christmas Ale won’t be hitting the distribution chains until Monday. They don’t even have it for sale at the gift shop at the present. They have it on tap at the brewery, and went through a bunch of kegs that were available the other day.
I’ll try to remember to check, I love a good Christmas Ale.
On the recommendation of my son, I bought a box of 6 large bottles of this once.
It didn’t have a price on it, and when the cashier rang everything up the total was $200 something.
We hadn’t grabbed that much, so I thought it was a mistake, but I checked the receipt before I complained.
Lucky for me, my wife wasn’t next to us because the Christmas Ale was $120.
It was so so good, it might have been worth what I paid for it.
My son asked if I ever told my wife what it cost.
I told him “You know I’m an idiot, but I’m not that stupid”.
ron73440:
The Great Lakes Christmas Ale created a regional style. Dark, strong (7.5% ABV), slightly sweet, and spiced with ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Every local brewery will do their own take on the spiced holiday ale. There’s holy wars and rumors about the various recipes. On top of the “standard”, there’s quite a few that do a special Belgian dark strong spiced ale for the holidays as well.
The St. Bernardus beers are all solid. We’ve been lucky the past couple of years with places having the Corsendonk Christmas expression on the cheap.
My local does a nice Christmas brew, Kringle Krack. Too early to hit the taps yet, but soon, soon.
NatSec…what can’t it do!
I was going to side with the makers of the games in the Trump tariff shit right up until this bit:
So they started as a small company, and you helped them grow by giving them business? Maybe, just maybe if businesses took a long approach with this shit in the US, the same could happen here! Amazing thought, I know.
You feel a moral obligation to support some Chinese company where the employees are paid nickels a day, but none to invest in your own country.
But at the end of the day, investment in the US won’t happen because these companies know they can wait out Trump’s tariffs and pass the buck along to consumers. The next Dem or Rino will get into office and undo this shit on day one even if they survive the court challenges.
I can’t imagine how empty these people’s lives were before the orange dictator arrived on the scene to… impose censorship?
Cards Against Humanity is against everything g we thing is good.
Liberty, bad
Masks, good
Forcing people to get the Covid shot, better.
They bought a barrel of lube and had it sent to the guys at the Malheur wildlife sit in last shutdown.
Cheered when the feds shot and killed a guy there.
Unprecedented!
😂🤣
monetization of federal government power….
What?
Ask Joe Biden to explain that one to you.
inconceivable
This weekend I plan on making Paris-style steak frites with brown sauce with peppercorns.
Making the brown sauce requires Cognac, which is a spirit I rarely keep around. I’ll have plenty left over. Ideas?
Alton Brown’s aged eggnog uses one cup
Oh shit, I’d forgotten about that!
I could also get some Rye and make Sazeracs. I have all the components
Or Sidecars. Or a Vieux Carré, I haven’t had one of those in a while…
Sidecars? Tom and Jerries? Vieux Carres? Stingers?
“That’s a whore’s drink.”
Vodka and Mt Dew is not a Stinger Sheldon.
lol My old standby.
I’ve classed it up with ginger beer or San Pellegrino lately.
You could always make original-style Sazeracs.
Use the real deal when it comes to the wormwood wash, though — not that Pernod stuff.
I write this with a complete absinthe of malice.
This made me mad!
This put me in pour spirits.
I’ll PM you my address.
I subsist on sandwiches and stir-frys during the week, but on the weekends I like to cook.
Side rant – I preordered a game and Switch 2 bundle from Amazon. The thing still hasn’t arrived a day after release. Now, granted, they said it would arrive the day after. It’s not false advertising, but what the hell is the point of preordering a game and system if they can’t get it to you the day of release?
I hacked my Switch 1 and have been playing it days before it was released, anyway, because everything Nintendo makes leaks. But it’s the point of it. I could have just walked into a store and bought the game and system at a midnight release or the next morning.
The City of Oberlin has been awarded the 2025 Norman Krumholz Equity Award in recognition of its commitment to advancing social justice and equity throughout the community.
The award, given by the Ohio chapter of the American Planning Association, honors the legacy of Norman Krumholz, the former Cleveland planning director and advocate for equity. Recipients are selected based on their efforts to advance equity in planning and their willingness to establish new standards, according to a press release.
What a utopian dream. Makes me want to pull up stakes and move to Oberlin.
Hope the local Planning Commission doesn’t hear about this, they’ll want to get in on some of the action.
I didn’t see anything actually accomplished in that article. For all I know, everyone just sipped some cocktails and gave each other a handy.
Much virtue was signaled! Many people of color were discussed in theoretical terms that did not involve actually being around nasty actual people of color. Large numbers of extremely wealthy leftists paid enormous amounts of money to send their kids be properly indoctrinated in a nice safely white and rural environment.
What more could you ask to accomolish?
Happened to me a while back. Amazon delivered it 2 days later with a “Hey, sorry” but no compensation. It was absurd so I just download games on launch day, or to your point, drive my fat ass to the store and buy it.
His casino buddies must be laundering the money for him. Right? I don’t believe he won that much by gambling.
Play with big money, win big money. However, has he ever reported his losses?
And he’s such a prince he donated it all to the state’s illegal alien health care fund.
‘profound concern’ – translation: “I’ll be needing a bribe for that.”
Oberlin’s Social Equity Plan, which City Council approved in May 2025, represents the culmination of a five-year collaborative effort that began in 2020. The comprehensive initiative brought together city leadership, community stakeholders, local nonprofits, Oberlin College and consultants.
Get them all assembled in one room, lock the doors and turn on the Zyklon B.
Sweetest Day on a budget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjIf9I2vTk
JFC. Without “capitalist pockets” you’d be playing jacks you retard.
Why is everything so commie?
When all you have is a [unread] manifesto, everyone looks like a kulak and wrecker.
Tovarisch, Jacks are a decadent bourgeois capitalist extravagance! Pot-metal and rubber are needed for glorious Soviet Space Program, not used for toys in which the object is to grab increasing shares of scarce resources for private victory!
Add a little gin, lemon and maybe some crawfish extract, and you’d have a recipe for an Army (Cajun) Navy cocktail.
Hey guys!
Am and old commenter returning after some time away.
Was wondering if the Discord was still active at all/if anyone had a link to it!
From what I’m aware of, it’s still active. I unfortunately do not have a link to share for it. Too hectic and busy for me to keep up with, and the idea of dropping in and out of conversations does not sit well with me.
No worries, thanks for the response anyways!
Hey guys!
Am and old commenter returning after some time away.
Was wondering if the Discord was still active at all/if anyone had a link to it!
He’s a Fed.
Nah, they don’t like me much…
Partially explains the leave of absence
Nah, they don’t like me much…
Partially explains the leave of absence
Ahhh, but does it explain the multi-posting?
Squirrels!
Just what a Fed would say.
I think a Fed would arrive First, you know to make notes on who showed up together.
As if the Feds would need to bother going under cover to be able to get information on any of us…
Look Im the Fed here, get your firsting in order
He’s a Tulpa.
@Ted S
YOU’RE a Tulpa!
I’m a Tulpa!
Spartacus is a Tulpa!
We’re all Tulpa!
We are many!
We are one!
We are legion!
Me over her not knowing what a “Discord” is.
Darn squirrels!
It’s good to be back!
lucky enough to live in Cleveland
I guess I’m not familiar with this meaning of the word “lucky.”
Just like that two legged pig… you know… “Lucky”!
Speaking of Cleveland. Thanks! You guys are great! Gifting the Bengals a win, Jamar Chase a record, and Mike Tomlin a stroke all for a fifth round pick!
(((Jarflax:
And you even got a sixth round pick as well. Besides… fuck the Stillers and Tomlin. If it’s not going to be Cleveland, I’d rather it be the Bengals representing the AFC North.
I watched Tomlin’s press conference bitching about the trade several times. It was almost as fun as watching the reaction videos to Trump’s wins. BRB, headed to Youtube for a Schadenfreude fix
At least it’s not Detroit!
Are you proposing that for their new motto? Hmm, I like it. Detroit can play on it and make theirs:
Detroit, At least it’s not Mogadishu!
Was a reference to this:
https://youtu.be/oZzgAjjuqZM?si=sPLMG3IkqnGshRWn
(which someone posted to TOS LONG, LONG ago…)
I remember that.
“[I]t came across as a sweetened, watered down, whisky. It’s not terrible[…]”
Oh, well. Thanks for trying that. I haven’t yet.
The girlfriend tried it as well (without cream), she kept wanting to use it to make a hot toddy (which would work), even though everything said to serve it chilled.
For those of you not lucky enough to live in Cleveland, you can find out when you can get Great Lakes Christmas Ale.
That’s a good beer. I think I had to go to MA to get it last time I had it, which was OK because I was in MA anyways.
Bullying works
Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Jeep and other auto brands, plans to invest $13 billion in U.S. manufacturing operations over the next four years, as the company executes a domestic turnaround under CEO Antonio Filosa.
The trans-Atlantic automaker on Tuesday said the investments will add more than 5,000 jobs to its domestic workforce and increase domestic production by 50%. The plans include bringing new vehicles to plants in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio through 2029.
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The announcement comes amid President Donald Trump’s efforts to create more manufacturing jobs in the U.S. through the use of aggressive tariffs, especially for the automotive industry. The company said the plans expand those Stellantis Chair John Elkann detailed to Trump in January.
“Since day one, me and the team set out a clear priority that was to grow in the largest market that we operate, which is the U.S.,” Filosa, who led the company’s North American operations before starting as CEO on June 23, told CNBC on Tuesday. “We know what we need to do to grow this market.”
Make better cars?
My Compass has been good so far. I wouldn’t take a Dodge Hornet if you paid me.
Coworker was literally hassled like a criminal by the police driving his owned scat pack, because they are so frequently stolen.
Have you seen how easy they are to steal? It’s ridiculous.
The Scat Pack came standard with a manual, so you’d have to be able to drive stick.
Unless the person got the optional automatic.
I finally found the evil pentastar on my Freightliner, on the inside of the door lock plastic.
I knew I had experienced that build quality before.
Penitent sinner
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologized on Friday for making comments in support of President Donald Trump potentially sending federal troops to San Francisco, where his company is based.
“Having listened closely to my fellow San Franciscans and our local officials, and after the largest and safest Dreamforce in our history, I do not believe the National Guard is needed to address safety in San Francisco,” Benioff wrote in a post on X.
The nail that sticks up gets hammered down, right? You nutless windbag.
“Having been threatened with having my business shut down by dishonest regulatory inspections, unjustified fines, and utility shutoffs, and with having my family murdered by unhinged commie students I have reconsidered my position. We are entirely safe here and do not need any intervention by Trump.”
blink blink blink BLINK BLINK BLINK blink blink blink
OFFS!
That didn’t take long.
PS. That radical POS was never sincere – I’m glad his fans called him out on it.
This one is about 6 months old, but it’s a good’un….
Enjoy!
https://peaksandnulls.net/index.php/2025/04/25/adagio-for-e370-in-dmin7/
Jamar Chase just caught another slant pass.
I thought “No Kings” was a play off “We wuz Kangz” or just “No Kangz.” Apparently not, but I found this hilarity:
“The phrase “no kangz” is a derogatory internet slang that is a variation of the racist meme “we wuz kangs”. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥.” By the ADL. Bless their racist hearts.
An expression now = a symbol. Much like ‘speech is violence,’ just as ‘silence is violence’ in their (literally) retarded world ‘view.’ These ‘protests’ are all block parties, with folk getting paid and driven to wherever it is they’re supposed to be, to carry whatever sign they’re told to, likely given a drink /bump, and to say they’re against whatever they’re told to be against. Because they’re against it, cuz duh, dummy.
Yeah, they aren’t doing themselves any favors by deliberately conflating hurt feelings with actual “hate”. As if anybody needs to be told how to recognize the latter anyway.
Not this?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118147
CAH can go f themselves.
Anti American covidian POSs.
I don’t interact with anyone in real life in my dotage so I am not familiar with the thing.
Calcified, autistic hookers. They *don’t* go fuck themselves – which I suppose is just part of their appeal – but they *are* anti-American, branch covidian parliamentarians of state.
I think I was reminded what PPP means, but it quickly escaped me. Parts per paragraph *does* make sense, those purposefully verbose -but -meaningless salad tossers.
President Poopy Pants, IIRC.