Nothing is as thirst-quenching after a long bike ride as a sour ale - liquid bread for calories, and your body is craving the lambic flavor. 

Our week-long redfish rodeo is coming up in 2 weeks, and we'll be sitting around the firepit, smoking cigars and sipping single-cask bourbon. 

But nothing goes better with a cigar than neat rum - the sugar fights off nicotine head. 

Rum is also the only spirit that gets better after the bottle is opened. 

 

On 10/1/2022 at 1:01 PM, Jig Man said:

I may be in the minority here but there is only one alcoholic beverage that even comes close being a preference for me and that is a light beer, preferably one made in Colorado ot St. Louis, MO.   I’ve never found a wine that I really like and I have tried lots of it.  I don’t drink slow enough for the hard stuff and I think I have tried most of it.

“I don’t drink slow enough for the hard stuff and I think I have tried most of it.“

 

That part.

17 minutes ago, bulldog1935 said:

Nothing is as thirst-quenching after a long bike ride as a sour ale - liquid bread for calories, and your body is craving the lambic flavor. 

Our week-long redfish rodeo is coming up in 2 weeks, and we'll be sitting around the firepit, smoking cigars and sipping single-cask bourbon. 

But nothing goes better with a cigar than neat rum - the sugar fights off nicotine head. 

Rum is also the only spirit that gets better after the bottle is opened. 

 

How is that Woodford double oaked? I've always wanted to try it

@DitchPanda

no question, Woodford double oak was my favorite out of that line up. 

The Matusalem was the 18yo - they were out of the 23 last year, and I left the bottle at Josh's digs - it should be a lot better this year.  (also found a bottle of 23 for our Arroyo trip last December)

I generally do tequila during the summer and bourbon during the winter. 

25 minutes ago, bulldog1935 said:

@DitchPanda

no question, Woodford double oak was my favorite out of that line up. 

The Matusalem was the 18yo - they were out of the 23 last year, and I left the bottle at Josh's digs - it should be a lot better this year.  (also found a bottle of 23 for our Arroyo trip last December)

Wish I had buddies that appreciated good whiskey. They are all the bird dog or Jameson mixed crowd. I've got nobody to sip the good stuff with.

I've never tried a good sipping rum but I'd be interested in giving them a shot. Any recommendations that won't break the bank?

2 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

Nothing is as thirst-quenching after a long bike ride as a sour ale - liquid bread for calories, and your body is craving the lambic flavor. 

Our week-long redfish rodeo is coming up in 2 weeks, and we'll be sitting around the firepit, smoking cigars and sipping single-cask bourbon. 

But nothing goes better with a cigar than neat rum - the sugar fights off nicotine head. 

Rum is also the only spirit that gets better after the bottle is opened. 

 

you sold me with a picture and then said lambic. Lambic, gose, and saison are the three main beers that I don’t drink. I want to like them. I love oud brun Flemish ales and various other tart beers. I love light beers.  For some reason though i can’t get into those three. 
 

sipping brown around the campfire after a hard day of redfish fishing?  Now you have my attention. Got a beginners cigar recco for someone who isn’t a smoker?    I love the smell but have never gotten into them.  

 

 

1 hour ago, DitchPanda said:

Wish I had buddies that appreciated good whiskey. They are all the bird dog or Jameson mixed crowd. I've got nobody to sip the good stuff with.

I've never tried a good sipping rum but I'd be interested in giving them a shot. Any recommendations that won't break the bank?

Lots of good rum in the modest price bracket (especially compared to scotch and bourbon). For a n easy sipper, look at dominican and Barbados rums in the 10-20 year bracket. Plantation 20 for $50 is a good shout. The aged cruzan rums are also my preferred flavor profile.  An interesting one if you can get it is Barcelo Imperial. Aged dominican.

 

On 10/1/2022 at 9:36 PM, NYWayfarer said:

Canadian Whiskey year round. Crown Royal, Black Velvet or Canadian Mist 
 

The only seasonal alcohol I have is Samuel Adams offerings. 

have you tried crown Texas mesquite?  I have a 2.5 year old bottle that I’m still working through. The liquid smoke flavor is just a bit much in this one. I love most of the other crown though .

18 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

How is that Woodford double oaked? I've always wanted to try it

 

Give Sagamore Rye Double Oaked a try too. I find WDO a little too tannic, and light for my own personal tastes. But the Sagamore Rye DO spices hold up with a really good balance of the barrel oak.

20 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

have you tried crown Texas mesquite?  I have a 2.5 year old bottle that I’m still working through. The liquid smoke flavor is just a bit much in this one. I love most of the other crown though .

I have not.

 

I tried the Crown Vanilla and it was ok. Someone gifted me Crown Maple, horrible although I was tempted to pour it on my pancakes.

9 minutes ago, NYWayfarer said:

I have not.

 

I tried the Crown Vanilla and it was ok. Someone gifted me Crown Maple, horrible although I was tempted to pour it on my pancakes.

My girlfriend loves the crown peach. I'm a big whiskey fan but hate flavored ones. I want my whiskey to taste like...well..whiskey.

Bud Light..

26 minutes ago, Stone Cold said:

Bud Light..

Thought you always preferred Bud heavy? Maybe now that you've gotten older and aren't wrestling to stay in shape youve gotten calorie conscious.

21 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

Thought you always preferred Bud heavy? Maybe now that you've gotten older and aren't wrestling to stay in shape youve gotten calorie conscious.

Lol....

1 hour ago, NYWayfarer said:

I have not.

 

I tried the Crown Vanilla and it was ok. Someone gifted me Crown Maple, horrible although I was tempted to pour it on my pancakes.

they have discontinued mesquite so if you see it and think you should try it- don’t.

 

 

1 hour ago, DitchPanda said:

My girlfriend loves the crown peach. I'm a big whiskey fan but hate flavored ones. I want my whiskey to taste like...well..whiskey.

i keep peach, vanilla, and apple in the house most of the time. Some nights I just want something like whisky but not straight whisky.  So flavored crown on the rocks is simple and easy. I have plenty of other whisky if I want the real stuff. 

If the furnace is on , whiskey . AC running  tequila . Beer anytime . After the last years annual winter snow hike , no more whiskey will be brought along . 

I very much like whiskey and bourbon but I drink them sparingly. Past weekend was the first time I had it in months. Season doesn’t matter to me.

Ive been known to take off in the winter snow with a cigar,  ferro rod fire starter and bottle of whiskey . Find a comfy area,  make a fire and just spend the day there by myself. 

On 10/3/2022 at 2:32 PM, Siebert Outdoors said:

Na that's anything in a green bottle.?

 Yuengling comes in a green bottle Mike. Have you tried it? All green bottle beers need to be stored away from sunlight. 

10 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said:

 Yuengling comes in a green bottle Mike. Have you tried it? All green bottle beers need to be stored away from sunlight. 

Thats probably about the only Green Bottle I haven't tried.  I've had some Yuengling but not that one.  Its pretty good.

13 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

 Yuengling comes in a green bottle Mike. Have you tried it? All green bottle beers need to be stored away from sunlight. 

My sister brings it up from Indiana when she comes home or my dad does when they go to visit her. Pretty good stuff. I’d have some more regularly if it were sold in Michigan. 

On 10/3/2022 at 5:12 PM, bulldog1935 said:

Nothing is as thirst-quenching after a long bike ride as a sour ale - liquid bread for calories, and your body is craving the lambic flavor. 

Our week-long redfish rodeo is coming up in 2 weeks, and we'll be sitting around the firepit, smoking cigars and sipping single-cask bourbon. 

But nothing goes better with a cigar than neat rum - the sugar fights off nicotine head. 

Rum is also the only spirit that gets better after the bottle is opened. 

 

Thats my kinda things , Have great time.