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Official Drinking Thread: 7&7s for Everyone!

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Gurtholfin said:
Bacardi is good in fruit juice, as is the case with many light rums. With Coke, I want an amber or dark rum although Cruzan Light goes surprisingly well but it's a bit richer and more full bodied than a typical light.

Captain tastes like college - yuck! I have it on my bar, but only for a guest that may want it and I don't put it with the other rums. It's with the liqueurs.

Plantation Estate > Appleton, imho, of course.
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Haven't had Plantation, although I rarely drink rum anymore. I'll keep an eye out for it. :)

Unrelated: I get to crack my Deschutes Abyss tomorrow night, and am trading my spare bottle of Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout for a bottle of the regular Bourbon County Stout. Kind of excited about both.
 
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I guess I'm not that sophisiticated to have strong preferences of rums. But rarely is there one I don't like. Bacardi, Captain, and Appleton are all quite good. I've been meaning to get that Oakheart from Bacardi. Any thoughts on that one? The only bad one I've ever had was at a dive bar's rail. Not even sure what kind it was but it was definiately the bargain variety.
 
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Tiggsy said:
I guess I'm not that sophisiticated to have strong preferences of rums. But rarely is there one I don't like. Bacardi, Captain, and Appleton are all quite good. I've been meaning to get that Oakheart from Bacardi. Any thoughts on that one? The only bad one I've ever had was at a dive bar's rail. Not even sure what kind it was but it was definiately the bargain variety.
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I was just yanking your chain a bit.

Bacardi is fine for a light rum, I just don't enjoy light rum all that much. Drank a bunch of it though in Rochester last week as they didn't have anything else (that I wanted) and got tired of paying $8 for Maker's & Coke.


Captain is worthy of derision though when called a "rum."
 
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Gurtholfin said:
I was just yanking your chain a bit.

Bacardi is fine for a light rum, I just don't enjoy light rum all that much. Drank a bunch of it though in Rochester last week as they didn't have anything else (that I wanted) and got tired of paying $8 for Maker's & Coke.


Captain is worthy of derision though when called a "rum."
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You? Yank my chain? Weird that's never happened before. :p :D

I think I'm just afraid to buy bottles of stuff and not like it. That way it gets stuck in my fridge for who knows how long. I just with my wife thought the same thing and will stop buying crap. I've got dragonfruit rum and cherry schnapps that are both horrible but I just can't bring myself to dump out liquor. I've got a one or two go-to drinks that I always keep in stock that are easy to make since I don't like thinking about it too much.
Step 1: pour in rum. Step 2: pour in coke. Step 3: mix and drink. Done.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
I was just yanking your chain a bit.

Bacardi is fine for a light rum, I just don't enjoy light rum all that much. Drank a bunch of it though in Rochester last week as they didn't have anything else (that I wanted) and got tired of paying $8 for Maker's & Coke.


Captain is worthy of derision though when called a "rum."
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Well, your first mistake is mixing Maker's. :p
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Can't do much (anything) without mixing.
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I'm with you there. Unless you're doing shots but there's a specific reason for that and I definitely have a limit to how many I can handle.

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There's hope for you as there was no "add a lime wedge" step. ;)
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The only drink where I have ever actually ordered a lime is Corona. I think that's the only acceptable time to do so.
 
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Tiggsy said:
The only drink where I have ever actually ordered a lime is Corona. I think that's the only acceptable time to do so.
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I can't imagine drinking a Corona without one. Tastes like summer!

Corona without a lime and warm temps is just a marginal beer.


Just went to the grocery store for a few items and Camarena Silver 1.75 had a $5 rebate.

Wife says, "Love how you go to the grocery store and always come home with booze."

Yep! ;)
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Corona without a lime and warm temps is just a marginal beer.
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Corona is always a marginal beer.


Fruit the drink, don't fruit the drink. Whatever, do it to taste. Just make sure the to judge anyone else who does it harshly.
 
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Into my third marg on the rox with said tequila.

Go Hawks!
 
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Picked up the Schell's Framboise du Nord for a later date. I've heard good things about it.
 
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14 Hands Cabernet


Perfect for a cold day when I don't have to go outside.
 
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