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Official Drinking Thread: 7&7s for Everyone!

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bigblue_dl said:
There's a better chance that Shirtless Bob just doesn't know what he's drinking.
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That's probably it. When I had the KBS at Hank's Tavern a couple weeks ago, I didn't know that "K" stood for "Kentucky," not "Killer." :o
 
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Brenthoven said:
For Canadian, I stick with Pendleton, 7, or Crown. That's about it.
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Based on this mention, I took a flyer on a bottle when I saw it the other day.

Very nice.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Based on this mention, I took a flyer on a bottle when I saw it the other day.

Very nice.
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I saw it at a bar a couple years ago, had never heard of it, and gave it a whirl. Dunno if I'd ever blindly buy a bottle, so it worked out well for me. Glad the same happened to you.
 
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Founders' Breakfast Stout is now at Meijer... so I'll be picking that up next week.

As for this week, it's Bell's Best Brown Ale. It's only available October-November, so I wanted to get it while I could.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I saw it at a bar a couple years ago, had never heard of it, and gave it a whirl. Dunno if I'd ever blindly buy a bottle, so it worked out well for me. Glad the same happened to you.
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I've bought many things blindly and some work out and others just get added to the collection on the chance that a guest will someday be happy I have it. There was one tequila though that I actually just poured out, it was such swill.

Pendleton... it's almost sweet. Almost gold rum-like.

The liquor store I got it from has pretty knowledgeable folks working there and I talked to one about it and he thought I'd like it based on other things I like.


The bottle's cool too. Cork top!

Your mention got it on my radar though.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
I've bought many things blindly and some work out and others just get added to the collection on the chance that a guest will someday be happy I have it. There was one tequila though that I actually just poured out, it was such swill.

Pendleton... it's almost sweet. Almost gold rum-like.

The liquor store I got it from has pretty knowledgeable folks working there and I talked to one about it and he thought I'd like it based on other things I like.


The bottle's cool too. Cork top!

Your mention got it on my radar though.
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This is how I find out about many bourbons. My main store's clerk has gotten me to try so many good ones...I wish they'd have another whiskey-tasting, as the first one they had was quite awesome. It was only $10, got to try about a dozen different kinds of whiskey (straight, scotch, rye, bourbon, etc), and if you bought a bottle of a whiskey you tried that night, it was $10 off. :)
 
ShirtlessBob said:
Founders' Breakfast Stout is now at Meijer... so I'll be picking that up next week.

As for this week, it's Bell's Best Brown Ale. It's only available October-November, so I wanted to get it while I could.
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If you like brown ales, Short's Bellaire Brown is my personal favorite and it's only available in Michigan.
 
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Brenthoven said:
This is how I find out about many bourbons. My main store's clerk has gotten me to try so many good ones...I wish they'd have another whiskey-tasting, as the first one they had was quite awesome. It was only $10, got to try about a dozen different kinds of whiskey (straight, scotch, rye, bourbon, etc), and if you bought a bottle of a whiskey you tried that night, it was $10 off. :)
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They have them up here at Northgate all the time, whiskey tastings and beer tastings. Last time I was there they asked if I wanted to be on their email list, to get emails about their tastings. I declined because I didn't want even more spam. If you want to do one, I'm sure we could do one there at some point soon.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
They have them up here at Northgate all the time, whiskey tastings and beer tastings. Last time I was there they asked if I wanted to be on their email list, to get emails about their tastings. I declined because I didn't want even more spam. If you want to do one, I'm sure we could do one there at some point soon.
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That would be fun, depending on what time they have them. Got lucky with this one, as it was 8pm on a Friday. Took about 2 hours, and probably had about 2-3 full shots of whiskey, if you added them all up.
 
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Brenthoven said:
That would be fun, depending on what time they have them. Got lucky with this one, as it was 8pm on a Friday. Took about 2 hours, and probably had about 2-3 full shots of whiskey, if you added them all up.
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I think Northgate does them on Saturday afternoons occasionally, which would be handy.
 
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Cruzan Black Strap & Coke


This is a dark (black) rum unlike anything I had had before I brought it home from St. Thomas last winter.

Very heavy and tasting of sweet molasses. Not something for a summer day, but perfect for the colder months.

Not unlike porters & stouts in that regards.
 
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MaizeRage said:
If you like brown ales, Short's Bellaire Brown is my personal favorite and it's only available in Michigan.
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And I think they carry it at Meijer, which is where I do all my shopping.

In no particular order, I like stouts, brown ales, and IPAs.
 
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I couldn't decide what to drink this weekend, so I defaulted to Maker's Mark. Whatever batch this bottle came from is one of the best I can recall. It's almost everything a bourbon should be.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I couldn't decide what to drink this weekend, so I defaulted to Maker's Mark. Whatever batch this bottle came from is one of the best I can recall. It's almost everything a bourbon should be.
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They are in recover mode, after that whole "cutting proof" debacle.
 
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Been itchin' to get into the red wine and we had spaghetti for dinner so I opened a bottle of 14 Hands 2010 Merlot. Very nice and buttery!

Halfway through the bottle and starting to feel nice and fuzzy.

(Had some rum this afternoon to set the base)


Bring on the Hawks and trapping Wild! :p:D
 
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