# Mmmm...alcohol **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147 "2009-10-09T02:25:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/41 "2009-10-15T17:26:38Z")
I’ve recently discovered Imperia vodka and have been enjoying that when I want a drink. Other candidates in the cabinet are Bushmills whiskey and Courvoisier brandy. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/42 "2009-10-15T17:27:41Z")
Wait, Guiness in chili? Wow! Can I have the recipe, **Unintentionally Blank**? I found a 2006 Zinfandel from Más Wine Company in my local Grocery Outlet for a really decent price. I bought all I could carry (on my bike.) I will be entering a state of bliss at dinnertime every night for awhile. That being said, carbonated mead sounds really, really good! Too bad none of youse homebrewers are in California. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/43 "2009-10-15T17:37:19Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > That being said, carbonated mead sounds really, really good! Too bad none of youse homebrewers are in California. Nope, Chicago suburbs here. It was really interesting; it tasted rather like a light sparkling white wine, with a distinct floral aftertaste. Not perfumey-yucky floral, but nicely subdued. I think we drank the last (20 oz.) bottle a few years after bottling. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/44 "2009-10-15T17:52:59Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > That being said, carbonated mead sounds really, really good! Too bad none of youse homebrewers are in California. Excuse me? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/45 "2009-10-15T18:28:54Z")
I’m pretty much a raging alkie, so my general drink is cheap, high alcohol beers like Nati Ice (since I’m drinking primarily for effect and not flavor). However, when I’m feeling particularly bourgeois, I’ll indulge in a little bourbon (favorites being Blanton’s or Eagle Rare) now and then, or my primary flavor savor: wine. I love wine. I fucking get geeked when I can afford a bottle of something rare and/or bottle aged. It’s the only alcoholic beverage that I drink in pure unadulterated moderation. My latest kick are Donnhoff Rieslings from the Nahe region of Deutchland. Man are they ever awesome. Talk about depth of flavor, intensity, length of finish, purity of varietal, packed with terroir…unreal wines. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/46 "2009-10-15T18:33:45Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I’m pretty much a raging alkie, so my general drink is cheap, high alcohol beers like Nati Ice (since I’m drinking primarily for effect and not flavor). And I thought the spouse was the only person who doesn’t live in a trailer park who drinks Natty Ice. He’s not alone then! But who am I to talk? I once sucked spilled Evan Williams out of a dirty shag carpet. Okay, no I didn’t, but I would! ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/47 "2009-10-15T18:42:22Z")
Last night, a [Mad Hatter](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/335/2904) from the tap, followed by a bottle of [Gumballhead](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26/9478). Finally, some Irish whiskey on the rocks that a friend ordered for me. It was recommended to him by the bartender, and the name of it didn’t make it all the way to me. It was good, though. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/48 "2009-10-15T20:28:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Don’t do this. That way lies disaster. For the best cider, let it ferment out fully. Then, rack and let clear. Just before bottling, add one can of apple juice concentrate to your cider. Bottle. You will get the best tasting, lightly carbonated cider you ever tasted. So fully ferment, and rack to keg? Or pit stop in a secondary just long enough to settle out? I was planning on keg conditioning the cider. I’ve done the long conditioning (12-18 mos) in the past. Works great if you like tart. I assume the concentrate makes up for that? I’d love to get swilly with this batch on Halloween, or Thanksgiving if necessary. Also, does cider dispense at 5 psi as well or must I adjust that? I’ve only ever bottled cider, but I want to pour this batch at one sitting w/friends. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/49 "2009-10-15T20:43:06Z")
Fully ferment, rack to keg, add concentrate to keg. 5 psi is fine. A little cloudiness is ok in a kegged cider. The secondary was mainly for clarity and to keep the added concentrate from giving you hand grenades. But in a keg, no problems. Trader Joe’s has a concentrate that is quite nice. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/50 "2009-10-15T20:45:36Z")
Fantastic, thanks! I will raise a glass to you, o hawaiian-shirted braumeister , on tapping day. RDWHAHB! ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/51 "2009-10-16T15:21:47Z")
What I need now is a really good rum. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/52 "2009-10-16T15:23:21Z")
Sailor Jerry’s Spiced Navy Rum. 95 Proof. Dirt Cheap. Liquid Fcuking Crack it is! It can be had on sale (Denver) for $17 a 1.75 L ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147/53 "2009-10-16T15:26:26Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > What I need now is a really good rum. Any suggestions? Zaya Barbancourt Gosling’s Old Rum [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-alcohol/513147.md?page=2)