I just quarantined Mikes hard lemonade/cherry and 2 Towns Ciderhouse Hard Cider, Blackberry/Marion Berry. I have never tried either but I figured what the hell. I like lemonade and cider so I figured it was worth a shot. I didn't get a whole bunch of other things, sigh, but I got those. And I have my lovely boxed wine for now :) In a bit I will put a shepherds pie in the oven. We have two places in town I trust and I got that from one of them. And I have salad stuff from a local farm :)
I'm mixing half Tequila Rose and half Fireball. It's called hot ______. Don't remember the name, but it's quite tasty. I think I feel the holey ghost trying to tell me something, but I'm not sure.
I can't even watch news about MN. It makes me cry. More than 50 years ago, I marched and rioted and raised general hell over racial equality issues in college. And it did no good. Neo-Nazis and Aryan @$$holes have been streaming out from under their rocks for going on four years now. No more on that, it verges on political.
Can't touch alcohol because I went on a culinary rampage in the kitchen (I don't, as a general rule) and it put my back into such horrible spasms that I'm mellowed out on painkillers and muscle relaxants.
I have. You're right. We had a restaurant/bar in Ventura, CA. Rosarita Beach Cafe. Had 50+ scotches on the shelf. Great sipping. But, at $150.00 a bottle, can't have that as my daily cocktails.
If you are referring to the Famous Grouse, it is $30 per bottle cask strength and $24 for regular blend. With small sips it lasts a long time. There are likely expensive versions for which I will not spend $150 a bottle. I don't even look at those....
Me neither. I was lucky, I had a job with a really good expense account. Was able to run up pretty good bar tabs. Tried really good stuff that I never would have if I was spending my own money. You have a gold mine of good whiskey in TN. I was in Murfreesboro a month ago and did some traveling and tasting before they shut everything down. Some decent local shine as well.
A Guinness. All I buy anymore since there is always a line out the door at Utah state liquor stores, and grocery stores can now carry real Guinness, which is only 4% abv. Who knew!
A friend recommended Famous Grouse whisky. I had two glasses last night while reading. Just drop a small ice cube in an ounce of whisky - it is easy to sip. I am restricting my news watching and back to reading books again. Recently set a goal of 2 books per week and then perhaps to 3. I am less stressed reading than watching our political system incessantly on the TV news or websites. I still keep informed with the reduced time on the news. Also spending more time practicing my instruments. The whisky is a nice treat at the end of a day.
Felt like I was in third grade again watching John Glenn takeoff when they rolled in a black and white TV on a high roller stand. Great stuff watching America and Nasa/SpaceX team launch astronauts today, again, and finally after nearly a decade.
The Mercury capsule orbital flights were launched with the Atlas rocket and the Gemini flights were launched with the Gemini, both rockets were ICBMs developed and used by the US military to deliver nuclear bombs.
Today's effort was a civilian effort, NASA pays SpaceX to launch the Falcon 9 rocket. Much better I think. My how the technology has changed!