OT: Friday Night Drinking Thread (what are you drinking)

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Blue Moon spring seasonal variety pack tonight. 

swan flu

March 2nd, 2012 at 9:03 PM ^

If I were to drink scotch that was really high end I would definately go with the stones to prevent watering down, but when Im just drinking Glenlivet or Glenfidich or anything like that I dont think the ice is masking any subtle flavors, and I enjoy the taste of it.

justingoblue

March 3rd, 2012 at 12:05 AM ^

My uncle had the Pappy Van Winkle. It's funny, he's much more of a wine/beer guy (he has a wine cellar and his neighbor homebrews, I believe) but there's something that compels him to grab a bottle of that each year. It's very good, although my palate still isn't very sophisticated; lots of vanilla as far as taste goes, very very little bite.

d.

March 2nd, 2012 at 8:23 PM ^

I love seeing all the Hopslam on these every friday.  I'm going with the Shorts Aorta Ale I think, but its early, that may change.

eth2

March 2nd, 2012 at 8:29 PM ^

Sampled so far tonight:

- Epic Brewing Brainless on Cherries (Belgian style ale)

- Bell's Two Hearted Ale  (decided to throttle back on Hopslam as I'm down to last 2 six packs)

 

Gulogulo37

March 2nd, 2012 at 8:48 PM ^

And yea I feel a bit emasculated drinking it haha. It's all I got. Not that I'm ashamed at all to say I like red wine. But a night in watching a movie and drinking red wine alone seems pretty lame. But if I wasn't sick, I'd totally be out with friends poundin beers and gettin tail brah!

MGoPietrowski

March 2nd, 2012 at 9:36 PM ^

Nothing feminine about red wine. I have a hard time respecting a man drinking whites, because they might as well be a fu fu drink. Absolutely no shame in the red wine game, though. However, BEWARE OF THE HANGOVER

justingoblue

March 2nd, 2012 at 11:33 PM ^

Can you or someone else please explain this sentiment? How can a particular type of grape be for "pussies"? For the record, I'm not trying to be defensive here; I'm proudly drinking a very good New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc tonight that has some amazing complexity, and is very refreshing at a temperature close to freezing. Any answers here won't change that, I'm genuinely curious.

White and red grapes grow next to each other in many parts of the world. Take a look at this map of the Bordeaux region of France. Map locations 25, 33, and 34 are famous for growing Sauvignon Blanc grapes, while others are famous for all manners of red, dry white and sweet white wine. What's the distinction that makes one "masculine" and one "feminine"? I don't get it, and I would sincerely like to hear the reasoning behind this idea that has now been posted twice. What do people who hold these views drink when eating fish, many chicken dishes, or with a dish that doesn't stand up to, for example, a Chianti?

Edit: Champagne is arguably the most famous white wine in the world. Is that also for "pussies", or do you and others that think like you drink champagne on NYE or during celebrations?

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B-Nut-GoBlue

March 2nd, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^

Nice rebuttle.  I've always wondered where this "stigma" came from as well.  I will say this: Many wine drinkers in their first years of partaking in the practice (like myself, I've slowly incorporated wine into my repertoire over the last 4-5 years) start with the whites and advance to the reds as one progresses; hell maybe it is just me.  But the reds are more of an acquired taste, to me, and it'll take a few more years (along with flat out drinking more and better wines) to be able to frequent and truly enjoy red wines.  All of that said, it has nothing to do with the masculinity of one variety over the other.

justingoblue

March 3rd, 2012 at 12:04 AM ^

I've only started drinking anything decent (I'm 22*) recently and wine gets about 1/3 of the attention craft beer does from my exploring. I think you're right about moving on to darker and more complex wines, it makes sense intuitively. Also, anecdotally, a ton of people start drinking Jack Daniels or Crown Royal and end up switching to scotch as they get older. Talking about beer, most people don't start with stouts, porters and Imperial IPA's.

*and actually learned some things while typing it, so that's a plus.

triangle_M

March 3rd, 2012 at 8:22 AM ^

You're right on the money Justin, at least for me, and I'm an old man (40).  Scotch drinkers (snobs, like me) end up in single malt islays (lagavulin), beer drinkers end up in ipas or their own home brew menageries.  Wine drinkers end up in the big reds (Malbec/Cabs/Bordeaux).  If I drink a white, its a buttery chardonnay like La Crema.  In terms of booze,  I keep a liquor cabinet full of mixer quality stock spiritis (smirnoff/barcardi/el jimidor/tanqueray/jack) and then a higher level of things I like to practice snobbery with (bookers/herradura/some rum my sister brought me from puerto rico etc).  I think this is the way many folks are set up just because its practical to have the stock for mixing and the good stuff for sipping.  I really don't drink liquor, its more for the company, that is to say the women-folk in my life like fluffy drinks.

cozy200

March 3rd, 2012 at 7:54 AM ^

A really long response to a simple minded sentiment shared by alot of men. Obviously my pie chart game isnt helping here and i have a life so no poll questions are gonna happen. Lets just say, in my business if you are at dinner with the older execs that i deal with, and you order a white, its "sweep the leg johnny time". No mercy.



Im not a novice or young drinker so i guess as some comments have indicated im onto the scotch and reds phase. But then again i never started with wine coolers it was miller lite (still a solid choice) capt mo (love it) jack, double ipa, imperial stouts, now johnny walker. I guess white wine is something never on my radar because i never started with zima??

AAK15

March 2nd, 2012 at 10:53 PM ^

Drinking with my Chi Psi brothers here before we ski Vail tomorrow. Rolling Rock tonight. Which apparently comes in 30 racks here. Sweeeeet

EZ Bud

March 2nd, 2012 at 11:24 PM ^

Sam Adams Alpine Spring. Celebrating the tornadic outbreak in the greater Cincinnati area. Kidding of course. Some very scary storms this evening.

markh100

March 2nd, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^

After a former Ann Arbor resident who moved to Canada, this is the closest approximation I've found to Bell's Oberon.  It's a rather poor imitation, however, as the flavour of a freshly squeezed orange slice tastes like it has been added to the beer through chemical additives - The label does, however, say that orange peel is one of the ingredients.