OT: Friday Night Drinking Thread
So what is everyone else on the board drinking/listening/watching/etc. tonight? I'm enjoying a Green Flash Green Bullet Triple IPA and listening to Neil Young Live at Massey Hall on vinyl. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to crack open one of the four bottles of Deschutes the Abyss that I picked up today. If you have never tried the Abyss, find some now, hoard it, and drink some and cellar the rest.
Slainte and Happy Holidays to all the fellow Michigan fans!
December 20th, 2013 at 8:42 PM ^
Green tea.
That is all.
December 20th, 2013 at 8:46 PM ^
Watching the Division III National Championship game. Second half and it's 21-14 Wisconsin-Whitewater over Mount Union.
This is the 8th time these two have played in the D3 championship in the last 9 years. I think it's time to move up to D2....
December 20th, 2013 at 9:32 PM ^
This is amazing, especially since they are both subjected to a legit playoff format and have to make it through a few rounds (3?) before meeting head-to-head.
Any D3 experts out there who can explain how that playoff is seeded? Regionally? Nationally based on some sort of rank?
December 20th, 2013 at 10:42 PM ^
I was surprised to see that UW-Whitewater has over 10,000 undergrads. I know student population isn't directly related to Division, but I was surprised to see a DIII school with an enrollment that large
Upon further research, looks like there are a few bigger like Cal State-Hayward (13k), Hunter College (18k) and NYU (18k) who are also at DIII
December 20th, 2013 at 8:49 PM ^
Christmas Ale. Gotta drink it all by the 25th otherwise I'll have to save it for next Christmas.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
May want to check the shelf life of that. 126 days per great lakes brewery website.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
Keep out of the light, and most Winter Warmers age well.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:53 PM ^
I'll just drink it all in the next 5 days.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:57 PM ^
I'm drinking two different Christmas Ales. Great Lakes and Bell's. Great Lakes is decent but I'm very disappointed in Bell's this year. It almost tastes like a session beer. Very little flavor from the holiday spices. Seems to almost have a rye character to it. This does not strike me as a holiday beer. Couple that with the sub par performance from Oberon this year and I'm beginning to fear that Bell's is fading in quality.
December 20th, 2013 at 8:51 PM ^
with Moosehead. Watching Blackhawks v Canucks.
December 20th, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^
Vodka
December 20th, 2013 at 8:55 PM ^
and I'm watching Fast and Furious 6 with the fam.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
Paul Walker dies.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:55 PM ^
TOO SOON
December 20th, 2013 at 8:56 PM ^
Im watching the movie Hulk and Im half in the bag.Liv Tyler is really Steven Tyler in drag.
December 20th, 2013 at 8:57 PM ^
The further in I get, the harder it is to not watch back to back to back to back to back episodes
December 20th, 2013 at 8:59 PM ^
I Probably will have both wine and beer. I'll post later on to what I had. What happened to the JH to Texas thread? The comments were getting interesting!
December 20th, 2013 at 9:06 PM ^
Tanqueray Gin with a hint of vermouth, and by hint I mean wave the bottle over the shaker.
Also watching the Div III championship...much less dramatic than the snowbowl between Mount Union and Central.
December 20th, 2013 at 10:33 PM ^
Ah, so you like them Winston Churchill style!
December 20th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
A lot of it, or as least as much as it takes to make my wife's voice fade quietly into the night.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
I am the only one up at the moment actually, so it is Blue Moon with the North Dakota State / New Hampshire football game and some Blue Moon over here. I am also trying to mentally prepare myself for the possibility that my weekend could get interrupted by power company problems if we should start seeing ice-related outages starting tomorrow evening.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
Watching Portlandia and having a Coors Light or two.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:18 PM ^
Double foul
December 21st, 2013 at 9:20 PM ^
I am also drinking coors light, but only because it's all that is in my beer fridge. Very much like having sex in a boat... Fucking close to water.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:17 PM ^
Bacardi and cola. Do it. Do it.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:18 PM ^
I was trying to put it off until February-ish, but I'm in a down time with work and decided to re-watch the first 3 seasons of Game of Thrones starting earlier this week.
Just finished Season 1 and am trying to resist starting Season 2 right now.
Going to mix myself a screwdriver, I think.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:17 PM ^
Christmas party at the office today. Spotted Cow, the obligatory Miller Lite, and home made Irish Cream. Now New Glarus Moon Man.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:32 PM ^
Had a Spotted Cow, followed by one of my new favorites...Potosi Cave Ale.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:18 PM ^
Choklat Stout. 10% ABV
December 20th, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
Elijah Craig, straight and from a tin cup.
December 20th, 2013 at 10:43 PM ^
Damn liquor store was out of Elijah tonight, so I settled for Lexington.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:27 PM ^
Finished off my last New Belgium Trippel, so it looks like its time for Koolaid now since its the ony flavored liquid left in the house.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
Diet Cherry 7Up. Like a boss.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:32 PM ^
Budweiser tall-boys.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:33 PM ^
Oatmeal Stout at Four Peaks Brewery in Tempe. Pretty good beer with good food as well.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:36 PM ^
Earlier today I had a Dobadaan Mezcale with lunch, which rendered my basically useless for the rest of the day.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:40 PM ^
box wine and watching Mount Union lose to Whitewater. I was rooting from Mount Union because I've had a number of friends attend class (*note:not graduate from, lol) there, and I always had a good time when I went to visit Alliance. Why anyone stays in Alliance permanently, though, is beyond me.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:51 PM ^
Mount Union isn't simply losing, they're being destroyed. Time to watch the FCS semi between NH and ND.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:41 PM ^
Rye IPA "The Categorical ImBEERative" and x-mas Ale "Rudolph's Retrospective Ride"... Flying to G-Rap tomorrow from Tampa to visit family. Love Michigan, but next year I'll come in September.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:47 PM ^
Yule Tide...Red IPA spiced with ginger and aged in jamaican rum barrels...by Heavy Seas Brewery from down here in Baltimore
December 20th, 2013 at 9:56 PM ^
no t.v., just off the tractor after moving a bunch of snow with the front end loader. cows in the barn, late dinner with family.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^
And Pepsi Max. Bathing suit season is right around the corner.
December 20th, 2013 at 9:59 PM ^
Virgin screwdrivers
December 20th, 2013 at 10:01 PM ^
Early dinner at Mountain Standard in Vail. 2006 Muga Reserva - very nice! 6" of fresh snow for tomorrow.
December 20th, 2013 at 10:14 PM ^
I've decided to open a bottle of the Abyss, and I'm now waiting for it to warm up. Just popped in the Gov't Mule "Deepest End" DVD. Warren Haynes is an underrated blues guitarist and singer.
December 20th, 2013 at 10:18 PM ^
Vivant for starters. Maybe some bourborn on the side.
December 20th, 2013 at 10:35 PM ^
the Elder
December 20th, 2013 at 10:47 PM ^
I've had it once (and very fresh, just 5 days old), and have been dying to try it again. The DIPA that started it all. There are great IPAs everywhere, but California kills it when it comes to them. Sculpin, Double Jack, Pliney the Elder/Younger, Nelson, RuinTen, GF Imperial and West Coast IPA, etc. The list goes on and on.
December 21st, 2013 at 1:11 AM ^
...those you mention are just the tip. If you get out to SD, you have to try Society. That and Alpine are my fav breweries. Fantastic, aromatic and smooth IPAs. I would almost always take my favs from there over a pliney (love Nelson!). But a fresh Pliney is pretty damn good. Mine was very fresh/1 day from keg. Younger is off the charts.
December 20th, 2013 at 10:36 PM ^
Old Weller Antique 107 bourbon.