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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by LeGrouper, Feb 13, 2003.

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  1. Falcons Talon

    Falcons Talon Member

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    Drink: Tanguerey and Tonic with a heavy twist...
    Desert drink: Mudslide
    Relax in front of the TV drink: Pina Colada
    Beer: Bud light/MGD
    Get wasted: Tequila shots.
     
  2. Buck Turgidson

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    Maker's Mark & Coke
    Stoli & tonic
    beer
    red wine
     
  3. Baqui99

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    Beer: Corona Light, Shiner Bock, Sierra Nevada
    Drink: Mexican Martini, Long Island Iced Tea
     
  4. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    Beer: Bud Light (financially), Newcastle (if money didn't matter) and Yanjing (only when I'm watching the Rockets at home).

    Liquor: Crown and Seven.
     
  5. LeGrouper

    LeGrouper Member

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    Now this is a good drink! I love extra dirty martini's. The only problem with them is they take a while to get if you are in a crowded bar, so I usually only order them at restaurants and the like. And make sure they never use a well vodka.

    Beaujolais Villages is the older Beaujolais, usually a year or two old. It is a nice wine, also a big seller for my favorite French wine maker - George Duboef. Th Nouveau label you want looks like this:
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    AT ONE MINUTE PAST MIDNIGHT on the third Thursday of each November, from little villages and towns like Romanèche-Thorins, over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau begin their journey through a sleeping France to Paris for immediate shipment to all parts of the world. Banners proclaim the good news: Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé! "The New Beaujolais has arrived!" One of the most frivolous and animated rituals in the wine world has begun. By the time it is over, over 65 million bottles, nearly half of the region's total annual production, will be distributed and drunk around the world. It has become a worldwide race to be the first to serve to this new wine of the harvest. In doing so, it will be carried by motorcycle, balloon, truck, helicopter, Concorde jet, elephant, runners and rickshaws to get it to its final destination. It is amazing to realize that just weeks before this wine was a cluster of grapes in a growers vineyard. But by an expeditious harvest, a rapid fermentation, and a speedy bottling, all is ready at the midnight hour.
    By French law, Beaujolais Nouveau is to be released no earlier than the third Thursday of November.

    2002 Beaujolais Nouveau Beaujolais Nouveau began as a local phenomenon in the local bars, cafes, and bistros of Beaujolais and Lyons. Each fall the new Beaujolais would arrive with much fanfare. In pitchers filled from the growers barrels, wine was drunk by an eager population. It was wine made fast to drink while the better Beaujolais was taking a more leisurely course. Eventually, the government stepped into regulate the sale of all this quickly transported, free-flowing wine. In 1938 regulations and restrictions were put in place to restrict the where, when, and how of all this carrying on. After the war years, in 1951, these regulations were revoked by the region's governing body—the Union Interprofessional des Vins de Beaujolais (UIVB)—and the Beaujolais Nouveau was officially recognized. The official release date was set for November 15th. Beaujolais Nouveau was officially born. By this time, what was just a local tradition had gained so much popularity that the news of it reached Paris. The race was born. It wasn't long thereafter that the word spilled out of France and around the world. In 1985, the date was again changed, this time to the third Thursday of November tying it to a weekend and making the celebration complete. But wherever the new Beaujolais went, importers had to agree not to sell it before midnight on the third Thursday of November.

    Beaujolais Nouveau is about as close to white wine as red wine can get. It makes a great transitional wine for anyone wanting to move from white to red wines.

    For more about Beaujolais Nouveau go to Duboeuf's Wine Without Rules website. On a more technical note, the wine is strictly speaking, more properly termed Beaujolais Primeur. By French and European rules, a wine released during the period between its harvest and a date in the following spring, is termed primeur. A wine released during the period between its own and the following years harvest, is termed nouveau. Well, enough of that!

    It is a triumph of marketing and promotion, mostly due to the efforts of Georges Dubœuf. The largest negociant in the region, he is a tireless promoter of Beaujolais and Beaujolais Nouveau. More than a fifth of his annual production, about 4 million bottles, is Beaujolais Nouveau. All in all, in the last 45 years, sales have risen from around a million bottles to more than 70 million bottles.

    Apart from the fanfare, what makes Beaujolais Nouveau so popular? And especially in the U.S. where consumption of red wine is less than 30%? Simply put, Beaujolais Nouveau is as about as close to white wine as a red wine can get. Due to the way it is made—the must is pressed early after only three days—the phenolic compounds, in particular the astringent tannins, normally found in red wines, isn't there, leaving an easy to drink, fruity wine. This, coupled with the fact that it tastes best when chilled, makes for a festive wine to be gulped rather than sipped, enjoyed in high spirits rather than critiqued. As a side note, it makes a great transitional wine for anyone wanting to move from white to red wines.

    Finally, the race from grape to glass may be silly, but half the fun is knowing that on the same night, in homes, cafes, restaurants, pubs, bars and bistros around the world, the same celebration is taking place. It hasn't the pedigree to be a classic wine, but it is always good. Any other opinion you may regard as boorish and uninformed.

    - From Intowine.com
     
  6. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    I was going to post something derogatory about Beaujolais---I even had it typed out (something about having visions of people puting ice cubes in it and it being red wine with training wheels), but I backed out. It's been around longer than I have, so it most have it's devotees. I'm a big time cab lover, and they ain't exactly the same thing. I'm also find quite a bit of Shiraz that I really like.

    The only reason I decided to post is because I had a bottle of that exact same wine (the George Duboef) the other day. My wife asked how it was, and I said, "ehhhhh.......it's okaaay." She took one taste and said, "it's pooooey." Her vocabulary actually extends beyond that, but she get's cutesy when we're alone.

    Anyway, if this is really a "transitional" wine that expands people's knowledge, then it must be a good thing.
     
  7. bigtexxx

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    Evan Williams and Coke.


    Maybe a McCormick and tonic if I'm downtown and want to see the waitress give me a funny look.
     
  8. A-Train

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    "Gin and TONIC?!?! Those mix?!?!?"

    -Moe the bartender

    Am I the only person that likes margaritas? You can't beat a margarita on the rocks on a hot, sunny day.

    Frozen margaritas and those weird fruity margaritas are just plain evil...
     
  9. F.D. Khan

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    For Gin and Tonic : Bombay Sapphire and Tonic with Lime rules and it is VERY Low on the calories

    DrewDog: Absolute Mandarin Rocks, but have you ever had it with Red Bull?? Great Combination

    My Classic Drink though: Bacardi Limon Tall: Half Coke and Half Club Soda with LOTS of Lime!
     
  10. mateo

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    beer: Guinness (I named my dog after it)

    booze: Jameson 1780 with a splash o water
     
  11. grummett

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    Vodka, splash of tonic, big hunk of lime.
     
  12. pasox2

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    You know, when you're mixing, you can use the cheap stuff. All you guys with the call brands - can you really taste the extra money? When I drink the expensive stuff, I try to keep it neat, rocks, or high ratio (Martini, Manhatten - 3/1 or more, Negroni 2/1/1, etc.)

    I like the Negroni with lemon and the Combustible Edison, or the Edisonian; Manhattens, Gin and Vodka Tonics, Margaritas, and the good stuff neat at max proof.
     
  13. bnb

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    So true...except for the hangover the next morn.

    My dad used to keep a bottle of cheaper scotch for when some heathen would ask for a mix. He considered it sacrilege to dilute the good stuff. He reluctantly accepted ice, in time could forgive water, but to this day he will physically cringe if asked to mix soda with a good scotch.
     
  14. Bailey

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    It is certainly normal and traditional practice to have water with scotch. It releases the flavour.

    And if someone asked me to put soda in scotch, I would offer them something else. :)
     
  15. Mr. Clutch

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    Amarretto Sour is a girly drink but it's good.

    Anything that's on special for the night is also my favorite.
     
  16. Buck Turgidson

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    A-Train, I'm a margarita junky. Agreed on the evils of frozen/strawberry ritas.

    To those in Houston, El Pueblito on Richmond has awesome ritas & a good happy hour.
     
  17. Mulder

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    I knew I liked you, Jeff! As a child of Dixie (Alabama, then Lousiana, last [and forever more] Houston, Texas) I was practically bottle fed Dr. Pepper. Alas, I am now in Cola hell. I work at a local university now and all they have is Coke products... I am really sick of "is Mr. Pibb OK ?" HELL NO! and it NEVER will be!!!!!
     
  18. Sonny

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    Jack/Coke or a good margarita with Sauza/Cuervo Gold. [​IMG]
     
  19. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    After nine years of bartending, I sold more Scotch and soda than neat, rocks, or with water combined. Then again, when we say "soda," all we're talking about is carbonated water.....not coke or pepsi.
     
  20. SlvrBtl

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    Beer: Kirin or Sapporo

    Mixed: Jack and Seven or Tangueray and Seven

    Shot: Liquid Cocaine, or Petron (Gold/Silver)

    After that I'm good for the night.
     

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