BEER THREAD!

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 05 Jun 2008 23:22

Phaedrus wrote:EDIT: It's too bad we don't have a smoking thread to go along with this drinking thread...

AND NORMA THE BENEVOLENT MIDGET GODDESS HEARD HIS PRAYER....

orald · Post by **orald** » 06 Jun 2008 20:36

Norma sure is awfully midgety. If I didn't know better I'd think she was actually a tick! Or maybe a tick that wants to be a chick?

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 06 Jun 2008 21:16

orald wrote:Norma sure is awfully midgety. If I didn't know better I'd think she was actually a tick! Or maybe a tick that wants to be a chick?

(since we don't seem to have a :headdesk: or related emoticon...)

orald · Post by **orald** » 07 Jun 2008 03:45

Ah, Phaed, you see, if Chig hadn't been talking of himself in the 3rd person and as Norma this wouldn't have happened.
It's all Chig's fault.

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 07 Jun 2008 03:52

Phaed?

What?

orald · Post by **orald** » 07 Jun 2008 06:34

Phaedrus wrote:Phaed?

What?

I have a problem remembering how to spell your name, the whole "a-e" thing. And I like shortening names here.

chanilover · Post by **chanilover** » 07 Jun 2008 12:36

Omphalos wrote:I prefer scotch to beer anyday.

I've started to get into Scotch, I used to just get sick on it. Some Scots explained that you're supposed to mix it, one part Scotch to one part water, to bring out the flavour.

Post by **Omphalos** » 07 Jun 2008 22:25

chanilover wrote:
Omphalos wrote:I prefer scotch to beer anyday.
I've started to get into Scotch, I used to just get sick on it. Some Scots explained that you're supposed to mix it, one part Scotch to one part water, to bring out the flavour.

Exactly, and don't use tap water. Use something pure and cool. I usually go without water, but when I do use it I go two parts scotch to one part water, unless I'm drinking one of those vat strength single malts, in which case it is one to one.

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 07 Jun 2008 23:22

orald wrote:
Phaedrus wrote:Phaed?

What?
I have a problem remembering how to spell your name, the whole "a-e" thing. And I like shortening names here.

The spelling is correct, I just don't understand why you'd remove those three little letters.

It's almost affectionate or something, and I was under the impression that you wanted everyone to die.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 08 Jun 2008 00:51

For him, wishing you dead IS a sign of affection.

Awww, he wikes 'oo!

(You're right. I am evil.

)

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 08 Jun 2008 01:27

Omphalos wrote:
chanilover wrote:
Omphalos wrote:I prefer scotch to beer anyday.
I've started to get into Scotch, I used to just get sick on it. Some Scots explained that you're supposed to mix it, one part Scotch to one part water, to bring out the flavour.
Exactly, and don't use tap water. Use something pure and cool. I usually go without water, but when I do use it I go two parts scotch to one part water, unless I'm drinking one of those vat strength single malts, in which case it is one to one.

Here ye go CL,

http://www.xmarksthepub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340

Rob

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 08 Jun 2008 02:46

SandChigger wrote:For him, wishing you dead IS a sign of affection.

Awww, he wikes 'oo!

(You're right. I am evil. )

Yeah, I know.

orald · Post by **orald** » 08 Jun 2008 12:41

If I wish someone to just die it is a sign of affection.

You don't want to know what I wish my enemies.

I put a beer in the freezer, so I'm not totally OT.

Bad news is, I'm probably too tired from work and going back on foot(no busses, holiday here. uphill) that I'll fall asleep before I open it and it'll crack in the freezer. Or I'll just be too tired to drink.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 28 Jun 2008 21:03

Non-beer, beverage-related question:

Can you still get crushed-ice makers back in the States?

When I was growing up we had a little combo can-opener/crushed ice maker thing. (I think it may still work...I seem to remember using it a few summers back.) What do you do for the crushed ice you use in your mixed drinks...use a blender? Have one of those refrigerators that dispenses out the door?

I spent several hours yesterday afternoon running around trying to find something, only turned up weak-ass-bladed juicers that couldn't handle ice or fullsized blenders, which I've already got one of. (Ended up using it last night, but the ice was too slushy.)

Any suggestions?

Post by **Freakzilla** » 28 Jun 2008 21:07

My fridge has crushed ice on the door, I believe that's pretty standard on them these days.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 28 Jun 2008 21:14

Yeah...they're standard on the bigger models over here now, too. When my fridge went out last summer I considered getting one, but I tend to avoid "frills" that are likely to break down and just be more aggravation than they're worth.

Besides, the size I could get was constrained by the other stuff in the kitchen.

Post by **Freakzilla** » 28 Jun 2008 21:24

Mine has a little switch on the door to chose between crushed and cresent ice. Not only has the switche iteslf broken off (there's still a pointy little nub you can poke into your finger) it sometimes gets stuck on crushed ice. And I don't like crushed ice in my drinks.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 29 Jun 2008 00:48

Not even your margaritas?!

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 29 Jun 2008 02:18

SandChigger wrote:Not even your margaritas?!

Margaritas on the rocks thank you very much! Taste much better

Rob

orald · Post by **orald** » 29 Jun 2008 04:06

Wouldn't some sort of mini-bar machine have such an option, Chig, since it's already mostly about drinks? Or are they just little useless fridges?

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 29 Jun 2008 04:13

SandChigger wrote:Any suggestions?

Have you tried a big plastic bag and a mallet?

orald · Post by **orald** » 29 Jun 2008 04:16

Better yet: Have you tried a big plastic bag and a certain comb-over's head?

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 29 Jun 2008 04:27

I prefer the head and a mallet, personally...

But that doesn't do much for the ice problem.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 29 Jun 2008 09:40

Phaedrus wrote:Have you tried a big plastic bag and a mallet?

Did think of that, actually, but since I have a blender....

I was hoping for a "hitech" solution.

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 29 Jun 2008 13:36

SandChigger wrote:
Phaedrus wrote:Have you tried a big plastic bag and a mallet?
Did think of that, actually, but since I have a blender....

I was hoping for a "hitech" solution.

Well, if the ice is slushy, you could always try making it colder before you blend it.