Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)

[trail and arrow]

thanks hectic, great post! manhattan is my favourites as well,
and you are damn right with the whisky/vermouth ratio.
one thing i like to add is, the importance of the right bitter.
if you chose angostura there is a great difference.

the one made from angostura bark is to avoid.
the bitter named after the city angostura is the on, IMO.

the both nearly look the same but the paperlable of the good
one reaches over the bottle shoulders and covers a part of the bottelneck as well.
cheers!

[hectic]

^ excellent point re: bitters, thanks.

Trivia: the reason the paper label on the Angostrura is over sized is because of an original printing error and they have kept it like that ever since.

[trail and arrow]

i'm not a fan of the octave concept
but this one is a simply outstanding single single malt!

[FOXY]

Sounds great, would like to try…

Coming back to the discussion about the recent release politics of established, commercial distilleries:
That is exactly the reason why I switched to gin. I still buy the occasional bottle of whisky, but it's not the same...

Some pictures from the weekend:

[Seul]

Need PIGWAR 

[FOXY]

Let's see what can be done…

[FOXY]

Here's the story behind the pig war…
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War

[Seul]

"No human casualties" - so what??? A PIG WAS SHOT YOU MURDEROUS SWINE!..

[steelworker]

@Seul:

"No human casualties" - so what??? A PIG WAS SHOT YOU MURDEROUS SWINE!..

you hard drinkers are having way waaay too much fun

[Seul]

We drink hard, we play hard.

[trail and arrow]

hallo weekend

[Graeme]

I don't drink, so this might be a present for some unsuspecting person this Christmas…

[trail and arrow]

[mclaincausey]

I've stopped drinking. It's clear liquors, wine, and beer only from here on out.

[sabergirl]

Show us on the doll where whiskey touched you, Mclain.  Seriously, though–why keep beer and wine but not brown liquor?  Can't be a diet thing...

[mclaincausey]

I was joking

But seriously, I really have quit drinking for the moment.

[sabergirl]

I thought we were going to have to have an intervention.  Always a good idea to take a break, once in a while.

[Seul]

I don't drink whilst I sleep. I dream of beer though.

(I really do…)

[trail and arrow]

@sabergirl:

Show us on the doll where whiskey touched you, Mclain.

[FOXY]

I only drink on weekends (mostly)…

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