What do you drink while reading MUScoop?

[warriorchick]

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[rocky_warrior]

Rocky, I noticed most of the rums you mentioned are darker.  Do you know of any white rums, that are aged?

Flor De Cana has a 4 yr white rum.  And while I could sip on it, it is superb for mixing.

And to be clear (since I don't know where you're coming from), these "dark" rums I mention are white rum that has been aged in charred oak barrels giving it the color it does - no post distillation additives.  This is far different than dark spiced rums (spices and sugar added after distillation), or even Meyers Dark rum (residual molasses sweetens it). 

[MU B2002]

.  Picking up my reserved bottle of KBS tomorrow evening.

I hate you.

[Benny B]

Beer.  Usually homebrew, if not, something that's craft-brewed.  On tap right now is a hefeweizen, a coconut porter, and a white DIPA.  In the bottle fridge is the remnants of a Sierra Nevada IPA sampler and a New Belgium variety pack leftover from the kid's birthday party a couple weeks back.

[CTWarrior]

Sad but honest.  I drink water or Sunkist Diet Orange Soda while reading MUScoop.

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

Sad but honest.  I drink water or Sunkist Diet Orange Soda while reading MUScoop.

Congrats!!!  You're not an alcoholic!!

I drink Coffee - Folger's Original. 

Nonetheless  - I will be purchasing aged rum/tequila quite soon. 

[Spotcheck Billy]

Rum: the Zaya mentioned above is pretty good esp. for the price ($35) and easily found here, the Mrs. actually really enjoys that one = very good sipper and has strong carmel/mollasses flavor

Tequila: of the Sauza offerings oddly I always preferred the Conmmerativo over their more expensive ones (it does have a salty finish); haven't found it in a few years but one called Sol Dios is a great anejo aged 3 years, Don Julio Anejo is best available here IMO, Clase Azul and Baluarte are two I really like but not found in WI

I have bought Tequila online but shipping booze is expensive

blended scotch: Chivas Royal Salute can't be beat

single malt: plenty of candidates but some of my favorites are Caol Ila 18YO and Bunnahabhain 18YO  

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

You all are so fancy. Nothing Captain Morgan and Jose Cuervo cant accomplish.

[warriorchick]

You all are so fancy. Nothing Captain Morgan and Jose Cuervo cant accomplish.

I remember college.....

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I remember college.....

Heck, even Captain and Cuervo are fancy. Admiral Nelson anybody? 

[Skatastrophy]

I'm not too keen on rum though that was something we swilled in high school in DC. I have some mates who are Longhorns and Aggies and they drink bourbon as their everyday beverage but reserve tequila and mezcals for special occasions. I have tried both and admire the complexities but much of the subtlety is lost on me. I know that as producers increased the anejo these mezcals took on qualities that made them more like cognac and less like whiskey.

My biggest concern with delving into tequila and mezcal is that all previous forays into that murky world have resulted in me waking up with a pair of panties on my head in a strange bed with an unknown tart passed out next to me and my body covered in unusual bruises and welts. Oh, and the Mexican Army Mariachi Band is marching around my head.

I'll toss in a vote for Mezcal.

I spent too much time here on my recent trip to Mexico City. Nothing like having something that tastes as fine as a good scotch served to you in a shot glass - http://www.revistacodigo.com/la-botica-centro-historico/

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Tahitian Treat (from the McCormick Hall basement vending machine) and Fleischman's vodka.

I wish I didn't remember college.

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

Tahitian Treat (from the McCormick Hall basement vending machine) and Fleischman's vodka.

I wish I didn't remember college.

Tahitian Treat  +70.  I always remember a teacher or two in elementary school would be drinking that.  Brings back memories. 

[keefe]

That's what I used to think until I tried fine tequilla. 

As I mentioned above,  Chinaco is a great choice.  Tres Generaciones Anejo is a good one too.  Great to sip on.  Smooth, with a superb finish.

Chinaco it is! It'll be a few months before I can resume drinking but I'll grab a bottle meantime.

When you are forced on the wagon a trip to the liquor store is like reading Playboy...

[real chili 83]

Anyone a fan of Pendleton whiskey?

[Blackhat]

I drink success

and occasionally a Ranger IPA.

[ATWizJr]

p90x results and recovery drink.

[Coleman]

Both excellent. I favour the Islay's with a particular fondness for Lagavulin and
Laphroaig but any of the eight stand up for me. A whiskey should be like a woman - feisty, fiery, and smouldering with a solid bite and no regrets in the morning.

Well said.

My standby is Glenfiddich but if I am feeling adventurous I will grab my Laphroaig. I probably go through 3 or 4 bottles of Glenfiddich before I go through a bottle of Laphroaig but I do enjoy a glass of it occasionally.

[augoman]

right now it's coffee (dark roast italian in my Kuerig) but in the evening it's Johnny W's Double Black as a regular scotch.  I love the husky, smoky flavor of it.   When friends drop in it's Oban, McCallan's 15, Balvenie doublewood or Laphroag depending on whom stops by.  I enjoy them all. 

[keefe]

p90x results and recovery drink.

Tom

Is your recovery drink Islay, Highland, or Speyside?

Nothing like a wee dram of snake venom to kill the snake

[77ncaachamps]

guava juice with chia seeds

[keefe]

Does anyone know that Cox actually played the first Hannibal Lechter?  

I didn't know that. But it certainly raises the film in my estimation.

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

I didn't know that. But it certainly raises the film in my estimation.

The film is entitled "Manhunter" , made in 1986.  According to IMDB, Cox's role as Hannibal Lechter was his breakthrough.  Interesting!

Anthony Hopkins is, by far, the superior of the two. 

[keefe]

The film is entitled "Manhunter" , made in 1986.  According to IMDB, Cox's role as Hannibal Lechter was his breakthrough.  Interesting!

Anthony Hopkins is, by far, the superior of the two. 

No doubt. Hopkins is great but his luminescence is a shade less than Olivier, Mason, O'Toole, Branagh, Guinness, and Gielgud.

[MikeDeanesDarkGlasses]

No doubt. Hopkins is great but his luminescence is a shade less than Olivier, Mason, O'Toole, Branagh, Guinness, and Gielgud.

Michael Caine - Where does he rank?  Par with Hopkins?  Or a tally mark below?