I Would Have Mentioned It But...

I would have mentioned the anniversary end of Prohibition 92 years ago on Friday, but I was busy drinking.

Fuck You Andy

Why am I not shocked to find that the mover and shaker of the Volstead Act, Andrew Volstead, was from Minnesota?

Freezing your balls off six months a year must really break a mind.

In celebration of the 106th anniversary of the enacting of the act named after him, I imbibed a dram of fine Scotch!

Also, fuck be upon everyone who thinks we need to bring the full power of the government down on anyone because they think it's good for them.

Gimlet

I finally decided to use up the last of the Rose's Lime Juice.

 I do 2:1 gin to Rose's.

Drunken Kitten

Shadow, it would seem, likes scotch.

I'd finished my drink and she dipped her paw into my glass and licked her paw clean.

Then she returned for three more dips.

The Balvenie Caribbean Cask is very tasty, so I cannot fault her.

I'm just surprised that she likes it! 

Gatorade And Ibruprofen Are What I Use

3,500 year old hangover cure from Baghdad...

Before Islam, apparently it was needed in Baghdad.

Looks good though.

In Honor Of The End Of Prohibition

Some bathtub gin!

Wetted For 91 Years

I almost missed end-of-Prohibition day!

Have a drink!

It's legal!

I'm Curious

I'm not sure I'm $100 curious, but what's a Pelican case running nowadays?

2nd Amendment Bourbon.

I've never heard of this brand, but the box caught my eye.

Instant Fruffie

Harvey won some caramel syrup in a gift basket from some event that The Boy attended.

Tonight I put some with a bit of vodka.

I'm having caramel flavored vodka.

YHGTBSM

Something I'd long forgotten bubbled up again.

YBYSAIA

IYKYK

Best Michelada

Use Destihl's Dill Pickle Sour for your beer.

Two A Week

 We have an alcohol czar?

Two drinks a week?

Canada did this too, a while back.

This is from the same bunch of ninnies who demanded all kinds of bullshit about Wu Ping Cough too.

I think I shall ignore them, since they're proven to be wrong about every time they speak.

National Rum Day

Siesta Key "Traveling Barrel Series" Batch #4.  Aged in a beer barrel.

National Bourbon Day

Toasting the Army's birthday with Bulleit bourbon on national bourbon day!

1:1:4

I like my martini's like I like my women.

DIRTY!

Doing 1:4 vermouth to gun didn't do me.  It's clear that I don't care for vermouth.

Adding a 1 of olive brine, that changes it for me.

Victory!

I like savory drinks, I should look for other recipes.

Hard Men

I was experimenting with martini recipes last night.  (1:4 is about right for me; dirty is better)

After the third one, I noticed I was pretty darned tipsy.

People my father's age did this for lunch as a normal part of doing business.

Holy shit!

They say you really don't know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes.

I am starting to think that you can't know someone until you drink like they drank at work...

Martini

I am experimenting with gin and vermouth.

5:1 ratio is about flavorless.

4:2 ratio means I can taste the vermouth, but both cases suppress the florals in the gin.

In both cases, the olive is a welcome burst of flavor.  This makes me think that a dirty martini is what I'll like best.

PS: In both cases, stirred not shaken.  Ian Fleming and James Bond are wrong.

Where Have I Been

Marion Zimmer Bradley helped her husband molest children?

I did not know that.

Sorry, I was busy not being her customer because I wasn't in her customer demo so I wasn't paying attention to allegations after she died.

The Facebook thread that informed me of her crimes makes mention of the contrast between her and JK Rowlings with regards to separating the work from the author.

Actual criminal activity: You have to look at all the good the work did for so many.

Expresses an opinion that's out of favor: Boycott her!  Banish her!

Despite enjoying the Harry Potter books, I've long found Ms Rawlings an insufferable snob.  She hates Americans and I hate her right back.  She hates me with my money in her pocket too, fucking bitch.

But that's machts nichts.

Her being a snob and me deciding that she's got enough of my money are personal decisions that don't rise to the level of demanding she stop being a snob, or that she should no longer be published.

Zimmer Bradley?  Fuck that cunt.  Piss on her grave.

Her publisher is donating all the proceeds of her posthumous sales to some good causes aimed at stopping shitheels like her and her husband.

Firsts

I did two things this week that I'd never done before.

I bought beer at a drive-through "beverage" store.

Got a margarita to-go from a restaurant.

I am greatly amused that I can do this.

I am surprised that I waited so long.

Getting Usage

 

Don't have a stand yet, but I'm having fun with using it!

In this case Liquid Garage's Backfire, passion fruit habenero sour