Wine or Whiskey?

[danieldrieberg]

  Fourputt said:

I'm beer first, wine second, whiskey never. Some occasions the wine goes ahead of the beer. I've never cared much for hard liquor of any kind.

+1---a good beer gets me excited. I like a full flavored (read hops and on the dark side) local beer. Fortunately in Wisconsin we have many small and mini breweries who brew just what I need. Fourputt---I believe one of my favorite local beers is made in your neighborhood An Amber Ale --Fat Tire brewed by New Belgium. Any other beers brewed by this company you would suggest?????

[Dub]

Wine or Whiskey?

Neither.....I'll take a nice cold Bud Light Golden Wheat in a frozen mug.

[Big_M]

maybe I'm just a drunkard... but I love beer and whiskey and have also been known to enjoy some wine, although with wine I really don't know too much about it despite the 3-4 wine tours I've been on. I have 6-7 different Single Malts in my liquor cabinet along with some various American whiskies. Needless to say Whiskey is my #1... perfect to sip on for an hour to wind down the evening. With a good meal, I prefer wine or beer, depending on the meal.

I don't think the OP is missing anything... you probably just don't care for wine. I really only enjoy about 1/2 of all the wines I have tried... and I've found I like most good reds, but only some whites.

[Fourputt]

  danieldrieberg said:

+1---a good beer gets me excited. I like a full flavored (read hops and on the dark side) local beer. Fortunately in Wisconsin we have many small and mini breweries who brew just what I need.

Fat Tire is good, but I prefer Breckenridge Avalanche. It's just a a little bt smoother. But my favorite ales right now are Alaskan Amber (Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, Alaska) and Buffalo Gold (Boulder Brewing Co). The Alaskan is available in other areas, but I'm not sure about the Buffalo Gold. I also like Easy Street Wheat (Odell Brewing), more like an ale than other wheat beers...not so citrusey.

Colorado has some great micro breweries. I have a brew pub (Hops Brewing Co. - great handcrafted beers) right across the park out my back door, about a 10 minute walk. We even host the annual Great American Beer Festival (you can Google it for more info) at the Denver Convention Center every summer. It usually sells out well before the opening day.

[danieldrieberg]

  Fourputt said:

Fat Tire is good, but I prefer Breckenridge Avalanche. It's just a a little bt smoother. But my favorite ales right now are Alaskan Amber (Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, Alaska) and Buffalo Gold (Boulder Brewing Co). The Alaskan is available in other areas, but I'm not sure about the Buffalo Gold. I also like Easy Street Wheat (Odell Brewing), more like an ale than other wheat beers...not so citrusey.

Yep--yo guys in Colorado have a good life. Have not tried the mentioned beers (except Fat Tire). Perhaps they do not have Wisconsin distribution licenses. A New York City bar just got caught with 55 cases of Spotted Cow--New Glarus Brewery, Wisconsin. Great beer just do not try and sell it out of state. When I went to college--early 70's we would trade out cases of Leinenkgels made in Chippewa Falls WI. for Coors. The Leinies were local and we could turn a 200% profit selling the Coors to fellow students. The Colorado U students did the same with their prize Leinies. Such great get rich schemes!!!!! We called the Leinies squaw pi$$ and Co. called their Coors Rocky Mountain koolaid. Each disdained the local product but coveted the other!!!! LOL

[Fraser]

  Fourputt said:

Fat Tire is good, but I prefer Breckenridge Avalanche. It's just a a little bt smoother. But my favorite ales right now are Alaskan Amber (Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, Alaska) and Buffalo Gold (Boulder Brewing Co). The Alaskan is available in other areas, but I'm not sure about the Buffalo Gold. I also like Easy Street Wheat (Odell Brewing), more like an ale than other wheat beers...not so citrusey.

  danieldrieberg said:

+1---a good beer gets me excited. I like a full flavored (read hops and on the dark side) local beer. Fortunately in Wisconsin we have many small and mini breweries who brew just what I need.

I'm with you guys...beer gets me going! Have a fantastic ale house just up the road from me with 56 micro beers on draft (rotated almost weekly) and around 400 bottled beers from around the world. Sunday afternoons they do all American drafts for about 1/3 regular price

A great opportunity to try something different without paying $11 for it! The American micro industry is fantastic, such a great variety and depth of beers available. It is a shame the macro stuff (with the exception of Sam Adams - if you count it as a macro) is completely shite.

[Danny Noonan]

I'm half lit on The Lagavulin, so please excuse my post if it is too blunt.

Check me for all of the above. I drink wine. I drink beer. I drink scotch. I smoke cigars.

I do not drink Guinness.

Wine: Love it. Need to be in the right mood. Perhaps out having a beautiful steak in one of the local restaurants, in a restaurant that knows to chill even the reds. Hate getting an un-chilled red.

Generally, I drink Pinot or Cab. Merlot is just a big bowl of wrong. So are whites. Even with fish or chicken. No to whites.

The only beer I really like is Corona. I'll drink a few others, but I prefer Corona. Drank Miller Lite in high school and college. Yes, in high school. Along with smoking the ganja. I lived in West Virginia, so you understand now. I got laid early, too.

Scotch. I'm rather new to scotch. First scotch I really tried was The Lagavulin. Happens to by my drink of choice, and enjoying it tonight, as stated above. I've also had dishwater scotch, such as JB and Dewers, and will drink it if no other choice is available. Also tried Macallan, which is too butterscotchy, and Glenfiddich, which is okay, again, if offered, I'll drink it, but won't buy it.

Scotch, in just a year, has become my drink of choice. Its scary how much I enjoy it. I'd rather have scotch over anything else, and when I have something else, I think to myself that I'd rather be having a scotch.

Cigars. I've smoked probably about 9000 cigars. Kept bands for years, counted them up one year, about 6 years ago, and had 5000 or so bands. Cigars got me through law school and the California bar exam. Tried many of the fancy brands, and my cigar of choice is the Padron 3000 Maduro. Box price is $4.50 a cigar, roughly. I prefer to smoke alone. I almost never smoke with others, and never when I play golf.

I hate cigar wanna be types. I try not to be judgmental, but I think that 95% of all people I see trying to smoke a cigar either 1) doesn't know what the •••• they are doing 2) hates cigar smoking but do it to fit in and appear hip, 3) can't wait until the damn thing burns out.

I have smoked cigars for 15 years. I know all the "tells" that a cigar wanna be gives off. If you don't enjoy smoking cigars, don't smoke them. Those of us who enjoy them know you don't. You aren't fooling us. You just look like an idiot. Also, if you don't know how to smoke cigars, don't be scared to ask someone who does, for things like how to light it, how to keep it burning, what to do with plugs, etc.

Strange thing, as stated above, I only enjoy smoking cigars by myself. Yes, by myself. I never smoke while playing golf. I don't like nicotine in my system when I'm playing. Weird. However, I love the smell of cigars on the course, and it always makes me jealous.

Only three instances where I smoke cigars with others - poker night and after shooting firearms out in the desert with some of my cigar smoking buddies (yes, guys who I know enjoy smoking cigars), and when I'm driving. I love smoking while I'm driving.

Word of wisdom: take the band off your cigar when you smoke it. Nobody gives a flying •••• that you have the $50 Opus X torpedo and also nobody gives a shit if you have a $50 counterfeit Montecristo #2 that you know is counterfeit but are going to lie about it anyway. Take the band off BEFORE lighting it up. Otherwise, you deserve a beat down with a rubber hose.

A couple of the posts above - you know who you are. Turn in your man card and pull the panties out of your ass.

As I said, I'm half lit, so don't take my comments too seriously. Entertainment value, my friends. I know it's there.

[WUTiger]

  Fourputt said:

Good wine paired with the proper food can be ambrosia.

I drink wine, beer and hard liquor - in moderation of course!

On enjoying wine, thing to do is avoid bad wine, or wines which you just don't like. I tend to like the drier red wines. (The drier the wine, the less sugary it tastes). If you go to a wine shop which has informal wine tastings, this can be a way to find what you like and don't like. Often they will line up four bottles of reds and fours bottles of whites, ranging from sweet to dry. Then, you can taste a little of each going up and down the dryness range. (HINT: On a given tasting, stick with either reds or whites for the day; mixing red and white - even just sips - can be hard on the stomach). Actually make notes on a card what types and brands you like. If you get the Wall Street Journal , the Weekend edition has a monthly flyer for their wine club. You can get a decent mixed case (12 bottles) for a good introductory price. One of the best things about wines is finding a moderately priced brand that really tastes good. As for "fruitiness and palatability," whatever... Some wines simply have a fuller, more robust taste than others. Wine temperature is key. Whites are generally chilled, and reds are served at room temperature (this is 60º F, a bit cooler than most US rooms). One thing that frat boy waiters in U.S. restaurants often do is bring you red wine in a glass that is 30 seconds out of the dishwasher. Basically, the wine is about 90º when you get it, and tastes like ----. Also, learn how to store wines properly, especially if they have traditional corked bottles. If you go through all this and still don't like any wines, that's OK. We'll just have a cold pint after we play 18.

[bbedell]

anyone who is on the fence about whiskey, specifically bourbon, give this a try. I rewarded myself for finishing my 3rd year of vet school last year and bought a bottle. Best bourbon you will ever put your lips on. Expensive but worth every penny.

http://www.hirschbourbon.com/

[Holland_Hacker]

I guess I'm an alocoholic. I drink Wine, prefer reds but will also drink white, usually during the summer and in warm weather.

I like Bourbon, but not Scotch, presently I've been drinking Blantons and Woodford Reserve. I'll have to try the one from the previous post if I can find it in NJ.

I also like Vodka usually a premium Vodka (Level or Goose) martini or on the rocks with a twist. I'll drink cheap vodka with a mixer, why waste the good stuff with fruit juice or tonic?

I also have a beeer from time to time especially after a round of beer in the clubhouse with my lunch, it just too early to start seriously drinking in the early afternoon.

[whiffer]

As much as I enjoy any of the 8 different single malts in my cabinet, I can't pass up a Napa Valley Cabernet.

[Maverick]

I'm not a whisky/whiskey drinker..but maybe things are a changing..we were in our pre-morning routine of squaring away our golf bags..and out pops a bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label from his cart bag..I said where'd you get that..he was playing with some other folks and they were..shall we say..having some liberties out there on the course with Johnny..anyway..he poured some in my coffee..and it was outstanding. I can only imagine how smooth the Blue Label is..

[banghao123]

products, as well as good beer. I'm ok with actually drinking the wine, but if I'm doing something wrong, someone fill me in. I've been practicing the perfect whiskey "lift

[wmiller]

My wife is into wine, although her tastes tend to run towards the more 'fruity' varieties. I occasionally like a good Merlot with a big piece of dead cow, but after quitting smoking some years back, my drinking has curtailed to almost nothing. The only stuff I have left is one 12 year old Glenfiddich I sometimes sip after a bad day at work, and a Christmas present a few years back that is strictly for sipping after a good round of golf. It's a 21 year old Balvenie PortWood. Neat and at room temp of course. :D

[robby_i_am]

Jack...on the rock