To those confirmed or thinking of coming this Saturday it looks to be a beautiful Virginia spring evening.

I should have the Brisket done between 4 and 5 PM. To those that need pick ups from Metro etc we can start a hair earlier than that. As soon as we have some food in us, the sampling can begin.

If anyone would like to crash overnight, we have 1 spare bed, and plenty of couch and floor space (no one sleeps on the pool table, sorry). I would like to get some idea of who would like to spend the night over, so arrangements can be made to make people as comfortable as possible.

Looking forward to it!

The professor and I will be at the Metro by 3:30 and will call you from there.
I have recently acquired a donation for the festivities, so add two versions of Nemesinthe to our list.

Sweet!

We have a couple of packages, unopened to reduce the temptation, from generous souls who contributed as well.

Do you think duct tape would keep the baby in?

'prolly. Duct tape fixes everything.

Except me if I used the duct tape. Kind of a weird paradoxical thing.

I know an HG'er that uses a still made from duct tape.

Now the ATF is gonna be knocking down my door. Thanks.

you should've ordered from butty.

That was my first thought, as well.

Duct tape it closed, norom.

you can use the customs tape from the empty box that jack bought.

I have bad news for you folks.

It looks like I should be able to attend DCLF. So you are likely to be subjected to my presence. I'm just not sure on the ETA though. It depends on the babysitting situation.

The Mayor would like the potential babysitter, although I'm not sure whether she plays field hockey though.

SO glad i'm not going now.

So are the rest of us.

not true.


lammy & doc wanted me to go.

or at least they pretended.

so fuck you, asshammer!

Doc is entering the diplomatic corps. He was being just that.... diplomatic.

And because he is smart and you are a rube, you fell for it.

fine.

i take back all those nice things i said about your mother's soft, soft mouth.

Yeah, it's soft when she takes out the dentures.

Brisket has been smoked and seared on the grill. Will have cooked for 6 hours when 4 PM rolls around.

House is cleaned up.

Im going to go play some tennis. See yall when you arrive.

I could have probably made it there faster than I'm getting to Seattle ....

DG

Getting the booze, sample bottles and food ready to go. Supposed to do the drop-off at the sitter's at around 4:15, at which time, I'll hit the road.

I'm excited!

OK, spill the beans.

What is happening?

Lambie, how's the bourbon (assuming it was included)?

WTF as in Is going on?

Gimpy,

I don't know about any bourbon. All we had to drink was this...

Okay.

I lied.

We didn't just have that to drink, which is good. Otherwise, it would have been a really short night before everyone found excuses to leave.

Here. This is a little better. There was more, but this is more representative.

Lambchop talks to some west coast Loungers while the professor readies another drink.

Snakehead, the prof and I.

Before departing, we swapped some samples.

The host with the most!

I wanted to thank Snakehead for putting the evening together. It was a whole lot of fun. And if he ever offers to make you brisket, take him up on it. Delicious! There was enough to feed an army, so we left with to-go bags. We also had bread, cheeses, dip, potato salad, cookies, cheesecake, and some more cheesecake for good measure. We didn't even hit the reserve chips & salsa, bags of cookies or an entire applie pie.

The company, food and drink were all excellent. A special thanks to Jade- the only REAL Burnt™ absinthe for putting up with us and contributing greatly to the enjoyment of the evening.

Glad you had fun! Wish we could have made it. I spent the day and evening in a beer tent at SUNY Purchase with $1 Budweisers. I also smoked like 10 cigarrettes, and I usually don't smoke, so my voice is an octave lower now.

Was going to call Lambchop and tell everybody hi but that whole passing out thing kind of interfered with my plans. cheers!

A great time was had by all. Thanks to the crew who came out, and for all of the people who generously donated.

The burbon was very tasty by the way, a real smoky flavor. Would go great in quantity with Brisket Id bet.

And holy xit that last picture of me is bad. But I had a buzz going so its all good. I can follow up with a couple more pics from dinner later on.

So for a foreigner like me, who's who in the pictures?

Who's who:

Lambchop: the one woman in the pictures, duh
Sheepprofessor: olive/khaki button-up shirt, jeans
Snakehead: dark blue t-shirt, jeans
Justin: aka chutehead, aka me... light blue shirt, black jeans

Wish I could have made it. Looks a little more civilazed than the Seattle party. Maybe next time.

Well I had a picture of Jade- the only REAL Burnt™ absinthe and I, she made me remove it.

When I find one she likes, then I will re post.

Here is the approved couple picture..

You?!?!
Jesus Christ, I look like I'm completely tanked, which I wasn't. Must have been all that good food that made me look like I fell off the short bus.

Man, big big thanks to Snakehead and Jade- the only REAL Burnt™ absinthe (and Nemo) for staging such a wonderful evening. I had a delightful time and expect to see all of you again in the near future. Justin, I’m so glad that you were able to make it. Do you have another baby yet? Is it’s name Rupert?

Gimpy, the bourbon was really good. I didn't know quite what to expect. Well, actually, I was expecting rotgut. It was truly very well crafted. Very smoky on the back end, but that didn't detract from the nice full flavor. Everybody sampled it but I drank it all before we started drinking absinthe. Hey! Maybe that's why I look like a drunken retarded muppet!

Your other "products" were extremely good as well. Wish I knew what to call them.

The ADN samples were very anticipated, as none of us had ever had them. We had three (the Lyon, the Fougerolles, and the Montpellier) donated by the very generous author. I think that the Lyon was the best that I tried. It’s fairly subtle and the flavor profile is well-crafted. The Fougerolles was good too, though there is something very bitter on the back end that has to be wormwood, I think. It’s an adventurous absinthe and the first HG Fougerolles I’ve ever had. I didn’t try the Montpellier! Look at me. I was a mess!

We also had some commercial stuff, some Pignon, some Felix, two very generously donated Nemesinthes (damn, that #10 is good!) and, of course, that lovely bottle that I had my horrible photograph taken with (no…we didn’t drink any of it).

good job, kids!!

put some shoes or socks on, you fucking hippies!

Excellent photos! Looks like a decent assortment of Hogsmazzle, and a lot of fun.

Put some shoes on.

How come nobody has a black eye? Some mess you guys are! You're wearing mess training wheels. There's gonna be some edumaction happening at LF04 fa shizzle!

BTW, Lambchop, we ate at Mara's AGAIN. He gave us the catfish/crawfish etouffee he was telling us about the other night. OMFG! YUM!

I gotta get to this "Mara's" joint, pronto!

Thanks for the pics!

And I heard wonderful things about that brisket.
Looks like you kids had a lovely time.

And you'll get to meet us all in June!



And Rimmy, yes. Go there. Seriously. I'm going back tonight to return a pie plate. May just have to eat a little something too.

I wish LF04 was in June, or any other day but July 17th. Then I could attend. Fuck.

I still say that you should come on Sunday.


(And I just realized that my comment about June is sort of obscure; Abby's gonna be in DC in June).

We need to set something up for June! Any excuse, or none at all.

OK, the unnamed absinthe has officalliy been dubbed:


*drumroll*


10ysinthe!

We had two different batches, and both were extremely good. Very smooth and flavorful with complex combinations of herbs. Quite yummy.

Well done, ya fucks.