Old Crustacean is a Barley Wine, not an IPA. Lots of residual starch to balance the IBUs.

Roague makes some tastey beer.

Beer Advocate review

Raindog,

That would be a tough choice. I like the things I have gotten from Portugal but that is one purty knife!

Just finished 2 of Grey Boy's Dos Equis knock-offs. Think that's it for me (for a work night) - I'm pretty much a lightweight.

Cantherifera,

Check it out, he's quite talented....

http://www.burnknives1.com/homestartpage2.html

Damn, now that's sexy!

Oh Burn!

Sexy knives, but $1000 + is a bit much for any knife.

I think I will stick with my hand forged Japanese chef knives. At least I know I will use them all of the time.

I'd love to have a Spyderco Civilian knife.

I've got a nice Benchmade Mel Pardue. It's pretty sweet.

Burn does good work, he is doing his take on the elusive Latama "square button" stilletto, (originals can go for ten grand plus)..........There are a few good makers on a private switchblade forum, that do excellent work.

A couple of restored 1950's Latama square buttons, I wish I could drop fifteen k like the owner did for those two knives.

Don't suppose anyone sells stilletos for under $100.
That's about my price range. *sigh*

Russian?

I think Mikovs are Czeckerland,........never bought one, I'm a traditionist. (Italian Stillettos)

Czeckerland = Blech?

??????????????

Are knives the same as absinthe...

They are not bad...... not like the "Filterated Czeckerland Xit".

Would a Czeckerland knive be called a kniv?

Only if you use the flame ritual.

Back on topic...

A glass of Blackstone Merlot
A bottle of Beringer Napa Sauvignon Blanc '02 (yummy)
A glass of Freixinet Brut Cava
A glass of Moonman #27
A glass of fudgeroll..

Now it's either back to the Freixinet or visiting my very small supply of Markus LB.

That Blackstone Merlot is pretty tasty for the price.

I think I'll be drinking a bottle of wine for dinner tonight.

I went back to the Cava. xit, it's open, I might as well drink it.

I sat in the sun today, and drank wine.
Ahhh, summer rocks!

I almost managed to blow off going to work... Damn that responsibility!

Crapsinthe™ #2 here.

It ain't really absinthe, no distillation and all . . . but it's green, not unpleasant, has plenty of wormwoody goodness, and I feel . . . um . . . weird.

The mysterious and elusive 2ndaries? Hmm.

Oh, and it's way cheap and 100% legally obtained/produced. I think that's the best part, so far. It ain't no Fudgierolls. Heck, it ain't no NS 70.

Fortunately, it also ain't no Logan Filth. At least it's the right color and isn't horrifyingly bad tasting.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I am not really fond of it, but you don't know until you try.

ALL YOUR POSTS ARE BELONG TO CRAPSINTHE™!!!

I like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. But then, I'm not as much a beer connoisseur as some of the folks here...

SNPA is the only commercial beer that I buy on anything like a regular basis. I usually have a partial sixpack in my refrigerator.

Then again, I use it as a yeast culture. Pour two bottles in a big glass, rinse the bottles iwth starter and dump it in a flask. Let it ferment out a couple of days and add to a larger starter and in three days it is ready to pitch.

Doesn't it also have one of the cleanest yeasts available? I've used WYeasts version of it to start off Belgian styled fruit beers.


It's Friday, so we drink at work...3 Red Hook ESBs. Another few hours and I'll be drinking at G&C's place.

Yes. It is supposed to be the same as WY 1056 or WLP001. Reputed to have been used by Ballentine I think. Very neutral yeast. Ferments well down to around 60F, maybe a tad lower. Moderate alcohol tolerance, although I can't imagine making a BW with it.

I'm currently using it to try to make a Ballentine XXX Pale ale clone.

I've used it for the primary, then add the Belgian yeast and fruit to the secondary.

Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA...

It's an imperial pale ale...no, it's a barleywine...it's really bitter...no, it's really sweet...it's layered with fruity goodness...yup, that's it! Amazing complexity, finesse, and warming quality...one bottle'll do ya.

Oh, and the 20+% alcohol, doesn't hurt it either.

Skeeter...Barkley Haggen...and it goes for $8.85 for a 12 oz. bottle...except the idiotboy checkout guy thought that meant, for a sixpack, and charged me $1.75 per bottle!

I love the clueless!!!!!

Fragrant Cognac Meukow, and then a more woody (but good) biological grape cognac whose name escapes me.

There is nothing wrong with SNPA... I prefer the less wildly hoppy Pale Ales. It is a good product, just not for me.

Barkley, huh... I was just there. Oh well.

Hmm, tough night on this fella but needing to take place for a while.

Started with the 2nd to last glass of NS55
Followed with last glass of MM#26 mixed with the last of #25.
Down to the last of my Felix, tastey-super-tastey I want more, even if it's leftovers.
Finally down to my 2nd to last glass of Swizzlé.

Sad night, but a reckonin', and a reckonin' done need to be made. Viva la Commercial xit Sitting in my Cabinet!

I had a Redhook ESB with dinner. I liked it alot, but it did not go with the food. Most bitters/IPA's/Pale Ale's I find need to be drank alone.

The Medicinal Value of Absinthe?

I just discovered it tonite. I have a really bad cold right now. When I have a cold, I don't like to drink (well...very much at least). The alcohol; be it wine beer, whiskey, or whatever always tastes bitter and leaves me feeling worse than before I drank it.

But tonite, I thought, "I'll give Absinthe a try". It tasted great and I feel better than before I drank it!

3 Cheers to Homemade Medicine!!!!

Whooop!!! Whooop!!!! Whooop!!!

I worked until 1:00 today and didn't get to have any lunch so I've been drinking dos equis to make up for it. Oh yeah and I missed a bit of the blade talk above, heres my new Emerson...

Where are Lake and Palmer?

SNPA is a tad hoppy for some people. It is a very nice example of the west coast intrepretation of an American Pale Ale though.

PNW Pale Ale tends to be a bit strong on the expression of C-hop aroma and flavor.

Endo IPA is pretty good for a local beer. It is brewed in Asheville NC I think. I don't have a bottle to check right now.

Home made PIzza and beer for dinner. Followed by Habanero Brownies and beer for desert. Half a dried Hab is just enough to be almost too much.

Sounds perfect Gimpy, mind the stems.

No Stems no Seeds that you don't need.
Acapulco gold is ...

Wait, that was weed, not habaneros.

Never mind.

Everything seems clearer now.

All your post are belong to me!



































Yea, I would do this again, but I'm too tired. I went shoe shopping with the wife today. Almost three hours and not a single purchase. We did get a foam matress pad for the MIL. She is hutring in a bad way and I hope the pad helps her sleep. She is like 83 or so. Sweel old lady.

Whelp. Off to bed for church tomarrow. Niters all.

....

Raindog there is always this: http://www.talkblade.info/index.php?sid=67...90e021d18f8cf5c

They even discuss the movie "From Here to Eternity", which has hawaiian shirts & switchblades all in one movie.

images from one of my Hawaiian shirt books..........

I walked into work this week to see the office manager wearing a flowered shirt that was very vaguely familiar -- Replied, "Hey, my favorite Hawaian shirt is made out of that same material!" The rest of the time, every time I talked to her, I always ended it with "...thank-you Don Juan!" She got mad at first, but then I reminded her that at least I wasn't calling her Don Knotts!

Cool shirt, hope she wears it again, but got a gut-feeling she won't. Still my fave Hawaiian shirt!

Oh yeah, able to drag 1 normal glass and 1 "abnermal" glass of Swizzlé out. Now drinking an abnermally large glass of HG graciously sent my way. Good things are coming from that guy, just give it awhile...

I'm feeling no pain, except in my heart. Damned heart-burn!

I can't even remember what I had tonight. But, it was a lot and it was good.

Drunkenly yours, Skeeter

why?

it wasn't even funny the first time...

ARRRRRGH!
KILL ME NOW.
This slow torturous method with alcohol is too slow.


Can you tell I just woke up from a serious binge. Ugh. Why is my futon broken, why is my apartment a mess... why are the neighbors pissed at me... oh, that's right, I invited EVERYONE at the bar to come over for drinks at 2am. and

Sounds like a good party....as long as it's at somebody else's house...Oh, it was at your house. Wow, that sucks....

Friday and Saturday night..MOJITOS!!!!!!

Tonight, some Lacrimarosa (produced by Mastroberardino in Italia), some great beer from Wagner Valley in the Finger Lakes of NY, (IPA, and Maple Porter), now moving on to some absinthe.