My buddy in NorCal just emailed me and said that Spirits Corner is selling sugar? I went to the site and saw nothing, and I usually get the emails.

Did anyone else get an email? Are they selling dots?

Any info?

DG

sorry, but we really can't tell you anything, man.

it was a condition Cristina gave in the email.

i've said too much as it is.

Dammit! Oh cruel fate, why do you mock me?

DG

shut the fuck up and make some money for the organ grinder(jack)

Grat's on 2200 bro!

I got mine, but had to go through a broker in AZ

It wasn't the dwarf, was it?

Call the number, direct from the source:

Saint Louis Sucre

Foodmatch
180 Duane Street
NEW YORK NY 10013
Phone : 212 334 50 44
Fax : 212 334 50 42
USA

O-pie sugar is forever.
I've gotten it as a gift, then given it all
away, then more showed @ LFO3 and
I've still got some.

Sugar was the only thing O-pie ever did right. To bad they don't sell it at the corner store.

That and finally fucking off.

And that only took, hm, thousands of hateful posts, and a full on attack by someone.

OP is a dick.

That's not what I heard.

Yeah?
Dish.

I heard you were the DICK. I can't possibly give you the "you" icon, so I'll leave it at that.

No - I never bought expensive sugar.

You could, however, give him the ewe icon.

DG

So what's the deal with this stuff? Why do you guys like it so much? Is it the way it dissolves? The taste? All of the above? Do tell ....

DG

I just ordered some St. Louis sugar cubes online, but not the individually wrapped ones. I called the source that 1900 posted about, but they only sell wholesale to other distributors. Fuckers.

Official Swizzle HG sugar:


Swizzle a Swizzle in your Swizzle.

Call them back and ask them where their nearest retailers are, they put me in touch with a local retailer here.

...

The distributor that supplies the cubes to the markets in my area:

Bleu Foods
611 South Congress Suite 515
Austin Texas 78704
1-512-467-2851

Excuse me, but why would you pay $20 or more in shipping fees to import from EuroFuckyLand something that's perfectly legal to buy from a nearby supermarket?

MrGreenGenes

Not everyone can get the French Saint Louis Sucre "old style" sugar tablets.

I usually use Domino Hostess sugar tablets, which are pretty good. My (unwrapped) St. Louis cubes should be arriving this week sometime. If they're outstanding, I'll continue to order them. If not, I'll probably just stick with the Domino tablets, which I can get at the supermarket around the corner.

Dots.
Works just fine when the OP sugar is out.

Unwrapped sugar cubes have a tendency to attract humidity and they eventually disolve less easily if you don't keep it in a well closed air tight box.

...and unwrapping the sugar is part of the fun ... think about it as an almost erotic act !

There are a number of things that have excited me as I've seen them unwrapped. I've got to say that sugar isn't among them. You Hosers need to get out more.

Nice!

unwrapping sugar makes me wet.

When I unwrap my sugar, I wanna
see bumps, curves and a slot, not a granular
surface and sharp edges.

Um .... we're not talkig about sugar anymore, are we?

DG

no. honey.

Sweet!

After extensive testing, I have determined that La Perruche actually takes a bit longer to dissolve than C&H. Never tried the Dots... and I only had two packs dickheadlosershitforbrainsgoatsuckerripoffartist! sugar to play with, so no info there. Now, the taste is different between the two, (C&H is sweeter) but in the end I am almost out of both, so oh well. Almost out of absinthe as well.

Yes, but I like the way La Perruche gradually shrinks during the drip, while C&H collapses into mush 15 seconds after starting to drip, regardless of the volume.

I have never seen dickheadlosershitforbrainsgoatsuckerripoffartist! cubes or dots. What are the relative merits of these different kinds of sugar?

MrGreenGenes

Here's the scoop, my Washington brethren, C&H sucks Balz™. They turn to mush and never really dissolves completely. A La Perruche dissolves completely, but starts off "harder." Once it "softens" up, it dissolves nicely. The problem with them is they aren't consistent in size. Domino Hostess are better than the other two. They dissolve nicely and completely. I bought a whole case of it, 'cuz you can't get it here (as you already know.) Opee cubes, or St. Louis, are even better. I've only had the chance to try a couple of them.

As Wolfie said, the humidity might affect unwrapped cubes...but the only humidity we have here is rain, so keep your unwrapped cubes indoors and you'll be fine.

BTW - we Washingtonians have another choice. A specialty sugar distributor is located in Seattle. They are called "India Tree." They distribute imported French sugar cubes. I've seen some of their products, but I haven't seen the cubes. I have a whole case of Domino Hostess, so I haven't really looked around for them.

Is there any difference between beet sugar and cane sugar for cubes?

The Homebrew community has some staunch supporters of the theory that there is as far as brewing is concerned.

Cane sugar contains trace minerals that are different from those in beet sugar, and it’s these minerals that many experts say make cane sugar preferable to use. As professional bakers have long noticed, cane sugar has a low melting-point, absorbs fewer extraneous and undesirable odors, blends easily and is less likely to foam up. And that can be very important when you’re caramelizing a syrup, making a delicate glaze, baking a delicious meringue, or simmering your family’s favorite jam recipe.

i'll bet your family's favorite jam involves a dry ass-fuck in the dumpster behind a 7-11.

Of course I prefer cane sugar pixie stix for performing the sugarylolo.

WHO THE FUCK WOULD DO THAT TO THEMSELVES?

can you say, ouch!

You don't do it to yourself, silly.

Actually, another thing I like about La Perruche is that they're not consistant in size. Sometimes I pour a slightly larger or smaller shot depending on my mood, and sometimes I prefer my absinthe slightly more or less sweetened. I'll look through my La Perruche box for a cube that matches what I'm doing and feeling at the momment.

The only problem is that you might have to visit a few grocery stores before you find La Perruche. Until I found one, I was lifting them from a Pioneer Square coffee place near my office (is it stealing when you do buy a coffee but put the sugar cube in your pocket instead of the coffee?)

MrGreenGenes

MC Green G - you can find A La Perruche at the following:

All Larry's Markets
Whole Foods (on 65th and Roosevelt)
some QFC's and Fred Meyers (now owned by the same company)
Central Market

I have found a lot of stores that carry the brown Perruche, but only Larry's carries the white.