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    worst rum

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    Now, see, when it comes to the Coca Cola, THEN I'm fussy! I can't stand the corn syrup stuff, and I only have Coca Cola when I can find it bottled in a sugar formulation!

    With Passover coming up mid-April, you should be able to score sugar-Coke with out trouble. And my cousin who used to live in Teaneck brought me a couple of six pack cans which I greatly prefer to the 2-liter bottles that are usually available. Scope out any Kosher butchers or grocers in areas with a bigger Jewish poulation for those (near) perfect Cuba cocktails :smile: .

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    Rock & Rye

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    Bump...

    Found myself wasting some time over at StraightBourbon.com earlier today.  SB has a separate forum for "other American whiskeys"--read "rye".  I was checking out a thread from last fall discussing Rittenhouse Rye and, to my surprise, I found a favorable mention of Jaquin's Rock & Rye.

    The poster (and thread-starter) is "Gillman" and it doesn't take a lot of time at SB.com to see that he isn't one of those BB regulars who types out any old nonsense while killing time between episodes of Deep Space Nine.  He's seems to know more than a little something about good liquor.  [He also manages to use the words "inimical" and "bibulous" without sounding like a pompous know-it-all but I digress...]  Scroll just about to the bottom of page one to read the whole post but I don't think he'd mind if I post one sentence: 

    Jacquin's brand has a super-complex fruity taste, an exotic rosewater-like effect which melds and informs rye whiskey to perfection.

    I doubt I'll make Jacquin's R&R my next liquor purchase but I'm glad to have read a positive review written by someone with substantial brown booze experience. I had assumed the Jacquin's R&R was some sort of oversweetened carmel-colored nonsense but, now, who knows, at $10/750ml it may well be an impulse buy at some point. At the very least it's good to know that I don't have to make it from scratch if I get the itch to try it.

    Kurt

    The Jacquin's isn't bad at all, especially when it's on sale for $5.99 in dangerous looking liquor stores in southeast D.C. (no offense meant to anyone).

    And it's best ordered in bars as a 'double' with "seven Carling's" :smile:

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    D.C. restaurants

    in D.C. & DelMarVa: Dining

    Posted

    we can only use the certificate at one of the following restaurants:  701 Penn, Capitol Grille, Georgia Brown, Morton’s Steakhouse, and Ruth's Chris Steak House. 

    It's like the Washington Shopper's Plate for restaurants :smile:

    While I've always had great luck at Ruth's Chris, I too would say Capitol Grille for the dry-aged beef.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    Ray's the Steaks

    in D.C. & DelMarVa: Dining

    Posted

    You don't have any clues as to when the Silver Spring  branch might be opening, do you?  ABC applications in the front window or "help wanted" signs on the door? 

    ABC app? Saw it a while ago.

    About two weeks ago I saw "OPENING SOON - Positions Available - Inquire Within"

    On another board (CH), Mr Landrum posted on Feb 8th that they're looking at 6-10 weeks.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    How Do You Enjoy Your Rum?

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    Definitely the bottle :laugh: .

    I have a couple of little snifters (5-6 oz.) I got free from Knob Creek bourbon and they do nicely for a glass of Gosling's Old Rum, Havana Club Reserva and the like.

    If I'm making a Ti` Punch, Dark & Stormy, etc, I use a regular Old Fashioned glass.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    Origin of 1.14 Liter Bottles

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    ... A "fifth" is simply as its named suggests 1/5 of a liter, 200 ml. ....

    All these answers are great, thanks so much.

    Are you sure about the fifth being the 'bum' bottles? I always thought a fifth was a fifth of a gallon (and all references I've seen/read in movies and books would make it seem so). Also, a fifth of a gallon is 25.6 ounces and a 750ml bottle is 25.38 ounces so that's also why I thought a fifth was (almost) the same as a 750ml.

    Anyway, I appreciate the responses and am glad the rum I was given was Havana Club :smile:

    Thanks again,

    Kevin

    desperate meals

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted

    College Park had (still does, probably, but different ownership) a great little Greek placed called Marathon Deli. Gyros and souvlaki were killer.

    Marathon Deli is alive and well in College Park, and it seems to be the same owners, but I could easily be wrong. Truly the "best in the city."

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    Origin of 1.14 Liter Bottles

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    I recently got a bottle of rum in the size 1.14 liters. This is apparently common outside the U.S. but I was wondering why this volume was chosen? I know 750 ml is very close to the old U.S. fifth of liquor, and one liter and 1.75 liters makes sense, but why 1.14? Why not 1.25?

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    New Member Introduction

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    First off, LOVE your user name :smile:

    Though I very much like a Dark & Stormy (Gosling's Black Seal and [preferably Barritt's Bermuda] Ginger Beer), I also like to sip a glass of Gosling's neat now and then, maybe a couple of times a month. I might have a Dark & Stormy two or three times a week.

    I'll also sip a glass of Havana Club Anejo Reserva or 7 Year Old a few times a month as well.

    Thanks,

    kevin

    Bad service

    in Restaurant Life

    Posted

    How guilty should I feel for leaving ZERO tip after truly terrible service, especially when there are literally 3 people in the whole restaurant.  How do you judge when a server is just having a tough time, or when they just don't give a shit about you.

    I wouldn't feel the least bit bad, and I worked as a busboy so now, overtipping is my policy. If there were slowness problems in the kitchen, she should have come over and explained. If I'm forwarned, I can take a lot, if I have a glass of water and some bread.

    It sounds like she couldn't have given a tinker's damn about you so I wouldn't have have given stiffing her a second thought. Service has to be purposefully bad and it seems like this time it was.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    Ti Punch

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    I struck out trying to buy agricole in MD/DC/VA and ended up mail-ordering bottles of La Favorite blanc and Neisson's blanc from Sam's Wine in Chicago. You must have a D.C. mailing address (or a friend in DC) as they cannot ship to MD or VA. It was a little expensive but not outrageous.

    Here is one recipe for Ti Punch.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    Havana Club Anejo Reserva - 1.14L Bottle

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    Last night a friend brought me a bottle of Havana Club Anejo Reserva they got in Montreal. I was surprised to see it was 1.14 liter bottle. Is this common in other countries? I've seen 750 ml and liter bottles, but never this size.

    Is 1.14 liters a certain or approximate amount (as a fifth [1/5th of a gallon] is approximately 750ml +/-). I saw on-line today a Monteal store also has Bailey's Irish Creme in 1.14 liter bottles.

    Thanks for any input.

    Kevin

    Trader Joe's Products (2002–2011)

    in Kitchen Consumer

    Posted

    People who have said they dislike Trader Joes:

    I am with you.

    I especially hate the one closest too my house in Seattle.  They opened it up block from the local established co-op.  (For Seattleites, this is the new Capitol Hill Branch, it's one block away from the Madison Market, which is probably one of the most respected markets in all of Seattle).

    I find this too be strangely competitive and not at all sportsman-like.  People in this neighborhood of Seattle tend not to own cars, and shop at whatever market is closest, but there is plenty of Seattle for all kinds of grocery stores and I don't understand why they had to open the TJs right next to the co-op.  The co-op has been hurt severely by this, and isn't TJs talking the talk about the food and community and whatnot?  Hurting the co-op is not good for my community........

    I am curious why the co-op has been hurt severely by TJ's? Is the TJ's THAT much closer (1 block) that people wouldn't walk just a bit more to go to the co-op? If TJ's prices are that much lower that so many people left the co-op, were they only shopping at the co-op because there was no place else to shop?

    I am all for loyalty to local / mom & pop operations, and will even go out of my way to patronize them, but from what I gather from your post (and I could easily be wrong) many people left the co-op to go 1 block away for better prices or things they could not get at the co-op. Why, otherwise, would they not still shop at the co-op?

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    Zaya opinions

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    Very intersting. I cannot tell from the Fact/Sell sheets if the "virgin honey" is sugar cane juice/syrup or molasses.

    I'll have to be on the lookout for it, I don't ever recall seeing it. Do you mind if I ask what the bottle cost? I didn't see a MSRP in the info.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    Deal Breakers

    in Food Traditions & Culture

    Posted

    I once broke up with a guy because I saw him eating a banana in a way that just made me cringe.   Like a monkey.... peeling it like some sort of primate between bites?

    Uh, human's are primates, and how else are you supposed to eat a banana?

    *in my best posh british accent* why with a fork and a knife, course. Humph, heathens. :rolleyes::wink:

    I am very curious if you eat all fruit with a fork and knife? I've never seen anyone eat a banana with utensils (except for the one in a banana split). This sounds like something out of a Sienfeld episode where they were eating Snicker bars (I think) with a knife and fork.

    If you do eat bananas with a knife and fork, I mean NO disrespect by my post. If it was meant as a joke, I'm a knuckle-dragger and didn't get it.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    "Nosing wheel" for rum?

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    some of the examples, but these seem to cover most of the approaches out there:

    http://www.whisky-info.de/Scotch/genuss/nosing.htm

    and a very complex and nice one:

    http://www.whiskymag.com/gfx/nosing/Whiskywheel-Big.jpg

    I find this both fascinating and ridiculous :smile:.

    I guess I never though to use words like resinous, marsh gas, or nail varnish remover when describing rum (or whiskey). I'm a mouth breather and must reduce my assesments to "I like it" or "I don't like it" :laugh:.

    I admire those of you who are into this enough to learn all about it.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    The Generic Whisk(e)y Topic

    in Spirits & Cocktails

    Posted

    maybe i should rephrase the question. is there one whiskey that will give me a good general idea of what all whiskeys taste like? i would like a solid foundation of whiskey knowledge before i start drinking other stuff

    Though I don't know what an "ur-whisky" is, cdh is right that there is no ONE whiskey to represent them all. Just as you couldn't drink Gosling's Black Seal and know what Bacardi is like, though they are both rums, Knob Creek bourbon is completely different than Paddy Irish whiskey.

    Larger liquor stores usually have a good selection of miniature (airline bottles) and that is a great suggestion to try many whiskeys without spending a fortune.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

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