What are you Eating/Drinking?
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Saturday we had some homemade venison kielbasa and burgers at Road Atlanta.
Tonight was pizza night. Veggie pizza.
Tonight was pizza night. Veggie pizza.
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Mmmm, pudding.
Decided to make some pudding Popsicles, but didn't have toothpicks or anything, so I used pretzel sticks.
Any other ideas to make with the pudding?
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Use it as pie filling, cover it with whipped cream. Tada, pie.
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Lean Cuisine Cheddar Broccoli and Potatoes with a can of Premium Chunk Chicken. Very satisfying 400 Calories.
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Venison chili.
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Procured a bottle of Bulleit Rye the other night and have put a rather large dent in it already... a friend recommended I tried some rye whiskeys and so I got this: 45% ABV and 95% rye... easily drinkable neat, but it is also pretty good with ice cold Coke as well... I've often heard people talking about smooth whiskeys and I've never seen how drinking straight whiskey at 45% is likely to be described as 'smooth', but this seemed to fit the bill. £36, definitely going to be on my shopping list again.
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@Touring Mars I have not tried the straight rye version of Bulleit. I have tried their normal bourbon and it is also very tasty. You might look out for Buffalo Trace; it is another good, lower cost bourbon that I have enjoyed.
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I've not tasted Bulleit bourbon but if the rye whiskey is anything to go by, it should be good! I'm looking to expand my drinks cabinet - which currently stands at a pathetic two bottles (and both are half empty already), and I need a nice bourbon that is not Jack Daniel's... don't get me wrong, I love JD, but it's about time I tried something a bit more refined.
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It is great to see you all supporting my local economy.
Considering that it is not bourbon, well yeah.
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If you can find it, you might also try Elijah Craig 12. It is on the lower end price wise. I have only just tried it once and it seemed acceptable enough. However, I really need to try more of it to comment further. Bourbon is not the whisk(e)y type I have much experience with.
Speaking of expanding a drink cabinet, I need to expand mine. Mine consists of a bottle of Aberlour a'bunadh, Laphroaig Cask Strength or Quarter Cask (do not remember which one), Lagavulin 12, and a nearly finished bottle of Macallan 12.
Any suggestions? I am a beginner when it comes to bourbon.
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I have been eating my chili / stew. Just basically a random variety of food in a crockpot. Perfect for this time of the year when it starts getting cold.
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Polska Sausage Dinner
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I was raised in Kentucky. I agree with @FoolKiller.
Woodford Reserve is the smoothest bourbon I have ever tasted.
Woodford Reserve is the smoothest bourbon I have ever tasted.
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Shiner Smokehouse beer brats, they were fully cooked and just needed a little nuking.
Here is one of the little devils resting, and waiting to meet the mustard.
Here is one of the little devils resting, and waiting to meet the mustard.
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Buffalo Trace is one of my favorite distilleries. They make wheated bourbons like Pappy Van Winkle's, which is supposed to be God Tier stuff. But the thing is... it's all the same whiskey. The only thing that changes is the barreling and ageing. You can get their WL Weller on the cheap instead, and it's damn good. It's basically a young Pappy, but I couldn't tell you how similar they are. Can't find PVW, and couldn't afford it anyway. The whiskey shortage and hipsters jacked up pricing and ruined it.
Woodford Reserve is owned by the same people that make JD. Actually, Bulleit Rye is just LDI's pure rye mash. They were contracted by Seagrams to make a pure rye (like 95%) to use as flavoring for their blends and other drinks. Then I think Seagrams was bought out or bankrupted, and LDI was acquired by some other company that spun off that whiskey to private label bottlers. Bulleit is one such label, and a blend of varying amounts of Four Roses bourbon (they make good stuff too; owned by Kirin) and that pure rye comprises its products.
FK says no to Heaven Hill, but their Rittenhouse Rye is pretty good. The Elijah Craig is their ryed bourbon. The Rittenhouse is great quality for the price and good for mixed drinks like old fashioneds and manhattans, etc. I also like Wild Turkey products. They tend to taste very bright and spicy.
There are rules for what you can call your drink based on the composition of the mash bill. It's gotta be half corn to be bourbon. Then you have ryed, wheated, and all kinds of bourbon. If it's a majority rye, then you have rye whiskey. Same for wheat. There's also corn whiskey, which I'm pretty sure is just straight moonshine because otherwise it's sort of redundant.
It's good to try whiskeys of all different types so you get to learn how the taste changes with the mash bill.
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Ever try Basil Hayden's? That's the smoothest bourbon I've ever tried. Light, smooth and great flavors. Perfect for a beginner.
Four Roses
Buffalo Trace
Pappy Van Winkle's
Granddad
Are great, but the bottom two are not for beginnners.
Oh, had a roast beef sandwich for brunch.
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I picked up a bottle of Bulleit Rye and will have to give it a go tonight or tomorrow night.
I also picked up a bottle of this.
I was not really sure. I have little experience with bourbon. A friend brought over a bottle and I tried a bit of it.
I liked Buffalo Trace. I almost picked up a bottle of it today also. I too would like a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle's, but have not seen any in the two liquor stores I occasionally visit.
Between the two bottles I bought today and the three bottles of scotch I already had, I am good on whisky for a while now, but I will keep Four Roses in mind.
That is my plan. I have been doing that with scotch for the past year or two and am very slowly working my way through the various tastes of Scotland.
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Made pasta for lunch, sauce was chorizo, mushroom, spinach, shallots in a fresh tomato sauce.
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One thing I like about the winter months is that I'm more often in the mood for a nice, warming, neat whisky.
Another suggestion for Buffalo Trace as well.
Good luck, demand for it is crazy and I've never actually seen it show up anywhere in liquor stores around here.
That looks real good, how did you make it?
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One thing I like about the winter months is that I'm more often in the mood for a nice, warming, neat whisky.
Another suggestion for Buffalo Trace as well.
Good luck, demand for it is crazy and I've never actually seen it show up anywhere in liquor stores around here.
Homemade peanut butter cups.
That looks real good, how did you make it?
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*asks wife*
It was using this recipe. But it's basically just melted dark chocolate and peanut butter.
