Hats and Drinks - A Match Made in Heaven

[RossRYoung]

From yesterday, I swear I haven’t started drinking yet today. I don’t think I’ve ever identified more with a pint glass though… love it

 

[The Shoe]

Sparkling wine with nashi pear while grilling under my Cattleman.

A beautiful oaky, buttery Chardonnay while devouring.

 

[steur]

Sparkling wine with nashi pear while grilling under my Cattleman.
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A beautiful oaky, buttery Chardonnay while devouring.
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Oooh, that looks just soooo good!

 

[The Shoe]

Oooh, that looks just soooo good!

‘twas. Enough there for tomorrow’s dinner, too.

 

[rogueclimber]

‘twas. Enough there for tomorrow’s dinner, too.

But is there enough for visitors??? I'm searching flights right now!



Seriously impressive eats to go with those drinks and your hat -- Bravo

 

[The Shoe]

Any FL visitors will get full course BBQ at my household!

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Early this week I enjoyed a Founders All Day IPA, Guinness Draft and lots of cold brew coffee.

Yesterday I enjoyed a Bent Paddle Kanu. This morning a sipped a Bitter Root Brewing Huckleberry Honey Ale (Hamilton, Mt.). Wonderful beer for some morning grill effort.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[RickP]

I remember several years ago I was In Alberquerque at the old La Posada hotel (where Nicky Hilton and Elizabeth Taylor honeymooned) While my ex was at her business meetings, I attended a single malt scotch tasting (despite going on for what seemed like hours, I actually DO remember most of it lol). Think I was wearing my old brown Moose River at the time

 

[rogueclimber]

New shirt, my Whippet, and a Mezcal Negroni

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Irish Cream Morning Martini with a Stetson Amon Carter Shady Oak Farm 3X.

• 2.5 oz Irish Cream Liqueur
• 1 oz White Chocolate Liqueur
• 0.5 oz Vanilla Flavored Vodka

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Today July 24th is National Tequila day. Opening my last bottle from the 2020 La Loma agave harvest of Tequila Ocho Plata. So good, sold out, I will be sipping this one sparingly. With my 1930’s Stetson Navadan No. 1Q.

Agave prices have fallen recently & tequila prices have begun to reflect that. It’s a good time to build some premium stock in your cabinet.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

From a bartenders book: Cookies & Cream Milkshake

I didn’t have any Oreo cookies or whipped cream. So I used a small shaker instead of a blender. Don’t shake until it’s too thin. If so just add more ice cream. I used a Tom Collin’s glass. Would be good with coffee flavored Irish Cream. With my Peters Bros Shady Oak Bankers Special 7X Seventy-five.

• 3 oz Irish Cream Liqueur
• 2 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
• 6 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

 

[Bamaboots]

From a bartenders book: Cookies & Cream Milkshake

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I didn’t have any Oreo cookies or whipped cream. So I used a small shaker instead of a blender. Don’t shake until it’s too thin. If so just add more ice cream. I used a Tom Collin’s glass. Would be good with coffee flavored Irish Cream. With my Peters Bros Shady Oak Bankers Special 7X Seventy-five.

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• 3 oz Irish Cream Liqueur
• 2 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
• 6 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

That sounds good.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

That sounds good.

For a desert it is. But I had forgotten the thing about fixing cocktails at home is they require liquors, liqueurs & things I wouldn’t normally buy. And they require you to dirty up a lot of things in the making.

 

[Bamaboots]

For a desert it is. But I had forgotten the thing about fixing cocktails at home is they require liquors, liqueurs & things I wouldn’t normally buy. And they require you to dirty up a lot of things in the making.

Yep.

 

[The Shoe]

Celebrating midsummer Christmas over here in Japan…not Japan, this is a purely Shoe household tradition.
We started with Minoh Beer, an excellent Stout for me and a Pilsner for Etsuko.

The presents? Arran Sherry Cask and Arran Quarter Cask for Etsuko. Balvenie DoubleWood and (my favourite) Lagavulin 16 for me.

The hat? A Sunbody Teardrop with the leather hatband replaced with a pug.

We drank some Arran Sherry cask and some Balvenie from bottles we already had open.
A bottle of tequila also arrived today. Not one I know anything about, but I liked the look of the bottle, it had a good rating on Amazon, the price was right, and we have to be ready for the lime season.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Good morning. This past week I enjoyed some beers.

From top left to right. A Guinness Stout is a dry beer that works in the heat, Surley Supreme with Pho and Spring rolls (first time making the rolls), cold brew (Volcanica Costa Rica and organic half and half), Founders All Day IPA, Bent Paddle Kanua, Omni Legacy Pilsner and Founders All Day IPA Grapefruit.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[Hurricane Jack]

2023 agave harvest from Rancho Corralillos for Tequila Ocho Plata.

 

[rogueclimber]

The new Resistol at my Monday haunt with my standard Negroni

 

[The Shoe]

No hat pic, but I was in the Sunbody again.
We cracked open the Yamazaki today.

Pleasant enough. Flowery, honey-like sweetness.

We got this in a whisky lottery for ¥6000, well under the full price. Not really my style. I certainly wouldn’t pay over ¥10,000, a similar price to Lagavulin 16. Again, it’s nice, but I prefer the Bushmills 10YO single malt that we followed it up with. It set us back about ¥4600.