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What are you drinking?
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Dude I kicked a serious sugar addiction vehicle by ditching pop for kombucha.
I found Jun tea was my preferred style and completely quit drinking sugary soft drinks. That, in turn, led to my abstinence from fast food.
Jun is a type of kombucha that utilizes green tea and honey as opposed to black tea and sugar but the culture (scoby) remains more or less the same.
You have to wean the scoby from sugar to honey or back to honey from sugar in a few stages (20% to 30% per batch) but the different teas render the same nutrients more or less.
If you don't make your own I encourage you to try... let me know if you need a scoby and some starter culture.
moose eater
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My daughter sent me 4 small bottles of Mexican Tequila she picked up in Mexico for me for Christmas. I still open my Christmas presents early, just as I did as a kid. She wasn't informed I quit reposado and took up blanco/silver not long ago, but it's tasty and fairly smooth, though I've never heard of it.
'Don Ramon' Reposado, @ 38% abv. 76 Proof. Tasty.
For safety's sake, when she and her nurse friend go there, they tend to stick to the more 'touristy' parts, more or less inside the place's perimeter they're staying, though I'd encouraged her, that if they felt safe, or especially if they had a trustworthy chaperone/escort, that not all of Mexico is 'Cartel-ville' (though 2 young American women might still attract unwanted attention), to find the smaller cross-road distilleries, and find their wares, tasting as one goes, but not to get too lost in that process.
She scented the package heavily with perfume, presumably to cover the smell should one of the bottles break. My daughter... Thinking that perfume and tequila wouldn't be a dead give-away smell No real packaging or containment around the bottles to speak of. Though they all made it. Angels on shoulders. We've all had a few.
But you'd think she'd have learned something in the way of 'clandestine arts' from her Daddy concerning such ventures.
Maybe next lifetime, or maybe when we visit when she comes up in Summer for a trip to a remote Yukon Territory lake with her new beau, providing I'm still kicking and ambulatory.
Maybe another shot is in order. Might as well be Christmas, right?
'Don Ramon' Reposado, @ 38% abv. 76 Proof. Tasty.
For safety's sake, when she and her nurse friend go there, they tend to stick to the more 'touristy' parts, more or less inside the place's perimeter they're staying, though I'd encouraged her, that if they felt safe, or especially if they had a trustworthy chaperone/escort, that not all of Mexico is 'Cartel-ville' (though 2 young American women might still attract unwanted attention), to find the smaller cross-road distilleries, and find their wares, tasting as one goes, but not to get too lost in that process.
She scented the package heavily with perfume, presumably to cover the smell should one of the bottles break. My daughter... Thinking that perfume and tequila wouldn't be a dead give-away smell
No real packaging or containment around the bottles to speak of. Though they all made it. Angels on shoulders. We've all had a few.But you'd think she'd have learned something in the way of 'clandestine arts' from her Daddy concerning such ventures.
Maybe next lifetime, or maybe when we visit when she comes up in Summer for a trip to a remote Yukon Territory lake with her new beau, providing I'm still kicking and ambulatory.
Maybe another shot is in order. Might as well be Christmas, right?
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I had a couple of fingers of Green Spot last night and was pleasantly impressed.
However this morning I am drinking a lot of water with a water back.
However this morning I am drinking a lot of water with a water back.
Plookerkingjon
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moose eater
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Strangely light colored coarse-ground Mexican coffee my daughter sent to my wife for Christmas. Hmm?
At this point the cream is somewhat stronger than the coffee. Not sure if mooing or waking up is most in order?
I think the next pot should be made with a lot more coffee-to-water ratio.
This will require more experimentation.
At this point the cream is somewhat stronger than the coffee. Not sure if mooing or waking up is most in order?
I think the next pot should be made with a lot more coffee-to-water ratio.
This will require more experimentation.
Brother Nature
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Weak coffee has to be one of the most disappointing things in life.
I'm trimming this evening so have bought myself some Asahi. Beer tends to take the monotony out of one of the most boring tasks in the world...
I'm trimming this evening so have bought myself some Asahi. Beer tends to take the monotony out of one of the most boring tasks in the world...
Llano_oasis
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moose eater
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Elysian Brewing Co (Seattle, Wa.) 'DragonsTooth Stout (Oatmeal Stout) 8.1% abv, and one of the few beers I drink from their assortment. Split one 22-oz. bottle with my wife, in a rare moment of following one beer after another (Having recently polished off a 12-oz. Kenai River Brewing Co. 'Grateful Red' at 5.7% abv); usually don't do that. Must be the sentiments of a 'mixed outcome' sorta' Christmas.
Initially, from the newly opened bottle, it has a gruff standard sharp stout edge to it, but after only a few minutes in the glass, or long enough to type out a few lengthy or controversial posts, (take your pick), it's smoothed to the flavor of a very nice smooth draught stout with a mule's kick in potency.
Very cool indeed. But a beer to not be foolhardy with when imbibing. Legal troubles loom ahead with this beer if over-done. "Danger, Will Robinson. Danger!!"
Initially, from the newly opened bottle, it has a gruff standard sharp stout edge to it, but after only a few minutes in the glass, or long enough to type out a few lengthy or controversial posts, (take your pick), it's smoothed to the flavor of a very nice smooth draught stout with a mule's kick in potency.
Very cool indeed. But a beer to not be foolhardy with when imbibing. Legal troubles loom ahead with this beer if over-done. "Danger, Will Robinson. Danger!!"
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nice moose.even if i had money id have to drive through the city to get a decent beer so im drinking natty daddy 8.0%.like you said moose danger if you chug these.you WILL regret it
moose eater
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Usually just one potent beer for me in any 4-8 hour period. If I have 2 alcohol beverages in a day, more often than not the second (or first) will be my tequila and pomegranate beverage with lime juice, lemon juice, and seltzer with ice; 7-1/2 grams of carbohydrate, which is better for me, carb-wise, than any other beers.
Guinness Extra Stout, a favorite/regular here, at 5.6% or 5.7%, is 15 grams of carb per 11.2 oz. bottle, so I'm better off drinking the tequila and pomegranate beverage, health-wise..
I enjoy one stout drink for flavor and somewhat of a relaxation, but grew up with folks who didn't manage their alcohol very well. Exaggerated emotion, slurred speech during times that straight talk would've been preferred, and other more significant issues were all good lessons for not allowing myself that specific excess. Though I certainly achieved excesses in other ways.
Hope you're having a fine Christmas, hawk.
thanks moose.just another day for me.no presents or anything.guiness extra stout is one of my favorites.i remember a while back they had a dark lager or something?i cant remember but is was good but not as good as extra stout.unfortunatly i drink almost everday in excess so when i chug 10 high octane,that what i call high alcohol beer,i tend to get goofy cause of the PTSD.i dont slurr or stumble i just get mad usually.so i drink alone usually.but yeah,ive seen way too much bad come from drinking.i want to quit but the demons always seem to find me.anyway sorry.at least i know your eating and drinking good.i take it your health is getting better? hows the weather up ther?we got bulldozed in the midwest but should be about 40 thursday. i hope
due to not wanting to go out of my way for a liquor store stop I grabbed beer at the grocery store, unfortunately they don't have Hoegaarden so I grabbed blue moon, overall not as drinkable/sessionable as Hoegaarden, but it's really good I can taste the grain in it which is something I like about American wheats that I never notice in the actual Belgians or German hefeweizens, I had some oranges I was slicing up to add to the Hoegaarden that was a nice touch, but with the blue moon it actually tastes like some kind of orange candy when I squeeze the slice into it, I feel like the yeast sediment in blue moon is a bit more robust
moose eater
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Grim Reaper tries to chase me now and again. Undiagnosed this or that, PSA post-op on the rise, and I suspect getting ready to enter the geometric growth/progression phase. Acute bleeding gastritis that probably resents both the pomegranate juice -and- the tequila, and especially any straight alcohol , though I don't get much pain from there these days.
Endoscopy reported 'possible pre-cancerous cells' in my gut lining when they assessed the gastritis.. I told them that's kinda' like saying,"It might rain next month."
And in the last 30 years, or slightly less, I've now lost about 2-3/4" of altitude. I attribute some of that acceleration toward becoming a dwarf to the extra pressure placed on discs following the triple laminectomy. That, and age, a year and a half of vegan diet that may have slightly decreased my calcium intake, etc.
All in all, my core strength is coming back, better than before, I'm fairly spry in what I am able to do. Can still ride a snowmobile and gather/split wood when needed, or drill 10" holes in 4-5 feet of ice, and reel in fish with the excitement of a little kid.
Every now and again I even crawl under a vehicle and pretend to fix stuff.
Family issues involving distances that were perceived as normal for others but not me, unmet needs in that regard, dreams gone by and past their 'best-by' date, and the estrangement currently with my younger son (which I'm partly responsible for) with whom I had an exceptional relationship for years, that weighs heavier than anything else. Literally.
Winter is another changing winter in contrast to 45 years ago. More snow, a fair bit warmer usually, but with higher moisture levels. Cold enough this year due to the La Nina circumstance (3rd La Nina in a row; supposed to be somewhat like a blue moon phenomenon, in re. to the rarity of 3 in a row) has us receiving fine particulate snow. Not as deep or bad as last year, and so far no 24-hours of freezing rain, but difficult to pack a track into on a snowmobile if a person hasn't stayed on top of it from the beginning. (I just realized there's sort of a pun in there. Hmm).
Thanks for asking, 'hawk. Keep those demons at bay if you can. You're a decent sort. No reason to torment yourself, though we all have our own ways in which we do that. And you said yourself, in so may words, you're a nicer person when you're not drinking to excess.
Uncut 92% cocaine at 1-3 grams/day in the early 1980's was my closest thing to something that needed nipped in the bud, so to speak. But when it went from being philosophical and ideological conversations until 5:00 A.M., to high-priced paranoia, anxiety, and firearms, it was time to say, "So long." So I did.
You can do that too if you choose, 'hawk, though be careful ceasing alcohol, as I'm sure you're aware; alcohol and benzodiazapines are the 2 substances/drug groups I know of for which cold turkey withdrawal can kill a person. Literally.
So be safe, man. Do for you what you need to, but keep yourself moving forward. You're a decent person, 'hawk. Always have been. Happy New Year to you.
Endoscopy reported 'possible pre-cancerous cells' in my gut lining when they assessed the gastritis.. I told them that's kinda' like saying,"It might rain next month."
And in the last 30 years, or slightly less, I've now lost about 2-3/4" of altitude. I attribute some of that acceleration toward becoming a dwarf to the extra pressure placed on discs following the triple laminectomy. That, and age, a year and a half of vegan diet that may have slightly decreased my calcium intake, etc.
All in all, my core strength is coming back, better than before, I'm fairly spry in what I am able to do. Can still ride a snowmobile and gather/split wood when needed, or drill 10" holes in 4-5 feet of ice, and reel in fish with the excitement of a little kid.
Every now and again I even crawl under a vehicle and pretend to fix stuff.
Family issues involving distances that were perceived as normal for others but not me, unmet needs in that regard, dreams gone by and past their 'best-by' date, and the estrangement currently with my younger son (which I'm partly responsible for) with whom I had an exceptional relationship for years, that weighs heavier than anything else. Literally.
Winter is another changing winter in contrast to 45 years ago. More snow, a fair bit warmer usually, but with higher moisture levels. Cold enough this year due to the La Nina circumstance (3rd La Nina in a row; supposed to be somewhat like a blue moon phenomenon, in re. to the rarity of 3 in a row) has us receiving fine particulate snow. Not as deep or bad as last year, and so far no 24-hours of freezing rain, but difficult to pack a track into on a snowmobile if a person hasn't stayed on top of it from the beginning. (I just realized there's sort of a pun in there. Hmm).
Thanks for asking, 'hawk. Keep those demons at bay if you can. You're a decent sort. No reason to torment yourself, though we all have our own ways in which we do that. And you said yourself, in so may words, you're a nicer person when you're not drinking to excess.
Uncut 92% cocaine at 1-3 grams/day in the early 1980's was my closest thing to something that needed nipped in the bud, so to speak. But when it went from being philosophical and ideological conversations until 5:00 A.M., to high-priced paranoia, anxiety, and firearms, it was time to say, "So long." So I did.
You can do that too if you choose, 'hawk, though be careful ceasing alcohol, as I'm sure you're aware; alcohol and benzodiazapines are the 2 substances/drug groups I know of for which cold turkey withdrawal can kill a person. Literally.
So be safe, man. Do for you what you need to, but keep yourself moving forward. You're a decent person, 'hawk. Always have been. Happy New Year to you.
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moose eater
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11 oz. (tavern style beer glass, advertised as 12-oz., but not) from a 22-oz. bottle of Kassick's Brewing Co. (Nikiski, Alaska) Imperial Blonde Ale at 9.8% abv. Tastes a bit green, almost like a wheat beer. Maybe I need to read the label more closely?
Potent stuff at any rate.
Was on sale as a clearance item where most of the items listed weren't even in stock (retail live in person verison of click bait), but marked down from about $9/22-oz. bottle, to $2.24/22-oz. bottle.
Bargain basement vices; that's where it's at!!
(*Checked the label; not a wheat beer, just a bit of a green flavor with a touch of yeast flavor. I guess if you're consuming a large 9.8% abv beer, they assume you won't care much)..
Potent stuff at any rate.
Was on sale as a clearance item where most of the items listed weren't even in stock (retail live in person verison of click bait), but marked down from about $9/22-oz. bottle, to $2.24/22-oz. bottle.
Bargain basement vices; that's where it's at!!
(*Checked the label; not a wheat beer, just a bit of a green flavor with a touch of yeast flavor. I guess if you're consuming a large 9.8% abv beer, they assume you won't care much)..
moose eater
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Freemont Brewing (Seattle) Winter Ale (Seasonal Release) Winter Imperial Ale. 8% abv. 16 oz. cans still. Still wishing they were 12 oz. instead. Exceptional beer, at any rate. Too bad it's seasonal. And too bad it's $10.99/4-pack. It's better than pretty good, for too many 'too bads'.
