Virtual Happy Hour (Brews & Spirits, Pics & Reviews)

[Zardnaar]

Mein Gott that Baltika 6 kicks like a mule. Gonna have another.


2.6 standard drinks a bottle. Think I've reviewed it before but thumb up. Or bottoms up.

Hot sun plus trail mix plus Baltika = happy Zardy.

 

[Zardnaar]

Add two ciders. Not a cider fan but we got it essentially free.

 

[Smackpixi]

Trip to one of the bigger beer and wine shops in the area. Hard liquor needs to be in a separate store.

This is the main singles area where it's mostly broken out from the four or six packs you can find somewhere else in the store (typically $2-6 per bottle/can depending). A lot more cider and sours than last trip.

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The other aisles have singles in some places too, but mostly the ones made to be sold as singles (and so some in the $10-12 a bottle range). An imported four pack I got was $9. $9-10 seems common for the craft or imported 4 or 6 packs.

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There's also a few more small shelves, and then a cooler that's half American mass produced stuff.

I find those singles aisles a bit dubious, some of those beers get dusty.

 

[Cadence]

I find those singles aisles a bit dubious, some of those beers get dusty.

There's one smaller place near us that I won't go to anymore because I ran into that. The big one right next to campus and the big one between campus and the fort have been ok so far (I imagine they go through things pretty quickly).

 

[Guest 7034872]

Soo.....is this a "beer only" kinda show?

 

[Cadence]

Soo.....is this a "beer only" kinda show?

Has been so far (with some ciders)... but not many different posters. If wine and mixed drinks would bring in a few more... the more the merrier I guess!

 

[Zardnaar]

Think I posted some wine.

 

[Guest 7034872]

Mmm...you soon might be seeing some posts from a whiskey guy, then. Peated single malts; really woody bourbons--that kind of stuff.

 

[Zardnaar]

Mmm...you soon might be seeing some posts from a whiskey guy, then. Peated single malts; really woody bourbons--that kind of stuff.

Perfectly fine.

 

[Guest 7034872]

Well, because today was "a day," tonight's festivities soothing anodyne is a simple one: I poured a double of this guy:

And I'm tellin' ye, I needed it. What a day.....

It's nothing fancy or complicated: just a straightforward bourbon with a good amount of oak in it. Fairly balanced and middle-of-the-road otherwise.