Now Drinking thread

2 buck chuck. mine's 2009 though!

it's actually $2.49.

i love trader joe's so much. and not just for cheap wine.

  On 3/7/2011 at 11:15 PM, Boxus said:

drank two old guardian barleywines yesterday - the 2011 belgo version brewed with belgian yeast. i wish i had this many more

 

I had that this weekend! Delicious.

  On 3/8/2011 at 4:34 AM, vodor said:

 

2 buck chuck. mine's 2009 though!

 

it's actually $2.49.

 

i love trader joe's so much. and not just for cheap wine.

2.49 for wine? wow.

If you're wondering how they do it:

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Labor problems

 

On May 16, 2008, a pregnant, 17 year-old migrant worker named Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez collapsed and later died while pruning vines at a vineyard east of Stockton, CA owned by West Coast Grape Farming, a division of Bronco Wines. According to witnesses, foremen did nothing to aid Vasquez Jimenez until at least five minutes after she collapsed. Vasquez Jimenez and her fellow laborers were allowed only one water break per day, with each work day lasting at least ten hours.[3]

 

Additionally, the only water source provided for Vasquez Jimenez and her fellow workers was a 10-minute walk away in temperatures that topped 95 degrees. Employers who are found to have willfully violated heat laws can be fined a maximum of $25,000. The United Farm Workers Union is protesting Vasquez Jimenez's treatment as an "egregious" violation of Cal-OSHA safety regulations.[4]

-from wikipedia entry on 'Bronco Wine Company'

cheapest bottle of wine in canada is at least $10, and that is for swill most of the time.

Two Buck Chuck isn't exactly not swill.

yeah, but it isn't $10.

I'm working out the numbers right now, but I think you may be right!

BLUE MOON BELGIAN WHITE belgian-style wheat ale BLUE MOON <(*)> BREWING CO. 5.4% ALC BY VOL. 12 FL.OZ.(355ml)

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psyching myself up to mow the lawn when all i want to do is go to bed. (Just finished work) and it's 8 am.

the tears of environmentalists

and water. gonna go get some kebab in a minute here. fuck you!

  On 3/10/2011 at 11:57 PM, ezkerraldean said:

the tears of environmentalists

you should have a few of those stored up by now. dumping front end loaders in frozen-over lakes and all.

  On 3/11/2011 at 12:16 AM, essines said:

 

and water. gonna go get some kebab in a minute here. fuck you!

from the looks of that jpg, shouldn't you be going for a burrito.

  On 3/11/2011 at 12:16 AM, essines said:

 

and water. gonna go get some kebab in a minute here. fuck you!

why the water?

i like my vodka neat with a touch of water. just something i've come to find. I don't like to mix my booze (with anything substantial) unless all i want is a massive drunk ASAP/.

also i kiboshed the kebab, got a wicked pad thai from a nice little place nearby and some sunflower seeds to snack on. Go Thursday!

if I'm drinking vodka i like it ice cold vodka right out of a shaker and with a squeeze of fresh grapefruit. it's delicious. I've never tried putting water in any of my drinks, although I'm nit a scotch man and I adore the taste of gin.

eurgh, why am I drinking this neat? I think I just wanted the bottle to go away faster.

(it was a gift)

(in july)

(which I am grateful for, really; it was very nice and works well in cocktails but why am I drinking this neat?)

i've never understood why people drink neat vodka - it doesn't really taste of anything. the only thing vodka's good for is making non-alcoholic drinks alcoholic. if i want to drink neat booze, i want something with a flavour. gin, whiskey or rum.

  On 3/11/2011 at 3:52 AM, baph said:

 

eurgh, why am I drinking this neat? I think I just wanted the bottle to go away faster.

 

 

(it was a gift)

 

(in july)

 

 

 

 

 

(which I am grateful for, really; it was very nice and works well in cocktails but why am I drinking this neat?)

Red label is good value for the money, it's not terribly offensive neat.

i'm looking forward to necking a few of these very soon...

  On 3/11/2011 at 4:07 PM, kokoon said:

  On 3/11/2011 at 3:52 AM, baph said:

 

eurgh, why am I drinking this neat? I think I just wanted the bottle to go away faster.

 

 

(it was a gift)

 

(in july)

 

 

 

 

 

(which I am grateful for, really; it was very nice and works well in cocktails but why am I drinking this neat?)

Red label is good value for the money, it's not terribly offensive neat.

It's not horrible, I'm just coming off a bottle of good single malt and the red label tastes so harsh and young in comparison.

  On 3/11/2011 at 4:52 PM, keltoi said:

i'm looking forward to necking a few of these very soon...

 

out of a tin !!

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me ='s skulling a corona, cause there's one in the fridge.

No, it's not my cat, just there to cutely illustrate the scene.

Sleeman Clear... I know, it was on special. tastes like carbonated water