thaller1
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Thaller1 - you are welcome to ski with me any time. I like your style.......
ha ha ha! you're on!
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Favorite 'adult' beverage?
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ha ha ha! you're on!
ChileMass
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Phew - I'll watch you drink the gin. Meet us at one of the AZ outings this winter and I'll buy you one.........:beer:
I'm more of a whisky/tequila/vodka guy, but I've recently started doing some Kahlua. Before you roll your eyes hear me out. I have a recipe from a friend that is great.
First simmer 3 cups of water with a fresh vanilla pod (split the pod, scrape out the lovely inside and toss it all in the pot).
Then take the water and run it through a coffee maker twice.
Take the hot coffee and stir in 3 cups of packed brown sugar.
Finally, combine the twice brewed vanilla coffee in a growler with 3 cups of 100 proof vodka.
I'm not a big fan of the commercial Kahlua but this home brew rocks. A couple of shots towards the end of you night can extend your binge.
First simmer 3 cups of water with a fresh vanilla pod (split the pod, scrape out the lovely inside and toss it all in the pot).
Then take the water and run it through a coffee maker twice.
Take the hot coffee and stir in 3 cups of packed brown sugar.
Finally, combine the twice brewed vanilla coffee in a growler with 3 cups of 100 proof vodka.
I'm not a big fan of the commercial Kahlua but this home brew rocks. A couple of shots towards the end of you night can extend your binge.
ChileMass
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How long? How much water should evaporate?
Grassi21 said:
Any particular kind of coffee work better? How strong should the coffee be in general? This sounds really good.......
The recipe says to simmer the water/vanilla bean for 10 minutes. I used the coffee we had on hand. I suppose you can use whatever brand/roast that floats your boat. For the vodka, you can use whatever brand you like. I went with the cheapest 100 proof I could find. Now that I've made done the recipe once I would go for better vodka and stronger coffee. The same guy who gave me the recipe also makes his own Limoncello (spelling?). When I get home tonight I will dig up the recipe as he wrote it out and post it tomorrow.
After thinking about this question more I would use a smidge more than 3 cups of water. After you simmer the water and brew it twice you end up with less than 3 cups of the vanilla coffee. My first batch seemed a bit stronger than the batch my friend made.
ctenidae
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Instead of running brewed coffee through your Mr Coffee, you could just get a French press and let it steep for a while, vanilla bean and all. Then you'd end up with the same amount of water you started with (minus whatever the grounds absorb, I suppose).
Or use one of these:
Cleaned, of course. Those things make the strongest coffee you ever saw. In Ecuador we drank Cafe tinto, which is coffee brewed in a macchinetta, then reduced by half. You put about an ounce into a mug of hot milk. Good stuff.
Or use one of these:
Cleaned, of course. Those things make the strongest coffee you ever saw. In Ecuador we drank Cafe tinto, which is coffee brewed in a macchinetta, then reduced by half. You put about an ounce into a mug of hot milk. Good stuff.
This sounds great. I love how coffee is handled in Central and South America. Little cups of strong coffee really do it for me. My Mom handed down a couple of old Italian espresso pots that belonged to my Grandmother. I'm going to have to break one of them out tonight.
ctenidae
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If you don't already have espresso ground coffee, make sure you run it through the food processor for a while to get it almost to dust, or you'll just get weak tea.
I'm Italian. I always have espresso ground coffee on hand. ;-)
ctenidae
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Good man.
bigbog
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....
Ummm...2 answers:
1) How I feel during the first 10 minutes;-) = Bar Harbor Real Ale, Beck's Dark, or a good Pinot Grigio.
2) How I feel for the rest of the day/night = lots of good spring water <and/or> juiced...apples + celery
agreed...
Grassi21's...espresso ground...is not far behind!
Ummm...2 answers:
1) How I feel during the first 10 minutes;-) = Bar Harbor Real Ale, Beck's Dark, or a good Pinot Grigio.
2) How I feel for the rest of the day/night = lots of good spring water <and/or> juiced...apples + celery
agreed...
Grassi21's...espresso ground...is not far behind!
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SKIQUATTRO
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at work, just cracked an icy cold Heineken...good to be the boss....and yes, i do share with the employees.....shorts, flip flops, beer.....ahhhhhhhh life is good!!
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The Ketel One Citroen and Tonics are going down too smoothly tonight. My posts later may be impaired... :lol:
NHpowderhound
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For NHPH, Rolling Rock is like oxygen ;-), too much you get too high, not enough and you're gonna die!
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ctenidae
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Had a few Otter Creek Pale Ales last night. Tasty beverage. Otter Creek makes some good beers- the only dissapointment I've seen in their Copper Ale, which, unfortunately, is reminicent of sucking on a penny.
kickstand
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interesting analogy
Their Alpine Ale is great. I imagine that should be out in the next month or so. Those are always extra tasty for apres ski, pre-Pats game tailgate and post-Pats game tailgate.
I liked Otter Creek's Copper Ale. I tried Rogue's Amber the other night and the thought of sucking on a penny came to mind.
ctenidae
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Interesting. Could just be bad bottles.
after the third beer i barely noticed it. that first bottle is very telling.
