The Alcohol Thread (Possible NSFW)

@Khauntzat Adramélekhizarovich Searmaev
Alcohol can elevate your blood pressure for 24 hours. It’s why i can’t drink that much lately.

@Pinto Bean
I’ll try some next time I go to the liquor store.

So I saw some of this stuff at a 7-Eleven the other day.

I thought it was going to be gross, but it’s actually not too bad. It’s almost like liquid bread.
Normally 6% ABV from what I understand, but only the 5% version is available in my area.

I’m starting to wonder if the 40oz is watered down compared to cans

@Goku Black
I drink those all the time they’re 8.1 where I live.

Founders Porter is so good. It’s my go-to beer when I want something dark and rich.

Just had Kirin beer for the first time. Really nice, crisp, tart and not hoppy

Oh man, I went to Alcholics Anonymous, and Narcotics Anonymous. Narcotics Anonymous is fucking crazy, a lot are unsavable, permanent dependence disorder (they depend on the drug or familiars for an excuse, to avoid facing the truth). Alcoholics Anonymous I can mostly relate to. I was not even thinking about alcohol, but AA made me want a drink more than anything.

I’m going to rewrite the twelve steps, so that it applies to life. Without using the word alchohol or god. Until then, if you have a problem, go to AA if you have to. They only use the word alcohol once, and the word god a couple of times, replace ‘god’ with ‘prosocial intention’.

You only need three steps. Self Honesty, Responsibility, and Science. Fuck all that religion shit, gods real, but putting words in gods mouth isn’t real.

It’s easy to say you have a substance problem. It’s hard to say you have a behavioral problem.

It’s easy to say “the alcohol has made me helpless”. It’s hard to say “a flaw in my personality has made me helpless”

I hate AA, and NA. I smile and listen, because everyone is trying their best. But I don’t raise my hand, because nobody is ready for, or capable of handling that.

I don’t care if I get banned, my life is over, I’ll save as many people as i can on my way out.

I’m drinking right now. It’s not about abstinence, it’s about reducing risk. My risk are low, my life is already worth nothing, a small amount couldn’t make anything worst. I had to hit rock bottom to figure this out, you guys can slow down or stop before you hit rock bottom.

I’m virtue signalling about my own issues. Some people are fine with a just a drink a day. If alcohol is not causing you great harm, than never mind me.

I’ve been drinking this stuff lately, but only because 750 mL of it only costs around $10, even at those government-run liquor stores in Utah.

@Goku Black
Looks great.

@Lord WyrmSpawN
It even tastes a little sweeter than Jim Beam Apple, my old go-to flavored whiiskey.

Hot buttered rum is a cold weather classic and simple to make. Here’s how I do it:

Pour hot tap water into a mug to preheat it.
Boil 4 oz water.
Pour out the tap water.
Mix the 4 oz boiling water with 1 teaspoon brown sugar in the mug until the sugar dissolves.
Add 2 oz dark rum. I use Goslings Black Seal but another dark rum like Plantation Original Dark or Kraken is fine too.
Top with about a tablespoon of softened butter and dust with nutmeg.

Here’s my potentially biased verdict regarding the Proper Twelve Irish Whiskey.

It sucks as much as it’s owner sucks in the Octagon.

@Khamzat Chimaev
I think anyone willing to fight and damage their body for entertainment is cool, I don’t care if they get their ass kicked. somebodies got to lose.

To hell with 40oz they are watering this stuff down, I’m going with tall cans.

I just had a Pabst Blue Ribbon for the first time in nearly a decade. I don’t understand the hate for this particular beer. Yes, it’s cheap; but it also has the kind of flavor I like in a beer (not too bitter and not too sweet.) And it goes down very smoothly.

Grocery store sells merlot for 3$. That’s what I drink.

Also Miller highline. Or Rolling Rock. Nothing fancy.

@Beth
Not a big wine drinker, but the cheapest wine I’ve seen was some champagne for about $10 a bottle at the liquor store. Check one of my earlier posts on this thread for what brand it was.

@Beth
So are you alive and okay now?

@Dex Stewart
Yeah I think so.

I should chill on the coffee and alcohol to be safe, but that’s not what did me in.

I’ll have a little merlot and highlife, or one good steel after i settle down, just not slam it like a careless jerk… with some other shit being out of the picture.

Little prebiotic grape juice for now. Has trace alcohol, under 1%

I don’t agree with complete abstinence, that’s just beaurocricy to look like a problem is being fixed and single out poor people. Also blaming the Alcohol entirely let’s genuine horrible people go free on their way.

It’s about your behavior, intentions and ego that makes addiction.

I like the smoky taste in Johnnie Walker Black Label and thought I’d try an Isley scotch which are famous for their smokiness. The internet said Talisker 10 year old is a good introduction to peated scotch, so I picked up a bottle. This is a very interesting whisky. It smells like smoke and there’s an almost iodine scent that reminds me of the sea. The taste is first sweet, then gentle smoke and brine followed by a long, warm finish.

Probably an acquired taste for most people, but I kind of like it.

I’ve been drinking Shiner Bock, it is a dark lager with a smooth texture to it.

After I got off probo last July I hit the bottle kind of hard… making up for lost time it seems and by September my kidneys began to ache. So I realized that I had to ease up again. Mary Jane has helped me cut back quite a bit but I do still like to enjoy beer or wine with a meal. A friend who’s been visiting recently has been bringing over Modelo Dark.

The thought of vodka or whiskey or gin makes me ill anymore but recently I bought some of that 94 proof Kraken black spiced rum and I occasionally pop a shot before bed. Better than your average rum but the vanilla is almost too much. Needed surgical scissors to separate the cap from the wrapping as they are both made out of a considerably thick sheet of aluminum and the twist-off perforations were not effective.

I always had some problems with alcohol. Most types of wine and beer taste too bitter to me, so mostly I only drank cocktails. Vodka mixed with lemonade and pineapple juice for example.
Through coincidence I came across Mead, honey wine. My father and my brother always said “You won’t like that, that’s WAY too sweet”, but then I tasted it and I liked it very much!
My personal favorite kind of mead is mixed with cherry juice, which makes it a little more sweeter and also makes it have less alcohol than normal.

@Mori
I’ve always wanted to try mead. Finally got the chance the last I was in Miami. Some stuff called Viking Blod. It was different, not what I expected, but I’m certainly willing to try more.