There's some meaderies in the area. I had one that a friend shared. It wasn't bad never sought it out.Flex wrote: ↑01 Oct 2022, 7:14pmI don't think I'd ever actively seek it out, but it's fun enough. Definitely huge in the ren fair/d&d scenes.matedog wrote: ↑01 Oct 2022, 7:11pmBeer nerds have gotten into mead real hard. I’ve learned to enjoy it, particularly the fruited stuff, but I don’t actively seek it out.
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If I were served it, I’d drink it,* but I’m not in a hurry to seek it out.Flex wrote: ↑01 Oct 2022, 8:09pmYeah, that was my pre-being meadery adjacent experience and it was shocking how good the mead actually was. Given your predilection for wine, I think you'd like some good dry meads.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑01 Oct 2022, 8:03pmI've had it once—a student gave the Boss a bottle and I discovered it in a cabinet. Ridiculously sweet and viscous. Like an alcohol syrup. I'd have a hard time being persuaded to try some again.
* Deep down, we never outgrow being teenagers. Someone presents me with booze? Of course I’ll drink it, it’s free!
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So we're all agreed: we won't pour free booze down the drain.
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Does Budweiser or Coors count as booze?
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No, Im not sure they qualify as beer. Ive definitely poured that shit out.
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I remember a sign in an American national historic park that said, "No alcohol allowed, including beer." I interpreted it to mean Bud and that shit that only technically counts as alcohol.
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Um, holy fudge?
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Just can't compute those figures. 10 drinks a day is roughly the equivalent of a bottle of vodka, whisky, gin etc, right? I know there are folk who drink more than that, but 10% of the population? That's eye-popping if true. Even in my hardest drinking years, i wouldn't have lived a month on that regime.
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The definition of a drink must be very small. I remember in a history class, being told that Voltaire drank, like, 50 cups of coffee a day, which made everyone gasp. But then we found out they were tiny, tiny cups. It was still a lot of coffee but it wasn't a conveyor belt of the stuff.Low Down Low wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:20amJust can't compute those figures. 10 drinks a day is roughly the equivalent of a bottle of vodka, whisky, gin etc, right? I know there are folk who drink more than that, but 10% of the population? That's eye-popping if true. Even in my hardest drinking years, i wouldn't have lived a month on that regime.
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Yeah, I'm sure i miscounted there, i always used to drink doubles to save on bar trips! It's possibly not even half a bottle but still a fair amount. Then again, i know people who very casually knock back a bottle of wine a few days a week and think nothing of it. The red wine hangovers are the worst for me.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:26amThe definition of a drink must be very small. I remember in a history class, being told that Voltaire drank, like, 50 cups of coffee a day, which made everyone gasp. But then we found out they were tiny, tiny cups. It was still a lot of coffee but it wasn't a conveyor belt of the stuff.Low Down Low wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:20amJust can't compute those figures. 10 drinks a day is roughly the equivalent of a bottle of vodka, whisky, gin etc, right? I know there are folk who drink more than that, but 10% of the population? That's eye-popping if true. Even in my hardest drinking years, i wouldn't have lived a month on that regime.
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Typically a drink is referred to as a shot, a beer, or a glass of wine, all roughly the equivalent of one oz of alcohol.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:26amThe definition of a drink must be very small. I remember in a history class, being told that Voltaire drank, like, 50 cups of coffee a day, which made everyone gasp. But then we found out they were tiny, tiny cups. It was still a lot of coffee but it wasn't a conveyor belt of the stuff.Low Down Low wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:20amJust can't compute those figures. 10 drinks a day is roughly the equivalent of a bottle of vodka, whisky, gin etc, right? I know there are folk who drink more than that, but 10% of the population? That's eye-popping if true. Even in my hardest drinking years, i wouldn't have lived a month on that regime.
10/day is crazy. Th resulting hangover would lead me to not drink again for at least a week.
Although if you start early enough and pace yourself 10/day is doable I imagine.
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I do a couple glasses of red wine every evening (I make my own else I couldn't afford to do that). Never enough to get drunk, but enough to calm the self-loathing a little.Low Down Low wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:32amYeah, I'm sure i miscounted there, i always used to drink doubles to save on bar trips! It's possibly not even half a bottle but still a fair amount. Then again, i know people who very casually knock back a bottle of wine a few days a week and think nothing of it. The red wine hangovers are the worst for me.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:26amThe definition of a drink must be very small. I remember in a history class, being told that Voltaire drank, like, 50 cups of coffee a day, which made everyone gasp. But then we found out they were tiny, tiny cups. It was still a lot of coffee but it wasn't a conveyor belt of the stuff.Low Down Low wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:20amJust can't compute those figures. 10 drinks a day is roughly the equivalent of a bottle of vodka, whisky, gin etc, right? I know there are folk who drink more than that, but 10% of the population? That's eye-popping if true. Even in my hardest drinking years, i wouldn't have lived a month on that regime.
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Roughly a drink every hour and a half from when you get up to go to bed. Doable for a while, I guess, but, damn, that's a young man's liver's game.
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Yeah scientifically possible but also doing that every day? Better switch to the cheap stuff too as that getting costly.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:43amRoughly a drink every hour and a half from when you get up to go to bed. Doable for a while, I guess, but, damn, that's a young man's liver's game.
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There's going to be a lot of shitty beer in there, the kind that would have Hoy gasping and fainting at the barbarity.revbob wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:58amYeah scientifically possible but also doing that every day? Better switch to the cheap stuff too as that getting costly.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 7:43amRoughly a drink every hour and a half from when you get up to go to bed. Doable for a while, I guess, but, damn, that's a young man's liver's game.
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