Chezchvar: Or why Frank can even post here?

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:23 am

If anything remotely close to the Chezchvar is available to you Frank, I can't believe that you're not a stone dead drunk.

I'm not a heavy beer drinker, but that stuff is bottled, liquid, gold. I regret that only half the bottles and cans that I bought were Chezchvar, and that I hadn't -only- bought Chezchvar.

Also, what other kind of beers do other Denner's like; heck, drinks in general.

I'm not too impartial to hard liquor, but it has to be something that I can drink straight (served ice cold) before I'll consider mixing it with something else.

I'm also fond of wine. I like wine a lot, each bottle is a new variation on something that I've tried before, some suck, some are good. You could say that I'm a Wine-O.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:42 am

I'm a big gin fan - Bombay sapphire or Tanqueray or the easy ones or a simple mccormick for the cheap.

beer: I'll try anything. I love my beer. I'll drink one beer and then go onto the next variety. Shiner is my fave although it's hard to find in north east america. :-(. Prince ALbert Lager from South Africa is another awesome hard to find beer. Asahi black or Asahi dry is kick ass (japan). Did I mention I like imports? Actually a pabst blue is good on a hot day.

Wine: Riesling is definitely the best wine out there. You have to make sure that you get ones made in germany and not some stupid grown in california or soho variant. My wife's uncle owns a vineyard in just off Dallas called Rising star and they make pretty decent wine. Yes, that is an indecent whoring of private parts. You may edit that out if you want or ask me to as well.
Oh, other wines, Pinot Grigios and noirs are other good wines. Asti SPumante is a definite favorite for it's fruity taste.

Other liquors -- Not Everclear - Not Everclear - Not Everclear. Not a big tequila or vodka fan. Rum - Bacardi or Captain Morgan.

I don't really mind what is called the bitch drinks such as smirnoff lemonades or whatevers. theyare tasty.

it's sad, i haven't had a drink in quite a while though. almost 6 months. oh wellz. i'll live.

Heath Robinson · Post by **Heath Robinson** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:51 am

I take offence! You've failed to mention Ale, and distinguish between Beer and Lager. You also mix Spirits? Philistine. You drink your spirits cold? You make me sick!

I drink:

Single Malt Scotch
Wychwood Ale
Grolsch (I basically grew into drinking on this stuff)
Local Ales
Carlsberg
Blended Scotch

I admit that when it comes to wine I drink whatever is in front of me. I can't help it - I have no pallete for wine.

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:26 am

I do not -drink- them cold. I serve them cold.

And some liquor us not meant to be very good, and is meant to be mixed. Jack Daniel's for instance. It's good, but it's not "drink on it's own only" good.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:34 am

mm, i forgot about mead. i can never find GOOD mead. there's shiite mead and GOOD mead. if you can find a good honey mead, you will be in manna heaven.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:22 am

I don't drink any more, but I used to enjoy the occasional mixed girly drink, honey vodka, and experimenting with mixing cocktails. Kamikazes were nice, though I can't remember what they contained. Also the Golden Meteor Shower (mixes a few clears and... a honey-based one, as well as some slug shot) and the Swinging Ballsack (one measure of gin, two of gin, one gin, a shot of gin, then top it of with gin).

Oh, and I once made a cocktail that was apparently delicious... and left the imbiber sick (as in, unable to work) for an entire week. Although he DID have three of them... when already way over the limit. I called it the Red Hare, as it was red in colour and carried the power to kill an army (the historical Red Hare being the mount that carried first Lu Bu, then Guan Yu).

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:13 am

In Czech Republic it is called "Budvar" or "Budweiser." Yes, really. Budweis is a city in Czechia, and they've been using the name for a very very long time. The American Budweiser is actually called that because it was the 19th century and central europe didn't have enforceable trademarks in the United States. True story.

But yeah, that stuff is available in bottles at the grocery store or in bars from a tap. It generally costs about 2 dollars to get a cold half liter poured for you in bar. More like a dollar twenty five if you just buy the bottle at the store. To be honest, I usually don't drink that expensive stuff like Budvar or Pilsner Urquell, and end up drinking Staropramen, Kozel, or Krusovice. Because frankly, when they cost about 10 crowns less per half liter, you can drink one third more on the same budget. And there really is a difference between getting four liters of beer and only three liters of beer.

-Username17

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:20 am

I was just going to point out:

FrankTrollman wrote:It generally costs about 2 dollars to get a cold half liter poured for you in bar.

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To be honest, I usually don't drink that expensive stuff like Budvar

I mean, $2USD is what, $3.50 in AUD? That might get you half a litre of cold coca cola. Just saying. But then I saw:

And there really is a difference between getting four liters of beer and only three liters of beer.

And I lol'd

Fuchs · Post by **Fuchs** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:25 am

Water.
Milk.
Tea.
Coke Zero.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:53 am

What I miss is beer-style mead. Alas, that was good.

But then again, on the few times I'm in a bar, I like to partake in strange malt-based beverages like Tequiza.

-Crissa

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:17 am

I'm not too big on beer, really. Only one I've tolerated so far is Molson Canadian. Wasn't a fan of Budweiser.

My favourite liquor would have to be Brugal rum, from the Dominican Republic. Drinks real smooth, and has a good taste. My family and I get the middle of the road stuff on vacation (Old, not Extra Old), smuggling as much as possible home.

Not too big on Captain Morgan. Don't care much for Bacardi, either. Need to expand my rum sampling, clearly.

I'd like to try mead someday, and sample more beers. Gotta be some I like, right? Booze is too damn expensive to drink in large quantities.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:29 pm

Budweiser US is shit. Budwar Czechia ia made out of delicious. They aren't even remotely similar. Budweiser only exists because you can get a 12 oz. can of it for 25 cents. It's competing with Pabst Blue Ribbon, and even in that context I don't understand how it stays in business.

Now currently I just drank half a liter of rum and another half a liter of vermouth, so I'm mildly buzzed. We drank Latin Manhattans until we ran out of Rum, and then we drank vermouth straight. There is definitely more booze in my future tonight. See, I passed my last exam. Hang passed Čech, and all my other exam beforehand, I can now now go back to the US on Sunday and not get shot or arrested. It's awesome. Here was my master sentence:

"Česká Republika je kafkovský přízrak."

I stand by the sentiment. Czech Republic is an illegitimate nation, and I look forward to the time that the map is redrawn and Česká Republika ceases to exist. But in the meantime, I'm going to the opera and possibly the no-cover strip club next to my house or the club where they shot Blade. I haven't decided yet.

Booze in either place is basically unacceptably priced. Nearly two dollars for a pilsner is like ten flavors of bullshit. For that price, a beer should make me fly. As is, all it lets me do is watch beautiful naked women.

-Username17

mean_liar · Post by **mean_liar** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:36 pm

Lion Stout
Moo Thunder
LongTrail Double Bag

most Imperial Stouts, actually. TenFidy is fucking shit though.

It's pretty much all boutique beer for me ever since graduating to yuppiedom.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:00 pm

Kamikazes

two versions - I've had - sake/plum wine with soy sauce which is interesting but you learn to like it.

or Beer (usually Sapporo or some Japanese import, yeah can't be more degrading) or some other liquor in a big steel glass with a ram of red bull down in it and then you drink it down.

I'm not much it into the second version. I don't like to chug my drinks and I don't like I don't like the whole degradation part.

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Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:19 pm

The kamikazes I made didn't involve Japanese alcohol, and I think they were green. Yeah, no idea.

Anyway: Congratulations, Frank! What realm of doctorhood are you geared for, surgeon, GP, some crazy specialist? Do not say diagnostics in Princeton-Plains.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:06 pm

If Nippon booze isn't involved, it's not a Kamikaze. That would be like making an Irish Car Bomb without Guinness.

-Username17

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:08 pm

My current favorite beer is Dos Equis. I used to like whiskey, but I got alcohol poisoning off that crap enough that I start vomiting violently the second it hits my stomach ("Oh no, you're not doing THIS to me again!"). When I drank whiskey, I was a fan of Bushmill. Jack tastes like charcoal to me and gives me heartburn.

Now, I stick mostly with tequila and vodka.

I used to drink Jager, but that shit makes me crazy.

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:11 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:If Nippon booze isn't involved, it's not a Kamikaze. That would be like making an Irish Car Bomb without Guinness.

-Username17

I was at a concert and asked for an irish car bomb. They were out of Guinness and Jameson, so they subbed Black and Tan and Southern comfort. Never had I had a more painful experience getting drunk.

I switched to Red Deaths the rest of the night.

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:12 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:Budweiser US is shit. Budwar Czechia ia made out of delicious.

I disagree partly with the first statement, and completely agree with the second.

I'd rather drink plain Budweiser than Alexander Kieth's India Pale ale (AKIPA does not sit well with me at all).

However Budwar//Czechvar is probably the best beer that I've ever tasted.

It has a great flavour, is not overly strong in any one direction, it is easy to drink, and it has no aftertaste at all. It's gold in a bottle, and I'll tell that to anyone.

There aren't many czech beers around here, but I'll see what I can find. Czechvar goes for 2.25 a bottle at the last LCBO (Liquior Control Board of Ontario) store that I went to. Also, Canada has ridiculous taxes on alcohol.

I went to Argentina and was able to buy 1 litre bottles of beer for about ..... oh lord, like 1.50$ CDN; 2.50 with the deposit (3 pesos for the beer, 2 for the bottle); and this was for stuff like Stella Artois and Heineken. Getting anything remotely at all made in the Czech republic is impossible, but you can get bottles and bottles of premium beer (and when I say bottles I'm talking about one litre sized bottle) for dirt cheap.

Whatever you do, never buy Quillmes, I was warned to never touch the stuff b/c of the preservatives giving killer hangovers, while to drink the premium stuff and be happy. My brother, sister and I polished off many bottles in two weeks, the stuff that we drank was Quillmes Stout (a premium beer, so it's fine for drinking); Stella Artois, Heineken and Corona.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:59 pm

Count_Arioch_the_28th wrote:but I got alcohol poisoning off that crap enough that I start vomiting violently the second it hits my stomach ("Oh no, you're not doing THIS to me again!").

The first few times I got drunk, my body quickly figured something out and did something similar: even now, I can't drink neat vodka (although I suppose if it was the magical Russian good-quality kind that doesn't taste like Smirnoff it might fool my body), as my throat sort of closes up and tries to make me cough it all back up. But I can do rocket fuel or screwdrivers just fine.

But as I said, I don't drink any more. And that's pretty much just out of "most of them I dislike the taste, and I can't be bothered", not any "after that night, I swore I would never drink again" incidents. Things I did drunk, I only regretted not doing when sober.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:08 pm

Koumei wrote:The kamikazes I made didn't involve Japanese alcohol, and I think they were green. Yeah, no idea.

Hmm...

I'm guessing Gin/Vodka + Grand Marnier + Mountain Dew for the color.

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Jager's okay. I'm more into Goldschlager.

Cutty Sark for my scotch.

Tshern · Post by **Tshern** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:14 pm

I'll try all beers I can get my hands on. Current favourite is from Scotland, Belhaven's Twisted Thistle.

Whiskey in all forms is my second favourite from alcholic drinks.

I hate Campari and tequila (I still drink it once when I go to a club, it's a rite), but pretty much everything else goes.

mean_liar · Post by **mean_liar** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:20 pm

A_Cynic wrote:Cutty Sark for my scotch.

Jesus, man, get a job and stop drinking paint thinner.

The MacAllen, 12 years or older.

mean_liar · Post by **mean_liar** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:21 pm

Also if you ever have the chance for just a glass of Louis XIII, please do yourself a favor and have it. Take your time with it and I even suggest having a glass of water handy to cleanse your palate after every sip.

It is the most amazing thing I've ever had and totally worth its exorbitant cost.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:23 pm

so far I haven't developed much of a taste for beer(-type drinks), but then I've only tried Corona, Arrogant Bastard Ale, Michelob's Pumpkin Ale, and Guinness. Actually, that's not true, tried one called Kilt Lifter, which I liked, but that's far from an easily obtainable brand and I don't want to have to do all my booze shopping at Pier One or Bevmo...

(though my bevmo card is getting sad and lonely in my wallet...)

As for other stuff... I like the harder drinks, rum, vodka, and so on. When I go to the club around here, I get one or two rum and cokes, mostly because they're almost a third the price of a Jack and Coke... ($2.50 vrs. $7.50), usually at home I drink the flavoured smirnoff or bicardi stuff.

I really dislike most wine, I've only ever liked this peach flavoured white my ex's parents gave us.