Choose a lighter vermouth like Dolin.

If you’re going by strict cocktail orthodoxy, a Boulevardier should be two parts bourbon, to one part each sweet vermouth and Campari. On the Negroni Family Tree, the rye drink is the Old Pal (1-1-1 Rye, Campari, Dry Vermouth), but Rye Boulevardiers are excellent, so screw orthodoxy (and the...

I got sent a 100ml sample in my last corporate job. Stashed it in the desk and forgot about it. Was a very welcome surprise when I was cleaning it out after the COVID layoff.

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Dewars and soda, in a tall glass, packed with ice, and a lemon twist is a damn near perfect sweltering hot day drink. That is a hill I will die on.

Careful! Kitty might take a journey.

I really admire their approach. From the start, they never wanted to move beyond Texas, and despite some quite substantial offers from outside sources to expand distribution, they’ve stuck to that for damn near 30 years.

You should check out Wine For the People next time you’re in Fredericksburg and cruise over to Blanco to visit Real Ale, one of the OG Texas craft brewers (just celebrated 28 years) with a (relatively) recent micro-distillery on-site (full disclosure, I consider Rae the winemaker at the Winery...

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Do y’all have a bonded warehouse in Bend? Be curious to know more about that, it’s such a weird, anachronism of a law, but often responsible for my favorite expressions of any American whiskey distillery, maybe because 50% is actually a real sweet spot or the one distiller/single distillery/one...

Whenever I’m in Virginia or North Carolina, I seek out the nearest Biscuitville. Best fast food breakfast on this green and blue orb of ours.

I’ve worked in more than one US office with beer stocked fridges. Granted, I work with beverage alcohol, but at least one of those offices was a law firm. My last job had beer on tap in the break room.

Not exactly. It records the tracks at 1-1 speed in the new file format; it’s the streaming equivalent of taping a song off the radio on a boombox.

I got to see them play this in La Grange at the Fayette County Fair in 2015. Wasn’t near loud enough, but first and only time it’s happened!

Replaced the iPhone 8 I used as a dedicated Apple Music streamer with an iPad Mini today. Does nothing for the sound, but sure is easier to see…

Cur-vil.

This is the way.

There’s a gas station outside of Lake Charles I would drive to just for the Boudin.

“Chili” is actually a preparation, sauce or ingredient depending on where you’re at and it need not (and usually doesn’t) contain beans. I’m (mostly) busting balls about the beans, but Texas Red is VERY much a Texas dish (which of course, makes it Mexican, if you go back far enough), and...

BEANS?!?!?!

So you were the one who bought the Pono…

Son Volt recently put out a Doug Sahm tribute record. Jay Farrar was friends with Sahm and the record opens and closes with two voicemails Sahm left for Farrar. Great record.

The algorithm served this up while I was driving today and man is it glorious in 2.1 channel through MMB2.

And when you get closer to La Grange, the Czech and German influences have combined into some occasionally wonderful things.