/ck/ - Food & Cooking

For me, it's Ginraw, infused with black cardamom.

>>13865768
Roku gin? More like koku jin
I'll leave

I'm pretty sure I've got alcoholic hepatitis, I've had a low grade fever for months and my kidneys are always sore. I've also got stretch marks on the side of my stomach where my liver is, so I'm pretty sure I'll be dead in a few years.

BARRY BROS AND RUDD

MONKEY 47

HENDRICKS


BOTANICAL


OKAY NOW ALL GOOD GIN HAS BEEN SAID YOU CAN FUCK OFF GIN FAGS

>nip gin
What in the FUCK

>>13865998
>Hendricks

Is there a better sub 10 shekel vodka than this bad boy?

>>13865980
how do you feel about that?

>>13866098
Feels bad man

>>13865998
>he hasn't had Ki no Bi, the nectar of the literal gods
Nikka Coffey is also great

For me, it's the Negroni - retard proof and delicious

>>13865768
What kind of vodka do you guys like? I need to try new things. Expand my horizons. Variety is the spice of life as they say. But mostly because the liquor store guy asked if I was getting the usual, and for some reason I felt offended and predictable.

>stop drinking for an entire day
>hands stop shaking
what the hell

>>13866539
Gin.

>>13866539
Vodka used to give me bad headaches, my mom drinks it every day usually Svedka or Pinnacle whatever is on sale that week. Personally I can't taste the difference between a 5 dollar bottle or a 100+ one.

>>13866608
>Personally I can't taste the difference between a 5 dollar bottle or a 100+ one.
Congratulations, you've cracked the code of liquor: there is no difference. Spending over 20$ on literal poison is retarded.

>>13866620
Vodka only, every other spirit I have tried was wildly different depending on brand.

>>13865998
>no Gordons
ngmi

>>13866539
Parliament is good

>>13865914
based

Wait these are a thing again?
>>13865768
That looks tasty. I've got a 30 pack of Hamm's downstairs. Luckily distributors aren't closed here. Trying to cut back a bit but also if it's the apocalypse I'd rather be a bit loaded.

I honestly don't get the G&T hype. I prefer Tom Collins, Martinis, Gimlets, Negronis all to it.

>>13866839
Gimlets are the worse gin drink.

>>13866539
Beluga Noble and Reyka

>>13866297
I have some nikka

But whiskey isnt gin retard

>>13866906
Not sure if trolling

>>13866222
And you wouldn't do it any different. I'm drinking spiced rum and a slurpee if it makes you feel better. I think I'm going to barf up my pancreas.

>>13865980
>pretty sure I'll be dead in a few years
if you keep it up, yeah. you ever consider giving it a break? had that scare a month ago, results came back alright, but tapered the fuck down, and now on a cleansing cycle...I miss malt liquor

>>13865768
>Bars closed
>Cant drink at home because im supposed to not be drinking and gf wouldnt like it
Im fucking dying here

>>13866839

Martinis with a twist or olives?

>>13866970
just get her drunk. she wont notice that youre drinking.

>>13866974
Lemon twist of course.

>>13866539
Any vodka that is made from potatoes, rye, or wheat. Any other grain, especially corn, will give you a massive hangover.

Go for potato vodka if you can.

>>13866558
Just wait a little longer

>>13865768
>hennessy was the only liquor I had in my house last night and was forced to drink it
yuck can't wait to get more rum

>>13866539
Kirkland brand vodka is pretty good for the price

>>13866982

I like the salt that comes from olives though. And I snack when I drink. Three olives on a stick are a perfect snack to go with the alcohol.

Alck femanon here who used to drink 1/5 of 1.75liters a day. I’m dabbling in early sobriety. Give me tips pls.

>>13867026
You will never pass

>>13867026

What kind of drunk are you? Do you have any interesting stories of slutty things you did while drunk?

>>13867049

I’ve banged guys twice my age

>>13867049
And I’m an affectionate drunk.

>>13866398
does it matter what gin or vermouth you use?

>>13867079
Yes, very much so.

>>13867079
Sweet vermouth. The kind you settle on for yourself depends on your palate and preferences.

Normally, it's made with a London dry - I like Beefeater personally.

>>13867072
>tfw I'll never bang some utterly wasted alcoholic chick

>>13866970

>>13867206
It's ok anon. I'm well beyond that point. My libido has dropped to where it's newsworthy if I like somebody. And I'm probably too wasted to do anything about it anyway.

>>13867079

Noily prat is the best vermouth

Roku is the bomb. So is Nikka's gin. I like Roku more though.

I would kill someone to get my hands on a bottle of Taketsuru right now.

>>13867206
Am I a waifu?

tfw got sober almost 2 years ago

>>13867401
Not to me. I'm not pathetic enough to waifu some random anon that claims to be a female.

I just want to have sex desu

>>13866992
still not shaking ive been up since like 10 am

>>13866839
Work outdoors for a summer and you'll understand.
Nothing on Earth is as refreshing as a crisp G&T.

>>13865768
Bought some of this along with some shochu the other night. Easily one of my favorites. Good price around here. Nikka is good if you got the money to step above.

>>13865980
Try a few months dude, you'll be in agony. Get help.

>>13865768
My dad sends me a message:

>have a margarita

> but just one
Wtfffffff??????

>>13866012
absolutely not worth the money over hendricks, i just wish you could see in the hendricks bottle.

i'm pretty much having a panic attack every day now after drinking 4 days out of the week. i think starting tomorrow(i won't drink on a friday since i work on saturday) i will not drink for a long time and try to repair my liver and try and go to therapy. nt anxiety is just getting worse and worse and making me even more mentally unstable. before, i was just depressed, and now i can barely function most of the day. i keep thinking my liver is failing because i have anxiety poops and i'm just stupid and can't rationalize things like a normal human being. i want this to stop, i don't want to drink anymore.

>>13866839
Try it with lemon juice instead of lime. Complete game changer if you don't like G&Ts.

>>13866839
Gin and juice (grapefruit) was my go to when I still drank gin. Then again I only bought bottom barrel shit.

>>13867785
My anxiety is bad when I sleep, I have taken 2 days without drinking this past 2 weeks and slept maybe 4 hours each night with constant waking in between. Either I sleep all night and wake feeling like shit, or I don't sleep and wake feeling like shit. Maybe I can try sleep aid but then I'm just fucking my liver with something else and then wake up groggy.

>>13867966
i think it's best for us to just quit alcohol entirely

>>13867999
Checked and I agree, I'm going to cut it to occasional after I move in with GF, just isn't feasible right now.

>>13866539

>Vodka
>Variety is the spice of life

Pick one

i'm gettin drunk after two days sober bros
god damn i'm feeling good
how we doin tonight gentlemen

>>13868473
does it count as 2 days if its been since tuesday night

asking for a friend (me)

>>13868561
yes it does
i know because thats the same as me

>>13865768

I tried it, didn't like it. I'll stick with Toki and Hibiki.

I can’t drink fucking anything without getting a headache. Had 3oz of 40% liquor three hours ago and my head hurts and I feel shitty. This sucks, I like alcohol.

>>13868672
that happens to me to. ive had to leave alcohol behind. ive since moved on to other healthy hobbies, like smoking unfiltered cigarettes.

>>13868672
drink water my dude, had the same problem, was chronically dehydrated

>>13865768
hmm
>>13865998
hmmmmm
I've got an Ungava Bay / Martini Rosso martini happening right now, shaken with half a lemon, garnished with a twist. It's no Vesper, but it'll do when I want to stay awake to write music, but need to take the edge off before my arrangements give my drummer a heart attack.

>>13866398
And even if you grab the wrong bottle you’ve probably still made something great.

>>13866539
Honestly, dollar for dollar - Tito's. The slight sweetness doesn't belong, but it works well every way but straight.

>>13867438
I usually associate them with winter - Christmas specifically.

>>13866539
Good deal for the price

>>13866539
for me its this affordable polish potato vodka

Hey /alch/, let's just say theoretically, hypothetically, I bought a few empty Blue Label bottles for $5, what whiskey or blend of whiskies would taste the most like genuine Blue Label so that someone paying $100 for one of these refilled bottles couldn't tell the difference?

>>13866539
got this as a gift once and thought it was memeshit, boy was i wrong. this shit is smooth as water and almost has a sugary sweetness if you drink it straight. insanely good vodka and a 5th is only $18 where im at.

>>13869035
Probably the tier below Blue. I think that's Platinum, but I don't know what you'd have to sell it for to make money. Maybe Gold. I wouldn't sell it to anyone who's actually drinks JW, otherwise they'll know. And don't sell it to someone you know, too close, or can easily contact you. Though I don't support this idea and you shouldn't have wasted your five.

>>13867825
I never added any juice. Just gin, tonic and ice.

>>13868744
>shaken
Oh no, it's retarded.

>>13865768
lemme get a hafapintobawtonjen

>>13869035
I've heard Double Black and Sheep's Dip compared to Blue Label taste wise before.

>>13865768
>>13865914
got eem, I'm chugging malt liquor

>>13868763
>associating a drink invented in British India as a malaria treatment with winter and Christmas

why

>>13869333
I wanted the lemon in there with a bit of cold water to help bind the gin to the rosso. If I wanted to drink warm gin, I'd have skipped the shaker and the glass and chugged it straight from the bottle.

>>13870046
Because I don't have shit on my hands or parasites in my blood, but I do have pine trees growing on my property. Sitting in a hot tub with a glass full of effervescent christmas tree, surrounded by snow and pine is very wintery to me.

>>13870077
Aight but you understand of course that "winter drink" means hot mulled wine and eggnog and so on and your association of a summer drink with winter is both bizarre and abnormal.

>>13870087
I'm Finno-Canadian. I AM both bizarre and abnormal (which are closely related concepts, borderline synonyms).

>>13870099
If you're Canadian then you should be drinking Caribou

>>13867206
You can annon, just walk around fast food joints outside of popular bars at night

>>13868016
I just moved in with my gf and now I store a hidden handle on the tool cabinet. Every time I get groceries I also buy more liquor.

boozebag here: you have to be a real dense retard to keep drinking during these times. keep your immune system up, drink less, get better sleep, go outside more, eat better.

It's insane how many people are drinking more right now.

>>13870099
>I AM both bizarre and abnormal
You probably aren't as special as you seem to think. Ten canadian goose dollars that you're very boring to be around and have no actual hobbies.

>>13870154
People are in anxiety overdriveand stuck at home not working. We could all be living through societal collapse within a few months so people are squeezing what they can from things while they still exist. I can sit at my computer 15 hours a day no problem and even I'm starting to get a bit stircrazy. I'm drinking more but also sleeping 10-12 hours a night while shoveling down more veg in a week than I do in a month. Probably cut back a bit when I go back to work Monday.

>>13870173
I understand why people are drinking, I'm saying that it's the opposite of what we should be doing right now. Also unless you literally live in a hive city, you can probably go outside. Don't sit at the computer 15 hours a day. Go take a hike, walk around the neighborhood, go pick some mushrooms, go fishing, take a jog. Get some fresh air even if it's only for 20-30 minutes a day.

You'll be alright.

source: former daily drinker

Anyone here tried Mount Gay? It's on sale in my local supermarket for pretty cheap and I'm curious

>>13867785
i get like this too. I'll quit for a few weeks, sometimes even months. but then I get bored or something stressful happens and I'm right back where I was, chain-smoking and slamming peebers till I pass out

>>13868672
yeah I feel you. liquor kills me now. I have to stick to light beers

>>13870184
oh look an actual adult on this board.

>>13870184
yeah it's really important to stick to your normal routines as much as possible. Ive tried to stick to only drinking on the weekends, just like I would if I weren't working from home. I still wake up at the same time, still get dressed, eat my meals at the usual times. its the only reason I haven't completely lost it

>>13865768
loving this

>>13868753
2nd for titos

>>13870184
>pick some mushrooms
Not sure I'm trying trip balls at a delicate time like this.

>>13870350
Porcinis/boletes are pretty common in a lot of parts of the world and are fairly easy to identify correctly. I've seen people posting morels around the US right now too.

Obviously don't eat anything if you don't know what the fuck you're doing, but it's a fun thing to do outdoors even if you don't find anything edible.

>>13870157
Toss over a purple sheet of plastic. I'm boring as all hell, and even I don't think I'm special, but between painting, composing/arrangement, instrument/equipment repair, and GOD FORBID, ACTUALLY COOKING, I haven't had too many dull moments or poverty weeks during this lockdown.

What's a good amaretto other than Disaronno? All I ever find in Lidl or B&M are home brand stuff. No one ever seems to do 'high end' or anything.

Or is there no such thing?

About to bust this open and try it for the first time. I can see my night going either very well or very, very badly.

>>13869106
>Reyka
My melanin-enriched individual. Reyka is my go to when I can't get Belvedere. Both are also $18 where I'm at.

>>13866608
Did your alcky mum drink while pregnant? I'm just curious.

>>13865768
Who else jaundice from liver damage

Just me?

Im gonna die and I keep drinking in fact im also due to go to jail over my drinking in like a week

>>13871545
based

>>13869106
this stuff is really good. im surprised they havent jacked up the price desu.

>>13871545
how much do you drink a day?

for me its gordons pink gin in quarantine times

What's the best way to drink Gin? Other than with Tonic.

>>13871691
Neat
Dirty Martini*
Bramble
Negroni*

You'll need to splurge on good vermouths for these, otherwise they will be shitty.

>>13871691
for cheap and easy? san pellegrino flavored sparkling water, or just sparkling mineral water in general.

>>13871545
Too many DUIs or some other mischief?

>>13867072
How old were you?

I bought 5 handles of these 2 weeks ago and I'm already down to the last third of my last one.
Fine wine and Good spirits is closed FUCK

>>13870186
PPFFFFFT HAHAHAHHAHAHA

>>13871768
>not living in a state that declares liquor stores an essential business
pleb

>>13871768
Time for 30 racks of cheap beer.

Who else is /gin/ tonight?

>pic related with LaCroix because I don't have actual tonic water

>>13871768
>produced by sazerac in kentucky
interesting

>>13871978

>>13869106
where is this available in the states? sounds interesting

>>13871980
It's as bad as it looks.

>>13870186
It's unironically great, my Bajan friends swear by it. Probably one of the best Caribbean rums, better than Zaya or Myers for the same price

>>13872070
I usually get it at total wine

bros Im sober for whole week and I WANT to drink so bad

>>13872070
>>13872085
You can buy that literally anywhere.

It's not bad for a general blend, and for £10.99 a bottle it's fantastic.

>>13871274
You're not gonna find any high end stuff for a good price now that Italy's all to fuck, mate.

>>13872221
>£10.99
>40%
>70cl
Its basically acid isn't it?

>>13872303
Nah, it's about the same as Famous Grouse used to be before they ruined it. Ralfy gave it a positive review too (I tasted it before seeing his review).

>>13872221
Yeah this shit is good. My go to whiskey. Lidl genuinely make fantastic spirits and wines for the price.

>>13872327
Hmmm I remain skeptical as that price point even vodka is basically paint stripper but i'm not adverse to trying something new. Still whiskey and cheap are usually two things that don't mix (you can get some good vodka and rum for much cheaper than equiv whiskey).

>>13872342
>even vodka is basically paint stripper
Vodka is always paint stripper.

>>13872364
I disagree. I've had a couple good vodkas - Heavy Water remains a favourite - but once you drop below £15 a lot of spirits are either paint stripper or hydrochloric acid.

>>13872221
>>13872303
>>13872342
It's actually very very good for the price. If you can, pick up the 8 year. It's only a little bit more expensive and tastes better than a lot of £30-£40 bottles I've had. I have honestly no idea how they can sell such decent whiskey at such a ridiculously low price. If I lived near a Lidl I would have multiple bottles in my cabinet at all times

Thoughts on Highland Park 16 year?

>one dram in so far
>tastes far better than any Lagavulin

>>13872070
ive found it at almost every liquor store ive been to from texas to washington, so its at least on the west half of the country.

>>13865998
Tastelette

Really want to distill my own gin. I've been looking into what it takes to grow juniper berries and I think I'm gonna do it bros

>>13871747
23 or 24

>>13865998
>his enjoyment caps out at Hendricks
Tastelet.

>>13872973
Be careful not to poison yourself with those things. Too much juniper and you'll shit your guts out and have kidney failure, and even a little bit can make pregnant women miscarry.

>>13872453
pretty good, but those are different

>>13871978
>>13871982
>cutting your gin
Why even drink?
St. George is hard to pass up for me

>>13865768
What alcohol percentage does a mixed drink have to fall under to be considered a bitch drink?

>>13873168
It's not so much ABV as it is flavor profile. An appletini is the girliest shit on Earth and every single ingredient in it is about 30% alcohol

>>13871274
Luxardo makes a good amaretto if you're looking for something that isn't disaronno.
>>13872070
I've seen this in every liquor store i've been in for the past year, including walmart.

>>13872995
very true, guess I found out that Islay scotch isn't for me

>>13868959
I got the most evil hangover from that shit.

Got me blackout drunk though.

>>13873176
Based

>>13871291
Makes a pretty mean knickerbocker. If you're going in neat, add a bit of water imo

>>13873168
if you're measuring your drinks it's a bitch drink

>>13871715
I quite enjoy Negronis even with the cheap Martini Rosso.

>>13872418
I find this hard to believe. What 30-40 bottles is it better than? What does it taste like?

Hey, what's the best cheap-ish vodka to get? I tried Taaka and actually kinda like it, but I've heard shit like Smirnoff isn't that good

>>13873727
Absolut

>>13873727
it's all just ethanol water

>>13870157
As a Canadian, drinking is a hobby so fuck right off.

>>13873727
Honestly vodka taste like 90% the same, and if its cold none of them taste like anything; especially if you are mixing them into a cocktail. Buy whatever is the cheapest, not to be a dick but vodka is an odorless, flavourless liquid.

>>13873759
>>13873782
Gotcha, I heard expensive vodka was a meme anyway. I'll stick to Taaka then.

>>13871291
>art is anal rum

>>13866990
I really like Tito’s though, never noticed a worse hangover with corn made vodka

>>13865768
just drank this, although i haven't yet gotten used to the alcohol taste, the drink still has a very pleasant raspberry scent.

>>13874171
Are you a 15 year old girl. Location?

>>13874184
i am a 23 year old man. i simply like the taste of ciders and am interested in new ones that get sold in my local grocery. anyways, this is my favorite cider, it has an extremely pleasant red apple taste to it. sad that they aren't selling it any more but there are similar drinks from Happy Joe's, i have yet to taste them tho.

>>13874171
if you can get it, Old Rosie is a far superior cider from the same brewery

>>13874193
about to buy it with a few others.

>>13874186
Are you a big boy

>>13874211
somewhat.

>>13874204
what the cringe

>>13866398
>retard proof
I can't tell from the context... Does this mean that retards can't ruin it, or that it's so strong it'll make you retarded?

>>13872418
It's a blend so maybe they got the components cheaper than what they would have been sold as a single.

>>13865768

no alcohol is worth more than 30 bucks for 750ml. that's the ceiling on quality/price ratios. you can make a perfect liquor for 30 bucks a bottle. anything more than that is just for retarded suckers.

>>13874434
I'd say it goes up to 50~, personally. See Ki no Bi or Lag 16, no cheaper version can really be compared to them. Expensive is not necessarily better, but there are sometimes gonna be flavors you won't find in lower priced selection.

>>13873782
>vodka is an odorless, flavourless liquid
... take a strong whiff and then swig from the bottle. That is patently untrue. Ethanol has both an odour (of slightly sweet, flammable death), and a flavour (of poisonous, slightly sweet, flammable death). The more impurities/congeners you get, the more noticeable things like sweetness, burn, and solvent flavours become. There are allowable amounts of congener aldehydes, alcohols and esters (like formaldehyde, propanol and methyl-ethanoate) in any liquor. While they're discouraged in vodka, they do have a very low taste threshold, so you'll find that the cheap double-distilled, single filtered plastic jug might have a slight elmers-glue nose to it, and a slightly nutmeg/mace aftertaste on the burn. Things that the mid-shelf guys don't have. Goose and Belvedere aren't worth the price, but they're very clean. Tito's has a very slight bit of rum-like fruitiness to it (, but it's not unpleasant. Stolichnaya has some of of that with a bit more pentyl acetate - pear odour, which usually just comes across as a microscopic whiff of paint thinner.

Go figure, most of these congeners that make a bad vodka, make a great rum.

>>13871291
Despite what others say, you can drink it neat. It's absolutely delicious but it does seem to fuck me up after a few pours.

>>13865768
Gin is for poor people are college sluts why dont you get a real drink anon

>>13874712
Poor people drink bumwine and college sluts drink vodka what are you on about

>>13871274
Trader vics makes a good one

>>13865998
I think you're talking about Botanist.
I found that one too strong.

Nikka is pretty good.
Opihr is lovely.
Citadelle was anons recommendation and I have to say it was great.

>>13873406
try Springbank and Legaig then too. Ardmore peated also works well as an all arounder. Bowmore is a gentle Islay too, you might find it perfect.

>>13868016
No matter where you go, there you are.

Get a handle on it now.

>>13874712
Tastelet cope & seethe

10 four lokos (european blend) to get me through wrestlemania

i'm at that stage in my life where I drink only to get drunk, so recommend me whatever you guys drink to get that nice numb feeling

>>13866088
Do you have Dworek in your stores?

>>13871691
gin rickey

What's the hype behind dirty martinis? A couple olives in the drink is fine, but adding actual olive brine just makes it nasty.

>>13874434
ha, poor

>>13878364
overproof bourbon
start with an old fashioned. When you finish it pour in straight bourbon up to the level of ice left in the glass
then just drink bourbon for the rest of the night

alright, desperation made me mix banana liquor with chocolate milk
i feel like a faggot, but goddamn is it good

>>13878639
what drove you to purchase banana liquor

>>13878364
On some real shit? Shiner Bock, because it's pretty cheap here in Texas, and I like the taste. Wanting to get drunk fast is understandable, but beer can do that easy enough, no need to go for some unpleasant shit like drinking straight vodka.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H4l9RpkwM

>>13878646
little sister asked me to mix drinks for her birthday, so i stocked up on sweet stuff.
brought home the leftovers and they have sat in the cabinet for a good 6 months.
and here i am now, with nothing but Kahlua, cider and banana liquor left in the house, and my favorite liquor store has shut down over the corona shit.
gonna brave the storm tomorrow to acquire some vodka, so i at least can have a white russian

>>13878660
>animeposter
>linkin park fan
goddamn, he never had a chance

>>13878703
Thanks for the laugh

>>13877483
>suicide juice

>>13871397
Y-yes?

Does someone know why european liquor bottles contain 700ml? Wine bottles are 750ml, which is a 3/4 litre, but 700ml just seems random to me.

>>13872973
>grow juniper berries
Why not just forage them? How do you not have Juniperus growing in your area wild?

>>13879378
Be careful though some of them are toxic.