Stupid Guest Tricks

Darksin wrote:My husband and I have had something similar happen to us in Japan while wasting time and sampling at the Sake Bar inside. The bartender got excited thinking we must have been to Japan since we know some of the more uncommon brands (not your typical Jug O'Sake you can pick up anyplace). We explained we'd found most of them from various restaurants and recommendations.

I love sake.
GF calls it sweat sake.

WEDFan wrote:I'm very partial to microbrews in general. I gravitate towrards the lighter ones (color -- not caloric content) like the IPAs. Sam Adams is more widely distributed, but I like a lot of the offerings from Shipyard in Portland, Maine. My all-time favorite so far (I will diligently keep searching for something even better) is Warsteiner from Germany.

One of my favorites too !

GaTechGal wrote:We love Warsteiner. And it comes in a can which is good for tailgating. It's even the right color for Yellow Jacket tailgates - mostly gold and no red on the can at all. Sweetwater 420 is a really good IPA that you might be able to find further south. And a great little local brewery in Tampa is Holy Mackerel.

My local has Warsteiner on tap from time to time. Very tasty! And I have been lucky enough to try the Sweetwater 420 when passing through Atlanta. They even have a Sweetwater brewpub at the atlanta airport !

drcorey wrote:I love sake.
GF calls it sweat sake.

I have a bit of a problem with sake. Although I have had occasion, while in Japan, to get my personality to sing really loudly along with the Beatles Abby Road album. I found that before it can get that far, one has to over come the very real situation that Sake tastes (initially) like Kerosene smells. BTW, don't do like I did and believe what I was told by a local in Osaka, that you can drink all you want and you will never get sick and you will never have a hangover. I would testify to the contrary on both counts. :p:

Goofyernmost wrote:I have a bit of a problem with sake. Although I have had occasion, while in Japan, to get my personality to sing really loudly along with the Beatles Abby Road album. I found that before it can get that far, one has to over come the very real situation that Sake tastes (initially) like Kerosene smells. BTW, don't do like I did and believe what I was told by a local in Osaka, that you can drink all you want and you will never get sick and you will never have a hangover. I would testify to the contrary on both counts. :p:

Hangovers are very easy to avoid if your not sensitive to alcohol, most people tend to eat before drinking (a base) which helps. I've found starches such as pasta and rice dishes an excellent base, then you've got to remember to Hydrate while your at it! Take the time out, drink a bottle of water or two randomly during your drinking time. After your done and ready to fall into bed, EAT Dill Pickles! Pickles are full of all kinds of good things (like salt, electrolytes) which alcohol steals from your body to process. Consuming pickles replaces what missing and tends to be threw your system before you can get the traditional "Hangover" feelings.
Learned the pickle trick from a WWII veteran, apparently they used issue pickles to all flight crews to avoid hangovers and dehydration issues while overseas!

At least, these are the rules I learned to follow very early and I rarely (if ever) have a hangover (but I never really got them to begin with but friends swear by the handy little rules we've created).

Just remember: Starch--->Water--->Pickles

Darksin wrote:Hangovers are very easy to avoid if your not sensitive to alcohol, most people tend to eat before drinking (a base) which helps. I've found starches such as pasta and rice dishes an excellent base, then you've got to remember to Hydrate while your at it! Take the time out, drink a bottle of water or two randomly during your drinking time. After your done and ready to fall into bed, EAT Dill Pickles! Pickles are full of all kinds of good things (like salt, electrolytes) which alcohol steals from your body to process. Consuming pickles replaces what missing and tends to be threw your system before you can get the traditional "Hangover" feelings.
Learned the pickle trick from a WWII veteran, apparently they used issue pickles to all flight crews to avoid hangovers and dehydration issues while overseas!

At least, these are the rules I learned to follow very early and I rarely (if ever) have a hangover (but I never really got them to begin with but friends swear by the handy little rules we've created).

Just remember: Starch--->Water--->Pickles

I found another way...don't drink sake. I'm OK with just about everything else.

delsdad wrote:One of my favorites too !

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I'm afraid the blueberry does nothing for me at all. I like fruit, and I like beer, but I don't like fruity beer. :D:

As it happens, I was in Maine this past weekend and got to enjoy a draft Shipyard Export. Yum. Went down very nicely with dinner.

WEDFan wrote:I'm afraid the blueberry does nothing for me at all. I like fruit, and I like beer, but I don't like fruity beer. :D:

As it happens, I was in Maine this past weekend and got to enjoy a draft Shipyard Export. Yum. Went down very nicely with dinner.

I was pleasantly surprised at this one. I don't care for fruit beers in most cases. The blueberry is all in the nose of the beer, very faint in the taste. It's just a lovely caskl aged stout that you taste. But across the room, everyone can smell the blueberry!

I love the Belgium Wheat Beers, with that hint of citrus and they are simply just delicious!

NemoRanger wrote:Personally, I would LOVE it if they served alcohol at Magic Kingdom. I would love to have a place to hang out, drink and people watch my family runs around the park. I do not think Disney has a enough bars in the parks.

Epcot needs more Liquor options. I am tired of my only hard alcohol options being Mexico and France. The American Pavilion needs to sell Bourbon. Germany could serve Jager. I really hate mixing liquor and beer.

Mexico -- tequilla
Norway -- vodka
Germany -- jaeger
America -- bourbon or rum (I forget)
UK -- lots of hard stuff

all on a daily basis

enjoy!

mapo