No Spam In The Champagne Room - AKA Davey made me do it.

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Originally posted by Davey45

I think I cought the html. It burns when I internet.

Also, at what point does a margarita cease being a margarita? While I'm sure that chocolate peanut butter thing was delish, I'm not sure it's a margarita. Tequila, lime juice, splash of orange liquor.

It had tequila, peanut butter, and chocolate liquor...so I think its close enough. Pretty much any blended drink with tequila is considered a margarita now.

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Originally posted by Sugarpie

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Pretty much any blended drink with tequila is considered a margarita now.

You know how I know you're a fan of wine coolers?

Cause you said that.

You know what's not nearly as gross as I thought it would be? Those Bud Light Lime-a-ritas. I know, I know, they sound disgusting but if you pour one over ice, it's like an easy crappy margarita. I wouldn't recommend drinking more than one or two though. They're super sugar-y.

Hrm...it seems my image resizer has left my avatar with a little black border. I'll have to fix that when I get a chance.

That's truly disgusting.

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Originally posted by Davey45

You know what's not nearly as gross as I thought it would be? Those Bud Light Lime-a-ritas. I know, I know, they sound disgusting but if you pour one over ice, it's like an easy crappy margarita. I wouldn't recommend drinking more than one or two though. They're super sugar-y.

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Originally posted by F1098

That's truly disgusting.

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Agreed, a friend brought over a 12pack of those things months ago, we can't find anyone to drink the ones left

I didn't hate it. Then again, I drink pretty much anything besides Heineken or gin.

I drink beer, pretty much anything darker...

Davey made you do it? Who Davey Deals?

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Originally posted by Bangledesh

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You know how I know you're a fan of wine coolers?

Cause you said that.

Wine coolers is pretty vague. Do you mean like actual flavoured wine drinks or the tons of other ones that are made with rum, vodka...and my favourite, malt beverage?

I don't mind some of the rum and vodka coolers, wine should never be "coolerized" and the only way to drink tequila is blended with ice and fruit....or peanut butter and chocolate.

Again...

Beer

And some moonshine on special occasions

*takes out a big stick and stirs the shitpot*

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Originally posted by Sugarpie

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Wine coolers is pretty vague. Do you mean like actual flavoured wine drinks or the tons of other ones that are made with rum, vodka...and my favourite, malt beverage?

I don't think they even make the old "Bartles and James" style wine coolers anymore. Now it's just malt beverages with liquor names like Smirnoff and Captain Morgan. I don't think there's actual liquor in those.

Myself, I prefer my tequila or my bourbon on the rocks, maybe a slice of lime in my tequila, an orange wedge in my bourbon. I'll drink most types of beer but I don't care much for IPAs or other super bitter tasting beers. I also don't like Heineken because it always tastes like it went bad. My drink choices vary depending on the time and location. On the beach or boat during the day: Lighter, watered down beers or possibly vodka or rum mixed with something fruity. At night, it's dark beer and brown liquor, maybe a vodka martini (slightly dirty of course).

I went on a tequila "factory" tour while in Mexico, it was pretty cool. I use the quotes on factory because it wasn't a real factory, as to be called tequila, it has to be produced in a certain region in mexico....and I was not in that region. Basically it was a mock up of what a factory would look like, and a store to sell their goods. I got to sample a bunch of different tequilas, and surprisingly, I didn't mind the high end stuff....of course its around $45 a bottle. I also tried some different blended tequila creams, like chocolate, and coffee....they were both really tasty, and an almond tequila that was very similar to amaretto. I invented a tasty little beverage...at least I think I invented it. 1 Oz coconut rum, 1 Oz Almond tequila, 3 Oz OJ, 3 Oz Pineapple Juice, poured over ice. It was tasty and refreshing, all be it a little sweet.

Frankly, with enough luteinizing (LH) hormone, just a touch of vodka ( or tequila ) is necessary. Hold the ice. Hold the itsy umbrella. In fact, hold everything including the boobies.

The only caveat here is DO NOT use with Captain Morgan unless time and location allow serious drama and volume for a reenactment of our favorite melodrama "Return of the Dyke Pirates". ( Why did that never make it to cable ?)

Franceska....who really needs a cold shower

I believe it has something to do with the percentage of agave the tequila is made with? I want to say anything less than 100% agave is called "mezcal"? Anywhoo. I love going on factory tours, especially if they give you freebies at the end. One of my good female friends had sworn off tequila since high school and would only drink it in a margarita. I let her sample a couple of the higher end ones and she changed her mind quick. I think too many of us have that one "Jose Cuervo" experience, usually from our youth, that really turns us off from tequila. The better brands are much smoother and easier to drink. You can get a decent bottle for around $40. Obviously, as quality goes up, so does price.

I think that is a universal rule....all brandys, tequilas, armangnacs, calvados, rums......even grappas....all are age sensitive.

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Originally posted by Davey45

I believe it has something to do with the percentage of agave the tequila is made with? I want to say anything less than 100% agave is called "mezcal"? Anywhoo. I love going on factory tours, especially if they give you freebies at the end. One of my good female friends had sworn off tequila since high school and would only drink it in a margarita. I let her sample a couple of the higher end ones and she changed her mind quick. I think too many of us have that one "Jose Cuervo" experience, usually from our youth, that really turns us off from tequila. The better brands are much smoother and easier to drink. You can get a decent bottle for around $40. Obviously, as quality goes up, so does price.

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Originally posted by Davey45

I believe it has something to do with the percentage of agave the tequila is made with? I want to say anything less than 100% agave is called "mezcal"? Anywhoo. I love going on factory tours, especially if they give you freebies at the end. One of my good female friends had sworn off tequila since high school and would only drink it in a margarita. I let her sample a couple of the higher end ones and she changed her mind quick. I think too many of us have that one "Jose Cuervo" experience, usually from our youth, that really turns us off from tequila. The better brands are much smoother and easier to drink. You can get a decent bottle for around $40. Obviously, as quality goes up, so does price.

I'm gonna throw down my knowledge from my tour now.

Only 100% agave is tequila, and that must be produced only in a certain region of Mexico to carry the Tequila name. Green agave is used for making tequila, blue agave is used when making mescal; though neither use the actual leaves (branches) of the plant. White (or clear) tequila is not aged. Amber or golden tequila is aged in oak barrels anywhere from 6 months to 3 years....after 3 years there is no noticeable change in quality, so if you're buying 10 year old aged tequila, you're just wasting your money. All tequila is distilled twice, mescal is only distilled once.

I know way too much about tequila now.

You can never know too much about booze.

All that I need is one Whiskey Sour made with a really good scotch and I am pretty much done, I am a cheap drunk.
Lia