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Macanudo

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  1. 21 hours ago, ulukinatme said:

    My wife used to treat a woman with Guillain-Barré syndrome that was triggered by the flu shot.  Basically the shot triggered her auto-immune disease that she didn't know she had, her nervous system shut down /w complete paralysis and she was one of the extreme cases where the paralysis never recovered.  She spent the last several years of her life confined to her bed on a ventilator with 24/7 care as a result.

    Not an anti-vaxer, but there are some diseases I'm willing to take my chances with.

    CSB.

    That's not how GBS works.   Flu shots can cause it but GBS is an involuntary bodily reaction to ANY external stimuli.   The body overreacts and starts to shut down.   I had it happen 14 years ago and spent almost a week in the hospital.   Scary as shit.   And when you find out that it can do above, yeah, it makes for some long nights in a hospital bed wondering if I'll even get to see Macanudo-ette's first steps or first word, let alone anything else.  

  2. 9 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Also....this discussion could go in the "stuff that makes you tear up" thread.

    Seriously, that line captures everything there is to capture about the broad nature of heroism, going above and beyond for your brothers, and earning the admiration of your peers.  Hot shot astronaut, pocket protector engineer, didn't matter -- they were the brotherhood of the space program, they were all in it together, they had mutual admiration, and they gave everything they had to the mission and to their fellow team members.  It's just awesome.  It's my favorite part of the movie.

    Exactly how I feel.  The pocket protector dork gets a huge "you're a bad ass" compliment from the hot shot.   

  3. I had been using some of the Tovolo Sphere cubes that work in normal cocktail glass.  These are 2.5" but I'm not really a fan of them because 1.) they're a pain to fill and  2.) they melt through the center really fast due to the mold design.  I recently bought some square cube mold that ended up too wide for my normal glasses.   They are still 2.5" across but diagonally, they're too big.    

    Anyone have an "over sized" cocktail glasses?   

  4. Well, well, well, well. I'm here to tell you that life as you knew it has ended. You all may as well go into town tonight. You may as well laugh and make fools out of yourselves. Rub your pathetic little peckers against your honies or stick it in a knothole in the fence but whatever it is, get rid of it. Because at 0600 tomorrow your ass is mine.

  5. On 4/5/2018 at 10:15 AM, staboner said:

    your post a few back made me so mad i went and bought a new bottle of willet the other night. it was glorious. 

    if you willet dude, it is no dream 

    Did another one with Willet tonight.  Starting to see the sublety.   Not a lot of bite but with a little less simple syrup and bitters, it had a little more oomph.  

    I'm not knocking Willet.   It's good.   I'm still experimenting with my preferences.   

     

  6. 6 hours ago, staboner said:

    your post a few back made me so mad i went and bought a new bottle of willet the other night. it was glorious. 

    if you willet dude, it is no dream 

    Drink what you like..... like what you drink.  

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  7. Tried one tonight with Old Overholt.  Better, IMO, than the Willet but still lagging  a bit behind Bulleit for oomph.    Poured a second a while later, went lighter on bitters/simple syrup and a bit heavier on the Old Overholt.   Better.

  8. OK....  So far the Willet is OK not great.  At least to my pallet.  Considering the proof, there's not nearly the bite that I was expecting.   Not a bad thing but I thought there would be more of a zing compared to Bulliet.    I like it but its seeming like it's not worth the price.

  9. Question on the Old Overholt....   Are ya'll using the normal 80 proof stuff or the Bonded 100 proof?   I grabbed a bottle of the 80 proof from my local Spec's only to discover that the family (non-Spec's) store closer to Casa Macanudo had the Bonded. 

    The local store also had the Basil Hayden Rye and  Dark Rye.  Anyone try those ? 

    As for Spec's.... I did grab a bottle of the Willet Family Estate Rye (108 proof)  Looking forward to cracking that open.  

     

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