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  1. On 5/5/2022 at 7:25 AM, BigDHornfan said:

    It is a 2021, I’m sure they will do a 22 release. Can’t recall a year that they didn’t do one.

    Release typically in the Spring (March-ish).  Delayed this year due to all sorts of materials/supply chain delays.  You'll see it on shelves in late July/August, then 2023 in March per usual release schedule

  2. Question for the experts out there.  This is booked for late March, so I'm sure plenty can change, but as of right now curious to experienced takes on the following:

    Booked on expedia (first mistake, but a friend handled and I found out too late)

    JFK-ORK overall

    Route is JFK->LGW on JetBlue, 8 hr layover and then LHR-> ORK on Aer Lingus

    Is the fact that I am moving between airports in London going to create a COVID protocol nightmare?  As in, am I accountable to UK COVID entry protocol, or still just Ireland.  I assume I need to bite the bullet and rebook direct to Ireland (or at least with a connectiong not requiring exiting the airport)

    Thoughts?

  3. 7 hours ago, Honeysucklerose said:

    I knew Big Larry when I worked for athletics in the early 2000s. Really great guy. RIP Larry

    Same.  I have distinct memories of him constantly talking over those Nextel walkie talkie like features with people all over the athletics dept. while he was sitting and watching baseball practice or games.  Damn good dude.  Definition of bleeding orange

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  4. 2 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

     I'm sure Zykan gets asked everyday when OF is going to come out with a barrel strength rye. 

     

    Select markets. In less than a month

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  5. Question for you ESPN+ vets at this point.  How fast is the replay of the fight typically available?  Plan is to purchase, but not watch until normal time (night).  Does ESPN+ typically have the replay up and available for those who purchased right after the broadcast i over?

  6. 13 hours ago, H_Boogie said:


    Exactly. Lots of back scratching. The bigger stores can absorb a lot more of the Starr Blu vodkas is the world to get a little boost on the hard to find stuff. Some of the smaller stores may gamble on some of those types of items if they feel like they can move them.


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    If you find a store with a big display of Wheatley vodka or a bar with it all over their menu, chances are you'll see some Sazerac unicorns or coming thru there.  In many states Sazerac deploys a "point" system, where retailers/bars are given a weighted score (lower popularity/high profit e.g. Wheatley have higher points tied to them) by amounts of certain products they support and their point total dictates how much of the tough to get items they are allocated.  

  7. On 10/20/2019 at 8:47 PM, Goo Punch said:

    Ahmad is one of those announcers who tries to make some inane point with 14:30 left in the 1Q, and then spends the entire rest of the broadcast hammering you over the head with that point every time he thinks the play on the field just backs up said point; and sometimes even when the play on the field refutes it. It's a beating. 

    Agree here as well.  One of the things I feel like is a clear separation of the top announcers (and analysts) is the ability to really "call" and "analyze" the game as it is happening.  Galindo and Brooks are in the shitty group and you really see it in the fact that they don't have the skill and awareness to deviate from their key storylines that they developed in their production meetings in the days before the game.  Goo said it, they just keep drilling home their pre-planned points and don't even see the actual game and other storylines presenting themselves. 

    I think it was last year against ISU and their RB was out for the first half (Montgomery?) and all Lowell and Ahmad could talk about that first half was what a game changer he would be in the second half, look out, etc..Of course he comes in, does nothing and they can't grasp it..  Just continued talk about how he could break out at any moment.

    I love to shit on Herbstreit, but he and Fowler (or Gus and Klatt) are top teams for a reason.  They actually call the game, analyze and tell you why the game is shaking out how it is, all while weaving in storylines in a skillful way along with X's and O's.  God forbid Ahmad and Lowell actually recognize that the Texas D was absolutely shitting the bed.  Instead we get broad "Carter Stanley has moxie!  He's tough!  Wow!"  Adds zero value.  Texas fans, who are making up most of the viewers on any LHN game want to hear about Texas.  Good or bad.  If we are winning, gush over us.  If we are sucking, talk about why.  It's simple.  I don't need to hear about Kansas....

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  8. Going to be out there this Friday for work during the day.  Flying back Saturday AM, so looking to do a solo dinner, low key.  Any recommendations for restaurants good to sit at the bar but still have full menu?  Ideally, steakhouse, but can be persuaded.  Staying at MGM, but fully mobile.  

  9. 11 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    According to his ESPN bio, he's even choadier than originally thought. SEC network "personality" most famous for working on college golf.

    And he went to high school  in San Antonio, got his sports talk start on 760 there as well.  Doesn't hide the fact on social media that he is a massive LSU fan (no issue with that from here) and he does the SECSECSEC trolling thing constantly.  Can't blame him, just playing to the mouth breather base of the SEC network....

  10. 1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

    Assuming the law doesn’t change, what’s to stop the craft breweries from forming a co-op that gets a distribution permit to pass through the beer for on premise sales at a markup of like $0.01/barrel or whatever minimal amount covers the annual cost of the permit?
     

    I don’t know, the law maybe?  Anybody that makes the alcohol (suppliers) can’t sell directly to a retail or bar establishment. There must be an independent distributor tier in between like Southern/Glazers, RNDC, Silver Eagle, etc....In states like PA mentioned above (and OH, ME, NH, NC, UT, OR and a few more) the state effectively acts as the “distributor”, controlling pricing, product availability,  etc...prices are typically higher in these states (not always) due to the state adding additional taxes in to the chain.  

     

     

  11. 1 hour ago, Ellellelle said:

    I recently moved to Utah. Probably the most backwards state on liquor. Went to a bar last Friday and the beer tasted like water (because draught beer can only be serve 3.2). You can't buy wine at the grocery store. You can't have alcohol shipped to Utah unless you go through some stupid process and have it shipped to the state run liquor store. I've read that the liquor stores often won't even respond to requests to do this, so in practice, it's not even possible. Forget about buying the next state over before you return from a road trip. You'll get popped (so I've heard).
     

    Good thing you just moved there   Couple years ago you might have had the joy of the “Zion Curtain”.    backwards indeed

    Zion curtainsEdit

    Zion curtains are partitions unique to Utah restaurants that separate restaurant bartenders preparing alcoholic drinks from the customers who order them.[11]The partitions are only mandated for restaurants with "Limited-Service Restaurant Licenses" and "Full-Service Restaurant Licenses".[11][12] These partitions are often made of frosted glass since they are required to be "solid, translucent, [and] permanent".[11] They were mandated in hopes of combating excessive drinking by keeping alcohol out of sight of restaurant patrons who choose not to consume alcohol. [13] As of the Spring 2017 legislative session the Zion Curtain laws are being revoked and the requirement is being withdrawn from restaurants and pubs. [14]

  12. 6 hours ago, Whiskyteer said:

    I don’t have current numbers but seeing that the rye is not part of the whiskey row series, the affordability of it and it being the newest mash bill in 150yrs, I surmise that it will be a permanent fixture in the BF portfolio.  I look forward to tasting it against Rittenhouse, Sazerac and Turkey.

    It’s a permanent line extension.  Most likely some supply inconsistencies early due to initial demand, but not an in and out item. 1910 will be back in stock this summer

  13. 44 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    ^
    that's insane.  Not being sarcastic, but is there anything that prevents a corner store from just keeping a few cases behind the store in a fenced in/protected area and letting the miserable winters just take hold of the beer and make it cold?  And they can just say, "couldn't be helped governor, we had no more room inside the store so as to still maintain clear aisles for our patrons in accordance with the regulations.  So we let these folks pay for a case and take it off the pallet out back. "  

     

    Good point.  I wouldn’t be surprised if that takes place, but that would end up being for a tiny amount of consumers.  The law is about beer in coolers, so I’m sure plenty of ways to get cute and get around it

    41 minutes ago, Llano Estacado said:

    Dumb question amnesty on the cold beer laws: Is that old blue law stuff? MADD thing to try and prevent roadies? Industry lobby?

    That was always curious to me.

    “You can’t buy them all times of the day, but when you’re ready, we’ve got two Icehouse tallboys for $3. Ready with brown paper bags so you can half-ass discreetly get them out the door and behind the wheel.”

    Cold beer was 100% industry lobby.  The initial blue laws had liquor, beer and wine only for sale in package (liquor) stores.  When that loosened and beer/wine was going to be made available everywhere, the liquor lobby put enough money in to get that little caveat about cold beer still to them only passed through

  14. Want to buy beer in Indiana?  Go anywhere (grocery, drug, liquor store, convenience).  Want cold beer in Indiana?  Liquor stores are your only choice. When the law to sell beer beyond just liquor stores was finally inevitable, the liquor stores lobbied to retain the right to be the only outlets to sell cold beer.  Just exceedingly stupid and frustrating for the consumer.  

    And the Sunday liquor sales is (even if they aren’t publicly out front) heavily influenced by Total Wine and More.  Their M/O is to move in to a market and then sue the shit out of the state and lobby like crazy to get laws passed/changed that benefit their model (minimum pricing, quantity discounts due to their buying power, etc..depending on what is blocking them in that state.  See what they did in CT).  Of course, Twins/Specs are on board as well, but once Total gets involved it has a whole new level of momentum and support 

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