What are you drinking, right now?

(where as lift tickets are expensive)

It's actually quite smooth. After a few I laugh at stupider stuff. Other than that, no positive distinguishing characteristics..... except that it's cheap

He probably needs a chaser...

or a chasee

After a few they all seem quite smooth.

Je prends une Maudite biere!

I went to check out Onaping ski hill today. They don't have a bar to have a beer in after skiing. I was feeling a little tired (don't really know why; I went from 9:00 till 4:00 last Saturday without a stop), so I knocked off early rather than risk a high-speed wipe out due to fatigue. Earlier, I had made a bit of a faux-pas, I had to alter my line to cut in front of someone coming down a hill I was crossing, leaving enough distance to be safe, but with me having to make a rather abrupt turn in untouched snow if I wanted to continue on my planned path with my SCs. I had almost lost it the run before in just about the same spot due to the sudden deceleration (glasses were completely sweat-covered and I couldn't see squat in terms of terrain bumps, crud, or flat groomed), but this time I was ready for the hit and all set to power through the turn. The turn was a bit too much though and my binding let go, followed by the other binding. I ended up yard-saling with a bit of a sore thumb (thank you whoever posted the vide of the MD saying not to wear the straps on the poles or I might have had worse). I told you all that just now to explain that I had to stop on the way home and by some ice-cube trays.

Anyways, after getting the ice cube trays and doing some grocery shopping I noticed there was a beer store right by the food store, and decided I would have my beer after all.

Maudite is a pretty good beer. About the right strength (of beer flavour), consistency, alcohol content, and everything else. Just a bit of complex spice flavour with a little too much cinnamon that it would be better off without imho, but I can live with that. It's much better than average.

Only problem is it only comes in tiny bottles, like most beer in Ontario. Oh well, I suppose it's not that hard to open two.

http://www.unibroue.com/products/maudite.cfm

Do they still have the Brewer's Retail up there? I remember we used to hang out there on Friday afternoons seeing who was buying what so we'd know what party to crash.

Around here Maudite only comes in the large bottles; good stuff I used to drink it quite regularly.

Yup, Brewers retail and Government liquor stores are the only places to get beer and liquor in Ontario. They do have some wine selling places at supermarkets though. Interestingly enough you can buy some beers in the liquor stores, including a lot of expensive imported ones that are not available in the beer store.
Maybe they only had the small bottles at the that particular beer store I was at.

Thumb's really sore and swollen today - right around the second knuckle from the end. I have ice now, but the thumb felt better last night after the beer, than with the ice.

Herbal tea with lemon and honey. (Flew back from Europe with a genuine French alpine respiratory tract infection -- none of your cheap domestic infections for me!)

The Maudite was too good and my thumb too sore to save for the weekend.

I had to go and buy some beer for after skiing today. I thought I would try some "LA FIN DU MONDE", also from Unibroue. I just got back from the hill and cracked a couple of cold ones to fill my mug. It is, imho, good beer.

http://www.unibroue.com/graphs_our_b..._du_monde.html

The box says something about going to the "ends of the earth" to get such good beer, but i wonder if it's not that you will think it's the end of the world when you wake up with a headache after you drink too many. It's got a slightly high alcohol content 9%, but it's not really noticeable in the flavour, which is still interestingly spicy, but a little more subtle than the Maudite.

rum and coke

Magic Hat #9

Was just about to go pour me a drink ,then I thought no wait!!!!! I must open epic ski first and go to "What are you drinking" first to post it.

Good old Jonnie Walker blue keeps me ohh so warm and care free

And thats all I have to say about that!

lol Old Boot.

 

Pinch scotch on the rocks,1st round.

Glass of Concannon Petite Sirah. (13.5%, but tastes like about 15!)

Continuing the unibroue theme, I'm having a glass of trois pistoles.

 

http://www.unibroue.com/graphs_our_beers/trois_pistoles.html

 

Delicious.  Love that I can buy this down here in the southwest.

This needs to be switch to twitter.

 

Tesoro Marg

Rogue Chocolate Stout. I was drinking Guiness, but got a little tire of it. If you can find this beer anywhere it's AMAZING.

 

+One more Jonnie Walker Blue please

Scape Goat Pale Ale

 

It was ~$3.49 for a six at the first lickastow I found in Jackson.  Not badThumbs Up :D

Allagash Dubbel Reserve.  Yum.

 

 

aaron

I just finished off a Fosters. Pretty depressed. Severe avi danger has closed the road to my hill, and all the lifts were locked down today too. I'll be adding wine in a few minutes. Keep you posted.

I am drinking Monster Energy Drink and I love it.

I am drinking a  Sobe Adrenaline Rush Sugar Free and I like it better than all the others I have tried. Try it and you may never choose another. It has a nice fruity flavor with no after taste of the unfortunate kind.

Oh man I've almost emptied another bottle a JWB and I had a 10% wage cut this week, what do you suggest I try to replace my JWB but under the 255 a bottle price range and still tastes like real scotch. awww crap this is almost as bad as decieding what new ski boots to get!!!

Help me out Richie !!

I heart the Pinch

 

Right now though - Michelob lager in a can!  What the hell - had to have something with dinner

The usual suspects are quite rewarding without breaking the bank:

 

Glenfiddich

Glenlivet

Johnny Walker Gold...almost as smooth as Blue.

Pinch

Chivas

 

Those are my picks....though I seem the drink more Pinch than anything, I don't know if its due to nostalgia or taste, perhaps a little of both; since its one of the most popular scotches in the world for a reason.  It seems my dad always had a bottle of that in our home bar.....the case of JWB was in the locked cabinet behind the bar, with one bottle behind a glass display, also locked, as such I really didn't get to enjoy it often unless he wanted me too .

Tonight we are doing Chivas on the rocks. Earlier I went on the "wild" side when what supposed to be just a nice glass of healthy orange juice "mysteriously" got mixed with come tangerine vodka....got me through the 8 skis I had to scrape wax and polish tonight...the arm attached to my injured shoulder feels like its going to fall off.