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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)

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    • Tago MagoT
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      • ddtrashD
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        good pick up @Tago-Mago. Some of these foursquare releases are becoming collectable,...................................if you can keep the cork in the bottle. delicious stuff.

        There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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        • Tago MagoT
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          @ddtrash said in Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails):

          Some of these foursquare releases are becoming collectable,...................................if you can keep the cork in the bottle

          hahaha, true. But I'd rather drink it tbh

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          • mclaincauseyM
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            Don’t have any maraschino but Leopold’s makes one and it would be fun to make a cocktail just with their spirited, but subbed amaretto cherry syrup in a Martinez and man oh man it’s so good. This vermouth is the best sweet vermouth I’ve ever had by far. It’s just a blend of Mathiasson Cabernet with some amazing distillates Leopold’s makes, so it’s a totally different sweet vermouth experience.

            The summer gin is extremely citrus forward and cuts through the depth of the vermouth and amaretto.

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            Think it, be it.

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            • SourPowerS
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              Had a Caribbean themed dinner party with some epic rums last night…

              Highly reccomend the Mars Wine Cake!

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              Excess In Moderation

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              • pechelmanP
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                Woah woah woah. What's going on with that Hampden lrok in the 2 cup measure??!!!

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                • SourPowerS
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                  @pechelman made 4 cups of daiquiris for the party. 1 cup lime, 1 cup simple, 1 cup plantation white rum, 1 cup LROK. They were a hit!!!

                  Excess In Moderation

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                  • pechelmanP
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                    Oh nice! I very much approve. I was worried that it was 2 cups of the lrok going on a cake or something. 😃

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                    • motojoboboM
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                      While visiting a friend last night he had us try this mezcal, Clase Azul. We each had a shot. No expert on these drinks, I found it quite good. Strong smoky taste to it.

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                      The journey is the objective.

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                      • mclaincauseyM
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                        @motojobobo that would technically be a mezcal if we are using the original, broadest definition of "spirit distilled from agave," but that is normally called a tequila. If we use the above definition of mezcal, tequila would be a subtype of mezcal.

                        Today "mezcal" is, like "tequila," a controlled term, so in that sense it can't be applied to Clase Azul tequila. I am surprised to hear you picked up notes of smoke, because the tequila designation requires the use of autoclaves or ovens to roast the pinas of blue Weber agave plants. The smoke that mezcal is traditionally associated with comes from techniques such as using underground wood burning ovens to roast the pinas. And not all varieties of mezcals do that--some of them mirror tequila production techniques but they are in states that fall outside the tequila designation or use agave that isn't blue Weber.

                        Clase Azul is fine, but a lot of the cost is the bottle, and there are additives such as sugar. A fifth of Clase Azul is like $150 here in the states, and I could get 4 bottles of better, additive free tequila in less fancy bottles for that.

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                        Think it, be it.

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                        • motojoboboM
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                          I thought I could learn a bit about these spirits from you @mclaincausey . Thank you!
                          I thought it was quite smoky.
                          I won’t tell our host about how he paid more for bottle (which I’d find hard to use as decoration once empty) than liquid.
                          Perhaps next time I’m in Mexico I’ll ask you for one or two rec’s on mezcal or tequila.

                          The journey is the objective.

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                          • scooterS
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                            Almost hazmat...

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                            Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

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                            • SourPowerS
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                              Nuggets W and epic mezcal - thanks to @mclaincausey

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                              Excess In Moderation

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                              • mclaincauseyM
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                                @motojobobo they even joke about it in their marketing, people make lamps out of the bottles because they’re so beautiful. Maybe it was one of their mezcals if it had smoke but I expect the bottles to look like these ones: https://claseazul.com/clase-azul-family-mezcal

                                Either way I hope you try some more agave spirits. They’re so good!

                                Think it, be it.

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                                • mclaincauseyM
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                                  @SourPower thanks to YOU; that bottle you brought was outrageous.

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                                  • ARNCA
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                                    I guess this is in the grey area between hard and wine but whatever category it’s in it’s good (especially coming after about 6 weeks of abstinence) and I appreciate the friend who gave it to me.

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                                    “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                                    • ROmanR
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                                      @ARNC 6 weeks of abstinence? Lent?

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                                      • ARNCA
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                                        @ROman yes - not something I normally do but I wanted to try taking a temporary break from drinking and it provided defined start/end points.

                                        “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                                        • Tago MagoT
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                                          • SourPowerS
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                                            One of my good friends who is extremely passionate about beverage recently started a fragrance line called Westlands “drawing inspiration from the world of hand-crafted small batch spirits”.

                                            He is a one man operation making the best scents I have ever experienced, with a heavy influence on rum.

                                            Had to pick up the Rum Fragrance Flight inspired by some of my favorite terroirs and distilleries. Highly recommend this stuff!

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