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

[trail and arrow]

here is a picture from the funny game
"draw the tasting notes" we played last weekend:

[Seul]

[seawolf]

Has anybody tried the Knob Creek Smoke Maple? I've heard good things, but it looks scary.

[Giles]

Was that question prompted by the T&A post?

[seawolf]

haha, no! It was legitimately about bourbon

[mclaincausey]

Flavored whiskey conceptually jars my narrow mind

[seawolf]

I know. Me too. It was recommended by a trusted pastry chef that I know. Piqued my interest.

[mclaincausey]

Damn pastry chefs and their sweet teef!

[emceeQ]

@seawolf:

Has anybody tried the Knob Creek Smoke Maple? I've heard good things, but it looks scary.

I actually sampled some just the other day.  Pretty tasty stuff, and definitely worth at least giving it a try…

[Spring Son of Light]

Anyone into Amaro? Cynar, Nardini, Ramazzotti? I'm essentially addicted.

[trail and arrow]

i like cynar a lot.

[Spring Son of Light]

@trail:

i like cynar a lot.

I have a pretty big problem with it. Mostly because it's $22-28 (depending where you buy it) and I can kill a bottle in two nights. One if I have someone to share it with.

[Seul]

Is it sweet?.. My store sells it but I've never tried it…

[trail and arrow]

its not to sweet, but its a amaro.

[Spring Son of Light]

It's an Italian amaro (bitter) digestiv. It's a weird herbal cocktail whose main ingredient is artichoke (which appears on the label). It's not super strong, basically like a fortified wine, around 17% alcohol. Drink it with some lemon and ice after a heavy meal, nothing feels better on the belly.

It's definitely not sweet, though it has a hint of sweetness to offset the extreme bitter herbal flavor. It's basically all bitter though.

[Seul]

Massively intruiged… Gonna check what a bottle costs here tomorrow...

[Megatron1505]

I used to drink a lot of cachaca, that shit rots your gut.

[trail and arrow]

mega, what do you say about a whisky tasting during the next "bread and butter" ?

[mclaincausey]

Amaro is amazing.

[Megatron1505]

T&A, that would be amazing buddy. I like whisky but I am no expert, as an Irishman I prefer cheap mick whiskey.