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2366

I guess I use them interchangeably? Do I blame tony bourdain? (I do)

2367

No idea, but isn’t quinine, cucumber, gin, and yogurt an intriguing idea?

2368

Worst cocktail ever?

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2369

Any SoCalers want to try #4?

2370

You think? Isn’t gin juniper, angelica, rosemary, and in the case of Hendricks cucumber? And tonic is citric acid, quinine, and sugar? Isn’t the sauce cucumber, soured milk (lactic acid), and lactose?

2371

Yoghurt cocktails? Are we too snobby for kumis now?

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2372

Should we even stoop to calling them cocktails if they aren’t whisk(e)y, bitters, water and sugar?

Must we put up with this abuse of language?

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2373

Did you know I know how to make whisk(e)y?

2374

OTOH, does it matter what they’re called if someone else is buying?

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2375

Ooh, and malting/peating barley is a frickin’ art?

2376

Why am I not surprised?

Don’t you just grind up barley and let it soak in a bottle of vodka or something?

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2377

Did you try vacuum-aging it?

2378

Not even remotely?

(It takes at least a year of study and two years for the product).

2379

As a resident of Southern California, may I say “absolutely not”?

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2380

Do I look like I have that much time to wait?

Are you allowed to make your own whisky? Don’t you need a licence?

Is it okay if I just freeze alcohol out of beer instead?

2381

(Oh god, now I am thinking through some new methods. You oxidise with pure O while under a vacuum to break down the Esther’s and release the higher order fusels at the same time )

Are you saying I should try?

2382

No, no, yes, and no?

(Retired from the dark arts. It is only theoretical).

2383

No to fractional freezing?

Isn’t that what these guys do?

Haven’t I heard that Tactical Nuclear Penguin is quite nice?

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2384

Perhaps the aging process can be jump-started a bit by increasing the surface area of the barrel by using chips? And that you might do this under negative pressure to encourage penetration?

So, you haven’t lived somewhere where home-distilling is legit? Did I tell you I had a 50l modded and custom-packed reflux still pulling a wash out at ~94%?

2385

(Removing enough water to increase your abv by 0.25% is against the letter of the law. I have my TTB legal warning letter, I wonder where there’s is. It is probably their agents or office, or they simply have a license and bonded area).