This should not exactly come as news, but: "Americans' love affair with top-shelf booze cooled last year as the recession took a toll on high-priced tipples. A new report by an industry group shows people drank more but turned to cheaper brands. They also drank more at home and less in pricier bars and restaurants." Sigh. I can't remember the last time I drank anything that didn't come out of a plastic jug. Damn you, Obama, FIX THIS ECONOMY! People are hurting.
I, for instance, have become quite enamored with Chilean red wine during the downturn, as one can get a pretty nice bottle for $10. Any cheaper and you might as well just drink it out of the bag they put it in at the liquor store.
Not true...you can get some decent stuff at Trader Joe's Wine Shop or Warehouse Liquors for $4-$8.
http://gimmeacig.blogspot.com/search/label/Wines%20around%20%245
I like the Svedka...it's cheaper but doesn't look like it is. Plus I liked "I Robot".
Jagermiser
Amen. i'm up to the five gallon size.
Johnnie Walker Grey.
Fred Beam.
Bartles & Jayne
Absolut.
This is a stock tip, isn't it.
Gin Foreclosure
4 oz. gin
2 dashes orange bitters
1 oz. campari
garnish with mint
50 bps (beeps) Surprise
2 oz. Jagermeister
2 oz. tequila
2 oz. pepsi
ice
Shake vigorously, pour into beer stein.
Jobless Recovery
Pour 4 oz. bourbon in a highball glass
In separate shaker combine
4 oz. orange juice
2 oz. vodka
splash of grenadine
Shake vigourously, pour into trash can, drink shot. Repeat as necessary.
I remember an ode to 5 O'Clock Vodka once upon a time. Do they still make that?
You'll pry my Hendricks from my cold dead hands.
I've taken to buying bottles of Evan Williams Green Label recently, for Gods sake.
Although, it's actually not all that bad.
OK, now I'm thirsty.
I like it - all that other stuff tastes like hipster.
PLASTIC jug? Oh, my, aren't we fancy? Too good for Pappy's crockery jug, are we? I knowed you was soft ever since the day you left home.
Needs more Snuffy Smith.
Vodka Diets. (vodka + diet pepsi....something new I learned from the Judge Judy show)
Can you guys get the Banrock Station cab sauv in the one-litre Tetra Pak down there? Great wine, great value, and plus there's no empty bottles to put outside on recycling day. Your neighbours will never know what a damn lush you are.
i have a lovely bottle of lagavulin that stares at me in disgust as i pound pint after pint of SUTTER HOME MUSCATO.
Stop it! You're frightening the children!
*(smacks open-palmed)
'mommy...daddy's talking funny again.'
I've taken to mixing paint thinner and nail polish.
You know, to feel fancy.
$8 vodka through a leftover Brita filter -> $16 vodka.*
*Yes, Mythbusters did this "experiment", but 1. Mythbusters is entertainment, not science; 2. science requires experiments to be repeated, in multiple "shots", as it were, so what do you lose in trying this at home? A: Your sobriety, which you're trying to lose anyway, amirite.
Mythbusters did it wrong, anyway. You don't use 6 brand new filters, you take the one you are about to replace and run the vodka through about 5 times & the rotgut becomes drinkable. I do this all of the time...