Tarheel Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Starting at happy hour on Saturday I will be making my traditional Spring change from dark licquors (single malts and fine bourban) to the lighter and more spring like Vodkas and Gins. Those of you who trade stocks on my beverage choice please take note. Look at ticker STZ and others. I expect the share price to shoot straight up but don't chase it. Wait for it to pull back a little. Cheers[D] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Go heel(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Thanks Arky.....we will need all the help we can get against Villanova. Tommyboy.....are you a basketball fan? If so who is your pick in the final four? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I was rootin for Memphis. They're out and I don't see anybody beatin the T.hills so guess I'll go with Mi St. Looking forward to Sat and Mon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted April 4, 2009 Moderators Share Posted April 4, 2009 Booker's is a year round beverage which I like--makes it easy when you don't have to think about what to order. Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Well my Pappy makes me this here stuff that's clear as water, kicks like a Tennessee mule and comes in handy as paint thinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 We used to sing this song about it: BALLAD OF THUNDER ROADLet me tell the story, I can tell it all About the mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol His daddy made the whiskey, son, he drove the load When his engine roared, they called the highway Thunder Road. Sometimes into Ashville, sometimes Memphis town The revenoors chased him but they couldn’t run him down Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode He'd go by like they were standin’ still on Thunder Road. (CHORUS)And there was thunder, thunder over Thunder Road Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the Devil’s thirst The law they swore they'd get him, but the Devil got him first. On the first of April, nineteen fifty-four A Federal man sent word he’d better make his run no more He said two hundred agents were coverin’ the state Whichever road he tried to take, they’d get him sure as fate. Son, his Daddy told him, make this run your last The tank is filled with hundred-proof, you’re all tuned up and gassed Now, don’t take any chances, if you can’t get through I’d rather have you back again than all that mountain dew. (CHORUS) Roarin’ out of Harlan, revvin’ up his mill He shot the gap at Cumberland, and screamed by Maynordsville With T-men on his taillights, roadblocks up ahead The mountain boy took roads that even Angels feared to tred. Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike, Then right outside of Bearden, they made the fatal strike. He left the road at 90; that’s all there is to say. The devil got the moonshine and the mountain boy that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peshewah Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I ran into some clear liquid (about 3 quarts), 6 months ago and I couldn't think straight for a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Starting at happy hour on Saturday I will be making my traditional Spring change from dark licquors (single malts and fine bourban) to the lighter and more spring like Vodkas and Gins. Those of you who trade stocks on my beverage choice please take note. Look at ticker STZ and others. I expect the share price to shoot straight up but don't chase it. Wait for it to pull back a little. Cheers Coincedentally I bought some Chopin and Tanqueray Ten just yesterday myself[]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capo72 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Coincedentally I bought some Chopin and Tanqueray Ten just yesterday myself. Now you are speaking my language. I killed several Tanqueray martinis last night while watching a great 80's cover band. My head still hurts. Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I do not suffer from seasonal afflictions that cause me to change my distilled beverage of choice. For liquors there is really only four things I drink. Rum, Tequila, Vodka and Scotch. I just bought a bottle of The Balvenie Double Barrel this weekend. Not top shelf Scotch, but IMO it is a very nice 12 YO. Has a nice warm finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Travis I checked out the Bookers at the store today. Yowee $51.95 a fifth. I am sure its tasty but I can get a half gallon of Makers Mark for that and after the third double wouln't know the difference[8-)] Thanks for the suggestion.....I'll save up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 I know thats right pesh....I had a sip when I was 15 and still remember it 45 years later. Hows the wife's garden going? Planted four heirloom tomatoes and 12 different herbs in terra cotta pots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 half gallon of Makers Mark Atta' boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 half gallon of Makers Mark Atta' boy! Switched to Beams Choice to save a few bucks over the Maker's Mark. Lifes to short for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peshewah Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Tarheel, wifes garden is doing OK. The weather in these parts is crazy. One day I might be mowing my lawn and grilling out. And the next day we get snow and the next day is tornado's. So most of the time her garden has been covered up to keep the frost off. Did you say you put out tomato's? Man, that makes my chop water. There is a guy who has put up a little stand on a corner in town and he sells perfect tomatos during the winter months. But they have no flavor what so ever. People buy them. More power to him I guess. Good luck with your garden brother and stay away from the "Shine". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Beautiful weather here pesh. Yard work and two Absolut matinis with jalapeno stuffed olives on the patio. Yep...got our crops in. Everyone in these parts plant spring crops on good Friday. More of the same tommorrow[] Life is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester21 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I know a guy in Alabama who makes white liquior. He is kinda like we are about audio gear. Two flavors- white corn and charred apple. The corn is very good but the charred apple is like something from another planet.I have no idea how he makes it but it requires exact ingredents. The guy growns his own fruit/corn and makes his own barrels out of a particular type of oak of oak. it has a boubon-like apparance. 100.00 a gallon. It is aged for an extended period. I would put this up against any 300.00 bottle of scotch or anything that I have ever tasted. I have been allowed to buy exactly 2 gallons in the 10+ years that I have begged the guy to sell me some. Homade liquior is quite an art form in this part of the country and in spite of the moonshine stereotype- some of it is quite outstanding. I have spent a small fortune over the years in search of the perfect scotch. I keep coming back to the Balvinne double wood. Bookers works anytime- hot weather or not. Knob Ceek is hard to beat for 27.00. Belvedere is my favorite vodka but too pricey for daily consumption. KettleOne is hard to beat when it is on sale. Thanks to Cigarbum for sharing his Jonnie Walker Blue the last time that I was there- pretty tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Winchester....congrats on your 500th post! I'll have to invite myself by the next time I'm in the Queen City to see all that new gear and have a scotch with you. If you ever get to the coast give me a ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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