On 08 Dec 2022, Nightfox said the following...

Re: Re: Help me here .. I am confused ?
By: Spectre to Adept on Wed Dec 07 2022 03:06 am

What's something more "Australian" that you do consume?

To pop out of left field, there's always Bundaberg Ginger Beer, its a brewed softdrink.. no alcohol.. cold one on a hot day... hmmm also se

I live in the US, and one day I saw a (supposedly Australian) ginger
beer at a store and decided to try one. The flavor was very intense and strong, and almost gave me a stomach ache.. I thought it might be
similar to ginger ale - I'm used to drinking Canada Dry ginger ale (and similar), which is more mild and sometimes I feel like that can help my stomach if I'm having stomach issues.

The good old days. After a long day of throwing up, my mother would offer me a ginger ale pop to calm my stomach.

Until this cay, when I see or have a ginger ale, I think of vomit. :)

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Their Pinots noir are nice. I live on the California coast, and our climate is cool and moist, with lots of morning fog. All of the pinots here have the same presentation - lots of dark cherry. They're some of
my favorites, as I suffer from Cabernet Sauvignon burnout - Napa Valley and sonoma got too oakey, too alcohol-laden.

Pinot Noir is my favorite among common reds (I really liked a Marquette (grape type) wine I tasted, once, but since then have _never_ seen the grape available elsewhere, and I've looked.), and, yeah, too oak-y, too alcohol-laden does seem to be a common problem among many wines, if less so with Pinot Noir.

And, on that note, eventually I'll get around to trying some German Pinot Noirs (I think they're normally listed as "Spaetburgunder"), as it seems plausible that some German red wine might be benefiting from climate change.

Though wine is difficult -- I don't drink very much, so it's hard to justify buying a bottle of wine when I want a quarter of a glass. So it requires a certain type of friends, in certain situations, and oftentimes a storage place is also a good idea.

I _did_ go through a wine advent calendar. But, unfortunately, the reds were almost uniformly table wines at _best_. But there were four or five Rieslings out of the 24 bottles (100ml bottles, so I didn't feel bad drinking the amount I did.), and, while I'm not a huge fan of Rieslings, they were reliably at least decent.

But, on that note, I've drunk more gin. Easier to find small bottles, and more reasonable to just close them up again to theoretically drink later.

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Pinot Noir is my favorite among common reds (I really liked a Marquette

Tends to get thought of as a pink here, more than a red.. and lost somewhere in between.

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Pinot Noir is my favorite among common reds (I really liked a Marquet

Tends to get thought of as a pink here, more than a red.. and lost somewhere in between.

Huh. Though I _do_ tend to like Rose' wines, and the stronger red wines tend to just be too much for me, so it seems reasonable enough that it'd be a sweet spot for me.

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But, on that note, I've drunk more gin. Easier to find small bottles,
and more reasonable to just close them up again to theoretically drink later.

There's a lot to be said for the return of cocktails. A friend brought
vodka and gin to our New Year's Eve party, and made a couple of
wonderful mixed drinks.

I stuck to Salty Dogs - vodka and grapefruit juice with a salted rim and
a grapefruit wedge as garnish.



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Tends to get thought of as a pink here, more than a red.. and lost somewhere in between.

Huh. Though I _do_ tend to like Rose' wines, and the stronger red wines tend to just be too much for me, so it seems reasonable enough that it'd be a sweet spot for me.

Sorry, not having a crack at your choice or palate. More of a local observation which I see lost half its description. Pinot tends to be thought of here as pink, and often gets lost between those that claim it as red, and those that claim it as white. Not tried it myself.. I tend to be a red drinker if I'm having to drink wine for some reason.

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Sorry, not having a crack at your choice or palate. More of a local observation which I see lost half its description. Pinot tends to be thought of here as pink, and often gets lost between those that claim it as red, and those that claim it as white. Not tried it myself.. I tend
to be a red drinker if I'm having to drink wine for some reason.

Yeah, no offense taken on that -- I know a lot of people look down on rose' wines, but I'm not in that category.

I'll generally prefer reds, too, but I like the lighter reds, generally. E.g., Cabernet Sauvingnon is too intense for me to get much enjoyment out of, but Pinot Noirs I like, and Red Zinfandels.

But, if a winery only makes good white wines (like my experience with my wine calendar, where the red wines were watery or uninteresting), then better to drink a good white wine.

And, all that said, wine is oftentimes lost on me, anyway. But I like the experience of tasting things, and, to a decent extent, documenting the experience.

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I live in the US, and one day I saw a (supposedly Australian) ginger
beer at a store and decided to try one. The flavor was very intense and strong, and almost gave me a stomach ache.. I thought it might be
similar to ginger ale - I'm used to drinking Canada Dry ginger ale (and similar), which is more mild and sometimes I feel like that can help my stomach if I'm having stomach issues.

Ginger Beer and Ginger Ale are two COMPLETELY different drinks.

Ginger IS good for an upset stomach, so is pepermint. I keep a box of Pepermint Tea on hand for just such reasons.

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Ginger Beer and Ginger Ale are two COMPLETELY different drinks.

I mean, they're both non-alcoholic fizzy drinks with ginger flavor...

(But agreed)

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On 19 Jan 2023, Adept said the following...

Ginger Beer and Ginger Ale are two COMPLETELY different drinks.

I mean, they're both non-alcoholic fizzy drinks with ginger flavor...

We went to see the new Avatar movie not too long ago at a VIP (19+) cinema which serves alcoholic beverages, along with full meals via in-seat service.

One drink that caught my eye was something called a "Dutch Mule" that had vodka, lime & ginger beer. That was quite tasty.


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One drink that caught my eye was something called a "Dutch Mule" that had vodka, lime & ginger beer. That was quite tasty.

Nifty!

When I went to bars, and wanted to order _something_, I'd get a Dark and Stormy, which is rum and ginger beer.

And it was definitely a reasonable go-to for me.

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Ginger Beer and Ginger Ale are two COMPLETELY different drinks.

I mean, they're both non-alcoholic fizzy drinks with ginger flavor...

incorrect, Ginger Beer IS alcoholic.

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Re: Re: Help me here .. I am confused ?
By: Geri Atricks to Adept on Thu Jan 19 2023 12:48 pm

incorrect, Ginger Beer IS alcoholic.

I bought ginger beer once at a soda/candy store.. It wasn't in a separate alcoholic section (actually that store does not have such a section) and I wasn't asked for ID or anything. I didn't think it was alcoholic when I drank it, as it didn't have that taste.

Ginger ale isn't alcoholic, yet it has "ale" in the name..

Nightfox

One drink that caught my eye was something called a "Dutch Mule" that had vodka, lime & ginger beer. That was quite tasty.

We get them here, but only ever heard it called a mule, sans the dutch...

ST

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incorrect, Ginger Beer IS alcoholic.

It can be, and there's the odd one here that is, but generally they aren't.

ST

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On 19 Jan 2023, Nightfox said the following...

I bought ginger beer once at a soda/candy store.. It wasn't in a
separate alcoholic section (actually that store does not have such a section) and I wasn't asked for ID or anything. I didn't think it was alcoholic when I drank it, as it didn't have that taste.

Ginger ale isn't alcoholic, yet it has "ale" in the name..

Same here in Canada. Ginger Ale has a ginger taste while Ginger Beer is usually more intense/spicy and has a pirate on the label.

Neither contain alcohol.

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Ginger Beer and Ginger Ale are two COMPLETELY different drinks.

I mean, they're both non-alcoholic fizzy drinks with ginger flavor...

incorrect, Ginger Beer IS alcoholic.

From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_beer

"usually non-alcoholic"

I think, traditionally, it'd be that ginger beer is fermented, thus creating its own bubbles, and ginger ale adds the carbon dioxide directly.

But evidently even _that_ isn't true, with current ginger beers being manufactured rather than brewed, which makes me question why they aren't just strong ginger ales.

And, I guess if you're going for, "and there's any alcohol in it at all", then any brewed ginger beer _should_ have alcohol; just not enough to qualify as an "alcoholic beverage", at least in the US.

But I imagine that regulations vary.

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I think, traditionally, it'd be that ginger beer is fermented, thus creating its own bubbles, and ginger ale adds the carbon dioxide
directly.

The "Bundaberg Ginger Beer" claims to be "traditionally" brewed. Although the theory is slightly different, you brew a cup of tea, but I'm not seeing alcohol there. I'm reasonably sure there's a distiction between brewing something and fermenting something, which may or not be part of the same process.

On the flipside if the process is heated, it may be sufficient to cook off any alcohol produced.

ST

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I bought ginger beer once at a soda/candy store.. It wasn't in a
separate alcoholic section (actually that store does not have such a section) and I wasn't asked for ID or anything. I didn't think it was alcoholic when I drank it, as it didn't have that taste.

The only Ginger Beer I've ever had was bought at a liquor store and was like 7% alcohol if I remember correctly.

Canada Dry Ginger Ale is about the only one I can drink, every other brand I've tried burned my tongue.

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Re: Re: Help me here .. I am confused ?
By: Geri Atricks to Nightfox on Thu Jan 19 2023 04:32 pm

I bought ginger beer once at a soda/candy store.. It wasn't in a
separate alcoholic section (actually that store does not have such a
section) and I wasn't asked for ID or anything. I didn't think it
was alcoholic when I drank it, as it didn't have that taste.

The only Ginger Beer I've ever had was bought at a liquor store and was like 7% alcohol if I remember correctly.

Although it was called ginger "beer", I don't think the stuff I've tried had any alcohol in it. It was sold at a candy/soda store and I wasn't asked for my ID when I bought it. Similarly, none of the ginger "ale" I've drank has had any alcohol in it either.

Nightfox

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The only Ginger Beer I've ever had was bought at a liquor store and was like 7% alcohol if I remember correctly.

I thought most ginger beers were non-alcoholic? One of my long-time BBS
callers went into rehab years ago and has stayed sober. He'd continue to
hang out with friends, but brought a six-pack of ginger beer with him
whenever he went out.

He disappeared from the BBSes for the month he was in rehab, and came
back with a post entitled "Things I learned when I stopped drinking..."

The only one I remember was "I didn't realize until I stopped drinking
that I don't know how to dance..."



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Ha! Probably the biggest contribution to wine from Austraya, is the " Bag", being the guts out of cask wine.. chuckle. Not much of a wine

That... doesn't sound either flattering or tasty, but _does_ sound entertaining.

There's a college campus trend now, called "smashing the bag". You take cheap box wine out of the box and squeeze the bag while drinking out of the spigot.

To each generation their own. My generation proudly made beer bongs out of rubber tubing, funnels and hose clamps - and we thought we were the sassiest froods out there.

Little did we know that college co-eds have been using gravity-assist inebriation devices as long as places of upper learning have existed.

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On 01 Apr 2024, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

There's a college campus trend now, called "smashing the bag". You take cheap box wine out of the box and squeeze the bag while drinking out of the spigot.

you mean slap the bag? which we did in 2005?

i guess the youngsters are rediscovering almost 20 year old concepts

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Re: Re: Help me here .. I am confused ?
By: fusion to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Apr 01 2024 10:11 pm

you mean slap the bag? which we did in 2005?

Oh, god, I've turned into that uncle who tries to talk to the kidz about things he's read about.
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On 01 Apr 2024 at 09:26p, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

Oh, god, I've turned into that uncle who tries to talk to the kidz about things he's read about.

Ha, I told my daughter how it was 40 years ago when I watched the first Ghostbusters movie in the theater the other day, we'd just come out of watching the latest film Ghostbusters Frozen Empire... it was the first and only film she has seen in the franchise and liked it so much she went back to see it a second time, taking us along with her :)

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On 01 Apr 2024, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

There's a college campus trend now, called "smashing the bag". You take cheap box wine out of the box and squeeze the bag while drinking out of the spigot.

you mean slap the bag? which we did in 2005?

i guess the youngsters are rediscovering almost 20 year old
concepts

Hate to tell you this, but it's more like 40+...

Funny how kiddies think some things are "new".



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To each generation their own. My generation proudly made beer bongs out
of rubber tubing, funnels and hose clamps - and we thought we were the sassiest froods out there.

My second-hand experience, was watching the people living on the floor below me going beer fishing on American college football game day.

"Beer fishing" being taking a fishing pole, attaching a plastic cup instead of a hook, filling it up with beer, and encouraging random people walking along the road to drink the beer.

Once there was even an SUV driver with a sun roof who opened it, and they lowered a beer in.

I wouldn't say any of it was a good idea (or likely legal), but it was entertaining.

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There's a college campus trend now, called "smashing the bag". You

you mean slap the bag? which we did in 2005?

Hate to tell you this, but it's more like 40+...

They've been kicking around since the 60's somewhere... I seem to have recollections from the 70s for people hitting the goon bags.

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I saw Ghostbusters II at the movie theaters with my father a long time ago as well.


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On 05 Apr 2024 at 09:35p, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

I saw Ghostbusters II at the movie theaters with my father a long time
ago as well.

Still have a copy of that theme song from the film by Bobby Brown 'On My Own' which (from memory) he also did a short cameo in the movie??

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