Oh Boy! Sunday Night with Litre.

Oh WordPress, how I dislike you so with your deletion of posts. So instead of what I had written for tonight you get what we drank at dinner yesterday. Skip to the bottom if you like .

I would love to tell you I am not hungover but that would be a lie. We had a dinner party last night and got in to the wine. This is how it lined up;

Guests arrived and we had a welcome cocktail named the Fresh to Death.

Gin, Pinot Grigio, Cucumber syrup, lemon juice and soda. Garnish with a lemon, and cucumber wheel. I made some Tzatziki and purchased some pitas so the gang could snack while I toiled in the kitchen.

First wine of the night was a lovely Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough produced by Greywacke. I am normally all about Sauvignon Blancs from Loire as some of the kiwi bottles have way too much fruit, especially lychee. I. Hate. Lychee. This one was more passionfruit and gooseberry on the palate  It was perfect for sitting outside in the heat.

Next up we had a strange blend from Central Italy which was recommended to me by my buddy at the wine store. DId it have obscure Italian grape varieties? You know it did! Villa Barbi Decugnano. 50% Grechetto, 20% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Vermentino, 10% Procanico. It was absolutely superb. We had Halibut en papillote for dinner and it paired perfectly.

We continued dinner with Laroche Chablis Premier Cru. So flinty! This had zero time in oak and was exactly what you would expect from a Chardonnay from Burgundy.

Following that we had a rose from Tantalus Vineyards in the Okanagan Valley here in Canadia! They are a very popular winery in East Kelowna up in the hills. They are very environmental friendly and are attempting to be completely sustainable. You can read about it here, should you wish.

To finish everything off we had some reserva Riojas but I do not remember much after that. Then the whisky came and I ended up sleeping on the couch.

What did you all imbibe this weekend?

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- A pugs best friend. - Wine drinker. - Loves to use the letter U behind O. - Iggles fan, Fulham FC (Mighty Whitey) supporter, Cavalry FC Ultra. - One of the resident futbol freaks at the clubhouse.
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Doktor Zymm

So I kinda think the guy sitting next to me on this flight might be on a bunch of coke. I wasn’t suspicious about the no food or being super thirsty or kinda manic spreadsheet usage, but the snorting stuff out of a sketchy looking plastic bag is a definite clue. Quiet and good manners though, so fine by me.

TheRevanchist

Is he single? I might know a fiend.

Doktor Zymm

Possibly? Seems like in his 20s maybe, although other than normal stranger on an airplane glances haven’t really looked. I don’t see a ring, but I don’t think that means anything. I get startup vibes, working on a Sunday night flight contributes

BC Dick

You gotta really not give a shit to be hauling lines into your snout right out in the open line that.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Maybe adderall? He might have a prescription for it, which is why he’d be cavalier enough to bring it on a plane.

Dunstan

Making bucatini allamatriciana from last week’s Sunday Gravy. Pinot noir wouldn’t be my ideal pairing, but since it’s already open, it’s getting the start.

Brick Meathook
Mr. Ayo

Muy caliente!

Doktor Zymm

Looks good! Also compliments on having a clean keyboard!

Brick Meathook

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Horatio Cornblower

I drank a lot of beer.

Sharkbait

Sounds like a good weekend to me

herodotus450

The words “Ledge” and “Edge” are conspicuously similar in both form and function. I bet it’s the fault of The French.

Don T

I dunno. All Indo-European were into the superfluous L.

SonOfSpam

Or felatio

BC Dick

How about Llewelyn?

Mr. Ayo

That bastard!

He knows what he did.

BC Dick

Every ledge has an edge but not every edge is a ledge

Redshirt
rockingdog

Found a funny;

oompa loompa: 🎶 what do you get when you guzzle down sweets
eating as much as an elephant eats

willy wonka: [turning around from his conversation with the OSHA inspector] not fucking now

inspector: what the fuck is that thing

Sharkbait
Redshirt

♫♫
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo, OSHA is not happy with this situation.
Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dah-dee, this will certainly be an Observation

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Horatio Cornblower

OSHA find Wonka guilty of murdering children and enslaving an entire race. They are imposing the maximum fine allowed by law, $6.32.

Redshirt

DeSantis-Wonka ’24: Come for the Chocolate, Stay for the Fascism

Mr. Ayo

To answer the question, I’ve imbibed an irresponsible amount of vodka.

I thought I had back pain today, but it turns out my liver is just bloated with the backlog of work it needs to do.

Doktor Zymm

As long as it’s not your pancreas, gotta watch out for that guy

Mr. Ayo

Right? I send all the good stuff to him and he has unmitigated gall to complain.

And then he doesn’t even appreciate the pun.

Doktor Zymm

Someone on my flight is passing their 2 million mile mark with United. They had an announcement and gave him a certificate or something. You also get lifetime Platinum status. I probably won’t ever make it to 2 mill, but I got a shot at 1 mill in a few years. Last time I checked I was ~400k

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herodotus450

“And now we’d like to present the ‘Deep Vein Thrombosis Plaque’ to Jeryy in seat 6E.”

Horatio Cornblower

“Stand up, Jerry, and let everybody see you. Juuuuuuust kidding; we know you can’t stand anymore.”

rockingdog

Hahaha
I guess that’s Rocking

Don T

For 3 million miles, United gives out a bicycle with a card that says “Be humble”

Horatio Cornblower

For your first flight they beat the shit out of you and toss you to the tarmac.

Don T

This weekend? I went to CVS on Friday and they had Jameson at $28.99. So I had two shots. Then I made simple syrup on Saturday and whiskey sours. Today too.
Still have half a bottle left. If I say so myself, that’s dynamite alcohogomalism.

Redshirt

Family back from their vacation. Therefore, my vacation just came to an end.

Doktor Zymm

I’ve gotten pretty good at knowing when my bag is over 50 lbs. I figure I could start a ‘guess your weight’ show for little kids as long as their parents were okay with me putting them in a suitcase first.

Mr. Ayo

This reminds me when Hervé Villechaize was stuffed into a suitcase.

SonOfSpam

Man, that was a sexy weekend.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

A 50 lbs. bag, you say?

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Mr. Ayo

*paging Buddy*

Doktor Zymm

I know a guy, but he made his own smoker

Sharkbait

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Redshirt

Not me. Personally, I chew my meat.

SonOfSpam

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Horatio Cornblower

I have some friend who are way into that, and really good at it. I have put the word out.

BC Dick

I’ll get you some overalls for Christmas. I assume you’ve already started growing a van dyke

yeah right

In a previous still married lifetime I was real good at it.

The ex got custody of the smoker in the divorce.

Wakezilla

Celebrated Girlzilla’s 6th birthday at a Trampoline place today with 12 of her closest friends. All things considered, it wasn’t cheap but not having to worry about clean up or the set-up was nice. The kids had fun, but I’m just sitting in a dark room, trying to recover from all that screaming. The AC was also broken, which is an added bonus.

rockingdog

That’s Rockinggggggg

Sharkbait

“…had a welcome cocktail named the Fresh to Death.

Gin, Pinot Grigio, Cucumber syrup, lemon juice and soda. Garnish with a lemon, and cucumber wheel”

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Don T

I had never heard of cucumber syrup. It’s pretty inconceivable as a product too, but I want it on mezcal NOW.

Don T

Will make.
And report on findings!

Doktor Zymm

Wow, SFO is packed. I think they’re banking flight schedules, which makes sense considering the labor shortages. My return flight on Tuesday night will see ORD looking like a ghost town so it’s quite a contrast.

SonOfSpam

I drank Tecate Alta last night, because it’s lower in carbs/calories than Michelob Ultra.

Trying to lose weight as a drunk is more pathetic than regular drunk stuff.

Doktor Zymm

Just give yourself a vodka enema and call it a day. Plus if you chill the vodka first that’s refreshing for summer!

Wakezilla

Whiskey, vodka, brandy, gin, tequila and other pure alcohols have zero carbs. That’s a little more palatable than trying subpar beer

Doktor Zymm

Not super low on calories though, a shot of vodka is something like 70 cal

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah but they’re “empty calories” which means they don’t count, right?

ballsofsteelandfury

How was it?

SonOfSpam

For what it is, it was fine. No different from Ultra. But (very) drinkable.

Don T

I have lost weight eschewing beer in favor of wine or whisky. Beer truly is the huskies’ enemy.

BC Dick

Yup. I’ve been doing whisky with a low-cal beer supplement. Michelob or sleeman clear. It’s not making me any skinnier but the theory is sound.

WCS

Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi and water.

O U NOE WCS GON CREZZZYYYY

Got the Lil WCSes tonight and tomorrow, so we’re party at the pool.

Game Time Decision

I’m still getting over the Rona, so still napping and taking it easy. Not interested in drinking yet as my stomach is still abit sensitive and not sure it’s worth it yet

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Apparently the Dodgers are on pace to win 112 games and are on ESPN right now, so I’m gonna watch them and pretend like I’ve been a hardcore fan the whole time.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

A hardcore *Dodgers* fan. I’ve always been a fan of regular hardcore.

King Hippo

Nothing wrong with whipping it out during the 7th inning stretch.

Redshirt

Yeah, it must take a real devotion to be a fan of a team who buys all the best players every season. Its the baseball equivalent of watching real teenagers in shows like “Saved by the Bell” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” as they struggle with real life.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It’s funny, I used to say the exact same thing about the Yankees and their fans.

I’ve always been a fairly casual fan of whichever team is local to where I live. As such it’s kinda nice to be living under the umbrella of a franchise that can just spend their way into contention.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Plus I live only 5 miles away from the stadium.

Redshirt

Nothing wrong with that; as long as you know that your team is in a good market and position so if they win, you won’t be completely smug.

Horatio Cornblower

The great thing for everyone else now is that the Yankees are owned by the second-generation of Steinbrenners, and they’re clearly running it on a “profit first, everything else second” basis, so I think the rest of you can look forward to a long stretch of futility from the Yankees and anger from their fans.

BC Dick

I love a flinty wine. So much better than the usual granite flavour.
I imbibed a sizeable volume if rye whisky, cheap beer, and Topo-Chico hard seltzers, thanks for asking.
And best of all I didn’t have to talk to anyone except my friend/renter all weekend.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I actually just got back from the grocery store where I bought two 12-packs of Mexican beer. They are sufficiently discounted that they should average out to about $0.75 per beer.

BC Dick

Ohh don’t get me started on booze prices

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

They have some very good rebate deals if you keep an eye out for them. For example, a twelve pack of Pacífico was on sale for one $DFO (that’s $12 U.S.) but there’s also a $5 rebate if you buy some seafood with it, which I was going to do anyways since it was on sale too.

BC Dick

You know it. I am glowing orange right now. If someone tells me the price of a 26 of rye I’ll be blistering white hot with fury.

Horatio Cornblower

If it makes you feel better the beers I’m partial to will run you $14-$18 or more for a 4-pack.

On the plus side, it really cuts down on the DWI.

BC Dick

Goddamnit. That’s $34 here. Or $26 USD. All our beer and liquor comes with a 150% markup, courtesy of our government nannies who know what’s best for us.

Doktor Zymm

At least they aren’t as bad as their Scandinavian equivalents. It’s a 200km+ drive just to get somewhere that sells above 5% ABV, and then it is super pricey. No wonder they have a thriving moonshine culture.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

At those prices I could see homebrewing becoming a much more serious hobby.

BC Dick

You got a bit too brave with the shine last time I had it. Although it’s easy to fall off the edge when it’s 160 proof

BC Dick

But then where would the squirrels shit in the winter?

BC Dick

And you get a discount.m with seafood purchase? God damn it! Worthless scum-sucking bureaucratic leeches

SonOfSpam

Kinda feel like $5 Arizona rum is a poor idea.

Doktor Zymm

As far as I can tell it’s basically a return to living like you’re 21 again, just with different hairstyles and more reliable sources of pills

Doktor Zymm

I think the Villages in Florida were single handedly responsible for making syphilis relevant again!

Horatio Cornblower

The only thing worse than geriatric syphilis is thinking about how those geriatrics got syphilis.

BC Dick

Speaking of elderly fornication and Norm Mac Donald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=R0d6oH5Lumc

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King Hippo

(clap, clap, clap, CLAP!)
Prai-rie-Wi-No!
(clap, clap, clap, CLAP!)

ballsofsteelandfury

Yeah, that was some extreme wino hustle!

BC Dick

Shame they couldn’t make it. You have a really good crowd of friends there.

BC Dick

It’s just so nice to not have neighbours above/below/beside sharing walls.
Your new place is great. Gonna be even better once the bar is in place.

Horatio Cornblower

I had Japanese whisky for the first time at Harry’s, and that’s probably why I didn’t mind the bathroom.

Doktor Zymm

Grechetto, Vermentino, and Procanio sound like the members on an Italian Sex Pistols cover band. I dig it.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It’s weird knowing people who have gout (I know two). It never seemed like a thing that people other than royalty actually get.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Both guys I know have it in their feet.

Doktor Zymm

My guy in Chicago had the feet version once, luckly it was just a one time thing and didn’t become chronic. At the time he was working for a sushi chef who also had it just the once, so he was sympathetic.

Horatio Cornblower

“We needed all whites during dinner “

Oh, was Jerry Richardson there?

BrettFavresColonoscopy

We’ve been drinking Ruedas since yesterday since we’re in the north and eating seafood. Estoy contento con esto.

scotchnaut

I’m on vacation next week!*

*it means nothing at all. I’ll be doing everything I usually do but I’ll be doing it from home

Redshirt

When I’m elected Evil Overlord, one of the first of my many decrees is that if a closer blows a save, he cannot earn the win.

Redshirt

Free room, board and food. Additional income is negotiable, however not enough to bankrupt lower-tier schools and sports. Also, if any freshman starts driving around in a Maserati, they and their school’s AD, coach and president will be “volunteering” in a Soup Kitchen paid for by the sale of said Maserati.

If injury occurs, they are reimbursed for loss of income and well-being.

BC Dick

Most of the big time sports athletes would never get into those colleges if they weren’t making the school money from games so I think they’re fortunate to get that.
But agreed on the coach/AD front. Some of those programs have a bigger GDP than some country with a medium sized GDP.