Office happy hours

[JL21]

.....but, keep in mind that these are also bars where Busch and Stag should be the drinks of choice, yet you see grown men ordering Bud Select. These bars are more about xenophobia than manliness. But I love them just the same.

Maybe we're not thinking of the same bars. Well, some of them, sure. But at the Black Thorn, or Lemmons for instance, rarely serve Busch/Stag/Bud Select.

[maddash]

.....but, keep in mind that these are also bars where Busch and Stag should be the drinks of choice, yet you see grown men ordering Bud Select. These bars are more about xenophobia than manliness. But I love them just the same.

Maybe we're not thinking of the same bars. Well, some of them, sure. But at the Black Thorn, or Lemmons for instance, rarely serve Busch/Stag/Bud Select.

Ok, I'm thinking more hipster/dive bars like Foleys and Double Ds. You're probably talking more about neo-pubs (if that term makes sense). I think you could easily get away with ordering wine at Black Thorn, although maybe not Lemmons. Any place that serves Guinness on tap, you're fairly safe with ordering wine, IMO.

[JL21]

Oh, I have ordered wine at the Thorn as part of the ill-conceived French Car Bomb. It came in an airplane banger.

[thrill]

Oh, I have ordered wine at the Thorn as part of the ill-conceived French Car Bomb. It came in an airplane banger.

What did the French Car Bomb consist of, pray tell?

[JL21]

It started with the idea of coming up with the nastiest, dumbest drink ever made. For instance, there was the "Malidew"- Malibu rum and Mt. Dew. We arrived at the French Car Bomb. It's a chardonnay with a shot of jager. Drop the shot, chug.

[TimeForGuinness]

It started with the idea of coming up with the nastiest, dumbest drink ever made. For instance, there was the "Malidew"- Malibu rum and Mt. Dew. We arrived at the French Car Bomb. It's a chardonnay with a shot of jager. Drop the shot, chug.

It changes you

[thrill]

You should mix in some Grey Goose.

[jim]

And besides, what's the point if you're drinking wine?

You're missing out on a great thing, RC.

Plus, it gives you an excuse to talk with women. Sharing a bottle with a women can always lead to a second bottle, and a second bottle almost guarantees "something else". You can stop at X number of beers, but you can't leave a bottle of wine unfinished.

I love wine. Has to be with food though, I can sit and have a couple of beers watching a game with no food. Wine must be served at mealtime.

My neighbor has an annual wine tasting party in the summer - the first few years they brought in this sales guy who really knew his stuff. I learned quite a bit, and definitelly appreciate it more.

Wine is a relatively cheap thing to get into, too. 95% of the wines I buy are "value wines" under $15, 4% are still under $25, and that last 1% is just for special occasions (a Veuve Clicquot for example).

You can get a great Cabernet Sauvignon (Hahn Estates for example) for close to $10. Considering a bottle of wine is roughly the equivalent of a six pack, that's not a bad deal (how much does a six pack of Fat Tire go for?)

I picked up a couple of bottles last night for $2.99 a piece. Clearance item - not sure how good they will be but for that price how can I go wrong?

I just bought a 750ml bottle of Kwak beer the other night for $10, so yeah wine really isn't all that expensive. And what I like about it, being the cook in the house, is I can throw together a quick Barilla pasta meal, buy a loaf of fresh Italien bread served with a little olive oil on the side, and serve it with a bottle of wine and this very easy meal goes from ho-hum to something really nice with virtually no extra effort. The wine does most of the work.

[Radbird]

When I worked at Miller Brewing in the late '70s, 4:00 was "Miller Time". There were refrigerators full of bottles and cans of High Life and Lite (even an occasional Lowenbrau). So it was a daily occurence (not to mention it was free in the cafeteria during lunch).

I can understand why you left this job...it is Miller after all

Point taken, but free beer is free beer. That said, it's a good thing I left as it was a little too accessible.

[G. Keenan]

It started with the idea of coming up with the nastiest, dumbest drink ever made. For instance, there was the "Malidew"- Malibu rum and Mt. Dew. We arrived at the French Car Bomb. It's a chardonnay with a shot of jager. Drop the shot, chug.

It changes you

That is the grossest drink I've ever heard of.

Malidew sounds alright actually.