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Default Booze below room temperature

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:33:29 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Jul 26, 1:26*pm, blake murphy > wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:46:58 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Jul 24, 3:20*pm, "Steve B" > wrote:
>>>> I have a lifelong acquaintance with booze. *Well, not until I was 13, or
>>>> so..........

>>
>>>> Was a bartender in Local 165, Las Vegas. *Owned clubs.

>>
>>>> Anyhoo, I know a little about booze.

>>
>>>> Now, I like to keep my booze refrigerated, or better yet, in the freezer.
>>>> It makes a large difference in the taste, consistency of poured drinks, and
>>>> the amount of time it takes to melt the ice.

>>
>>>> Does anyone else practice this? *Well, there's no practicing to it, you
>>>> either do it or not.

>>
>>> My husband keeps Jaegermeister in the freezer, and Bailey's in the
>>> fridge. *He uses the Bailey's exclusively in coffee; I drink it neat.
>>> Other liquors are on a shelf in the kitchen. *We don't drink much
>>> hard stuff.

>>
>>> Oh, and he's infused a small amount of vodka with lemongrass,
>>> and that's in the fridge, too, awaiting enough leisure to have
>>> cocktails.

>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton

>>
>> now infusing with lemongrass i've not heard of. *i hope you'll favor us
>> with a report.

>
> He had lemongrass-infused vodka in Seattle a few years ago. It
> seemed to be pretty common, from what he said.
>
> I hope I remember to report. We don't drink on weeknights.
> Weekends we're busy working on the house. I'm afraid to have
> a drink for fear it would make me too lazy to fix supper, or
> that it would lead to insomnia as it sometimes does. I'm such
> a lightweight these days.
>
> Cindy


how about a second-hand report from your husband?

your pal,
blake