On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 3:50:20 AM UTC-6, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/4/2015 4:00 AM, tert in seattle wrote:
> > Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> >> No one has ever made a good case why beer shouldn't be poured over ice cubes.
> >> Sodapop over ice is a normal thing. I can see why weak, flavorless ****water
> >> beer would be silly on the rocks, but a 6.5%, highly hopped ale is nice in a
> >> glass with ice. The ice tames both the alcohol and the carbonation.
> >>
> >> --Bryan
> >
> > I don't know about that but... Riunite on ice, that's nice!
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71SYeOsb3yA
> >
> > "the world's best-loved imported wine!"
> >
> LOL Do they even still make that stuff?! When I was about 20 my mom and
> I went to visit her sister in Pennsylvania. I have a cousin who is
> about my age. He took me to a "party" where his friends literally
> served Riunite on the rocks. There's only one image in that old ad
> showing Riunite with ice *in* the glass.
>
Riunite was pretty crappy, but there's nothing wrong with an off dry white
or rose (or a not-too-sweet white Zin) over ice.
>
> Mom and I went to see her cousin and his wife on that trip, too. We had
> a lovely dinner followed by snifters of brandy after dinner. Much
> better!
>
Brandy is another thing I'd want over ice, if I'd ever again drink it
unmixed. Anything higher in alcohol than this stuff is out of my range.
https://www.thepartysource.com/express/item.php?id=9891

How nice this looks, though I'd prefer the orange and lemon slices merely
on the side of the glass, not squeezed in.
http://www.davethebartender.com/drinks/recipe-6747.htm
>
> Jill

--Bryan