This is an emergency.
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- DeeboCools
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This is an emergency.
All I have in the house is beer. The fail-proof system of always remembering to stay stocked on liquor has failed. I've had 3 of these things and it feels like I've had a cup of coffee. How in the fuck am I supposed to drink 7 or so more of these so I can get to sleep? I need your support. I need to chug. Let's do this. Together.
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- ThirstyDrunk
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Yo man I'm with ya but really dude just drink one beer every 10 minutes till you cant anymore.
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Re: This is an emergency.
Beer is the frosting. Booze is the cake.
Remember this on your next shopping trip.
Remember this on your next shopping trip.
Re: This is an emergency.
Nicely said.Smatter Noguts wrote:Beer is the frosting. Booze is the cake.
Remember this on your next shopping trip.
There's not a bottle of vermouth you can dust off? If you stock any sort of decent bar you've got to have some strays lying around. How 'bout that one weird bottle of liqueur you've got that you only know how to make one cocktail with and have had for over a year?
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I like the idea of stocking booze in your home. But that's pretty hard for some. If I have booze in the house, chances are I'll drink it. Damn the job!gnarkill wrote:Nicely said.Smatter Noguts wrote:Beer is the frosting. Booze is the cake.
Remember this on your next shopping trip.
There's not a bottle of vermouth you can dust off? If you stock any sort of decent bar you've got to have some strays lying around. How 'bout that one weird bottle of liqueur you've got that you only know how to make one cocktail with and have had for over a year?
I got some surplus Bloody Mary mix under the bar but I don't have any vodka so I won't drink it. Plenty of wine, though, so that'll be gone come morning.
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You've got to take the plunge at some point and stock all the basics. It'll run you around $300 to get started (presuming you're buying mid-range), but from then on it's just a matter of buying what's low as opposed to buying what you want to drink that instant. That way, if you go through a stretch where you're exclusively drinking manhattans, you'll burn through whiskey regularly, vermouth occasionally, and once in a while bitters, but at any time you can say "it's high time I had a martini" and you're stocked. After you buy the base hooch, you'll probably spend just as much every week on booze as you would have otherwise, except you'll have a full bar at your disposal instead of just one bottle & a repertoire of two, maybe three drinks that you can make with it.Aloysius82 wrote:I like the idea of stocking booze in your home. But that's pretty hard for some. If I have booze in the house, chances are I'll drink it. Damn the job!gnarkill wrote:Nicely said.Smatter Noguts wrote:Beer is the frosting. Booze is the cake.
Remember this on your next shopping trip.
There's not a bottle of vermouth you can dust off? If you stock any sort of decent bar you've got to have some strays lying around. How 'bout that one weird bottle of liqueur you've got that you only know how to make one cocktail with and have had for over a year?
I got some surplus Bloody Mary mix under the bar but I don't have any vodka so I won't drink it. Plenty of wine, though, so that'll be gone come morning.
Of course it goes without saying that you hide this shit when you have company, unless you're particularly generous.
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What the hell did you do wrong to allow this? Run out and get some liquor! If not at a store, go to a bar. After all, they're like emergency rooms for undrunkenness.DeeboCools wrote:All I have in the house is beer. The fail-proof system of always remembering to stay stocked on liquor has failed. I've had 3 of these things and it feels like I've had a cup of coffee. How in the fuck am I supposed to drink 7 or so more of these so I can get to sleep? I need your support. I need to chug. Let's do this. Together.
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I need two quadruple whiskeys, STAT!John Barleycorn wrote:What the hell did you do wrong to allow this? Run out and get some liquor! If not at a store, go to a bar. After all, they're like emergency rooms for undrunkenness.DeeboCools wrote:All I have in the house is beer. The fail-proof system of always remembering to stay stocked on liquor has failed. I've had 3 of these things and it feels like I've had a cup of coffee. How in the fuck am I supposed to drink 7 or so more of these so I can get to sleep? I need your support. I need to chug. Let's do this. Together.
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As I've said a gazillion times: a drunkard needs to plan ahead. How the hell did you end up in this awful situation?
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Shotgun the rest of the beers, and go lay down.
As for plannining ahead, alot of people say that if they had a fully stocked bar they would drink it all. Not at all, my cabinet is fully stocked as you can seehttp://www.drunkard.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=66455 and has been for as long as i have had the cabinet. The secret is keeping your well drink full. For me its old crow, i have some several bottles that cost well over 50$ like bookers. but those are usually for special occasions, or for company. When ever you go to the liquor store, buy double. buy two handles instead of one. then when the first one is gone, go buy another and so forth. this way you always have a full handle on hand, and no need to break into the top shelf out of necesseity.
As for plannining ahead, alot of people say that if they had a fully stocked bar they would drink it all. Not at all, my cabinet is fully stocked as you can seehttp://www.drunkard.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=66455 and has been for as long as i have had the cabinet. The secret is keeping your well drink full. For me its old crow, i have some several bottles that cost well over 50$ like bookers. but those are usually for special occasions, or for company. When ever you go to the liquor store, buy double. buy two handles instead of one. then when the first one is gone, go buy another and so forth. this way you always have a full handle on hand, and no need to break into the top shelf out of necesseity.
BBoozer wrote:a drunkard needs to plan ahead
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Another part of my personal "planning ahead" strategy is to pick up a several bottles of cheap wine whenever you see a good deal. If you enjoy wine but it's not really your go-to, you won't dip into this stock because you'll want to be drinking something nicer. If you don't really like wine, they'll remain untouched until the unthinkable happens: you run out of liquor.
3 bottle of 2-buck-chuck and you should be feelin mighty fine indeed.
3 bottle of 2-buck-chuck and you should be feelin mighty fine indeed.
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Indeed, when you plan ahead, you need to 'buy big when prices are low'. Whenever there's a sale, especially involving your favourite booze, buy six or twelve bottles instead of one. Think of the long-term profit you make, adhering to this strategy. In any case, you need to build up a buffer. You don't want to be caught dry when friends are coming over and after a couple of bottles all the booze is gone. There has been a thread on what constitutes a sizeable liquor cabinet and how to start things up. As has been said, a couple of hundred of bucks should get you pretty far. And after that it 's just disciplined maintenance.
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Yup. I'm a big fan of the buy big when prices are low. There is a liquor superstore about 2.5 hours from me that runs outrageous specials. This weekend it's handles of Red Lable for $25.99 and handles of Tanqueray for $26.99. The normal price on these near me is about $37, or maybe $33 if I find it on sale. It's time to stock up.BBoozer wrote:Indeed, when you plan ahead, you need to 'buy big when prices are low'. Whenever there's a sale, especially involving your favourite booze, buy six or twelve bottles instead of one. Think of the long-term profit you make, adhering to this strategy. In any case, you need to build up a buffer. You don't want to be caught dry when friends are coming over and after a couple of bottles all the booze is gone. There has been a thread on what constitutes a sizeable liquor cabinet and how to start things up. As has been said, a couple of hundred of bucks should get you pretty far. And after that it 's just disciplined maintenance.
Also, about Jiggers' advice to buy something that's not your go to. I find it's also good to keep an experimental stash around for emergencies. Over the summer I got a coupon for $4 off of New Amsterdam Gin and decided to buy the handle for $15 rather than the 5th for $10. I really didn't like it that much. It wasn't horrific tasting, it just wasn't what I look for in a gin. Anyway, I've still got over half that handle waiting for the dark day when I find myself without booze. Then I'll just mix it with 7 up and do what needs to be done. I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't be afraid to try new stuff because you can use it for an emergency stockpile if it isn't the best.
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Agreed, I bought a handle of korbel brandy, did not like it at all. Its just over half full, and probally wont taste that bad with some coke.
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plannnin ahead is good and i always do when i'm able. but, when you don't have a lot of money it's hard to do. lately my financial situation is such that i pretty much buy each day's buzz with whatever money i happen to have.
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