The Coffee House

[smoke665]

Holy crap! We ordered a total of 6 bottles from the distributor, after this tasting at the wine dinner (where each participant might get a total of 2 full glasses

Okay, that explains it a little better. I was thinking man she can drink me under the table. Still two large glasses of my Fig wine and you feel it.

 

[snowbear124 55]

@snowbear : do you have a Plan B yet?

Yes. Tomorrow we are going to MSIL's and help her pull some old books out of her attic. Depending on when her meds are being delivered (she has to sign for them) we'll either bring her home with us and go to dinner at a place in VA that we haven't been to for a while or we'll go to one of the Irish pubs in Nap Town (Annapolis) or Charm City (Baltimore).

As far as the beach, we'll see what next weekend brings.

 

[terri43 14]

Yes. Tomorrow we are going to MSIL's and help her pull some old books out of her attic. Depending on when her meds are being delivered (she has to sign for them) we'll either bring her home with us and go to dinner at a place in VA that we haven't been to for a while or we'll go to one of the Irish pubs in Nap Town (Annapolis) or Charm City (Baltimore).

As far as the beach, we'll see what next weekend brings.

This hurricane, tropical storm or whatever it is, should be well in the rear view mirror by then! There's no beach time while these things are churning through.

 

[terri43 14]

Okay, that explains it a little better. I was thinking man she can drink me under the table. Still two large glasses of my Fig wine and you feel it.

I feel 2 large glasses of just about any kind of wine. Lightweight here!

Fig wine sounds interesting. I'm guessing it's on the sweet side, but robust. We used to make muscadine wine, but only if we could find wild grapes. Tried it once with grapes from the farmers market, and it was thin and nasty.

 

[smoke665]

Fig wine sounds interesting. I'm guessing it's on the sweet side,

Not really, I raise the specific gravity up to produce an estimated 15% ABV. After fermentation It's very dry, to much so for my taste. I generally post sweeten some before racking to produce an ABV in the 13-14% range, Still there's that little acidic bite from the alcohol, that offsets the added sweetness. Bad thing is it's very palatable so you can drink to much before you know it. Unless you knew it was fig wine you'd be hard pressed to know, because the fig flavor doesn't carry through, I'd say more of a merlot?

 

[jeffashman18 2]

I’d steer him away from LEO if possible, this day and age it’s just not a pleasant job, if it ever was. Talk about toxic. I’m the only guy in my family that didn’t go into it, they all tell me I made a wise decision to not follow them in. Some of the stories I‘ve heard, you don't want to know.

He spent four years as a Master at Arms (Navy LEO) on an aircraft carrier. He's well aware of the toxicity of the job. Probably why he became a bartender. He's looking at an unarmed security job in the are, which I think is selling himself short, but there you have it.

 

[jeffashman18 2]

Took me a minute to figure out why it would be so bad to steer someone away from me and why my name was in all caps.

Look, I had a hard day and I'm a little broken right now!

Tbh, that was the first thing that came to my mind, too...

 

[jeffashman18 2]

In other news, Happy Friday, hosers!

Beautiful weather in these parts, and no rain in the forecast. Anyone doing anything interesting this weekend?

@snowbear : do you have a Plan B yet?

In these parts, upper 90's, because yeah, it's Texas...

 

[jeffashman18 2]

I read that two glasses of red wine a day is good for the cholesterol, so I pulled out my 750ml glass... happy weekend Hosers!

 

[smoke665]

It's football Saturday in the south, and I'll admit that I'm a little apprehensive about Bama today. This hasn't been a stellar year for us so far.

 

[snowbear124 55]

Sixty Five and still alive!

Yesterday, MLSIL lost electricity just before I got to her place So we just came home. We stopped by the orange home store and picked up a new porch lamp for her. I’ll install it when it’s not raining. Try to get into her attic this evening after dinner.

 

[smoke665]

On the news this morning, photographers flocking to Supersttion Mtn in Az to photograph the cougar shadow on the mountain. Wish I was closer. Superstition Mountains cougar shadow appears only a few days a year - AZ Wonders

 

[terri43 14]

Sixty Five and still alive!
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Yesterday, MLSIL lost electricity just before I got to her place So we just came home. We stopped by the orange home store and picked up a new porch lamp for her. I’ll install it when it’s not raining. Try to get into her attic this evening after dinner.

Happy Birthday, Bear!

Don't work too much today! Eat cake - or some doctor-approved Birthday goodies!

 

[terri43 14]

On the news this morning, photographers flocking to Supersttion Mtn in Az to photograph the cougar shadow on the mountain. Wish I was closer. Superstition Mountains cougar shadow appears only a few days a year - AZ Wonders

Cool!!

 

[Rickbb73 12]

On the news this morning, photographers flocking to Supersttion Mtn in Az to photograph the cougar shadow on the mountain. Wish I was closer. Superstition Mountains cougar shadow appears only a few days a year - AZ Wonders

Great place to hike, been there many times but not during this event. The basin trail from the state park to the top of flat iron is a must do for hikers.