tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post9215401321322205492..comments2024-03-05T07:55:16.812-08:00Comments on Rowley's Whiskey Forge: Proof of Too Much Booze?Matthew Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00613982533349459637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-56123909609265270342009-01-16T10:51:00.000-08:002009-01-16T10:51:00.000-08:00Trid ~ well, with help from friends, we'll get thr...Trid ~ well, with help from friends, we'll get through a lot of it. Care to pitch in?<BR/><BR/>Dood ~ I'm envious of your rum collection. While whiskeys have always formed the foundation of any liquor cabinet, rums have taken the fore in recent years. Could any class of spirit be more delicious and varied? Well, brandies, of course. And, you know, now that I think about it, there are a few ryes I've been meaning to get my hands on.Matthew Rowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00613982533349459637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-53017733650137740242009-01-11T20:43:00.000-08:002009-01-11T20:43:00.000-08:00Totally agree with Trid. It's not a drinking prob...Totally agree with Trid. It's not a drinking problem, it's a buying problem. I have the same problem.<BR/><BR/>I do not drink compulsively. I buy bottles of alcohol compulsively. I have over 200 bottles, 115 of which are rum.RumDoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179541648832292111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-88337586116290360762009-01-10T23:26:00.000-08:002009-01-10T23:26:00.000-08:00You'll get through it all *that* quickly?You'll get through it all *that* quickly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-79524782382869224402009-01-07T14:11:00.000-08:002009-01-07T14:11:00.000-08:00Trid ~ 1) So true. Other than vermouth and, oddly,...Trid ~ <BR/><BR/>1) So true. Other than vermouth and, oddly, Luxardo Maraschino, there isn't a single bottle we empty on a regular occasion. The sheer volume of liquor here seems indicative of two people who simply buy more than they ought. Ergo:<BR/><BR/>2) You hit it on the head. I am by nature and training (there's that curatorial background) acquisitive. If anything, I have a tendency to being a completist (e.g., collecting every bit of Lovecraft material I can, all the moonshine postcards still around, all the varieties of bitters I know about, everything by certain authors, every ad campaign certain Dutch agencies launch, etc.). The tendency has clearly crept into my liquor-buying habits.<BR/><BR/>Given February's <A HREF="http://mixologymonday.com/2008/11/11/mxmo-in-the-months-to-come/" REL="nofollow">upcoming MxMo</A> theme on frugal drinking, I've put additional purchases on hiatus, drinking only what I've got in the house. Come June 2010, we should be down to a bottle of Patron and some grapefruit bitters.Matthew Rowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00613982533349459637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-86378693670060608032009-01-06T12:08:00.000-08:002009-01-06T12:08:00.000-08:00While my collection doesn't come close to rivaling...While my collection doesn't come close to rivaling yours, it does garner the occasional "Wow, look at all that booze. Are you sure you don't have a drinking problem?"<BR/><BR/>In response:<BR/>1) If either of us had a drinking problem, there wouldn't be this much remaining<BR/>2) Not a drinking problem, a *buying* problem.<BR/><BR/>Besides, who is this "Jack" fellow anyway...and what exactly is with his affinity for coke?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com