On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:00:50 -0700 (PDT), darsy 
wrote:

>you think Black Sambuca is bad for hangovers?
>
>Try Fernet Branca.
>
>Even reading the ingredients list makes me feel a bit bilious (/Myrhh/
>and Rhubarb for starters.)

Fucks sake - you actually swallowed enough Fernet Branca to get a
hangover?

Burnt brought some back from a foreign trip and I tried it at his
place.  The smell is appalling, but the taste worse.  One sip was
enough for me to know I never, ever wanted to taste it again.
-- 
Champ

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"Champ"  wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:00:50 -0700 (PDT), darsy 
> wrote:
>
>>you think Black Sambuca is bad for hangovers?
>>
>>Try Fernet Branca.
>>
>>Even reading the ingredients list makes me feel a bit bilious (/Myrhh/
>>and Rhubarb for starters.)
>
> Fucks sake - you actually swallowed enough Fernet Branca to get a
> hangover?
>
> Burnt brought some back from a foreign trip and I tried it at his
> place.  The smell is appalling, but the taste worse.  One sip was
> enough for me to know I never, ever wanted to taste it again.

Gammel Dansk, anybody?  Just in case there are Danish lurkers.  Perhaps I 
should put my 20yo, half-finished bottle on eBay - in the masochism section.

zymurgy wrote:
> 
> [1] Currently heading through a bottle of Icelandic Aalborg Akvavit
> Jubilaem. Ugh.

Why drink it at all if it's revolting? Surely you're drinking for 
pleasure, not pure addiction?

I have enough trouble with Benedictine and Unicum [1]. Actually, I've 
yet to come across a herbal liqueur that wasn't revolting.

[1] No, really, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicum

-- 
ogden

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In article , ogden 
says...

> I have enough trouble with Benedictine 

I like Benedictine, but it gives me bad hangovers, so I avoid it these 
days.
-- 
Bear
2002 Yamaha R1
Saab Aero Sport

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:27:25 -0700 (PDT), zymurgy@technologist.com
wrote:
 
>
>
>Champ wrote:

>> Fucks sake - you actually swallowed enough Fernet Branca to get a
>> hangover?
>>
>> Burnt brought some back from a foreign trip and I tried it at his
>> place.  The smell is appalling, but the taste worse.  One sip was
>> enough for me to know I never, ever wanted to taste it again.
>
>heh. It is pretty disgusting. I only ever tasted one thing worse, and
>that was some Norwegian aquavit that tasted like Sandersons throat
>specific.

But you're well-known for liking disgusting stuff. What was that Czech
stuff we had that you took off our hands?

>I eventually palmed the Norwegian stuff on to a Welshman. The only
>bottle I couldn't / wouldn't finish (and I can stomach some pretty
>foul drinks [1])

Indeed. You seem to actively go out of your way to acquire teh
strangest of tastes.
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:55:16 +0100, Bear 
squeezed out the following:

>In article , ogden 
>says...
>
>> I have enough trouble with Benedictine 
>
>I like Benedictine, but it gives me bad hangovers, so I avoid it these 
>days.

You could, of course, drink less of it. Or go for a B&B, which is how
we drink it.

-- 
Colin Irvine
ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5
http://www.colinandpat.co.uk

Charlie wrote:
>
> Gammel Dansk, anybody?  Just in case there are Danish lurkers.  Perhaps I 
> should put my 20yo, half-finished bottle on eBay - in the masochism 
> section.

Aww yeah. I love that stuff.
Jägermeiste too.

Never tried Fernet Branca.
I'll keep an eye out for it though.

-- 
Alex
BMW R1150GS
DIAABTCOD#3  MSWF#4  UKRMFBC#6  Ibw#35  BOB#8
Windy's "little soldier"

In article , Colin Irvine 
says...
> On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:55:16 +0100, Bear 
> squeezed out the following:
> 
> >In article , ogden 
> >says...
> >
> >> I have enough trouble with Benedictine 
> >
> >I like Benedictine, but it gives me bad hangovers, so I avoid it these 
> >days.
> 
> You could, of course, drink less of it. Or go for a B&B, which is how
> we drink it.

A B&B?

In any case, when I drink, I tend to drink a lot, over a prolonged 
session, so restraint isn't really for me :) [1]

[1] although I don't drink enough, fast enough, that I get hammered - 
just enough to quietly sip and chat to folk ... I recall Wik The Wecker 
and I polished off 3 bottles of sambuca in one evening doing just that, 
as an example
-- 
Bear
2002 Yamaha R1
Saab Aero Sport

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:14:33 +0100, Bear 
squeezed out the following:

>In article , Colin Irvine 
>says...
>> On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:55:16 +0100, Bear 
>> squeezed out the following:
>> 
>> >In article , ogden 
>> >says...
>> >
>> >> I have enough trouble with Benedictine 
>> >
>> >I like Benedictine, but it gives me bad hangovers, so I avoid it these 
>> >days.
>> 
>> You could, of course, drink less of it. Or go for a B&B, which is how
>> we drink it.
>
>A B&B?

Brandy and Benedictine in equal quantities. Same principle as a Rusty
Nail (whisky and Drambuie), which we also like!

-- 
Colin Irvine
ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5
http://www.colinandpat.co.uk

In article , Colin Irvine 
says...
> On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:14:33 +0100, Bear 
> squeezed out the following:
> 
> >In article , Colin Irvine 
> >says...
> >> On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:55:16 +0100, Bear 
> >> squeezed out the following:
> >> 
> >> >In article , ogden 
> >> >says...
> >> >
> >> >> I have enough trouble with Benedictine 
> >> >
> >> >I like Benedictine, but it gives me bad hangovers, so I avoid it these 
> >> >days.
> >> 
> >> You could, of course, drink less of it. Or go for a B&B, which is how
> >> we drink it.
> >
> >A B&B?
> 
> Brandy and Benedictine in equal quantities. Same principle as a Rusty
> Nail (whisky and Drambuie), which we also like!

Oh I like Rusty Nails, so I'd give it a go, yes.
-- 
Bear
2002 Yamaha R1
Saab Aero Sport

Bear wrote:
> In article , ogden 
> says...
> 
>> I have enough trouble with Benedictine 
> 
> I like Benedictine, but it gives me bad hangovers, so I avoid it these 
> days.

I asked for a Benedictine and got a really bad haircut.

-- 
MikeH
GSX750F

On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:46:57 +0100, MikeH
 wrote:

>Bear wrote:
>> In article , ogden 
>> says...
>> 
>>> I have enough trouble with Benedictine 
>> 
>> I like Benedictine, but it gives me bad hangovers, so I avoid it these 
>> days.
>
>I asked for a Benedictine and got a really bad haircut.

heh.  You fool!
-- 
Champ
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger
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neal at champ dot org dot uk

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:03:01 +0100, "Alex Ferrier" <x@x.x> wrote:

>Charlie wrote:
>>
>> Gammel Dansk, anybody?  Just in case there are Danish lurkers.  Perhaps I 
>> should put my 20yo, half-finished bottle on eBay - in the masochism 
>> section.
>
>Aww yeah. I love that stuff.
>Jägermeiste too.

I like a drop of the Jäger meself.

Not bad for $350
http://www.beertaps.com/jagdis.html

It's still a hit amongst American college students, and we know how
thick they are.

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:05:40 -0700 (PDT), zymurgy@technologist.com
wrote:
 
>
>
>sigvaldi wrote:
>
>> On Sep 5, 3:27?pm, zymu...@technologist.com wrote:
>> > Champ wrote:
>> > > On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:00:50 -0700 (PDT), darsy 
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > > >Try Fernet Branca.

>> Aalborg akavit is a Danish drink, nothing Icelandic there.
>
>Ah, I was confusing it with this stuff :
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenniv%C3%ADn

And this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becherovka is the stuff you were
going for at ours, if I'm not mistaken. Compares it with the FB, so no
wonder I wouldn't touch it.

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Zymurgy wrote:
> 
> Yeah. I met my match in a schnapps bar in Hull when I said, "give me
> the strongest thing on the menu".
> 
> The barman smiled to himself and poured a thick, viscous brown liquid
> out of a dusty bottle from the back shelf.
> 
> This stuff stripped the back of my throat and I talked with a hoarse
> voice for over a week.
> 
> Fucking evil stuff.

Can't have been stronger than the 95% ethanol I picked up in Sardinia a 
couple of years ago. I know it's meant for diluting to make liqueurs, 
but I couldn't resist trying it neat.

Warm, is the only word that really describes it. Very warm.

-- 
ogden

GSXR750 K4
RGV250 VJ22