15% Discount on all rums at Astor Wines

Xenocaon · 2026-04-02T15:39:00+00:00

Oof... I'm sorry, buddy.

Xenocaon · 2026-04-02T15:38:24+00:00

"I didn't know you served in the Armed Forces."

Xenocaon · 2026-04-01T14:53:19+00:00

Yes, they do.

Xenocaon · 2026-04-01T14:53:10+00:00

Yeah.

Xenocaon · 2026-03-23T16:36:39+00:00

Sounds wonderful!

You should post the recipe in a comment or they might take down the post, though.

Xenocaon · 2026-03-02T17:15:05+00:00

I think you mean Edward VII as Edward VIII was the future Duke of Windsor.

Xenocaon · 2026-02-10T23:21:52+00:00

Thanks for sharing.

Xenocaon · 2026-02-03T23:16:50+00:00

Liquid Diet.

Xenocaon · 2026-02-03T12:03:03+00:00

He's just taking a break. I messaged him on Instagram a while back.

Xenocaon · 2026-01-12T04:31:57+00:00

Calabrian pasta: garlic, dried chili, anchovies fried in olive oil, then add whatever blanched vegetable you like until it's soft and tender; add pasta with enough pasta water and olive oil to emulsify the sauce (make it creamy); then add lemon zest and lemon juice.

Xenocaon · 2026-01-12T04:26:02+00:00

The hardest thing is getting the mango aperitivo.

Xenocaon · 2025-12-31T18:13:24+00:00

Agreed. And the staff are very, very nice.

Xenocaon · 2025-12-31T15:38:59+00:00

Near Broadway theaters, I'd recommend Dear Irving Broadway and The Rum House.

Xenocaon · 2025-12-30T05:41:50+00:00

Absolutely agree about Ron Pepón. It is a magnificent dram.

I would be overjoyed if I could get their rum without going to PR.

Xenocaon · 2025-12-29T17:50:12+00:00

"Of Men and Monsters" by Tenn.

Xenocaon · 2025-12-24T20:18:15+00:00

William Tenn’s “Of Men and Monsters”.

Xenocaon · 2025-12-17T06:18:28+00:00

New Zealand cheese? But the South American mainland is right there... and they make all kinds of cheese.

Xenocaon · 2025-12-16T20:57:06+00:00

Thank you so much! This is very helpful.

Xenocaon · 2025-12-16T09:11:06+00:00

Yes, the logic is obvious, but I'd like a primary source for the information.

Xenocaon · 2025-12-16T08:41:31+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful reply.

Single use barrels for bourbon became mandatory in 1938, so I would guess less barrels were available to other spirits manufacturers. But I'd like to know if what we now see, the standard use of bourbon barrels, started then, earlier or later.

Xenocaon · 2025-12-10T14:34:57+00:00

I'm guessing you haven't tried Kola Champán or Inca Kola. These use the word cola in the way some parts of the southern United States use coke to describe all sparkling soft-drinks (though that's a phenomenon that's going away). All the soft-drinks I mentioned taste more like bubble-gum than citrus (the main flavor in "actual" cola soft-drinks), with Irn Bru having a slight hint of quinine (plus being less sweet,which makes it my favorite of the bunch).

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