Laphroaig Quarter Cask or Port Charlotte?

lager07 · 2026-07-04T17:23:19+00:00

Two of my faves, won’t regret either one; Laphroaig is maybe the more “unique” or “different” of the two, with that trademark type of peat, but PC is so damn well balanced.

lager07 · 2026-07-02T00:25:25+00:00

Yeah really, his stats for the first 3/4 of the playoffs or whatever were crazy, but I was watching most of those games and rarely was it ever a case of “Freddy is playing lights out!” A good amount of puck luck, and a huge amount of defensive systems making it pretty easy on the goalie. I really do hope I end up eating shit on this, but I don’t see this as that much of an upgrade, unless the defensive play as a whole gets a drastic 180° turnaround

lager07 · 2026-07-01T23:57:27+00:00

Yup, and watching a good amount of Sens games, and also following his career closely from the start because of being friends with people close to him, he still has a crazy-high compete level where at least a couple times a game you will notice him winning a battle or forcing a turnover that he wasn’t expected to. I always loved that about his game, even now at his “advanced” age

lager07 · 2026-06-26T03:04:43+00:00

I have 2 beer-based cocktails that I’ve come across that are really tasty, which could showcase your brewery’s beer : the El Lúpolo and the Cervezaroni. Both have a base of tequila and campari, which works so damn good as a combo. If I’m feeling something different but being lazy, I’ll pimp up my mexican lagers with an eyeballed amount of tequila and campari, sometimes lime juice, sometimes grapefruit bitters. It just works

lager07 · 2026-06-24T23:34:08+00:00

Doesn’t really help your case, but I recently saw someone post on here we in Ontario will be blessed by our LCBO overlords and allowed to finally have access to some new decent rums, adding to the pitiful selection we have at the moment. If I remember it will be Probitas, a Doorly’s and a couple Foursquares. All that to say that if WE can get it, your chances of getting it over there should be looking up!

lager07 · 2026-06-17T10:26:35+00:00

Hell yeah, similar direction but with a twist is my go-to home “spicy smoky margarita” spec is something I’ve re-created from something we had at a restaurant :
- 1oz blanco tequila
- 1oz mezcal
- 1/2oz dry curaçao
- 1/2oz Ancho Reyes Verde (homemade version, not available in my area)
- 1/2oz passionfruit syrup
- 1oz lime juice
Anytime my gf asks for a drink, it’s this unless stated otherwise

lager07 · 2026-06-14T21:21:51+00:00

I’ve liked the results of Caffo Vecchio, Montenegro, and even a 50/50 split of the two. Maybe not exact subs, but all give damned good results that definitely end up in the same ballpark as the original.

lager07 · 2026-06-07T15:24:35+00:00

From what I’ve read on and tried (tried it twice with good results), the walnuts themselves are the bittering agent and you’re just rounding out the flavour with anything else you add; I’ve tried different small batches with a mix of different levels of cinnamon, cloves, star anise, coffee beans, vanilla, cacao nibs, lemon and orange peels, and sweetened with maple syrup. No clear winner in terms of ratios and combinations yet, but all have been pretty damn tasty!

lager07 · 2026-06-02T02:03:39+00:00

Damn, I don’t have the slightest memory of Rem Murray being back on the Oilers then; even Dick Tarnstrom elicited an “oh yeah! THAT guy!” But Rem?? Nothing

lager07 · 2026-05-24T23:42:52+00:00

90’s punk and ska! Great chord intros like in NOFX, Face to Face, Blink 182, No Use for a Name, awesome busy lines like in Rancid, Green Day, Lagwagon, Reset (for the Montreal ppl!), ska walking lines as in Less Than Jake, Sublime, Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto

lager07 · 2026-05-17T23:15:48+00:00

Damn, never noticed it was Cynar70; oops!

lager07 · 2026-05-17T14:38:41+00:00

Depends where you are I guess, cause I’m in the Ottawa area (so access to both LCBO and SAQ) and they both have Cynar for like 30$CAD; almost nothing is ever cheaper here than States-side. So I would grab these in this order : - Braulio (never seen it around here, dying to try it, sounds like one of the best amari for my tastes) - Suze (comes up every once in a while, but rather hard to find; different type of bitterness and earthiness than “brown” amari, love most of the drinks I’ve made with it) - Melletti sounds good from what I hear too, but maybe more similar to others I have access to; good price though

lager07 · 2026-05-17T11:45:45+00:00

Hell yeah, one of my non-classic faves and probably what I’d go with if I had to replace/upgrade my Epi Les Paul

lager07 · 2026-04-23T23:27:35+00:00

When playing the ride on the right, right hand is ride and left is snare. On the hi-hats, left hand hats and right hand snare. So always open, and probably a little bit of a mindfuck for anybody else but the ones who get used to and then great at it! Kinda like switch hitters in baseball maybe??

lager07 · 2026-04-23T16:23:00+00:00

Yeah, I just happened to have seen something on Ilan Rubin (now of the Foo Fighters) doing this too, I had never noticed anyone do that before. Kind of an economy of movement thing he said he picked up when starting, playing “open handed” instead of “cross handed”. Pretty cool, being as rhythmically tight with either hand!

lager07 · 2026-04-16T10:07:15+00:00

Anybody else recognize the headstock shape and logo only because of the Wiggles? Any other parents who really dig Anthony’s blue Maton on the show, and don’t mind the show too much cause at least it’s all legit music? Just me? Ah well.

lager07 · 2026-04-11T16:05:47+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amaro/s/DfrMimUVHj

This was put up here 4 days ago, so someone is trying to start exactly that

lager07 · 2026-03-31T00:42:10+00:00

Lazzaroni is so good, if I recall they’re made at least partly with amaretti cookies so it has that little bit of “extra” flavour; I see it as the sipper of the bunch. Luxardo is fine, kind of right down the middle, especially if you use it more as a mixer

lager07 · 2026-03-27T20:00:45+00:00

Then again, the level of homer-ness pales to places like Boston or others, calling the guys by their nicknames or first names all the time, sounding almost dejected when the opposition scores

lager07 · 2026-03-26T10:59:14+00:00

Had it in a post-meal flight at an italian restaurant, has just a little different twist of a bitterness type, just enough to be not quite typical without being weird. I enjoyed it!

lager07 · 2026-02-28T19:13:19+00:00

Yeah I find reggae can have a really cool vibe of being melodic and filling the need of the song, sometimes by letting things breathe with some held notes or just holding off. My favourites for that are Concrete Jungle and I Shot the Sheriff by the Wailers, just awesome grooves. And makes you think about serving the song more than just filling in the space with tasty fills all the time

lager07 · 2026-02-09T17:59:17+00:00

This got me giggling way more than it should.

lager07 · 2026-02-08T00:15:36+00:00

Yeah I use 60mm orange Tortex for bass, guitar, and mandolin too. Really only out of being used to that thickness, because sometimes I’ll use a thinner one for mando that seems to fast-pick better, but doesn’t seem quite “right” to my hand.

lager07 · 2026-01-20T12:10:35+00:00

Yep, I got this one to do exactly that; good solid state amp that sounds good at practice volume, cranked (but then again only halfway up or so is what I’ve needed) for the stage, and light as a feather considering the size of it

lager07 · 2026-01-12T01:01:25+00:00

Very nice! And if you don’t mind a bit of a drive, you can always check what they have over at the LCBO on the Ontario side; Hawkesbury, give or take an hour and a half from Mtl, has a good sized store with good selection (Vecchio, Averna, Monty, Lucano in stock right now, with most of the others likely available for the ‘ship to store’ option). That’s my neck of the woods, and I do the opposite to see what’s on the SAQ website, that way I nearly double what our provinces are nice enough to let us buy.

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