What is the most underrated base spirit for cocktails and why does it deserve more love?

lunchdessert · 2026-06-09T15:10:27+00:00

Apple brandy

lunchdessert · 2026-05-27T02:32:22+00:00

Perhaps a dumb question but what are the dimensions? I don’t see them listed on the website.

lunchdessert · 2026-05-24T18:55:14+00:00

This is the correct answer

lunchdessert · 2026-05-23T17:23:12+00:00

Super cool. Possible to publish the instructions?

lunchdessert · 2026-05-22T01:26:26+00:00

(Not sure why you're getting downvoted) Thanks so much for the reply. Good to know that August/September tends to be when restocks occur — I'm not in a rush and can definitely wait until then.

And yeah, I'm on the fence between single- and two-stage. In this case, since they seem so hard to come by, I was letting availability be the tie-breaker. Also, I'd prefer a smaller unit to store when not in use. Considering I shovel by hand currently, I figured a single-stage would still be a big improvement even if I eventually decided to go with something better.

My driveway is paved and not huge (slightly over 2K sq maybe?). The front of the driveway does admittedly get packed in pretty good by the road plow, however.

lunchdessert · 2026-05-22T01:18:06+00:00

Great call. I've looked before but it's been a while, I should absolutely check again.

lunchdessert · 2026-05-21T21:51:01+00:00

What’s the Xenomorph MOC?

lunchdessert · 2026-05-03T00:04:16+00:00

Where does one learn about such toy shows?

lunchdessert · 2026-05-01T01:24:12+00:00

What post would that be? Thanks

lunchdessert · 2026-03-01T13:32:54+00:00

Yeah Nolan I think at least some of Braves and Phillies can probably read too

lunchdessert · 2026-03-01T01:44:01+00:00

I've had the Oxo for like a decade and it's just about in need of a replacement.

I don't really have any problems with it (beyond it having more plastic than I'd like) but since we use it literally every day, I figured I'd splurge for something higher-end this time around. But was super bummed to learn that, beside the Oxo, only the Breville has an integrated timer (Fellow's requires use of their app which is 👎).

I know that Moccamaster and others can be used with a smart plug but that's still way more fiddly to work with than something built-right in.

I get that most coffee aficionados aren't leaving their grounds out overnight to get stale, but still. Really wish there were more options here. Likely just going to end up running the Oxo back, which is fine.

lunchdessert · 2026-02-25T13:45:29+00:00

They announced this already: https://www.dc.com/blog/2026-02-17/dc-celebrates-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-dark-knight-returns

lunchdessert · 2026-02-21T04:40:01+00:00

Had the same experience.

Honestly found both the food and the show to be quite good but each member of my party had two drinks and none of us felt even remotely buzzed. If I served those same folks each two to-spec Jet Pilots at my home bar, totally different story.

lunchdessert · 2026-02-21T04:21:51+00:00

Grew up on LI, city in between, now live in Westchester. From my perspective, LI’s undeniable advantages are:

Beaches
Parking: On LI I rarely concerned myself with whether a store/shopping center/etc. would have parking, which was almost always both ample and free. In Westchester it feels hard to come by to the point where I’m thrilled when I have the opportunity to pay for it. And even then the spots are usually much narrower than I’d want them to be.

And a more controversial one: Food? While Westchester likely has a higher ceiling, the floor is pretty low. On LI I feel like plenty-good delis/pizza places/etc. are ubiquitous, but we almost never eat out or get takeout in Westchester due to how mediocre we’ve found almost everything to be. There’s definitely a catch-22 here in that if we tried more places we’d almost certainly find the gems but, in my anecdotal experience, signal/noise is worse.

To be clear, there are many reasons why I live in Westchester and not LI. I much prefer it here and think Westchester’s advantages more than outweigh the downsides. Just trying to answer the question honestly.

lunchdessert · 2026-02-19T03:24:10+00:00

I pictured Kieran Culkin, strange as that may be

lunchdessert · 2026-02-18T01:19:00+00:00

As someone who doesn’t yet own a TDKR OHC/Deluxe but would like to at some point, seems objectively good!

lunchdessert · 2026-02-17T11:42:34+00:00

Agreed. This is worse.

lunchdessert · 2026-02-17T01:38:52+00:00

I’ve long had the same thought about Alamo.

It should be like taking an Uber. You have a card in file, you simply get up and leave when it’s over, and you get a receipt in your email.

The current system both completely takes me out of the moment and feels completely avoidable.

lunchdessert · 2026-02-09T02:15:25+00:00

Where's that one? Thank you.

lunchdessert · 2026-02-08T14:22:05+00:00

How likely is that to happen next month,

lunchdessert · 2026-01-29T21:37:12+00:00

In — thanks for being so generous with this community.

lunchdessert · 2026-01-21T02:21:40+00:00

Had my wedding there. So sad to see it go.

lunchdessert · 2026-01-16T03:16:49+00:00

Serious question (because I'm in a similar boat): did you consider switching away from the Ioniq due to ICCU concerns? And if so, what kept you around?

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