Alcohol

[Benzo]

Jan 3, 2018 18:54:17 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

Jan 3, 2018 13:03:23 GMT -4 Benzo said:

Damn drunkards...
Also, you should try mead, Tim. Basically the same as wine but using honey instead of grapes to feed the yeast. Since there is no need for grapes, meaderys typically will flavor bottles with other fruits, such as raspberry being a common one.

Hell, I made a batch of basement mead once, lmao. Made 2 gallons for roughly $30.

That sounds like a rather sweet beverage. Ben, I need you to come to the big Bannanachair meetup that'll happen in a year or so, and to bring a couple bottles of your homebrew mead.

They can be, aye, especially red/rose colored meads. Standard orange typically means unflavored or spiced, both of which can be quite bitter in comparison.

And that would definitely be a horrid idea; It was basically toilet wine, albeit better flavored. In 1 case, at least... Orange was terrible, cherry was cough syrup, and the raspberry batch I made was pretty much some lethal ass jungle juice, in the sense that all you could taste was bitter raspberry and honey; The alcohol was completely masked. That's dangerous as hell, haha.

Maybe if I get a mead jug and an airlock I could make some actually decent brew. Last time it was milk jugs with balloons acting as the gas trap; Basically, the fermentation process kept a steady stream of gas pushing out of a small pinhole, which doesn't allow anything to get in. About 6 months later, the balloon deflated, I scooped out the zombified fruit, and the mead was sifted into 2-Litre bottles.


The weirdest part is I didn't really break any laws. I wasn't 21, sure, but as long as I didn't try to brew more than I think 50 gallons at a time and sell it, I didn't need a license; It's not moonshine, I suppose.

[Bannanachair]

Jan 3, 2018 19:45:10 GMT -4 Benzo said:

Jan 3, 2018 18:54:17 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

That sounds like a rather sweet beverage. Ben, I need you to come to the big Bannanachair meetup that'll happen in a year or so, and to bring a couple bottles of your homebrew mead.

They can be, aye, especially red/rose colored meads. Standard orange typically means unflavored or spiced, both of which can be quite bitter in comparison.

And that would definitely be a horrid idea; It was basically toilet wine, albeit better flavored. In 1 case, at least... Orange was terrible, cherry was cough syrup, and the raspberry batch I made was pretty much some lethal ass jungle juice, in the sense that all you could taste was bitter raspberry and honey; The alcohol was completely masked. That's dangerous as hell, haha.

Maybe if I get a mead jug and an airlock I could make some actually decent brew. Last time it was milk jugs with balloons acting as the gas trap; Basically, the fermentation process kept a steady stream of gas pushing out of a small pinhole, which doesn't allow anything to get in. About 6 months later, the balloon deflated, I scooped out the zombified fruit, and the mead was sifted into 2-Litre bottles.


The weirdest part is I didn't really break any laws. I wasn't 21, sure, but as long as I didn't try to brew more than I think 50 gallons at a time and sell it, I didn't need a license; It's not moonshine, I suppose.

Right, the minimum age in America is 21. I keep forgetting that.

Also, keep working on it. Mead is what vikings drink, and I'm actually considering converting to Asatru, so that all goes together, and it sounds like you enjoy it, so that's good as well.

[Benzo]

Aw... My brother took me to this Viking bar a few times while I was visiting him, and apparently it closed down right after I left.
And it was definitely fun to watch that one batch slowly turn color, but goddamn what a long wait. I can actually dig up the old page I found my recipe on, if you'd like; It was a pretty cool site, mostly DIY cosplay projects, but he had a few legitimate how-to's, such as; Creating a catapult because why not, making a backyard anvil and later forging a dagger on it, and of course, homebrew yourself some mead.

[Bannanachair]

That sounds like a cool site.

Also, I would like to amend my statement about Asatru: I would like to join the version of Odin-worshipping that is not racist, because apparently there are a lot of racist versions of Odin-worship.

[Benzo]

Storm the Castle... I somehow always forget that name. It's been a while since I took a look, but holy hell, it expanded quite a bit.
But, namely blacksmithing and mead brewing

[Bannanachair]

I lost some weight and had 6 and a half particularly large glasses, from a goblet instead of a normal glass, so I am berry drunk. I just want to say that I highly recommend drinking alcohol to anyone willing to try it.

P.S.

I have never had a hangover before; I'll fill you guys in on details on that tomorrow morning in my timezone.

[Death]

Jesus Christ Tim, even as an Irishman that's a fucking lot. Please don't do that no more.

[Τι κοιτάς ρε]

What exactly did you have?

[Bannanachair]

Mar 23, 2018 12:19:50 GMT -4 Death said:

Jesus Christ Tim, even as an Irishman that's a fucking lot. Please don't do that no more.

My maternal grandfather is Scottish and on my dad's side there's lots of Russian and Polish blood. I was genetically engineered by the Bene Gesserit to be a superdrinker.

[Bannanachair]

Mar 23, 2018 12:59:19 GMT -4 Τι κοιτάς ρε said:

What exactly did you have?

My first slightly more than half a bottle was a Shiraz, at 15%, but my dad and I emptied that. Then I had... Something red that didn't taste quite as nice but was still pretty good with my dad's girlfriend's sister (who I'm 90% sure is an alcoholic). I drank out of a goblet, which is pretty cool.

[Bannanachair]

Mar 23, 2018 19:27:41 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

Mar 23, 2018 12:59:19 GMT -4 Τι κοιτάς ρε said:

What exactly did you have?

My first slightly more than half a bottle was a Shiraz, at 15%, but my dad and I emptied that. Then I had... Something red that didn't taste quite as nice but was still pretty good with my dad's girlfriend's sister (who I'm 90% sure is an alcoholic). I drank out of a goblet, which is pretty cool.

According to myself last night, my second wine was a merlot.

[Bannanachair]

At first the hangover wasn't that bad, but it's gotten worse as the morning's progressed. In the future, I'll probably end up drinking less, at least until I can build up tolerance.

[Bannanachair]

I inserted some figures about last night into a calculator that I found online and my BAC was about 0.2%, and I had about 12-ish standard drinks. Apparently I'll die at around 20-ish standard drinks, according to the site that I found, so I guess I can count that as a near death experience.

[Benzo]

Mar 24, 2018 11:10:58 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

I inserted some figures about last night into a calculator that I found online and my BAC was about 0.2%, and I had about 12-ish standard drinks. Apparently I'll die at around 20-ish standard drinks, according to the site that I found, so I guess I can count that as a near death experience.

Wait until you wake up covered in vomit and realize "Well shit, thank God I wasn't sleeping on my back."

That's not a challenge. Don't get to that point, because it's scary as fuck.

[Bannanachair]

Mar 24, 2018 20:25:11 GMT -4 Benzo said:

Mar 24, 2018 11:10:58 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

I inserted some figures about last night into a calculator that I found online and my BAC was about 0.2%, and I had about 12-ish standard drinks. Apparently I'll die at around 20-ish standard drinks, according to the site that I found, so I guess I can count that as a near death experience.

Wait until you wake up covered in vomit and realize "Well shit, thank God I wasn't sleeping on my back."

That's not a challenge. Don't get to that point, because it's scary as fuck.

That was yesterday morning, Ben.

[Benzo]

Mar 24, 2018 22:12:18 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

Mar 24, 2018 20:25:11 GMT -4 Benzo said:

Wait until you wake up covered in vomit and realize "Well shit, thank God I wasn't sleeping on my back."

That's not a challenge. Don't get to that point, because it's scary as fuck.

That was yesterday morning, Ben.

I know, I'm just pointing out that when it comes to dying an alcohol-related death, drowning during a drunken slumber is way, way too easy to do and is fairly common. And that for me personally, coming that close to it was a very loud wakeup call.

Thus, try not to go to bed drunk ever, before you do the same and realize your sleeping position meant the difference between life and death. Or, if you do/must, try to empty your stomach beforehand.

[Bannanachair]

Mar 24, 2018 23:59:33 GMT -4 Benzo said:

Mar 24, 2018 22:12:18 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

That was yesterday morning, Ben.

I know, I'm just pointing out that when it comes to dying an alcohol-related death, drowning during a drunken slumber is way, way too easy to do and is fairly common. And that for me personally, coming that close to it was a very loud wakeup call.

Thus, try not to go to bed drunk ever, before you do the same and realize your sleeping position meant the difference between life and death. Or, if you do/must, try to empty your stomach beforehand.

I'm probably just going to drink less than 12 standard drinks from now on. Binge drinking to the point where I can't see straight is fun, and I honestly didn't feel it when I vomited, but I agree wholeheartedly that I don't want to die like that. My dad's only word of advice was "sleep on your side" and "this bottle's nearly empty and it would be a shame to waste this small remainder, do you want to finish it off?", so thanks for the advice about emptying my stomach before going to bed.

[Bannanachair]

I tried having a couple glasses of wine tonight and couldn't even finish #1 because of what happened the last time I drank.

[Bannanachair]

I went to a winery the other day and I drank this wine, and it was one of the best wines I've ever had. It's similar to Madeira wine, both according to wikipedia and based off of the colour and opacity of the two drinks (from what I can remember).

[Bannanachair]

So, I vaguely remembered that this thread existed. However, I thought it was from 2016 and not late 2017. A lot of my internal chronology of memories don't really add up, and this is definitely not helping matters.

[Benzo]

Booze is great, the perfect remedy for funding out that your bren getting stabbed in the fucjinh b ack for half a decade

And a great way to leave this shitshow! They say .4 I lethal, (but thats a kie apparently lil) just keep on up and eventually the liver damage will do the truck
Prost!