Ask the local curmudgeon (me) anything related to tech or liquor. :)

I am trying to remember what the treatment for graphorrhea may, should, or could be.

Hey Erik,
Have you given Finlaggan a try? You might consider it.

Clearthink...
is it not interesting that many of the greatest artists and scientific minds in history have been passionate advocates for various, some would say liberating, intoxicants?
Grab a drink, you might learn something.  Or maybe even relax and live and let live. 

But don’t spill it like I just did.  

Making pina coladas last night and maybe it was the spiced rum but it sure seemed they came out better running the Waring Professional blender with the Synergistic Research Master Coupler. Why do they even bother selling blenders with stock factory power cords???!

Secret to the blender is the isolation feet.
greatly reduces transmission of ...........wait, spiced rum?
all is good.

Well the Waring Professional comes with little rubber feet. Which as michaelgreene has pointed out many times excessive damping results in mooshy margaritas. When properly tuned the pina colada opens up and you can see the coconut and pineapple spread deep and wide across the room in front of you. Or you could just forget to put the lid on, same result. 

You can fix ALL of that by simply adding a lot more rum. Same principle applies to audio. I'm pretty sure that's why my low end system down at my weekend getaway place sounds so good.....sometimes.

Amateur! As a professional mixologist I hope you know I would never ruin the ideal proportions of any drink just to add more alcohol! That is not what you do. You switch to straight shots!

Tech: Why don’t my $500 speaker cables sound 500 times better than lamp cord?

Liquor: Why the hell does $500 whisky taste 500 times better than lampcord-priced whisky?

"Why don’t my $500 speaker cables sound 500 times better than lamp cord?"

Who can say? For all we know you might have $500 lamp cords. And trust me, if you don't, you should. It makes all the difference in the world.

"Why the hell does $500 whisky taste 500 times better than lampcord-priced whisky?"

Again, it depends on the lamp cord price. $500 whiskey should not taste any better than $500 lamp-cord-priced whiskey.

You've got to give Erik more to work with here.

So okay Erik serious question. Leftover pina colada. Whole blender thingy goes in the freezer. Okay. Got it. But then next night when you want more and its all frozen solid, what then? I’m thinking add more rum (a lot more rum!) which being warm (and alcohol) will loosen it right up. Which is what I’m looking for, loosened up. Or would it be better to just get it out and let it thaw while I go turn on the system. So they both warm up together?

@millercarbon


Sir, this is Audiogon. Clearly the only solution left for you is to go to read a dozen blender reviews, then go to the Williams Sonoma website, ask a hundred questions about blenders and drinks, and then order whatever you wanted to buy in the first place.


Best,

E

Cooks Country rated the Breville blender as the best. And much better than the more expensive Ninja and VitaMix blenders. Waring was always considered the best blenders for years and probably still are, at least in terms of build quality and consistency. But they always used to be super expensive and not to have many features. I used to see them in labs that only had one speed. Can't say what they're like now or how much they cost.

I can tell you that the average low cost blenders you get these days will hardly mix much less blend.

New drink. Invented just about 1 hour ago. Probably invented decades ago too:

Vodka  1 oz.
Cointreau 1 oz.
Blood orange juice 1 oz.

Combine. Shake vigorously in a cocktail shaker with ice.

Pour into martini glass with a wedge of blood orange for garnish. 

Don't have a name yet. That will be Erik's job.

Moscow Sunset

Shot of sloe gin, double shot of Southern Comfort, with orange juice.
Like a screwdriver, sort of.
I call it a sloe comfortable screw.

@erik_squires : "Moscow Sunset"

Bingo!

@millercarbon, the last time I heard that one I laughed so hard I fell of my dinosaur. ;-)

That drink is actually a thing.... except it has vodka...and it’s disgusting.

A friend of mine, at some point, invented a cocktail "Death in the bedroom". It was something you drink in the evening, before going to bed. The recipe is:

-100ml of vodka

add

-100ml of vodka

It seems as the simplest cocktail ever, but...

important thing, and why he qualified it as a cocktail, is that it must be two different vodkas.

I came across this while YouTubing and it should be amusing for all the bourbon drinkers out there. It's not it's funny, per se, but the guy seems to really enjoy bourdon. The permanent flush on his face speaks volumes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISHoo6Z7GbY&frags=pl%2Cwn

All the best,
Nonoise