Okay...the lady's out of town so I'm drinking wine and playing Xbox. Not crappy wine -- no no no! I can't drink the crappy wine anymore. It's amazing how big a difference five bucks makes. The eight dollar bottle versus the three dollar bottle? Hot damn! Thing is, I don't mind cheap beer. I live in the Pabst capital of the world (Portland, OR), but there's a micro-brewery on every corner -- so as much Pabst as we drink we're still beer snobs. I have to give beer the nod for being good even when it's bad, but good wine is...damn...really good.
Sorry to break the news to you, but $8 wine is usually pretty craptastic.LukeAF24
Compared to $300 wine, of course. But you can find some surprisingly good stuff for under $10. I liken it to a six pack of Full Sail (or some other decent microbrew). The difference is that there's no extreme high end beer -- know what I mean?
[QUOTE="LukeAF24"]Sorry to break the news to you, but $8 wine is usually pretty craptastic.fartgorilla
Compared to $300 wine, of course. But you can find some surprisingly good stuff for under $10. I liken it to a six pack of Full Sail (or some other decent microbrew). The difference is that there's no extreme high end beer -- know what I mean? There's high-end beer. There are limited-season micro-brews that are actually bottled and sold like wine. They're just hard to get your hands on. However you really need to set your budget in the $15 ~ $25 price range to start getting some really enjoyable wines. As far as the "zomg it's a $500 bottle of wine" - eh, you kids and your dreams. When I want to drink something aged to vinegar I'll drink floor cleaner.
[QUOTE="fartgorilla"][QUOTE="LukeAF24"]Sorry to break the news to you, but $8 wine is usually pretty craptastic.subrosian
Compared to $300 wine, of course. But you can find some surprisingly good stuff for under $10. I liken it to a six pack of Full Sail (or some other decent microbrew). The difference is that there's no extreme high end beer -- know what I mean? There's high-end beer. There are limited-season micro-brews that are actually bottled and sold like wine. They're just hard to get your hands on. However you really need to set your budget in the $15 ~ $25 price range to start getting some really enjoyable wines. As far as the "zomg it's a $500 bottle of wine" - eh, you kids and your dreams. When I want to drink something aged to vinegar I'll drink floor cleaner. High end beer isn't the same thing as uber-high-end wine -- trust me. I live down the street from a market where you can get the kind of beer you're talking about. They have like a thousand different beers, and I may be exaggerating but if I am it can't be too far off...seriously the best beer selection in a famously beer-centric town (John's Market in Multnomah Village for the Portlanders, if you're out there). I've also lived in France and tasted two Grand Crus and as much as I like beer, that's on a whole 'nother level! Granted, I never touched a $300 bottle of wine -- they don't let you taste that stuff for free, naturally. But I think the analogy I made makes sense: a nine dollar bottle of wine is comparable in "enjoyness" (and apparently has a similar effect on my vocab) to a nine dollar six pack. I don't know where you live -- Utah??? -- where wine is so damn expensive...the cost of living here is relatively small compared to a lot of the country so mabye you're getting the same thing but the price is jacked...?
I haven't been a fan of any of the wine that I have tasted. Granted, I'm only sixteen... but still... Guinness is the only way to go when it comes to alcoholic beverages.
well...honestly both are acquired tastes. depending on the type of wine, certain wines can be good with certain foods, but for just hanging out...Beer.
I drink wine for special occasions, like Christmas dinner, Thanksgiving ect. I don't drink it casually, as I do beer. I'd choose any beer over a glass of wine any day.
My fiancee is a scientist working on colon cancer in mouse models...I found that picture on the internet and thought it was funny because of that -- ass well ass the obvious....
And omfg, do I want to know why that rat is in that tube? :::Shakes head:::
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BTW: Dr. Cox = the best character on Scrubs by a mile and a half. Props!
well, as long as Lemmiwinks is safe...
LOL Hey, from here it looks like the mouse is walking in to the tube on its own accord.
It isn't rape if there's consent. That reminds me, there's a sign at our beach that says, "Don't molest the wildlife." With a picture of a starfish next to it
Wine so better than beer. I find that many people drink beer because its supposedly cool. I'm on XBL drinking wine all the time, often kicking back like I'm the King of England, and kicking some serious ass.
Wine is something of a trial an error basis. If you've lived in California and have gone on the wine trains (where they let you try all kinds of wine out) then you'd definiately like it. There are headache wines (which are good for cooking and little else), then there are those that make you relaxed & comfortable. One good thing about wine to is that you don't need much of it to get a good feeling. I have to consume 5 or 6 beers to do what one glass of wine will.
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