DitchPanda

Its been a sh$% week at work...had a 15 hour day on Tuesday...plants been running kinda crappy. But I'm off tomorrow so I'm having some whiskey tonight cuz I earned it. Started off with some Wild Turkey 101... Gonna move to Knob Creek single barrel reserve.

Local store has a dozen large eggs for $6.....18pk for $12? Hard to believe they can run a successful business but not understand math. Bet they probably get some people though.

So prior to my current job I spent almost 8 years running the meat department of the local grocery store. Learned alot of skills like breaking down primal cuts,grinding fresh ground beef and pork as well as brat and sausage making. Decided to get myself a LEM #8 countertop grinder, a roll of Weston freezer paper and a freezer tape dispenser. Excited to do a little meat cutting and grinding again. Have a pretty good hookup for whole sirloins and pork butts so time to buy a small freezer and fill it up.

This winter has been about as dry as I can remember... We've had basically no snow. Last year by this time we had pretty much already hit our full winter average. Brutal cold right now...wind chill was -37 earlier.

How long have you had your Aiwa? I got mine for my 12th birthday and it still works....ill be 42 in May.

Was -10 wind chill here this morning... Coldest temp of the winter thus far. We've had no measureable snowfall at though, last winter I bet we had 25 inches by now.

Sorry for the delayed response. Several people mentioned making sure to buy from a dealer that's close proximity to my house and work. Shouldn't be an issue as there are 2 Subaru, 2 chevy and 2 Toyota dealers within 45 minutes of me. That said I'm leaning towards the cross trek and Corolla cross.

Maybe ill just quit my job and work from home! Seriously thanks for the info, ill do research and see what fits for me. I have reached out to a buddy at work about his cross trek plus a buddy that owns an outback and a forester and my grandfather that just traded in an out back, all have had nothing but great things to say. As for the Chevy trailblazer my wife really wants one but I've heard mixed things. May try and talk her into a Toyota Corolla cross instead, reviews there seem positive.

So I'm looking to finally get some new vehicles and these are the two I'm looking at. We are currently driving a 2010 Kia forte and a 2005 Chevy Silverado. I was wanting a new pickup but honestly since I don't pull a boat or camper I can't justify the cost considering I could get both of the above vehicles for the same cost as 1 truck. So I'm thinking of trading in my truck for the Subaru then trading in the car for a trailblazer for my wife.Does anybody have experience with the crosstrek or the newer generation trailblazer? If so what do you think of them?

I'm a plant technician 3 at an ethanol biorefinery so I have an endless supply of "moonshine"... however ours is fuel grade not distilled for consumption so I gotta pass! After a week with the chips in the color is significantly darker than the base whiskey. Curious how its gonna be.

Cant see how it could be worse

Well I tried the first bottle that I infused with cinnamon, orange peel, cocoa beans and coffee beans. EPIC FAIL. I followed the directions and even after only 24hrs it was undrinkable. Ill check the one with wood chips in a few weeks and see.

Pulling for him man

So for Christmas my sister in law bought me a whiskey infusion kit. Its got cocoa beans, Thai bird chilis, coffee beans, cinnamon, orange peel and chai mix for botanicals. Its also got 3 different types of wood chips. The kit also comes with 2 empty 350ml bottles and an instruction booklet with several recipes. I took 2 bottles of pretty meh whiskey and am in the process of infusing right now...I made sure to keep enough of each base whiskey to compare to the finished product. Anyway I probably would have never bought one for myself but as a whiskey lover I feel it was a very thoughtful gift and am excited to see the results.

I went to a private bourbon tasting raffle today and I was able to pick up a Stagg 23A and a 2024 Michters barrel strength rye. They are both fantastic.... Easily top 5 pours for me for sure and thats fresh cracked bottles.