@seraphimcaduto@unksol it’s f****** joke. I’m using voice to text so you’re going to see a lot of stars.fortunately due to a new law passed in 2016 we can get liquor on election day and state holidays and Sunday you’re f*****. Also liquor is not distributed evenly amongst the state liquor stores. Want some Cocchi Americano? Too bad it’s only available in St George. Want some plantation pineapple or oftd or barbancourt white rum well I hope you like driving 5 hours to get that bottle. And to be honest cocchi Americano is not available. You’re going to have to drive to Nevada or Colorado or Arizona to get that kind of like marijuana.there are a lot of things I like about living in Utah but it’s liquor laws and marijuana laws are not one of them
@j37hr0@seraphimcaduto@unksol dude… only one store in my texas town of 130,000 carries Plantation Pineapple. Good luck to find it in stock. Only one, and a different one at that, carries Bumbu (crappy rum that simply tastes fantastic in coke). That’s a distribution issue not necessarily caused by the state.
(and I love Utah… spent many weeks up in Kaysville/Fruit Heights)
@heartny
A liquor store is what it sounds like, they sell all kinds of liquor, beer, wine, and usually cigarettes and lotto. You can usually get just about any kind of liquor your looking for. Party stores usually have a big liquor selection but not everything you’d find at a liquor store. Their bigger in northern states than opposed to down south. I can’t remember what I saw when I traveled down south.
My family makes wine and it’s not a vineyard…I suppose it’s an Italian immigrant thing? Last time I checked the alcohol content it was about 18% of awesomeness.
@seraphimcaduto It’s totally in Italian immigrant thing. I’ve been making wild fruit wines for a few years now, and just planted some grapevines so my dad can have some old-fashioned Dago Red.
@seraphimcaduto I tried making wine (from a fairly high-end kit) once - the results were drinkable, OK but definitely meh. I can buy meh (and also quite good) wine at the store for relatively cheap.
OTOH, I make (by all reports) excellent homebrew beer and cider, and I can be drinking them after a few weeks vs. the 6-12 months it takes for wine.
@moonhat It’s pretty easy if you want to try it, and only as expensive as the ingredients you choose. Check out winemaking.jackkeller.net for a good guide. I like his philosophy - people have been doing this for tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of years; how hard can it be?
@dannybeans@moonhat I’m half Italian myself and the wine for my wedding was made by my father and grandfather, both of which have been making it for decades.
@seraphimcaduto Yeah, the kit came with Pinot noir grape juice, the yeast and yeast attenuator and other assorted items to make a 6 gallon batch. I already had the fermentation vessel, airlocks and other equipment for my beer making. I just wanted to dip my toe in, not stain both feet purple past the ankles.
@macromeh@seraphimcaduto I’ve had better luck with a Cabernet or Merlot kit than a Pinot Noir kit, just FYI. With the kits there is also no need to rack the wine because of the short fermentation and clearing time; just don’t bottle the sediment at the end. I’ve been making wine with these kits for about 15 years, 1-2x per year. Makes for great Christmas presents!
Alcohol just removes ones thoughts of actuality and I don’t need nor use such. Wine is for pussies drink booze instead. If your going to go for it go full throttle. Forget about just pussy stepping around with your slippers on.
Wine.woot, casemates, cameron hughes come to mind (ie. almost all online). Occasionally from local (NY or NJ) wineries. I’ve probably purchased less than 25 bottles of wine from liquor stores over the last few decades.
@PocketBrain Online would be wine.woot.
Still, it’s a pain to have to be at the house to receive the package. I really do want to participate in casemates or this deal.
We have a local winery that makes AMAZING fruit wines (peach chardonnay and blackberry merlot for the win!). So if you’re in the DMV, check out Olney Winery.
@dptalia I caught the Delmarva reference (alhough I’d never seen the three-letter version), but I thought the idea of getting wine at the DMV was awesome.
sourced from several places
mainly:
.Sam’s/Costco
.Trader Joe’s
occasionally:
.Local grocery stores (Winn Dixie, Kroger)
.Direct from winery (in person only, can’t ship here)
rarely:
.Specialty wine store
virtually never:
.Liquor store
.Pharmacy
We did a wine tasting coursewith some friends over a 3 year period. Each lesson we split the purchase of the wines (some were hard to source/expensive) and they came over to watch the ‘class’ and drink wine (“hell no we aren’t spitting out that wine”!)
They would spend the night afterwards (no DUIs here…) and we had a great time. Not sure how much we retained, but it was lots of fun. We still look at the tasting notes we made occasionally.
Not a big drinker these days. Can’t spend the calories on stuff that just makes me feel crappy, but when I do buy wine or booze of any kind it’s from the liquor store on 2nd ave. They have a huge selection and it’s the only place around here I can seem to find valpolicella.
@chienfou Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to check that out! I don’t have a Trader Joe’s near me, but then distance is too entirely relative to incentive, is it not?
@Hrairoo
TJ’s is an automatic “go to” stop whenever we are in Atlanta or Birmingham, for that very reason! We generally pick up a case of wine there each visit. They have good selection and great prices.
@chienfou good idea! I’m not in Atlanta as often as I once was, as I find the prospect unnerving under our present circumstances, but if I find myself in that neck of the woods I will certainly pick up a case of wine.
I make my own with the stuff that grows wild on the property. Right now I have 10 gallons of mixed berry laid down, and experimental 1-gallon batches of pink clover and milkweed blossom.
I also just planted a couple of grapevines, so in a couple years I’ll try making some good old-fashioned Dago Red for my dad.
(I’m considering starting up a small farm winery sometime down the road. The permit only costs $500/year in Indiana, and another $250 if I want to add a brandy still. That’s cheap enough that I could test the water without having to go all in.)
I sold wine at a garage sale years ago (I got sick on red so stopped drinking it except for very occasionally). At first people weren’t buying it but Saturday came and I sold out. Only down fall was people were trying to haggle on $4-$6 bottles that normally sold for double.
Mostly from CaseMates and johnsonwinery.com. If I’m in the mood for something specific that I don’t have at home it’s liquor store time because Colorado is one of the states that’s stupid about alcohol.
@Kyeh Apparently there is a single Trader Joe’s in Colorado that is allowed to sell wine due to a weird legal loophole. I don’t mind going to liquor stores in general (it’s where you can find the cool family-owned and funky stuff), but if I just want something that is largely going to be used in a marinade or sauce anyway, just let me buy it.
I used to live in Louisiana, where you couldn’t buy liquor on Sunday, but you could still go through the drive through daiquiri bar. Blue laws are so great
I make my own wine, get a Vintner’s Reserve wine kit and you can make 30 bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon for $90 in about a month. Tastes better than most stuff you can get at $10 a bottle.
Which one is casemates?
@Superllama7
/giphy you’re welcome
At the m************ state liquor store, thanks Utah.
@j37hr0 man you can get alcohol in Utah? Was sure hard to find when I went to a conference in Salt Lake years back.
@seraphimcaduto Utah, and salt lake city is full of alcohol. You just have to buy it from the state so they can make money off it.
@seraphimcaduto @unksol it’s f****** joke. I’m using voice to text so you’re going to see a lot of stars.fortunately due to a new law passed in 2016 we can get liquor on election day and state holidays and Sunday you’re f*****. Also liquor is not distributed evenly amongst the state liquor stores. Want some Cocchi Americano? Too bad it’s only available in St George. Want some plantation pineapple or oftd or barbancourt white rum well I hope you like driving 5 hours to get that bottle. And to be honest cocchi Americano is not available. You’re going to have to drive to Nevada or Colorado or Arizona to get that kind of like marijuana.there are a lot of things I like about living in Utah but it’s liquor laws and marijuana laws are not one of them
@j37hr0 @seraphimcaduto @unksol
Never knew that.
@j37hr0 @seraphimcaduto @unksol dude… only one store in my texas town of 130,000 carries Plantation Pineapple. Good luck to find it in stock. Only one, and a different one at that, carries Bumbu (crappy rum that simply tastes fantastic in coke). That’s a distribution issue not necessarily caused by the state.
(and I love Utah… spent many weeks up in Kaysville/Fruit Heights)
Is a liquor store the same as a specialty wine shop?
@heartny I think so… I clicked that option using that thinking.
@heartny
A liquor store is what it sounds like, they sell all kinds of liquor, beer, wine, and usually cigarettes and lotto. You can usually get just about any kind of liquor your looking for. Party stores usually have a big liquor selection but not everything you’d find at a liquor store. Their bigger in northern states than opposed to down south. I can’t remember what I saw when I traveled down south.
My family makes wine and it’s not a vineyard…I suppose it’s an Italian immigrant thing? Last time I checked the alcohol content it was about 18% of awesomeness.
@seraphimcaduto It’s totally in Italian immigrant thing. I’ve been making wild fruit wines for a few years now, and just planted some grapevines so my dad can have some old-fashioned Dago Red.
@dannybeans @seraphimcaduto Danny and Sera I’m so jealous! I’m half Italian but I don’t see any of my relatives making wine. Sad.
@seraphimcaduto I tried making wine (from a fairly high-end kit) once - the results were drinkable, OK but definitely meh. I can buy meh (and also quite good) wine at the store for relatively cheap.
OTOH, I make (by all reports) excellent homebrew beer and cider, and I can be drinking them after a few weeks vs. the 6-12 months it takes for wine.
@moonhat It’s pretty easy if you want to try it, and only as expensive as the ingredients you choose. Check out winemaking.jackkeller.net for a good guide. I like his philosophy - people have been doing this for tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of years; how hard can it be?
@dannybeans @moonhat I’m half Italian myself and the wine for my wedding was made by my father and grandfather, both of which have been making it for decades.
@macromeh kit you say? Hmm how novel.
@seraphimcaduto That is AWESOME.
VAN GOGH! MANGO! TANGO! AWESOME!
@seraphimcaduto Yeah, the kit came with Pinot noir grape juice, the yeast and yeast attenuator and other assorted items to make a 6 gallon batch. I already had the fermentation vessel, airlocks and other equipment for my beer making. I just wanted to dip my toe in, not stain both feet purple past the ankles.
@macromeh @seraphimcaduto I’ve had better luck with a Cabernet or Merlot kit than a Pinot Noir kit, just FYI. With the kits there is also no need to rack the wine because of the short fermentation and clearing time; just don’t bottle the sediment at the end. I’ve been making wine with these kits for about 15 years, 1-2x per year. Makes for great Christmas presents!
BevMo
I’m 23 miles from Napa, but I’m usually lazy and go to BevMo.
Where’s the “Ew. Wine is gross.” option?
@Pony It doesn’t exist because people that think wine is gross aren’t real people.
P.S. I’m kidding but being playful
/giphy shots fired
I’ve got three kids. I have more than enough whine.
Alcohol just removes ones thoughts of actuality and I don’t need nor use such. Wine is for pussies drink booze instead. If your going to go for it go full throttle. Forget about just pussy stepping around with your slippers on.
@whomeyesu Uhhh… OK…
How did you know I have my slippers on?
@whomeyesu Alright tough guy. I’ll drink your wine.
Mostly at Costco.
Just picked up a few bottles of a great Pinot Noir today.
I don’t.
Where is “I get enough whine at home” option?
Wine.woot, casemates, cameron hughes come to mind (ie. almost all online). Occasionally from local (NY or NJ) wineries. I’ve probably purchased less than 25 bottles of wine from liquor stores over the last few decades.
My last two wine purchases were from meh. I never know what wine to buy, so since meh only offers one variety at a time, it’s simple.
I go to nakedwines.com for the Angel experience.
where is the option for “Gas station”?
lol, I don’t actually drink wine
At the likker store of course! Also online.
@PocketBrain Online would be wine.woot.
Still, it’s a pain to have to be at the house to receive the package. I really do want to participate in casemates or this deal.
@PocketBrain It’s such a drag to be at home waiting for a wine delivery when you could be at a bar or a wine tasting.
At the big box discount store - BJs or Costco. Best prices.
@olperfesser Trader Joe’s is also a good place for cheap wine, just don’t get the 2 buck chuck and you will be good
@olperfesser My wine may come in a big box, but not from a big box store.
We have a local winery that makes AMAZING fruit wines (peach chardonnay and blackberry merlot for the win!). So if you’re in the DMV, check out Olney Winery.
@dptalia renewing my drivers license?
@moonhat that’s how i read that too lol. if only…
@dptalia @moonhat Yeah. Wine bar in the DMV? That would certainly make the wait more fun, as long as you aren’t there to take a driving test.
DMV = DC, Maryland, (Northern) Virginia… But please, have as much fun with it as you wish.
@dptalia I caught the Delmarva reference (alhough I’d never seen the three-letter version), but I thought the idea of getting wine at the DMV was awesome.
POPSOCKETS! COURT DOCKETS! FOLK ROCK HITS! AWESOME!
@ThunderChicken Getting wine at the DMV would FINALLY make the experience livable.
I get my booze at the liquor store when I’m in the mood for drinks at home, which is rarely. I don’t drink wine, unless we mean Champagne or Prosecco.
Where is the all/most of the above option?
sourced from several places
mainly:
.Sam’s/Costco
.Trader Joe’s
occasionally:
.Local grocery stores (Winn Dixie, Kroger)
.Direct from winery (in person only, can’t ship here)
rarely:
.Specialty wine store
virtually never:
.Liquor store
.Pharmacy
We did a wine tasting coursewith some friends over a 3 year period. Each lesson we split the purchase of the wines (some were hard to source/expensive) and they came over to watch the ‘class’ and drink wine (“hell no we aren’t spitting out that wine”!)
They would spend the night afterwards (no DUIs here…) and we had a great time. Not sure how much we retained, but it was lots of fun. We still look at the tasting notes we made occasionally.
Not a big drinker these days. Can’t spend the calories on stuff that just makes me feel crappy, but when I do buy wine or booze of any kind it’s from the liquor store on 2nd ave. They have a huge selection and it’s the only place around here I can seem to find valpolicella.
@Hrairoo
If you have a Trader Joe’s nearby they sell some AMAZING Valopolicella wines
Like this Ripasso or this Amarone
@chienfou Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to check that out! I don’t have a Trader Joe’s near me, but then distance is too entirely relative to incentive, is it not?
@Hrairoo
TJ’s is an automatic “go to” stop whenever we are in Atlanta or Birmingham, for that very reason! We generally pick up a case of wine there each visit. They have good selection and great prices.
@chienfou good idea! I’m not in Atlanta as often as I once was, as I find the prospect unnerving under our present circumstances, but if I find myself in that neck of the woods I will certainly pick up a case of wine.
@Hrairoo
@chienfou @Hrairoo
Tjs is is my main place to by wine, great selection and cheap.
@Star2236 Unless you live in PA, where they can’t carry any alcohol >_<
@CzarCastic @Star2236
Yeah, PA had some of the most screwed up liquor laws I have ever run up on.
Funny, when ever i go to the beer store they are out of wine… so i just buy more beer… or bourbon.
I make my own with the stuff that grows wild on the property. Right now I have 10 gallons of mixed berry laid down, and experimental 1-gallon batches of pink clover and milkweed blossom.
I also just planted a couple of grapevines, so in a couple years I’ll try making some good old-fashioned Dago Red for my dad.
(I’m considering starting up a small farm winery sometime down the road. The permit only costs $500/year in Indiana, and another $250 if I want to add a brandy still. That’s cheap enough that I could test the water without having to go all in.)
@dannybeans
I’d love to own a winery, it be so cool. I know nothing about but drinking it but still would have fun. I throw awesome dinner parties.
HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!
@Star2236 Our skills would complement well - I love making it but don’t particularly care for drinking it. My wife’s my taster.
@dannybeans
I’d love to learn how to make it but I have to many other things going on. I do make my own liquor though.
i don’t drink wine. or more accurately, i don’t buy wine. i would drink it if it was the only thing left at a party and i wasn’t ready to leave yet.
if i had to buy wine for some reason, i’d go to the liquor store or order it via drizly.
I sold wine at a garage sale years ago (I got sick on red so stopped drinking it except for very occasionally). At first people weren’t buying it but Saturday came and I sold out. Only down fall was people were trying to haggle on $4-$6 bottles that normally sold for double.
Mostly from CaseMates and johnsonwinery.com. If I’m in the mood for something specific that I don’t have at home it’s liquor store time because Colorado is one of the states that’s stupid about alcohol.
@arielleslie Isn’t it, though? Pisses me off that WE don’t get to have T.J.Two-Buck Chuck or Costco wines!
@Kyeh Apparently there is a single Trader Joe’s in Colorado that is allowed to sell wine due to a weird legal loophole. I don’t mind going to liquor stores in general (it’s where you can find the cool family-owned and funky stuff), but if I just want something that is largely going to be used in a marinade or sauce anyway, just let me buy it.
I used to live in Louisiana, where you couldn’t buy liquor on Sunday, but you could still go through the drive through daiquiri bar. Blue laws are so great
Liquor store. Or Costco.
I make my own wine, get a Vintner’s Reserve wine kit and you can make 30 bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon for $90 in about a month. Tastes better than most stuff you can get at $10 a bottle.
Liquor stores
@davea510
@chienfou @davea510
/image wine is fine but liquor is quicker
@davea510 @mike808
Candy is dandy
But liquor is quicker