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It seems like maybe we just drink beer and wine around here, and me ... only wine (usually), but ~ is anyone (Ronnie?) familiar with the German Jagermeister Liquer?

http://www.jagermeister.com/#/int-en/home

I bought a small bottle of Jagermeister recently ... mainly for the image of the buck and cross on the label, and because it was produced in Deutschland. I think I'll be sampling its contents soon!

This is pushing into history rather than living , but if anyone has information concerning liquor produced in the Dallas area across time, stills, etc., that would be interesting as well.

Cheers

It's good ... Jagermeister, that is. I can't even taste it (is that good?)

Cedar says

It's good ... Jagermeister, that is.

You're a better person that me, Holly. I'm not a member of the Jager cult. Not even the Jager bomb cult.

A scary sight: At a party last year I observed my wife doing Jager shots with my ex. My son-in-law whispered "That has disaster written all over it"
But I survived and so did my marriage.

Oh, dear. I'm the thick one, now. A Cult of Jager? All I know is it seems to make you feel like dancing and cuddling and things like that. I wish I had a teddy bear Can it help you survive your marriage, too? Bye, bye lol.

Ronnie wrote:Cedar says

It's good ... Jagermeister, that is.

You're a better person that me, Holly. I'm not a member of the Jager cult. Not even the Jager bomb cult.

A scary sight: At a party last year I observed my wife doing Jager shots with my ex. My son-in-law whispered "That has disaster written all over it"
But I survived and so did my marriage.

Not really too fond of Jaegermeister, not even in its natural home where i first encountered it more than four decades ago. But them as likes it - is welcome to my share, too. Don't have much fondness for Goldschlager, either. Or pepermint schnapps...

Well, at least Jagermeister is economical. A little bottle like that can last a month My balloon has floated back down to terra firma

Of course, it lacks the warm embrace of a dark, red wine. Yet, pleasant and airy to partake of while dreaming in one's yard swing ... bare feet dragging in the grass and contemplating the legend of Saint Hubertus

Jagermeister is a 70 proof liqueur, Holly, and it's usually served cold at the bar. To me it tastes like cold medicine but I know folks that swear by the stuff.

If you really really like the stuff you can rent yourself a Jager machine and have all you want when you want.

That looks like a suicide machine, Ronnie ... but thanks I just trickled about a dozen drops into a glass of ice-water and took 'er that way.

This stuff about liqueurs has caused me to want a sip of something; i think I'll go get some of Prince Charles Edward's Liqueur.

Edit - I think I need to reorganize my liquor cabinet. I'm sure there is a bottle of Drambuie in it, but all i could find was the Lochanora. Which is fine, too and will do satisfactorily for my purposes tonight...

Carlie is plunking away at her Ogden and I'm drinking (well, sipping at) a fine Scotch-based liqueur. All is well with the world, I think.

That looks like a suicide machine, Ronnie ...

It is.

That sounds like some sweet, enchanted evening, Clyde

How is Carlie enjoying her Ogden? My Emmy will be starting harp lessons very soon ... after a year on piano/keyboards. I suspect that our neglected McFall will appreciate the attention and the new strings

You fellows know a lot more about spirits than do I. And a machine to conjure them up is something which we definitely don't need around here lol

Clyde Howard wrote:This stuff about liqueurs has caused me to want a sip of something; i think I'll go get some of Prince Charles Edward's Liqueur.

Edit - I think I need to reorganize my liquor cabinet. I'm sure there is a bottle of Drambuie in it, but all i could find was the Lochanora. Which is fine, too and will do satisfactorily for my purposes tonight...

Carlie is plunking away at her Ogden and I'm drinking (well, sipping at) a fine Scotch-based liqueur. All is well with the world, I think.

Carlie is enjoying her Ogden a lot. And - so am i. It is a purchase I'm really glad we could make and did, despite her feeling it was a lot of money for somethig she didn't really "need". Except - i think she did.

I probably know more about whisky, whiskey and various liquers than is good for me (or at least the learning took drinking more than was good for me, maybe), but I'm pretty abstemious these days. And expect to stay that way. No death machines for this child, thank you very much.

Jagermeister

I had a bottle of that stuff once. I received it as a white elephant gift from someone who had himself received it as a gift and failed to appreciate its qualities. I've never had a bottle of anything that took longer to finish, relative to the amount I was drinking at the time.

Not that that was much, then or now.

Now, I'm curious. Maybe I'll try it again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4germeister

Take a look at the cocktail the Wiki lists - the Jagerbomb.

I am more of a Goldschlager kind of guy. Jager is supposed to taste like black licorice. I am not a fan of the stuff. For vodak, I prefer Joan Crawford's choice; Smirnoff Blue Lable, triple distilled. It is 100 proof, so I use it in small doses. Since I've chose the lifestyle change of eating right, I've quit drinking. At leastin until I've gotten to my first 20 pounds of weight loss. Also, that's where I've been. Getting home from work, eating, going to bed, waking up early, working out, going to work, rinse and repeat.

ah yes Jagermeister
read this to find out how it came to be such a big thing with the college kids

http://www.americanwaymag.com/frank-doe ... nie-duenas

WHEN FRANK FIRST began importing Jägermeister in 1974, it was selling just 600 cases and was almost exclusively consumed by German immigrants who drank it to settle their stomachs after a meal. Green and viscous, it’s one of those acquired tastes — like professional ping-pong — that Europeans develop and Americans don’t.

But Frank got lucky in 1985, when some college kids at Louisiana State University took to drinking Jäger for who knows what reason. They dubbed it “liquid Valium.”