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Poll: What drink goes best after a hard day of climbing in the cold?
Scotch whisky 7 / 12%
Irish Whiskey 5 / 9%
Vodka 1 / 2%
Beer 30 / 52%
JAGERMEISTER 0 / 0%
Schnapps 0 / 0%
Brandy 1 / 2%
Rum 4 / 7%
Other Please specify 9 / 16%
Southern Comfort 1 / 2%
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GabeWalker


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My vote is for Irish Whiskey, Redbreast specifically. For scotch, the Oban


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A Fat tire always seems to do the trick for me Smile


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You guys aren't real hardmen. We bring a bottle of George Dickel with us on cold days while climbing and finish that sucker off before the days over. I can hear myself now screaming Yee Haw after a long hard swig of Dickel about to set off from the anchor.

Long live the Dickel.


zeke_sf


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GabeWalker wrote:
My vote is for Irish Whiskey, Redbreast specifically. For scotch, the Oban

Is this another stupid reference to Cliff Hanger? And, no, I will not watch it again to find out.

Me? I simply like drinking beer after climbing, but I am too much of a finger wuss to climb in the cold. Hardcohol just ain't my poison. Does heavy liver damage make frozen fingers more bearable?


GabeWalker


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No reference to Cliffhanger. I wouldn't watch it either, stick with something good, like Vertical Limits. Anyone who can sprint with crampons at 7000 meters is pretty rad in my book.

Heavy liver damage is easily repaired through dilligent coffee consumption btw.

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Irish Whiskey, Bushmills is my fav.
Followed by a tall Arrogant Bastard Ale. Ohh YEah!Crazy


andrewph


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Guinness


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Hot Butter Rum.


lofstromc


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I love beer. But the key words in your question are "the cold"...so I'll have to go with whiskey. I'm not sure who makes what, but Bushmills is good.
If it where really cold I'd say Jaeger.

If I were in Bolivia, I'd say Singani.

If I were in Serbia, I'd say Rakja.

If I were ghey I'd say wine coolers.


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Beer!
First choice, Killians. Second, Yuengling.

Since I don't have to worry about being "ghey" and I was feeling kinda fun I might bust out with a $3 bottle of Boones Farm (ahhh memories). You gotta love Boones Farm!!


dr_feelgood


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cheap beer and anger... That's what i live off....


unreleasedenergy


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whiskey is THE alpine poison


kane_schutzman


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Is'nt drinking while climbing, sorta like driving drunk?


dr_feelgood


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kane_schutzman wrote:
Is'nt drinking while climbing, sorta like driving drunk?

We're not talking about getting tanked and climbing... Just a few drinks before, during or after. No harm no foul, and if you drink, you realize the consequences of doing so.


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Other. A good Italian red with dinner followed by a cheap grappa will do me just fine.

Best, Kim


dr_feelgood


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just make sure your partner is cool with it too... and you are cool with whatever your partner is doing.


maracas


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Don't worry too much, usually people don't climb slammed, just some beers with your can of tuna and chips. Remember you have to carry them to your crag!!! Stoners, that's a different story. And I have yet to see a stoned climber deck (or a belayer drop someone).

But at the end of the day, a couple of caguamas under the tin roof, waiting for your friends to come down from the surf...


col


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Why is JAGERMEISTER in caps?


lofstromc


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Its an acronym, I forget what it stands for.


limeydave


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Another vote for the dark stuff right here.

Guinness is good for you. (tm)
Bouldering makes you strong.
Women make you poor.

Here endeth the lesson.


winkwinklambonini


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Hot Toddy


ianjk


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A couple tall Pabst Blue Ribbons... Nice, cheap and watery.

A glass of Ardbeg is always nice too.


seditionarypunk


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Gotta love a good dark ale after a hard day in the cold. My fav is Nelson Brewings Faceplant Ale.

glasses up,

j


dlintz


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kane_schutzman wrote:
Is'nt drinking while climbing, sorta like driving drunk?

The poll asks "What drink goes best AFTER a hard day of climbing in the cold?"

For me bourbon.....Ridgemount Reserve 1792

d.


ryanb


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kane_schutzman wrote:
Is'nt drinking while climbing, sorta like driving drunk?

nah. i'n fact i'd wager that many big routes have never been done without drinking.



I favor watery cheap beers during the summer (my favorite being olympia) in that they hydrate more than they inebriate and leave money for gas but oatmeel stout is hard to beat in the winter. its also damn hard to beat the brew pub in squamish for post climb drinking.


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