aimeeandbeatles
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TIL of the tapetum lucidum. It's a membrane that reflects light into the eye and lets some animals see better in the dark. It's also why sometimes cat eyes glow.
TIL of the tapetum lucidum. It's a membrane that reflects light into the eye and lets some animals see better in the dark. It's also why sometimes cat eyes glow.
I have known for a long time that a chaser is having a spirit with your beer. I have for a long time wondered if one is supposed to drink the spirit or the beer first. Before I thought of the revolutionary research technique known as googling, I have subjected it to extensive practical experimentation, and found both work, possibly with better spirits best drunk after the beer, and cheap rough spirits better drunk before.
Today I googled it, and it seems it can be either way, but what makes the difference is if you are American (spirit 1st, and the other drink may not be beer) or British (beer 1st). I wonder if this is another legacy of prohibition and the very rough spirits that accompanied that.
What does "work" mean here?I have known for a long time that a chaser is having a spirit with your beer. I have for a long time wondered if one is supposed to drink the spirit or the beer first. Before I thought of the revolutionary research technique known as googling, I have subjected it to extensive practical experimentation, and found both work, possibly with better spirits best drunk after the beer, and cheap rough spirits better drunk before.
Today I googled it, and it seems it can be either way, but what makes the difference is if you are American (spirit 1st, and the other drink may not be beer) or British (beer 1st). I wonder if this is another legacy of prohibition and the very rough spirits that accompanied that.
Good point. Are an enjoyable way of drinking alcohol. Or perhaps more accurately neither way round was obviously more enjoyable than the other.What does "work" mean here?
When I was a university dipsomaniac, a beer and a vodka chaser was combined into something called a Depth Charge.
As I understand the term, a Depth Charge was a mug of beer, with a shot of bourbon, glass and all, dropped into the mug and then chugged.
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I have known for a long time that a chaser is having a spirit with your beer. I have for a long time wondered if one is supposed to drink the spirit or the beer first. Before I thought of the revolutionary research technique known as googling, I have subjected it to extensive practical experimentation, and found both work, possibly with better spirits best drunk after the beer, and cheap rough spirits better drunk before.
Today I googled it, and it seems it can be either way, but what makes the difference is if you are American (spirit 1st, and the other drink may not be beer) or British (beer 1st). I wonder if this is another legacy of prohibition and the very rough spirits that accompanied that.
Can I have a merlot with a chaser of ... more merlot??Whichever you drink second is the "chaser." That's the only point in the definition.
Can I have a merlot with a chaser of ... more merlot??
That's not called a chaser, that's called "two fisted drinking."
It varies from country to country, I guess. In Australia it was:As I understand the term, a Depth Charge was a mug of beer, with a shot of bourbon, glass and all, dropped into the mug and then chugged.
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It varies from country to country, I guess. In Australia it was:
Pint of beer + shotglass of vodka = Depth Charge.
Pint of beer + shotglass of whiskey = Boilermaker.
Today I learned there's a Russian island called the October Revolution Island. Part of it is separated by the Red Army Strait.
Very subtle choices in name.![]()