🧑‍🍳 Aight. There is a clear divide here. We have to talk about chili.

[footballer]

I made a huge pot of chili in the early 80's. To spice it up a bit, I cut up a few pickled cayenne peppers and DAMN.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Not the reserve. Just the Pappy 15: two bills at the Total Wine west of the Ashley.

Here's my big issue (covers a lot of food.)

Heat is a spice, yes. I, like you, enjoy heat in food.

HOWEVER, far too many people use ingredients that heat a dish up while thinking it is also adding flavor.

Agreed. I am not a fan of having heat just for the sake of having heat, I like heat, but it also has to add flavor.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Normally rocks, I'll try a new high end bourbon neat or with a splash of water. I like good scotch but prefer good bourbon. There are a lot of good bottles of both out there but a bunch of trash too, especially bourbon. Too many people tried to jump on the bandwagon and just put junk in a bottle.

The bourbon craze kind of reminded me of the “craft” beer craze. Fort Collins Colorado has more breweries than just about anywhere else in the country, there are so many and a lot of them aren’t very good at all, they just brew some shit and jam it into a can and give it some stupid name.

You like cigars with bourbon too? @TerryP you a cigar guy too?

 

[TerryP]

You like cigars with bourbon too? @TerryP you a cigar guy too?

Yes, and yes. It's been Scotch and a cigar though.

Look up R&R's in Tuscaloosa. You'll love the place.

 

[Krimson]

The bourbon craze kind of reminded me of the “craft” beer craze. Fort Collins Colorado has more breweries than just about anywhere else in the country, there are so many and a lot of them aren’t very good at all, they just brew some shit and jam it into a can and give it some stupid name.

You like cigars with bourbon too? @TerryP you a cigar guy too?

I appreciated the craft beer craze more than the bourbon craze. It didn't drive prices through the roof and it created a lot of spots i could stop, try a flight or two and find some decent and some not so decent beer.
The bourbon craze just made assholes who could wait in line for days a lot of money and created a few good single barrels/experiments.
I'm not really a cigar fan. I like the taste while I'm smoking it but the next day I always feel like I licked an ash tray no matter how many times I brush my teeth.