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Duncan Murray · · Salt Lake City · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 305

Does the Venetian plaster method have any pre-mixed paint like the "skip-trowel" method can have?

"d-know" agreed and that should also apply to route building and climbing in general.

"d.reed" why stop there? Let's just run around hitting that delete button, hey who knows if might be fun, maybe we could make some sort of Wheel of Deleting and spin away while taking shots!

Duncan Murray · · Salt Lake City · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 305

Nice, and you did! Enjoy the beer, as for me its bourbon on the rocks!

Joey Wolfe · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 1,020

What kind of bourbon? lately I've really been enjoying Basil Hayden, have you tried it? No rocks though, just a twist if I've got if not, neat

Duncan Murray · · Salt Lake City · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 305

The liquor stores in Utah don’t offer the best variety of bourbon, however it also depends upon the planned consumption level. Regular old Jim Beam was consumed back when I broke my wrist, I found that the aged versions like, black (8 years in their rotating barrel system) or the green 5 year are great for smoothness but still delivering a chard barrel flavor, however its just white label if it a party or BBQ, either way the better you like it the more you pay for it! We just had a several dollar spike in Jim prices. 8(

Joey Wolfe · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 1,020

There is something down right unholy about that(price spike). Once you had a couple (especially at a bbq) they all start to taste the same.

Duncan Murray · · Salt Lake City · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 305

That's why you have an extra bottle of Canadian Hunter, because if it starts getting tapped then unless they are paying it's time to hit the bottle that's half as much. If you are really cheap switch out the bottles, however I seem to be the only one of my friends that likes bourbon, so no one touches my shit! But, yeah… they got me hooked on it then jacked the prices up.

Duncan Murray · · Salt Lake City · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 305
d.reed wrote: Although it was earlier than usuual, I did enjoy the brew Iam not permitted, to drink the hardstuff. OTHERWISE,I END UP DELETED!!!!!!!!!! Hey, man, I was dig'n yer personal photo's. Specially overhang left? Now....when I was yer age sonny,the boys and I used to do laps up and down that thing.......say like....5-10 trips up that thing....an that was before breakfast........
LOL... the hard stuff surely must be closely monitored otherwise you delete yourself over the years. And yeah, I've been climbing so many other things since that pic like new routes and areas, and worked on my big wall until last year when I dropped on the Capitan and broke my wrist. I just should go back and get that, hell I OS-ed everything else there except Stem the Tide, so much fun in that area, but too crowded, new area's are great... no lines until it gets published, but that's like a year or two out. By then, another new area!

Oh, and I'll be throwing more pics up sometime soon, if I can find'em that is!
Andrew Gram · · Salt Lake City, UT · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 3,725

Basil Hayden is tasty. Lately i've mostly been drinking Woodford Reserve. Putting ice in that stuff is alcohol abuse.

Duncan Murray · · Salt Lake City · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 305
d.reed wrote:hmmmmm.....guess Ill pop anuther beer, by the way amigo dude, duncun.....believe it or not, Im sorry to hear about yer wrist , or anybody else that gets slammed.It not real good for climbing....( injury's)
Thanks, just a nice lessoned learned the hard way, that is that I'm not invincible. I've been getting back on the horse since Feb, and hit my first few .11's outside since last year. So Just a memory at this point, unless a storm is brewing and like some with "weather forecasting knees" I can feel it.

d.reed wrote:oh by the way, have you ever investigated, the "google earth" website?
Love that thing, use it all the time to scout out climbing areas, or hunt new ones!

Oh, and I'm so jealous, sitting at work, obviously not working, and would rather have a drink in hand!
Duncan Murray · · Salt Lake City · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 305
Andrew Gram wrote:Basil Hayden is tasty. Lately i've mostly been drinking Woodford Reserve. Putting ice in that stuff is alcohol abuse.
LOL, only when its warm, then I must agree, when you bring home a new bottle, it needs time in the freezer, love my whiskey cold! Or semi, but ultimately... with no choice I'll drink it like a hot tea. My buddy brought home a $100 bottle from Scotland and he spilt his glass and had the balls to go for a rag. In slow motion I stopped him and sipped that shit of the bread board!
Mike Lane · · AnCapistan · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 880

Gentlemen, work your way through one bottle of Oban, and you will forever be a single-malt type.

Duncan Murray · · Salt Lake City · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 305
Mike Lane wrote:Gentlemen, work your way through one bottle of Oban, and you will forever be a single-malt type.
I'll have to try that out! Maybe to my detriment.... 8)
Joey Wolfe · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 1,020

Hey Andrew, have you tried Bookers? It is distributed by the same company as Basil Hayden. They also put out Nob Creek. Bookers is high proof yet really smooth, sounds nice but is a dangerous combo. Whiskey is best served room temp in my book

Andrew Gram · · Salt Lake City, UT · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 3,725

I also like my whiskey to be room temperature.

Yeah, i've had Bookers and liked it. I like Blanton's even better if you can find it.

Single malts are another weakness. I like Oban, but it is a bit sweet for my taste. I keep a good selection stocked at the house, but my favorite bottle right now is Edradour 10 year old cask strength from the sherry barrel. They age the same malt in a sauternes barrel, and on the off chance i can ever find that i'll buy it in a heartbeat. I do like to add a splash of water to the cask strength single malts, but never ice.

Joey Wolfe · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 1,020

I haven't had too many cask strengths but I've heard good things. I had some after a day of backcountry skiing(tele) with hot water and honey once, wish i could remember the brand. I feel asleep after one

Duncan Murray · · Salt Lake City · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 305

That must be one strong drink to fall asleep. I'm so stoked for the weekend now, will be heading out to try some single malts, and if Oban is sweet than that might work. I personally feel that chilling the lesser whiskey or bourbon for me make it go down smoother, however you must not use more than a cube if you are pouring alot because you'll just have it all melt, but if the whiskey is stored in the freezer than you don't need ice or water. However this may not apply to the single malts, as I have very little tasting in that department. Thanks for the whiskey discussion gentlemen!

Joey Wolfe · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 1,020

Cask strength whiskey ect... can be well over 120 proof

Joey Wolfe · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 1,020

Also, It should be noted that my style in the backcountry has been referred to as "Rag Doll" and "Crash Dummy", so I am usually pretty tired

Duncan Murray · · Salt Lake City · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 305

Nice, hopefully you are climbing hard too...

Mike Lane · · AnCapistan · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 880

Duncan, before you enter the world of real single malts, be prepared ($$). Cost wise, its like American whiskey, cubed.

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