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Cigar Banter => Daily Cigar Deals Discussion => Topic started by: CigarBanter on December 05, 2025, 01:13:12 AM
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It's Friday! Any deals on the various internet sites that are worth talking about? Join in this discussion and perhaps learn something along the way. Warning: don't proceed if you have thin skin but don't be afraid to post either... And welcome aboard.
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Morning, boyos.
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Joe:
Door #1 - Nica Libre by Aganorsa Toro - 10/31.50
Door #2 - Romeo y Julieta Top 10 Collection - 10/39.99
2 - Romeo y Julieta Media Noche Toro (6.0" x 52)
2 - Romeo y Julieta Viejo 'E' (epicure) (6.0" x 54)
2 - Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Toro (6.0" x 54)
2 - Romeo y Julieta Reserve Toro (6.0" x 56)
2 - Romeo y Julieta 1875 Toro (6.0" x 50)
Door #3 - Nub Cafe ESPRESSO 460 - 10/44.99
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Sis:
Door #1 - Oliva Serie 'V' Toro - 10/84.99
Door #2 - Montecristo Nicaragua Toro - 10/69.99
Door #3 - Man O' War Armada Gordo - 5/24.99
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Partial day for me today, as I've got an 11:30 appt to get the permanent crown put on.
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Morning, boyos.
Good morning, LuvTooBeNHSDad. How'd it go yesterday?
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Partial day for me today, as I've got an 11:30 appt to get the permanent crown put on.
Tomorrow you'll be known as KingDave?
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It's friggin cold out there today. And it doesn't look like it'll be warming up anytime soon.
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Partial day for me today, as I've got an 11:30 appt to get the permanent crown put on.
Tomorrow you'll be known as KingDave?
One can only hope! :D
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Morning, boyos.
Good morning, LuvTooBeNHSDad. How'd it go yesterday?
Went well. Ceremony didn't drag on, so that's always a bonus.
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It's friggin cold out there today. And it doesn't look like it'll be warming up anytime soon.
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Ditto. Only 14 here right now, feels like 6.
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My employer doesn't throw a very good holiday bash. In fact, last year, so many complained that it would have been better if they did nothing at all. This year, they got their wish.
I always look forward to my wife's party, in which spouses are also invited. It's a very small place, and they take us out to a very expensive restaurant. There's usually only about 10 of us, but we eat like there are 30. This year won't be as good because 20% of the attendees are preggers, and therefore, we won't be ordering the platters of oysters or pounding back the countless martinis.
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My employer doesn't throw a very good holiday bash. In fact, last year, so many complained that it would have been better if they did nothing at all. This year, they got their wish.
I always look forward to my wife's party, in which spouses are also invited. It's a very small place, and they take us out to a very expensive restaurant. There's usually only about 10 of us, but we eat like there are 30. This year won't be as good because 20% of the attendees are preggers, and therefore, we won't be ordering the platters of oysters or pounding back the countless martinis.
That sucks. I say open a side tab for those martinis. :D
We usually have a year end event, but I don't think I've gone to it in many moons. It's generally at the campus (which is impressive, I'll give it that) and I doubt they serve alcohol. I RSVP'd to this years event in January, but not sure if I'll go or not. And we can bring a guest, so the wife would go with me if I decide to go.
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Apparently forgot to finish this one yesterday, so the streak is back to 1.
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Apparently forgot to finish this one yesterday, so the streak is back to 1.
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Partial day for me today, as I've got an 11:30 appt to get the permanent crown put on.
Finally!
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Partial day for me today, as I've got an 11:30 appt to get the permanent crown put on.
Tomorrow you'll be known as KingDave?
....could be QueenDave.....just sayin'
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My employer doesn't throw a very good holiday bash. In fact, last year, so many complained that it would have been better if they did nothing at all. This year, they got their wish.
I always look forward to my wife's party, in which spouses are also invited. It's a very small place, and they take us out to a very expensive restaurant. There's usually only about 10 of us, but we eat like there are 30. This year won't be as good because 20% of the attendees are preggers, and therefore, we won't be ordering the platters of oysters or pounding back the countless martinis.
You'll just have to be picking up the slack.
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Morning TremblingTony and FrostbitDave.
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Partial day for me today, as I've got an 11:30 appt to get the permanent crown put on.
Tomorrow you'll be known as KingDave?
....could be QueenDave.....just sayin'
You are correct, sir. It depends on how they identify.
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Today is Friday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2025,
with 26 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.
On this date in history:
In 1776, the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at William and Mary College in Virginia.
In 1933, prohibition of liquor in the United States was repealed when Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
In 1945, five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers disappeared on a routine flight in the area of the Atlantic known as the Bermuda Triangle. Fourteen airmen on the planes were lost and 13 others in a search plane killed.
In 1955, in one of the early civil rights actions in the South, Black Americans declared a boycott of city buses in Montgomery, Ala., demanding seating on an equal basis with white people. The boycott was prompted by the arrest of Rosa Parks, a Black woman who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man.
In 1988, a UPI poll of U.S. newspaper and broadcast editors named President-elect George H.W. Bush and incoming first lady Barbara Bush as male and female newsmakers of the year.
In 1993, Rafael Caldera Rodriguez was elected president of Venezuela.
In 2001, factions in war-shaken Afghanistan agreed on an interim government, naming Hamid Karzai as their new leader.
In 2002, U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., celebrated his 100th birthday on Capitol Hill. Thurmond, who retired the following year, had served in the Senate since 1954, making him both the longest-serving and oldest member of Congress. He died June 27, 2003.
In 2008, former NFL star O.J. Simpson was sentenced to up to 33 years in prison for holding up two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel. He was released in October 2017.
In 2009, an explosion and fire ignited by fireworks killed 156 people and injured dozens of others at a Russian nightclub in the Urals.
In 2013, Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison and helped end apartheid in South Africa, died in Johannesburg at the age of 95. "He is now resting. He is now at peace," President Jacob Zuma said. "Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father."
In 2014, NASA successfully launched its Orion spacecraft, its hope for the future of manned space travel and an eventual trip to Mars.
In 2017, the International Olympic Committee banned the entire Russian Olympic team from the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea over a doping scandal. Select Russian olympians were allowed to participate under the team name "Olympic athletes from Russia."
In 2022, construction began in Australia on the Square Kilometre Array, which is expected to produce the highest-resolution -- and fastest -- images in all of astronomy. A second phase of the project, which is headquartered at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Britain, will include construction in South Africa.
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Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include:
Pope Julius II in 1443;
Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States, in 1782;
U.S. Gen. George Custer in 1839;
filmmaker Fritz Lang in 1890;
scientist Werner Heisenberg in 1901;
Walt Disney in 1901;
U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1902;
filmmaker Otto Preminger in 1905;
musician Little Richard in 1932;
writer Joan Didion in 1934;
writer Calvin Trillin in 1935 (age 90);
musician J.J. Cale 1938;
musician Jose Carreras in 1946 (age 79);
Football Hall of Fame member Jim Plunkett in 1947 (age 78);
actor Brian Backer in 1956 (age 69);
musician John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls) in 1965 (age 60);
comedian/actor Margaret Cho in 1968 (age 57);
actor Catherine Tate in 1969 (age 56);
actor Kali Rocha in 1971 (age 54);
actor Paula Patton in 1975 (age 50);
actor Amy Acker in 1976 (age 49);
actor Nick Stahl in 1979 (age 46);
actor Gabriel Luna in 1982 (age 43);
actor Lauren London in 1984 (age 41);
auto racer/actor Frankie Muniz in 1985 (age 40);
musician Conan Gray in 1998 (age 27).
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Today's Over/Under is 8
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Partial day for me today, as I've got an 11:30 appt to get the permanent crown put on.
Tomorrow you'll be known as KingDave?
....could be QueenDave.....just sayin'
Dangerous choice these days.
Morning, InclusiveDave.
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Today's Over/Under is 8
7
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No extras. And now I'm hungry.
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Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include:
Pope Julius II in 1443;
Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States, in 1782;
U.S. Gen. George Custer in 1839;
filmmaker Fritz Lang in 1890;
scientist Werner Heisenberg in 1901;
Walt Disney in 1901;
U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1902;
filmmaker Otto Preminger in 1905;
musician Little Richard in 1932;
writer Joan Didion in 1934;
writer Calvin Trillin in 1935 (age 90);
musician J.J. Cale 1938;
musician Jose Carreras in 1946 (age 79);
Football Hall of Fame member Jim Plunkett in 1947 (age 78);
actor Brian Backer in 1956 (age 69);
musician John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls) in 1965 (age 60);
comedian/actor Margaret Cho in 1968 (age 57);
actor Catherine Tate in 1969 (age 56);
actor Kali Rocha in 1971 (age 54);
actor Paula Patton in 1975 (age 50);
actor Amy Acker in 1976 (age 49);
actor Nick Stahl in 1979 (age 46);
actor Gabriel Luna in 1982 (age 43);
actor Lauren London in 1984 (age 41);
auto racer/actor Frankie Muniz in 1985 (age 40);
musician Conan Gray in 1998 (age 27).
Today's Over/Under is 8
Nine!
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
Well, that was fast. Especially considering I've been home for 20 minutes.
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
Well, that was fast. Especially considering I've been home for 20 minutes.
And you missed nothing at all here.
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Morning, muchachos.
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
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Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include:
Pope Julius II in 1443;
Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States, in 1782;
U.S. Gen. George Custer in 1839;
filmmaker Fritz Lang in 1890;
scientist Werner Heisenberg in 1901;
Walt Disney in 1901;
U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1902;
filmmaker Otto Preminger in 1905;
musician Little Richard in 1932;
writer Joan Didion in 1934;
writer Calvin Trillin in 1935 (age 90);
musician J.J. Cale 1938;
musician Jose Carreras in 1946 (age 79);
Football Hall of Fame member Jim Plunkett in 1947 (age 78);
actor Brian Backer in 1956 (age 69);
musician John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls) in 1965 (age 60);
comedian/actor Margaret Cho in 1968 (age 57);
actor Catherine Tate in 1969 (age 56);
actor Kali Rocha in 1971 (age 54);
actor Paula Patton in 1975 (age 50);
actor Amy Acker in 1976 (age 49);
actor Nick Stahl in 1979 (age 46);
actor Gabriel Luna in 1982 (age 43);
actor Lauren London in 1984 (age 41);
auto racer/actor Frankie Muniz in 1985 (age 40);
musician Conan Gray in 1998 (age 27).
Fourteen.
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
Morning, T. If you need help drinking the Martinis at the wife's Christmas bash, send me an invite.
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Morning, muchachos.
Afternoon, Page3Raz.
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Morning, muchachos.
Afternoon, Page3Raz.
G'day, Dave.
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
Morning, T. If you need help drinking the Martinis at the wife's Christmas bash, send me an invite.
That would be amazing. I'd even relocate the event to a cigar-friendly venue.
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I had some ricotta leftover from the lasagna so I made myself a puff pastry calzone for lunch. It came out great.
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I had some ricotta leftover from the lasagna so I made myself a puff pastry calzone for lunch. It came out great.
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Looks delish.
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
Morning, T. If you need help drinking the Martinis at the wife's Christmas bash, send me an invite.
They're fine, except for the olive part...
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Missed page 3...
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
Morning, T. If you need help drinking the Martinis at the wife's Christmas bash, send me an invite.
They're fine, except for the olive part...
I'm a fan of olives.
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
Morning, T. If you need help drinking the Martinis at the wife's Christmas bash, send me an invite.
They're fine, except for the olive part...
I'm a fan of olives.
We know.
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
Morning, T. If you need help drinking the Martinis at the wife's Christmas bash, send me an invite.
They're fine, except for the olive part...
Olives are meant to cover up poor Vermouth. It's fine if you're hungry.
To make a proper Martini you freeze the gin, freeze the shaker, and freeze the jigger. You use Noilly-Prat Vermouth, because (sorry, Tone) the French know how to make Vermouth without it tasting metallic. Shake the gin and Vermouth in a stainless shaker with large chunks of ice. Pour it in a frozen glass and garnish with a long strip of lemon rind.
The point is to get the drink frigid, with some little ice crystals floating in it. Done this way, sipping it is like inhaling cool, lemon-scented air near a citrus orchard.
Of course, James Bond's take on it - the Vesper - is equally spectacular. 3 parts high proof gin, 1 part vodka, and a half part Kina Lillet (which you can't get anymore but Cocio Americano is very, very close). Shake it very cold and, again, garnish with a long strip of lemon rind.
Damn, now I'm thirsty.
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
Morning, T. If you need help drinking the Martinis at the wife's Christmas bash, send me an invite.
They're fine, except for the olive part...
Olives are meant to cover up poor Vermouth. It's fine if you're hungry.
To make a proper Martini you freeze the gin, freeze the shaker, and freeze the jigger. You use Noilly-Prat Vermouth, because (sorry, Tone) the French know how to make Vermouth without it tasting metallic. Shake the gin and Vermouth in a stainless shaker with large chunks of ice. Pour it in a frozen glass and garnish with a long strip of lemon rind.
The point is to get the drink frigid, with some little ice crystals floating in it. Done this way, sipping it is like inhaling cool, lemon-scented air near a citrus orchard.
Of course, James Bond's take on it - the Vesper - is equally spectacular. 3 parts high proof gin, 1 part vodka, and a half part Kina Lillet (which you can't get anymore but Cocio Americano is very, very close). Shake it very cold and, again, garnish with a long strip of lemon rind.
Damn, now I'm thirsty.
I'm in agreement on the Vermouth. That Martini & Rossi shit is putrid. However, although I prefer my Martini shaken because it gets it much colder that way, it does wind up getting very cloudy and therefore, stirring it is the more proper way to go.
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
Morning, T. If you need help drinking the Martinis at the wife's Christmas bash, send me an invite.
They're fine, except for the olive part...
Olives are meant to cover up poor Vermouth. It's fine if you're hungry.
To make a proper Martini you freeze the gin, freeze the shaker, and freeze the jigger. You use Noilly-Prat Vermouth, because (sorry, Tone) the French know how to make Vermouth without it tasting metallic. Shake the gin and Vermouth in a stainless shaker with large chunks of ice. Pour it in a frozen glass and garnish with a long strip of lemon rind.
The point is to get the drink frigid, with some little ice crystals floating in it. Done this way, sipping it is like inhaling cool, lemon-scented air near a citrus orchard.
Of course, James Bond's take on it - the Vesper - is equally spectacular. 3 parts high proof gin, 1 part vodka, and a half part Kina Lillet (which you can't get anymore but Cocio Americano is very, very close). Shake it very cold and, again, garnish with a long strip of lemon rind.
Damn, now I'm thirsty.
I'm in agreement on the Vermouth. That Martini & Rossi shit is putrid. However, although I prefer my Martini shaken because it gets it much colder that way, it does wind up getting very cloudy and therefore, stirring it is the more proper way to go.
I'm not particular about how it looks, obviously. I like my Martinis frigid.
I'm not biased against olives, and am inclined to have them when I'm in a place that doesn't have proper Vermouth. They cover the metallic taste. I also don't mind Gibsons, with a cocktail onion (and a great origin story).
Years ago, my brother and I came up with what we call a Grunzle. It's Vodka and Vermouth about 6:1, shaken cold, with a splash of Tabasco sauce and a splash of Angostura bitters, garnished with a pepperoncini.
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Fighting Cock
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
Morning, T. If you need help drinking the Martinis at the wife's Christmas bash, send me an invite.
They're fine, except for the olive part...
Olives are meant to cover up poor Vermouth. It's fine if you're hungry.
To make a proper Martini you freeze the gin, freeze the shaker, and freeze the jigger. You use Noilly-Prat Vermouth, because (sorry, Tone) the French know how to make Vermouth without it tasting metallic. Shake the gin and Vermouth in a stainless shaker with large chunks of ice. Pour it in a frozen glass and garnish with a long strip of lemon rind.
The point is to get the drink frigid, with some little ice crystals floating in it. Done this way, sipping it is like inhaling cool, lemon-scented air near a citrus orchard.
Of course, James Bond's take on it - the Vesper - is equally spectacular. 3 parts high proof gin, 1 part vodka, and a half part Kina Lillet (which you can't get anymore but Cocio Americano is very, very close). Shake it very cold and, again, garnish with a long strip of lemon rind.
Damn, now I'm thirsty.
Thanks, but I'll stick with my Manhattan. Agree on the Noilly-Prat.
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Time to get my genderless crown. Hazzuh!
A tiara by any other name...
Would smell the same?
Hello there, Raz.
Morning, T. If you need help drinking the Martinis at the wife's Christmas bash, send me an invite.
They're fine, except for the olive part...
Olives are meant to cover up poor Vermouth. It's fine if you're hungry.
To make a proper Martini you freeze the gin, freeze the shaker, and freeze the jigger. You use Noilly-Prat Vermouth, because (sorry, Tone) the French know how to make Vermouth without it tasting metallic. Shake the gin and Vermouth in a stainless shaker with large chunks of ice. Pour it in a frozen glass and garnish with a long strip of lemon rind.
The point is to get the drink frigid, with some little ice crystals floating in it. Done this way, sipping it is like inhaling cool, lemon-scented air near a citrus orchard.
Of course, James Bond's take on it - the Vesper - is equally spectacular. 3 parts high proof gin, 1 part vodka, and a half part Kina Lillet (which you can't get anymore but Cocio Americano is very, very close). Shake it very cold and, again, garnish with a long strip of lemon rind.
Damn, now I'm thirsty.
Thanks, but I'll stick with my Manhattan. Agree on the Noilly-Prat.
I prefer an Old Fashion.