Tanduay rum and optimism

[machine gun kelly]

So have you had your Alleve yet as I can only imagine your headache.

[fidesindeus]

I was enjoying Tanduay in the Philippines just last week my friend. That was before the Giants game when we were doomed. Now it's sunshine and roses, and I'm drinking the kool-aid as per annual preseason tradition.

[billsintaiwan]

I was enjoying Tanduay in the Philippines just last week my friend. That was before the Giants game when we were doomed. Now it's sunshine and roses, and I'm drinking the kool-aid as per annual preseason tradition.

Then you know of what I speak...I have never had a tanduay hangover. Ice, maybe a splash of ginger ale, heaven.

[Fan in Chicago]

It finally happened. While drinking the finest $2 bottle of rum in the world this evening, I was hit with renewed hope for my last irrational attachment in the world, our Buffalo Bills.

 

Why? Tyrod, who is fortuitously corrected to gyros by my autocorrect, and our defense in year 2 of the Ryan system. And our offensive line. And clay. And our Rbs. And Sammy.

 

Is this post necessary? Probably not. But we all reach the same point in different ways. Here's to not having our hearts stomped this year!

Between the irrational optimism and predictions of doom which are rampant on this board, I love this post. No matter what it costs, the key is to enjoy your drink. Drink up and thanks for the picker-upper

[billykaykay]

That could very well be true, but just the sound of it is scary. I mean....

 

Regardless,,, I'm not blindly optimistic, but I am encouraged.

You want scary? I discovered a gin from Wisconsin named Death's Door. Rot gut - right ? Well it is the smoothest gin I have ever drank (or is it drunk ). You can't tell just by the name. $32 at Premier.

[Fadingpain]

That could very well be true, but just the sound of it is scary. I mean....

 

Regardless,,, I'm not blindly optimistic, but I am encouraged.

Maybe not now, but you'll be blind for sure if you drink a $2 bottle of rum.

 

[chris heff]

If youre in Taiwan, isnt a $2 bottle of rum like a half gallon of Calico Jack?

Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side. We was comin back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. Wed just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes.

Didnt see the first shark for about a half-hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water? You can tell by lookin from the dorsal to the tail. What we didnt know, was that our bomb mission was so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didnt even list us overdue for a week. Very first light sharks come cruisin by, so we formed ourselves into tight groups. It was sorta like you see in the calendars, you know the infantry squares in the old calendars like the Battle of Waterloo and the idea was the shark come to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin and hollerin and sometimes that shark he go away but sometimes he wouldnt go away.

Sometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is hes got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a dolls eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesnt even seem to be livin til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin and your hollerin those sharks come in and they rip you to pieces.

You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I dont know how many sharks there were, maybe a thousand. I do know how many men, they averaged six an hour. Thursday mornin I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Bosons mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water, he was like a kinda top. Upended. Well, hed been bitten in half below the waist.

At noon on the fifth day, a Lockheed Ventura swung in low and he spotted us, a young pilot, lot younger than Mr. Gugny here, anyway he spotted us and a few hours later a big ol fat PBY come down and started to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened. Waitin for my turn. Ill never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.

Anyway, we delivered the bomb.

One of the greatest scenes ever in a movie. I met Frank Mundus a couple of times. He was who Benchley loosely based the character Quint.

[Pete]

I share your optimism Bills fan in Taiwan. Cheers my friend .乾杯!

https://www.rumratings.com/brands/941-tanduay-dark

[Passepartout]

Glad that you met Frank Mundus. Really a celebrity in the sorts.

[flomoe]

I was checking the reviews on this "Filipino Fire Water". This one is pretty funny:

 

I was fortunate enough to get an opportunity to visit the Philippines. While there, I spent my time in the central islands away from the bustle of Manila. As stated by other reviewers, Tanduay Rum is super cheap on the islands and was the go-to liquor for locals. Tanduay Dark, which has a strange hue of reddish orange, is definitely not a smooth sipper. It has a sweetish ethanol smell and could be described as an alcohol flavored rum. Quite harsh all around with a glimmer of sweetness trying to escape the flames of gasoline. The locals created some interesting "cocktails" to cover the burn. One variation that I found enjoyable and memorable was called "Reggae Reggae", a mixture of Nestea Powdered Iced Tea, Calamondin juice (small limes found in Southeast Asia) and an overly generous amount of Tanduay Dark. Although not a top shelf rum, Tanduay will always remind me of that great time when I almost died in the Philippines.

 

Don't drink too much of this stuff, this board needs your optimism around here billsintaiwan.

[3rdand12]

I was checking the reviews on this "Filipino Fire Water". This one is pretty funny:

 

I was fortunate enough to get an opportunity to visit the Philippines. While there, I spent my time in the central islands away from the bustle of Manila. As stated by other reviewers, Tanduay Rum is super cheap on the islands and was the go-to liquor for locals. Tanduay Dark, which has a strange hue of reddish orange, is definitely not a smooth sipper. It has a sweetish ethanol smell and could be described as an alcohol flavored rum. Quite harsh all around with a glimmer of sweetness trying to escape the flames of gasoline. The locals created some interesting "cocktails" to cover the burn. One variation that I found enjoyable and memorable was called "Reggae Reggae", a mixture of Nestea Powdered Iced Tea, Calamondin juice (small limes found in Southeast Asia) and an overly generous amount of Tanduay Dark. Although not a top shelf rum, Tanduay will always remind me of that great time when I almost died in the Philippines.

 

Don't drink too much of this stuff, this board needs your optimism around here billsintaiwan.

This post should be pinned.

 

It won't for good reason and sanity's sake.

Although i may never forget this amazing one bolded line.

 

sound like a earlier snapshot of my life. Just stupendous.

 

Not quite Billsian but it hovers on the fringe of our mentality, like a monarch butterfly before flying so gracefully just for me ...offering up a bit of wondrous joy of life and being

 

 

Just before it is smithereened by a random passing car, coincidentally tossing a spent McDonalds Big Mac container into my yard.

 

very ZEn