"Make sure the decanter is glass not leaded crystal. The lead leeches out over time.
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Liam S. replied to SamwiseGrangee's discussion The Man Cave: Drinking"A decanter can also be just to have a smaller quantity more accessible from a larger storage vessel. E.g. a barrel of bourbon would be decanted into bottles.
Decanters usually include stoppers, carafes do not. "
The Dutch Dastard replied to SamwiseGrangee's discussion The Man Cave: Drinking"A question: Apparently the right word in English is decanter, but it struck me as very odd. For all I know, a decanter is used to decant things (that is, separate the sediment, mostly with wines). Isn't carafe a more appropriate word?…"
Carl Monster replied to SamwiseGrangee's discussion The Man Cave: Drinking"I don't have a man cave; the cave in our basement is for my girls, hence the girlcave.
I don't have male friends that are good enough to have over for such drinking, and I don't like drinking alone, so my imbibing is done with Mrs…"
Liam S. replied to SamwiseGrangee's discussion The Man Cave: Drinking"As far as I know, if it is genuine, and called crystal, it has lead in it. The older the piece, the more lead (32% lead oxide is common pre 1980s, newer is more like 24%). If it does not have lead oxide, it cannot legally be called…"
jrh replied to SamwiseGrangee's discussion The Man Cave: Drinking"I hate to necromance a dead thread, but this is something I too could use advice on. I've got a small mini bar set up going (Its actually just a bookshelf I repurposed, but its a dark wood against genuine brick wall in my rowhouse, so it…"
SamwiseGrangee replied to DSM's discussion An unusual question. in the group Catholic Men"I am a cradle Catholic, who is going on to his Masters work in Theology at Boston College this year. The maternal intercession of Mary in the Rosary, certainty of absolution in Confession and the contemplation of Adoration and reception of…"
SamwiseGrangee replied to Taylor Norwood's discussion Zorba the Greek in the group Book Group" It's my favorite book and I first read it because I dated a girl who lived in Crete (Heraklion where Kazantzakis was born). I wish I could pick out some of my favorite lines, but in the meantime I'll just say that the…"
SamwiseGrangee replied to Dr. Gerard J. Remillard's discussion 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die in the group Book Group"Wow. It's good to have it broken up chronologically, but damn, that pre-1700's list is scant. Where is the Odyssey, the Iliad, the Aeneid, Augustine's Confessions, The Divine Comedy, etc?!?!"
SamwiseGrangee replied to Dr. Gerard J. Remillard's discussion A List of The Essential Man's Library: 100 Must-Read Books in the group Book Group"You forgot two.;)"
t-train replied to SamwiseGrangee's discussion The Man Cave: Drinking"Sorry I don't speak german, but I have heard of Balthasar, but never got as interested as you are:) I did give a presentation about Schweitzer in college last year, and while I don't agree with all his ideas, he was quite an interesting…"
Matt replied to SamwiseGrangee's discussion The Man Cave: Drinking"The only two things you need to know about storing whiskey/scotch/etc:
1) Light = bad
2) Air = bad
3) Leeching (picking up tastes/chemicals from containers) = bad
Just make sure whatever you use to store them is 1) airtight; 2) limit…"
Cameron Dean replied to SamwiseGrangee's discussion The Man Cave: Drinking"This is gold. I'll be coming back to your advice when I'm setting up my own."
SamwiseGrangee replied to SamwiseGrangee's discussion The Man Cave: Drinking"Der Theologe ist. Hans Urs von Balthasar. Meine Familie aber sind bayerisch. Bist du Deutscher/Österreicher/Schweitzer?
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"couple thoughts; on decanters, be careful of old ones (leach lead) and new, inexpensive ones (not airtight and leak alcohol out of top). I love decanters- so I am no knocking them, just sharing some of what I learned about them. …"
t-train replied to SamwiseGrangee's discussion The Man Cave: Drinking"I received a little spending money, copious amounts of baked goods, books of theology (one of which was in German by my favorite theologian)
Schweitzer?"
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"Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be." -Anton Chekhov
"Evil labours with vast power and perpetual success-in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in."-J.R.R. Tolkien
"Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story."- G.K. Chesterton
"If nothing that can be seen can either be God or represent Him to us as He is, then to find God we must pass beyond everything that can be seen and enter into darkness. Since nothing that can be heard is God, to find Him we must enter into silence."-Thomas Merton
"Sam, you're a gentleman and a scholar, and there are damn few left of us."-My Uncle Jerry
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