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Could we sidebar about brandy slushies? I need more info, such as ingredients.

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A gentle and soft brandy.

A scoop of ice cream.

Yes, I know that's a float and not a slushy but it can become a slushy in your mouth if you chew. Alternatively you can gently mix it.

I think a real slushy is just water ice and some sweet syrup gently stirred near the freezing temperature, so just add a dash of brandy and lower the temperature a degree if the alcohol prevents freezing (it is after all chemically similar to anti-freeze)

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OMG I loved this and thank you

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Ta, Evan.

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Yikes! He's got Jesus stuck up his nose!

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I am literally making a very surprised face right now. Go Evan!

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Stealth snark extraordinaire

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lol

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Lindell's a fucking RINO. Look at the cross lapel pin. Real Americans wear lapel pins that look just like the gun that idiot used to try to kill Chump.

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Never thought about it before, but I come from a long line of avid consumers of alcohol. That universe always consisted of beer, wine, and whiskey. Aside from television, I don't think I even encountered a cocktail until my late thirties. Am I a rube or a Philistine? Don't much care.

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'Merrican, it's OK

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Cocktails are fun.

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My dad made highballs: Canadian whiskey and ginger ale. That was my first encounter (visual) with cocktails. Years later my mother told me she had a Manhattan on the plane to Bermuda for their honeymoon. By then I knew about Screwdrivers and Harvey Wallbangers and such.

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So, what you're saying is you forgot to bring the reefer?

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Yeah, I, er, "forgot"

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Christian Brothers and water = Wisconsin

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Wisconsin is wild for brandy? Who knew? One of the few things I still love about this country is the penchant for the eclectic deep in its soul.

https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/spirits/wisconsin-brandy-obsession

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It's true that we Wisconsinites (?) love brandy, but at age 17 I dated an avid bowler (*snort* like there's any other kind of bowler in WI) who was of legal drinking age and would buy me all of the brandy & Coke cocktails I requested whenever I accompanied him to the bowling alley. Then one night after bowling, I threw up brandy & Coke in his pickup truck ending not only my relationship with the bowler who resembled Wolfman Jack, but with BRANDY as well.

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I love this story! It was such an adventure being 17, then such a relief not having to be 17 again!

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If you want to enjoy another Wisconsin Delicacy, (specifically, a Milwaukee specific addition to human culture), I recommend a visit to Bryant's Cocktail Lounge for a Pink Squirrel. Per their website, RNC Hours are: Monday 7/15 7pm-1am, Tuesday 7/16 5pm-1am, and Wednesday 5pm-1am.

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Ugh I hate this picture! Evan, you are standing with Pillow Man and even smiling at him like he is a normal and decent human being! He could not see you, could you not have made rude gestures behind his back?

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I saw Evan's smile more as a "ha ha, I can't believe this idiot is taking a picture with me after all the things I've written about him".

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". . . one bourbon, one whiskey, one beer!"

The only recipe to surviving a GOP convention.

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Take two poolboys and call in the morning

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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink

He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink

He sings the songs that remind him of the Nazi times

He sings the songs that remind him of the MAGA times (redundant)

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😂😂😂🏆

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Ew. I hope you bought a new phone immediately after that photo was taken. There's no way you could get all the cocaine residue off your old one.

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Well. He's a crack reporter. Well.

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<insert drum fill .gif here>

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Here's the first recipe that came up after searching brandy slush wisconsin:

https://www.foxvalleyfoodie.com/wisconsin-brandy-slush/

Hooper could improve it, I'm sure.

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Why do they add Sprite or Squirt to every drink? (Referring to my time in college at Michigan State, they added Squirt.)

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Because ginger ale is too spicy?

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I feel robbed! There *has* to be a better story about this! :-)

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