 Poster: A snowHead
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I tend to go 60/40 in favour of Port as I'm a wuss
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Genepi is the first choice for me
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Some hot mulled wine/gluhwein in a Thermos would be nice as a gondola tipple. Plus another vote for Glayva for a hip flask nip.
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started with port and brandy, then glen morangie, moved on too toffee vodka, then neat vodka. Thinking I might do bourbon this year (tommorrow)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The OH takes a whisky normally. She likes to add that to a coffee.
I like a good sloe gin. We usually make a batch each year which always panics me when we have to seal the bottle up to take with us in our suitcase!
I've found that disaronno in a vin chaud is rather lovely. We were in La Tania and ordered a reasonably priced vin chaud and foolishly asked for 2 measures of disaronno to go with it. Bill went from 10 euros to 28! So now we sometimes take our own as well.
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The OH takes a whisky normally. She likes to add that to a coffee.
I like a good sloe gin. We usually make a batch each year which always panics me when we have to seal the bottle up to take with us in our suitcase!
I've found that disaronno in a vin chaud is rather lovely. We were in La Tania and ordered a reasonably priced vin chaud and foolishly asked for 2 measures of disaronno to go with it. Bill went from 10 euros to 28! So now we sometimes take our own as well.
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Jagermeister.
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| Port and brandy mix |
Well given port is already one quarter brandy, that's just changing the proportions of the ingredients. Must give it a try though!
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People just cannot be trusted to behave responsibly and look after themselves.
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I think the issue is that drunk skiers tend to not only be a danger to themselves, but all those around them too.
I can't say I really understand the need to drink alcohol during the day and why it is a thing for skiers. If you just want to warm up and taste something there are plenty of good non-alcoholic options.
A beer or wine with a nice lunch seems reasonable. But hip flask with spirits just seems a bit sad. Is alcohol really linked so strongly to your enjoyment of skiing? Can you really not just wait until you get off the slopes?
I realise I'm going to get shot down as being the fun police and it's a rather unpopular position. I would say it's a British cultural thing, but the drinking on the slopes culture seems even stronger in Canada where it's not uncommon to crack open beers in the gondola.
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In Italy I tend to have a coffee in the morning at the lift(no hurry). Hot chocolate and cake about 11. Lunch and coke (liquid) to rehydrate, hit bar close to home about 4 for a grappa or bombardino EG Boe bar on BB, then down to hotel. I prefer to just stop at a place and perhaps carry a small water pouch in a pocket.
If I was to have a few beers after the coffee (diuretic ) I’d be stopping at every tree for a piss for the rest of the day.
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It used to be a spiced rum in the hip flask but I haven’t carried one for a while as we’ve been to Italy for our past few trips and a slopeside bombardino is just a magical thing that should never be cheapskated.
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Rusty Nail is good (third drambuie, 2 thirds whiskey) with a Hot Chocolate on the side. Drunkeness has no place on the slopes but a couple of slugs from a hip flask in a days skiing are often a part of my ski-day and is no worse than having a large beer or glass of wine with lunch, IMO.
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Hmmm Baileys?
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You know it makes sense.
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Port and Brandy is just pure class. Used to put that in the flask when I was out for the day riding.
But I used to also try whisky and Stones, very warming. Now though if I was going to take anything it would probably be the Crabka we make at home...crab apples soaked in Vodka.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Crabka we make at home...crab apples soaked in Vodka
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Yum, yum. Bizarrely, the Crabka we made last year tasted like sherry.
Homemade Sloe or Damson gin in a hipflask when we used to take one with us. Don't do that any more for some reason
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Poster: A snowHead
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| boarder2020 wrote: |
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People just cannot be trusted to behave responsibly and look after themselves.
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I think the issue is that drunk skiers tend to not only be a danger to themselves, but all those around them too.
I can't say I really understand the need to drink alcohol during the day and why it is a thing for skiers. If you just want to warm up and taste something there are plenty of good non-alcoholic options.
A beer or wine with a nice lunch seems reasonable. But hip flask with spirits just seems a bit sad. Is alcohol really linked so strongly to your enjoyment of skiing? Can you really not just wait until you get off the slopes?
I realise I'm going to get shot down as being the fun police and it's a rather unpopular position. I would say it's a British cultural thing, but the drinking on the slopes culture seems even stronger in Canada where it's not uncommon to crack open beers in the gondola. |
I think there is a difference between a quick nip as a winter-warmer and getting totally arseholed.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Whisky with a bit of water and some sugar is good in a hip flask for Scottish hillwalking. For skiing I’ll happily visit a hut for a gluhwein.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Dravot, to say it’s a British cultural things makes me suspect you’ve never seen Russians on a ski holiday!
Why anyone would take exception to a few nips from a hip flask on a ski holiday is beyond me. I absolutely love sitting at the top of a mountain in a quiet spot for a breather to take in the view with a wee sip from my flask. It’s a moment in time thing, it’s not a get pissed up thing. That the two experiences are conflated in this thread by a small minority is a bit odd in my opinion.
Anyways in answer to the OP, I carry two flasks in my ruck if skiing with my wife, spiced rum or bourbon for me and Amaretto for her.
Enjoy the small pleasures in life folks!
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| boarder2020 wrote: |
| .. I would say it's a British cultural thing, but the drinking on the slopes culture seems even stronger in Canada where it's not uncommon to crack open beers in the gondola. |
It's not something I've ever come across; I ride with people who don't use alcohol that way. I don't "take objection" to people doing whatever they want, so long as they're not a danger to others.
In Revelstoke at least it would be weed not beer. Overall I think Europe has more on-slope alcohol outlets than North America, or at least it feels that way.
Lakka - pronounced the way it's written - is the Finnish Cloudberry stuff, awful stuff.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Dravot, to say it’s a British cultural things makes me suspect you’ve never seen Russians on a ski holiday!
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Suggesting Russians drink a lot on ski holidays makes me suspect you've never seen them at home!
I do think alcohol is linked to holidays for many Brits. To the point an airport pint is almost a compulsory start to the holiday for some, even at 7am!
Like I say, I personally don't get the need to drink, even responsibly, while skiing. There are lots of things I enjoy, but manage to abstain from for the 5 hours or so skiing per day. It's not like there's still not plenty of non-skiing time to enjoy some alcohol. If you feel like you can't go 5 hours and/or your skiing enjoyment is that linked to alcohol it's not the same without, you might want to consider your relationship with alcohol and/or how much you actually enjoy skiing!
Again, I realise my view is probably the minority so feel free to ignore.
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| jirac18 wrote: |
@Dravot, to say it’s a British cultural things makes me suspect you’ve never seen Russians on a ski holiday!
Why anyone would take exception to a few nips from a hip flask on a ski holiday is beyond me. I absolutely love sitting at the top of a mountain in a quiet spot for a breather to take in the view with a wee sip from my flask. It’s a moment in time thing, it’s not a get pissed up thing. That the two experiences are conflated in this thread by a small minority is a bit odd in my opinion.
Anyways in answer to the OP, I carry two flasks in my ruck if skiing with my wife, spiced rum or bourbon for me and Amaretto for her.
Enjoy the small pleasures in life folks! |
I think we're in violent agreement...
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| Gored wrote: |
| Hmmm Baileys? |
Doesn’t seem a popular snowheads choice, but that’s my go to too.
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| boarder2020 wrote: |
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@Dravot, to say it’s a British cultural things makes me suspect you’ve never seen Russians on a ski holiday!
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Suggesting Russians drink a lot on ski holidays makes me suspect you've never seen them at home!
I do think alcohol is linked to holidays for many Brits. To the point an airport pint is almost a compulsory start to the holiday for some, even at 7am!
Like I say, I personally don't get the need to drink, even responsibly, while skiing. There are lots of things I enjoy, but manage to abstain from for the 5 hours or so skiing per day. It's not like there's still not plenty of non-skiing time to enjoy some alcohol. If you feel like you can't go 5 hours and/or your skiing enjoyment is that linked to alcohol it's not the same without, you might want to consider your relationship with alcohol and/or how much you actually enjoy skiing!
Again, I realise my view is probably the minority so feel free to ignore. |
Ordinarily I would take your advice to just ignore but that’s rather got my goat.
It’s not a question of feeling like I can’t go 5 hours without alcohol, I often go five weeks without. I drink very occasionally and can’t remember the last time I got drunk. But I very much enjoy the odd beer or odd whiskey and I particularly enjoy sitting in the mountains and doing just that. I think that’s the case with most reasonable adults who have a hip flask for skiing in my experience.
I love skiing too, they are not mutually exclusive so give over with your nanny state thinking and believing you need to suggest to me I should reconsider my relationship with either activity. Frankly it’s none of your arrogant business!
Maybe start a thread on how virtuous you are or on the evils of alcohol on the mountain or in an airport.
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The title of the thread is favourite hip flask tipple. Nothing else. If you don’t have a favourite why even bother posting or looking at the thread. Like so many threads on this forum what is a simple post gets distorted by opinionated do-gooders who frown down on others
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| joffy69 wrote: |
| Knob Creek, the only Bourbon I'll drink. It's lush. |
You need to try TX, the barrel finish ones. Although only available in the States I think.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@jirac18, I tend to agree.
I'm not looking to get hammered. I'm asking what little treat I might afford myself AFTER 5 or so hours of charging with no lunch stops whilst up the mountain. Maybe even after skinning uphill all day sitting looking out at the mountain with my best mates who I haven't seen for a year. A moment in time.
The idea that everyone in the thread is talking about knocking back a whole hip flask to themselves each day is ridiculous. Salut.
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Calvados (French apple brandy)
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You know it makes sense.
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Fireball eh?
Canadian cinnamon whiskey. Warms the cockles
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Maybe start a thread on how virtuous you are or on the evils of alcohol on the mountain or in an airport.
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I never claimed to be virtuous. In fact I actually said I don't really see an issue with having a beer or wine with lunch. I've not suggested it should be banned from slopes or policed in any way. I have seen people drunk on slopes and putting others in danger. I just don't personally get the idea that drinking on the slopes adds to the enjoyment in any way. My point about airports is that for a lot of Brits there does seem to be a connection between holidays and drinking. Like I said I'm certainly in the minority, I'm not looking to change anyone's opinion, just expressing my own.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Sloe gin or gin & ginger wine for me
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sortilege is awesome - whisky with maple syrup.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@jirac18, I think it's best to ignore the pratt, I'm sure the vast majority on this thread understand what your saying myself included.He/She/They must be a riot at a party. 
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| Snowbandit56 wrote: |
| @jirac18, I think it's best to ignore the pratt, I'm sure the vast majority on this thread understand what your saying myself included.He/She/They must be a riot at a party. |
There is no need to be abusive to fellow posters, everyone is entitled to an opinion,
Kind regards,
Andy
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@Frosty the Snowman, swap the port out for cherry brandy. (And the brandy for whisky, but that's probably less important.) You'll never look back. Percy Special is the way forward!
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I don't drink alcohol at lunch so the hip flask isn't about the alcohol but the taste. Just a sip or two of Lagavulin single malt suits me. The flask easily lasts the week, even with giving away hits to friends.
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I've never bothered with a hip flask myself, but did appreciate a few swigs of home made sloe gin at a Birthday Bash! There were a few of us, and a small hip flask, so no chance of anybody subsequently posing a risk to fellow skiers. It was just a nice convivial moment. On a forthcoming holiday, when I probably won't be skiing, I might take brandy in a hip flask just to add to the odd coffee!
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@Restless native, that's no fun!
I suspect @boarder2020 is a boarder…
Last edited by After all it is free  on Mon 4-12-23 22:11; edited 1 time in total
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A small Grand Marnier for me and it goes very well with a hot chocolate at the morning pit stop. No more alcohol then until I’m done for the day.
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Perhaps the convivial days of passing round a hip flask in a gondola disappeared with Covid?
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