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Many years ago when I was younger and it was a trendy tipple, we would add Ammareto (Disarono) everything from Vin Chaud/Gluhwein to hot chocolate and or coffee. We would take this in a hip flask rather than pay mountain prices.
What is your go to for a little nip on the mountain? Specifically for adding to things rather than neat.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'd rather have all my wits about me rather than topping up from the night before when skiing, imv alcohol on the mountains at the end of the day is OK so long as pistes are empty when they've finished and the only person they are going to endanger when skiing/ boarding drunk is themselves, seen a few over the years come a cropper and falling and/ or hitting an odd tree or 2 when they ski off the edge etc. Too many people unfortunately can't behave under the influence and after lunch i'm particularly wary of others......so my answer is a bottle not a flask of water 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Stroh 80. We're looking for punishment, rather than pleasure, though 
I'll add that this is at the end of the home run, as I wouldn't want to board with that in me.
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Stroh , JD&Honey, 43 .
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I like a Sloe Gin, but I also find a Whisky Liqueur of some sort works well.
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Home made sloe gin
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| Markymark29 wrote: |
| ......so my answer is a bottle not a flask of water |
I feel that I don't drink enough if a bottle of water gets really cold. I take a metal vacuum flask of hot water with a bit of one of the fruit cordial mixes that comes in cans from a French supermarket.
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Finnish cloudberry liquor beat all brandeys and whiskeys in a blind tasting some years ago!
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Thank god. After the first answer I thought the fun police were about to come out in force. May try a Sloe Gin.
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| rjs wrote: |
| Markymark29 wrote: |
| ......so my answer is a bottle not a flask of water |
I feel that I don't drink enough if a bottle of water gets really cold. I take a metal vacuum flask of hot water with a bit of one of the fruit cordial mixes that comes in cans from a French supermarket. |
I generally have a hydration pack in my backpack with an insulated hose. I've never ever found it too cold.
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@afterski, Me neither, but in fairness I run hot and steam a lot so take on a lot of fluids!
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Sloe whisky quite nice
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Drambuie or glayva liqueur.
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You know it makes sense.
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I take a hipflask of port ot the theatre with me 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Prefer a dark rum. Adds nicely to things for the happiest of hot chocolates or coffees or on its own
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Poster: A snowHead
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A spot of white port...makes a very nice addition to a hot chocolate, not enough to affect the skiing though!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Peppermint schnapps added to a cup of hot chocolate will warm the cockles of your heart all the way down to your toes. For the win.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| under a new name wrote: |
| Sloe whisky quite nice |
I once made bramble whisky, that was very nice too.
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Yes, dark spice rum for hot chocolate. However I would quickly loose track with how much I have drunk in my in drink so avoid 40% stuff… and I try to be responsible drunk. Hence Port or schnapps, etc. Even a small shop bought bottle of yaegertree
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Kings Ginger, or Limoncello when in Italy. Sipped neat.
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For adding to coffee to make a cafe corretto, then it's normally pear schnapps. For drinking on its own probably the best was/is (not sure if I've still got any left) damson vodka
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I was introduced to Red Stag - black cherry bourbon, when sharing a lift with a patroller in the Cottonwoods - seemed to work well. 
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The one you like.
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Bourbon is good for sippin' or slippin' (into a chocolat chaud).
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A Percy Special: Cherry Heering (cherry brandy) and whisky 50:50. Makes the couloirs shallower.
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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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I used to take Southern Comfort in a hip flask. I now find SC too sweet and haven't taken a hip flask for a few years. I make do with a glass of vin rouge at lunch 
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420
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You know it makes sense.
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Poitín
If it makes your eyes water, then just rub it into saw muscles instead.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Knob Creek, the only Bourbon I'll drink. It's lush.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Stags breath
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Somerset Cider Brandy 20 Year Old is amazing, but it is £120 a bottle.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Spiced rum, the darker the better 
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Port and brandy mix
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Markymark29, +1 absolutely. Rather leave my drinking to the end of the day, for the same reasons.
As an aside, I always thought that the alcohol in Glühwein pretty much was boiled off in the process. Perhaps in most places it is. One cold day at Trittalpe, I had 2 and did not realise how blasted I was until I stood up. I did not enjoy the ski down…
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@Markymark29, @ulmerhutte, you're both absolutely correct. All alcohol should be banned from all restaurants on the hill. Come to think of it, all fatty or high cholesterol foods while we're at it. People just cannot be trusted to behave responsibly and look after themselves. Possibly ban skiing altogether, because I've seen idiots causing accidents off the first lift. Just stay at home folks, it's the only safe thing to do.
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Passing round a hip flask in a cold gondola, a quick nip to warm the cockles, is not a danger to anyone.
@Dr John,
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| Port and brandy mix |
Intriguing, I've never tried it but it is sometimes stated as the best hangover cure.
I like a light whisky like Bruichladdich or Ancnoc with a wee dash of water. I also like dark rum El Dorado and Doorlys. I've tried calvados too which worked well.
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@sean1967, the brandy provides the warming and the port gives it a bit of yummy sweetness.
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| @sean1967, the brandy provides the warming and the port gives it a bit of yummy sweetness. |
Nice. I will give it a try when. I have a bottle of brandy arriving with the premature Christmas drinks order and a few bottles of port left from last year.
Is it a straight 50/50 mix?
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