Re: Booze

Ok-  I am a woman of my word, so went to the local BevMo (Beverages & 
More, for those of you who don't know what they are) and sure enough 
they did have naVan.  Your price range was exactly correct $42 for a 750 
ml bottle.  And the verdict is.....you are correct Chris.  It is a 
wonderful flavor and whom ever thought to mix vanilla (REAL vanilla) 
with cognac was brilliant.  I am sitting here happily sipping it as I 
type.  I do think it is important to note, that to like naVan, one would 
definitely have to like cognac in general.  I wouldn't imagine someone 
liking it who didn't enjoy good cognac.  Fortunately- I do enjoy it. 
And I feel compelled to help Chris feel less like the chatlist lush.  
While in the store I was also looking at the Ouzo- and thougt that there 
was something different looking about the Metaxa Ouzo bottle.  There 
were several Ouzo choices, so I asked a very knowledgable employee there 
(Fred) for his recommendation.  He did recommend the Metaxa, so I asked 
him if they changed the bottle- the answer was yes.  Here's the scary 
part-  I haven't bought a bottle of Ouzo in ages- like since college.  I 
remembered what the bottle and label looked like from when I worked at a 
DutyFree store during undergrad school (that would have been from 
1985-89).  How's that for a useless bit of trivia I maintained in my 
brain! (P.S. Kahlua is the hardest liquor to clean out of a rug, and 151 
rum will peel the paint off of a cement floor and clean it to the point 
you could eat off of it).

Thanks for recommending the naVan!
Theresa

Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:

>>Wow- you are well stocked.  I'm not so crazy about vanilla scented 
>>things, but I do like real vanilla in cooking- so I might give it a 
>>try.  My most recent favorite was discovering Talea- its an amaretto 
>>cream liquor.  I love it in hot chocolate- or just straight.
>>    
>>
>
>Cool!  I've seen it in the stores, but never tried it. 
>
>Tell you what.  I'll give it a shot (or a rocks glass, ha ha) if you 
>try the naVan. :)
>
>Chris
>
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