What adult beverage will you be drinking to toast Joe tonight?

[Auggie]

I'm going with Scotch on the rocks.

[chillfactor]

1. wine drinker here

so that's my choice.

[Peregrine Took]

5. Me, too.

[magicarpet]

8. Up in the wine section here....

... we broke open a bottle of Retsina a nice Greek wine.

Yum yum.

[we can do it]

2. Delaware Dogfish beer.

[bullimiami]

3. Vodka tonic. Go Joe.

[Walleye]

4. Ice cream, vanilla, coffee swirl with crispy Belgian chocolate pieces

[hlthe2b]

6. Well, if it were going to be anything, it would have to be JWB scotch on rocks...

since that is the only thing in the house. But, I'm just going to let his voice soothe me, fully present. but savoring a bit of chocolate...

[IA8IT]

7. One for Joe and one for the 4 month suspension of 25% tariff on Scotch Whisky

https://uproxx.com/life/trade-tariffs-on-scotch-whisky-end/


The world of whisk(e)y can be a messy business. Federal (and local) regulations, taxes, and tariffs can have a pretty big effect on the price of your bottle of bourbon, scotch, or Irish whiskey before it ever hits shelves. This has been made even clearer over the past few years, because of ex-President Donald Trump’s trade wars. But drinkers definitely got some good news on that front this week, when the new U.S. administration and the U.K. government jointly decided to suspend trade tariffs on Scotch whisky imports to the U.S. (along with cheese and wool).

As of March 8th, all tariffs will be reduced to zero for a four-month “show of good faith” while trade deals between the two nations are renegotiated. So how did we get to this point, where trade negotiations are dominating whisky news? Back in 2019, the U.S. decided to put a 25 percent tariff on food and drink imports (amongst other imports) from the EU/U.K. as a tactic to move along the seemingly never-ending Boeing/Airbus trade war which started 16 years ago.

This needs to be permanent IMHO

[msongs]

9. tap water nt

[Talitha]

10. Chardonnay for me

Toasted Joe live with water, but now it's time to get serious.

Isn't he just THE greatest?

[left-of-center2012]

11. Why do we have to drink adult beverages?

I watched and enjoyed Joe Biden's speech without the need to get liquored up.

To each his own I guess.

[Auggie]

12. .

[NNadir]

13. Me too. n/t.

[CTyankee]

15. Me, too. But I was a little high on Elavil, which I take for my Post Shingles pain.

But then I hit a wall and must go to sleep...

[Aristus]

14. I'll be going with, like, you know, a White Russian, man...