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Guns and drugs have their own threads, so booze deserves one since it kills more people annually than both of those things.

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moderate drinkers (14 drinks or less per week for men and 7 drinks or less per week for women)
Holy fuck. That's a lot for "moderate"
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When I was in the service I remember them classifying an alcoholic as someone who drank more than 7 times per year.
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Leisher wrote: When I was in the service I remember them classifying an alcoholic as someone who drank more than 7 times per year.
Well, that's just the other extreme.

I would have defined moderate (post-college) as being more like 5-7 drinks per week for a dude.
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I have 5 drinks per week TOPS
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I drink Wednesdays during golf, and then it's completely random. I can go months without a drop of alcohol or have several drinks within a few weeks depending on social events.
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lightweights!

Usually only drink on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. I'm guessing i'm usually somewhere between 15-25 a week??

Am i an alcoholic?
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Stranger wrote: Am i an alcoholic?
You are definitely a heavy drinker...

In the past 2 weeks, I've split 1 bottle of champagne with my wife, and that's it. I did have an edible, but that's different. ;)
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Damn. I couldn't keep up a homebrew-schedule in that quantity, with my current equipment. And I currently have 2-5 gallon batches fermenting in my basement (a 5-gallon batch is close to 2 cases of beer)... a Belgian Saison, and I brewed an Octoberfest, yesterday. It'll be ready by October, for a change... usually I start it late.
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GORDON wrote: Damn. I couldn't keep up a homebrew-schedule in that quantity, with my current equipment. And I currently have 2-5 gallon batches fermenting in my basement (a 5-gallon batch is close to 2 cases of beer)... a Belgian Saison, and I brewed an Octoberfest, yesterday. It'll be ready by October, for a change... usually I start it late.
But Oktoberfest is in September?
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I can never remember the dates, so my mental shorthand is October 1.

It'll probably be bottled and ready to drink in late September.
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I had a bottle of your beer many moons ago and it wasn't bad.
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I have.a.hard.time finding beer in the wild, better than what comes out of my basement.
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GORDON wrote: I have.a.hard.time finding beer in the wild, better than what comes out of my basement.
This is how I feel about filet, ribs, and creme brulee.
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Same with steak
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Leisher wrote: I had a bottle of your beer many moons ago and it wasn't bad.
So have i, i believe at your 40th birthday party. Good beer Gordo!
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