Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 06, 2020

Oops! Grappa is not the same as white wine, dear.

But now I would like a glass of grappa.

Angela needs to get a grip on her grappa problem.

I just looked it up, and grappa can have as much as 60% alcohol. No wonder she can’t hold her grappa.

When we lived in Syria, we enjoyed araq, which is not too different from grappa. but very smooth. With your meal you would order a bottle, the smallest being a quarter, whether that was a quarter liter or a quarter of a “fifth” I do not know. Pour it in your glass, pour in ice water to make it cloudy, and enjoy. It did go well with the lamb and we never had a problem finishing a bottle.

Apparently she imbibed the grappa of wrath!

Angela can’t hold her grappa. i.e. She cannot get a grip on her grappa.

So much for moderation.

poor Angela, she needs to stop over overing the booze.

That’s going to be one nasty hangover.

Pizza does work up a thirst.

Poor Angela, can’t hold her pizza. That’s the third time she’s been pie-faced this week.

Heck. Any more i don’t even neeed the grappa to do that.

THUD!

And now she can’t reach it

I drank grappa… once…

with some Italian friends… one of whom worked at the winery that made it.

OMG.

I’m told grappa’s are all different…

this place only made a little, for family and staff… not for sale like their wines.

So maybe it wasn’t like other grappa’s… I dunno.

I rather liked the first taste on my tongue….

but then, I like black coffee, dark chocolate… and bitter ale.

As I recall… it was kind of like… um… very strong, not very sweet, grape-y brandy,

mixed with…. vineyard mist… a nice warm hearth…

the soul of Italy (I was told)…

and …um… a bit of earthy musk…

and some raging hell-fires….

that tore out your tongue,

poured lava into your stomach…

and tried to wrestle you to the floor.

Not like having a beer with your pizza.

Once was enough… but I’m a lightweight.

It makes you grappa to much!

Angela doesn’t have a drinking problem.

She drinks. She falls down. No problem.

On the bright side.. cold pizza for breakfast has been known to reduce a hangover. True fact!

Grappagrippanappa…

Angela was grappaeled to the ground.