Home made milkshakes

White Russian

Gin and tonic

Old fashioned

Hoegaarden

Not all at once, but sometimes within 24 hours.

g- wrote:

Last night:

Balvenie Caribean Cask - thumbs up

Amrut  Fusion - thumbs down

Mackinlay's Rare Old (Shakleton Whisky) - Pass

Lagavulin Distillers Edition 95 - Two thumbs up

Springbank 18 - Overrated

Ardbeg Alligator - Nice


Today: recovering with lots of coffee.

Sad to see you found Springbank disappointing. One of my favs.

Lagavulin is just awesome. There is no greater malt than that monster.

I had a dram of the English Whisky Co's Chapter 6 expression last night and very good it was too. Think Glenfiddich 12 year old with less mass production and none of the melon and pear undertones and you have a close proximation of the taste. A very good young whisky for a 6 year old.

Also tried Highland Park's Leif Erisksson Release, a duty-free only edition and not up to much.

Nice to be drinking whisky after nearly an abstinence of a year. Also reminds me how disrespectful I had become, drinking maybe two a bottles a week, which was way too much.

annadale wrote:

Kingstonian wrote:

annadale wrote:

Green tea with chopped fresh ginger and rock sugar in an effort to soothe my throbbing temples and queasy tum from yesterday's over indulgence of Blac Bush, Ireland's only protestant whiskey. Yes, even booze is sectarian on this shit hole.

We visited Bushmill last July. It was closed - but the shop was still open. En route to Giant's Causeway(disappointing)

I could not believe how much stays closed on the the 12th July and days immediately after - that pub opposite the Europa hotel for example.

I hate the causeway! We would always bring visitors there as it seems an ideal combination- mythology, geography, and a bit of a hike, but every time  it seemed to get smaller. The rope ridge at Carrick-a-rede is much more fun, as you are suspended 200ft above a usually raging sea.

It's funny though, I have a chum who does landscaping projects over the whole of the UK and when the team were in Bushmills  to ascertain the 'communities needs' with regard to the placing of flower planters, lawn and swings (yes, that is what a 'landscape architect' essentially does), they had a meeting with the local chiefs and social workers where they were informed that they had just entered the 'incest capital' of the United Kingdom! Apparently the rate of incest in Bushmills Co Antrim is the rate against which all others in the UK are judged!

The Twelfth was always a shitty holiday. Half the population would decamp the country if they could afford it, leaving the other half to squabble and bitch over whose paper tiger was better, the pope or the queen! The only reason I go back is to see my mum, I wish she would move!

The 12th was interesting for a non local people watching. Would be tiresome every year though.

We did not do the rope bridge. They charge for it now. We went to the pub instead.

fxh wrote:

Been on a bit of a holiday since thursday, down at the Apollo Bay Music Festival, festival didn't start until Friday night we went downwind got ensconced in house ipon Thursday afternoon, to get ready for others and to suss out a few thing s prior to the crowds arriving late Friday night. A holiday for me is being down by the sea, fully clothed like a normal human being , but at the same time dressed appropriately to convey, I'm not working, and I'm here to relax, and get down and rock, drink, dance, and ingest a bit of hooch as the time and mood permits. So I don't dress standard old Rock dog, livin tha dream, in jeans , boots, band t shirt, earring and shirt hanging out pants. No it's my version of smart casual weekend old rock dog past filtered through a IVY /neat/clean/ age appropriate / sensibility, with an eye on the weather and audience.

So I'm white jeans with sand DBs, no break, white socks, narrow slim chinos khaki, surcingle material belt with subtle two colour stripe, ocbd with guarded stripes in pink and or blue variations, Shuron revelations with clip on sunnies for shades, no hat, short unlined G4 style thin cotton jacket, mostly, with red car coat,/hip length wind
jacket.

There's an important marker in apollo bay of when I am officially on holidays. And that is, buying all at the papers and that includes the Fin Review, Australian, aAGE, and local papers from small towns around where I used to live   And the repairing to pub beer garden out front in the sun overlooking the sea and surf. And, this is the vital cog, drinking a pint , or two, of GuiNess whilst reading the papers, before lunch.

After lunch more Guiness, served by nice young Irish expat out here for work, who knew how to make a portagaf properly. So with much urging from Ms fxh who consumes portagafs like health yoghurt drinks, I too was pressured into drinking many, many more pints of Guiness.

The other visitors begin to arrive and pull out from mysterious bags and nooks in their cars, champagne, cheese, red and white wine, pastrami, olives, Parma, a prosciutto etc. and German beer, plus beer from local artisan micro brewery. We drink while planning which music to see. Then prior to setting out for night session on the 3k walk into town we fire up a couple of blunts/cones/doobies/spliffs , whatever they are know as.

Ah ready for the music..

Guinness and lemonade? Jesus, anything to improve the taste of Guinness would be welcome I suppose, including paraffin.

Kingstonian. Yes a hat is a big issue. However it wasn't very hot. Only around 22C. With some wind. I do wear sunnies almost all the time outside or driving. Again on the weekend I near.y bought a panama. But it wasn't quite right. Anyway I did need the vitamin D.

Lots of those hippie hats with animal heads and long dangly bits at sides. Not my kind of stuff. The other hat used a lot is a USA stle tractor hat or baseball hat. Not a good look on anyone older than 8 years old. Lots of ironic pork pie hats on the 30 to 40 year old hipsters, the old northern aboriginal woolen knitted beanie is in favourite but not for me.

I got plenty of hair anyway to stop sun burning my skull or neck.

Serving suggestions - Drink on an empty stomach to experience complete detachment from time and space.

that stuff has the most amazing depth of taste to it, the perry they make is beautiful!


http://www.westons-cider.co.uk/

That one is sweet like Champagne is sweet, not like the soda pop sweetness you usually get with most Perry, I'd be interested to hear what you thought Formby

fxh wrote:

formby wrote:

Guinness and lemonade? Jesus, anything to improve the taste of Guinness would be welcome I suppose, including paraffin.

Aha Formby. Such a shame to see such jaded, grumpy cynicism in one so young.

I always feel I'm not really drinking when I have stout.

I've nothing against stout, even though it can be a bit 'rich' on the palette. But Guinness? It's to stout what Budweiser is to Lager.

...you could, I suppose, add cider to it, then you'll have a peasants black velvet, but why ruin a good drink? The cider that is....

Really stupidly cheap Italian red -- Fontana did Papa

Had a couple of pints of Welton's Sussex Pride last night.

Welton's is a good local micro brewery.

http://sussexgoodpubguide.co.uk/weltonsbrewery.html

eg wrote:

J. Bouchon sauvignon blanc
Billi Billi shiraz

Mount Langi Billi Billi Shiraz is a rich and exciting Shiraz from one of Victoria's most respected Shiraz makers. Consistently rated as one of our customers favourite full-bodied red wines, the Mt Langi Billi Billi is quite phenomenal value for money and is a slice of Victorian Shiraz royalty for a price that is too good to refuse.
$14.25 in any six, $84.55 per case of 6. $14.99 per bottle

Mmh I've been sticking to cleanskins from my local bloke. Extreme value for money.