before dinner: Angel's Gate chardonnay
with dinner: Gabbiano chianti
now: Hennessy X.O
before dinner: 40 Creek double barrel reserve
with dinner: d'Arenberg d'Arry's Original shiraz grenache
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17211485
^I think the decline can be directly attributed to poor quality; marketing gimmicks used to hide decreased brew times e.g. Ice lagers and lack of distinction between brands. The brewers make all lagers dependent on gaps in production runs, one day is Carlsberg pilsner, the next day its Stella Artois. The major brewers got too big and greedy.
d'Arenberg The Dead Bolt shiraz
Before Dinner... water.
After dinner, Balvenie 15 yr single cask with some dark chocolate. Damn, I think I'll have another one.
Drank Titanic ales from Stoke on Trent at the Mayflower in Rotherhithe last Friday. They went down well (geddit?)
Very nice historic riverside pub. Captain of the Mayflower is buried nearby. Others ate but I did not bother. Good duo playing blues harmonica and guitar.
http://www.pubs.com/main_site/pub_details.php?pub_id=145
Maetierra Dominum Quatro Pagos
An odd tipple for St Patrick's Day, perhaps, but there you have it ...
Lornano chianti
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.
Fat Bastard cab
Wells' Banana Bread Beer.
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.
Jim Barry "Clare Red" shiraz cab
* Purple algae/seaweed (dulse)
* Green algae (chlorella)
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