Lovely label on that.
* blue green alagae juice
* sprouted sesame seed milk
* fermented raw prickle broth from garden weeds (grind up prickles and ferment them...but dangerous on the hands...need gloves)
A couple of drams of Roughstock, Montana whisky last night. Good stuff.
Jim Barry Clare Red
Kingston beer festival yesterday.
Had some lovely tasty beers from Weltons
Pride n Joy 2.8%
Light Duty 2.0%
http://www.weltonsbeer.co.uk/index.php/our-beers/cask-ales
* sprouted chestnut milk
* walnut milk
* blue-green algae juice.
A 2010 Shiraz made by a mate from his own grapes - nice drop.
I went up to his farm for the weekend and he gave me a mixed dozen.
I've opened 4 and only had to pour a 2002 down the sink - no good.
In other news there is a great cheap but good pinot::
De Bortoli’s Windy Peak Pinot Noir. At Dan Murphy’s liquor stores the 2010 was retailing at under $10 a bottle.
I dunno if its available overseas.
I love Mexican coca cola. It has this coca flavoring that combines itself with the lovely old world fragrance. Alas, the old coca cola is gone, no longer an american institution.
Ardbeg Correyvrekan, first almost went down, then Gilgamesh posted something funny elsewhere so Ardbeg came up through nose, setting my exposed olfactory nerves on roof of the nasal cavity on fire with direct seven alarm blaze to brain and irritated meninges to boot.
Not to be duplicated any time soon. Still hurting.
^I am convinced, in moderation and controlled doses, that whisky is far more healthy than beer and wine. As a medical men Chevere, what say you?
Old Pulteney - on special at Waitrose.
Prior to that had a bottle of Jennings Bitter - Lidl Special. The delightful Marston English Pale is more to my taste.
eg - its pretty common to find a good cleanskin and brand / label it yourself for a gift or for xmas or a fund raiser or a special work occasion. Often done by small business as a thank you or promo.
It costs about aud$0.50c extra a bottle at my local cleanskin guy to get a dozen bottles labeled with my own label. Less if you print and slap the labels on yourself. Say the "fxh xmas special" or any rude smutty pun as is more common. Like "Dunrootin" or "Far Canal Red" or "Shee Tot Shiraz" or "Far Kew" or "Far Queue" - you get the idea.
edit:: It just struck me that this might not be a common thing in other countries. Your own wine label and the tendency to smutty labels???
Last edited by fxh (2012-05-20 21:07:40)
fnb - you ever tasted yellow tail?
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