Film Noir Buff Style Forum / What are you drinking at the moment ?

Kingston1an · 2013-03-04 11:53:03

Glenfarclas 105 60% proof.

Bought this over a year ago after a Glenfarclas tasting in the whisky shop at St. Pauls. I have only just got round to opening the bottle. Time flies.

fxh · 2013-03-04 14:54:13

Its $80.00AUD =53.9654 GBP here. What does it cost over there?

Kingston1an · 2013-03-04 16:56:18

Chévere · 2013-03-04 17:47:16

Kingston1an · 2013-03-05 12:45:21

^ No. It could be drunk neat, it is not fierce - but I put plenty of water in.

I had various ages at the tasting - but not 105 40 year old. The 1950s vintage releases etc. are too expensive for me.

fxh · 2013-03-05 18:52:08

4F Hepcat · 2013-03-06 00:29:05

Kingston1an · 2013-03-09 08:08:05

VPA at the Dog and Duck in Soho. One of those light coloured hoppy beers that are now popular.

Then a meal at Y Ming in Greek Street.

fxh · 2013-03-09 22:53:19

SINGHA Lager beer. Imported Thai Beer.
On special at ALDI @$10 for 6 x 330ml.
Not bad at all on a hot day.

Got a new ALDI just opened near us - great to stick it up the Aus duopoly of supermarkets.

The_Shooman · 2013-03-10 00:07:04

* filtered water
* brocolli sprout juice (lots)
* green algae
* water melon

* big bowl of apricots
* peaches

Kingston1an · 2013-03-10 06:10:55

4F Hepcat · 2013-03-10 08:48:50

Here in the Netherlands, the no.1 supermarket is Albet Hein, an absolute rip-off, but very popular.

The Lidl customer tends to be the less well-off and the canny middle class shopper making select purchases. Like me for example, the Perlenbacher German beer, brewed under the purity laws and only Euro 3.69 for 6 off 0.5l bottles, which has to be the best value in the Netherlands.

Tried drinking another dram of Auchentoshen's Valinch last night, been getting rave reviews from the likes of Ralfy.com. Way too heavy and funky for my liking, almost chemical. 'Orrible, not recommended.

Kingston1an · 2013-03-15 06:27:52

From The Grauniad - a guide to the only football ground in England with a pub on each corner. I was at the Bury game and will probably be there to see the Bees play Preston tomorrow:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/interactive/2013/mar/15/brentford-football-club-pub-each-corner-interactive
The Griffin is the pick of the pubs. A fine old Fullers house. You could be out of the ground with a pint in your hand watching final score. Then they moved the away section into Brook Road end and it is not as convenient. New Inn is not as good. Princess Royal is poor and Royal Oak is cliquish.
No tourists, no glory hunters, just proper Londoners.

4F Hepcat · 2013-03-15 23:56:36

Stocked-up with some more Planatation Rum from Guyana and Grenada. Also purchased the antipodean rum that has some terrible reviews out there in drinking blogs: Bundaberg, the overproof edition at 57.7%. Actually, despite some industrial refinery undertones pretty much decent loaded with ice or mixed with coke.

Two of the Bundaberg then I finished off with a St Lucia rum and off to bed early. Which was a bad move as I was up at 1.30AM and struggled to get back to sleep.

fxh · 2013-03-16 01:29:05

haha - Bundy.
Rough as guts.
Bogan Champagne.
http://thingsboganslike.com/2011/06/20/232-bundaberg-rum/
Does improve coca cola though. Slop a bit of Peppermint into it.

4F Hepcat · 2013-03-16 02:49:33

I had already come across that blog during my research. It is being sold as premium rum over here, but this phenomena is not new, I have seen rot gut cachaca in Rio that was sold for less than a glass of Choppe beer and that only the most desolute and desperate favela dweller would drink, trade as some high class exotic booze over here.

Still, says something about my character, after reading all the bad reviews and comments about this rum, I still had to go out and buy it.

Better than Lamb's rum, and so it should be, it was twice the price.

Drum Thunder !!! · 2013-03-20 03:03:33

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Drum Thunder !!! · 2013-03-20 05:17:05

Have you ever tried to harvest enough alfalfa sprouts to sustain a man? I'd need to covert the garage!

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Sammy Ambrose · 2013-03-20 05:25:34

Drum Thunder !!! · 2013-03-20 05:27:59

Exactly! He's probably converted the swimming pool into a fresh water Chlorella pool.

Sammy Ambrose · 2013-03-20 05:39:58

Chévere · 2013-03-23 02:24:24

Watched the NCAA wrestling semifinals with 2 friends as a pretext for a Glenmorangie "varietal" tasting.
We had the Astar, Finealta, 18 yo, and Sonnalta but after a while we were pretty sauced and a bottle of Correyvrekan snuck its way into the mix, spoiling the purity of our tasting.
This being Maryland we had crabcakes, and for salt we had a bunch of cured hams. It all worked well.
Lots of laffs, as they say, but now it's 4am and I'm drinking soda water and popping ibuprofen.

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