Wine and Beer Enthusiasts

[TFrank2]

I haven’t had that one yet. My current go-to bourbon is Bulleit’s, it’s “good enough” for Whiskey Sour.

Nothing wrong with a good Bulleit! Very versatile and a great workhorse for mixed drinks. Even does well neat

 

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Enjoying a glass (or three) of Tokaji, a (legendary) white wine from Hungary.

 

[it wasnt me]

I’ve once had an excellent BenRiach 1994 from a Tokaji cask. In whiskey circles, there are two groups of people, and I’m with the “I like Tokaji casks” group. The other group hates it. I wonder how good the wine is…

Do enjoy!

 

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Enjoyed a glass of Riesling.

 

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Enjoying a glass of Riesling this Saturday afternoon.

 

[it wasnt me]

I’ve had two beer and one whiskey evening in the past three days. I’ll have a dry week until next Thursday’s whisky tasting.

 

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I’ve had two beer and one whiskey evening in the past three days. I’ll have a dry week until next Thursday’s whisky tasting.

Enjoy when it happens....

 

[it wasnt me]

I might just do that!

 

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A glass (or two) of late harvest, gloriously straw coloured, Tokaji (wine) is keeping me company this Saturday evening.

 

[Silencio]

Snagged a 4-pack of Delirium Tremens, one of my favorite Belgian ales. It's been a while...

 

[it wasnt me]

Delirium certainly makes interesting beer. I'll be in Brussels in June, probably visiting one or two of their own venues while I'm there.

 

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Snagged a 4-pack of Delirium Tremens, one of my favorite Belgian ales. It's been a while...

An excellent Belgian beer.

 

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Sipping a few glasses of an award winning dry white wine (a blend of white wine made from Harslevelu, Olasrizling, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat and Chardonnay grapes) from Hungary.

 

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Enjoyed a glass (or two) of Riesling this evening.

 

[it wasnt me]

I’ve had an SMWS whisky tasting that ended in a craft beer bar, where I had a lovely Polish stout with vanilla beans. Nice evenings are nice.

 

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It has been an exceptionally busy, and, at times, an exhausting, week.

I am sipping a glass of Late Harvest Grand Tokaji, and I must say that it is going down rather well.

 

[decafjava]

BFM beer from the Jura "La Torpille"(The torpedo) "Strong and spicy brown ale" 7.5% and going down rather well on this frigid night.

 

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Enjoying a glass (or three) of Late Harvest Tokaji.

 

[it wasnt me]

Do enjoy!

 

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A glass (or two) of Riesling is going down rather well....

 

[it wasnt me]

I did some shopping today. An old friend is coming to visit next weekend who really enjoys having a drink and watching football together, so on Easter Sunday we're going to watch the football in a local corner pub first (her favourite team is playing against my favourite team - mine usually wins, but we live in the city where her team is based - though no one has beaten me up over it yet...) and afterwards we'll probably drink a rum and a few Dirty Martinis.

The background to this is that I haven't drunk a Dirty Martini in a very long time, and it's been even longer since I made one myself. So today I went to my favourite wine merchant (family-run with absolutely fabulous advice - chain wine merchants might be cheap, but you'll never find that kind of expertise there) and bought an interesting German gin (with cloves, coriander, allspice, spruce shoots and lemon) as well as - and this brings us back to the topic of wine - a dry Italian vermouth.

I just tried the first Dirty Martini as a test run (with olives from the Turkish supermarket, they are simply the best) and I think I'll have to work on the proportions. The flavour of the gin is still too strong. But it's a good thing I'm trying this out now and not waiting until next weekend... 🙂

 

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A glass (or two) of Riesling is going down rather well....

Enjoy!

 

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Enjoy!

Thank you.

That is exactly what I am doing...

 

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I am enjoying that characteristic whiff of kerosene that you get when you open a bottle of pretty good Riesling....

 

[it wasnt me]

That’s not exactly a good testimonial for Riesling…