| Author | Message | ||
     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4130 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cascade Premium Lager. Life's too short for cheap beer. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2289 Registered: 01-2005 |
Lagunitas IPA from Petaluma, CA | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4142 Registered: 05-2005 |
Tetley's Premium Blend tea. Life's too short for cheap tea. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 286 Registered: 05-2005 |
Orval. Best beer in the world. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 503 Registered: 10-2006 |
Locally produced Verdicchio wine. The cheap stuff is often a bit rough but it seems to be a good year for this one, full of flavour. Next time you're in an Italian restaurant, check it out! Or the other regional wine, if you prefer red, Lacrima di morro d'alba, a beautiful wine with a unique flavour. End of promotion. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 176 Registered: 05-2005 |
A mixed case of Adnams and Bath Ales - both excellent. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4179 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just got a case each of Guinness draught and Budvar to see me through Christmas. Should be a couple left for the cure on new year's day too. | ||
| Lewisdhead Member Username: Lewisdhead Post Number: 78 Registered: 01-2007 |
Large bottle, as opposed to a pint of of Guiness. | ||
| Lewisdhead Member Username: Lewisdhead Post Number: 79 Registered: 01-2007 |
That should be Guinness. I'm so embarrassed. Doh. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 289 Registered: 05-2005 |
Some Go-betweens cocktail http://www.drinkify.org/go-betweens | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4182 Registered: 05-2005 |
Even Kevin might enjoy 16 Lovers Lane if he had one of those. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4255 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cascade Premium Lager. It is Australia Day after all. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2301 Registered: 10-2004 |
Some truly brutal homemade slivovica, courtesy of the wife's father. The first time I tried this years batch my eyes started watering. You can light this stuff on fire pretty easily. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4257 Registered: 05-2005 |
Homemade brandy? Sounds interesting Jeff. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2303 Registered: 10-2004 |
Yeah, everyone in Slovakia and Czech Republic makes their own slivovica or hruskovica moonshine. And all the homemade stuff I've tried so far is like jet fuel. My father-in-law gives us a bottle each year over the holidays. It's fun to invite people over and give them some just to watch their facial expressions as the stuff goes down. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2330 Registered: 01-2005 |
Sounds like some potent moonshine! Next Saturday afternoon for the third year in a row I'll be hitting the winter Taste The Passion wine tour in the scenic Leelanau Peninsula. http://lpwines.com/taste/ I'll probably be downing a few Diabolical IPA's afterwords during dinner @ North Peak Brewing Company in downtown Traverse City. http://www.northpeak.net/np.html Super Bowl on Sunday will complete the liver damaging weekend. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 355 Registered: 03-2007 |
De Bortoli Reserve Pinot Noir 2008. Purchased from Majestic Wine Warehouse who I worked for on a part time basis for several years after retirement. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2836 Registered: 03-2005 |
Wow. It is so tempting to ask you to do something verboten, Jeff, and pack up a bottle of that and send it to the U.S.. But it would put us both on an undesirable list somewhere. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4275 Registered: 05-2005 |
A can of Dr Pepper. My local supermarket now sells it (imported from the UK) and it suffices in the absence of Cherry Coke. I never liked Dr Pepper when I lived in the US though. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2843 Registered: 03-2005 |
I still want to find out what Irn Bru tastes like. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 2308 Registered: 10-2004 |
Kofola. Randy, whenever we head back to the states (for visiting or coming back, or whatever), we'll be sure to pack a few bottles. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 688 Registered: 04-2005 |
Randy, Believe me, you really don't. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1568 Registered: 10-2008 |
Randy, Yes you do! Although its not cheap in North America. We came across a store in Toronto last year which had a small section of British drinks and confectionary. A can of Irn Bru was about $5, which is over Ł3. I could buy a 12 pack of Irn Bru for that price in the UK. Did you know its an ancient Scottish hangover cure? :-) | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1569 Registered: 10-2008 |
ps - Dr Pepper is vile. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2844 Registered: 03-2005 |
A hangover cure. That would be very handy now and then. I've known for quite a while that I can mail order (!) it in the States from one of the Carolinas. I just haven't gotten around to it. But I will. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 689 Registered: 04-2005 |
Irn Bru : and why has Scotland got one of the worse dental records in the Western world ? Everyday in a high street in a Scottish town you are going to find a baby in a pram with their bottle filled with that fizzy orange muck! When I was growing up in the suburbs of Glasgow there used to be a soft drinks company (Alpine ?) that sent a lorry round once a week to sell their products directly to an unsuspecting public. Given the quantity of colour additives I have must have consumed as a teenager it is amazing that I am still alive. But I do have very crap teeth. Nowadays I stick to local wines. Within our local Bergerac 'appellation' there are some perfectly drinkable wines, but the 'Pécharmant' classification is slightly higher quality. The "Domaine des Costes 2007" (an organic wine) is excellent. | ||
| Matt Ellis Member Username: Matt_ellis Post Number: 163 Registered: 11-2004 |
I went for a weekend away in Glasgow a few years back (from London but I originally hail from the North East). I forgot how delicious Irn Bru was from my youth. You can get the stuff in all of the pubs and its also available in McDonalds in Glasgow :-) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4280 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hard to describe Irn Bru's taste Randy. Somewhere between lemonade and Lucozade maybe? But much better than that. I can attest that it is good for a hangover, as mentioned above. My local supermarket sells Irn Bru as well as Dr Pepper. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2333 Registered: 01-2005 |
222's will knock out a hangover. It's very strong Canadian aspirin with codeine that is available all over Canada. http://canada-rx-discounters.com/aspirin .html | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4285 Registered: 05-2005 |
Irn Bru. And marveling at the accuracy of my description of its taste. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4286 Registered: 05-2005 |
So Michael, you are the source of all those Canadian Pharmacy emails that flood my spam folder. | ||
| Matt Ellis Member Username: Matt_ellis Post Number: 164 Registered: 11-2004 |
That's very interesting Padraig - I'm currently receiving around 5 or 6 e0mails a day sent from ::Canadian Pharmacy:: - I can't seem to get AOL to block them. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4290 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cherry Coke and Canadian 222s. (Not really for the last part). | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 531 Registered: 10-2006 |
Vino di visciole or "sour cherry wine", as far as I can gather. My brother-in-law, who has the friendly habit of turning up unexpectedly and invariably empty-handed around lunchtime because he "happens to be in the area",this time surprised us all by bringing along three bottles of this farmhouse-produced rich, red, sweet dessert wine. It is gorgeous, especially with a piece of apple pie. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2339 Registered: 01-2005 |
Padraig, Hardly! My best bud Jim and his wife Suz turned me onto the healing powers of 222's back in the 1980's. Hey, my dad turned 83 yesterday. We had to celebrate it at the medical recovery facility he is staying at. He should be back home in a couple of weeks after his foot infection has cleared up. Hopefully he is more motivated to use his walker more and ditch the motorized wheelchair. He has been through hell the last year and a half, a triple bypass, losing 1/3 of his left leg due to dry gangrene after breaking his left hip. Then just recently breaking his left hip again, but not too seriously this time. He developed an infection in his right foot while in the hospital and we though he was going to lose that one, but the infection is clearing up thanks to a PICC line inserted into his arm. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4310 Registered: 05-2005 |
Happy birthday to your dad Michael and may he enjoy many more. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 538 Registered: 10-2006 |
The wife's surprisingly excellent homemade limoncello. The sort of necessary thing that keeps the wheels of matrimony well-oiled. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4461 Registered: 05-2005 |
Courvoisier XO. I think this is the most expensive bottle of liquor I ever bought. I only got it because it was half price - reduced from $200 to $100. A magnificent cognac. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1651 Registered: 08-2006 |
Funny, Padraig, I'd never been a big cognac fan until a few years back when my ex's parents left town and left us with the contents of their liquor cabinet. They weren't big drinkers, and there was a lot of crap in the lot (creamed sherry?). But there was a cognac amid the dross, and I opened it one night. Wow, I thought, how'd I miss this stuff? It was crazy smooth and bright, the perfect thing after a good meal. I sipped at the bottle over the next couple months before finishing it. When I went to replace it, I got a shock - it's was a $90 of Courvoisier Napoleon. How the hell did that get in my in-laws liquor collection? And how'd it go unopened?!? Don't get me wrong - it was worth every penny and I enjoyed every glass. It's just that I would have enjoyed it a little less frequently if I'd known how dear it was. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4466 Registered: 05-2005 |
That's funny Rob! Especially as I've just been reading on Wickipedia that both Napolean and XO are generally aged 20 years, but XO is graded above Napolean and therefore more expensive. Smooth is exactly the right word to describe a fine cognac. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4467 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hey, isn't it 6am in Chigago? I hope you haven't been up all night at the cream sherry. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1723 Registered: 10-2008 |
XO? Is that where Elliott Smith got his album title from I wonder? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4469 Registered: 05-2005 |
You know that never before occurred to me, though I always thought the title sounded familiar! I bet it is. It means "Extra Old". | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1652 Registered: 08-2006 |
Ha! It was 6 am in Chicago when I posted, Padraig. It's 5:40 now. Fortunately, there's no creamed sherry anywhere in the house. And I didn't know what XO stood for. Interesting. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2926 Registered: 03-2005 |
I never visit this thread because I'm never near my computer when I'm actually drinking something. Cognac. mmmmmmmmm. Padraig, wouldn't "XO" mean something in French? Not that I have a clue . . . . | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1654 Registered: 08-2006 |
Interesting factoid, Randy, from Wikipedia: The names of the grades are in English because the British market was long the primary market for cognac or, as explained in the FAQ of the BNIC website, because most of the main initial trading posts were created by people from Britain. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 564 Registered: 10-2006 |
A foaming glass of Hoegaarden white beer - not wiessbier, though, as I mistakenly ordered it, to be kindly corrected by the waiter - damn similar taste mind you - in a sun-filled Ferrara square, while watching the wife's stressed-out features, just visible over another chunky glass of the same brew, finally starting to relax. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1101 Registered: 08-2004 |
Jeremiah Weed Root Brew & Sour Mash Brew. Which seem to have aggressively launched themselves into my local superstore. I prefer the sweet fruitiness of the sour mash. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4483 Registered: 05-2005 |
Tetley's Premium Blend tea for breakfast. Accompanied by three pieces of toast; one with Vegemite, one with marmalade and one with Nutella. Mmm, savoury. Mmm, sweet. | ||
| Greg Adams Member Username: Greg_adams Post Number: 32 Registered: 06-2005 |
Well-aged bourbon or rye for me—the oakier, the better—or, lately, sour beers. I had lost interest in beer for a while, but the sour craze is drawing me back in. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4489 Registered: 05-2005 |
Must try some sour beer. It's new to me. Are you in Australia Greg? What would you recommend? | ||
| Greg Adams Member Username: Greg_adams Post Number: 33 Registered: 06-2005 |
Pádraig—I'm in the U.S. and don't know much about the sour market elsewhere in the world. An increasing number of craft breweries in the U.S. are making sours now, but most have limited distribution. The most common brand I see around is Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale, which is a good, very effervescent sour with a flavor similar to a semi-dry cider. Sours are often sold in wine-sized bottles and are usually oak aged, which—being a bourbon lover—is what first attracted me. I also like dry, oaky red wines. I just like the flavor of oak, apparently! | ||
| Austin Member Username: Bruegelpie Post Number: 87 Registered: 09-2004 |
I had this the other night and it was one of the best cocktails I've ever had! The Public Purse 1.0 oz Averell Damson Plumb Gin 1.0 oz Death’s Door .75 oz fresh Lime Juice .125- oz Rothman & Winter Violette .50- oz Simple Syrup 21 drops of Peychaud’s Bitters 1 Egg White Glass: Coupe Ice: None Garnish: Orange Pigtail Knot Shake all ingredients WITHOUT ice for 30-60 seconds. (This is called a Dry Shake. It emulsifies the ingredients and should be done with all cocktail recipes that call for egg; egg white, yolk, or whole egg.) Add ice and shake for 20 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with orange zest twist, twisted into a tight coil, called a pigtail knot. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4496 Registered: 05-2005 |
I think I'd get the dry shakes if I drank that Austin. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2392 Registered: 01-2005 |
Two Hearted Ale One of the best IPA's I've ever tasted. http://www.bellsbeer.com/brands/info/2 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4698 Registered: 05-2005 |
Too much Guinness last night. Cherry Coke right now to counteract it. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4722 Registered: 05-2005 |
More Cherry Coke. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4977 Registered: 05-2005 |
Australian afternoon tea. It's a blend of Irish breakfast tea and orange pekoe, suggested to the good folk at Twinings by our former PM Kevin Rudd. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5011 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pepsi Next. The Australian version is different to the US version. Ours has stevia in it. Mmm, stevia. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2471 Registered: 01-2005 |
Eroica Riesling - from Chateau Ste. Michelle in Washington state. http://www.ste-michelle.com/wines/eroica /release/280 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5331 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hahn Premium pilsener. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5340 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hahn Premium pilsener. Again. A very fine Australian beer. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5350 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Hahn having run out (I only had two left), canned Guinness draught. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 757 Registered: 10-2006 |
Water, mainly. I hope to be back in the Highlands in the springtime, and am curious to investigate the "microbreweries" there, whatever these are. So I'd better get into trim. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5363 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bit early in your part of the world for anything bar water, juice, tea or coffee Stuart. Good to hear the Highlands are now producing alcohol other than whisky. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5387 Registered: 05-2005 |
Henninger German lager bier. Very refreshing. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2497 Registered: 01-2005 |
1 part Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey and 3 parts RumChata over ice. A great winter drink. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5418 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cherry Coke Zero - available in Australia for the first time! Limited edition, so I bought five two litre bottles. I'll buy another five next time I'm in the supermarket. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5427 Registered: 05-2005 |
Barry's tea, classic blend. A little bit of Ireland, right here in Australia. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5515 Registered: 05-2005 |
Henninger German lager bier. Still very refreshing. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 824 Registered: 10-2006 |
Directors IPA, Volcano IPA, Black Sheep, Ossian, Atlantic Drift, Orkney IPA, Hit the Lip (Cromarty),Caledonia Best, Spring Sprinter, John Smith. With thrashing rain & 100 mile an hour gales up the West Coast, there wasn't much else to do...this beer-rotation thing is a great custom, anyway. The Ossian, Hit the Lip & Spring Sprinter all went down particularly well. The John Smith was a last-minute choice at Edinburgh Airport because the lass serving didn't know what "heavy" was..."Er... we've got Heineken...?" | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5648 Registered: 05-2005 |
Heineken and a Bloody Mary last night in the company of Austin of this parish. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5659 Registered: 05-2005 |
Barry's tea, classic blend. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2518 Registered: 01-2005 |
Sioux City Sasaparilla. Having heard of it from it being mentioned in The Big Lebowski, I decided to give it a try. I agree with what the Stanger said in TBL regarding it, "Yeah, that's a good one". | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 881 Registered: 10-2006 |
La Bentemperata Yippee,a microbrewery comes to central Italy, producing a cloudy, tawny pint rather similar to some of the microbrews I tasted in Scotland. This is great news, though not perhaps for my weight & waistband, especially if my local bar gets it on draught. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 6152 Registered: 05-2005 |
Last night, Henninger German lager. Now, English breakfast tea. |