What are you drinking today?

**Dillinger** · 10-06-2017, 03:45 PM

Drinking alone

Breakin out the duty free

**Thedogsbollix** · 10-06-2017, 08:29 PM

Mentholated spirits petrol mix washed down with a single malt scotch.

Single malt scotch is way over rated by the way.

**hallelujah** · 11-06-2017, 09:11 AM

^Aren't all spirits?

Nothing like a quality beer.

**Thedogsbollix** · 11-06-2017, 09:17 AM

I usually do not start drinking till 9.20 AM.

But fuk it eh, it's Sunday and 9.15 so I'm on.

Just starting with an IPA, it's a tad weak at 6.5 % but I'll wash that down with a few shots of tequila.

I find that mixing that up with my Meds gives me a nice little morning buzz.

Love Sunday mornings EH.

**hallelujah** · 11-06-2017, 09:20 AM

^ Take it easy. Wouldn't wanna overdo it now.

**Thedogsbollix** · 11-06-2017, 08:42 PM

Cheers Xtra.

6.2 %, goes great with a few tabs of acid.

**wasabi** · 11-06-2017, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by hallelujah

^ Take it easy. Wouldn't wanna overdo it now.

I don't believe a word of it, he just makes it up for effect.

**Mandaloopy** · 11-06-2017, 09:54 PM

A glass of passable Myanmar wine cos' I've had too much coffee today.

**Looper** · 11-06-2017, 10:25 PM

GF got a bottle of lambrusco today. Haven't had that in a few years.

More of a summer wine but very tasty and sparkly with some roast chicken and brie.

Originally Posted by Mandaloopy

A glass of passable Myanmar wine cos' I've had too much coffee today.

The best glass of wine is when you are coming down of a coffee buzz.

**Stumpy** · 16-06-2017, 06:19 PM

Friday Night again. Another one in the bank. Bought some V8 Spicy mix and some celery. Going to pretend its morning and have a Bloodymary...

**tomcat** · 16-06-2017, 06:33 PM

Due to ongoing bathroom remodeling and an early laundry adventure requiring the balcony, I'm celebrating my Friday cocktail event with JWB and soda...in front of my computer...*sigh*...

**Thedogsbollix** · 16-06-2017, 09:35 PM

Not much today really. getting off the alcohol and dryin out.

Anyway, 11.00 AM into a good quality spliff. kept me going for 3 hours or so.

2.00 PM smashed another bong and then game on. Started with easy stuff like cheers Xtra 6.4 %.

3.00 PM time for my anxiety and depression medication. Gettin it on a bit.

4 PM into some Samsong 15 ML hits and Soda.

Chill a tad to 6.00 PM and watch some telli.

7.00 PM into IPA's 6.5%.

8.00 PM, gettin a rush on, into duty free single malt Scotch and feelin good.

Now time for Xanax and the final fookin rush.

Wake up tomorrow early and go hard.

Saturday is game day.

**Chittychangchang** · 16-06-2017, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by Thedogsbollix

Not much today really. getting off the alcohol and dryin out.

Anyway, 11.00 AM into a good quality spliff. kept me going for 3 hours or so.

2.00 PM smashed another bong and then game on. Started with easy stuff like cheers Xtra 6.4 %.

3.00 PM time for my anxiety and depression medication. Gettin it on a bit.

4 PM into some Samsong 15 ML hits and Soda.

Chill a tad to 6.00 PM and watch some telli.

7.00 PM into IPA's 6.5%.

8.00 PM, gettin a rush on, into duty free single malt Scotch and feelin good.

Now time for Xanax and the final fookin rush.

Wake up tomorrow early and go hard.

Saturday is game day.

Fooking lightweight, I did more than that everyday for a decade in the 90's and it never did me any harm.

Get yourself a 3lt bucket bong if you want a proper outer body experience

**Thedogsbollix** · 17-06-2017, 10:11 AM

Yer.

That what I keep telling my counceler and psychiatrist. They are really starting to get on my wick telling me I need to cut back on the gear.

Just playin these days and havin a giggle compared to my heady times.

Anyway, who wants to live till ya 60. ???? Fuk that.

Lucky the Tax payer is coughin up the bill or I'd fuk em off.

So that said it's Saturday and this my blow out day.

I'm up early today 10.10 AM, I've just got out of bed and rolled a nasty sticky joint.

I'll report back latter.

Thanks for letting me share my Issues.

Ta.

**Thedogsbollix** · 17-06-2017, 12:32 PM

Comin down a bit so into a 500 ml can of Guinness chased down with IPA brewdog 6.6 %.

**Thedogsbollix** · 18-06-2017, 06:07 PM

Whatever i can fookin get my hands at the moment eh.

Smashed right fooked up now, going fookin retard.

**wasabi** · 18-06-2017, 10:33 PM

I've been told by a mod that we mustn't respond to your posts, because you are Trollterry.

**tomcat** · 18-06-2017, 10:46 PM

Found an excellent bottle of Montepulciano (2010) for a Sunday treat...

**Looper** · 18-06-2017, 10:51 PM

^One man, One wine bottle...

Ouch...!

**Stumpy** · 24-06-2017, 12:41 PM

So another Scotch soldier was laid to rest. My 18 year Glen is finished.

On my way home I stopped off and bought this

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/...rd-18-year-old.

I tasted this in Taipei on my way to catch another flight. Highland distiller.

**tomcat** · 24-06-2017, 03:07 PM

^A number of alternatives for consideration:

Forget Pappy, These Five Whiskeys Deserve Their Own Cult Status
Best part: They won’t set you back $3,000.
By John deBary

It didn’t used to be this way. Roughly 25 years ago, few people cared about Pappy van Winkle whiskey. Though the production out of the Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, Ky., has always been small—around 7,000 cases per year—it was still relatively easy to find. Now its bottles are some of the most sought-after in the world.

In 1996, the Beverage Institute gave a 20-year-old bottle of Pappy a 99 out of 100, its highest score ever for a whiskey. In-demand chefs such as Sean Brock began declaring their obsession with the stuff. Anthony Bourdain even joked that he was getting a Pappy tattoo on his back. Now a bottle of the 23-year-old liquid can run to more than $3,000 on the gray market.

The hype exists for a reason: Pappy is great. Members of the Van Winkle family have been aging and blending for four generations, and they know what they’re doing. My personal favorite is the 15-year version, which to me is the purest example of the recipe—one that contains more wheat in place of rye, which gives the whiskey a softer, more inviting character. For those who merely see this as a numbers game, the top prizes are the 20- and 23-year bottles, but to me, they taste over-oaked and are not worth the price tag.

In the past seven years, however, the craft distilling boom has skyrocketed the number of U.S. distilleries, from 560 to more than 1,800. Which affords plenty of options for whiskey drinkers looking for their own cult favorites. Here are five to help soften the sting of missing out on that coveted bottle of Pappy.

The Hudson Valley distillery, led by real estate investment banker Jeff Baker and former Maker’s Mark master distiller Dave Pickerell, has created a single malt in hopes of rivaling the best scotch across the pond. This gently peated whiskey comes from grain grown exclusively on its estate and distilled in a custom 250-gallon copper still. If you want something with more spice, try the brand’s solera bourbon, which uses a technique that borrows from sherry production. The liquid is then stored in oloroso casks. Enjoy it with a little bit of ice.

Willett rye is the one that most often gets compared to Pappy, and it’s now similarly scarce. Willett bourbon is a great alternative. The distillery in Bardstown, Ky., has been making whiskey since 1936, and this one—which comes in a bottle shaped like a pot still—was released in 2008. It’s got a fresh, fruity nose, and despite its high alcohol content (47 percent vs. the customary 40 percent), it’s remarkably gentle.

Rumor has it that this bottle represents the exact same recipe as Pappy’s—a plausible claim, considering that Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle, originator of the Van Winkle recipe, got his start working for Weller a little more than 100 years ago. The bourbon is also made in the same distillery as Pappy’s, with similar amounts of wheat in the recipe. Big, bold, complex, and oaky, it's a great value—if you can find it.

It used to be a shameful secret for U.S. distilleries to reveal they had “sourced” their whiskey—meaning that the bourbon had been bought already made. But Breckenridge Distillery in Colorado bucks tradition and declares right on the label that the bottle blends liquors from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana. The bourbon has a grassy, vegetal quality that finishes with pleasantly bitter coffee notes.

In the heart of California wine country, this fledgling distillery, founded in 2010, uses a recipe uncommon among American whiskeys: 100 percent rye, with no corn or barley. It’s double-distilled in traditional copper pot stills over a direct fire and aged in new, American oak barrels for at least a year, then blended with whiskeys as much as two years old. With notes of fig, it tastes great on its own or as a base for a Sazerac.

...for pics and prices: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...wn-cult-status

**Stumpy** · 24-06-2017, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by tomcat

Though the production out of the Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, Ky., has always been small—around 7,000 cases per year—it was still relatively easy to find. Now its bottles are some of the most sought-after in the world.

Buffalo Trace is a very famous distillery. I really like Blanton's single barrel. It is outstanding as is Eagle Rare.

I have a few bottles of Willett Rye Bourbon that are extremely good. They are not as scarce as the article states but clearly not main stream.

I also have a few bottles from this distillery (KOVAL Distillery - Bourbon). I have not opened them yet, I have a Bourbon and a Whiskey. A friend went to the distillery and brought me back a bottle of each.

**Neverna** · 24-06-2017, 10:32 PM

I'm drinking a single malt today; surprisingly, a German single malt. Not bad. Well, easy to drink. It doesn't taste very strong of much.

**Neverna** · 24-06-2017, 10:52 PM

And here it is - Federbrau German single malt. 5%.

**can123** · 24-06-2017, 11:22 PM

Ordinary Famous Grouse whisky, ginger ale and ice in a tumbler.

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