What are you drinking today?

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Originally Posted by happynz

Weird how wine is so much cheaper in Australia than beer

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I am on the red this week. Took a fake Hardy's Cabernet down to the beach to watch Venus sparkling her jewels at sunset.

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It does not really contain Hardy's Cabernet. Instead it contains some of the wine from one of the bottles my sister gave me for my birthday in 2023. I can't scarf a whole bottle these days so I tip the rest into empty Qantas miniatures to quaff al fresco.

Chinese couple were getting married

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I was curious as to what the dark grey-green wedding dress was for. Maybe no vestal virgin, I'll hazard a guess? Quite fetching though.

Things got a bit racy under the peachy glow to the west.

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Nice V-Dub

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Must be worth a few bob.

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Choices....choices. :)

Chicken Cock? Haven't heard of that one before. :)

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Originally Posted by pickel

Chicken Cock? Haven't heard of that one before. :)

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Me neither. Didn't even consider it. Was looking for Templeton Rye.

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Originally Posted by pickel

Chicken Cock

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In Kanchanaburi there's a tiny bar which sells 10 baht shots from bottles of god knows what. I noticed one of the bottles labeled Black Cock.

That Black Cock is pretty common in most supermarkets in Thailand.

Never tried it myself but Cyrille swears by it after a few cheeky cheers beers.

I reckon it's a euphemism..

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Originally Posted by Joe 90

I reckon it's a euphemism..

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F#ck me, you must have spent some time looking that up.

What a splendidly original joke, as always.

:rolleyes:

It also comes in red

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Originally Posted by Joe 90

pretty common in most supermarkets in Thailand.

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You've been here twice on holiday in the last 20 years, right. :)

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Originally Posted by Edmond

You've been here twice on holiday in the last 20 years, right. :)

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He's not wrong though is he

Absolutely not.

The point is it's akin to you or I going onto a UK forum for lower income families and telling them about Aldi's yellow sticker specials.


Snub will chime in next with advice about Thai culture. :)

He's got to finish up on police tactics in Birmingham first. :D

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Originally Posted by Edmond

Absolutely not.

The point is it's akin to you or I going onto a UK forum for lower income families and telling them about Aldi's yellow sticker specials.


Snub will chime in next with advice about Thai culture. :)

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You're sounding a bit agitated today bud.

Best brew up a Pot Pourri tea:)

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Originally Posted by Joe 90

That Black Cock is pretty common in most supermarkets in Thailand.

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That stuff, whatever it is, is on shelves in Tesco. Never looked at what it is and would give it a pass if someone offered me a pour.

Out of curiosity I did look to see what Chicken Cock Bourbon was and from their claim they are the oldest whiskey distiller, I know of The Famous Old Brand Whiskey. As noted from their web page

Known as "The Famous Old Brand," Chicken Cock is one of the oldest American whiskey brands. Established in 1856 in Paris, Kentucky our whiskey has reclaimed its rightful place among the best heritage American whiskey. Today, Chicken Cock is proudly crowing again!

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Originally Posted by Stumpy

That stuff, whatever it is, is on shelves in Tesco. Never looked at what it is and would give it a pass if someone offered me a pour.

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Likewise, I'm unlikely to buy a bottle of Black Cock, but if someone offered me a pour I'd drink it at least to be polite.

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Originally Posted by happynz

but if someone offered me a pour I'd drink it at least to be polite.

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I think I would do a nose test and decide. If pungent I'd probably hold the glass for a awhile then try and find a way to set it down somewhere.

Thankfully I do not know anybody who drinks it so I am safe for now.

From what little I read, it's a rice whiskey which doesn't sound enjoyable. Maybe heat it up like a Japanese Sake

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Originally Posted by happynz

but if someone offered me a pour I'd drink it at least to be polite

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I fine philosophy. I think I would have a sip of almost anything just out of curiosity


Glass of bubbles with a fake Glenlivet for watching the very funny Deadpool and Wolverine 8.3/10

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My sister gave me that bottle of Glenlivet for my 32nd birthday which was a few moons ago.

I kept it as an ornament for 14 years since I was not a whisky drinker. Then I discovered the magic of the syrup and the contents of the bottle was history. Now the bottle it is kept for sentimental value and used as a mixer bottle when drinking a new whisky since you need to make room for the syrup by decanting 20% of the new bottle. Whatever is in the bottle is still single malt since I don't drink anything else, so it is not too fakey fakey (like my Remy Martin!)

My new set of copper drinking mugs arrived in the mail.

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The 'poor man's stumpy' project takes a much needed step forward after the pool debacle.

They look suitably cheap and nasty.

Got the tortoises in yet? :D

Apparently only stumpy is allowed to have a copper mug. :rolleyes:

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Ennie meeni mini moe

Any suggestions ?

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Excellent choices.

Committed the cardinal sin of mixing the grape and the grain over the weekend.

And 5/6% beers.

Won't be doing that again...

...yeah, right. Of course I will. :)

Glass of bubbles with a star-spangled chaser. I am warming to this wicked Woodford.

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It added some spangled sparkles to Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In which is a martial arts extravaganza set in the famous Walled City in Kowloon (has a very interesting history which I googled up after). The movie conjurers a vivid portrait of the crime-ridden rabbit's warren in the 1980s where 35,000 people lived on 2.5 acres under the flight path to Kai Tak airport before it was demolished in 1993. 8/10

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Appears ze German front line cannon fodder prefer to drink from ze Furry cup on ze Eastern front.

Respecto

Mmm Chtaeau Guillame

Hand made 12 day old pool bottleed Zamba nectar with top notes of barbed wire, monkey nuts and a stunning part cured concrete finish. Aloi makmuk

The glass says it all.

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Liter of mineral water
4 teaspoons of tea leaves
1 teaspoon of dried Jiaogulan
Pinches of lavendar, safflower and dried jasmine flowers.

Brewed.
1/2 teaspoon of sugar, milk.

Heaven.

The best weekend refreshment around.

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Sliced ginger and lemongrass, lavender, jasmine, rose buds, safflower, cris-an-thee-um, stick of cinnamon.

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5 liters of mineral water and brew.

Zero toxins.
Zero poisons.
100% delicious.

Time for a whiskey sour, or two.

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Originally Posted by Joe 90

Appears ze German front line cannon fodder prefer to drink from ze Furry cup on ze Eastern front.

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Nasty yelamans! Here is an eastern comrade to warm up her muffler on the wintry 1942 Eastern front...

Cracked open another bottle from my sister's birthday case since I need to fill up my beach skittles while watching Beetlejuice 2. A watchable giggle 7.4/10.

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If a wine does not pass muster it can be salvaged by adding a capful (5ml) of ribena concentrate. This was a 2 capful glass.

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Once you have the capful calibration you can then decant an appropriate number of mls to fix the whole bottle.

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This is a trick I learned in the Napa valley while cycling through California in the 1990s!

I even keep a tiny bottle of Ribena in the glove compartment so I can rescue wines while out and about on safari

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A mate got me some Leo and some Aussie hot sauce called Shit the bed. Between the 2 of them that's highly likely

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Apparently your supposed to drink it sensibly.

The forum's best mod can't be wrong.

But does he drink it sensibly? Or is he trying to drink himself clever?

Allons y!

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^ I predict a gay with a headache and the shits in the morning. :)

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Originally Posted by malmomike77

^ I predict a gay

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I was just gonna say on the dinner thread that salt isn't usually a worry for you when you're giving your boyfriend a chew.

:)

^ you were just going to say.

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