Thread: What are you drinking today?

Originally Posted by bsnub

Good stuff stumps. You are loaded up now.

Cheers Snubs. It will last me awhile but I love me some good Rye so a bottle doesn't last long. Thankfully when guests swing by they bring their Thai stuff so I don't have to share.

Good stuff stumpy. I've gotta wait for " guests " to check out and hope they haven't over served themselves and Mrs bld brings a few Award winners home.

Back to my favourite icy chill summer bubbles as summer breaks out with a sparkly weekend down under

Field Marshall Walter Model was a proper Nazi's Nazi and shot himself out of honour when Army Group B was defeated at the Ruhr Pocket; but before that he was on the winning side at Operation Market Garden against Parachute Regiment Major General Roy Urquhart

It’s a bit fruity for me, but one of the most popular single malt whiskies in the world.

Fruity and caramelly but it slips down a treat

A Kilkenny thirst quencher in the ceremonial crystal jug of my grandparents wedding on a hot summers night

Thought I would expand the historical scope of the arsenal with a Norman Siege Catapult.

An early precursor of the M777 Howitzer

Just need to attach my buckets of rocks with chain and then wind on my windup-rope to be ready for my first assault

It is 1/12 scale and Roy Urquhart is 1/6 scale so imagine doubling the catapult or halving Roy to give yourself a sense of proportion

A glass of Friar Angelico's hazelnut liqueur Frangelico in a saintly looking monks-habit bottle to celebrate the arrival of my holy Roman Byzantine Catapult to face off against my Norman catapult

The Byzantine Empire was also known as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium and this fearsome weapon was used to hold the Muslim hordes at bay during the holy crusades by firing giant flaming arrows at them, rather than rocks as in the case of the Norman Catapult.

It was basically a gigantic crossbow.

Originally Posted by Looper

hazelnut liqueur

Holy McShizy. Not only does that sound delicious. That must be the fanciest bottle ever posted on here.





Let's hope Stompy doesn't see it.

Originally Posted by Looper

my holy Roman Byzantine Catapult

If it flings flaming shots it's a ballista, or a drunk, white uni girl*.




*Let's hope lulu doesn't see it.

^^^ Nice glass Lopper, any family history behind that?

Originally Posted by Looper

Friar Angelico's hazelnut liqueur

A warming tipple and makes thy drunker than the Holy Spirit, cool bottle too!





*drunk a full bottle on my 20th, don't tell Cyrille.

I don't usually drink with women, unless perhaps a glass or two of wine while watching 50 shades of grey, but Uni GF was coming over, asked if we could drink some Soju together, and was bringing her uniform so Edoo The Pervoo could do that uni student in uniform gets handcuffed to the bed then blindfolded and unmercifully devoured for forgetting her A, B, Sneeze, so meeting half way was only fair.

Have never drank Soju before. And after drinking this I'm pretty sure I still haven't.

Whatever it is, it is very easy to drink and seems exceptional value - 360ml @ 13% for something like 79 or 89 baht each. Which is pretty much the size and alc volume of half a bottle of MalmoMike's shiraz.

The Seven had 4 flavours.



Peach, mixed berry, strawberry and apple.





I had the 13% peach, she had the 12% mixed berry, though added in a dash of sala syrup because despite having the sugar content of a 1950's candy store, it obviously wasn't sweet enough. Teenagers *shakes head*



Did up me famous wings, she did up a very tasty dipping sauce, not one for newbies.



I think I had 2 in the time she had the rest sucked to the bone.

Then had a great ol' time singing and dancing and doing me award winning John Travolta.



Before getting down to more serious business.


Eddie rating:

Taste: 8/10 if aged under 25.
Value: 10/10 I doubt Mendy's yaa dong costs much more.
Would drink it again: Lord no.

Did young fizz make old pop sparkle?
Soju is basically sweet chemicals I wouldna use to clean the pan, at least yadong has erby ingredients that you used to like before becoming Benny Hill, you do know her friends will see you like that old uncle that showed them that 'special trick'.

Originally Posted by PlanK

If it flings flaming shots it's a ballista

Yes, I should have said Byzantine Ballista, not Catapult.

Originally Posted by Bonecollector

^^^ Nice glass Lopper, any family history behind that?

The family history behind that crystal glass is the same as behind the crystal jug in the picture above it. They were both part of the wedding gift glassware to my grandparents, making them over 85 years old I think.

I love drinking from glasses with family history.


This Mango Loco Monster is a contender for my new favourite energy drink

Originally Posted by Looper

I love drinking from glasses with family history.

Absolutely, I've got some cut crystal sherry glasses that spent much of the 20's in Luxor!

1920s, Boney?

Originally Posted by Neverna

1920s, Boney?

Yup 1920's

Cranberry honey and lemon tea.

The cranberry honey isn't quite as nice as I thought it would be.

Originally Posted by PlanK

Not one, not two, but 67.5 grams of sugar!

It is a shocker isn't it. Although it is a big 500ml can and Coca Cola comes in at 52g per 500ml so not far behind.

I only drink those energy drinks once or twice a month. They do give you a buzz. It is probably more the blood sugar than the magical ingredients they tout such as guanine, taurine, ginseng etc.

Originally Posted by Looper

Coca Cola comes in at 52g per 500ml

Damn. I've glanced at such things since watching 'That Sugar Film', but don't drink fizzy drinks so never looked at a bottle/can of Coke.

That's 13 teaspoons.

I feel sweeter just reading it.

I got the last of the Tali, Teerak Khmer edition has opted for the Aberlour. Oban is for Christmas day