What are you drinking? (continued) [General]
2014 Jun 27
I'd pick up a bottle of the Campfire and Rendezvous Rye while you're at it, blubarry!
From Whiskey Advocate:
Barterhouse 20 year old, 45.1%, $75
Surprisingly lacking in oak intensity, given its age. Very creamy and soothingly sweet, with notes of honeyed vanilla, crème brûlée, sultana, orange creamsicle, peach cobbler, and a subtle array of tropical fruit. Soft and mellow on the finish. It’s very easy-drinking and should be enjoyable under most moods and circumstances. Very nice indeed!
From Whiskey Advocate:
Barterhouse 20 year old, 45.1%, $75
Surprisingly lacking in oak intensity, given its age. Very creamy and soothingly sweet, with notes of honeyed vanilla, crème brûlée, sultana, orange creamsicle, peach cobbler, and a subtle array of tropical fruit. Soft and mellow on the finish. It’s very easy-drinking and should be enjoyable under most moods and circumstances. Very nice indeed!
2014 Jul 11
Last weekend in Toronto I picked up a bottle of Owl's Brew, a tea-based cocktail mixer: www.theowlsbrew.com
I bought the Coco-Lada flavour, which has notes of coconut and pineapple. I'm currently drinking it with Sailor Jerry's spiced rum, and I'm already regretting not buying the larger bottle since it doesn't appear to be available anywhere locally.
I bought the Coco-Lada flavour, which has notes of coconut and pineapple. I'm currently drinking it with Sailor Jerry's spiced rum, and I'm already regretting not buying the larger bottle since it doesn't appear to be available anywhere locally.
2014 Aug 1
I'm drinking a Buñueloni, made with the Carpano Antica I stocked up on when the LCBO was briefly carrying it in the winter. Recipe here: culinariaeugenius.wordpress.com
2014 Aug 16
I tried something new at the LCBO: Crazy Uncle Uber Caesar. What a retched mistake. Just awful.
So, I tried to make my own caesar mix at home, with only passable results. Not very cost efficient either, needing $20 in clam juice to mix with a $2 can of tomato juice. Lemon juice, horseradish, Worcestershire, Montreal steak spice, etc. added and it was only barely flavourful. I think I'll stick to the prepared stuff from now on.
Speaking of ... I'll be back. Eventually.
So, I tried to make my own caesar mix at home, with only passable results. Not very cost efficient either, needing $20 in clam juice to mix with a $2 can of tomato juice. Lemon juice, horseradish, Worcestershire, Montreal steak spice, etc. added and it was only barely flavourful. I think I'll stick to the prepared stuff from now on.
Speaking of ... I'll be back. Eventually.
2014 Aug 18
OMFG!
Just found a keg of 11 year old mead in my basement that I did not know existed. Has to have been 8 years since I've had it hooked up.
Funny irony - the other day when cleaning up I found a bottle of it. Below is a video when I found the last bottle of it in 2009 and I was sure that was the last bottle. Lo-and-behold it was not, and i was very pleased to enjoy that mead over the weekend.
So I'm down there doing more cleaning and I see this keg way under a work bench, completely covered in crud (because in my dirt basement, everything gets that way after long enough time). I give it a rock to see whether anything is in it. Yup. So I twist it around to look for tags - same tag as that mead!
But I say to myself "self, there is no way that can be what is inside there - especially not almost full"
So I take it upstairs, clean it all up, and back down to hook it up.
JACKPOT!!!
Just found a keg of 11 year old mead in my basement that I did not know existed. Has to have been 8 years since I've had it hooked up.
Funny irony - the other day when cleaning up I found a bottle of it. Below is a video when I found the last bottle of it in 2009 and I was sure that was the last bottle. Lo-and-behold it was not, and i was very pleased to enjoy that mead over the weekend.
So I'm down there doing more cleaning and I see this keg way under a work bench, completely covered in crud (because in my dirt basement, everything gets that way after long enough time). I give it a rock to see whether anything is in it. Yup. So I twist it around to look for tags - same tag as that mead!
But I say to myself "self, there is no way that can be what is inside there - especially not almost full"
So I take it upstairs, clean it all up, and back down to hook it up.
JACKPOT!!!
blubarry