Rds1983 Posted December 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2022 I always drink a whisky beer on Christmas eve and polished this one off last night. Absolutely fantastic but feeling a tad rough now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted December 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2022 My son kindly left a glass of this out for Santa last night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Have to say, for a budget bottle of wine (£6) from Tesco - it's a lovely drop of red. The first of these will be cracked open at 2pm when I begin all of the food prep! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 4 hours ago, Rds1983 said: My son kindly left a glass of this out for Santa last night. Tried this for the first time at a whiskey festival last month, got to try it side by side with green spot and red breast and this would be my pick of the bunch, keep meaning to buy a bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) I've been gifted some Zalto wine glasses, had my eye on them for ages but hadn't taken the plunge, haven't really got anything in to justify drinking from them, but I'm on some Malbec to try them out. On to the whiskey after dinner! Edited December 25, 2022 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted December 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Tried this for the first time at a whiskey festival last month, got to try it side by side with green spot and red breast and this would be my pick of the bunch, keep meaning to buy a bottle. It's my favourite of those 3. I'm keen to try the gold spot at some time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted December 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2022 Starting with this today. A lovely bit of English fizz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted December 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2022 Having this one with dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Treating myself to a dram of Cu Bocan 88. Only my second glass since I bought it nearly a year ago, always feels like it needs an occasion. Mild smokiness, oak, loads of fruit. Great stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted December 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2022 30 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Treating myself to a dram of Cu Bocan 88. Only my second glass since I bought it nearly a year ago, always feels like it needs an occasion. Mild smokiness, oak, loads of fruit. Great stuff. Had you tried it before you bought it? I've bought fairly expensive whiskies before but never been brave enough to buy an expensive one without tasting it. Guess I need to go to more tastings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Rds1983 said: Had you tried it before you bought it? I've bought fairly expensive whiskies before but never been brave enough to buy an expensive one without tasting it. Guess I need to go to more tastings. I'd just tried it at a tasting and bought it on the night, I could never take the chance on that blind. I try to go to one every month, the upside is trying 6 whiskeys, almost always new to me, the downside is I end up making purchasing decisions when I'm a bit wobbly. The one I go to is brilliant, after the 6 samples, the regulars stick around for a chat and finish off the bottles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 On to my annual glass of port! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Bowmore Islay 12yo single malt Big dram - possibly a quadruple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted December 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 25, 2022 picked some good ones this year if i do say so myself but this one definitely the best of the bunch: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Was on jeffersons rum, nice drop, not the rum connoisseur that I once was so ill be wrong here...to me straight away it tasted like a demerara sugar rum which isn't mu rum of choice, I like them lighter but given what it is its definitley a good one Then we opened up Appleton estate 8 year old, that's a great rum, spiced but not killed with any particular flavour, hint of vanilla without being a vanilla rum, very very good 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Xela said: Bowmore Islay 12yo single malt Big dram - possibly a quadruple. Likewise! About to finish off with a Diplomatico rum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted December 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2022 working my way through this, beautifully smooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Might be the best beer I’ve had in a while Uzbekistan’s finest ( well so far , I might find a different brand tomorrow ) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Started on the Camden hells which went down a little too easy paired with barely eating all day (proper spread on the way) now I'm on to a veltins gravensteiner which is pretty damn good considering normal veltins is absolute piss water I'm a man on a mission tonight 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Camden Hells goes down too easy anytime, it's bloody lush. I've opened a bottle of Malbec, which I'll tuck into while cooking. Then I will join the missus and have a couple of Pornstar Martinis probably followed by either a Dark n Stormy or a Tommy Margherita, depending which I fancy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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