What are you drinking tonight?

[BrianM]

Whisky tasting for me this evening. Get in!

• Inchmurrin – 18 Years Old
• Auchentoshan – Three Wood
• Glen Scotia – Double Cask
• Bowmore – “Darkest” 15 Year Old
• Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength
• Highland Park 21 Year Old

Heaven
Enjoy a good whisky tasting evening, is it through the whisky shop?

 

[williamalex1]

Sitting in the back garden in 25* sunshine drinking a large ice cold lager shandy.

 

[patricks148]

Sitting in the back garden in 25* sunshine drinking a large ice cold lager shandy.

you shandy drinking southern softy:rofl:

 

[Kellfire]

Never really been a fan of cans ��

Cans are booming right now in craft beer because it's easier to purge the oxygen from the can than a bottle plus it removes light damage to the beer which is a major issue in bottles.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Never really been a fan of cans 樂

Me neither as I always thought they left a slight metallic taste in the beer. But I can't detect it in these, plus they are only 330 ml so ideal for a swift one on a lovely summers evening. Brewdog also do Punk IPAs in cans now which are very nice, Tesco were knocking them out at 4 cans for a fiver which is a bargain.

 

[Dando]

I am going to finish off the Whitstable Bay Blonde beers i bought over the weekend

 

[Fish]

Cans are booming right now in craft beer because it's easier to purge the oxygen from the can than a bottle plus it removes light damage to the beer which is a major issue in bottles.

Me neither as I always thought they left a slight metallic taste in the beer. But I can't detect it in these, plus they are only 330 ml so ideal for a swift one on a lovely summers evening. Brewdog also do Punk IPAs in cans now which are very nice, Tesco were knocking them out at 4 cans for a fiver which is a bargain.

Bugger, got to step foot in Tescos now 😡

 

[jdpjamesp]

Never really been a fan of cans 樂

Apparently beer tastes better from a can than from a bottle. Or so the craft breweries like Beavertown try to convince us!

 

[jdpjamesp]

Heaven
Enjoy a good whisky tasting evening, is it through the whisky shop?

It's a Twitter Tasting actually. So the organiser sends out the samples by post and we all sit down at the same time and quaff them and comment on twitter. Done a few now and it's a ball.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Bugger, got to step foot in Tescos now 

To be honest I have much the same feelings as to me the food always has a very short sell by date on it plus most of the own brand stuff is pretty flavourless. IMHO. Plus there's all the stuff with squeezing the pips out of the suppliers

But they do seem to do the best deal on booze of all the supermarkets I've tried. And stock beers like Innis and Gunn, Vocation, Brew Dog plus several others that I struggle to find elsewhere where I live. And they seem to be doing a constant 4 for 6 quid on a lot of them. So I mostly go in there just for the ale.

 

[Hacker Khan]

It's a Twitter Tasting actually. So the organiser sends out the samples by post and we all sit down at the same time and quaff them and comment on twitter. Done a few now and it's a ball.

I like the sounds of that. Is it a professional thing or is it just mates doing it? If it professional then care to share a link/more details?

 

[Hobbit]

Sitting in the back garden in 25* sunshine drinking a large ice cold lager shandy.

You can go off people you know!!

you shandy drinking southern softy:rofl:

I guess you've got the same weather up the road. Saw the sun briefly at lunch time but the sea fret has rolled back in. Its ruddy freezing!!

 

[patricks148]

You can go off people you know!!



I guess you've got the same weather up the road. Saw the sun briefly at lunch time but the sea fret has rolled back in. Its ruddy freezing!!

lovely here till about 20 mins ago, now raining, still pretty warm though

 

[williamalex1]

lovely here till about 20 mins ago, now raining, still pretty warm though

Try a wee cold shandy with a Maraschino cherry might suit you sir

 

[patricks148]

Try a wee cold shandy with a Maraschino cherry might suit you sir D

Just sipping a nice cold pint of peroni in a bar while waiting to meet the current Mrs148

 

[Hobbit]

Demolishing a couple of Cobra with my curry

 

[BrianM]

Bottle of Malbec tonight.
Back offshore tomorrow, so dry for 3 weeks 😬

 

[GB72]

Only 1.30 here, sitting on the beach with a large frozen margarita

 

[Tashyboy]

Amstel an enjoying it

 

[jdpjamesp]

I like the sounds of that. Is it a professional thing or is it just mates doing it? If it professional then care to share a link/more details?

It's a professional thing mate. http://www.thewhiskywire.com/ Steve Rush there organises them and runs the tastings. It's a lottery as to whether or not you get selected. I probably get about 1 in 5 that I apply for.