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I feel like I've neglected my own thread by being away for a week!
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I totally agree: best bang for buck in the genre IMO. I picked up a bottle of Quarter Cask yesterday - will crack it with some mates this weekend hopefully.
I was reading about this: the consensus seems to be that 30% to 40% is ideal for flavours. Anything more and the alcohol starts to overpower your ability to taste, any less and you dilute the drink too much. I haven't experimented with it myself, but some simple maths on rum cocktails seems to bare it out.
Deal. There's good trout fishing in the Aussie high country (not very high by world standards, but it's what we've got). I'm not much on it myself - I prefer beach fishing. It seemed like a lot of hiking to stand up to my thighs in freezing water. Plus it turns out I'm very bad at it!
A mate took some english visitors fishing in NZ a while back. They spent much of the time playing where-in-middle-earth-are-we
I think I've tried Blantners (it has a horse on the cap, no?) and it was very good but, as you say, no where near as complex as a good single malt. Generally, I find bourbon and it's non-appellation siblings rather too sweet for my taste. I've never tried absinthe although it's freely available here or any artisan tequila for that matter. I should remedy that.
Oh, and love your sig. Heart Attack and Vine was my introduction to Tom waits twenty something years ago.
I found the Aussie importer for Pappy Van Winkle. Now I just have to find someone who stocks it...
Hey Hotreds! What is that? - the pick is to small for me to read the label.
There's a button at the bottom of a post that says "reply with quote" - it will do it for you. You can also cut and past the whole thing or just the tags (the bit in square brackets) to break it up.
I totally agree: best bang for buck in the genre IMO. I picked up a bottle of Quarter Cask yesterday - will crack it with some mates this weekend hopefully.
as for the 'eternal question' as with anything YMMV, but I drink neat unless cask strength - then I add enoguh water (or a single cube on occasion) to dilute it to drinkable strength.
and on occasion I'll add a drop of water to a standard 40-46% alcohol by volume jsut becuase it does seem to open the flavors, and as you said for medicinal purposes
I was reading about this: the consensus seems to be that 30% to 40% is ideal for flavours. Anything more and the alcohol starts to overpower your ability to taste, any less and you dilute the drink too much. I haven't experimented with it myself, but some simple maths on rum cocktails seems to bare it out.
and hopefully I will make it to OZ one of these days, a dear frind of mine from the old days of alt.smokers.pipes is a gourmet chef from 'down unda' - so i've had an open invite for 15 years.. I *am* determined to take him up on it - I'll certainly let you know if/when I make it down so we can share a dram or 3+!
plus, I want to hit NZ as well to nymph fish to some of the giant brown trout in those crystal clear streams
Deal. There's good trout fishing in the Aussie high country (not very high by world standards, but it's what we've got). I'm not much on it myself - I prefer beach fishing. It seemed like a lot of hiking to stand up to my thighs in freezing water. Plus it turns out I'm very bad at it!
A mate took some english visitors fishing in NZ a while back. They spent much of the time playing where-in-middle-earth-are-we
I think I've tried Blantners (it has a horse on the cap, no?) and it was very good but, as you say, no where near as complex as a good single malt. Generally, I find bourbon and it's non-appellation siblings rather too sweet for my taste. I've never tried absinthe although it's freely available here or any artisan tequila for that matter. I should remedy that.
Oh, and love your sig. Heart Attack and Vine was my introduction to Tom waits twenty something years ago.
I found the Aussie importer for Pappy Van Winkle. Now I just have to find someone who stocks it...
Hey Hotreds! What is that? - the pick is to small for me to read the label.
