What are you drinking right now? - Page 757

Hmm, sidecars would be nice over the holidays. Time to put cognac on my shopping list.

I really like Cognac and Scotch neat the last couple of days. Looking forward to the Coeur de Cognac and will probably get the Pierre Ferrand Ambre too. Also ordered a bottle of Gran Duque D'Alba. Looking forward to that too.

Huh, I didn't know about the Gran Duque D'Alba. Sounds right up my alley. I'll buy it if I see it anywhere here in the States.

I got it with a good discount (at least I hope so.. maybe they'll cancel it too) because my order of Macallan 12 was cancelled. I can report back in the end of December.
FWIW, the regular/Gran Reserva Cardenal Mendoza is solid (and I'm sure the Carta Real one too ).

Chai tea.... booooooorrring!

Peroni Doppio Malto with a Bolivar.

Sidecar
2:1:0.5
I think I prefer 2:1:0.67

Meet me in Geneva
2oz Courvoisier VSOP
0.75oz Carpano Antica Formula
0.5oz Cointreau
0.25oz Maraschino Luxardo

Interesting. Maybe some other ratios. Too much luxardo for sure, imo.

what's up with that fishTM?

I'm really confused about Ziegler's Trilogie der Himbeere. It has such an extreme raspberry note that it almost seems aritficial. But then again Ziegler is a top notch producer. I don't have much experience with clear "Obstbrand" so I'm not sure what other producer's Himbeer (raspberry) Obstbrände taste like. I just know that raspberry "eau de vie" is difficult to produce (lots of raspberrys needed).

 

Well, I didn't eat it raw :P No worries :P I just saw it in the shop and could not resist as it is difficult to find pikes any time you want. Then I though that Laddie Rocks would be a nice whisky to complement it and so it was :P Ate it with cooked potatoes and sauerkraut (this is how we do it in Poland) :D :D :D

Foothills brewing co. hoppyum while waiting on my flight to London

Don Julio anejo. Very solid.

Tom Miler, very interesting pairing of a pike to go with those excellent whiskies. When I was a kid I used to go fishing for perch and caught hundreds over the years but we never found them to be very good eating. Should have tried them with a malt and some sauerkraut