Mundane News

[oldwheels]

Thank you oldwheels, I wasn’t aware of that. I’m a latecomer to Whisky but tried Aberlour “ Casg Anham “ a while ago and really enjoyed it. When visiting our daughter in Edinburgh I tried a few more from her small stash ( her partner does off road running events all over mainland Scotland and several of the Isles, she usually brings back a bottle if there’s a nearby distillery )
I tried a bottle of “ Big Pete “ when it was on offer in Waitrose and loved the deep peaty flavour. Someone recommended a Whisky from Aldi, “ Glen Marnoch “ it was £16.99 a bottle so I wasn’t expecting much but I was very pleasantly surprised by just how smooth and peaty it was. Of course, sods law they no longer have any stock so I’m on the lookout for different peaty whiskys to try.

The ultimate peaty one is Laphroig ( pronounced lafroig) but I have never tried any of the newer distilleries. Bowmore is not too bad and a pal of mine was manager there in the past.
We did produce one Very peaty one here but in small quantities. It was very peaty and “ heavy” but there were production problems we were still working on when the distillery closed for a while and new owners not interested in quality took over and I left.
The managing director of my first distillery described Laphroig as like old smelly socks steeped in disinfectant but I think it has changed since those days.
My days of drinking anything alcoholic have pretty much gone now so cannot comment on recent distillations by taste but the old trick is to tip a little into your palm and rub hands together before cupping and sniffing.

 

[oldwheels]

Went out to have a look at the world but by car. The temp here was 2.8C but up where I normally go was reported as -1.5C tho’ I did not drive there.
Recycling bins have been emptied one day late. The driver posted some pictures of recent runs which look a bit horrific.
Gritting lorry went past here at 6 AM and has just been past again as there has been a slight thaw and there will be frost later making the roads a bit dodgy.

 

[Tenkaykev]

The ultimate peaty one is Laphroig ( pronounced lafroig) but I have never tried any of the newer distilleries. Bowmore is not too bad and a pal of mine was manager there in the past.
We did produce one Very peaty one here but in small quantities. It was very peaty and “ heavy” but there were production problems we were still working on when the distillery closed for a while and new owners not interested in quality took over and I left.
The managing director of my first distillery described Laphroig as like old smelly socks steeped in disinfectant but I think it has changed since those days.
My days of drinking anything alcoholic have pretty much gone now so cannot comment on recent distillations by taste but the old trick is to tip a little into your palm and rub hands together before cupping and sniffing.

Thanks for the tip. I was having a tot of the Glen Marnoch last night and Mrs Tenkaykev whos was sitting at the other end of the table remarked how it smelled like a cross between jeyes fluid and creosote 😄
I’ve added Laphroig to my shopping list, thanks again 👍🥃

 

[Illaveago]

Seminar finished.

At the end we were supposed to write three things that were new to us and which we could use in our work. I solved the problem of there being nothing particularly by picking three random topics and saying a sentence on each one.

This proves I can make up impressive sounding nonsense in German too.

Ah! Creative writing!

 

[Reynard]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyways, time to feed the cats, and then it will be time to feed me.

 

[classic33]

Indeed. And most landscape photographers I know just take them out in Photoshop.

That was an interesting diversion! Sadly the site is more of a memorial than anything else because the founder died a few years ago.

I had plans for today but it seems that I did too much yesterday and it’s minus 8 outside. So I shall have another and do a bit of festive admin.

Try their Facebook page.

 

[biggs682]

Another day another " Inside the factory" to watch this time all about christmas

 

[Speicher]

Another day another " Inside the factory" to watch this time all about christmas

I am watching Grand Designs. I think they have a budget of £700, rather than £7 million.

 

[tyred]

The pavements are really, really, slippery now as the snow mostly melted and has now frozen. You really do have to wonder why it's deemed essential to grit the roads several times per day but they never bother with the pavements. The council probably spend the budget on a fancy Christmas dinner for themselves or something.

I see the local chemist has Blue Stratos on a clearance sale offer. They've probably had it blocking up their stock room since 1971 and are fed up looking at it.

 

[Reynard]

Lovely supper of carrot, sweet potato & red lentil soup (flavoured with red curry paste & coconut), then pasta in a mushroom and truffle cream sauce and buttered savoy cabbage.

 

[Hebe]

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The managing director of my first distillery described Laphroig as like old smelly socks steeped in disinfectant but I think it has changed since those days.
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Laphroaig was my first 😍 It smelled like wet wool socks on a barbecue and I was smitten. I don't drink any more, but I have fond memories.

 

[Jenkins]

I now have two lots of train tickets that I need to get printed out from the machine at one of the local stations.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Lovely supper of carrot, sweet potato & red lentil soup (flavoured with red curry paste & coconut), then pasta in a mushroom and truffle cream sauce and buttered savoy cabbage.

Tasty!

 

[Hebe]

School concert tonight with Miss Hebe playing bass in a couple of songs. Super proud of her.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Laphroaig was my first 😍 It smelled like wet wool socks on a barbecue and I was smitten. I don't drink any more, but I have fond memories.

I always associated it with TCP. Talisker is a fine Islay with a little less peatiness. Lagavulin is my favourite, really lush, but at over 50 quid a bottle, it's a little beyond my budget.