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Post by TheMooN on May 14, 2018 18:50:38 GMT
Be adventurous...Mix them!
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Post by Slinger on May 14, 2018 22:26:36 GMT
Be adventurous...Mix them! Would that be adventurous, or suicidal?  The manufacturer recommends drinking both neat, over ice, or mixing cloudy apple juice with the rhubarb & ginger and red wine, soda water, and orange juice with the quince. I think that for starters it'll just be a few whisky-stones in a tumbler, and maybe a dash of tonic. |
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Post by MartinT on May 14, 2018 22:58:24 GMT
The Polish vodka in the opening post is superb with cloudy apple juice.
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Post by TheMooN on May 16, 2018 12:35:06 GMT
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Post by Slinger on May 16, 2018 12:50:48 GMT
Interesting. I didn't know Brewdog had branched out into distilling. That's a useful reference site, by the way. The other one I use is www.thewhiskyexchange.com |
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Post by TheMooN on May 16, 2018 13:43:43 GMT
I like the ethos of brewing and double refining their own spirit rather than utilizing bulk commercial spirit.
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Post by Slinger on May 19, 2018 21:38:23 GMT
Rhubarb and Ginger Gin sampled, and it's a bit too sickly-sweet for me with apple juice, tonic water is better. To be honest, I'm getting more Sage than Rhubarb & Ginger from it.
I shall manfully fight my way through it, but won't be buying it again. I may try it with dry ginger at a later date.
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Post by Slinger on Jun 4, 2018 13:49:00 GMT
I am intrigued. If pushed to choose my favourite white wine, not my favourite white to drink with halibut, or curry, or anything else, but my one, favourite, overall, white wine, it would be Gewürztraminer. My favourite spirit, for many years, has been Brandy, which includes both Cognacs and Armagnacs. Imagine my (pleasant) surprise when I read about this stuff, Marc d'Alsace Brandy. I shall be a good lad, and dispose of the three bottles of gin I bought recently, first, but I shall be trying Marc de Gewurztraminer d'Alsace Brandy. p.s. Gewürztraminer is brilliant with curry. |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 4, 2018 14:53:18 GMT
My local, the Queen Inn in Dummer, has a fabulous lager on tap called Curious Brew by Chapel Down Winery. I mention it because they use their winemaking skills to produce a beer with a rather nice flavour. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 8:40:44 GMT
New discovery; Bounty Fiji rum, I tried it whilst over there. Idk if it’s cask strength, but it’s bottled at 58%.
It’s exceptionally tasty and cheap to boot!
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Post by Slinger on Jun 17, 2018 12:40:41 GMT
New discovery; Bounty Fiji rum, I tried it whilst over there. Idk if it’s cask strength, but it’s bottled at 58%. It’s exceptionally tasty and cheap to boot! In 2014 Bounty Rum won the Best Overproof Rum overall award, the Best Rum overall award (beating a field of 130 rum brands from all over the world), Best Aged White Spirit award, and the prestigious Double Gold Medal award, the highest honour for a brand at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. SOURCEIt costs around forty quid a bottle over here when it's in stock anywhere. |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 17, 2018 13:04:57 GMT
I shall keep a lookout for that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 0:36:27 GMT
New discovery; Bounty Fiji rum, I tried it whilst over there. Idk if it’s cask strength, but it’s bottled at 58%. It’s exceptionally tasty and cheap to boot! In 2014 Bounty Rum won the Best Overproof Rum overall award, the Best Rum overall award (beating a field of 130 rum brands from all over the world), Best Aged White Spirit award, and the prestigious Double Gold Medal award, the highest honour for a brand at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. SOURCEIt costs around forty quid a bottle over here when it's in stock anywhere. Yes, compared to some of the swill bottled at that price (£40gbp) it’s still great value. It’s one of the few genuine duty free bargains still available - I got two litres for £32gbp! Makes a nice change from whisky. |
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Post by Slinger on Dec 28, 2018 22:42:10 GMT
Two impulse buys a couple of days ago - first, JJ Whitley's Hand Crafted Rhubarb Vodka. Caution, this stuff is delicious with tonic and a wedge of lime. It's very, very, sweet but the tonic tempers it nicely, as does the acid edge of the lime. I've tried Whitley Neill Rhubarb & Ginger Gin and it's not a patch on this vodka. It's got a "real" rhubarb taste, and aftertaste. The second was a bottle of Davna Hani Honey Polish Vodka, which just sounded interesting. That won't be with me until the new year. |
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Post by Chris on Dec 29, 2018 1:19:37 GMT
Nice Christmas pressie...wouldn't be my choice but still appreciated. Lots of vanilla  |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 29, 2018 11:48:22 GMT
I've been trying to source the Polish vodka in post #1 here, without much luck so far. I've seen plenty of the others in their product range.
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 29, 2018 20:45:39 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Dec 30, 2018 0:31:52 GMT
Yowser - thanks, Chris!
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Post by stanleyb on Dec 30, 2018 20:09:02 GMT
New discovery; Bounty Fiji rum, I tried it whilst over there. Idk if it’s cask strength, but it’s bottled at 58%. It’s exceptionally tasty and cheap to boot! In 2014 Bounty Rum won the Best Overproof Rum overall award, the Best Rum overall award (beating a field of 130 rum brands from all over the world), Best Aged White Spirit award, and the prestigious Double Gold Medal award, the highest honour for a brand at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. SOURCEIt costs around forty quid a bottle over here when it's in stock anywhere. It's a pity that one of the nicest overproof rums in the world is more or less banned from sale outside Suriname. At 90% the Marienburg rum is both tasty and a knock out. There is a good write up about it at thelonecaner.com/318/
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Post by MartinT on Dec 27, 2020 13:44:25 GMT
I got a rather nice bottle of Italian lemon gin called Malfy. It's not half bad and about as aromatic as Bombay Sapphire.  |
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