Beer thread
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@pakman said in Beer thread:
@Catogrande Bombay Sapphire?
Sapphire is fine but to me, more of an everyday gin. I would be quite happy to drink that. It doesn't have some "smack you in the face" quirky flavour to it. Having said that my go to everyday gins would be Plymouth and Tanqueray, followed by Gordons and Beefeater. Sapphire close behind.
The Plymouth gin distillery does a good tour experience, not overly long or expensive but quite educational. Plus there is a pretty good restaurant on site.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
@Catogrande said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@pakman likewise
Neat, generally for me.
I can go neat for Speyside, but find Islay too impenetrable without a dab of H2O! For me that opens it up nicely.
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@Catogrande said in Beer thread:
@pakman said in Beer thread:
@Catogrande Bombay Sapphire?
Sapphire is fine but to me, more of an everyday gin. I would be quite happy to drink that. It doesn't have some "smack you in the face" quirky flavour to it. Having said that my go to everyday gins would be Plymouth and Tanqueray, followed by Gordons and Beefeater. Sapphire close behind.
The Plymouth gin distillery does a good tour experience, not overly long or expensive but quite educational. Plus there is a pretty good restaurant on site.
We generally rely on Sapphire/Gordons/Tanqueray in that order.
Mrs. P likes to try quirky varieties and I occasionally play.
Had heard Plymouth was good, so will give it a try, thanks. We find Sipsmith pretty good.
On a closely associated topic, with a good gin we stick to Schweppes Tonic, generally diet. It tends to expose weaker gins, which is where Fever Tree can provide some masking. But why bother?
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@pakman Plymouth is a good option although this was not the case for a very long time. It did use to be pretty shite but they came to realise this and sorted things out about 15/20 years ago I think (Got this from the tour guide).
I agree re the tonic. Fever Tree to me is an exceptional marketing exercise but I really do prefer good old Schweppes.
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So a pretty hard 10 minutes or so today as I waited for 6 o'clock to come round which would allow me a gin whilst preparing dinner Provencal tomato and goats cheese tart seeing as you were going to ask). Mrs Cato does the honours and pours me a Plymouth & tonic. "Is there enough gin in that"? she says. I replied that a dash more wouldn't be a bad thing. Problem is she neglected to tell me she'd finished off the Plymouth so she topped it up with Hendricks. Nice but totally different. So I am now drinking mongrel's piss.
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@Catogrande said in Beer thread:
So a pretty hard 10 minutes or so today as I waited for 6 o'clock to come round which would allow me a gin whilst preparing dinner Provencal tomato and goats cheese tart seeing as you were going to ask). Mrs Cato does the honours and pours me a Plymouth & tonic. "Is there enough gin in that"? she says. I replied that a dash more wouldn't be a bad thing. Problem is she neglected to tell me she'd finished off the Plymouth so she topped it up with Hendricks. Nice but totally different. So I am now drinking mongrel's piss.
Bah, cucumber!
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@Catogrande said in Beer thread:
@pakman What with already having a slice of lime with the Plymouth I thought the cucumber would be a step too far.
I’m no fan of Hendricks!
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@pakman said in Beer thread:
@Catogrande said in Beer thread:
@pakman What with already having a slice of lime with the Plymouth I thought the cucumber would be a step too far.
I’m no fan of Hendricks!
For me it’s one of those “one is nice, two is less so” gins.
I do have a special bottle given to the the Strategic Recconnaisance Regiment that I have yet to crack. I’ll probably wait till I have someone round that I want to impress and then yarn about my time in the Western Desert.
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This little number is a goody. Small but incredibly powerful, deceptively so, it doesn’t taste 14.9% to be honest.
Urbanaut are doing some brilliant beers at the moment, you can also buy two in one package and mix them ! Genius !!!
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
Just settled into a nice pint of hazy at pomeroys in Christchurch. One of the finest pubs in the country
Edit: and it's thirty six degrees outside. Dry but crazy heat
How can it be one of the finest pubs in the country if you have to be in Christchurch to experience it?
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@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
Just settled into a nice pint of hazy at pomeroys in Christchurch. One of the finest pubs in the country
Edit: and it's thirty six degrees outside. Dry but crazy heat
How can it be one of the finest pubs in the country if you have to be in Christchurch to experience it?
Imagine how awesome it would be if it was in Palmy!
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@voodoo said in Beer thread:
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
Just settled into a nice pint of hazy at pomeroys in Christchurch. One of the finest pubs in the country
Edit: and it's thirty six degrees outside. Dry but crazy heat
How can it be one of the finest pubs in the country if you have to be in Christchurch to experience it?
Imagine how awesome it would be if it was in Palmy!
You’d have died of chlamidia before you made it to the front door.
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@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@voodoo said in Beer thread:
@Crucial said in Beer thread:
@nzzp said in Beer thread:
Just settled into a nice pint of hazy at pomeroys in Christchurch. One of the finest pubs in the country
Edit: and it's thirty six degrees outside. Dry but crazy heat
How can it be one of the finest pubs in the country if you have to be in Christchurch to experience it?
Imagine how awesome it would be if it was in Palmy!
You’d have died of chlamidia before you made it to the front door.
Maybe that's what BOD meeting by 'i coulda doid'?