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Verena wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 11:18 pm Bollocks, I was just going to say "Henry Weston's vintage cider", as part of my equinox feasting, but I've knocked it over :cry:
a similar thing happened in Tuesday morning.
....In a pre caffeine state, I was re_assembling my wifes solid Oak dining table /now home office desk.. Mrs Ledburner made me a cuppa-coffee (v.appreciated) whilst refitted the underside support rails, (using the candle trick***). Whilst working from the under side of said furniture, I manage to knock off said fresh full cup of coffee , smashed the pot.* :o
Not a good start to a Tuesday.... And no alcohol involved, But table doing ok. :-bd
Full mop up ensued :roll:

* it has had split &had been clamped & glued overnight. :-bd (family heirlome, from the Gnomeman, Whitby).

**I didn't know I could multi-task :???:

***Protip.when Refitting trad shanked screws back in to oak/hardwoods. Waxing the thread makes screwing a lot easier. But you all know that :smile:
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A few weeks back, had a bit of a berry picking spree...made some blackberry whiskey, and some sloe vodka, both of course take a year or so to be ready :sad: , had some vodka left in the bottle, put it at the back of the cupboard and forgot all about it.
Also made some elderberry and pear jam, but got that a bit wrong and it's not set but rather runny, delicious on porridge or yoghurt though.
Anyway, while tidying up yesterday came upon bottle of spare vodka, and the thought popped into my head "I wonder...". Anyway, turns out if you call a runny failed jam a kind of syrup, and mix it with some water, vodka, and this evening also cranberry juice, it is VERY VERY nice :-bd
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Verena wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:26 pm
Anyway, while tidying up yesterday came upon bottle of spare vodka,
I am still a bit stumped by the description " Spare" :shock:
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Jurassic pusher wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 5:36 pm
Verena wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:26 pm
Anyway, while tidying up yesterday came upon bottle of spare vodka,
I am still a bit stumped by the description " Spare" :shock:
Yeah I know... don't normally drink very much these days, that's why...
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Verena wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 6:28 am
Jurassic pusher wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 5:36 pm
Verena wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:26 pm
Anyway, while tidying up yesterday came upon bottle of spare vodka,
I am still a bit stumped by the description " Spare" :shock:
Yeah I know... don't normally drink very much these days, that's why...
Can I recommend joining MAA group therapy?
Moderate AA.. :grin:
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Black Sheep Brewery peanut brittle stout. 6.9%.
One for Reg perhaps?
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Luckily I don't have a peanut allergy :smile: . Ta for the tip-off Bear..
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Found in Lidl. Less than £2.
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Had some Wild Child Clique Fiesta biscoff milk stout at the weekend - Very nice on draught and not too sweet at all.

Tonight will be some Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black porter, which I've never tried before.
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Anyway, while tidying up yesterday came upon bottle of spare vodka,
As you do....
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Bearlegged wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 10:34 pm Image
Seems appropriate...were you toasting Rishi?
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In a similar, but less Sunak related, vein I've just finished a delicious can of Madagaska vanilla stout. Brewer is donkeystone brewery, who I've never heard of, but it was on offer for a bargain £1.79 for a 440ml can in Lidl so I had to buy a couple!
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Tea!
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Just trying to get meself in the mood for the SWWB (not that I'm going on about it or anything).

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One here for you Bear - you're a coffee man and a stout man....

https://donkeystonebrewing.co.uk/shop/b ... v-copy/

I'll stick with the basic vanilla I think....

https://donkeystonebrewing.co.uk/shop ... ml-can/
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I seem to be having a pale evening.

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Very nice. It's good to have a few flamingos about the house I always think.

Another Van S for Reginald, predictable as that may be. Can't stand coconut (so am pleased that Bounty bars have been unceremoniously chucked out of Quality Street or Celebrations or whatever they are) and am hoping that all the chocolate and vanilla overpowers it.

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Had a Track pale earlier, which I rather decadently put some of into the toad in the hole better I was making. Was ok (the toad in the hole was better than the beer I think).

Tiny Rebel Tiramisu Porter for pudding. Very nice. :grin:
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Moving on to summat darker, "We Celebrate" a Left Handed Giant collaboration with Newbarns Brewery to celebrate LHG's 7th birthday.

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Currently doing an excellent job of keeping my mind off the binfire that is trying to help out with a kids'football team. Cheers!
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Bearlegged wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:38 pm Moving on to summat darker, "We Celebrate" a Left Handed Giant collaboration with Newbarns Brewery to celebrate LHG's 7th birthday.

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Ooh, not seen that - what is it? Looks dark and meaty (like hipster Bovril :lol: ).

A mate of mine is closer friends with one of the guys who started Newbarns. My mate got married last year, and said friend was going to be coming to the stag do, and supplying the beer. Sadly, 'cos covid, it never happened (they got married, but having had the wedding cancelled for a third time, they got bored of organising it, and gave up. Now they're spending a month in Patagonia instead, which to be fair sounds much more exciting.) Where was I? Oh yes, Newbarns... They did a collab with Omnipollo recently - an adjunct free imperial stout. Our local got a cask of it, and it's really impressive how much depth of flavour they've managed to pack into it just by brewing, rather than chucking tons of coffee/vanilla/whatever into it, as seems to be the way these days.
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thenorthwind wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:48 pmOoh, not seen that - what is it? Looks dark and meaty (like hipster Bovril :lol: ).
They call it a dark ruby mild, 5.7%. I imagine it's what a Belgian Dubbel brewer would come up with if you asked them to brew a mild. Tis yum.
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Looks like a particularly dodgy blood sample to me!

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