What Are You Drinking Tonight?

[treebogan]

Pretty good. Interesting nose, very robust start but a bit of a let down to finnish.

But there are better Japanese Whiskies out there. Nikka " from the barrel" is my favourite Japanese Whisky but its hard to find.

 

[lxskllr]

I've yet to try a Japanese malt. I'll try to pick a bottle up this season.

 

[stikine]

Yeah, never had a Japanese whisky before.

 

[Burnham]

Neither have I. I don't think I've ever even seen one. I'll have to look.

 

[BeerGeek]

I had one with a Swedish friend of mine a few years ago. Was good, but all my single malts were same level (just 1), or better (all the rest). I wouldn't turn one down if the opportunity arose.

 

[treebogan]

I have tasted three different Malts,all from Nikka distillery.

Just don't buy the Coffee Grain Malt,its hideous .Sadly I have been given two bottles of it,from people who I thought liked me!

 

[Jonny]

You like coffee? You like whiskey?
It’s a no brainer!

I like ice cream and I like nachos…. Hmmmm maybe

 

[lxskllr]

CompassBox Glasgow Blend and a Swedish candle...

 

[treesmith]

What kind of wood is that, John? I’ve tried it a time or two but it didn’t work well for me.

 

[lxskllr]

Spruce. It's from the yard spruces I've removed. I figure it's marginal as real firewood, so Swedish candles are good for ambiance. I put a small pile of white pine needles on top, add a few twigs, light it, and it usually takes off pretty good.

edit:
This is ≈30 minutes in...

 

[treesmith]

I need to start cutting several when I take down a pine and go ahead and make the slices and stack them in the barn to dry. Any idea as to whether candles cut from a dead pine would be better than candles cut from a live one?

 

[lxskllr]

I'd say dead would be better since they're pre seasoned. Normal firewood rules apply. Dry is better than wet. FWIW, I just came in for dinner, and the log is getting down to embers, so it was ~1.5hr active burn time.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Gobble Gobble.....

 

[FireFighterZero]

Nice candle.

Bork Bork bork.

 

[stig]

My experience is that those cut from fresh wood works better.

As for lighting them up, redneck way is best.
large dash of diesel, small dash of gas, toss a match.......burn, motherfucker, burn!

 

[stikine]

This is a bit like drinking tar from the asphalt plant. Very strong @ 11.9 percent.

 

[lxskllr]

Sounds like a good winter beer.

 

[stikine]

Definitely, and not sure if you want to have more than a couple. 16 oz cans

 

[BeerGeek]

I've had the Narwhal. I'm not a stout guy, but that was actually better than expected. For real road tar, I need to get back up to Vermont to get this:

 

[lxskllr]

I'm drinking CelestialSeasonings Pumpkin Harvest tea :^D

Earlier I was drinking E&J VSOP brandy. That stuff's not very good. Tastes cheap. Before you say "duh!", it's a different kind of cheap than some other bottom shelf brands I've had. Where other cheapies taste a little firey and unrefined, the E&J is smooth, artificial tasting, and too sweet. It's got the correct flavors of a better aged brandy, but they taste like they were added, and didn't come from the wood. They taste vaguely synthetic. I've looked a few times and haven't been able to verify that anywhere, but I'd bet $100 it isn't just brandy from a barrel.

 

[Jomo]

I got in trouble one night ski'ing at Big Bear with a bodabag full of Grand Marinier.......

Jomo

 

[BeerGeek]

Had this tasty 9.2 seasonal porter (has vanilla & maple syrup) w/buds last night:



Settling down w/this mild but tasty brown tonight (yes, both have maple syrup in their recipes):

 

[treebogan]

Bunnahabhain mōine and a home brew dark ale.

Its a fairly peaty dram without a great deal of character sadly.The beer on the other hand is quite supurb!

 

[lxskllr]

Huh... Haven't had Bunnahabhain in a long time(the regular expression), and it was kinda the anti-Islay Islay whisky. The least peaty of the Islays I had. I wonder if that's still true, or they upped the peat in all their whisky?

 

[lxskllr]

Gingerbread stout...