Whatcha drinking (2023)?

[detroitdad]

Tell you what: Highland Park is a remarkable single malt, but Ardbeg, just unbelievably smoky. Right up my street.
Hope you won your game!

I am normally a peaty scotch kind of guy. I really liked the highland Park.

I was the big winner. In for $100, out e $475.

 

[detroitdad]

 

[Herbaceous]

Tell you what: Highland Park is a remarkable single malt, but Ardbeg, just unbelievably smoky. Right up my street.
Hope you won your game!

I have several Ardbegs in my scotch cabinet, and I visited the distillery several years ago - one of my favourite places.

 

[Herbaceous]

Rewarding myself with chardonnay after all the hard work in the garden.

 

[karadekoolaid]

I have several Ardbegs in my scotch cabinet, and I visited the distillery several years ago - one of my favourite places.

I stayed on Islay for 3 days, back in 2001. What a wonderfully peaceful island. Well worth the trip to visit my square foot of land at Laphroaig. The food was unbelievable.

 

[Herbaceous]

I stayed on Islay for 3 days, back in 2001. What a wonderfully peaceful island. Well worth the trip to visit my square foot of land at Laphroaig. The food was unbelievable.

We visited in 2016. We were there during Feis Ile, their annual festival of scotch on the island.

10 days, 8 different distilleries, and we crammed in 22 events/tastings/dinners. I even managed to sample a couple of drams that were older than me (much easier back then!) My poor liver may never forgive me but it was worth it!

Here’s a photo I took just outside the door of the place we stayed.

 

[TastyReuben]

Pineapple juice with kirsch, our preferred summertime cocktail:

 

[detroitdad]

 

[TastyReuben]

Champagne cocktails. That propeller thing is actually running, it just spins rather slowly. It’s meant to run off the bugs and sweat bees, and I have to say…it does an excellent job.

 

[detroitdad]

Old fashioned

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

That propeller thing is actually running, it just spins rather slowly. It’s meant to run off the bugs and sweat bees,

I have to say, when I first read that, I was left wondering how it used them to generate power... I know I slept badly last night but I think I might be better going back to bed once I've hung the washing out to (freeze) dry on the washing line.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Let’s get this party started!

 

[Herbaceous]

I had a major, very stressful deadline for work today. I’m celebrating my successful meeting of the deadline with some pink bubbles:

 

[TastyReuben]

I had a major, very stressful deadline for work today. I’m celebrating my successful meeting of the deadline with some pink bubbles:
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I always like how you have your glass up like you’re toasting the universe.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Last nights tipple and a very nice drop it was too!