Recent content by blackdouglas

Well done. I like this story. It's nice to live in a place where neighbours look out for each other.

I drank a whole bottle of drambuie in one night two weeks ago. I occasionally do that with a bottle of whisky. Strong stuff, but not too sickly after a while it went down like a cold beer on a sunny day. As I said already i quit drinking altogether for 10 weeks and ate loads of apples so my gut...

Aye it's cooking whisky, or I'm old and have no enzymes left in my body anymore so can't tell the difference anyway whisky. Anyway first effort is definitely drinkable, can really taste the rosemary but missing a citrus element. Think I can taste the bite from the black pepper as well, could...

Grouse, Bell's, Whyte & Mackay - I wouldn't use to clean my sink. Gut rot.

Bottle of whisky you don't like?

I stopped drinking for 3 months last year so Woodeforde's Admirals Reserve was the last kit I brewed (and a find brew it was too) I had to go on a diet and lose a few pounds. I love beer too much and I get carried away and binge on it, and then I start eating things like mashed potatoes and...

How is that funnier than my joke?

Would be nice, but unfortunately temptation got the better of me :drink: :drink:

Drink more = eat more, usually at 3 in the morning I need to fix my beer belly before embarking on any further home brewing ventures. I used to be able to sink a gallon or two in my youth and still not be fat, but middle aged has arrived and I'm not as nimble as I used to be. So therefore...

What do you call a freak storm at a beer festival? Hurricane Shandy p.s. I'm taking a break from brewing at the moment. Last brew (Admiral's Reserve) was superlative. But I need to knock the binge drinking on the head for a while and lose some weight as I was practically unable to fit into my...

I think I know what the problem is here. I was just sterilising the barrel and had it half filled with warm fluid, gave it a shake about inside and what usually happens when you shake warm water around in an airtight vessel- the air pressure builds up in inside. This then caused some of the...

Been trying that for a while eggman, but keep getting drunk and binging it all away. Can't afford another kit for another week so will have to exercise restraint, see how well that goes. If only I had some nice pipe weed to go along, like in lord of the rings and all that. Made some progress...

Best to avoid milk chocolate in hot countries, I remember that from India. You can't guarantee you wont get ill from eating it like you generally can here. That could be ********, but it's got milk in it, which has a tendency to go off in hot weather. I once sat outside a cafe in Roermond and...

Well it's still a bit early I suppose but this is the longest I let any brew mature so learning the art of patience slowly (much to the relief of my internal organs) just cracked a bottle open out the fridge. Very nice, got more body to it. It's as good as anything I've tasted coming out of a...

Yes I need to learn patience lol I knew it was a bad idea buying that half bottle of whisky. drank 6 bottles. bit flat still but tasted pretty good already! Going to leave them for a few weeks, I mean I am going to try and leave them for a few weeks. Maybe I should go away for a while so I'm not...