January 31, 2020 at 9:39 am
Scapa
Best whiskey in the world.
However, there's a distillery in Rhode Island, Sons of Liberty, that are making some amazing stuff. I've had multiple bottles of Uprising and Battle Cry. Both are incredible. I strongly recommend them. Single malts. Mmm...
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January 31, 2020 at 9:41 am
if you are anywhere near Aberlour, they have a distillery with tasting sessions... you know, it might fill up your free time 🙂
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January 31, 2020 at 9:47 am
Thom A wrote:Grant Fritchey wrote:Tonight, I'll be having haggis. Pray for me.
Haggis is great though! Haven't had it in ages mind, but I've enjoyed it every time I have. In Edinburgh for SQL Saturday by any chance?
Yep. First time in Scotland. I'm working in the hotel for a while, then I'm heading out this afternoon to take in a little of the town.
Edinburgh is really nice, if you have the time to explore the city I highly recommend it, there's a lot of history about there. The Castle is great, and the zoo is also a really good day out (only place in the UK with Pandas if I recall correctly). Obviously the pubs are great for beers and whiskies too. 😉 Hoping to go up there later this year with the Mrs; she's never been to Scotland and she wants to go for a weekend/midweek holiday when she leaves her job at the end of March. At least it'll be a little warmer up there then.
Did think about going SQL Saturday up there, but work wouldn't pay, and it's a long trip from South East England. Hope you enjoy it!
Thom~
Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
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January 31, 2020 at 10:20 am
Grant Fritchey wrote:Thom A wrote:Grant Fritchey wrote:Tonight, I'll be having haggis. Pray for me.
Haggis is great though! Haven't had it in ages mind, but I've enjoyed it every time I have. In Edinburgh for SQL Saturday by any chance?
Yep. First time in Scotland. I'm working in the hotel for a while, then I'm heading out this afternoon to take in a little of the town.
Edinburgh is really nice, if you have the time to explore the city I highly recommend it, there's a lot of history about there. The Castle is great, and the zoo is also a really good day out (only place in the UK with Pandas if I recall correctly). Obviously the pubs are great for beers and whiskies too. 😉 Hoping to go up there later this year with the Mrs; she's never been to Scotland and she wants to go for a weekend/midweek holiday when she leaves her job at the end of March. At least it'll be a little warmer up there then.
Did think about going SQL Saturday up there, but work wouldn't pay, and it's a long trip from South East England. Hope you enjoy it!
Mrs B was born in Leith and we went to Edinburgh for the first time together at the end of October. I was surprised how much I liked it. We had a hotel right on the Royal Mile so nothing was more than a couple of minutes' walk. My comment about how 'it feels a bit like a Scotland theme park' didn't go down too well though.
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January 31, 2020 at 10:59 am
ChrisM@Work wrote:Oh and Ed Wagner, if you're reading this - I tried your recommendation of bacon and it's absolutely wonderful, thank you so much matey.
Thank you so much for the feedback, Chris. I'm glad it worked out well. Once you actually do it, it's much simpler than it sounds.
I'm planning on doing another belly this summer when I do 2 pork shoulders and 6 chickens for my daughter's grad party. She's undecided on the smoked macaroni and cheese. I'm thinking of trying my hand at a beef brisket for the first time, too. Heck, I might do a pork loin at the same time for Jeff. 🙂
Sorry to hear about your friend. Cancer is a devastating thing and it's really nice of you to look out for him. The razor clams and smoked salmon sounds fabulous. Thanks again for the feedback, good sir.
Ed Wagner, I had no idea bacon was so quick and easy to make, or so good, so I’m eternally grateful for your encouragement. I’ve only made two pieces, a loin, which made fine back bacon, and a 5lb slab of posh rare-breed belly, which made amazing rind-on streaky. Both were cold-smoked for about 12 hours using apple sawdust, after hanging to dry for a couple of days. My colleagues loved this bacon too.
https://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/dry-cured-streaky-bacon
I’ve got a 4kg salmon ordered for collection tomorrow morning after Portuguese lesson. Each fillet off it will be cut into two pieces, the parallel part and the triangular tail part. The two tails I’ll cold-smoke with alder sawdust. One of the sides will be hot smoked for dinner tomorrow, the other will be cut into smaller slices for an experiment with salmon candy.
https://barbecuebible.com/recipe/salmon-candy-2/
Jeff Moden, I had to look up Clams Casino and it looks so good that I might have to adapt it for our Atlantic razor clams tomorrow. I’ll let you know how it works out.
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/09/clams-casino-recipe.html
We’ve never had the hot-smoked salmon as a main meal before, it’s always been “Ooh try this!!”, or a starter. I reckon it’s going to go well with a taboulleh salad where the burgul is replaced with Camargue wild rice, and patatas bravas – kinda pan-fried short fat chips. I found this recipe for ranch which sounds wonderful, to go with it:
https://barefeetinthekitchen.com/homemade-ranch-salad-dressing/
The last whisky I bought was this, a special treat for Christmas. It’s completely different to my favourite whisky, Ardbeg 10yo – it’s apples and pears – but it’s wonderful stuff, richly malty with a hint of sweetness and a noticeable viscosity.
https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/the-macallan/the-macallan-estate-whisky/
The whisky trail is only a few miles from where I went to school, so if any of you’re visiting Speyside, consider doing this walk. I used to know the area well. The scenery will blow you away.
https://www.davaway.org.uk/trail/grantown-dava.html
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January 31, 2020 at 11:09 am
I think we all forgot to ask Grant …. 'How was the Haggis?" - I know it's just "meat porridge with herbs" , but I like it
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January 31, 2020 at 11:37 am
ah well. didn't notice SQL Saturday was this near me (I'm in Dublin) - would have gone there if nothing else to talk with some people from here.
January 31, 2020 at 2:10 pm
OK, so I'm curious and interested in expanding my repertoire when it comes to liquor...
Whiskey / whisky vs scotch, and, what's so bad about Jack D?
(Note, I've only recently tried some Honey Jack D from a sampler, haven't gotten to try the straight Jack D or Gentleman Jack that's in it.)
January 31, 2020 at 2:13 pm
OK, so I'm curious and interested in expanding my repertoire when it comes to liquor...
Whiskey / whisky vs scotch, and, what's so bad about Jack D?
(Note, I've only recently tried some Honey Jack D from a sampler, haven't gotten to try the straight Jack D or Gentleman Jack that's in it.)
There's only one rule, Jason. If you like it, it's good. Until your next best thing.
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January 31, 2020 at 2:19 pm
jasona.work wrote:OK, so I'm curious and interested in expanding my repertoire when it comes to liquor...
Whiskey / whisky vs scotch, and, what's so bad about Jack D?
(Note, I've only recently tried some Honey Jack D from a sampler, haven't gotten to try the straight Jack D or Gentleman Jack that's in it.)
There's only one rule, Jason. If you like it, it's good. Until your next best thing.
true dat
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January 31, 2020 at 2:24 pm
Jack's just kinda boring, that's all. It's not "bad", like undrinkable or anything, but it's not interesting either.
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January 31, 2020 at 2:25 pm
OK, so I'm curious and interested in expanding my repertoire when it comes to liquor...
Whiskey / whisky vs scotch, and, what's so bad about Jack D?
(Note, I've only recently tried some Honey Jack D from a sampler, haven't gotten to try the straight Jack D or Gentleman Jack that's in it.)
the "E" is a scottish/irish/american thing (maybe a few other countries involved) - jack d is a rye malt, and a lot of people don't class it as a whisky... i just dont like it as it's too sweet. (i like a good ballantyne - it makes your eyes bulge and your throat burn as it goes down)
Try Haig Club, that's nice and smoothe (big blue bottle, advertised by david beckham) - or as chrism says "keep drinking until you find a better bottle" - just don't drive 🙂
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January 31, 2020 at 2:26 pm
Grant Fritchey wrote:Tonight, I'll be having haggis. Pray for me.
Tonight, I'll be in a theatre orchestra pit for the 5th time this week. No need for prayers - I need coffee. Lots of coffee.
So, which production? And what are you playing? I loved pit orchestra. Favorite was collaborating with the dance department on a Duke Ellington show, that was really interesting.
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January 31, 2020 at 3:45 pm
jasona.work wrote:OK, so I'm curious and interested in expanding my repertoire when it comes to liquor...
Whiskey / whisky vs scotch, and, what's so bad about Jack D?
(Note, I've only recently tried some Honey Jack D from a sampler, haven't gotten to try the straight Jack D or Gentleman Jack that's in it.)
There's only one rule, Jason. If you like it, it's good. Until your next best thing.
Yep
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January 31, 2020 at 3:51 pm
Jack's just kinda boring, that's all. It's not "bad", like undrinkable or anything, but it's not interesting either.
Some of the special Jacks are much better. I don't think they're up there with a good Scotch but there's definitely more to them.
I will raise a large JD and coke to the late, great Lemmy every now and then.
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