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 From:  Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)   5 Jan 2022 00:09 
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(I am not sponsored by Glendronach)
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   5 Jan 2022 00:30 
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quote: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)
(I am not sponsored by Glendronach)

More's the pity.

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 From:  Den (MENACE)   7 Jan 2022 12:11 
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Main loot this year was an iFixit Pro Toolkit, great for small gadget work.
Nothing musical, as my former career as a rock bassist has been entirely scuppered by serious degenerative disc disease, ie can now barely walk...
Birthday gift: 128GB Samsung Fit flash drive, fast enough to use as storage on an Asus TP200SA, which has a miniscule 32GB C drive.
And we bought wine. Lots of wine. Just because.
Fender Bassman!
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 From:  koswix   7 Jan 2022 12:25 
 To:  Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)      18 of 34 
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My next door neighbour works for a distillery with awfy attractive banks, and was telling me a hilarious story just before Christmas about how one of the guys from his work had had to deliver an £18k 8-O bottle to him to auction off for something or other, and nearly dropped it on the driveway due to the icy conditions.

The next day he asked a favour of me, which I gladly undertook, and he said there'd be a bottle of whisky in it for me.  (bounce)

He brought it round on xmas eve. It was Jack Daniels.  :L 

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 From:  Dave!!   9 Jan 2022 12:33 
 To:  koswix      19 of 34 
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You pointed out I assume that Jack Daniels is better suited to cleaning toilets than being consumed?

Anyway, the other bottles I got were a bottle of Jura Loch - apparently a travel exclusive, but a lot of these are being sold normally at the moment due to lack of travel. I also got a bottle of Eagle Rare bourbon - I do like a nice bourbon from time to time, so long as it isn't the cheap shit like JD. Meanwhile for my wife, she got a bottle of Benromach which is quite nice, plus I bought her another nice bourbon - a bottle of Blanton's which is actually very nice!

Either way though, our whisky shelf is suitably re-stocked now :)
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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)    9 Jan 2022 13:06 
 To:  koswix      20 of 34 
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Perhaps, as Jack Daniels has the same parent company as Glendronach, he assumed it would be nice.

I know somebody who loves the stuff. She guzzles huge quantities. I forget how awful it is and try a glass every few years. Although it isn't as tooth-achingly sickly as that appalling whisky-liqueur Southern Comfort, it does leave you feeling as though a whole chocolate orange has been forced into your mouth and the residue polished off with a solution of Vics Vapour Rub and meths.

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 From:  koswix   9 Jan 2022 15:43 
 To:  Dave!!      21 of 34 
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Jack actually pairs really nicely with twenty Marlboro.

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 From:  koswix   9 Jan 2022 15:48 
 To:  william (WILLIAMA)       22 of 34 
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I assumed he just got some sort of deal on it through work tbh!

I quite like Jack tbf. Takes me back to my yoof in metal clubs. Also I'm not really that into whisky - can appreciate and enjoy a nice one but never really caught the bug for hunting down the perfect single malt. 
 

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 From:  Dave!!   9 Jan 2022 16:50 
 To:  koswix      23 of 34 
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Ahh, the Marlboros first to block off your taste buds you mean?

Don't get me wrong, it's OK as a mixer with Cola and whatnot, but it tastes awful when neat IMO.

It's a bit like cheap tequila in that respect. That Sierra stuff you always get in pubs goes with salt and lime for a reason - because it tastes like crap. However I've had several more expensive tequilas which taste really nice just with a bit of ice and nothing else.
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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)    9 Jan 2022 17:48 
 To:  Dave!!      24 of 34 
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It's all a matter of taste, though. I think JD tastes bad; other people love it. That's fine. I'm not a fan of most cheap blended Scotch whiskys either, but on the other hand, I do like dirt-cheap London dry gin. I'll drink that neat or with mixers. I'm not denying that there are better gins but I feel lucky that I'm happy with what I get at £10 per bottle instead of £40.

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 From:  Dave!!   9 Jan 2022 19:36 
 To:  william (WILLIAMA)       25 of 34 
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I think it depends on the bottle. I'm not a fan of many cheap blended whiskys like Johnny Walker, but I find Famous Grouse to be fine for a cheaper blend, and some of the slightly more expensive blends like the Naked Grouse are genuinely very good! Chivas Regal is also perfectly OK to my palette.
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 From:  Manthorp   9 Jan 2022 21:45 
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I got lotsa loot including Metaverse land, son-made fermenter jar, book of rave fliers and money which I used to e my bike.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)    9 Jan 2022 23:17 
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Metaverse land


Holiday home? 

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 From:  koswix   9 Jan 2022 23:22 
 To:  Dave!!      28 of 34 
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Can mostly say the same for cheap anything, though. Depends what your use is.

Sierra is fine if you're going to mix it with grenadine and orange juice for a Sunrise as the tequila is a background player. But an El Diablo is very tequila forward (if made fairly short with limited ginger ale) and benefits from a good quality tequila.

And for a slammer I definitely want a good tequila as that's what I'm mainly going to be tasting. In fact, we finished off our Xmas bottle of patron gold as slammers last week.

I don't drink many straight spirits, most of them really don't taste good like that to me. There are some whiskies and bourbons I enjoy straight, and occasionally a dark and/or spiced rum, but mostly my spirits go into cocktails. Going to experiment with some sours recipes using the Jack, might tame the sweetness a bit.


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 From:  Manthorp   9 Jan 2022 23:36 
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When (if!) they allow building on Pavia, I'm curious as to how tall a penis they'll allow me to build. Childish? Me? Fuck, yes!
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
 
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   10 Jan 2022 00:46 
 To:  Dave!!      30 of 34 
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I've sampled a few single malts and found them generally pleasant but unmemorable. I think I prefer blended, but maybe I'm just a cheap drunk. My fave going on for a few years now is Islay Mist, allegedly 8-yo and blended with Laphroig.
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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)    10 Jan 2022 11:53 
 To:  Manthorp      31 of 34 
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So, lakeside, coastal, inland? What are the neighbours like? 

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 From:  Manthorp   11 Jan 2022 17:36 
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Inland, not far from a lake, adjacent to a miamiesque 3x3 plot owned by one grizzledOil15118.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
 

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 From:  ShakerEa   15 Jan 2022 10:57 
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 rested for 10 days with my family, watched cartoons like  , movies like  didn’t even go to visit. In my opinion, the best way to spend New Year's Eve

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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)    28 Mar 2023 13:12 
 To:  Manthorp      34 of 34 
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So, how are things going in Pavia these days - or have you moved?

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