Take two;

A fare price for a fare drink.

Ahhh... happy bday mate!!!  

The Rosemount was a little better than I expected.

All this Riesling talk brought me to action. Cracked this baby (well maybe it's a grandma in Riesling speak) tonight with a lovely caprese salad that was topped up with some 20 year old balsamic.

Then moved onto this lovely red though perhaps cracked a little too early.

Tunes have been Coltrane, Ray Brown and now Massive Attack. Life is sweet.

Moving on. The last of 6 of these. Listening to some Frankie Goes To Hollywood followed by some Rod y Gab.

Big night Viognier!

 

AFD today for me...

Still going @@DRC a number of tunes off All Things Must Pass then onto some Jack Ladder whilst enjoying this Aussie classic

My birthday is not until Jan next year. I thought I'd get a head start.

Haven't tried the pigs ear but had the plonk some years back. Can't remember what it is like but I do like Yalumba anything. It's got four years on it so should be mellow.

Edited July 31, 201510 yr by mwhouston

Got lost the other day. It happens. Often.

 

But whereas someone may thing of getting lost as an inconvenience, this time it was very convenient because

 

1) I was on my way to work

2) I stumbled upon a hidden distillery in East Perth.

 

A few days later I went with time on my hands, after reading interesting reviews about these guys. They're called Whipper Snapper, and their logo is a Lancaster Bomber with barrels instead of bombs. And they sell whiskey. Story goes the founders befriended an old WWII veteran who flew those machines, and all of them shared a passion for good whiskey. And there you go.

 

They've been up and about for around 2 years if I remember correctly, selling moonshine and 2 months old bourbon (a name they cannot use due to copyright or so). They'll get their first 2 year old batch from the US in July or so next year, but I was happy to try the 2 month old whiskey. However, I was driving, that's why I settled with taking a bottle home after being convinced by the fantastic smell that came out of the bottle.

 

And boy was I rewarded! Can't wait to get my hands on their next year first batch! A slight toffee/caramel aroma comes out of the glass just before sipping this whiskey, and it goes smoothly down, like silk.

 

Whipper Snapper have a café in East Perth, just behind Claisebrook station, in case one of the locals want to have a look. It's nicely decorated with memorabilia from WWII, their coffee is real good, and they sell bottles, and casks if you wish so. Me, I'm sticking to them for a while.

 

I guess whipper snapper as in "young whipper snapper". And two months is young.

I guess whipper snapper as in "young whipper snapper". And two months is young.

I guess that's why it's labelled as Moonshine and not Whisky.

 

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

 

Cheers,

Leigh

I guess that's why it's labelled as Moonshine and not Whisky.

 

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

 

Cheers,

Leigh

I wouldn't mind trying it.

I wouldn't mind trying it.

Ditto. Hence my 'not that there's anything wrong with that' remark!

 

Going by @@betocool's comments, it sounds far too refined to be called moonshine.

 

Cheers,

Leigh

It is illegal to name anything "moonshine" -- unless it has passed 1500 taste tests with a 100% "cats piss" rating.....

Got these for the weekend. Love the 500 millies.

https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_907769/kozel-dark-beer-500ml

https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_907086/erdinger-dunkel-wei-bier-500ml

https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_904074/weihenstephan-tradition-bayrisch-dunkel-500ml

I was sitting in the beer garden at the Weihenstephan's beer university many a year ago in summer. Turns out Texas Instruments has a site in that town, and they were happy to invite the applicants to stay there overnight.

 

Bugger if I can remember the name of the town though...

 

Will come back...

Im on it, right on time to

 

Hurt the shipwreck choppin wood so had a handful of painkillers with my first beer

Freising! That's the one!

 

Had to look it up, wouldn't remember in a hundred years...

Wow the threads gone overseas and trendy with all this Euro stuff and the far far West getting a mention in dispatches with a whisky mob.

 

Common old longneck of Coopers Red label here(in a Coopers beer glass of course)

The ye old shipwreck don't hurt now

4th coopers red

This is the best lager I have ever had.

https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_365392/altenmunster-swing-top-500ml.jsp;jsessionid=21C50CC66AE0B87AC34CD77606A765A3.ncdlmorasp1301?bmUID=kWX_xHf

Big clean open lager taste, just great.

Having an Erdinger Dunkel now, which is up there equal with the Weihenstephan but not quite as good as the Kozel, IMO.

That's tonight. Might be different next weekend.

Pistachios must be fresh with a real lager!

This is the best lager I have ever had.https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_365392/altenmunster-swing-top-500ml.jsp;jsessionid=21C50CC66AE0B87AC34CD77606A765A3.ncdlmorasp1301?bmUID=kWX_xHfBig clean open lager taste, just great.Having an Erdinger Dunkel now, which is up there equal with the Weihenstephan but not quite as good as the Kozel, IMO.That's tonight. Might be different next weekend.

May need a personal eval.

A fortified wine before dinner: Seppeltsfield Paramount Collection Rare Tawny ("includes wines over 100 years old and spanning 90 vintages"). Sweet nectar. Very good!

My birthday is not until Jan next year. I thought I'd get a head start.

Haven't tried the pigs ear but had the plonk some years back. Can't remember what it is like but I do like Yalumba anything. It's got four years on it so should be mellow.

Forget the red but the beer is super nice and a real meal. I'm in love. So nice. Please try it.

Love a good Aussie sparkling red. This one is one of the best from my favourite Aus winemaker. Ashton Hills 1998