Pretty good high ball set up at a bar called “origin”

 

That’s not the bar at the Shangri-La, is it?

 

Smoke does not mean peat

 

This has been my obsession lately

 

It is Shang indeed.

 

The drinking lamp is lit...cheers!

 

A nice beer for the hot southern summer

 

Glenmorangie 18 and 19, both the same abv and same barrel types for maturation. I’m not good enough to discern one from the other with tasting. I can tell you they are both really good.

 

My son... look at the finishing barrels

 

Tanqueray, ice and lemon. With my MOD on it's new strap

 

It’s the same bud, I understand they use the 19 to designate the travel release in duty free shops. You could probably taste the diff, I can’t.

 

There's a place in my heart for people who drink gin with just ice.

 

Here’s a new domaine for you guys.

Think Southeast France making Port.

Darn yummy after the Steak Au Poiver I cooked tonight.

More complexity then a port at similar price. Not as overwhelmingly sweet more raisins. Great sweet desert wine.

 

Oh, I'll bet it was yummy! Kermit really opened up the south of France to the US....

I dunno if I'd agree it's more complex than port--the devll's in the details...which port? Your Banyuls is pretty young...2016...would you put it up against a 1985 Dow? (though of course the Dow would be more expensive, so...we are in the territory of LBVs?)

 

At the price

I think I paid $24 or 34 for the 500ml.

Ports in that range tend to lack complexity, and are sugar bombs. The lower abv at 16% helps it a lot. Even my local shop which is the largest wine cellar in CA only has 3 of this DOC.

So it’s a bit hard to compare what an older or higher priced one would be like. I agree “bigger” Ports are very complex though, both LBV’s and true vintage ones.

 

Beer and beer . Plus a Camy clubstar with a Eta 2789-1 movement.
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This Irish pub had pours of Diar Ghealach (tree number 4). Pared it with a Cuban sandwich.

 

sipping one Olde Mecklenburg Copper Amber Ale, a nice craft beer from Charlotte, NC as we wait to board our next flight...

 

Are you flying out of country? One if the best things is finding nice scotch at the duty free sections in airports.