We appear to also have gallons of cranberry juice It's ok in vodka obviously but the ladies drink it with Amaretto...seems weird Also I remembered that we have some nice champagne (Taitinger Compte de champagne Blanc de Blanc)...ill have to make sure that's hidden !
Think people have missed this news, cos of the booze talk. Well done to you and the mrs. Hope it all goes well. How many months is she? And finally is it mine? Plus whats on the cheeseboard?
Actually I just realised the OP was actually asking for recommendations for where to shop, rather than asking us to list the contents of our drinks globes So Can't go wrong with Morrissons IMHO. Good for beer and wine Also good for own behind him apparently House of Townend at Melton (near the industrial estate) is interesting. Some rare gin and Scotch ( but I noticed one of the bottles of wine cost £750!!! so go careful) I'd also recommend for the wine buffs to join somewhere like Laithwaites, sign up to regular cases, get £50 off your first order and then immediately cancel your membership
Cheddar. Maybe some Cheshire. I bet you have some of that poncey stuff with cranberry in don't you? Gaylord.
Little girl due in March, so well on the way. I'm not one for grand announcements, but I'm well made up about it. Unfortunately it does mean I have to grow up a bit and move out of HU1. Though I have qualified for lifetime membership of the Heritage Club and all the benefits that entails. Paternity is still up in the air, so I've booked us on to Jeremy Kyle. Looking forward to twating the...twat. As for cheese. Not fully thought through yet. Defo some Yorkshire blue. Basically all the stuff she can't have. Soft stuff and mouldy stuff.
Arf Gonna get a bottle of Aldi's Gin. This please log in to view this image Its citrussy so... Actually Aldi, name dropper i know, have some Stilton with Blueberries which i wanna try. I'll be popping in Morrys like Dennis says as well see what they've got.
You're a fount of all booze related knowledge Den. Lists are very much appreciated. It really should be Chazz putting in this work after all.
Where are you heading? I can recommend HU5. I like my Stilton but must admit i had some Gorgonzola t'other week and it was bloody lovely.
Cheshire's cheese has been nowhere near Triple H, his board or his tuther half. I've been told that Wensleydale with Cranberries on a Broken-Pepper & Sea Salted Smoked Biscuit is a wonderful accompaniment to your mid-afternoon Twining's Cherry & Cinnamon
There I've mended it What the **** happened with my 'also behind you' line? As you impressively established I did indeed mean gin from Aldi
I will admit to having a little giggle about Cheshires cheese. We have the huge container of Jacobs Crackers in too.
Cheese wise. Old Amsterdam cheese with Snyder's honey mustard and onion pretzel piece's. Superb snack with all booze.
There's a shop in Scunny i go in that sells slightly out of date stuff. 2 boxes of Ritz Crackers a quid. Superficial damage to the box but otherwise fine. 3 packs of Tuc a quid. Life dont get better than that.
Just read this & it made me guffaw loudly into my CAMRA recommended beer. Seems as good a place as any to post. We all know them. The Stoke Inn, Plymouth. Christmas rules. Please, please do not read this if you are easily offended, but we have a few rules this Christmas.......... XMAS AT THE STOKE INN, PLYMOUTH It’s that festive time of year when decent, honest boozers are plagued by non-drinkers. And not real non-drinkers, not people who don’t ever drink, they’re fine. We’re talking about people who don’t go near a pub for 11 months out of the year, the kind of awful human beings who buy their beer from supermarkets with the weekly shop, people who consume such a laughable quantity of alcohol that they can only be designated as “non-drinkers”. Whether it’s the Christmas Work’s Do or a Festive Drink With Friends, you are ruining pubs for the rest of us. Everyone hates you. Every actual drinker in the pub hates you and all the serving staff hate you. You’re awful. Here’s a guide on how to not be quite so awful DO NOT APPROACH THE BAR UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT • The bar is an intricate machine full of separate-yet-interconnecting cogs. It is NOT the place to think or choose or decide. The engine only works if everyone knows their place and performs their function. Do you hear that collective groan as you ask the Bartender if they’ve got Cranberry Juice? Or as you turn around to ask Barbara what she wants to drink? That groan is you single-handedly sucking life away from your fellow drinkers. Make a decision first, then go to the bar and order what you’ve selected. Just like ANY OTHER FORM OF COMMERCE! DON'T START DRINKING AT 4pm • You’re NOT a drinker. We haven’t seen you all year. You’re an amateur, so don’t start out with a Marathon. You can’t just rock up to the Premier League one day saying “I’m Match Fit, lads!” This is why you’re puking and crying before nine o’clock at night. YOU ARE IN A ROUND • I don’t care who you’re with, how many of you there are or how well you know them. You are in a Round with all the people you came in with. That’s how it works. You see those twenty-five loud, burly, drunken Rugby Players on the other side of the pub? They are a pleasure to serve compared to you. They order eight pints of lager, eight pints of Guiness, six pints of bitter and three Jack Daniels, then they pay the bill in one fell swoop. Your group orders ten drinks one-at-a-time and then pays for them all one-at-a-time as the rest of pub creeps closer to Death’s eternal grasp waiting for you to finish, despite the fact nine of you are drinking the same ****ing drink and the last person, THE LAST PERSON, wants a Guiness putting on. Every single person waiting to get served wants your group to die in a complicated house fire. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE • Look around you. What kind of drinking establishment are you in? Is it a pub or a bar? If there’s 85 lads watching football on the telly, stop trying to be a drunk, flirty attention-whore because it won’t work. If the walls are cluttered with offers of 6 Shots Of Neon Sourz For A Fiver, don’t try asking for that Single Malt whiskey you memorized from Mad Men. Equally, if it’s a pub adorned with wood furnishings and hand-pulls, stop trying to get the Landlord to make that ****ty cocktail you saw on Sex And The City HOT GIRLS GET SERVED FIRST • Welcome to Western Civilization. iPHONE ETTIQUETTE • Okay, the music isn’t great. It’s nothing to write home about. But it’s been specifically selected to offend the least amount of people. It’s background music. If you want anything else, then you want to be at a club or a gig. If, however, you’ve decided to“do the pub a favour” by blaring out a playlist from your iPhone, then you are a twat. A prize, prize twat. Other expletives come to mind. Likewise don't get offended if the barman politely gives you a pound and rejects all six Abba songs you paid for. ATTRACTING ATTENTION • Newsflash: You are NOT next. You might have been in the bar queue longer than anybody else, but that doesn’t mean you’re next. Do you know why? Because there are no "Official Rules Of Queueing At The Bar." The Bartender is 100% in charge of who is next. So do not piss them off. Yes, they can see you. You do not need to bang your change on the top of the bar. You do not need to wave your money around in the air, as if you’re the only person in the room with a tenner (unless it’s a Strip Club). You especially do not need to click your fingers like a Parisian Cafe prick or whistle like a Shepherd herding his flock. These tactics will only achieve one outcome: no matter how long you’ve been waiting up until this point, you’ve just moved yourself to the back of the queue. PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT • If an old bloke sat at the bar gets served before you do, and the Bartender knows him by name and even seems to know what he’s drinking before he orders it, just shut the **** up. That’s Bob. Bob drinks here all the time. Bob drinks here five times a week, every week. Bob’s custom pays the bills. Bob and the other Regulars keep the pub open eleven months of the year whilst you’re having dinner parties and bulk-buying booze from the supermarket. Yes, they get preferential treatment. Accept it and shut the **** up. TIME IS TIME (sometimes) • Pubs don’t stop serving because they hate you (that’s a lie, sometimes they do) or because it’s funny or because they get bored of selling beer. It’s a legal requirement for them to stop serving at a designated time. Once Time is called, they are legally unable to sell anymore beer. You cannot cajole them into selling more, because it’s a legal requirement. You cannot bribe them into selling more, either with the promise of drinks or money, because it’s a legal requirement. You cannot reason or argue them into selling more, because it’s a legal ****ing requirement. “Who’s gonna know? There’s nobody around, I won’t tell anyone.” THAT’S HOW THE HOLOCAUST STARTED! See you in twelve months, you ****ing pricks.
I found the kraken good with ice , doesn't need a mixer to hide unlike some sub £15 rums - good vanilla tones . I bought the auchentoshan as I was able to get it for 23.99 looking forward to trying this , I usually get all my spirits from Makro (apart from the Royal lochnagar which I got a few bottles on their distillery tour)
