2nd Blood & Sand of the night switches out Talisker for the highly sought after but rarely seen NAS blend, "Elements of Forbes" – blended by the reclusive Italian master, Tim DuePasta. Really brought the drink to life.
Time for the annual making of the Blood & Sand at the BStanding household. Blood oranges a LOT redder than usual, and for some reason I totally forgot I needed sweet vermouth, but *luckily* had a bottle of Cocchi rolling around in the cupboard. Tried with #Talisker 10 this year, cos I'm out of JW Double Black. #cocktails #inept #lovescotch #vitaminCfixesofinstagram
My 2019 media consumption roundup
OK so one element of this “media roundup” tradition I’ve started for myself seems to be that I don’t actually write most of the notes til the end of the year, which inevitably spill over into the next year, and
Wound up with slightly more Kingstons and Fantales today than I was expecting to… #straya
Enjoying a seldom seen (round here) Canadian dram tonight at Bristol Whisky, and were quite taken by the descriptive text. One has to wonder – did that ever swing a sale?
White daffodil!? What's that all about!?! #thechosenone
Rammstein are a pretty specialist band, no? Upon learning that their online merch shop sells promotional bicycle saddles, my response was, "Yeah, that makes sense".
I'm so delighted to see that Bristol Airport is making a commitment to going 100% FOD-free. Inspirational stuff. #whaddawewant #lessFOD #whendowewantit #sooniguess
I don't want to say Scotland is stuck in the past, but my hotel telly is giving me some frankly irrelevant weather advice. #youreallwatchingrerunsanywaysoitdoesntmatter
Today saw my Untappd unique beer check-in count roll over to 2000, which I think's worth commemorating. Turns out I started using this app in 2011, and it's improved a lot since then – as has the global beer scene. Beer number 2000 was the 2019 Goose Bourbon County Stout – a proper meal of a beer. Here's to sharing the next thousand with my beer-lovin' chums!
