Spaten optimator is a good affordable beer I like.

Drinking a New Holland Black Hatter black IPA. No hacking required.

Curmudgeon Old Ale. My first old ale ever. Not really quite sure what to think of it yet.

wow, seeing beer but drinking this---

H. Billiot Cuvee Julie this time and it is much better than the laetitia which ain't bad.

Wow again, this champagne is really nice, like french kissing Audrey Hepburn; elegant, tasteful and much more than I deserve. Then again, life is not fair and sometimes I get more than I deserve.

Edited June 24, 201115 yr by Augsburger

Mount Gay Extra Old Rum while watching Cabin Boy.

Rhum Old Fashioned

Breckenridge 471 IPA

Bulleit Rye

A few beers at The Aiken Brewpub

First a nice English IPA

Followed by a Nitro Porter

And then, since I had to drive back, a Honey Wheat

The Millionaire (slight variation of the recipe in "Vintage")

3/2 oz Smith & Cross rum

3/4 oz Plymouth Sloe gin

1/2 oz R&W Apricot Liqueur

1 fresh squeezed lime

more Martinique Agricole Rhum

FFF Evil Power

Had a couple of Schwarzbiers with dinner in Berlin after a long haul to get here. Here are a couple pics of my airline mixology yesterday (the brand new Airbus A380 had no wifi )

Bombay on the rocks with some minis on the side:

And then, Airplane Negronis!

Fucking A Al. That is the way to fly.

Drinking 1 part Campari, 2 parts Gordons Gin. Slice of cold olive & basil pizza.

Good times.

2008 Cochon Syrah.

Manhattan. I nailed this one.

Terrapin Rye Pale Ale

Airline Negronis FTW!

Had a couple of Schwarzbiers with dinner in Berlin after a long haul to get here. Here are a couple pics of my airline mixology yesterday (the brand new Airbus A380 had no wifi )

Bombay on the rocks with some minis on the side:

And then, Airplane Negronis!

Airplane Negronis! Nice.

I have been wanting to compare a couple of my favorite DIPAs and got a change to go it today: Dreadnaught and Pliny the Elder. The winner: Dreadnaught, but they are both mighty fine beers.

Edited June 25, 201115 yr by shellylh

Red Breast 12

Stone IPA

Alberti 154

Steenbrugge Wit. Meh.

Still thinking about Spaten Beer but decided to do a little wine tasting this evening.

First up a Renacer malbec, not bad probably go with a nice honey roasted ham at Easter (makes mental note)--- heads up to Dusty and Dan.

Second was a Four Brix Winery Rhonedezvous, interesting blend of Syrah (the Rhone reference in the name), Mourverdre, Grenache and a varietal I have never heard of.

Oddly have a very distinct aroma of Plumeria, haven't experienced that since living in Hawaii where I had a crap load of plumeria in our yard. Interestingly different and hard to pick out a dish that this would complement, perhaps a mild curry dish or a paella. Not a bad night but no religious awakenings as yet.

One of my stores carries Spaten, but I've never had it. Thinking about what next to have tonight for celebration.