Brew 2018
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Welleran
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Did a Scotch tasting last night. Heck of a lot of fun!
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Is that Ardbeg on the left? Which one? Is it the one that tastes like salt water infused with dirt, or the one that tastes like dirt soaked in salt water?Welleran wrote:Did a Scotch tasting last night. Heck of a lot of fun!
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Ha! It is Uigeadail Definitely not a low octane scotch, but the committee rather liked it.TRP wrote:Is that Ardbeg on the left? Which one? Is it the one that tastes like salt water infused with dirt, or the one that tastes like dirt soaked in salt water?Welleran wrote:Did a Scotch tasting last night. Heck of a lot of fun!
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Don't get me wrong. I like scotch, like Ardbeg, that puts hair on the chest.Welleran wrote:Ha! It is Uigeadail Definitely not a low octane scotch, but the committee rather liked it.TRP wrote:Is that Ardbeg on the left? Which one? Is it the one that tastes like salt water infused with dirt, or the one that tastes like dirt soaked in salt water?Welleran wrote:Did a Scotch tasting last night. Heck of a lot of fun!
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Sipping on a Christmas present from my assistant.
Davy Brown, Davy Brown
Where ya gonna be when the hammer comes down?
Can you outshoot the Devil? Outrun his hounds?
Ain't nothing to it but to stay above ground.
Where ya gonna be when the hammer comes down?
Can you outshoot the Devil? Outrun his hounds?
Ain't nothing to it but to stay above ground.
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OMFG chainsaw. I hope you gave your assistant something worthy of such a nice fucking bottle. 
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I don't even drink scotch - I guess this is quality, then? Awesome!gizmomathboy wrote:OMFG chainsaw. I hope you gave your assistant something worthy of such a nice fucking bottle.
Davy Brown, Davy Brown
Where ya gonna be when the hammer comes down?
Can you outshoot the Devil? Outrun his hounds?
Ain't nothing to it but to stay above ground.
Where ya gonna be when the hammer comes down?
Can you outshoot the Devil? Outrun his hounds?
Ain't nothing to it but to stay above ground.
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Taste the peat!
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Oh, now that is a beautiful mother bottle!
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Kramer OSRIC Benefit Fanzine
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That is a most excellent bottle, Chainsaw. Your assistant thinks well of you AND has good taste.
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Speysides are a good choice if you're not particularly into scotch. The Balvenie is very good in general for any type of scotch, and that sherry cask should sweeten it up for you.
Your assistant would have gotten you an Islay if he thought you were a man.
Your assistant would have gotten you an Islay if he thought you were a man.
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Good to know!TRP wrote:Speysides are a good choice if you're not particularly into scotch. The Balvenie is very good in general for any type of scotch, and that sherry cask should sweeten it up for you.
Ha! I'm not easy to work for, so I'm surprised she got me anything at all.TRP wrote:Your assistant would have gotten you an Islay if he thought you were a man.
Davy Brown, Davy Brown
Where ya gonna be when the hammer comes down?
Can you outshoot the Devil? Outrun his hounds?
Ain't nothing to it but to stay above ground.
Where ya gonna be when the hammer comes down?
Can you outshoot the Devil? Outrun his hounds?
Ain't nothing to it but to stay above ground.
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Bowmore Islay has always been a favorite of mine.TRP wrote:Speysides are a good choice if you're not particularly into scotch. The Balvenie is very good in general for any type of scotch, and that sherry cask should sweeten it up for you.
Your assistant would have gotten you an Islay if he thought you were a man.
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"We're the outliers - but we've always stubbornly given the rest of the hobby the finger!" -EOTB
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Welleran
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Islays were well represented at my scotch tasting!TRP wrote:Your assistant would have gotten you an Islay if he thought you were a man.
Myself, I am celebrating with a glass of Rebel Yell bourbon, my booty from the office White Elephant gift exchange. Quite good. I am pleased because my party failed spectacularly at gathering information ("you find a room with a desk and some partially burned papers" - party says, meh, then leaves without searching, thus missing the forgotten letter and eight partial scraps with useful data -- I almost had an aneurysm; later, "you see the specter speaking into a green glow with eight figures standing around him" - my brother: "ok, i fireball them" rather than "i listen for a moment to see what he is saying then fireball them"). This was followed by the spell-casting Specter casting Slow and sending his (surviving) wight minions into action. Every level lost was like nectar on my tongue. My brother was, shall we say, not pleased.