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I am sitting in front of my computer with a bowl of roasted cashew nuts and a pint of Carlsberg special brew, having just partaken of a plate of Udon noodles with tofu. Standing to one side of me is a bottle of Dows fine ruby port wine and a plate of Dutch Gouda cheese called old Amsterdam which I shall have after the beer. Of course, I wont drink the bottle as, unlike ordinary wine it is fortified with brandy and is 19% alcohol, so perhaps a couple of glasses will suffice.
Beer.
Can you elucidate ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
I would love to but Scher might shout at me!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Oh, what the hell.
Tonight's choice of liquid refreshment comes in the form of Hobgoblin. Hobgoblin is a nice little brew, dark, ruby red in appearance and nicely bitter on taste front, but not too sharp. It has a warming little complexity making ideal as a winter warmer, in fact it is often strongly associated with Halloween due to its Hobgoblin logo and theme.
It is fairly strong clocking in at 5.2%, though nothing in compare to your er, choice of beverage and is brewed by the Wychwood Brewery which is an excellent little brewery. I say little, but I think it has has grown in size and stature considerably and has now become a leading real ale supplier which is why it is readily available (even on poor street - violins please). The brewery is based in Oxfordshire. According to the label it made using English Fuggles hops and Styrian Goldings?
Standard price comes in at around £1.65 for a typical 500ml bottle, but the large supermarket chain which I purchased it from has reduced it to a whopping £1.00 per bottle at the moment as they probably have some excess stock left over from Halloween. At this price it is a real must, super little beer.
Foodwise, I have, in the last hour eaten a couple of slices of my bread which I baked yesterday with a generous helping of butter - Clover, which is actually quite nice.
Think I might finish off my Hobgoblin and watch the rest of River Cottage. Hugh is selling tomatoes.
I am currently eating the remainder of Dutch Gouda cheese and drinking a few glasses of the port mentioned yesterday, This follows a meal of light salad accompanied by a bottle of Pinot Grigio from Pasqua 2007. I am hoping to sleep well tonight.
It sounds like you will. Isn't the Pinot white, I thought you just had red? The cheese sounds nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
The couple of bottles of Hobgoblin gave me strange, fearfulish dreams last night. One of them involved being stuck on the top floor of a skyscraper[?] while some devastating tsunami crashed against it, threatening to topple the whole thing. I was then forwarded to some sort of crazy future/1984 world with the Chinese government after me for messing up the Olympic swimming competition???
Maybe someone should do a dreams thread - psychoanalyse that? I told you strange things happen after Hobgoblin, it is not a Halloween drink for nothing. (Price has now moved back up to £1.65ish a bottle.)
For tonight I have had one of those far too tired miserable days and have not fancied any beer. Instead I've just had a few slices of a new loaf hot out of the oven with a cup of Yorkshire tea. Simply served with Clover butter.
Edit: Hmm, both dreams involve water, maybe I feel like I am drowning by thinking on future events at the moment? That would fit to some degree actually, hmm, though I don't know what the Chinese government has to do with it? I'm reading a little history but not Chinese. Someone should do a dreams thread. Scher?
Butter Cookies
I couldn't be bothered with food so I had a slice of toast with pâté and a few beers. I drink both red and white wine according to what I am eating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
If Hobgoblin puts you on top of endangered skyscrapers and makes you upset the Chinese government, I would keep off it. There is a dreams thread on this General Chat section of the forum but as most of my dreams seem to concern work, I don't want to recall them when I am awake.
I see, wine to suit, the best option.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Yes Hobgoblin gave me some scary stuff. Oh yes I noticed the dreams thread as someone must have bumped it up. Not recalling work is probably a defense mechanism, who wants to remember that? I would rather be chased by the Chinese government!
Off out tonight with Mrs Neely :yikes: will be having a light meal and a few drinks, nothing too much. I need to lie down first, Friday night means the tank is empty. Must nap now...
I have eaten a plate of spaghetti with melted cheese on toast, accompanied by a bottle of Chianti Classico 2008 from Barone Ricasoli. I am finishing with Waitrose roasted and salted savoury mixed nuts. When I have finished the bottle, I shall partake of a couple of glasses of port wine. In these days of stringent financial control, we must cease unwarranted extravagance.
Dear Logos-
I enjoyed reading your message. I think that it is intersting that you're reading a bio @Aldous Huxley,one of my fav writers. I am having a cup of joe @Mc Donalds cafe in Manhattan in NYC. It is cold & dry here right now.
Thanks,
Chris Marie.
coffee
Oh boy my bread is wonderful, I pity the folk who don't bake their own bread, shame on you! Just perfect served with a nice butter, or a little jam.
Beer wise, one glass of Spitfire Ale and another of Pedigree just waiting.
Oh, I have really enjoyed my two beers tonight: Black Sheep and Hobgoblin (Tesco has a limited supply of course). This is perhaps because I have "gone easy" this week and also for the fact that I have had nothing but tea to drink today, so I really relished a good beer tonight - in preparation for the weekend no doubt! Beer*, you have got to adore the stuff, drink of the gods...
* Real ale naturally, real ale is the only ale to drink!
bread and water. at the keyboard
this is my second supper today :)
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