Wine Gadgets

Tried out one of my Christmas gifts last weekend, it's a Coravin system which enables you  to drink a glass of wine without opening the bottle. This is very useful when you want to spread a bottle over a weekend or just want to see how a particular vintage is coming along. We tried it with an old St Julien by Leoville Lascases, a 2nd growth, the wine was 30+ years old (1995) and full of sediment, fortunately the device also acts as a filter too! It was a stunning wine, at the peak of it's powers right now I'd say.

Friday Smirk

The boys showing how tolerant and flexible their theologies are... (not!)

New Siren Pale

Tried one of these at the weekend, a new pale ale from Siren. It's got a ton of Citra and Krush in it which gives it a really nice tropical fruit note with a reasonable amount of dank in the background, at 5% it's also quite quaffable!

Midweek Mirth

 

How Northerners view the rest of the country...

Obvious

Apparently Donald Trump owns business interests here in the UK..

Well, now that we all know what little he thinks of us and the value of our troops' lives in the defense of  US interests in the world we should all draw the conclusion that these businesses are to be avoided with extreme prejudice, it's obvious really.

Oh and while we're at it if you buy a Tesla you're a fool.

All the best.

PS. at least the UK troops that fought in Afghanistan alongside US troops didn't get their dads to buy their way out of serving their countries, like Trump did..

Mickey Mouse States

It's fast reaching the point where the "ROW" will have to look elsewhere for strategic alliances, the USA is fast becoming a "Disney state" i.e. Micky Mouse... 

Saturday Smile

Yeah, it kinda feels like this at the moment..