It's old, but the AusBoozeGaf crew were promised, so here's a rundown of my Scottish booze haul from March:
About 200.00 GBP of Scotch. I intentionally picked out things that would be tricky/expensive/impossible to get in Australia. The Cragganmore and Springbok came highly recommended by a friend from the area, and were procured from a well-knon independent store in Stonehaven, south of Aberdeen. When I requested the bottles of those, the store clerk's face lit up with a 'Good Choice!'. The Glengoyne, at 17 years, was the most expensive of the lot but was picked up duty free.
The two little bottles are from the dinky souvenir shop at Edinburgh Castle. I'd tried a sample of the Edinburgh Castle one and it was fine, and got the Tomintoul because what the hell.
The two samplers will get drunk here, and just one of the big boys bottles will get opened whilst I'm here (likely the Cragganmore). Two bottles will be coming back to Aus to share with my dad and for very special occasions like watching X Files DVD's.
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Here's some Scottish beer:
Nothing spectacular. The darks were watery and a lacked bite, but the Amber Ale was a winner. Scottish staple 'Belhaven Best' was on tap everywhere and was damn drinkable. Didn't care for Tennent's. Thought it might have been because I've gone off lager but I've been switching to Staropramen draught when I've had my fill of ales and Staropramen is a mighty fine lager indeed.
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Finished Pushmo on 3DS. Quite rad.
There is something to be said for games that put a bit of pressure on the old brain muscle. I was listening to an old Idle Thumbs episode today that had Jake talking about a Gabriel Knight adventure game. He described a moment in the game when his solution to a puzzle relied on his familiarity with a soundbite from the game's in-world radio station that helped him determine the day of the week a photograph was taken because the people in the photo were wearing cat ears. Yes, it sucks when adventure games have you at a dead end and you're banging your head against a wall of logic, but it must be indescribably rewarding to outsmart a game like that.
About 200.00 GBP of Scotch. I intentionally picked out things that would be tricky/expensive/impossible to get in Australia. The Cragganmore and Springbok came highly recommended by a friend from the area, and were procured from a well-knon independent store in Stonehaven, south of Aberdeen. When I requested the bottles of those, the store clerk's face lit up with a 'Good Choice!'. The Glengoyne, at 17 years, was the most expensive of the lot but was picked up duty free.
The two little bottles are from the dinky souvenir shop at Edinburgh Castle. I'd tried a sample of the Edinburgh Castle one and it was fine, and got the Tomintoul because what the hell.
The two samplers will get drunk here, and just one of the big boys bottles will get opened whilst I'm here (likely the Cragganmore). Two bottles will be coming back to Aus to share with my dad and for very special occasions like watching X Files DVD's.
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Here's some Scottish beer:
Nothing spectacular. The darks were watery and a lacked bite, but the Amber Ale was a winner. Scottish staple 'Belhaven Best' was on tap everywhere and was damn drinkable. Didn't care for Tennent's. Thought it might have been because I've gone off lager but I've been switching to Staropramen draught when I've had my fill of ales and Staropramen is a mighty fine lager indeed.
It tasted better in Prague
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Finished Pushmo on 3DS. Quite rad.
There is something to be said for games that put a bit of pressure on the old brain muscle. I was listening to an old Idle Thumbs episode today that had Jake talking about a Gabriel Knight adventure game. He described a moment in the game when his solution to a puzzle relied on his familiarity with a soundbite from the game's in-world radio station that helped him determine the day of the week a photograph was taken because the people in the photo were wearing cat ears. Yes, it sucks when adventure games have you at a dead end and you're banging your head against a wall of logic, but it must be indescribably rewarding to outsmart a game like that.
