What's in your Christmas Eve glass, then?

Just diluting some apple juice for the water bottle 🙂

Swordfish looks interesting, I’ll have to ask Mark at my local to see if he can get a barrel. Waddies are just up the road from me, but I’ve not seen that one on tap locally.
Anyway, I’ve got a bunch of different ales to choose from in a little while, and a couple of bottles of Kentucky Bourbon, a bottle of Sainsbury’s own brand Highland Single Malt and a bottle of Laphroaig.
Choice is a bitch… 😀

Tesco champagne then put myself to sleep with remy martin and xmas good life on telly box.

Drank half a bottle of run last night so don’t feel the need for any booze today. However, I’m now technically 5% pirate so not all bad ……..

Oh dear, where to start, a couple of pints of stanney in the pub, then the landlord got the rum and shrub out, a couple of glasses of malbec whilst cooking tea and now on home brew beer

I’m at the brother in laws daarn scarf (colchester). So far it’s pre-dinner cocktails. (twinkles- prosecco, vodka and elderflower cordial). Wine will come with the meal and then we’re off to my favourite boozer, the hospital arms for Adnams until closing.

Robinsons summer fruits cordial with ice. Living life on the edge tonight.

I’ve been drinking Loweswater Gold in the pub all afternoon. Now hitting the H2O while eating Thai curry. It’s been a great day. Merry Christmas everyone.

Carlos 1 brandy

[yellow tail] Shiraz.

Cheap and cheerful.

Whisky old fashioned. While being repeatedly told to leave Santa’s port alone by the kids.

Rhubarb gin and ginger. Mmmmmmmm!!!!!!

Started early with a gin and tonic, then a bottle of dry white, had a nap and now on with the mulled wine.

Alhambra lager
St Peter’s golden ale
Black sheep
Tim Taylor’s landlord

Not all in the same glass…..I hasten to add…?

Vodka Redbull at the minute

Moving on from the Malbac to a Silver Oak Napa valley …. Hic…. Hic…

Ridgeway Brewery Santa’s Butt winter porter to start, rest TBA. I’ve a scary collection of Belgian and French Christmas beers that seem to start at about 9%.

Fursty Ferret from Badger at the moment…

Talisker Storm but not too much as I`m parkrunning at 9 am

Erdinger. Yum!

Some is santos port bay be consumed before bed too!

Snowball here too, first time since about ’82. Lovely! 🙂

Innis & Gunn Rum Finish here. Awesome beer. Just awesome.

Selection of Ales followed by a cheeky glass or two of red.

Bottle of Doom Bar whilst cooking dinner, now a glass of Nikka Takersuru 21yo whilst watching a movie with the kids.

cat hair 🙁

Patron Silver tequila with lime and ice

Gösser or Schwechater lager and Mozart chocolate liquer, about to start on the Hazellnuß schnapps.

A bottle of Old Crafty Hen for me.

I am enjoying a Lords Brewery Expedition Pale Ale http://www.lordsbrewing.com

It’s my friends new brewery and even it is wasn’t I would still say it’s the best beer I have ever drunk.

If you’re anywhere near Huddersfield make sure you get hold of some.

CVNE Rioja. A glass turned into a bottle. No more though, got our morning bike ride before the family thing in the afternoon & I need to be able to function.

So far I’ve had a bottle of Franziskaner Weissbier, very presentable for a supermarket special offer. Then 2 bottles of Bud at a neighbours Xmas eve drop in. Now a large gin and tonic (Tesco finest aromatic and fevertree). That might be it for tonight, as I suspect |I’ll be up about 6 with the kids and then the dog needs a long walk to calm her down / wear her out before the rellies arrive and we go out for dinner.

So far:
Estrella
Mulled wine
Champagne.

Next up:
40yo Tawny Port.

Tomorrow may be a challenge.

2 pints of hobgoblin – check
Mini cask of Adnams Broadside – check
Champagne – check

Headache – definitely!

A lovely Merlot which is supposed to be 13% but it’s more like port. Bonterra 2013.

Ardbeg

mint tea 🙁

I’ve always had the tradition of opening one present on xmas eve so i choose the one that i knew contained a bottle of whisky from my good mates, i’ve previously dropped hints that i prefer a speyside whisky earlier in the month so i was intrigued to see what was wrapped up , Ho-ho…ya belter!….I was so right in choosing this present to open t’night.

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Lovely smelling whisky with a thick oily unctuous cling to the side of the glass when swilled around, massive nose that smells of sweet toasted marshmallows – add just a touch of water to taste and it’s a belter, strong sherry n’ fruity notes to begin with then developing into taste of sweet medjool dates followed by what i can only describe as an almost toffee pudding like taste.

Hmmmm……i’m going to enjoy this one so i’ll try and keep my consumption to sensible levels t’night.

Whisky Mac, something of a tradition for me to always have one with my dad on xmas eve

abbott reserve
cider
toro loco
brandy (taste more like jet fuel)

hitting the decent champange with breakfast tomorrow 🙂

A delicious château something, all gone now 🙂