Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 6, 2018 Paid Members Posted September 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, PunkStep said: I've had these! Twice. Unsurprisingly, that House Of Lords lot get some amazing stuff. A friend of mine is a secretary there, and she gets two bottle of House Of Lords Scotch every year as part of her Christmas perks. Apparently it's only available in two places: the distillery it's made, and the HOL. Tried a glass, and it was as smooth and delicious as I expected. 2 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said: What's the deal with piri piri and peri peri? Is it the same stuff? Yeah, pretty much. Take into account they're a Saath Efrican company, and the pronunciation differential suddenly makes sense. Quote
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted September 7, 2018 Author Paid Members Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, Carbomb said: A friend of mine is a secretary there, and she gets two bottle of House Of Lords Scotch every year as part of her Christmas perks. Apparently it's only available in two places: the distillery it's made, and the HOL. Tried a glass, and it was as smooth and delicious as I expected. You are talking cobblers here, Bomber. I occasionally get bottles of that stuff due to work and it has to be amongst the worst Scotch on the planet. Only superseded by the House of Commons Scotch, which is somehow even poorer. Edited September 7, 2018 by Gus Mears Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 7, 2018 Paid Members Posted September 7, 2018 19 minutes ago, Gus Mears said: You are talking cobblers here, Bomber. I occasionally get bottles of that stuff due to work and it has to be amongst the worst Scotch on the planet. Only superseded by the House of Commons Scotch, which is somehow even poorer. Really? I found it quite tasty. It's not as good as my beloved Laphroaig, Talisker, or Glenury Royal, but it was still quite smooth, I found. Quote
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted September 7, 2018 Author Paid Members Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) Each to their own, but I find it the exact opposite! I generally palm them off to vague acquaintances or my Uncle Stu, who would struggle to differentiate between Laphroaig 1815 and Toilet Duck. Edited September 7, 2018 by Gus Mears Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 7, 2018 Paid Members Posted September 7, 2018 Looking back on it, it's possible that 1. because I'd been "prepped" about its sourcing and so on, I might have psychosomatically enjoyed it more than it warranted, and/or 2. because it was late in the evening, and had had quite a few beers to drink, anything might have tasted good. But I've had whisky after beer before that tasted worse. Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted September 7, 2018 Paid Members Posted September 7, 2018 16 hours ago, Carbomb said: Yeah, pretty much. Take into account they're a Saath Efrican company, and the pronunciation differential suddenly makes sense. Reminds me of a passage I once read about South African speech patterns, possibly to do with cricketers, possibly in a They Think Its All Over annual. "Dint lit the dog out, there's a lipid in the gidin. Get one of the blicks to get rid of it." Hahahahaha, you daft racist. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted September 7, 2018 Posted September 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Gus Mears said: You are talking cobblers here, Bomber A rare occurrence on here. Quote
CAREBEAR LUVVA Posted September 7, 2018 Posted September 7, 2018 Mild disappointment at Lidl this morning. They didn't have any of these mythical massive Ritters, but I made do with some regular bars - two marzipans and two peppermints, to sort of almost make up the same size. "That'll be enough sweets for the weekend", I thought. I've been home less than five minutes and one of the marzipans has gone already. I also bought a 3-pack of boxers, but (under)crackers are probably more suited to the biscuit thread. Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 7, 2018 Paid Members Posted September 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Keith Houchen said: A rare occurrence on here. I argue my output is overwhelmingly good over bad. Quote
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted September 7, 2018 Author Paid Members Posted September 7, 2018 1 minute ago, Carbomb said: I argue my output is overwhelmingly good over bad. 4 hours ago, Gus Mears said: You are talking cobblers here, Bomber. Quote
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted September 8, 2018 Paid Members Posted September 8, 2018 Dark chocolate is where its at. Never tried one of these Ritter Sport efforts. I normally keep my chocolate in the fridge, (potential can of worms) but I'd probably break my teeth on this thing. Intrigued. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted September 8, 2018 Posted September 8, 2018 Not a chocolate bar, but I was at Cheshire Oaks the other day and stocked up at the Lindt outlet store. Fucking hell, they're lovely. Quote
UK Kat Von D Posted September 8, 2018 Posted September 8, 2018 Dunno if I’m allowed to post in here, but I only eat handmade vegan raw chocolate bars. I used to like Starbars though Quote
Guest Posted October 8, 2018 Posted October 8, 2018 Drifter's never tasted as nice since the move to blue wrappers. Quote
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