One of my favourite beers - over in Holt near Devizes on Friday in a Wadsworth pub. Tried the Swordfish for a change - excellent!
The whole cinematic experience at the Dominion Edinburgh knocks the multiples into a cocked hat. Bar, reclining sofas, space, you name it. Seldom venture into any other auditorium. http://www.dominioncinema.co.uk/first-class/
A drop of spring water (def not chlorinated tap water) helps separate the oils from the body of the whisky and so intensify the flavours, especially on peated malts like the fabulous Ardbeg (my current favourite).Less so on milder flavoured drams like Glenfiddich. Edit: Apparently the oil is guaiacol that comes from the charred oak casks used to mature Scotch and has a characteristically sweet, smoky flavour. It's all to do with how it and water are attracted and repelled from water in the whisky. Ethanol tends to collect at the surface and so covers the nose of the guaiacol (simplification) From a Swedish research paper published last August. In the distillery, cask strength whisky, which can be more than 60% alcohol by volume, is typically diluted to 40-45%. The paper, published in the journal Scientific Reports, showed that diluting a whisky from 45% to 27% boosted the density of guaiacol at the surface by more than one third. Other flavour compounds are known to have similar behaviours, Karlsson said, meaning that the findings could explain the benefits of adding water." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06423-5
There's a big 6X tent at the Cropredy festival in Banbury every August. A brilliant way to sit on the grassy bank listening to Fairport Convention and friends.
Got me well and truly confused there Rich. However, one thing I do know, I love a nice single malt, generously poured, two ice cubes swirled round, and then gently sipped. Then repeated several times.
I think the water attaches to the ethanol so that it allows more guaiacol to be released to the surface to be nosed. Summat like that.
I been diligently testing beers for a couple of years. This is the results with a score out of 5 Adnams Southwold 2.9 All 4 One (4 hop lager) 3.0 American IPA (Shipyard) 1.9 Amigos Tequila 2.4 Anchor Porter 4.0 Aspall Suffolk Premium CRU Cyder 3.4 Atlantic Sharps (Rock, Cornwall) 3.2 Aurelio 2.9 Badger Blandford Flyer 0.8 Badger Firkin Fox 3.6 Badger Fursty Ferret 4.0 Badger Fursty Ferret 3.6 Badger Fursty Ferret 3.6 Badger Golden Glory 3.3 Badger Hopping Hare 3.1 Badger Hopping Hare 2.4 Badger Poacher's Choice 3.0 Badger Wild Wader 3.5 Banana Bread Beer 1.3 Bath Ales Golden Hare 3.6 Bath Ales Wild Hare 3.3 Becks * 2 3.2 Becks * 2 2.9 Betty Stogs (Cornwall Skinners) 3.1 Betty Stogs (Cornwall Skinners) 3.9 Birra Moretti L'autentica 4.3 Birra Moretti L'autentica 3.7 Black Sheep Ale 3.5 Black Wych (Wychwood) 3.1 Bombadier English Ale 3.2 Boon Doogle (Ringwood) 3.8 Brakspear (Oxford Gold) 3.4 Broadside 3.8 Brooklyn Lager 2.9 Brothers Toffee Apple Cider 2.6 Brothers Toffee Apple Cider 2.6 Butcombe Bitter 3.3 Butty Bach (Hereford) 3.5 Champion (McEwan's) 2.6 Chaplin & Corks Somerset Vintage 3.3 Citra (Oakham Ales) 2.8 Combined Harvest (Batemans) 3.5 Cumberland / Jennings 3.1 Desperados 1.9 Deuchards 3.6 Dog of Two Heads 3.6 Doombar (Sharps) 3.4 Double Drop (Marstons) 3.1 Dr Thirsty's (Wychwood) 3.6 Everards Original 3.5 Exmoor Gold 3.4 Firebox (RCH Brewery) 3.7 Flagship India Pale Ale (Hook Norton) 3.0 Forty Niner (Ringwood) 3.5 Forty Niner (Ringwood) 3.3 Fuggles & Goldings (Waitrose Duchy) 3.4 Gentleman Jack (Asda) 3.4 Ghost Ship (Adnams) 2.6 Ghost Ship (South Wold) 3.4 Golden Glow (Holden's) 1.3 Golden Pride (Fullers) 2.6 Goose Island (India Pale) 3.0 Guiness Golden Ale 3.2 Henley Gold 0.8 Henney's Dry Cider (Frome Valley) 3.5 Henney's Dry Cider (Frome Valley) 3.5 Hobgoblin (Wychwood) 3.3 Hobgoblin (Wychwood) 2.9 Hobgoblin Gold (Wychwood) 3.0 Hobson's Challenger 1.9 Hogs Back (T.E.A.) 3.5 Honey Dew (Fullers) 3.6 Honey Dew (Golden Organic Ale) 4.1 Honey Dew (Golden Organic Ale) 4.7 Honey Dew (Golden Organic Ale) 4.7 Hooky (Hook Norton) 3.0 Hopping Mad (Woods) 3.1 Hoppy Bitter (Staffordshire) 0.8 HPA Hereford Pale Ale (Wye Valley) 3.1 Innis & Gunn Original (Scot) 2.7 John Smith's Golden Ale 3.3 Kentish Ale (Traditional) 3.8 KEO (Cyprus) 2.0 Leffe (Blonde Bier) 0.8 Little Creatures 3.8 M V Balmoral (Pale Ale) 3.6 Mad Goose Pale Ale 3.2 Old Bob (Ridley's) 2.0 Old Empire IPA (Marstons) 3.6 Old Golden Hen 3.9 Old Golden Hen 4.1 Old Golden Hen 4.1 Old Golden Hen 4.1 Old Henry (Hobsons) 2.9 Old Mout Cider (Passionfruit & Apple) 2.8 Old Peculiar The Legend (Theakston) 2.8 Old Prickly Snuffly Hedge Grogg 3.7 Old Scrooge (Bishops Castle) 2.2 Old Thumper (Ringwood) 3.3 Old Thumper (Ringwood) 2.5 Old Timer (Wadworth) 3.2 Oliver's Island (Fullers) 3.1 Owd Rodger (Marstons) 3.0 Peroni * 4 3.2 Piddle In The Hole (Wyre Piddle) 3.2 Piledriver (Hereford) 3.0 Postman's Knock (Hobsons) 1.9 Proper Job (Cornish IPA) 3.4 Proper Job (Powerfully Hopped) 3.4 Proper Job (St Austell Brewery) 2.9 Rev James 3.6 Rock 'n' Roll Craft Beer (Marshall) 1.1 Ruddles Best 3.4 Sadler's Thin Ice 3.3 Salters Stafford Queen Bee 2.9 Samuel Adams Boston 2.7 Sharps Atlantic (Rock, Cornwall) 3.9 Sharps Atlantic (Rock, Cornwall) 3.7 Sharps Sea Fury 3.9 Sharps Sea Fury 4.1 Shropshire Gold (Salapion) 3.2 Sneck Lifter (Lake District) 2.2 Spitfire (Fullers) 2.4 Spitfire (Kentish Ale) 3.3 St Peters Golden Ale 2.8 Sunrise Golden Ale (Waitrose) 3.7 T.E.A. (Hogs Back) 3.9 Teme Valley "THAT" 3.3 Teme Valley "THIS" 3.8 THIS (Teme Valley) 3.0 Timothy Taylor's Boltmaker 2.7 Timothy Taylor's Landlord 3.5 Timothy Taylor's Landlord 3.5 Titanic White Star 3.8 Tolly English Ale 2.5 Top Totty Blonde Beer 3.1 Tribute (St Austell Pale) 2.6 Trooper (Robinsons) 2.9 Twisted Spire 3.6 Urquell Pilsner 2.1 Victory Ale (Batemans) 3.0 Wainwright Golden Ale 3.6 Warsteiner 2.9 Westons 2015 Vintage 3.6 Whitstable Bay Pale Ale 3.4 Wild Swan Pale Ale 2.3 Wolf Rock (Sharps, Cornwall) 3.6 Wood's Shropshire Lad 3.4 Wood's Shropshire Parish 3.6 Worcester Sorcerer (Lye) 3.3 Worcester Sorcerer (Sadler's) 3.2 Worcestershire Sway (Bewdley) 3.4 Worcestershire Way (Bewdley) 3.2 Wychbold Glory 2.0 XXXB (Batemans) 2.9 Hop Bomb (Sadler's) 3.1 Lemon Dream (Salopian) 3.6 The Golden Beer (wainwright's) 3.6 Ruck & Roll 3.9 Greene King IPA 3.4 Shipyard American IPA 3.2 Old Farts 2.2 London Porter 1.7 Ghost Ship (Adnams) 3.5 Darwin's Origin (Salopian) 3.2 Citrus Pale Ale (Lakehouse Brewery) 3.8 Hen's Tooth (Morland) 3.6 Brugge Tripel 3.4 Raspberry & Nettle (Hooper's) 2.1 Staffe Hendrik 2.9 9 Hop Kent Pale Ale 2.4 Back Hand Smash 2.8 Amber Session Ale (Lakehouse Brewery) 3.3 31 Hop IPA (Butcombe Brewery) 3.7 Piggin' Drunk (steady on - don't get too …) 3.1 Grim Bergen Tripel Triple 0.8 Filou Belgian Ale 2.2 Hollanda 2.4 Badger Golden Champion 3.9 Medussa Ruby Red Ale 3.2 Fairburn Ale (Steam in Lakeland) 3.1 Shagweaver (North Cotswold Brewery) 3.1 Banana Bread Beer 2.1 Blond Witch 3.5 The Tempest (Shakespeare Brewery) 3.5 Bath Ales Gem 2.9 Goose IPA 3.4 PRYL (Belgisk Dobbel) 3.3 Reef Break (Golden Amber Craft) 3.4 Elvish Juice (Brewdog) 2.8 Goliath (Wychwood) 3.6 Board Break (Country Life) 2.6 SommarØl 2.6 Dead Pony Club (Brewdog) 3.3 Hobgoblin Gold (Wychwood) 3.6 King Goblin (Wychwood) 2.5 Saltaire Blonde 3.1 Circadian IPA 3.1 Wild Bill's IPA 2.8 Stairway (Ludlow) 3.1 Great Corby IPA 3.1 Rocking Rudolph 3.5 Gold (Ludlow) 3.2 Flat Cap 2.3
Enjoy the odd bottle of Estrella now and again, or leffe, but not really a lager drinker. more green tea, or prophylactic enzyme shake kinda bloke...
your guess is as good as mine mate.. its normally accompanied with, "pour that down the toilet, cut out the middle man!!!".
