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No, that one I haven't tried, but I'll look out for it next time I'm there. Yes, that label is nice.

I'm more of a bitter and IPA man, even if I seem to be drinking mostly Helles and other Euro lagers at the moment. I think it'll be some more of the Newark Helles with supper tonight; it's not bad at all when one keeps the sediment out of one's glass.

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Well, that was not a good day for one's teams. City's (lack of) performance in the morning was followed by the Blue Jays' humiliation in the afternoon: they managed to lose from being 7-1 up halfway through the game. Thus ended their playoff run -- and more than a few picked them as World Series finalists, if not also winners. At least I did find a new (to me) and decent IPA to try out:


I wouldn't call it very hoppy, not as much as I would expect in an IPA, but nonetheless a pleasant drink.

RCB

 

Harrumph! City are certainly driving me to drink... And to add to that, we are getting snow squalls today off Lake Erie. Anywhere between 10-50cm predicted. I'm not ready for winter yet -- though I did buy a new snowblower yesterday. Might need it later on today...

I started this thread mentioning bourride and sauvignon blanc, and so it was again today. A different local winery though -- Featherstone. Food and wine were at the quality level that City should be at.

Various beers possible for the evening pizza: Jever, Karlovacko, Czechvar, Lagunitas, and Wellington County. Not all of them, though that is tempting!

RCB

 

I don't know if tea, however strong, will be enough today...although I will be having some Yorkshire Gold later on. But otherwise, what more appropriate for a refined fool than one (or more) IPA's from a brewery that specialises in IPA's, the Refined Fool Brewery (another Ontario Craft Brewer):



They produce these weird and wonderful brews, well-hopped, strong, and every now and again make up a 6-pack of current offerings.

RCB

 

(Soovin sulle) Õnne ja edu!

(There might be a more modern idiom for wishing you good luck and success, but my Esto. is that of 90 years ago!)

Will it be called the Õllevaat? ("Beer keg") -- Seeing as you've done "Drink" and "Bottle"

There's a nice clip of a bloke skiing down Lühike Jalg (Short Leg) in Tallinn after the recent snowstorms. It's a very narrow, steep "street" -- one side cobblestoned slope, other side steps with larger paving-stone bits in between, with an almost right-angled bend at the bottom -- connecting the Old Town to Toompea Hill. Get it wrong and that gallery window at the bend is just waiting for you...

https://news.err.ee/1608821866/tallinn-street-skier-it-had-been-on-my-bucket-list-for-a-long-time

RCB

 

New Year's Day, thus a bubbly. A good match and win just makes the dinner all that much better!



Featherstone, again; blanc des blancs, classic method, 2016. Very nice indeed, with a Kurdish chicken stew and Kurdish yellow rice.

RCB

 

Would you go so far as to say that, as far as City is concerned, absinthe makes your heart grow fonder?

Choice of Jever, Czechvar, Ottakringer, and Rye River Grapefruit IPA tonight. Pick two, any two...though City's result today would suggest all four would be helpful

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...or a brunette, or a raven-haired enchantress, or... (just remember to keep the wife and girlfriend(s) apart).

Ahem. Back to more important matters: the match and drinks. A nice hoppy IPA is called for, methinks.



RCB