Brandy and Cigars: Off topic thread

The Black Oil · 23-11-2019 10:55pm

D'Agger wrote: »

I've assignments due the next two weeks so naturally I've started watching a new TV show - Succession - good cast & quite funny at times

Very good show and cast, as you point out. Some nice additions in its second season too.

Recent adventures in TBO country.

Someone damaged my car. I wasn't there at the time, and he tried to feck off, but he's coughed up the money now alright. :mad: He was just a bit careless.
PFO email after a job interview. :P Ah well.
Trying to work up the courage to ask a woman out.

Have been talking to her for ages, including at running this morning.

Christmas shopping, anyone? :pac:

Barna77 · 23-11-2019 11:19pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

Trying to work up the courage to ask a woman out.

Christmas shopping, anyone? :pac:

Don't know what's that about ha ha
Edit: see, I have a date today aaahhh

And hell no to Christmas shopping ...

ToxicPaddy · 25-11-2019 1:25am

The Black Oil wrote: »

Christmas shopping, anyone? :pac:

Just about to start. Sussing out what to get a few family members and Amazon will be getting a hammering come next Friday (Payday).

Not going overboard on the Xmas shopping this year as its been an expensive year with the new gaff. I've even forgone even buying myself anything in the black Friday sales this year.

ToxicPaddy · 05-12-2019 7:40am

This little reunion died as quickly as it started.

D'Agger · 05-12-2019 9:52pm

I'd like to say I've been busy organising for Christmas but there's no tree up and I've no presents bought

I have sorted trips out though, Limerick for new years & Dublin for the May BH weekend to see two of my favourite acts - Lane 8 on Saturday & Bon Iver on Sunday. Carrying 5 days holidays forward to next year so hoping to organise a nice trip, thinking Italy or Bali. Bali would be the preference to just do nothing but chill out for 10 days or so

Pawwed Rig · 05-12-2019 11:15pm

Xmas tree up, decorations up, Xmas dinner organised and trip see Santa is on Sunday

ToxicPaddy · 06-12-2019 12:41am

Presents bought, NYE sorted, gin being bought tomorrow for Xmas. Just need tree and decorations.

Pawwed Rig · 06-12-2019 7:18am

Hmmm Gin. Now there is a good idea. Any recommendations bearing in mind I will be in a duty free over the next 2 weeks?

D'Agger · 06-12-2019 4:17pm

Dingle Gin (*promotes Kerry economy)

TBF it's really nice and floral, best I've had anyway

Any recommendations for Whiskey, will probably go for a bottle of Green Spot for the house / myself this Christmas

Jurgen The German · 06-12-2019 4:20pm

D'Agger wrote: »

Dingle Gin (*promotes Kerry economy)

TBF it's really nice and floral, best I've had anyway

Any recommendations for Whiskey, will probably go for a bottle of Green Spot for the house / myself this Christmas

Red Breast 12 year old, nicest one I've ever drank.

akelly02 · 06-12-2019 4:23pm

whats the nicest affordable brandy on the market these days gents . im told anything spanish is usually a good bet?

D'Agger · 06-12-2019 4:38pm

Jurgen The German wrote: »

Red Breast 12 year old, nicest one I've ever drank.

€93 is a bit much for me, I'd draw the line at 70...unless there's places with discounts, I'm only looking on Celtic Whiskey

Jurgen The German · 06-12-2019 5:30pm

D'Agger wrote: »

€93 is a bit much for me, I'd draw the line at 70...unless there's places with discounts, I'm only looking on Celtic Whiskey

RB 12 is about 60/65 in the likes of dunnes or tesco.

D'Agger · 06-12-2019 5:43pm

Jurgen The German wrote: »

RB 12 is about 60/65 in the likes of dunnes or tesco.

Well that changes things! Nice one Jurgen!

Anybody at anything for the weekend?

Pawwed Rig · 06-12-2019 6:23pm

Hijacks my gin question with a whiskey question. What a dick move

and whiskey is disgusting

Jurgen The German · 06-12-2019 6:51pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Hijacks my gin question with a whiskey question. What a dick move

and whiskey is disgusting

Gin is for old ladies and alcos.

:pac:

I like gin but a nice whiskey is hard bate, Jameson, ginger and lime in the summer, a little red breast neat in the winter. Magnificent.

Pawwed Rig · 06-12-2019 7:17pm

Jurgen The German wrote: »

Gin is for old ladies and alcos.

I am not a lady.

That is all

Barna77 · 07-12-2019 1:10am

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

and whiskey is disgusting

How dare you

ToxicPaddy · 07-12-2019 2:32pm

akelly02 wrote: »

whats the nicest affordable brandy on the market these days gents . im told anything spanish is usually a good bet?

My sister swears by Cardenal Mendoza brandy. Not easy to get in Ireland so I usually pick a bottle or two when over in Spain. But you can get it on Amazon.es delivered to Ireland.

[url] https://www.cardenalmendoza.com/en/sherry-brandy/cardenal-mendoza-solera-gran-reserva[/url]

As for Gin I always go for Hendricks, The Botanist and Whitley Neill.

Another option is Malfy Lemon Gin or Blood Orange gin, very nice and not sickly sweet like some flavoured gin.

D'Agger · 09-12-2019 1:39pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Hijacks my gin question with a whiskey question. What a dick move

and whiskey is disgusting

I think you'll find I answered your question first PR and it received zero objections, just get the Dingle Gin it's the job

Whiskey can be disgusting but it can also be downright delicious - Green spot is lovely altogether

Panthro · 09-12-2019 4:42pm

We're moving house next weekend so I see no reason to put up a tree until the 20tg December... But I don't rule the roost on that one!

The Black Oil · 09-12-2019 7:38pm

I assume BK drinks something called Double Homework, Liquid Blackboard or Teacher's Powder Keg. :pac:

Panthro, good luck with the move. Santa have your new address?

Pawwed Rig · 09-12-2019 8:15pm

D'Agger wrote: »

I think you'll find I answered your question first PR and it received zero objections, just get the Dingle Gin it's the job

There was a Dingle promo in our local recently and it did go down well. Hopefully it is in the duty free.

D'Agger · 09-12-2019 9:39pm

Putting up the tree tomorrow in a continuation of my weekend spent avoiding my last two assignments

ToxicPaddy · 10-12-2019 9:46am

Bought a new tree on Sunday, one of the very realistic looking but fake ones.

I think might have slightly underestimated how big it was as it didn't look that big in the shop

The feckin thing is nearly 140cm wide at the bottom and 230cm high, its taking over half the room. :eek:

I think we are going to need more decorations

:D:D

ToxicPaddy · 10-12-2019 9:47am

D'Agger wrote: »

Putting up the tree tomorrow in a continuation of my weekend spent avoiding my last two assignments

I feel your pain D'Ag, but believe me, but get them finished now and you can really let the hair down over Xmas and go buck mad

ToxicPaddy · 10-12-2019 9:54am

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

There was a Dingle promo in our local recently and it did go down well. Hopefully it is in the duty free.

Its in Duty free in Dublin airport but the Loop isnt a cheap as they make it out to be, I actually found some stuff there to be more expensive than in shops in Dublin city centre. So do youe homework before you go PR.

Glendalough Gin is lovely too as is the good aul Gunpowder Gin. Another one to consider is No.5 Gin from Blackwater, very nice.

Glendalough currently on special in O'Briens for €30

Gunpowder is approx €40 a bottle in both O'Briens and Tesco

Blackwater, a smaller bottle, 50cl but again on special in lots of places for €25 a bottle

If you can get any of those cheaper in the duty free, I'll send in my order

D'Agger · 10-12-2019 12:17pm

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

I feel your pain D'Ag, but believe me, but get them finished now and you can really let the hair down over Xmas and go buck mad

Technically speaking, I could go buck mad and not do the assignments until I'm at the pin of my collar

Nah I'll start Wednesday and try to nail into it for the next two weeks. There'll be a few nights out in between alright but it's always just a case of starting, once you get into a 'flow state' then headway will be made

BonsaiKitten · 12-12-2019 8:34pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

I assume BK drinks something called Double Homework, Liquid Blackboard or Teacher's Powder Keg. :pac:

Mate, this week and next I'll drink anything I can get my hands on!

Hope all's well with you guys. I got the classroom tree decorated on Monday and have struggled to look at my home tree at all after that experience..

Pawwed Rig · 12-12-2019 11:27pm

We had a parent teacher meeting the other day and I realised that my 5 year olds teacher is closer to his age than she is to mine.
Feeling old

D'Agger · 13-12-2019 2:45pm

Tree Watch: My tree is still not up

Aiming for Sunday

Pawwed Rig · 13-12-2019 3:05pm

D'Agger wrote: »

Tree Watch: My tree is still not up

Aiming for Sunday

It would grow quicker

The Black Oil · 13-12-2019 5:25pm

D'Agger wrote: »

Tree Watch: My tree is still not up

Aiming for Sunday

Special planning permission needed in the Kingdom?

D'Agger · 13-12-2019 6:38pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

It would grow quicker

I'd acutally prefer to do that, set down a little potted plant in October rather than putting together a plastic yoke

The Black Oil wrote: »

Special planning permission needed in the Kingdom?

Living in Cork so as a Kerryman yes....I need a permit because Cork people don't like sharing things, even holiday spirit

BonsaiKitten · 13-12-2019 9:34pm

Strange to think of you having a five year old PR. Would you like help translating reports from teacher-ese when the time comes?

D'Agger wrote: »

I'd acutally prefer to do that, set down a little potted plant in October rather than putting together a plastic yoke

Fine as long as you don't plant it. My parents planted the first Christmas tree they got together...the ****er is now so big,my dad's afraid to chop it. Past a certain height it didnt even look good!

ToxicPaddy · 14-12-2019 12:51am

Nah the whole cleaning up needles every second day put me off real trees, so a decent fake one does the job. Just don't do what I did and get one with a metal frame, fuppin thing weighs a ton. No clue how I'm getting it into the attic after Xmas :rolleyes:

BK, my parents did something that years ago with trees along the driveway up to the house. Looked great until they reached about 50 feet tall and blocked out all the sun light getting into the bloody house. Cost them a small fortune to get them all cut down a couple of years ago.

Pawwed Rig · 14-12-2019 4:27am

BonsaiKitten wrote: »

Strange to think of you having a five year old PR. Would you like help translating reports from teacher-ese when the time comes?!

His proudest moment this year is that he was beside his teacher in the class photo. He loves her. She is very good and enthusiastic about all tasks.

Stranger for me. Have a 3 year old too who is Infinitly harder to please

D'Agger · 14-12-2019 3:28pm

BonsaiKitten wrote: »

Fine as long as you don't plant it. My parents planted the first Christmas tree they got together...the ****er is now so big,my dad's afraid to chop it. Past a certain height it didnt even look good!

That's adorable stuff out of mamma & pappa BK all the same

D'Agger · 17-12-2019 2:40pm

Treewatch: Tree is up since Sunday night, so is the crib which I'm very proud of

Any wine recommendations for Christmas, might get a few bottles for my dad / drinking at home

Pawwed Rig · 17-12-2019 3:11pm

Have you ever tried Coole Swan? Seriously delicious alternative to Baileys

Padraig Mor · 17-12-2019 6:54pm

D'Agger wrote: »

Treewatch: Tree is up since Sunday night, so is the crib which I'm very proud of

Any wine recommendations for Christmas, might get a few bottles for my dad / drinking at home

Tesco doing Faustino V (note, not VII, or I) Rioja for €10 at the moment. That alone is a good deal, but add on the 25% off six bottles of wine promotion now on and you're getting it for €7.50 a pop - that's a hell of a deal. Lidl usually get in some Bordeaux specials this time of year as well - mostly around €10, and hard to go wrong with them.

D'Agger · 18-12-2019 8:54am

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Tesco doing Faustino V (note, not VII, or I) Rioja for €10 at the moment. That alone is a good deal, but add on the 25% off six bottles of wine promotion now on and you're getting it for €7.50 a pop - that's a hell of a deal. Lidl usually get in some Bordeaux specials this time of year as well - mostly around €10, and hard to go wrong with them.

25% off 6 bottles....job, I got a wine rack ages ago and the most bottles I've managed to store in it is 3

akelly02 · 18-12-2019 10:13am

What do guys make of martel brandy ?

18-12-2019 10:28am

Man that's a fun coincidence. Back when I was drinking more someone in my circles ordered a Martel and Baileys. Intrigued by how specific and order it was - I tried it and it was my drink of choice for a few months after that.

Anyway for the first time in a long long time I ordered it last night! So nice little connection there.

Had a bit more to drink than usual last night though so suffering now. Did a "magic" stage performance at a mates large Christmas Parties last night and went really well. Basically he was so sick of me saying I can work out how most magic is done (most) he decided to get me to put up or shut up and do a performance. So I did an almost 1:1 copy of this between the band and the DJ. Did not have to pay for a drink all night after it. Ouchie.

akelly02 · 18-12-2019 10:45am

Deleted User wrote: »

Man that's a fun coincidence. Back when I was drinking more someone in my circles ordered a Martel and Baileys. Intrigued by how specific and order it was - I tried it and it was my drink of choice for a few months after that.

Anyway for the first time in a long long time I ordered it last night! So nice little connection there.

Had a bit more to drink than usual last night though so suffering now. Did a "magic" stage performance at a mates large Christmas Parties last night and went really well. Basically he was so sick of me saying I can work out how most magic is done (most) he decided to get me to put up or shut up and do a performance. So I did an almost 1:1 copy of this between the band and the DJ. Did not have to pay for a drink all night after it. Ouchie.

weird coincidence alright, i wont be opening it till xmas day, and i already have the baileys at the ready ( €10 in centra !!!)

always loved brandy and baileys, a very expensive round however.

if you are that good at magic, make the hangover go away !!

18-12-2019 10:46am

akelly02 wrote: »

if you are that good at magic, make the hangover go away !!

Working on it

but my approach is more culinary than illusionary when dealing with hang overs. Salty Bacon features heavily.

akelly02 · 18-12-2019 11:29am

Deleted User wrote: »

Working on it but my approach is more culinary than illusionary when dealing with hang overs. Salty Bacon features heavily.

my motto is , if you can eat, you're not that bad :P

Knex* · 18-12-2019 1:27pm

D'Agger wrote: »

Treewatch: Tree is up since Sunday night, so is the crib which I'm very proud of

Any wine recommendations for Christmas, might get a few bottles for my dad / drinking at home

Tesco often have Apothic red for a tenner, which is hands down one of my favourite wines.

Barna77 · 22-12-2019 12:29am

Worst landing ever. Two tries due to very strong winds.

I can relax now

D'Agger · 22-12-2019 8:53pm

Barna77 wrote: »

Worst landing ever. Two tries due to very strong winds.

I can relax now

Cork? Because every landing in Cork Airport is a bad landing

"let's build the airport up there on a massive hill which happens to be my local constituency" - Jack Lynch (1960something)

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