and Happy Valentine’s, if ur into dat sorta shit.
Lookin for a candle-light gig? Fuggedaboutit do d champagne brunch featured below. I guess i’m romantic like dat. Haha
Salud
O yea..
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Happy CNY!
Happy new year people! Malaysian festivals are sumtin i always look forward to, coz i do ’em all.
Most likely will remain in KL this time, tho its hard to predict. Last year found my ass in goddam Kluang. (If ur ever there, besides coffee, u GOTTA do the nasi ujang. Dope.)
Enjoy them oranges, ba kwa, shandy, beers and cognac!! If u feel i should have some, just drop me a mail!
Now!
Wattup with Scotch
J&B, Dewar’s White Label, Famous Grouse, Ballantine’s. Not really the top brands when u think about Scotch.
But over is Europe & US, blended whisky, sometimes thought of as the less-glamorous cousin of the malts and the premiums, is doing well, including standard blends, ie those under 12 years old. However, whisky consumption is facing pressure from rum.
Good ol' Scotch
Says Drinks International, the best-selling whiskies in the UK are Famous Grouse and Bells, and are considered premium brands there. Some other major Scotch markets and their top whiskies:
Scotland – Not Chivas, not Johnnie Walker, but The Famous Grouse
US – 1. Dewar’s White Label, 2. J&B Rare / Grant’s
Spain – 1. J&B Rare, 2. Ballantine’s Finest
Greece – 1. Johnnie Walker Red Label, 2. Cutty Sark
Norway – 1. The Famous Grouse
Sweden – 1. The Famous Grouse
England – Bell’s
Europe – J&B Rare
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I’ve been liking Dewar’s and J&B lately. Pretty good stuff. Just add water.
Distillers in Scotland are facing competition for their whiskies from countries like Japan (no shit), England (first time making whisky since 1890), America, and India. Whisky authority Jim Murray named 18-year-old Sazerac Rye from Kentucky in America the finest whisky in the world.
Its top billing in Murray’s 2010 Whisky Bible pushed Ardbeg Supernova from Islay (Scotland) into second place, while there was further upset for the scotch industry with his third place choice – it went to a single malt called Amrut Fusion distilled in Bangalore, India. Haha!
Japanese producers have also been enjoying widespread acclaim for their malts, piling up awards and exporting their whiskies around the world, including onto the shelves of UK supermarkets.
In an upset, Bagpiper (India) has very recently overtaken Diageo’s legendary Johnnie Walker (Red Label) as the world’s best-selling whisky! This is due to it being cheap-ass and it’s gotta huge local market. This pushes J&B to third spot.
Haha!
I guess the only stuff we could win awards for here would be toddy & tuak. Well, maybe samsu too.
Beer for bones
Drinking beer gives u healthy bones. Lagers and pale ales are the best for this.
A healthy start for the morning
Aint shittin. A study by Univ of California confirms this. This link was mailed to me by a reader, Eden.
Alcohol was also recently documented to reduce the chance of heart attack by 50%.
All d sweeping prejudices about how booze (in moderation) is bad for you is obviously unfounded. As technology and research continue to improve, they gonna keep discovering more good news about d benefits of alcohol. Haha. Stop eating, start drinking.
Anyway, back to beer. Barley husks contain silicon, which is good for bones, and since barley is the main ingredient for beer, drink beer.
U gotta be pretty dumb to prefer barley husk over beer.
