to India. Headed north.
Unfortunately i’ll be India during my birthday. Back next week.
Later!
I got a lil bar in my room, with various stuff , some from over the years.
Still prefer my temp bar in Redang Island!
Anyway, what’s in my bar at d mo:
42 Below Passion Fruit (gift)
Johnnie Walker Green Label
VSOA arrack (Sri Lanka)
Charleston Follies
Absolut Disco & Rock
Oaxaca mezcal
Tuak
Baileys Caramel
Amarula cream
Snake wine (Vietnam, gift)
Hennessy VSOP
Martell Cordon Bleu (gift)
Moet & Chandon champagne (gift)
Some Taiwanese berry wine
Baijiu (distilled rice liquor, China)
Ice rose wine, & cherry wine (China)
Jose Cuervo tequila
Archer’s peach schnapps
Honey mead (Aust)
Blavod black vodka (gift)
Some miniatures
Hip flask
Accessories
The strangest accessory is the one from a backpacking trip to Myanmar. Bought it off some noodle/beer stall in Rangoon:
Charleston Follies is a pretty unique drink in a cool bottle from France. It says “A romantic liqueur full with exotic fruit flavours.” Tastes great over ice. But its not being made anymore.
My birthday is next week, but got an early gift from my housemate Ovidia.
Strangely, its from Tioman Island.
..to add this short clip to my post on Mo & Trish. Taken when they were two years old, as we were arranging luggage before heading to Cameron Highlands. Party kids.
The track is Angel is a Centerfold.
Tested shitloads of interesting beers for some freelance work – writing a beer supplement for New Man mag. Twelve pages worth!
I was handed 30+ different beers to test, from all over the world (but sold here). How nice of the editor.
This is how my fridge looked like:
It was quite an experience. There were many beers that i’ve never had in my life. So i had a beer-tasting party at the pad. Needed back-up yo! Got prettyyy bent.
Am better at appreciating beers now, tho i’m still not a very big lager fan. Definitely prefer ales. I make exceptions for Beer Lao and Chang.
It was a fun assignment. Of all the beers tested, 24 are featured in the mag, ranging from Best Draughts, Best Easy-Drinking Beers to..
In a hurry to get whacked?? Refer to "Beers to Get you There" and choose from five options. This punk is a 10%
Enjoyed the wheat beers the most – Franziskaner, Konig Ludwig and Erdinger Dunkel, a dark wheat beer. The articles are in this month’s issue of New Man.
The beers featured retail from $4 to $22 per bottle.
I hope this is an annual part of the mag! Monthly would be better of course, but there aren’t enough beers here dammit.
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Brain damage: 7.5/10