What's your favourite campfire tipple?

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I'm fond of the drink so I always take something for an overnighter. Beer is my favourite, but I have drunk wine in emergencies.

What drives me mad is that if I’m with others on a sea kayaking trip (especially people who say they don’t drink much) - I have to take enough drink for them; because ill have to share it with them anyway -regardless of whether or not I've asked them in advance if I should bring some for them. Otherwise Id be left short of my recommended daily intake. I end up with an overloaded boat and choosing which items to leave behind.
 
Jon Pickett said:
Oh, just water for me please.... ;)


I haven't laughed like that in ages Jon :lmao:

Lots of Stella for me....oooh....oooh and maybe some Wild berry Vodka or Sloe gin and a bit of scotch or rum and wine if there's nothing else..........eeeeeerm cider...................... :rolleyes: ;) :) :D
 
The Joker said:
I haven't laughed like that in ages Jon :lmao:

Lots of Stella for me....oooh....oooh and maybe some Wild berry Vodka or Sloe gin and a bit of scotch or rum and wine if there's nothing else..........eeeeeerm cider...................... :rolleyes: ;) :) :D
Lol........We would drink out of puddles, if they had alcohol in, wouldn't we.....
 
The Joker said:
Do they not then............................. :( :banghead: :eek:
We must have words mate......No puddles do not contain alcohol......You need to add spagnum moss, dandelion and yarrow root to make them alcoholic......
 
Gregorach has rep. Caol Ila is an angel crying on your tongue. Try the single cask 40 year old. Its was a large bonus well spent...once in a life time, drunk watching the sun set over a Norfolk Broad whilst a Kingfisher caught minnows. Shared in reverend silence with a close friend and made all the more special when the night watch (pipistrelles) took over on the hunt. A precious memory amongst many quiet times in the wild.

Red
 
Everything and anything - except straight gin, the drink of the desparate! Don't get me wrong Sloe or rasberry gin is great but straight gin (sorry all you dutch folk) yeuch!
 
John Fenna said:
Everything and anything - except straight gin, the drink of the desparate! Don't get me wrong Sloe or rasberry gin is great but straight gin (sorry all you dutch folk) yeuch!
I am with you on that John, gin smells like perfume....Yuk.....But sloe gin, esp Andyn's is fab.....
 
Jon Pickett said:
We must have words mate......No puddles do not contain alcohol......You need to add spagnum moss, dandelion and yarrow root to make them alcoholic......
Sounds very interesting. Any chance of a tutorial? :lmao:
 
British Red said:
Gregorach has rep. Caol Ila is an angel crying on your tongue. Try the single cask 40 year old. [...]

:eek: Me want! Never even seen that one - is it one of the standard bottlings, or one of those Douglas Laing / Rare Malts / Whisky Society specials?
 
Jon Pickett said:
Oh, just water for me please.... ;)

That sounds like a cue for a song... ;)

"Water is the strong stuff,
It carries whales and ships.
But water is the wrong stuff,
Don't let it past your lips.
It rots your books,
Wets your suits,
Puts aches all in your bones.
Dilute the stuff with whisky,
Aye, or leave it well alone."

:D
 
It was certainly a special bottling but whose I can't recall. I bought it in Simpkins and James in Leicester (whisky and brandy specialist shop) and it was a 3 figure sum many years ago :o. The shop is well worth a visit though - the two guys who run it were forever saying to me

"Would you like to try a nip of this 21 yo Talisker" and the like. I mean..do I **** in the woods? :D

Red
 

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