Northam Saint
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Mermaid Gin and Tonic cheers everyone!
Mermaid Gin and Tonic cheers everyone!
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Armenian cognac Aivazovsky, in honor of the famous marinist Aivazovsky.
halvor
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And a fine specimen of the Vermouth genus to boot.
to Cocchi. (Slightly dependent on use, but I think I’ll have to rate Carpano Antica over it, though.) Hope all is well with you and the family - Happy New Year!
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I’m sorry that it’s taken so long to reply. Happy New Year to you and I hope the family’s well! Did you go to the cabin this Christmas?And a fine specimen of the Vermouth genus to boot.
I’ve finally got a bottle of Carpano Antica Formula coming tomorrow so that I can compare! I really like Cocchi for sweet and Dolin for dry but I’ve gone for Carpano and Noilly Prat this time!
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Current rankings? I’ll definitely stick with Cocchi over Carpano Antica Formula for sweet but the dry battle is more delicately balanced!And a fine specimen of the Vermouth genus to boot.
halvor
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Suppose Cocchi is somewhat fresher, from memory? For Dry, and while I can appreciate a dry sherry, NP beats Dolin for me on basis of a richer mouth feel and, plainly, more taste.
Yup, cabin over Christmas. Not much snow, so didn’t even bring skis, but went ice skating on the frozen lake instead. Made me wish for replacing hockey skates with the kind used for Nordic/tour skating, with longer blades.
How’s the junk lifting going? Grown them pecs and guns?
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The Carpano is absolutely delicious! It’s very rich with lots of vanilla. Very nice as an aperitif but I reckon the Cocchi’s better balanced and less of a bully in the cocktails I’ve mixed both in - negroni, boulevardier, manhattan and martinez. In terms of the dry, I also prefer Noilly Prat over Dolin neat - I did a blind tasting over three nights and it was pretty conclusive. I want to play around with how it behaves in martinis next!Suppose Cocchi is somewhat fresher, from memory? For Dry, and while I can appreciate a dry sherry, NP beats Dolin for me on basis of a richer mouth feel and, plainly, more taste.
Yup, cabin over Christmas. Not much snow, so didn’t even bring skis, but went ice skating on the frozen lake instead. Made me wish for replacing hockey skates with the kind used for Nordic/tour skating, with longer blades.
How’s the junk lifting going? Grown them pecs and guns?
I read that Cocchi has come out with a dry recently that seems to have a nod to the French style but it’ll probably be that little bit too expensive for me! I don’t get through a bottle of dry - especially this time of year - through drinking but I cook with it in place of wine. A 75cl bottle of NP or Dolin is typically £10-12 here whereas Cocchi’s usual 50cl bottle size rubs to £18.
Gym progress was stalled by Covid and Christmas but lifts were progressing nicely! I’ve on leave from work until after Easter and my wife’s gone back to work - taking our inspiration from Scandi m/paternity culture! - so as soon as the baby, toddler and I settle into a consistent routine I’ll be back on it! It doesn’t help that the toddler’s sleep has regressed and is already up for the day at the time I used to get into the garage (0530!).
Your Christmas sounds idyllic! Ours was chaotic and, as ever, involved too much travel and not enough kicking back!
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A colleague’s husband makes this, lovely drop of cider made from local apples locally.
