Daily chat thread 19th June (I couldn't find one!)

boredofbeingathome

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

exactly why it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tempting to go back.

i love teaching its all the crap that goes with it I can't stand.

xx

Ah there speaks a kindred spirit, i will now have a cognac and think of you:beer:

Gemmzie

meyore wrote: »

Where are you planning on going to/from?

Newquay to Barcelona

poorandindenial

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

I just realised, mine is a calvados brandy which is apple based. Cognac is grape based, then there is peach and cherry brandy....Phew knew i read it right on the bottle...now the thing is, do i have a peach one next? Or a cognac? decisions, decisions..the cognac is a 5 star one so.....

write the names of all the brandies you have knocking about on bits of paper, put in a hat (or other container) and then pick out and have that one, repeat as required

SuzySu

According to Google.....Brandy refers to a range of dry-to-sweet spirits distilled from various fruits. It also applies specifically to dry grape brandy, the finest of which is Cognac, from the French region of the same name.

There is also apple brandy, apricot brandy and blackberry brandy.

I wonder what blackberry brandy & coke tastes like..!!

Drink anyone??

skint_spice

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

I just realised, mine is a calvados brandy which is apple based. Cognac is grape based, then there is peach and cherry brandy....Phew knew i read it right on the bottle...now the thing is, do i have a peach one next? Or a cognac? decisions, decisions..the cognac is a 5 star one so.....

cognac every time! or does that count as mixing your drinks?

poorandindenial

All you ever wanted to know about brandy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandy

(the only one I like is cherry)

meyore

Gemmzie wrote: »

Newquay to Barcelona

Sounds like a nice break, always wanted to go there. Didn't know Ryanair went from Newquay though.

boredofbeingathome

If you want a good drink, brandy and babycham is a knockout...literally.
Gemmzie, barcelona is fairly cheap from airport and it has one of the best duty free shopping villages i have been in.
last year it was 25 euros from airport to the university, where our apartments were near. There is a regular bus service for about 10 euros. if there are a few of you it works out cheaper with the taxi.

boredofbeingathome

I am just having the 5 star cognac...mmmm. I did see on ISOMs thread a make your own cherry brandy, sluuurrppp.

i haven't had a drink since a party thread ages ago. I decided to open some brandy i bought back from portugal about three years ago...tastes even better for the waiting as well.

boredofbeingathome

poorandindenial wrote: »

write the names of all the brandies you have knocking about on bits of paper, put in a hat (or other container) and then pick out and have that one, repeat as required

I am doing, have picked cognac....how fortunate.
I was also thinking about a nice coffee with some squirty cream on the top!!:o