Live Forum Tasting

[Di Blasi]

Hey Peter, tonight will probably work better than tomorrow night, as there's a concert tomorrow night, and not sure I'm in the mood for 2 weekend nights out, and in the holiday season!! I may stay in tonight. Let's be in touch a little later....

[Muskrat Portage]

Johnathan:
I'll log on at 4:00 pm Winnipeg time, I think it's 11:00 pm DiBlasi time (10pm GMT) and see where we stand.

I'm quite willing to wait until later in the evening to dram, once you are home for the evening. I'll check in as soon as I'm home. Danny in Calgary is interested as is Matt and maybe, if we're very lucky, we'll see Christian, Oldrip, Ganga & M Mikey and mayhaps even, the elusive of late, K-Mile as well. Ian would be a bonus if he's at loose ends tonight, as would everyone else who wants to play.

I'll look for you later this evening...

...I gotta tell you, posting at 8 am, but thinking along the lines of "it's already late afternoon there" is a strain on the old internal clock. It's already 3:30 pm where you are!

Muskrat Portage

[les taylor]

Musky and the sun is going down. It will set very soon.

[Di Blasi]

Looks like I'll be staying in afterall, but not sure what time I'll be on as I'm planning to have some wine and cheese when the woman of the house returns from work.

[Muskrat Portage]

Looks like I'll be staying in afterall, but not sure what time I'll be on as I'm planning to have some wine and cheese when the woman of the house returns from work.

"I'm here, I'm here. Let the bells ring out and the banners fly, I'm here".
Foghorn Leghorn: Buggs Bunny Show
Muskrat

[Ganga]

Looks like I'll be staying in afterall, but not sure what time I'll be on as I'm planning to have some wine and cheese when the woman of the house returns from work.

"I'm here, I'm here. Let the bells ring out and the banners fly, I'm here".
Foghorn Leghorn: Buggs Bunny Show
Muskrat

Where's one of those New Year's Eve party favors when you need one.

I'm just getting ready for the company Xmas party. Will come out to play afterwards.

[Di Blasi]

Hey hey everybody I missed last night, sorry. Had a bit of wine and cheese with the misses when she returned from a full day of work, got around to talking a bit, then got a late night invite to a neighbor's, so never got back on the pc to enjoy the tasting with you all, SORRY again! Let's try and do it another time, I still have the samples. Not tonight, maybe Sunday night? Let's see....

[Muskrat Portage]

I might just drink these babies one evening all alone. The samples are just sitting here by the PC, enticing me...no, be strong, have more coffee, it's morning in Canada...damn! Logic wins yet again. As you are aware DiBlasi, I sure could use a drink right about now!

Muskrat P.

[Di Blasi]

Or a few samples at least! Careful, you can do it! How about this Glenlivet Live Tasting Wednesday evening, Euro time? Any takers? Can you wait til then Muskrat Portage??

[Matt2]

Hi all, I'm really tied up for the next couple of weeks, but let me know if you start a live tasting and I will get the pages setup for you and then I can leave you to it.

I want to organise another one around xmas / new year, will see how things go. Then maybe we can start a regular schedule in the new year...

[Di Blasi]

Sounds great Matt, a holiday tasting, then a regular live tasting setup for the new year, great!

[Ganga]

Christmas tasting?!?!?! Hmm. Want to theme it? Say Christmas Spirit. (I know, that's bad) But seriously, everyone shows up with that spirit or spirits that gives you that warm, Christmas cheer.

[Danny]

A tasting between Xmas and New Years sounds great to me. Hmmm! do I have any fruit cake types, I think so

[hiccy]

What an excellent idea for a thread.

[Di Blasi]

I'm back tasting the Glenlivet 12y now. Damn good whisky, just perfectly hitting the spot, my mood! Fresh, fruity, not too light but easy drinking and enjoyable!

[Muskrat Portage]

I'm back tasting the Glenlivet 12y now. Damn good whisky, just perfectly hitting the spot, my mood! Fresh, fruity, not too light but easy drinking and enjoyable!

Drat! If I'd logged on sooner, I'dve only been 7 hours behind! Having a Springbank 10 and looking for the BBCodes... not here!

Muskrat

[Di Blasi]

Yes, the "Tasting Note" tab is just below and slightly to the right of the "Save Preview Submit" button!! Click it and see what happens!!

[Muskrat Portage]

Yes, the "Tasting Note" tab is just below and slightly to the right of the "Save Preview Submit" button!! Click it and see what happens!!

Yeah, I tried, with disasterous results. Must have run into a "bug" or a "bot".

Musky

[Ganga]

Heya Musky. Xmas Tasting, do we want to do a theme or try for a distillery?

[Di Blasi]

A holiday whisky or Christmas whisky theme would be great. Although distillery is also a fairly wide open theme. Besides, the holiday/Christmas tasting might be too personal, but we could always tell stories too. But wait a minute, damn, I'm leaving town, and won't have online possibilities from Friday afternoon the 21st until the 25th!

[Muskrat Portage]

Heya Musky. Xmas Tasting, do we want to do a theme or try for a distillery?

Ganga:
9 days and counting maybe we should pursue a free pour style tasting with a theme of "What is your Christmas Whisky?" Then everyone who wants could join in with whatever they have for a celebratory dramming. This could lead to a subsequent themed "What did you Score at Christmas" dramming. Followed by "What are you dramming for New Years eve"?
Di Blasi, you'll be away but mayhaps you could drop in on one of the possible three? Anyone else have comments or ideas to pursue on this thread? Maybe we could do the first theme around Friday 21 or Saturday 22 next week? The second could be "Boxing Day" and the third as New Years falls across the globe.
Comments?
Muskrat Portage

[Danny]

Well, being that I have all those days off, I will plan to join in. i think a favorite Xmas dram etc. is a great idea.

[Di Blasi]

Sounds great! We'll leave town, and the online world for a small village of 500 people at the mouth of the Sogn Fjord, beautiful and peaceful and quiet, on Friday the 21st, so I'll miss the first 2, but I should be back in time for the 26th, "second day of Christmas," "Boxing", or Wrestling day, or whatever you all call it in your parts. In the US it's called "the second biggest shopping day of the year!!!"

[Muskrat Portage]

Sounds great! We'll leave town, and the online world for a small village of 500 people at the mouth of the Sogn Fjord, beautiful and peaceful and quiet, on Friday the 21st, so I'll miss the first 2, but I should be back in time for the 26th, "second day of Christmas," "Boxing", or Wrestling day, or whatever you all call it in your parts. In the US it's called "the second biggest shopping day of the year!!!"

JDB: You mean Sogn doesn't have even dialup? I'm celebrating Christmas in Longlac (dig out your Canadian Atlas for that one) and even there we'll have internet access.

Okay, it looks like a Holiday tasting schedule could be set up like this:
1) Dec 21 @ 1900 UK: "Favorite Christmas Dram"
or Dec 22 @ 1900 UK: "Favorite Christmas Dram"
2) Dec 26 all day: "The Whisk(e)y I scored at Christmas?"
3) Jan 1,2008 @0001 all morning: "My New Years Dram"

I'll try to be at both Dec 21 and 22; Boxing Day may just be a login, quick hello and report then off; finally, New Years eve being whenever I crawl home.

Muskrat Portage

[Mr Fjeld]

Sounds interesting. I'll try to join the 26'th too. No such luck on the 21'st and 22'nd as I'm working. As for Christmas whiskies - I think I'll open some sample bottles from Jan which are very very interesting!

[Di Blasi]

Of course there's an internet connection in the little village of a few in Norway, "the most internet connected in the world," or so they say! But the house we're staying in doesn't have it cause it's just a weekend/monthly house belonging to my fiancee's folks. The uncle next door has it, but we won't be there. A few days away from this thing might do me some good. But not to worry, we'll be drinking whisky for sure!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ganga]

Ok, I'm planning on showing up Friday evening and possible Saturday evening. Matt, will we have a nice little place to play? Christmas spirit will be from the Aberlour for me.

[Matt2]

Not as nice as it should be, but here you go.

Favourite Christmas Whisky - 21st December - 7:00pm

[Ganga]

Thanks Matt. Enjoy a whisky this evening.

[Mr Fjeld]

Is the live tasting on the 27'th still on?

[Deactivated Member]

If it is I may bring something rather special along!

[Mr Fjeld]

If it is I may bring something rather special along!

That's a good idea Malty. Looking forward to seing you there

[Di Blasi]

I'm back in town so I may jump in too, we'll see.

[Ganga]

Anyone for ringing in the New Year as it goes across the globe? I'm likely availabe for most of Europe through to California.

[Di Blasi]

Sadly, and not sure how I'll manage, we won't be online at the new place for a few weeks, at least! I'm at the in-laws place luckily now, but dinner soon at back to our place to celebrate. I'll be with you in good spirits Ganga, and all the others too!!!