Last night at Duke’s Corner I sampled the DQ vodka and it was immense. Will definitely look forward to buying a bottle at some point.
This morning I was digging through old posts, spotting errors etc when I noticed one about Blackwoods going into administration.
It appears they have licenced their vodka to Blavod
I repeat, Blackwoods vodka [...]
I couldn’t really figure up a good way to post about random stuff from the trip to London so will start off with the food.
Friday
On the Friday we arrived in the afternoon so we only really ate out for tea. With the hotel we were given a voucher for various Hotel owned outlets. We opted [...]
On a trip to the Ferry on Saturday I popped into Aitkens Wine. Looking at their vodka shelves I noticed 3 bottles of Blackwood Vodka.
Yoink.
I had a bottle before after searching for a few years and it was gorgeous. Later spotted some in a wine shop in Edinburgh for £20. Thought sod that and now [...]
Most will know me as a fan of Tonics Mo of all Fo’s.
At the weekend I discovered an even better burger though and in a surprising place.
Dronley Produce have had Scotch Bonnet peppers in which have been gorgeous. I took one down town to the Grill Room (nee Kennedy’s) thinking I could get it added [...]
Saturday nights tea was another attempt at home made curry from scratch. Unfortunately we had not separated the chicken breasts before freezing them so I had to defrost the whole pack. I now had to make a monster curry. It was an improvement on before, sweeter and not as runny sauce but it still wasn’t [...]
I decided to do something with the pile of cookbooks we have acquired and made a couple of new dishes.
Quesedillas
One of the great starters we had in Mexico was quesedillas. These generally had chicken, cheese and salsa in them. Cooked on a hotplate, basically a Mexican version of Cheese on toast. Having checked out cookbook [...]
Yesterday we were walking up from Morningside to Marchmont and saw a fancy booze shop. Saw Blackwoods vodka in window, ooooh! Unfortunately it was £19! Outrageous but also, I later found out, discontinued. Crossed road and spotted Oddbins. Cogs started wheelin’ so I popped in.
Spotted a lone Reyka vodka reduced to £16.19.
How many bottles of [...]
In Glasgow and the shop that I used to buy SKYY no longer stocks it. In Edinburgh the next week and not only did the swanky hotel only have Vladivar (at four bloody pounds!), Oddbins have been having trouble buying in Reyka.
If Brown’s ridiculous use of anti-terrorism laws against Iceland have stopped this beautiful drink [...]
I have started throwing up some quick vodka reviews. More will follow as I can be bothered. Some vodkas I haven’t had in a while so will need to buy again so as to take a picture of the bottle. Others I don’t want to buy again (Stoly I’m looking at your overrated ass).
Tried a [...]
Russian Standard has been heavily advertised in the media lately*. Tesco for a while were punting it at £25 for 2 litres which is pretty good. It has quite a nice flavour to it so I try to make sure I have a bottle in (although I don’t just now).
Volume: 1L
Alcohol: 40%
Cost: £12.50
Cheapest spotted: £12.50/litre [...]
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