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Title: Happy New year.
Post by: Oldtimer on December 30, 2014, 05:00:11 PM
As I missed out with the greetings of Christmas I thought I would be first to wish every Thumperman a Happy New Year.
Special thanks to everyone who has helped me out over the past year.
Regards Mike
Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: themoudie on December 31, 2014, 12:33:22 AM
Aye Mike

If the rain doesn't dowse the enthusiasm, maybe waving blazing birch besoms tightly wrapped with tarred cloth in Comrie tomorrow night and then casting them into the River Earn of the bridge so as to take away the evils of 2014.
Have a grand Hogmanay and the link below may be of interest.

Press&Journal_Hogmanay (https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/islands/orkney/442671/undefined-headline-596/?piano_t=1)

Slainte, Bill
Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: timbo on December 31, 2014, 07:26:18 PM
Happy New Year! I wonder will any of this cider be left by the end of April  :P

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Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: Oldtimer on January 01, 2015, 01:43:51 PM
Quote from: timbo on December 31, 2014, 07:26:18 PM
Happy New Year! I wonder will any of this cider be left by the end of April  :P
If it's ready fer drinkin yer gotter get it drunk !!!!!!
Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: steveD on January 01, 2015, 03:48:28 PM
Oi Tim, and of course Alison, Happy new year but you'll be for it if there's no samples left when we come over next! :o
Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: Andy M on January 01, 2015, 05:35:06 PM
I am sipping best Jenever with lime from my own garden. Not a bad start to a year.

Have a fun and safe one.

Happy New Year

Andy
Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: Steffan on January 02, 2015, 05:20:58 PM
Where on earth do you source Old jenever (fine tipple that)?

Happy New Year to everyone!!
Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: Andy M on January 02, 2015, 07:33:04 PM
Quote from: Steffan on January 02, 2015, 05:20:58 PM
Where on earth do you source Old jenever (fine tipple that)?



This one was all that remained from a works thing via Schipol. It's replacement, to go with this years lemons ands limes was from Selfridges , a souvenir from my hols. Going to Schipol is madly the most sensible way, £14 from toytown airstrip at this time of year.

Andy
Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: Oldtimer on January 03, 2015, 04:53:24 PM
Quote from: Steffan on January 02, 2015, 05:20:58 PM
Where on earth do you source Old jenever (fine tipple that)?

Happy New Year to everyone!!
Have a look on Amazon they have a good variety.
Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: timbo on January 05, 2015, 08:27:17 PM
Yet again i'm furthering my education thanks to Thumper Club members! I had never heard of Jenever before. Such a philistine  :P I'm still a bit confused to be honest, is it a kind of mixture of gin and fortified wine? (Just discovered that if you drink it along with beer as a chaser, its called Koptoot, which translates as Headbutt. Sounds like a night out  ;)
Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: Propellor on January 05, 2015, 10:04:16 PM
Quote from: timbo on January 05, 2015, 08:27:17 PM
......its called Koptoot......

Sounds, like a refusal to drink it! Wussed out like.
Title: Re: Happy New year.
Post by: Andy M on January 06, 2015, 07:35:15 AM
It's a sort of prototype gin made from malt when stills were pretty basic. A far better idea than vinegar IMHO. Comes in Oude (old) which has the Juniper/bitter/stronger taste and Jonge (young) which is smoother, from more advanced stills and a bit more like Vodka.

As someone who tries to read Dutch using a limited English/German vocabulary, putting on a Geordie or Barnsley accent does actually help (like). I guess somebody's great granddad owned something more waterproof than a bicycle!

Andy