A Beverage-based Blog
   

       

Hi, this is a blog I put together quickly so that my girlfriend and I could post our thoughts on some of the things we drink. Right now, this is heavily centred around alcoholic beverages, but it might some day even encompass other beverages we enjoy, such as tea and coffee. Of course, the opinions expressed here are our own and may very significantly differ from yours (it's all a matter of taste, isn't it?), but, whether you agree or disagree with us, I hope it will be useful in some way, if only to introduce you to drinks or brands you didn't know existed. If you should have any comment on what you read here, please feel free to drop me a note at smassy at sdf dot lonestar dot org.

For context's sake, know that we are currently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where we arrived from Montreal in August 2005; hence, when we refer to something as local, it more or less means NS or, at its broadest, the Atlantic provinces. It also means that all prices reported here are in Canadian currency, unless otherwise specified. Price are also non-inclusive of taxes (15% in Canada), once again, unless otherwise specified. But that's boring stuff…

Click on any category or subcategory to read entries more relevant to your interests and tastes. Happy drinking!



Sunday, October 30 2005

Tea and Rye

Here's another weird one… Today, we were having some generic English Blend tea (for some reason, it's actually called Tai Fu: How very English!), and we decided to put a little bit of that Seagrams rye we had used for the hot-chocolate. Well, believe it or not, it actually ended up tasting like berries. The strangest thing in this is that this tea is fairly strong and stringent (with lots of Assam characteristics), and the rye is fairly oaky, and little else: so how could the blend taste like berries? No idea… In any case, it tasted slightly odd, but it was not at all unenjoyable, as the taste was reasonably light.

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