Port gives me awful hangovers: even the best stuff. When it comes to dessert wines I prefer the high end Rieslings or posh Sauternes; when the budget stretches to such things, that is. Fewer headaches next morning, I find.
Whisky* is my current tipple, along with good wine, good beer, and anything else this side of naphtha that actually tastes mostly unlike petrol: I suppose this could explain the hangovers.
*Laphroaig quarter cask, Ardbeg Supernova, Lagavulin 21 yo, or Talisker 18yo for preference.
Vintage Armagnac from Janneau. 1950 is too pricy, but the '85 is just about affordable as a very rare treat. (£75 per bottle - a smidgeon cheaper than Krug champagne.)
I don't drink much brandy anymore: it's not as bad as port but the headaches rather put me off. Sooner or later I'll no doubt become antipathic to all alcohol in some gradually increasing fashion: I wonder when I'll end up finding that whisky hurts too much. So I drink it while I still can.
'As we get older we do not get any younger' as the poet said. Later on your body will betray you too: it's the getting to that point that we have to celebrate in moderation.
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Whisky* is my current tipple, along with good wine, good beer, and anything else this side of naphtha that actually tastes mostly unlike petrol: I suppose this could explain the hangovers.
*Laphroaig quarter cask, Ardbeg Supernova, Lagavulin 21 yo, or Talisker 18yo for preference.
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I don't drink much brandy anymore: it's not as bad as port but the headaches rather put me off. Sooner or later I'll no doubt become antipathic to all alcohol in some gradually increasing fashion: I wonder when I'll end up finding that whisky hurts too much. So I drink it while I still can.
'As we get older we do not get any younger' as the poet said. Later on your body will betray you too: it's the getting to that point that we have to celebrate in moderation.
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