The mention of tea brought back to our minds something else that’s relatively close to Scotland in the form of an Irish Gin (Drumshanbo) the result not being stellar, however that was made with tea prepared in a way that likened it to gunpowder. Here however we have Ceylon tea which might mean something to you. What means something to us is what the contents of the bottle bring – which is good, but there’s a catch.
Liberte Table Beer: 8.0 – Named for the place i got it and as far as what you want from a table beer this is near perfect. The best beer in the world this is not, but then it doesn’t need to be.
Price Average: $6
Website: http://liberte.scot/
Dark Island: 7.0 – The word here is rich. The aging here is done perfectly but this beer has a gravitas and opulence to it. This is a once in a month kind of beer, but it’s still a good one.
Price Average: $6
Website: http://www.orkneybrewery.co.uk/
Before we delve into another month or so of scotch (we went to Scotland, fight us. Good news is it will end with a distillery tour of Oban, including special versions!) we’ll first review a gin. From Scotland. What we didn’t feel like going that far.
Vladivar – baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me, no more. (Not apologizing for that joke because it was awesome). We said that there would be more gin on this UK trip and trust me there will be a month of gin reviews. Before we dive into that though we needed to talk about this vodka. It was a random buy for a vodka sauce (no seriously) which explains why it looks like a cheap random old USSR country vodka.
