Beer!

[MacDuff]

I have to admit that the English produce beer that is better suited to my palate than the rather sweet Scottish ones - and as a Rugby player I downed plenty of both. So, I can hardly wait to down a pint of Shepherd Neame bitter in Kent. The essence of tradition having been made with water from one well at Faversham by the same family for over 200 years. As we will be visiting friends and relatives in the heart of the Highland malt area I think I could pass on the Metaxa. But, not on the Mythos. I am receiving e-mails from the UK warning me about the traffic and road conditions - for example, I was thinking that Ashford (Kent) to Scarborough would take about 5-6 hours, but am told I am optimistic. It's four years since I last drove in Scotland and six since last driving in the south of England.

[snapperjon]

MacDuff, Google Maps 'get directions' function say 303 miles and 5 hours, 35 minutes. It's usually quite accurate I've found.

I've had a couple of bottles of Mythos from our local Morrisons, but it isn't right somehow. It's the best drink in the world when taken ice cold after a climb up the Kali when it's 40C, but here from now on I'll stick to traditional Somerset Peroni.

[snoopy2]

A Kir Royale in Paris, a jug of San Miguel on Repulse Bay in Hong Kong, an ice cream in Red Square, a Mythos on Symi - they all rank up there and non will taste as good as it did in its setting - but hey - a cold Mythos on a hot day in Scotland comes a good second!!

[Kon]

[quote="snoopy2"]

A Kir Royale in Paris, a jug of San Miguel on Repulse Bay in Hong Kong, an ice cream in Red Square, a Mythos on Symi - they all rank up there and non will taste as good as it did in its setting - but hey - a cold Mythos on a hot day in Scotland comes a good second!!
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Lol i like that Snoopy.

[snoopy2]

Thanks Kon. Hope your family are well - little one must be catching up on your eldest now?

[John H]

[quote="snapperjon"]

I've had a couple of bottles of Mythos from our local Morrisons, but it isn't right somehow. It's the best drink in the world when taken ice cold after a climb up the Kali when it's 40C, but here from now on I'll stick to traditional Somerset Peroni.
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I know it's sacrilege to most people on here, but I prefer the Amstel to the Mythos when I'm on Symi. But I noticed that the Mythos on sale here was only 4.7% alcohol. Wasn't it always 5%? If so, quite apart from not drinking it on Symi maybe that's why it doesn't taste quite right.

[Kojak]

Don't forget Alpha beer - very tasty... and I had Fix beer, which I hadn't tasted since the very early 1980s.

[snoopy2]

Amstel, Alpha - Whatever - a cold Mythos on a Symi beach???????????? Yee cannae whack it!!!

[Olga]

Whilst we are on the subject of alcohol, Who drank all the GIN. We arrived on the 23rd, and as we were staying up-top for a change,(very far up top in the Sevasti)I thought I would have a bottle of gin (for emergency use only of course).Not one of the supermarkets in Horio had any!!! I was wondering if Kojak and company had changed their drinking habits? there was no bottled Mythos for a few days either, but Taxas had some when we finally made it down to Yialos a couple of days later.

[Kojak]

Not guilty!.. well maybe a little guilty about the Mythos. It was nothing personal, Olga, I was merely trying my best to help the local economy... ops:

[MacDuff]

Mankind has been very clever at producing alcholic beverages that particularly suit the climate and conditions of the area of production. One can think of many examples of this, but in my experience none quite meets drinking malt whisky on the top of the Cabrach in January at lunchtime, when out shooting white hares in blinding sleet, that is what malt whisky was made for! As information I should add that the white hares ended up in Fochabers to be made into game soup by Baxters.

[MacDuff]

WANTED ........ MORE BEER!