grundlemere

El Dorado 12 and Pusser’s are great! Never sleep on Guyanese rums

Prez would never snitch

I am the cook in the family, bringing many of the superior Southern thanksgiving food traditions to the mid-Atlantic, including braised collards, baked Dijon mac-and-cheese, sautéed green beans and shallots, mashed potatoes rich with cream and rosemary, and of course many French and Northern Italian whites and light reds to accompany. The bird is truly an afterthought, the garishly large modern white turkey bred for yield and docility rather than flavor. My Florida friend will handle the bird, and she swears she has a solution for dry breast meat by roasting the bird upside down for the first three-quarters of the process. She also stuffs the bird, anathema to those of us from Southern latitudes (Florida south of, say, Gainesville, not truly being the South)—we serve our butter-soaked bread dish baked on the side as dressing, not stuffing. I will trust the process to one who loves cooking truly as much as I do and will pass judgment after tasting. Sweet potato, apple, and bourbon pecan pies served with unsweetened whipped cream and hot toddies will finish the meal. Cooking is the theme of the day for me, and we’ll relax later with the brilliant and unsung 1995 Home for the Holidays, set here in that Land of Pleasant Living sometimes called Maryland. After dinner we’ll have some of the late release of Foursquare Bajan Rum and I plan on smoking the first of my two boxes of Ramon Allones No. 2s. With no children in tow this year, the small group, I hope, will choose to stay overnight for rare beer hunting the next morning. Cheers to those who celebrate and push back against the alienation of the contemporary world with friends and family. Company—as Aunt Glady says—what else is there?

When she really loves you, she wears this on special occasions

Hi @FatherOfPugs, DM'd you hoping to get access to the sheet. If you have a moment, can you do another add run? Thanks!

Saw a thread about some fake Cuabas not long ago… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Any further intel on LTO? I just got a nice box of CoLas from there, ENE 21. Was wondering if it was a second MAR code or if anyone had cracked it so far. Probably hard without factory tours.

Question on LME. Got an absolute cracker box of Short de Punch from TAO 19, ordered three more. All from LME ABR 20. Any idea what factory this is and how they're smoking? Don't want to touch them just yet, they're resting.