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After many years of waiting, I finally got the opportunity to do something involving food and drink from a vantage point high up in The Shard - official reigning champion for the 'most Mordor looking building in London awardâ (disclaimer: this competition does not exist). The event was another part of Rum Experience Week, organised by the rum ambassador Ian Burrell (thatâs him looking dapper in the hat), and was held at Campariâs headquarters on the 27th floor. Unfortunately, as it was night, and the lighting in the building was turned up something fierce, you couldnât really see out into the city too well (way too much in the way of reflections - turn the lights off pls thx). So no amazing cityscape views - just amazing rumâ¦views. Views of rum. Which is OK.
Anyway, I say this tasting was held in The Shard, but in reality, as a 'twitter tastingâ, the event was more or less held wherever people were 'listening inâ (is that the right term for following a hashtag?). Appleton Estate had been giving away in the month or so leading up to the event, and so people as far away as Sweden were getting involved as Appleton Estateâs senior blender, David Morrison, took listeners through four of Appletonâs main range (thatâs him in the black jumper near Ian / often holding the mic). In order, this range was The Appleton Signature Blend, The Appleton Rare Blend (12 year), and The Appleton 21. My personal preference? The 12. And at £25ish a bottle, by my whisky-calibrated price standards, that seems pretty resonable.
As you can also see in the pictures, some of the UKâs most promising bartenders showed up for a little competition involving cocktails made out of Appleton Estate. I canât remember who won but I do remember that the level of audience appreciation/enthusiasm was⦠worthy of the talent on display behind the bar. It was also great to hear the story of each cocktail. The Welsh guyâs cocktail was supposedly inspired by being mugged he once experienced?!...
More about the folks involved. David had flown all the way over from the Nassau Valley, Jamaica, to endure dark, grey English weather in the exchange for the chance to presumably educate English people about the joys of extremely strong rum - and share out some of Appletonâs 50 year Jamaica Independence bottling (of which I got to try a glass, fuuuuuuuuck me son). I am still a rum padawan, and likely will be for some time - but some mind expanding, palette expanding, waistline expanding discoveries have been made, and Iâll be sure to pay more attention to Appleton Estate and all the nice things that they seem to get up to on that bloody great sugarcane farm of theirs. Well done, guys!
This involves you and your clown gf bopping each other with giant color changing mallets made by said clown.
Please find attached photos taken around Boston last week. (All reduced to Low
Res)
1. Whooper Swans in the fog, at Frampton Marsh.
2 & 3. Up to 200 Whooper Swans passed through the reserve on Sunday, involving
birds that had spent the winter further south in the uk, now moving north to
Iceland to spend the summer.
Eurofighter1, & Eurofighters at RAF Coningsby.
F15 Fighter at RAF Coningsby.
Tornado at RAF Coningsby.
Full moon over Frampton Fen, Sat 19th March 2011
Regards Steve.
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, McIlvaine and Caesar Rodney representatives, Mote Elementary/Red Clay representatives, PTA and Parental Involvement Judges, Lt. Governor Denn.
2013 Community Involvement Training Conference: the Next Generation of Community Involvement: epacitc2013.sites.usa.gov/
The 3rd Annual Bass Fishing Tournament, benefiting Children’s of Alabama, was hosted by Alagasco employees this past Friday at Lay Lake. The event has raised a total of $6,000.
The favorite games of young colobines typically involve vigorous and sometimes violent wrestling matches at the tops of trees or on relatively new growth branches. After fighting like hillbillies for a moment or two, the loser is thrown off the branch and topples among the branches towards the ground. The winner usually becomes bored very quickly and usually flings itself from the branch in a similar fall. This practice at self arrest helps prepare the young monkeys for a lifetime of dangerous leaps and precarious landings.
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Collateral Damage is an Italian rock band formed in 2004 by the guitarist Alex Damage, the drummer Slam Cage and the guitarist Blade. The band found his official line up in 2006 with the entrance in the band of Matt at the voice and Steve at the Bass guitar. They recorded and selfproduct their first demo disc in 2008 which contains three songs. The band plays around the country, getting in touch with Rock Tv and some of the artist that work with the Italian Rock Channel , they plays with band like Rezophonic, Cristina Scabbia, Pino Scotto, Steve Angarthal, Infernal Poetry and many more… In these live show Collateral Damage involve so much their fans that the CEO of Rock Tv called the guys to make them know one of the best productor in Italy… Alberto “Skizzo” Bonardi how recorded album for some of the best Italian Metal Bands like “Death SS”.
Voice: Matt
Leadguitar: Izzy
Bass: Steve
Drum: Slam
Rhythm guitar:Blade