Hobbies and Other Non-Political Assorted Interests

Oh and btw, and drink it up fairly quickly. Nama-zume means once pasturized, most sakes are pasturized twice to enhance shelf life, but the additional pasturization detracts from the freshness of the taste.

 

I went to the Uni there for a year abroad in 98-99. Lived up on Ffridd site off of Ffriddoedd Rd in Upper Bangor. Was also on the sailing team so go to Port Dinowic/ Y Fenheli between Bangor and Caernarvon a bunch. Learning how to deal with the ripping tides of the Menai Straits was a challenge for sure.

 

My guilty pleasure is this one Dassai 45 Nigori

 

Have you tried a daiginjo (non-junmai) side-by-side to experience the greater fragrance?

 

When I went to Okinawa briefly in 1992 when I was in the Marines, I saw bottles of Habu saki for sale. It has a snake in the bottle. I wanted to buy some but is was way out of my price range. I don't think I would buy it now though. Ethically, it's messed up.

Photo lifted from reddit.

 

Ermmm, think I'll pass on this one.

 

Ethically-?
Even if alive - Does a drunk snake know it's movement is being curtailed?

 

Yeah it was a learning experience for a kid who was used to racing in a calm waters of Southern California. Our idea of foul weather gear was a sweatshirt. But I loved Wales and the whole island from the start. I think I feel more at home in the UK than parts of the US. Was also pretty cool living in a community where Welsh was still spoken quite regularly.

Went to Liverpool in spring '24 to go to a couple of matches with another Liverpool supporting friend from California. Went out to Conway one day to see the Castle and get some fish and chips. Which apparently is the most scouse thing ever.

 

They kill the snakes just to put them in a bottle of saki. That's ethically fucked up.

 

I was just kidding around there really, but on the subject of snakes -

People kill them so as not to have them in their gardens?
Is a garden any more necessary than a bottle of grog?

 

Yes Zaq.

 

While i don;t disagree. It is a matter of perspective. For instance - if I came across a bottle of liquer where they killed mosquitos just to put them in the bottle I would have no empathy for the mosquitos' unnecessary decease.

Similarly in the case of a rat (although I doubt I'd be drinking that one)

 

bunch of alkies on here

stop the nonsense - this is what you need .....

https://www.debenhams.com/product/l...m2lkP2OcrUoQ-H-7prUR9Mpji_oUf9fyBr6qQyx3aisqb

 

And there's no snake in it.

 

yep we got rid of Diouf a long time ago.

 

This comment is for Menace to Sobriety....

Big evening coming up for the Lions. They sort of need this one in the bag goinginto the last 4

Jeez - this year's NFL is completely bizarro. Any of a dozen teams might now win the Superbowl...

Anyway - good luck Detroit.

I hate the bloody Cowboys

 

We continue to make it harder than it should be by it good win.

 

Way go Silver and Honolulu Blue!

 

Not sure where to put this but my Alma Mater is playing tonight for a place in the "Final Four" aka the "College Cup"

Go Pilots!