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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Tag Archives: Northern Ireland
BUSHMILLS: Distillery Visit and Review, 10 Year 12 Year Whiskeys: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #26
Our trip brings us to the Giant’s Causeway: a collection of basalt columns cutting into the sea. Volcanic activity forced them up 50 million years ago. Then rapid cooling cracked them like dry mud into over 40,000 hexagonal pillars. But … Continue reading
BELFAST BRIEFLY: Crown Bar, Hilden Brewery, Parliament, Whitewater Brewery: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #24
Welcome to Northern Ireland! Home to Belfast and beer Mecca: The Crown Bar: In last week’s post, trains, buses, and ferries took us from Aberdeen to Skye Island and then south to Belfast in Northern Ireland…in three days. Our Belfast … Continue reading
Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES, Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED
Tagged Aberdeen, Beer, Belfast, Belfast Ale, Belfast Black, Cask ale, CLOTWORTHY DOBBIN, Crown Liquor Saloon, Gin Palace, Hilden, Hilden Brewing Co, Hobbit, Ireland, Lisburn, Mecca, Northern Ireland, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Real Ale, Scullion's Irish Ale, the titanic, Titanic, Titanic Quarter Belfast, Troubles, Ulster Museum, Whitewater Brewery, zombies
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LEAVING SCOTLAND: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #23
My wife and I are leaving Scotland. Between the Fall’s cold approach and our desire for French wine, the South calls us. But before we go, we decide to cross to Scotland’s western fringe. There is no time to drink. … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED
Tagged Aberdeen, Ferry, Fort William Scotland, Glasgow, Harry Potter, Harry Potter Train, Highland, Inverness, Loch Ness, Mallaig, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Skye, The Jacobite
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