Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

[Pàdruig]

Spring is in the air! Which means that IPAs are going to become a more frequent indulgence.

 

[Cambertree]

Cold beer 'n' hot chilli salsa.

I find the Huntsman scissors quite handy for harvesting chilli peppers, and pruning the plants.

Thanks for the delicious recipe, @StoneBeard!

 

[tmd_87]

A great day, a lil successful turkey hunt with my dad and son, the Final Four on the TV and some good brew! Sukahop by Track 7 Brewing Company! 6.5% 50 IBU. Oh say hi to Wayne in the back, Queensland Boarder Collie mix.

 

[WhittlinAway]

Happy Easter, everyone! Having given up alcohol for Lent, I’m enjoying today the first adult bevearge I’ve had in quite a while:

The cocktail is mine, a concoction I dreamt up using grapefruit shrub, mint simple syrup (both homemade), gin, and seltzer water. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself.

The tall glass holds a virgin mojito for my wife (I cheated a bit and used the mint simple syrup). The yellow heart TC, a generous gift from my friend @StoneBeard, is a treasured knife and is in my pocket today. It handled the lime slicing honors.

I hope everyone’s having a good day and weekend. Cheers!

 

[donn]

Spring is in the air!

Not round 'ere it's not
A pint of Mansfield Bitter, 3.9% at the Grouse Inn, Longshaw, in the county of Derbyshire.

The pub is the grey smudge in the middle of the pic through winter mirk...

Btw that's a cracking goblet you have there

 

[Falling_rain]

Some light green tea for the Easter Monday morning.

 

[btb01]

Not round 'ere it's not

Nor here.

A pint of Mansfield Bitter, 3.9% at the Grouse Inn, Longshaw, in the county of Derbyshire.

The pub is the grey smudge in the middle of the pic through winter mirk...

I always enjoy when you share your pub visits with us, Donn. That pint looks perfect! Nice photo of the countryside, as well. (Personally, that looks like my kind of weather! )

 

[Cambertree]

Black on black:

 

[Jack Black]

Spring is in the air! Which means that IPAs are going to become a more frequent indulgence.

Sounds good to me Dylan Excellent pic my friend

Cold beer 'n' hot chilli salsa.

I find the Huntsman scissors quite handy for harvesting chilli peppers, and pruning the plants.

Thanks for the delicious recipe, @StoneBeard!

Very, very tasty-looking!

Happy Easter, everyone! Having given up alcohol for Lent, I’m enjoying today the first adult bevearge I’ve had in quite a while:

The cocktail is mine, a concoction I dreamt up using grapefruit shrub, mint simple syrup (both homemade), gin, and seltzer water. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself.

The tall glass holds a virgin mojito for my wife (I cheated a bit and used the mint simple syrup). The yellow heart TC, a generous gift from my friend @StoneBeard, is a treasured knife and is in my pocket today. It handled the lime slicing honors.

I hope everyone’s having a good day and weekend. Cheers!

Great stuff Greg I'm not religious, but gave up wine and cake, two of my favourite things, figured a little abstinence wouldn't do me any harm I had a glass of red in an Italian restaurant yesterday, and enjoyed it very much

A pint of Mansfield Bitter, 3.9% at the Grouse Inn, Longshaw, in the county of Derbyshire.

The pub is the grey smudge in the middle of the pic through winter mirk...

Btw that's a cracking goblet you have there

I bet you earned that Donn, if the weather was anything like it was in North Yorkshire, smashing pub

Some light green tea for the Easter Monday morning.

Classy pic

Black on black:

I had a few ales in Pontefract and York, one or two decent pubs, one or two ropey ones too

 

[Falling_rain]

Classy pic

I had a few ales in Pontefract and York, one or two decent pubs, one or two ropey ones too

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Thank you Sir!

 

[Pàdruig]

Thank you, Jack!

A little Monday evening refreshment.

 

[A.L.]

Not round 'ere it's not
A pint of Mansfield Bitter, 3.9% at the Grouse Inn, Longshaw, in the county of Derbyshire.

The pub is the grey smudge in the middle of the pic through winter mirk...

Btw that's a cracking goblet you have there

Wow, I would LOVE to go for a pint in there!

 

[donn]

I bet you earned that Donn, if the weather was anything like it was in North Yorkshire, smashing pub

You bet I earned it Jack! And it was your idea to You posted some pics off one of yours walks a good while back now off either White Edge or Froggatt Edge. As I hadn't been there for aaaages it was seeing your post that made me put the walk on my list. Luckily I'd topped up with a sausage butty at Grindleford Cafe before I set off

Wow, I would LOVE to go for a pint in there!

I always enjoy when you share your pub visits with us, Donn. That pint looks perfect! Nice photo of the countryside, as well. (Personally, that looks like my kind of weather! )

Cheers gents I enjoy sharing my pub visits but they've been a bit sparse recently due to other demands. Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things shortly
The pub's history:

 

[Jack Black]

You bet I earned it Jack! And it was your idea to You posted some pics off one of yours walks a good while back now off either White Edge or Froggatt Edge. As I hadn't been there for aaaages it was seeing your post that made me put the walk on my list. Luckily I'd topped up with a sausage butty at Grindleford Cafe before I set off

Sorry mate! I love Grindelford Cafe, what did you do walk down the river to Baslow, and back over the edge?

 

[WhittlinAway]

I figured it was about time I pitched in and helped explore the hazy, juicy IPA scene that tmd_87 is such a fan of. Here are a couple that I've tried over the past few days, both from Seven Stills Brewery & Distillery of San Francisco, CA:

I figured the Yellow Heart TC was a good pairing from the pineapple hint (or rather, a bit more than a hint) in the flavor of this ale.

Here, I figured a big whittler matched up well with the big can. This one was by far my favorite of the two. I only bought one can, but now I wish I'd bought a few more.

 

[donn]

Sorry mate! I love Grindelford Cafe, what did you do walk down the river to Baslow, and back over the edge?

Off the train at Grindleford, a quick shufty into Padley Gorge then there's a path to the right of the cafe. Up there and a climb up, what is on the OS map called 'Tumbling Hill'. Crossed the A625 to the start of Froggatt Edge. Bagged the stone circle:

then walked along Froggatt Edge to the Cubar Hill carpark. Then climbed up onto White Edge from there and headed back. I was going to keep walking on through the Longshaw Estate but it was -4.7c wndchill (but funnily enough Biblical rain) so when I reached the junction it was a choice of more rain and more rain and mud and more mud or downhill to the pub that I could just about spy through the mist .
I think that's what our American cousins like to refer to as a "no-brainer"

Today I'm recovering from to much Easter egg...

 

[Jack Black]

Off the train at Grindleford, a quick shufty into Padley Gorge then there's a path to the right of the cafe. Up there and a climb up, what is on the OS map called 'Tumbling Hill'. Crossed the A625 to the start of Froggatt Edge. Bagged the stone circle:

then walked along Froggatt Edge to the Cubar Hill carpark. Then climbed up onto White Edge from there and headed back. I was going to keep walking on through the Longshaw Estate but it was -4.7c wndchill (but funnily enough Biblical rain) so when I reached the junction it was a choice of more rain and more rain and mud and more mud or downhill to the pub that I could just about spy through the mist .
I think that's what our American cousins like to refer to as a "no-brainer"

Today I'm recovering from to much Easter egg...

Sounds like a good walk Donn, it is certainly the best time of year to spot the stone circle Enjoy your peppermint tea my friend, cool pic I've just had a Vietnamese coffee, but forgot to take a pic

 

[donn]

Sounds like a good walk Donn, it is certainly the best time of year to spot the stone circle Enjoy your peppermint tea my friend, cool pic I've just had a Vietnamese coffee, but forgot to take a pic

A Vietnamese coffee eh? Sounds fancy.

 

[Jack Black]

A Vietnamese coffee eh? Sounds fancy.

No, very simple, just a pocket-sized stainless drip-filter thingybob that I might start taking hiking. I won it in a competition (with some coffee) more than a decade ago, and only got round to trying it recently Looks something like this

 

[donn]

No, very simple, just a pocket-sized stainless drip-filter thingybob that I might start taking hiking. I won it in a competition (with some coffee) more than a decade ago, and only got round to trying it recently Looks something like this

Ahhh I like it I bought an Alpkit Mytimug 400 last year, I wonder if that would fit on it?? Here it is in action though not a great a shot of the actual mug

https://www.alpkit.com/products/mytimug-400

Very pleased with it. If you were wanting a lightweight cup to brew your Vietnamese coffee on then I'd recommend one and they do a larger 600. Alpkit have a store Hathersage btw.
(P.S. I've no affiliation to Alpkit)