Dr. Lavande

...has no green anise.

Back to drinks, these teeth stories make me cringe... I had some Harpoon Peche tonight, not sour at all, but had a real nice musty/dusty taste to it, sort of like peach peels, and it was dry as hell. I'm getting a few more of these to age for awhile, should balance out nicely in a year's time. Now some pomegranate wheat from Saranac, OK, crisp wheaty flavor and subtle pomegranate flavor, not too sweet as most fruit beers are. Not something I'd enjoy regularly, but decent none-the-less.

"In the meantime my arguments are valid" How so?

Here we stand on a rocky shore Your father stood here before you I can see his ghost explore you I can feel the sea implore you Not to pass on by Not to walk on by and not to try Just to let it come Don't bang the drum Just let it come Don't bang the drum Just let it come Don't bang the drum Do you know how to let it come now?

What he said, them's the real deal.

Of which many await.

That in itself isn't necessarily bad, but with the improper seals (in some shots you can see steam blowing out of the swan neck/condenser joint) and operating at too high a temp and condenser not cooling enough (again, you see steam blowing out of the outlet pipe with some condensate), that steam is highly flammable and that makes the open flame very dangerous. Not to mention reducing the yeild quite a bit, lots of tasty alcohol was evaporating in that steam.

More importantly, he didn't know how to properly and safely run a still.

Nor I.

One other thing, Here are the stills used by LeMercier.

It's not a blanche, but a very poorly colored verte, also they see fit to add wormwood oil to the finished product to boost the thujone level. That could be another reason you are picking up "off" tastes.

The way some of the herbs can mingle together will give one different tastes on their palate. I think it was the hyssop that some people perceive as a plastic taste, not sure though I'll have to check my old notes on that. As for using plastic components in distillation? That is completely foolish and should never be done.

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Big difference, a usually regular stock item vs. a one off item. Plus the hints a month ago show planning. This stinks.

This is the lowest form of shilling and an act that I find to be of the most despicable nature.