Post #571202 by cathuna on Sat, Jan 8, 2011 7:11 AM

Well, we do like our road trips around Scotland when the weather is better so will try and get to Orkney! We did manage all the way to northern Skye in a day last easter :o) Mail order is an option though. Oooh they have Barbancourt!

Cornelius in Edinburgh looks great - I think husband would drive there for the beer selection alone so I wouldn't have to trek from Easter Rd to Waverley station laden with bottles!

Oh, and here's a thing - Peckhams in Glasgow now sells Taylors Velvet Falernum! When I asked the assistant for a bottle she'd never heard of it and remarked it must be new in - this was just before Christmas. The Glasgow Tiki Bar does a cocktail Gin & Juice, and the menu says it contains falernum syrup - I keep forgetting to ask where they got that from! But I tried to replicate the recipe at home (with Taylors) and did a fair job, albeit with too much ginger beer.

Well, last night's 1950 Zombie (from Sippin Safari) was a roaring success even without 151, thanks to Makro selling the syrups. And a great haul in Barcelona, where a bottle of aged rum runs to about a half to a third of what it costs here! And Licor 43, yummy!

I still can't believe a needed ingredient turns out to be available from 2 little shops within a 5 minute walk from my house, let alone every supermarket we ever go to. Definitely getting a bottle of OVD in later!

Sperm shooters? ick!

[ Edited by: cathuna 2011-01-08 07:12 ]