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Gave a few a shot today.
Kampfar - Til Klovers Takt - yup. Definitely a purchase.
 Dream Unending - Song of Salvation - I dunno. I dig most of it, but not an instant purchase.
Now it's on to some classics:
Def Leppard - first 2
Mercyful Fate - first 2
Paradise Lost - Icon
Sumerlands - Sumerlands 

Gave a few a shot today.
Kampfar - Til Klovers Takt - yup. Definitely a purchase.
 Dream Unending - Song of Salvation - I dunno. I dig most of it, but not an instant purchase.
Now it's on to some classics:
Def Leppard - first 2
Mercyful Fate - first 2
Paradise Lost - Icon
Sumerlands - Sumerlands 

I'm enjoying an Oyster City Red Right Return Amber ale at the moment. Seasonal release of a great beer you can usually only get in a growler at the brewery, but a nice stout or tasty bourbon is on the way as soon as these ribeyes get done.

Gave a few a shot today.
Kampfar - Til Klovers Takt - yup. Definitely a purchase.
 Dream Unending - Song of Salvation - I dunno. I dig most of it, but not an instant purchase.
Now it's on to some classics:
Def Leppard - first 2
Mercyful Fate - first 2
Paradise Lost - Icon
Sumerlands - Sumerlands 

CRUZ - Confines de la cordura
Since Whitenoise was talking it, thought I'd give it a go

RAWHIDE - Murder One
PLASMATICS - Masterplan
 

Stout weather is indeed upon us once again.
 
 
Not that any weather is not stout weather, it's just no longer pilsner weather.

I, on the other hand, enjoy not massed-produced beer

I only eat white bread too but it rarely influences what alcohol I drink.

I like Jefferson quite a bit-expensive, and a splurge. Since I'm a white bread suburban metal boujee, I will spend more than $35-40 on a bottle but still consider myself cautious with dropping big coin. $70ish for me is sort of a cut off and I drink a lot of the more economical bourbons with Old Fashions or for an evening pour during the week here and there.
I'm less of a connoisseur, still relatively new to whiskies all things considered (a COVID gentrification nasty habit) and honestly get confused between all the options of single/double barrel, various finishes, small batch, and all the rest. I couldn't explain the difference in taste profiles generically between small batch and and single barrel for instance. All that stuff's kind of smoke and mirrors to me. I mean, I know what they are in terms of definition, but don't have a great handle on how they relate to taste.
Jefferson's marquee  aged at sea is a nice wallet crunching splurge but really good from memory-smooth with complexity. Their basic Jefferson reserve is much more affordable and I've enjoyed many pours but clearly not as high end a pour. A little harsher I guess, but fine neat. Still a weekend pour, though and something I look forward to-just not as refined perhaps. 
This rye finished in cognac casks has more bite than the last one I had from what I recall.  This one is a also store pick. I'd call it fairly complex, the sweetness matches the spice of the rye which is quite potent at 94 proof-not like one of those sweeter desert sipping whiskey options-the heat comes on strong and has a long finish.
I like a little sweetness-this one hits a good spot for me in that there is some honey but I don't feel like I'm drinking a desert. It's quite spicy and has kick-wouldn't be my first choice for a newbie. 
I feel the same way with a lot of the holiday pumpkin, coffee, milk, chocolate stouts, etc.-I feel like I'm drinking a cappuccino or something and that's not how I enjoy beer, really.  Plus, my go to coffee drinks are either a strong black French roast coffee shop dark coffee no sugar or cream or an Americano with just a wee bit of hazelnut or occasionally a flat white....I have a sweet tooth but not a big fan of sweet drinks.
I think this Jefferson rye finished in cognac barrels, overpriced perhaps,  finds a good mix of sweetness married with spice and heat as compared to some bourbons I've tried like some of the Old Forrester picks I've tried which are sometimes too sweet without enough punch.
It's funny, though how much variety their can be between individual bottles of the same whiskey especially from different years even if aged the same number of years or in different batch numbers or whatnot....like, I bought Old Forrester's 1897 Bottled in Bond which was a bit too sweet last time I picked it up, but good enough to try another bottle and this one fared much better-like the Jefferson, it also had a pretty good ratio of sweetness and heat-100 proof so I guess that helps give it some bite. Same with their 1920-big fan of that one. 

I do enjoy a cup of coffee now and then, but I can also take it or leave it. My wife on the other hand would have to be institutionalized if she had to give up coffee.

Belenos - Errances Oniriques

Lifelong coffee drinker-black and strong like my.....never mind.

I've been in love with coffee since I was a teenager, but strangely no one in my inner circle has ever been a big coffee drinker. I think my daughter has gotta be the only one I can think of who shares my love of coffee. Growing up my dad would sometimes have a small cup in the morning before mom drove him to the train station but he'd drink instant because mom couldn't be bothered to brew coffee at 6:30am, even though she did get up to make us all a full breakfast every single day 365 days a year rain or shine. I guess she really took that breakfast is the most important meal of the day shit seriously. But now as an adult I don't even eat breakfast, unless I have it for dinner, and I've developed a very strong coffee habit. I could get one of those come and take it flags rednecks like to display defiantly in their windows and just put a picture of a coffeepot on there instead of the rifle.
 

Never really developed a taste for coffee when I was younger, so I never got into the habit of drinking it. These days, some of the beers I drink have made the taste more palatable, but it's still not something I'll seek out unless it's offered.
Funny enough, though, my dad practically lived off of the stuff for 60+ years, so I do have a number of fond memories associated with the smell of brewing coffee.
My wife was like that too, but honestly it made her so hyper I nearly buried her in the crawlspace under the house. Fortunately she's managed to ween herself off of it

Decent shit that is a bit hard to come by where I am. My wife's favorite for old fashioneds. She doesn't know it, but I fill the bottle up with Jim Beam most of the time. My personal favorite from that distillery is Eagle Rare. Not sure if you guys get that in Aussieland, but if you see it definitely grab a bottle or 3.
Tonight, my 4th or 5th Oyster City Hooter Brown. Lost count after a few Jameson/Ginger ales during today's golfing activities.
Whoa! I gotta find that.

Not much comes out of Houston that doesn't get my full attention these days.

I do enjoy a cup of coffee now and then, but I can also take it or leave it. My wife on the other hand would have to be institutionalized if she had to give up coffee.

Not coffee.  Dr told me to lay off caffeine due to chest pain and sensation of heart racing.

WARHAWK - Pray For War
 

I agree: there are so many things to listen to on the internet (bandcamp, youtube, streaming platforms) that it is impossible, if not very difficult, to find THE gem, the great album of the moment.
I rely on my friends to give me ideas of albums to listen to.
It's thanks to one of them that I recently discovered An Abstract Illusion and I loved it.
Otherwise, I read a lot of reviews on the Internet (webzines).
By doing so, I regularly manage to find bands and albums that I like.
And then, when I don't find anything new, I always have my old indispensable albums that I dive into with great pleasure.

I found it underwhelming upon first listen, but I'm not exactly well versed on all things Drudkh so my opinion counts for little.

This week has been the week of Diaboli. As usual with a new Diaboli record I can't seem to get enough of it. Petri's outdone himself with the new one and this has clearly been my album of the month, if not the entire year.
Diaboli - Pagan Gods Rise, Finland
 
The other records I've been totally stuck on lately are Rock Goddess' self-titled debut from 1983, and...
 
Anti - Anti, Germany 2021, just so good.
 
Wretched Path - Heavy Lies the Crown, Finish death, and this one which I wasn't even sure I liked at first but it's quickly become a favorite.
 
Other than those, the Cruz record from my laast post above is still in heavy rotation and the new Imprecation has been picking up steam. 

IMMORTAL - Blizzard Beasts
IMMORTAL - Battles In The North
IMMORTAL BIRD - Thrive On Neglect