Release the Kraken!

[Crankin]

We have one bottle of 20 year old port left from our port buying spree after we went to Portugal. Just like you, Catrin, I am ready to start drinking my warming drinks.

[Catrin]

The bloating is another reason I gave up on craft beer, which I did enjoy! Especially in the winter with a good Stout, or Russian Imperial Stout. A good Tawny Port is really the only wine I like enough to buy, and hot buttered rum or Baily's in my coffee in the winter works for me. I do want to eventually try the other fortified wines to see if I like them as well. I do want to make my own "Baily's" at home as an experiment, I can't help but wonder what they do to it in order to have that long of a guaranteed shelf life. I've seen a few recipes for it, and at some point I will try it and cut back on the sugar. Likely it wouldn't be necessary to use Jamison's for it but something more affordable.

The only way I really like whiskey is as a liqueur, though I do like a small amount of good brandy. I did try cognac at a dinner party a couple months back and it was good as well, but a couple of sips does it for me. Apparently I just don't care for straight liquor and that means there is more for those who do. The exception is rum, I do enjoy good rum on the rocks with a very small amount of water.