Popular Post Chas.Alpha Posted January 1, 2022 Popular Post Posted January 1, 2022 Big plans for NYE! Filet and Lobster tails on the grill, burn a couple of fine sticks and watch the college football playoffs, a whole 2 day weekend in front of me!!! Shut the job down at 3:30 pm, run up to the store for the sides and a bottle of rum (Zacapa XO), back to the house to start the barbie. Coals burning, I pick this Monte out of my cabinet and head for the garage. 68 f/19 c. A great start to the weekend. Cold draw is perfect, with a hint of mustiness. 1st quarter is classic Monte 4, cocoa, slight baking spice and that bit of musty flavor, which today seems to enhance the other flavors. It almost makes it more interesting... 2nd half thru the 3rd quarter: The mustiness fades away and the cocoa powder/ pleasant spices dominate. Classic Monte 4, although I kind of miss the damp basement/musty flavor that was present earlier. It added something. 4th quarter/end: Stable and consistent, probably the reason the Monte 4 is still the world’s best selling CC. Delicious and intoxicating to the point that I forgot to check on the coals! Oops!!! No worries, with the low humidity, the coals got in front of me a bit. Add more coals and 25 minutes later, it’s time to put the lobster tails on, with the filet following 12/14 minutes later. Dinner Served! Filet, lobster tail, asparagus tips, steamed yellow beans and loaded baked potatoes, fit for a king!!! Way too hungry to stop for pictures, Alabama’s crippling Cincinnati as was expected. Ate every bite and topped it off with a slice of Dutch apple pie topped with Cherry Garcia ice cream. Ugh! Too full for the HUSW that I’ve stashed from the ‘19 Christmas sampler, too full for even a splash of rum, I waddle my overstuffed, fat arse to the couch to watch Georgia/Michigan. Made it til about the end of the 3rd quarter before the “ate too much sleepys” overtake me. Woke up with a nudge at 11:59:45 EST and watched some ball drop in NYC, then lights out til the morning. Will burn the Sir Winnie tonight if it’s the last thing I do on this mortal orb... A 92/93 #4 12
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