Got 99 Problems But a Bee's Not One

Hail Henry VIII's death with Tynt Meadow - the only Trappist Beer in Britain. Read Mark Dredge's great article about the monastery in Good Beer Hunting here: Watch the documentary "Outside City" - all about the realities of the modern-day Monky business here. AA Milne & The Bee's Knees Cocktail Get Hiver Blonde Beer from Waitrose here Bee's Knees Cocktail Ingredients 2 teaspoons of honey 50ml Portobello Gin 25ml Lemon Juice Ice Method: Loosen up the honey in a jug by stirring it with a little bit of freshly boiled water. When it's smooth, add the mixture to a shaker filled with plenty of ice, the lemon juice and the gin. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with some lemon zest. This week's "Les Bargains" Benriach The Original Ten Speyside Single Malt Scotch, £29 Waitrose (save £9) Sweet and easy-drinking intro into whisky. Balblair 15 Year Old, Whisky exchange, £64.95 (£13 off) A bit more punchy, 46%, full-bodied, matured in ex-bourbon casks and finished in first-fill Spanish oak butts. Vestal Kaszebe 2011 Vintage Vodka, Whisky Exchange at £21.95 (£8 off) The potatoes used as the based for this vodka are the Vineta varietal and are all grown in the Kaszebe region of central northern Poland. Absolute, £16, Asda Great vodka for mixed drinks and recreating the scene in Wolf of Wall Street Heineken 0,0, 6xcans for £4.50, Sainsburys doing Bacardi Carta Blanca for £14, £2 off. Makes a wicked daiquiri, 700ml bottle, 50ml per daiquiri, how many can you make? You do the math. ________________________________ Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here. 3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here: Nottingham - 241 tickets use the word DRINKER London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby