So – heres a Gin you did not expect – destilled on juniper and orange ants……! Yes – you read correct – those little buggers (Lasius fuliginosus) in the forrest, biting your a** when you sit on a stump enjoying the view!
We imaging Sams Island Destillery must have asked themselves, what they had in plenty on the Island, and then thought: “When Noma can serve them in Copenhagen, so can we on Sams Island” 🙂
The taste from the ants, is very distinctive and very similar to a orange/citrus zest used in other Gins. The taste is very crisp and have a little “zing” to it, and is the followed by the junipers.
The Gin is a small batch production and bottled by hand.
Uneventful flight to Charleroi where we picked up the rental car we need for the coming 6 days.
It is a short ride to Liège and our friend’s house where we spend the night.
Day 2
Slept like a baby… It has been a long time since that happened. Fit for a small breakfast after which we hit the road for the short hop across the border to the Netherlands.
First Maastricht for a spot of lunch and a walk around town
Last night I did something I have not done in a long time. I actually listened to an album from start to finish. I have to add that it was great.
I remember when « Tommy » came out and when I bought 🫰it at the start of the summer 1969. I spend many many nights listening to it in the semi darkness of my bedroom. I knew it by heart.
Listening to it again tonight brought back a hell of a lot of nostalgic memories.
I simply do not understand where the real issue is. Are people simply too lazy to work, is there a lack of qualified people? Pharmacies are or were notoriously an area where money could be made. Someone has to explain to me what is going on.
Dans les officines, les pharmaciens manquent de plus en plus à l’appel
Even if I do not drink at the moment (it will be 4 months tomorrow since I stopped) I shall go to the Place Carnot later on today. I know most of the gang depicted on this morning’s local paper.