I was just surfing the web and came across this story about Welsh Whisky on the BBC news web site.

It certainly looks interesting - anyone tasted it yet?

We shall be investigating further and hope to report back soon.

• Mollydooker The Scooter Merlot 2006 £14.50
• Mollydooker Goosebumps Sparkling Shiraz £28.99
• Mollydooker Blue-Eyed Boy Shiraz £28.50
• Mollydooker Two Left Feet 2006 £14.50
• Mollydooker The Boxer 2006 £14.50
• Mollydooker The Violinist Verdelho £14.50
  [ETA December, very small supply, order now to secure for Christmas]

The first sunshine in goodness knows how many days saw the hot line between secret hollowed out volcano that is Surf4Wine HQ and the Chapman house come into immediate use. Mr C to Mrs C 'do you think we should have a Barbecue tonight?' 'Whatever' came back the cheery reply '... so long as you do the cooking'. Excellent me thinks I. But first things first... what to drink? (Funny how that is always the first thing on my mind... oh well)

Well, Mrs. C. is currently not drinking, so what should a boy do for a drink for one? Opening a bottle for one seems a bit extreme mid-week. I could obviously chose NOT to drink it all and lave some for tomorrow, but as we are off to sunny Devon that didn't seem practical either. M'mmm... I know. Beer! But which beer to drink?

Well, just arrived in the warehouse that very same afternoon were a clutch of new beers (See Andrew B's Blog post from yesterday). One in particular I had been keen to try ever since I saw it's reappearance on our beer suppliers list: Mahou beer from Spain. In fact, Mahou Five Star beeris Spain’s best selling domestic beer brand- don't say you don't learn something new with each Blog post ;). It was a staff as well as customer favourite when we last stocked it and it only disappeared from our list when we couldn't obtain anymore. Glad to see it back - but would it taste as good as I remembered?

I should have worried, Mahou **** lived up to expectations: Lovely crisp refreshing taste, not too heavy or gassy. Perfect for drinking while I watch the prawns on skewers gently turn fro pink to light gold. Went perfectly with the garlicky, lemony prawns - and didn't lave me with too much of a bad head next day (well, being a mid-week light-weight I only had a couple - it's no fun drinking alone!)

Mahou beer from Spain available by the case @ £34.50 for 24 x 33cl

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• Mac's Gold - 'Naturally Brewed', another from New Zealand £30.50
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