The post whore thread.

[Irving]

It kills a fly after like five perfect shots in a row. A scorpion probably won't even notice. They are best for spiders.

[ChickNorris]

I like scorpions. Spiders too.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I look forward to the scorpion test, I'll be happy to share the outcome either way.

[Gman]

I like scorpions. Spiders too.

Salted or regular?

[Hummer]

Listening to the president's press briefing it seemed like a good time for a glass of wine. So, I opened a Tempranillo that I'd made from Palisade grapes in 2011. It's been stored on it's side in a cooler for 8 years after bottling. It's mature with no sign of over oxidation, thankfully.

I make reds in a rich fruit forward style which isn't typical for Tempranillo, and this one was fermented with a light French oak. Very nice, not complex but both tannic and smooth with a slight chalky character. I'm pleased but wish this wasn't one of the last remaining reds from my home winery. I look forward to making wine in Palisade again in a couple years.

[Irving]

Why a couple of years?

[Erni]

Fuel filters?

https://www.lafoauto.com/

[brutal]

Listening to the president's press briefing it seemed like a good time for a glass of wine. So, I opened a Tempranillo that I'd made from Palisade grapes in 2011. It's been stored on it's side in a cooler for 8 years after bottling. It's mature with no sign of over oxidation, thankfully.

I make reds in a rich fruit forward style which isn't typical for Tempranillo, and this one was fermented with a light French oak. Very nice, not complex but both tannic and smooth with a slight chalky character. I'm pleased but wish this wasn't one of the last remaining reds from my home winery. I look forward to making wine in Palisade again in a couple years.

Hummer, I've said this before and will say it again. I hope you keep a journal, your musings and daily events makes some interesting and enjoyable reading.

[Hummer]

Why a couple of years?

The equipment takes space, much of a 3-4 car garage. Grape crusher/destemmer, 80 litre hydro press, multiple fermenters for several hundred gallons of wine, pumps, filters, vacuum bottler and corkers, and more. Making the wine takes weeks of attention and there's no room for all that in a little mountain cabin. In 2 or 3 years the cabin will be a getaway place again.

[Hummer]

Hummer, I've said this before and will say it again. I hope you keep a journal, your musings and daily events makes some interesting and enjoyable reading.

Thanks, Brutal. Ha! The wine drinking is the celebration after a day of irrigating, working on sharpening saw chains, pruning trees and cutting some once wonderful pinyon pines in the wildlife shelter belt by the house. They've succumbed to a stress combo of drought and pinyon beetles. I have a few more days of chain saw work and hauling branches to burn--and evenings of wine tasting.

Good work makes for a good life.