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Cognac. (The standard drink to give as a gift if you don't know the person at all. Because everybody likes Cognac.)

LGTrotter wrote:the famous grouse?

No. Better.

AW77 wrote:Cognac.

No.

AW77 wrote:Because everybody likes Cognac.

I don't.

The gift was from my parents.

A scottish single malt?

The black grouse?

And everybody does like cognac, apart from you. And all the others who don't.

AW77 wrote:A scottish single malt?

Yes, but it needs to be named.

LGTrotter wrote:The black grouse?

No.

LGTrotter wrote:And everybody does like cognac, apart from you. And all the others who don't.

Very true.

I don't know anything about whisky (and don't drink anything that is stronger than port).
So I just make a wild guess after consulting a German Retailers website that offers 1681 whiskies:
Bowmore 15 Years Laimrig

I thing it will take some time to find the answer, after we played the usual "guess the whisky"-game (there are simply too many)

AW77 wrote:Bowmore 15 Years Laimrig

No, but you have eliminated the vast majority of possibilities by correctly guessing that it is an Islay whisky.

Laphroaig 18 Years

AW77 wrote:Laphroaig 18 Years

Not your turn.

Sorry master. I was wicked.

DRT wrote:

AW77 wrote:Bowmore 15 Years Laimrig

No, but you have eliminated the vast majority of possibilities by correctly guessing that it is an Islay whisky.

Oooh I do hope we have a cask number to find!

Laphroaig? I'll narrow it down later.

Point of order Mr Chairman. Andre seems to have taken a few turns without anybody else having a go. I have the English urge to queue.

OK glad to see this point has been tackled.

LGTrotter wrote:Laphroaig?

Correct distillery. Just one more piece of info to win.

Ok, I will stand in the corner and be ashamed of myself. But you should take into consideration that we don't form queues here in the Rhineland. We take the more anarchic "elbows-out and who's the first in the bus" approach. (It's similar to our behaviour on the autobahn.)

Not my turn.

LGTrotter wrote: I have the English urge to queue.

it might just be a faint whiff of autism.

AW77 wrote:Ok, I will stand in the corner and be ashamed of myself.

You are now at the front of the queue

Laphroaig 1998 14 Years Casks 5558+5567
The Un-Chillfiltered Collection Signatory

AW77 wrote:Laphroaig 1998 14 Years Casks 5558+5567
The Un-Chillfiltered Collection Signatory

No. Much more straightforward than that.

The ten year old.

LGTrotter wrote:The ten year old.

Correct.

Owen's turn.

I am writing a tasting note for which port?

It begins; 'The bottle and the cork were unremarkable'...

OK that wasn't really a clue.

It goes on; 'I wanted to try one of these, partly because it is what I can get to but also because it has mixed reviews.

Dow's 1977?

The year is right.

The shipper isn't.

G77?

T77?

Glenn E. wrote:G77?

I assume you mean Graham '77 and you are right.

Note to follow.

Go Glenn!

As you all know, Port contains alcohol. One side effect of alcohol consumption, at least for me, is that things which might have been mildly funny sometimes seem hilarious when I'm drinking Port. One such thing - a book - was revisited tonight and was just as hilarious as it first was two years ago.

What book did I reread tonight?

Since that is a rather wide-open question, your first clue is that the author is best known for her blog.

And seeing that my glass is now empty, as is the bottle of W77, I bid you good night.

Is Jancis the author?

No, Jancis is not the author. The book is not Port related.

"Things I Learned About My Dad" by Heather Armstrong?

'How to be a woman' by Caitlin Moran?

Neither. I know nothing about either author guessed, so this reminder may not be necessary, but the book and blog in question are intended to be humor (as opposed to being unintentionally humorous). However, while the humor of the blog and book is intentional, the humor in the context of the original subject is accidental.

The author has written two books on the subject.

Have boarded flight to Seattle. Next update in ~4 hours. I leave you with an additional clue: the subject is related to another casual hobby of mine, and the two together have a witty saying that explains one difference between them.

Please give us a clue that means something before you get on that plane, please.

"Cooking is an art; baking is a science.”

Posting, but no guessing. Is my question insufficiently clued?

The author is American. Referring to the work as a book is perhaps generous. Graphic novel might be closer, except for the novel part and GBE presumption of drawing included in the term. Though there us considerable drawing in the book, the images therein are all photographs.

More?

I think the name of the author and the name of the book that isn't really a book might help us identify "the book".

I'm running low on clues without giving up the author's name or the name of her blog.

Baking really should have been a strong clue combined with humor.

Hmm. Apparently not. Even I can't find it if I Google baking humor.

It involves cakes. THAT should do it.

Not quite Nigella?

Not quite, no. I don't believe that the author is a cook or baker. She has written two books based on her blog, the first of which shared its name.

It might be more accurate to call the books aggregations or extra-long blog posts. They are pretty much the same humor as the blog, just in print form.

I suspect that this blogger is unknown in the UK. You might have to give us more.

She blogs about cakes, specifically humorous cakes.
She has written two books on the subject, the first of which shares its name with the blog. The second, which is the one you're looking for, is holiday themed.
The "Sunday Sweets" blog entries are special in that they are not humorous, but instead admiring of the subject cakes.

Julian and other resident pedants will like at least some of her blog entries, as she makes fun of spelling (and grammar, and punctuation) errors.

If you cannot Google for the win at this point, there is no hope.

Cake Wrecks?

Yes, that is the blog. Now all you need is the 2nd book she wrote...

Glenn E. wrote:Yes, that is the blog. Now all you need is the 2nd book she wrote...

Not my turn.

Wreck the Halls: Cake Wrecks Gets "Festive"

Go Andre!

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