Cognac Flight, Shirley Temple, Indecipherable Scribbling

The further we drift, temporally, from my notes, the less chance there is of making heads or tails of them.

The photographic evidence, combined with notes whose typing-up is long overdue, suggest that I sampled the Cognac Flight while Silvia had a Shirley Temple and J-Bomb the California Cider Seasonal: Ace Hard Cider.

There are no intelligible notes regarding the cider, merely the word SEBASTOPOL with a parenthetical note that reads: 'we don't know what that is.'

"This one's pretty. It's got bubbles." This quotation can only be indicative that Silvia was responding appropriately to my soliciting tasting notes or impressions regarding a Shirley Temple.

This is an approximate translation of my notes regarding the Cognac Flight, depicted above from left to right...

Frapin Chateau Fontpinot XO
Smokey & smooth. Very nice

Pierre Ferrand Ambre
Not smokey, more whiskey-like

Delamain Pale & Dry XO
Best. Not sour like the 2nd. Smooth

And here, thanks to Google Deep Dream code, is a good representation of what the Carthay experience is like if you enjoy the lounge for too many consecutive hours.