Round three in the Robusto Rumble, though I have to kenfess that I am writing this a while after smoking it. It seems I have contracted the dreaded lurgy. So, at home desperately trying to fight off a combo of coronavirus/Ebola/SARS/lord knows what, I have dragged myself, at great personal cost but I am never one to whinge as Whipcrack can tell you, to the machine to try and tap out a few words so as we don’t miss deadlines. The sacrifices one makes…

As it happens, at the moment, the idea of a cigar is about as appealing as a tax audit. Once, or should I say if, I manage to make it through the current jungle fever, I hope to be back in form but until then, once I have submitted this one, I might have to go back to old notes. Fear not. I have enough for about 18 months.

It does bring me to one of my absolute favourite quotes. One might think that, in these trying times, one might…

Ken Gargett

By Ken Gargett - 2019

Remember your younger days? Perhaps they are still with you. You and your mates head out on the town, too much beer, move into spirits. Pick up a kebab someone along the way. End up in a dodgy pub with a live band which sounds great at 3am, although perhaps a little less like the next Stones the next morning. And speaking of the next morning, your head is thumping. Promises never to do this again are made, with never the slightest intention of being kept. Your mouth feels like an airport runway or possibly that sticky carpet, drenched in decades of split beer, where you were dancing like no one was watching.

What could be less appealing? And what on earth would possess anyone to make a drink that reminded one of that sticky carpet?

And yet, that is exactly what the team…

Welcome to Kenfessions, my occasional and irregular blog, looking at the world of cigars and drinks, and hopefully matching the two. The good, the bad and the downright ugly. No doubt, it will veer off on all manner of tangents, but we will try and stick to the subject (when it suits).

Feb 25 Robusto Rumble – SLR Regios - Four Square 2004 Rum - Lagavulin 8-Year-Old

Dec 6 SLR Corona – Four Pillars Sticky Carpet Gin - The GlenDronach 21 Year Old Malt 'Parliament'

Welcome to Kenfessions, my occasional and irregular blog, looking at the world of cigars and drinks, and hopefully matching the two.

The good, the bad and the downright ugly. No doubt, it will veer off on all manner of tangents, but we will try and stick to the subject (when it suits).