This is Messyphobia by Totopia brewery from Japan. This was from last year when I was in Hat Yai in Southern Thailand. Such a good drop. I love IPA's and I love sours. Great combination and a great little beer bar. Tasted like a sour fruit juice. Perfect for that hot humid climate. Doesn't matter where you are in the world, beer's always fantastic!
I don't know about everyone else but I like the grand prix cars. It's nice to find them with good cockpit plastic and original owners who were good at putting stickers.
Here's my orange Cougar. Not a painted tooth, unfortunately. Still a pretty nice example none the less.
The Lost Abbey Red Poppy
Beautiful. Strong, tart cherry. Aged 6 years. Really good drink.
Got my first transition pair, the Steam Roller. I still prefer the Redlines.
First- still beautiful to drink after 6 years. This is a 2020 vintage Carnevale from The Lost Abbey. I bought this from Carwyn Cellars in Australia. Was supposedly cold cellared the entire time. Strong carbonation, all of the spiciness typical of a Saison is gone. Flavour has mellowed and what you're left with a blonde ale reminiscent of Belgium's finest. Aroma has a slight waxiness about it and an aftertaste of white wine. Kudos to whoever stored this, really beautiful drop. I wish I was better at describing beer, long story short- delicious!
Here's my little Eldorado line-up. I've got a US Antifreeze for the display, Copper in both US and HK and Brown in HK, and to round it out is a nice red example. Weirdly, the copper cars are listed as hard to find in that colour. I thought it would have been the most common. Hope you like them.
What's not to love about a couple of light weight muscle cars?
I work away, so I thought I'd put a few random photos off my phone of some of my Redlines on the thread. Hopefully when I get back some of the new ones have arrived.
Or Pop up Servo as we'd call them in Australia. I bought this with the Mustang and badge included. Hope you like it.
Here's my HK T-Bird. It's one of my favourite from the sweet 16, looks especially good in creamy pink. I hope you like it.
I bought my display case in December, I've finally filled it with 60 unique castings (yes, there's 2 volkswagens. One's an NSR). I've been trying really hard to get a wide range of colours and next goal is an all spectraflame 60 and to try and collect the complete 1970 set. I've included how it looks today and how it looked when I first filled it in December. What's your favourite?
Also included as a bonus is my latest purchase, a late night ebay special. I love the stickers on the Beach Bomb.
Beautiful imperial stout by Cypher Brewing in Australia. This was brewed for Carwyn Cellars "The Black Box". Sweetness and hazelnuts up front and finishes with a gentle, lingering bitterness. Has a silky, thick mouth feel like every good imperial stout should. I'm better at drinking beer than describing beer. For the regular man, it's delicious.
I'm glad the aftermarket redlines exist but nothing beats a real redline, even play worn examples like these. I think it adds to the appeal of this 1969 Charger.
Damn phone camera, it's a lot more green in real life. This is my Custom Corvette, in dripping wet aqua. Hope you like it.
Here's my gold Deora. It's super chromey with little deep dish wheels. One of the best out of my collection.
Here's my pair of US olive Firebirds. I think the dark olive is pretty rare for US castings and the light olive completes the pair. Someone more informed might be able to tell me, are the wheels wrong on the light one or did they get larger on the later releases? Hope you like them.
I don't mean the time you bought off an old lady who had no idea the value of what they were selling. I'm thinking a great trade, find in some random secondhand store, or that one you finally discovered after years of searching. Mine is this Bye-Focal. This was the second redline I ever bought. I used to peruse an online pawn shop for hot wheels when some redlines came up. I didn't know what a Bye-Focal was at the time but as a drag car fan, I knew I liked it. It was a lot more than I was paying for Hot Wheels at the time but I bought it anyway. I paid 90 Australian dollars for it last year, about $55 USD at the time. I'd still like to add a few more colours to the collection, probably not finding them that cheap with such a nice zamac base again. And as a bonus, it's got an extra Bye-Focal sticker on the roof. Still my favourite find. What's yours?
I took this photo a few months ago which I think turned out pretty well. It's a beautiful little tow truck and one of my scrappy Camaro's.
This is my light purple Hong Kong Hot Heap. I'm not sure if this shade is the result of a light spray or if this is HK typical. I do like the colour, it's quite unique. I've included a picture with a purple HK Barracuda as a comparison and some with a US Hot Heap as as well. Has anyone got a different shade purple Hot Heap?