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Daiquiri?
Suppose it could be a lemon drop as well.. Lol
Not big on cocktails but are fun to make.
Merry Xmas to you all..
Lol - were you lot *that* drunk yesterday?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Beobloke
Read the title of the post!
Marco.
Weapons of choice for today (there's a Chapel Down and Nyetimber English Sparkling in the freezer too, chilling nicely) ;)
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What food are you having with them, Danny-boy? Obviously if you're having fish, I'd go with the Pouilly-Fumé [gorgeous wine], but it could also be drunk on its own. I'm unfamiliar with the red next to it, but know Fleurie very well and always enjoy it. It's very 'florid', light and fruity, which I'm presuming is a style of wine you like?:)
I was under the impression you preferred 'big hitters', such as Musar?
Marco.
The whites/English Sparklings will be an aperitif really; we're on smoked trout/salmon and pickled herring as nibbles etc; roast fore rib and goose as the 'mains'; but it's more like a walking buffet this afternoon :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
The Fleurie; like you said, very light and fruity, but a lot more complex than something like a Beaujolais or similar. The Mollydooker is an Aussie red, at 16% it's a good, rich and very full bodied red, not overly alcohol in its taste, very similar kick to the likes of a Bulls Blood or Il Bombero etc. It'll suit the goose and beef well; it's this years replacement to the Musar for today. We had a 93' Musar yesterday and a 2000 Pomerol, both were splendid :) ;)
Ah, cool... All sounds good! The 2000 Pomerol must've been a stunner:eek:
Anyway, hope you enjoy your day, The food sounds great!:cool:
Marco.
It wasn't straight out the bottle... Like an unhappy Pauillac haha :lol: We decanted it yesterday around 8am, had a quick taste and it was harsh and very dry... But a good 5 hours plus of it breathing next to a warm radiator; it was a stunner! Get the turkey & trimmings out of the way and had a small glass; very, very good indeed. The right kick of oak, the right kick of grape skins and vine cuttings and then a peppery/plummy/fig and date taste to it with vanilla and damson jam on the back taste... As odd as it sounds, it went bloody well with cold pigs in blankets :D The red cut through the fattiness etc ;) If you can find one, buy it and enjoy it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
I'm looking forward to the goose this afternoon ;) we've homemade pickled chillies and mostarda de frutta (mustard fruits); I used home grown Williams pears and very small conference pears with mustard seeds/dry cider and red chillies. First time I've ever done these and they're superb; it was a River Cottage recipe I used
Hahaha... All part of the fun of the wine experience!:D In terms of the warming up, I thought you'd have had your coal/log fire on, so why the radiator? I've got a nice flat log I use to sit wine on, to the side of the log burner, and use that to bring wine up to temp:)
As you say, aeration (along with decanting for older wines) is absolutely essential, in order to for them to release their full potential. However, in terms of aeration, simply popping the cork and leaving the wine to 'breathe', no matter for how long, really don't achieve much, as without decanting, all you're doing is allowing air into the gap inside the neck of the bottle. It's not circulating throughout.
To achieve effective/optimum aeration, I normally just decant. However, I've wanted a proper wine aerator for ages, and got this for Christmas:
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Works great and what a difference it makes!!:eek::eek: Honestly, it transforms the drinking experience and really brings out everything that's good about the wine in question, especially in terms of fruit flavours. 2000 was a fab year for all 'clarets', including Pomerol. Do you also enjoy a good burgundy? Anyway, you need to post more about the wines you drink, not just whisky!;)
Hope you enjoy your goose, ours yesterday was fab!:cool:
Marco.
A boxing day signature 12yr old Sherry.
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edit.. beautiful stuff.. had 2..
Glad you're enjoying it, Grant! A wee drinky, in moderation, will do you the world of good in terms of your overall well being:)
Marco.
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Sorry, you're speaking a foreign lingo now....;)
Anyway, it was Prosecco with some Limoncello, some fresh mint/lemon and a dash of Fever Tree mediterranean tonic water, topped with ice - and very nice it was, too!:)
Marco.
Sounds superb - I have a similar cocktail in my arsenal!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
As a man of few words.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Simply awesome. Quite possibly the nicest whisky I have ever drunk.
Sounds good. Will add it to my lists. Glad it wasn't a duff spendQuote:
Originally Posted by Hibster_2000
Not sure I would buy it at the full retail price. £200 for a bottle is a bit steep when there are so many good whiskys for less money.
Not sure who it was that recommended the Bowmore single malt at £20 but it is really good value - nice and peaty and smokey if that’s what you like.
This is the whisky I currently have in the house:
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I need to finish a few before I buy any more, as the cupboard is now full.
Send me the knockdhu's lol
That's a cracking selection :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibster_2000
I love the Ardbeg Kelpie; very impressed with it so far. Need to get the Groves as ell; but not sure it's worth it's current price of somewhere north of £200!
The Supernova is now north of £600, and certainly not worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by hifilover
I set myself a limit of £100 per bottle, but tend to shop in the lower end of the market.
I think whisky is like HiFi, and the law of diminishing returns kicks in.
Probably the nicest bottle I ever bought was a 23 year old Bowmore, single cask bottling. Very smooth, but that has long gone.
Oh, the peat monster is pretty awful stuff. I can’t seem to give it away. I may up serving it with coke. :eek:
Having a nice sherry tonight.
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It's been one year & three days since i last touched a drink.
Well done. Can’t say the same, but 4 years and 3 days since I last had a cigarette - little steps! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Made in 1968
I've had 3 sherries recently. First for several years. Got loads of booze but it's still sealed [emoji23]
Alex:
That was a new years resolution the same as me then?
:D
Gave up fags in 2011. Had nowt for 5years. Now have a small electric one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Never smoked in my life, or drank alcohol to excess. The fact is *nothing* (short of pure poison) is outright bad for you when consumed in moderation, but a lot of folks simply don't have the willpower to consume something that they love the taste or effect of in moderation (they get greedy for it/the 'hit'), and that leads to the consumption of it in excess, which is where the problems start...
Plus, when it comes to alcohol or drug abuse, that usually happens when unhappy people are trying to escape from their unhappy/unfulfilled lives, and blot it out, which is why having a 'happy head' is the best cure/antidote of all for any bad habits;)
Marco.
Thats right, i used to booze for england as an escape. Which led to being very over weight cos id already consumed my daily Calorie intake in Booze before i even started eating..
Yup, dude, it's a vicious circle.... Recognising the problem though [and not constantly being in denial], is the biggest step to doing something about it:)
Marco.
It was. :) still like a drink though, not sure I would ever want to give it up, as Marco says, in moderation. Just need to moderate a lot more!Quote:
Originally Posted by Made in 1968
Yup, the other thing to remember is that alcohol is a depressive, and so too much is not only bad for you physically, but mentally... The trick to enjoying it in moderation, is just like with anything else you enjoy in life: always control IT, and never let it control to YOU:)
Marco.
I gave up smoking after 30+ years in April after my doc thought i had throat cancer and upon arrival for tests at the hospital i was accosted by an irate Romanian who was shouting at me for stealing his parking space.
After i removed him (by his throat and dumped him in a flower bed) and had the tests which were clear, the decision was made to never smoke again. Why would i want to go through that again?
But, i still like a tipple, and my guilty pleasure tonight is…
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Ah, 'proper' cider, Jon [i.e. stuff that's actually been made from apples, rather than simply chemicals]. Lovely stuff, but for me mostly best drunk ice-cold in warm weather:)
I'm lucky to have this place just down the road: http://www.rosiescider.co.uk/
All the local shops stock it, and the pubs serve it on draught!:cool:
Marco.
Aspall is a stone’s throw from me, and a nice drop of cider, albeit as with Marco, more of a summer drink for me. Nice drop of “winter warming” Old Speckled Hen for me tonight. :)
Me too, a few of us usually ride past Aspall on the way to Eye then across to Aldeburgh for fish’n’chips on the beach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
It really doesn’t get better, especially after a pint of Adnams Ghost Ship.
Yeah, real ales always hit the spot during winter months, and conversely lager during the summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Just briefly returning to the alcohol thing, I think one of the reasons why I never became 'hooked' is because I grew up with it. In Italian households wine is as commonly drunk as water, even by children (albeit in diluted form), and so from about the age of 4, I drank watered-down wine during meals. Del was brought up the same in her German background.
It's also common in Italian families to have a well-stocked drinks cabinet at home, for both pre-meal aperitifs (which I was introduced to around the age of 15) and to offer to family and friends visiting, plus the use of alcohol features heavily in traditional Italian cooking. Therefore, I was both used to its taste, and surrounded by it, from an early age, and so unlike most British kids, for whom it had been strictly forbidden to drink by their parents, when I became of legal age to drink at 18, it was simply 'no big deal'...
I wasn't tempted to go out to the nearest pub and get pissed, as I'd been drinking alcohol for years beforehand, in moderation, and crucially always accompanying food, and grown to respect it, with such taught to me by parents who had been brought up by their parents to do the same. In my experience, that's often rather different from the situation present in most British households.
And my healthy relationship with alcohol has remained the same to this day:)
Marco.
Had this with an excellent Thai takeaway on Saturday. Was a superb match. Always pleasing how food and drink cultures so widely geographically separated can compliment each other so well.
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Balblair 12 Year*Old. On offer at m of malt. £10 off. Been told its good if anyone is interested.. It won't last long
I'm impressed, Tony - that's a lovely wine! Where did you buy it and how much did it cost? Just curious:)Quote:
Originally Posted by mightymonoped
Not surprised it went well with the Thai food. Next time though, try it with some sole meunière!;)
More seriously, and just as a little tip, if you're going to have white wine with the likes of Thai or Indian food/curries, try a good Gewurztraminer, particularly Alsatian varieties. Have a read here: https://www.decanter.com/wine-review...r-like-300561/
And it'll probably be cheaper than the Meursault:)
Marco.
Cost me nothing but enjoyment Marco, was brought round by an old friend from a previous job. He certainly knows his beans and brought this especially.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
With you on the Alsatian wines, back in the past they were a big favourite. I’m not so particular these days but love it when the magic happens. [emoji4]
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Good stuff, mate - even better when it's free!:D:cheers:
Marco.
Just a heads up, guys, for anyone who enjoys a nice glass of fizz, but doesn't want to pay champagne prices, and fancies a change from Prosecco, Aldi have this currently on sale for a bargain £7.99
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Cremant du Jura.... More info here: https://www.aldi.co.uk/exquisite-cre...04711000727200
Trust me, it is *superb*, and in many ways as good as some non-vintage champagne, at a mere fraction of the price. Read the reviews!:)
Marco.
Enjoying a couple of fingers of this - picked up on a deal in Sainsurys before Christmas - very smooth and moreish - Juara - Journey
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Sent a sample of this to try from MofM.
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very enjoyable really. dry start and sweet spicy finish. quite good, and at £41 for a bottle of 15 yr old, not a bad buy i guess. review left to keep em happy ..lol
100 yrs ago today prohibition started in the USA.. Dark days indeed except for the criminals who made a fortune.... Thankfully we never went there, but it does make you wonder why some drugs whose use is often no more harmful, and sometimes less than alcohol is prohibited, allowing gangsters to run billion £ empires.
ps I have never taken drugs.... but I do think if they were licenced similarly to alcohol than much of societies ailments could have been avoided..
anyway, just thought i'd mention the day:D
The 2015 is about £40 a bottle, the 2016 about £50 and the 2017 vintage is about £75 a bottle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco