The Wine & Whisky Thread

Eternum Viti Toro 2009. a lovely drop.. put some in tomorrows dinner and keep rest for scoffing (91 rated)

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Originally Posted by Len Co

I drink beer and wine but recently anything with any amount of fizz in it affects my digestive system adversely. Does anyone know if it is possible to get flat (still?) bottled beer in the shops - I rarely visit pubs these days. At the moment I'm restricting myself to wine but would like a bit of variety in my boozing. Cheers.

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Hi, no, but what you can do is control this with the right pour. Angle it so you get fizzing and a head (more than how a pub pours), so it won’t end up doing the same in your belly. Interestingly some Czechs pour their beer with no tilt, waiting for the huge head to subside before pouring again.

Right now, some 'bubbly' that we brought back from Germany this year: https://www.lidl.de/de/rotkaeppchen-...rocken/p196105


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It's just stupidly good for the money, at €3.99 a bottle!! :eek::mental:

'Plonk' it is not, trust me. Absolutely beautiful, served chilled as an aperitif... I've paid ten times that amount for French stuff that hasn't been anywhere near as good!! Pity you can't get it here in Lidl.

Marco.

Aberlour A'bunadh is on sale at Waitrose right now, reduced by £12.

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/produc...67-36964-36965

Batch 59 is 60.9% and still has the old kick of course but it has lost something in complexity.
You don't quite get that array of chocolate, raisins, caramel and orange notes that earlier batches had.
The alcoholic burn is more overwhelming now. Hope they get it back on track in the future.

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Nice whisky The A'Bunadh. good price for a quality dram. I like sherry caskers.

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Originally Posted by struth

Nice whisky The A'Bunadh. good price for a quality dram. I like sherry caskers.

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Yep sherry caskers are my favourites - are there any others in particular you can recommend Grant?

glenmorangie lasanta, the balvenie single barrel 15, tamdhu batch strength and Tullybardine 228 although this is a burgandy cask, its lovely. Those are the ones Ive tried that I liked.

Looks like the Lasanta could be a nice Xmas gift to myself ... :cool:

Just picked up a bottle of the Lasanta for £35 from Amazon Prime - that's a 20 quid reduction.

Nice. :)

Bought a bottle of Ardbeg Corryvreckan about three weeks ago and have just got around to opening it. Absolutely stunning. Well worth the expense.