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[Misc] The sun is out and it’s fridat….
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I got four cases of Dark Star delivered yesterday two London Pride and one Cornish Orchards Blush.
Happy days
Got this lined up for this evening, with tonic.
https://www.plymouthgin.com/en-EN/products/PLYMOUTH-GIN
https://www.plymouthgin.com/en-EN/products/PLYMOUTH-GIN
Machiavelli
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I put a venerated German Riesling in the fridge this morning, Burklin-Wolf 2016 Gaisbohl, to celebrate this week's events. It'll be open within two or three hours. The heat means that the red that follows will be light-ish too.
Worried Man Blues
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Second can of Proper Job, watching qualy and Winmbledom retirement is bliss!
Ooooh, I do love a riesling. Have you tried Grosset’s Polish Hill? Aussie (Clare Valley) and quite pricey, but it’s one of the best white wines I’ve ever had.
wunt be druv
Oh bugger..!
Going for a jug or three of the ol' Pimms to start with...then probably moving on to some serious G&T-ing...Happy Fridat you lovely N.S.C.ers
And a groggy Saturday morning?
I noticed that I was bit grumpy one morning recently after some large G&T's the preceding evening. A pub landlord mate reckons that gin particularly can have that effect.
Machiavelli
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Admire your taste: Riesling and Chardonnay are comfortably the best white grapes. Riesling works much better in this weather though. Such comments indicated that I'm very opinionated on such things, and a bit of a wine freak/enthusiast/snob. One of the things I no longer drink much of is Australian wine, but Grosset makes some of their best Rieslings, Jim Barry is worth checking out too.
Much like Burgundy is the home of Chardonnay, Germany is the home of Riesling and, if you haven't done so, I'd urge you to get involved.
One thing that puts people off is reading the labels and the range of styles, levels of sweetness. On this, try two things:
-- check out the alcohol content, if it's very low, there will be more sweetness and you'll get off-dry to medium levels; more alcohol, and it'll tend to be drier
-- traditionally this could be read via the 'quality' level which is for the better wines that are ranked according to (ascending) levels of sweetness: Kabinett > Spatlese > Auslese > Trockenbeerenasulese. You can use this as a guide, but you'll find that only the first two are affordable and (more widely) available. Now, drier styles are more fashionable and, confusingly, you'll sometimes get the word Trocken added to indicate that the wine is fermented to dryness, eg Kabinett Trocken.
German Rieslings can be light and refreshing, yet intensely flavoured, and they're just perfect to drink in this weather, either without food (when an off-dry/medium-dry often works well, as these do with Asian food) or with, whether Asian, or the lighter foods we tend to gravitate towards at this time of year.
wunt be druv
Oh bugger..!
And a groggy Saturday morning?
I noticed that I was bit grumpy one morning recently after some large G&T's the preceding evening. A pub landlord mate reckons that gin particularly can have that effect.
I am actually alright on Gin...any dark spirits and I do suffer...got a spin class followed by fitness pilates first thing...generally clears any trace of a hangover.
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
Still working, got Amstel in the fridge calling my name.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Mrs Wz gone to Glasgow for weekend, Lamb steak marinating in a nice bit of Mint, Garlic and Balsamic and just about to open this
Early evening forecast of complete Bollox later on NSC (no change there)
Early evening forecast of complete Bollox later on NSC (no change there)
- Jul 10, 2003
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And a groggy Saturday morning?
I noticed that I was bit grumpy one morning recently after some large G&T's the preceding evening. A pub landlord mate reckons that gin particularly can have that effect.
I've also heard that Gin can have that effect on grumpy old gits
Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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Off to menorca at 4am [emoji482][emoji3508]
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Have a great time, some really nice restaurants on Menorca (but you do know it's for grown ups, it's no Ibiza
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Wrong-Direction
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My ibiza days are pretty much over, it's all about a villa and pool now [emoji484][emoji2249]Have a great time, some really nice restaurants on Menorca (but you do know it's for grown ups, it's no Ibiza
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Coldeanseagull
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Some nice gin distilleries over there! Check out pomada.....very likeable
Coldeanseagull
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Gone for an aussie reserve merlot.
fruity
I love me, I bought me beer!
fruity
I love me, I bought me beer!