Reply to: What are we drinking this weekend?

[norrahe]

Whatever wines they serve us at the meals for grub club.

Looking forward to tonight's meal as the Sommelier knows her stuff and there will be some awesome wine pairings.

Sunday am going to a tasting at a friends and he's opening Chateaux Haut Brion 1964 La Grand Rue and Vosne Romanee 1988 Domaine Lamarche

Well I thought it was just going to be the above wines, but we kicked off with a '93 Dom Perignon, next was a 2005 Cristal, and in no particular order a 2000 Fagus garnacha, 2008 corton grand cru, 2007 Gran reserva Rioja, 1996 Echezeaux Grand Cru, 2004 Batard Montrachet, 2009 Volnay, 2006 Chambertin Grand Cru, 1970 Sauternes and then topped off with a snifter of 1993 Marc de Bourgogne. Bit of (wine)geeky afternoon.

Surprised I'm still alive this morning and I still have to write up the review of Saturday's grub club dinner on the blog.

[cojak]

Can one of the admins/moderators please ban this weirdo from trolling me please.

Done!

[TykeMerc]

Can one of the admins/moderators please ban this weirdo from trolling me please.

You could stop creating sockies, then it wouldn't happen

Sloshing back a nice Cabernet Sauvignon that I got from Tesco for £7, it went rather well with the roast topside I had for tea

[RoastedSlopes]

Aussielong, the very often banned.

Can one of the admins/moderators please ban this weirdo from trolling me please.

[TykeMerc]

Who's sockie is this?

Aussielong, the very often banned.

[Whorty]

Watching the rugger (come on England!!!!!) supping Broadside

[norrahe]

Currently sipping on some bolly courtesy of cojak while watching the rugby.

[hyperD]

Sounds nice but quite expensive. For that price you can drink a pint of Pilsner Urquell in Bratislava

Of course, but where's the fun in that!

This particular recipe uses over double the amount of malts and hops than most of my normal strength recipes (30p/pint) - and it's surprisingly better than the stuff they serve in pubs and bottles.

My turnover is around 46 bottles (23 litres) a time so I can't get better economies of scale than that unless I upgrade my kit. But then I'd have to sell the beer, because even though I love it, even I couldn't drink it all!

[RoastedSlopes]

Whatever wines they serve us at the meals for grub club.

Looking forward to tonight's meal as the Sommelier knows her stuff and there will be some awesome wine pairings.

Sunday am going to a tasting at a friends and he's opening Chateaux Haut Brion 1964 La Grand Rue and Vosne Romanee 1988 Domaine Lamarche

Tasted a 1996 Haut Brion against some other top drawer wines back in 2013, the 1997 Ridge Monte Bello won that day. but the HB still had some good levels of acidity and fruit but was mainly tertiary aromas and flavours.

Be interested in hearing about your tasting of the HB and how it is holding up

[norrahe]

Whatever wines they serve us at the meals for grub club.

Looking forward to tonight's meal as the Sommelier knows her stuff and there will be some awesome wine pairings.

Sunday am going to a tasting at a friends and he's opening Chateaux Haut Brion 1964 La Grand Rue and Vosne Romanee 1988 Domaine Lamarche

[darmstadt]

Doog, me ol' mucker, this is a recipe that was online from a homebrew site. I've used the actual ingredients (grains, malts, yeasts, boiling hops etc) to produce a stunningly great beer, of similar quality to the commercial brand. At 90p/pint, it's fantastic! And so say many people. Makes a good Xmas pressie as well.

Sounds nice but quite expensive. For that price you can drink a pint of Pilsner Urquell in Bratislava

[d000hg]

Doog, me ol' mucker, this is a recipe that was online from a homebrew site. I've used the actual ingredients (grains, malts, yeasts, boiling hops etc) to produce a stunningly great beer, of similar quality to the commercial brand. At 90p/pint, it's fantastic! And so say many people. Makes a good Xmas pressie as well.

Sounds great. I've yet to try homebrew, I'd always assumed I'd do an ale but being able to brew 'proper lager' - or something like corona - would be ace.

[Gumbo Robot]

That wouldn't be The Black Bull in Margaretting would it? If so, then its been there for at least 35 years

Lord Denmam, Dagenham Heathway.

Which probably ain't even there any more.

[darmstadt]

That Sheep Dip's as ruff as f**ck. Been the same bottle behind the bar of my local for nigh on 20 years. One taste of that & you never go back.

That wouldn't be The Black Bull in Margaretting would it? If so, then its been there for at least 35 years

[Gumbo Robot]

Cardinal Mendoza has tipped up with El Gran Duque de Alba would you believe it?