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Wine and Beer Enthusiasts
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My daughter got me two bottles of Le Vieux Telegraphe 2011 Chateauneuf-du-Pape for Christmas, and I plan to open a bottle to celebrate the New Year.
In truth, I am not at all sure that there is a better way to celebrate the arrival of the New Year than sipping a glass, or two, of Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
A glass or two of a rather good white Burgundy wine, a Pouilly-Fuissé, by 'Les Crays Domaine.'
I actually like this 12 year more than the 20 and it's nearly $40 cheaper. So here I sit cooking ribs, watching Iowa put a beating on Nebraska while also watching championship Sunday. It doesn't get much better.
My eyesight is such that I cannot actually quite read the label on the picture you have posted. What exactly is it?
It's Glenmorangie Nector D'Or. I like it better than the 18, not the 20...I misspoke. I have a bottle of the Lasanta and prefer the 18 more.
Agreed. It probably doesn't.
For me, a glass of good wine, a book, maybe some easy music on the computer or iPod, and a dirty, dreary Sunday - and yes, a meal cooking - yes, it doesn't get much better.
Oh, thanks a lot for the clarification. And, above all, do enjoy the whisky.
A white Burgundy, a Pouilly-Fuisée, Les Crays, a crisp, clean, balanced, smooth wine, yet with considerable depth. Actually, a lovely, elegant Pouilly-Fuisée.
Been buying random bottles of sauvignon blanc since Christmas. Not taste testing them, but it's interesting to experience the wide varying flavors of each bottle. Sauv blanc and riesling are the only whites I can enjoy every day. They're fantastic.
I had a bottle a few weeks back that I picked up in SLO last spring. I couldn't figure out the label because the name was as if Helen Keller wrote it while experiencing an seizure. Pummelo notes with a limey aftertaste. Scent of lemongrass. Chilled it to 38*.
I had a bottle a few weeks back that I picked up in SLO last spring. I couldn't figure out the label because the name was as if Helen Keller wrote it while experiencing an seizure. Pummelo notes with a limey aftertaste. Scent of lemongrass. Chilled it to 38*.
Where was it from? Sounds as though it might have been a New Zealand white.
A really good Riesling can be lovely, and a good Gewurtztraminer is a sublime experience.
Do you really like Gamay?
In his brilliant (and wonderfully readable) book, 'The Story of Wine', Hugh Johnson makes clear his utter detestation of the grape, regarding it as a perfectly dreadful grape.
He writes that it is easy to grow and produces a blessedly high volume when harvested, (hence it is very economical and not at all temperamental), but he views it as a 'tasteless, characterless and bloated' grape, its untroubled ease of growth and volume serving to eradicate and replace far better, - but more demanding and difficult - grapes with better taste, perfume, and depth of flavour on the palate (and in the bottle).
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I do enjoy a Beaujolais and prefer Hilarie Larson's interpretation of the grape.
So is anybody going to the Darklord event this year and they are willing "share" a bottle for a nice price!!!!!?
I have yet to have this one. I did manage (thanks to someone on here) to get my hands on the Breakfast stout. Man-o-man was it good! So good.
The Breakfast Stout is excellent, as I can personally attest. But the KBS is superb. An outstanding beer.
I'm certainly not a fan of Gamay, but I also don't put too much stock in Hugh's opinions on a lot of things. He writes a good book and means well but doesn't always get thinks right. Especially if he takes a personal dislike to something.
So you like the KBS better? I cannot wait to try the KBS.......
So I am going. However with the 4 bottle limit I again cannot help out unfortunately. I have 3 verticals going and drink 1 the year it comes out. Sorry. Seriously through. The week after just trade someone in BA. There will be a ton floating around.
Did u see the pricing this year?
Please note the $200 includes, entry to the fest, 4 bottles of 2016 Dark Lord, 1 BA Dark Lord, and $40 worth of vouchers to spend on food and drinks at the festival.
A little sticker shock. But basically you are just paying up front. I usually have 200+ in my pocket for that day anyways. $30 for the ticket to the fest. $80 for the 4 bottle allotment. $50 if I win the scratch off for the variant. (Only one 1/6 times, but I did get vanilla bean
). Then money for awesome food and guest beer taps from literally all the best breweries in the nation. Just sucks because I would usually bring my wife to try to get extra bottles but can't do it for $400. I can't justify that with the stockpile I'm sittin on of beer and the ridiculous amount of tickets I have for this upcoming concert season.
BS is amazing in its own right. Easy drinking full flavor deliciousness. KBS however is the big leagues. Barrel aged goodness. And their barrels are sooo good. But something for special occasions. Not as "drinkable" as BS.
If I had to pick one, Kbs no doubt.
Sadly I passed on tickets this year for the release at the brewery. It was a great experience the last 3 years. Best brewpub i have been to. Just Have to pick my spots with a young child at home. Kbs can be had in stores. Dark lord is not. And again a lot of concerts on the agenda this summer.
Yes, I do. A seriously superb beer. But the sort of beer that is so good, you only tend to sip one, slowly, and savour it, at a time. It clocks in at 11.3% - so is not, clearly, a session beer.
It really is quite tasty. You really should try to get your hands on some.