What's in your glass?

[gentlegreen]

Aldi Carcassonne - currently the only interesting French wine in my local branch- £4.39
First impressions a bit skewed due to just having eaten chilli-flavoured crisps - plus it's day one and I like my wines better after a day or two.

Serious amounts of dark cyanidey plum "on the nose" and then on the back of the mouth - and pure St Emilion musky "cellar mould" complexity (or at least the one St Emilion I have experience of) that just about balances the acidity.
I will definitely grab a few bottles while they have it available.

 

[izz]

Sparkling shiraz, chilled. How Goths do Summer.

 

[alsoknownas]

Had a very storied beer at the weekend - Brouwerij De Brabandere Petrus Aged Pale.

This is a brew made famous by seminal beer writer Michael Jackson (no, not that one, obv.) during a visit to the Belgian brewery around 20 years ago. On hearing that the base beer for their Oud Bruin was a blonde (in contrast to the regional tradition of using darker beers for the task) he demanded to taste the base straight from the foeder (maturing casket). Reluctantly the head brewers granted his request. Jackson declared the beer 'fantastic' and spent a considerable time negotiating with the somewhat nervous brewery to release some of it to the drinking public.

A couple of decades later, and I managed to get my hands on a half pint at Beavertown's crowded tap room.

It sits rather unassuming in the glass. Yellow and pale, with a thin but healthy head.

I can exclusively reveal that it tastes like someone took some vinegar, added some lemon juice, and then pissed in it. My mates all agreed it's amongst the most disgusting thing to have ever passed any of their lips. Fucking yuck! Seems like those Belgian brewers were right in the first place.

Article here:
Petrus Aged Pale | De Brabandere’s Most Versatile Beer

 

[blairsh]

 

[8115]

Pimento spicy ginger beer. From the bottle.

 

[moose]

I'm pretending it's a Martini, but it's just a lot of gin, really.

 

[Dead Cat Bounce]

Waitrose own brand Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand. Not bad but on a Friday night after this week I'll drink anything.

Except gin. Never, ever gin.

 

[starfish]

A nice fruity litte number.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'm pretending it's a Martini, but it's just a lot of gin, really.

Gin & tonic with rhubarb & ginger cordial.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Coop are flogging their own label (so-called 'irresistible' range) gin for £10 (70cl) for people with a divi card. I think it's limited to one per divi card, unfortunately.

 

[starfish]

It was the one on the left, now its the one the right.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Quince gin with lemon tonic. Rather lovely.

moose - first time I've seen quince gin, on sale in Sainsbury's for £26 for 70cl.

 

[moose]

Quince gin with lemon tonic. Rather lovely.

moose - first time I've seen quince gin, on sale in Sainsbury's for £26 for 70cl.

On it.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

On it.

Only in big Sainsbury's branches - I happened to be in the big Salford Sains and spotted it. The make is Whittley Neill.

It is dangerously nice - the yardstick I use is whether you could feed this to annoying children to shut them up by making them comatose* and it passes with flying colours. Much like absinthe and dandelion & burdock.

* a shocking waste of good gin though, chloroform would probably be cheaper...

 

[moose]

Only in big Sainsbury's branches - I happened to be in the big Salford Sains and spotted it. The make is Whittley Neill.

I'm going to have to venture further afield - none in my shit local branch.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'm going to have to venture further afield - none in my shit local branch.

Order a crate for delivery?

 

[rubbershoes]

A michelada. Never had one before

 

[dilute micro]

 

[blairsh]

Dead Mans Fingers (coconut rum ) from the bottle, right now...

 

[wayward bob]

the most expensive red they had in our little sainsburies. argentinian malbec, pretty nice tbf. i've cut wayyyy back on my drinking and literally can't remember the last time i had red wine

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Organic pineapple gin. A new find.

moose - sold in the big M & S food hall. Distilled in Greater Manchester too - although I suspect the pineapples may be from further afield.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

double post

 

[moose]

Organic pineapple gin. A new find.

moose - sold in the big M & S food hall. Distilled in Greater Manchester too - although I suspect the pineapples may be from further afield.

Oooh hello. Sounds interesting!
I've had an espresso Martini whilst cooking the tea. Difficult to stop at one, though, and I don't want to be awake all night (again).

 

[ringo]

Spanish liquer that's good for shots, Licor 43. Nice caramel flavour. Present from Ibiza.

 

[mango5]

Boulevardier (a negroni made with bourbon instead of gin)

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Having a hot whisky (mostly hot water) and then back to bed.

 

[planetgeli]

Having a hot whisky (mostly hot water) and then back to bed.

It’s half past six and half term. Get up and dance mofo.

Anyway, Whitley Neill (easy to remember coz not Whitney Houston). Rhubarb and ginger. Best on the market by a country (Wales?) mile. That’s what’s in my glass.

Hic.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

It’s half past six and half term. Get up and dance mofo.

Anyway, Whitley Neill (easy to remember coz not Whitney Houston). Rhubarb and ginger. Best on the market by a country (Wales?) mile. That’s what’s in my glass.

Hic.

I'd love to be up and dancing...
Rotten chest infection and feeling shite. But if and when I shake tho off it'll be PARTY all the way for the next week.

 

[KatyF]

Amaretto and coke. I meant to buy wine but ended up with a bottle of amaretto instead.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Aldi Carcassonne - currently the only interesting French wine in my local branch- £4.39
First impressions a bit skewed due to just having eaten chilli-flavoured crisps - plus it's day one and I like my wines better after a day or two.

Serious amounts of dark cyanidey plum "on the nose" and then on the back of the mouth - and pure St Emilion musky "cellar mould" complexity (or at least the one St Emilion I have experience of) that just about balances the acidity.
I will definitely grab a few bottles while they have it available.

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I opened a St Emilion tonight, assumed it was corked and opened a bottle of Rioja instead. Is St Emilion really supposed to taste musty?