What's in your glass?

[dessiato]

Lamb's navy rum

 

[existentialist]

Camden IPA

 

[Orang Utan]

cheeeky vimto

 

[danny la rouge]

10 year old Glengoyne.

 

[planetgeli]

Bulleit Bourbon. It was a present, not something I'd normally buy. It's good.

 

[existentialist]

A rather pleasant South African Shiraz.

 

[rubbershoes]

Tesco Tempranillo £3.69

 

[gentlegreen]

I made a second visit to Aldi in the hope that some more French red would have appeared, but all I managed was a couple of Cotes Du Rhone and some generic pinot noir ... and while I was grumbling, a woman pointed at some Estevez Chiliean PN for under £3 and said it was OK for "quaffing" (do I look like a "quaffer" ?? ) - I grabbed a bottle anyway ...

 

[ViolentPanda]

Glen Moray 12yr-old.

 

[existentialist]

Glen Moray 12yr-old.

Cheers, ViolentPanda! I'm drinking a nice glass of South African Shiraz.

 

[danny la rouge]

 

[gentlegreen]

I finally got around to the sub-£3 bottle of ALDI Estevez Chilean Pinot Noir.
I can see why it's cheap -but it's not without interest - day 1 it's under-ripe plums .... quite sour and a fair bit of actual bitterness - I'm sure it will be fine with my umami-rich stew.

 

[High Voltage]

Aldi appear to have on their regularly stocked wine list a sparkling Shiraz - we've got a bottle to try out and if it's half as good as the old Banrock Station Sparkling Shiraz was I'll be a very happy bunny indeed

 

[gentlegreen]

I hope when I go to Aldi tomorrow they have some French reds back in ...

 

[izz]

Aldi blood orange soda. Not bad at all

 

[gentlegreen]

I had to give up on the cheap Chilean Pinot after one outing - ironic that the posh bird in the supermarket (sarcasm) said it was fine for "quaffing" - by which I assumed she'd meant "didn't need food" - but I suspect she meant it didn't make any difference after half a bottle ....
I'll see what it's like next week after it's breathed a little - otherwise I may have to invent vegan coq-au-vin ...
Aldi only had CDR and generic French pinot - and I managed to smash one of the two bottles of CDR thanks to using too small a scab till but luckily had not paid for it yet ... so I may make an extra trip to Aldi next week in the hope the situation has improved.
I had become spoiled by the full-bodied Marselan and Fitou ...

 

[bellaozzydog]

Considering a Merlot and orange juice concoction, that or a vape

 

[gentlegreen]

The only drinkable wine from my POV in Aldi is CDR - unless I was prepared to pay £12 or more...
And I'm ashamed to say that having missed a trick at Xmas with the lovely Fitou and Marselan, I made an extra trip this week and everyone else will have to make do.

First world problems ....

 

[seeformiles]

Homemade rhubarb wine

 

[gentlegreen]

Aldi's wine selection is still a bit sub-par, but they had two new French reds today which I have yet to try.
the CDR has been going down well enough, but I miss the more gutsy reds they had before ...
The Fleurie is from some time ago and didn't impress me as other versions did in the past .. perhaps I'm waiting for the right sunny day and the right mood ...

 

[gentlegreen]

I can definitely recommend the St Chinian - quite a lot of dark fruit and moderate acidity, but well-balanced by its body - so stands up fairly well without the aid of food...
I was debating yesterday whether upping my game to £8 a bottle for Rasteau would be a bit decadent ... I'm scared to actually taste any in case I like it ... a shame they no longer have the lovely Marselan and Fitou ...

 

[bellaozzydog]

Verdant headband. 5.35 pence (locals price)

 

[gentlegreen]

Corbières - freshly opened - I can't quite place the fruit - there's a lot of it, but also something else .. perhaps cherries - quite a decent hit of tannin... a definite sweetness to this one ...

 

[The39thStep]

 

[gentlegreen]

I almost had beer today after getting knackered in the garden.
I spotted an ancient bottle of Stella in the junk pile - but I have some far better stuff which I stopped drinking abruptly in 2020 when it set off my gout.

 

[bellaozzydog]

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A well rounded breakfast are your Gauloises out of shot

 

[mx wcfc]

My mother went St Lucia and all I got was these.

The Bounty is pretty good. Not the best rum I’ve had but a very decent drop. The 80% Denros looks a bit scary

Isn’t Numbers our resident rum connoisseur. Tried these?

 

[gentlegreen]

I ran out of cheaper stuff so opened the bottle of Cairanne - Aldi £8.99.
I can see why they charge more for it than Corbieres and the like...
Freshly opened it has light, sweeter fruit - perhaps cherry - but it still has a musky complexity - perhps somewhat like what I had expected from the disappointing Fleurie ...
I could see people easily knocking back far too much of this - even without food to rein it in ...

 

[seeformiles]

Last autumn’s scrumpy is coming to fruition so lots of interesting brews - some great on their own and others better for blending. Latest blended discovery is a regular dry cider mixed with a hybrid brew (half cider, half mead with elderberry) in 3/1 proportions. Absolutely amazing complex flavour - like a dessert scrumpy. I’ll probably flog some to the New Age Pagan types I know who refer to it as “Druid Fluid” and drink it out of horns while dancing round some stones or other.

 

[moose]

A lethal, icy martini, 2 olives.