Favorite drink...

[taB]

I would like to pledge my support for Will's crap cider witch hunt

 

[Overdriven]

Gin.
Martini.
Sambuca (Original.. By the bottle..)
Vodka and Cherryade (Interesting how we ran out of coke, this mix is rather sweet)

 

[tris-]

Strongbow isn't even very nice cider. Get some proper cider*, you n00bs.





*If you think I'm referring to Magners, I'm going to hunt you down and hurt you.

ive had hand pulled cider and it was bitty and smelled of horse shit. still drank it though and it wasnt too bad.
id go for strongbow on a day to day basis and magners if im splasing out.

 

[throdgrain]

All cider is pretty much piss to me, with the exception of Norman cider, which isnt very strong as a rule, but is fucking delicous, and tastes nothing like the cak the serve up here.

Best drink in the world for me is probably Fullers ESB.


So there

 

[Trem]

Into red wine at the minute, pretty much any bottle with a screw cap rather than a cork is my choice, I'm so classy

Favourite other drink would be Hoegaarden.

 

[Will]

Normandy cider is pretty nice, though proper Somerset farm cider is awesome. I still drink ale most of the time, but cider drunk holds a special place in my heart.

Have you tried calvados Throd? Mmnn, cider brandy.

 

[Chilly]

The blood of a freshly sacrificed virgin, zesty.

 

[Olgaline]

Cider gets a bad rep,
And maily due to stuff like Somersby apple cider, being the mainstream favorites.
they are often a cheap "apple juice" and I use that term lightly, spiced up with alchohol and fizz. and the final product ends up a overly sweet sticky fizzing headache inducing bevarage.

 

[taB]

Normandy cider is pretty nice, though proper Somerset farm cider is awesome. I still drink ale most of the time, but cider drunk holds a special place in my heart.

Have you tried calvados Throd? Mmnn, cider brandy.

Was on the Pommeau the other night, fortified appley goodness

 

[Rubric]

You obviously mean Woodpecker then, Will!

No he means white lightning.

Anyone remember diamond white. Used to be big in the pub i worked in years ago. Cider was always the poor mans lager when i was growing up. Stick some ice in it these days and its suddenly a posh drink.

 

[Olgaline]

For you Redwine drinkers,
If your into the whole "Fruity" aka "low tannin" style reds

Try this: It's a Carbernet/shiraz/Grenache

It's preaty close to the best value for money wine you can find atm,
and it's screw cap will it's been 12 months on barrels,
and has clear notes of black current and cherry. 90pts by R. Parker

and at the silly price of 69kr (roughly £6,5-7)

 

[Olgaline]

ok, low tannin might be a bad choice of wording there, so maybe one should say if you like full bodied wines, just without quite as much tannin as most of the french have, exept ofc. the Burgandy & bejuoilies

 

[throdgrain]

Normandy cider is pretty nice, though proper Somerset farm cider is awesome. I still drink ale most of the time, but cider drunk holds a special place in my heart.

Have you tried calvados Throd? Mmnn, cider brandy.

I have a bottle of Calvados right here, bought by me at a home still thing near Mont San Michel

 

[taB]

For you Redwine drinkers,
If your into the whole "Fruity" aka "low tannin" style reds

Try this: It's a Carbernet/shiraz/Grenache

It's preaty close to the best value for money wine you can find atm,
and it's screw cap will it's been 12 months on barrels,
and has clear notes of black current and cherry. 90pts by R. Parker

and at the silly price of 69kr (roughly £6,5-7)

Gah, the bane of my existance. Fucking yanks and their points.

And I mean no disrespect as most people in the trade do it.... BUT:

This wine was tasted by Jay Miller, who works for Parker, Not bobby P junior himself. It is 90 Wine Advocate points not 90 bob points.


eRobertParker.com # 173
Oct 2007 Jay Miller 90 Drink - $8-$12 (12)
The 2006 Stickleback Red is composed of 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Shiraz and 27% Grenache. It was aged for 12 months in used French and American oak. This crimson-colored wine has an enticing perfume of spice box, black cherry, black currant, and blackberry. Ripe, sweet, and layered on the palate, this sensational value totally over-delivers. It will evolve for 1-2 years but there is really no reason to defer gratification.


There is a massive difference.


Oh, and edit: I'm sure it's fecking nice

 

[Bahumat]

Alcohol = Magners with ice
Soft drink = Diet coke

I call diet coke "fizzy pop"

 

[taB]

Alcohol = Magners with ice
Soft drink = Diet coke

I call diet coke "fizzy pop"

I call Magners chemical shit

 

[Olgaline]

well,
The good: It's often a good marker. "just dont use it as the one divine truth!"
"same goes for Jim murray and whiskies"

The bad: The Price goes kaplamow! once it gets the parker 95+
just sucks if you like that wine and he suddenly discovers it.

 

[taB]

The bad: The Price goes kaplamow! once Mr.R parker likes it

Definately sensible / good pricing on the Amon Ra, would love to try it too Will do if I get a bonus in August.

Flor de Pingus is a wine I've tried and it's good. Over-priced, of course. Pingus has unfortunately been priced way out of my league by Mr Sisseck. My fave good points for the cash bottles at the moment are the Bierzo wines from Alvaro Palacios. Mencia ftw.

Parker likes over extracted almost spoofulated wines that go for the jugular. Just because a wine gets good Bob points does not necessarily make it the be all and end all. It's more about calibrating one's palate and then trying to use his tasting notes to suit yourself, as he is the most widely tasted guy out there.

Neal Martin is someone I have massive respect for (even though he drinks his romanee conti with kfc..) and am glad that he's been brought onto the e-bob team to provide a view that I more closely identify with. His blog was excellent before he took the cash and went up-market.

 

[Olgaline]

heh,
I edited my post before I saw your reply, but mate it's obviose you've far ahead of me when it comes to wines, so I'll take your word for it
I'm only about 1 month into it, and until reasently I've been at the stage
"me like!, me no like!, old or young, Point noir or cabernet, you know the basic stuff.

So I'm still learning, hence all the "home work" if you happen to follow my blog
But guys like parker do server to help alot when you've got mr.bigshot-havent'aclue
asking you why he should pay £20 for That! wine,
and thats even after you've spent about 5 mins explaining every possible tidbit about vine age, soils, climate and so on...
and honestly when you reach mr.bigcock nr.5 of the day a simple well, parker says 95+
really makes your day alot easier.

Reminds me,
If your into Zinfandel ?
you should try the Seghesio "Old vine" It's a Sonoma wine, and the vines are roughly 113 years old.
danish price is roughly 245kr so about £25 ?

 

[Olgaline]

damn edit timer :

tab will already knwo this ofc.
The Zinfandel is closely related to the Primativo, and it's well known for it's large harvet, and is often used as the "work horse grape" but seghasio has desided to focus on and proove that shown the right respect and care, you can develop some fantastic quality wines. as vines age, they produce less grapes, wich in turn hold greater intensity and volume. also
as vines age thier roots take a hold deeper and deeper, and thus can also travel through numorouse soil layers adding complexity to the grape.

and a disclaimer: No Primativo and Zinfandel wines are not the same!

 

[TdC]

Favourite other drink would be Hoegaarden.

PLEASE come over to Holland one day Trem, so I can get you in to proper beer like I did with Will. Tell him Will. You know teh trooths!!!1

 

[Olgaline]

Favourite other drink would be Hoegaarden.

If your Into Wheat Beers,

you should try the following beers (that should be buyable all over europe)

- Aventinus, G. Schneider & Sohn
- Maisel's Weisse
- Olivier Poussier Wieckse Wit Edelweiss.

three very differrent and very good Wheat beers

 

[Ch3tan]

I like cider, I like brandy. But Calvados is an abomination.

My dad likes it though, must be an old thing

 

[taB]

heh,
I edited my post before I saw your reply, but mate it's obviose you've far ahead of me when it comes to wines, so I'll take your word for it
I'm only about 1 month into it, and until reasently I've been at the stage
"me like!, me no like!, old or young, Point noir or cabernet, you know the basic stuff.

So I'm still learning, hence all the "home work" if you happen to follow my blog
But guys like parker do server to help alot when you've got mr.bigshot-havent'aclue
asking you why he should pay £20 for That! wine,
and thats even after you've spent about 5 mins explaining every possible tidbit about vine age, soils, climate and so on...
and honestly when you reach mr.bigcock nr.5 of the day a simple well, parker says 95+
really makes your day alot easier.

Reminds me,
If your into Zinfandel ?
you should try the Seghesio "Old vine" It's a Sonoma wine, and the vines are roughly 113 years old.
danish price is roughly 245kr so about £25 ?

Will deffo check out your blog

Parker sets prices and price trends, that's an unavoidable truth and yes he definately can help sell a wine. However there are people like Christian Moueix (Decanter Man of the Year 2008) who makes a lot of wines Parker doesn't think are great who still sells Petrus for four figures a bottle in a bad year. The Amon Ra you mentioned has better "scores" in recent vintages.

Zinfandel is great stuff I've only tried bottles around £10. Ravenswood bottlings mostly (Lodi County springs to mind) but Nickolls & Perks stock the one you mentioned so will see about getting hold of a bottle. It's about £25 over here too. Older vine wines definately do it for me & low yields = concentrated flavour

Another grape I'm loving is Malbec. I had Achaval Ferrer's entry level one at a tasting this week (£12) and it is awesome - just needed a bleeding hunk of cow to accompany it :lol:

Wheat Beer - only ever tried the massed produced stuff (i.e. Hoegarden) would love to try some decent ones!

Calvados - If liking calvados makes me old then so be it, it's great stuff.

 

[DaGaffer]

All drinks are about context, e.g:
Favourite pub drink, indoors, UK, winter: Bitter
Favourite pub drink, indoors, Ireland, winter: Guiness
Favourite red wine with steak, in Argentina: Malbec
Favourite red wine with steak, in South Africa: Pinotage
Favourite cocktail, summer, near a beach everywhere except Brazil: Mojito
Favourite cocktail, summer, near a beach in Brazil: Caipirinha
Favourite cocktail, indoors, winter: Whisky Sour
Favourite outdoor summer drink, England (current): Jacques Fruit Cider
etc. etc.

In other words, it depends.

 

[nath]

Staropramen. If I believed in God, and He was a lager drinker - He'd drink this.

 

[YoDa]

I only everdrink lady boys - Carling, baileys, and gin and tonic. All to washed be down by a another

 

[Will]

PLEASE come over to Holland one day Trem, so I can get you in to proper beer like I did with Will. Tell him Will. You know teh trooths!!!1

Weihenstephaner, for great justice!!!!

 

[Kryten]

I think what I like to drink differs very heavily on the mood, atmosphere, weather etc.

So roughly:

When it's cold, Guiness / Tea
When it's warm, a decent Cider (had a nice one the other day, name I forgot Was a Hertfordshire brewery though. Otherwise, strongboy)
Inbetween days, any decent real ale, a proper IPA if there's none on tap. (by decent, that's anything other than Greene King IPA).

Otherwise, cream soda, vanilla coke

 

[Sharma]

I love my ales without question, best one being Hobgoblin for me.

But for some reason, Southern Comfort and Lemonade always seems to come out on top for drinks I can drink forever!