What's in your glass tonight?

[fatbloke]

Attended a party last night hosted by one of the couples in our wine tasting group. The theme was "Chili Cookoff and Chile Wines on a Chilly Evening."

So in addition to trying several variations of Chili Con Carne (I brought an inferno-like variation of Shotgun Willie's Texas Chili ), we also had a lot of Carmenere, Cabernet, Sauvignon Blanc, and Pinot Grigio to wash it all down.

Perhaps you should have tried to see if you could get hold of a "capsimel" (mead made with chilli/capsaicin) to match grub like that.......

[Rich]

Glad you liked the port John.

Tonight, I've got some Kenridge Amarone that's just over a year old. Not too bad at all, having been in the decanter all afternoon to breathe.

[mark g]

wine rack raid

Tonight i have no H/B wine ready, so it's a wine rack raid
I found a very nice bottle of Tunante 2009 Rioja,Joven 14%vol.
and i will finish off with 3-5 tins of carling.

[ms67]

cono sur merlot 2008.
enjoying it muchly but wouldn't recognise it from the description on the label.

couple of nights ago my own blackberry wine from the year before last, still one of my favourites, still better for using the fruit from our garden compared to foraged, even tho both are wild canes. Sits very comfortably alongside commercial dry fruity reds.

recently had a promessa organic merlot syrah with a meal out, delicious.

and a 2007 blackberry dessert wine, made with fresh bakers yeast (16p per handful) by an in-law. was spot on with home-made apple pie. i don't think i'll ever try using bakers yeast to brew with, and i never have done, not even once. But i do enjoy drinking the results of other's efforts in this department, especially when they are this good.

[mark g]

My 2010 vintage coffee wine
and half a dozen bottles of Holt's Humdinger 4.1%

[tribalfather]

Not so much as in the glass tonight, but the casualty list from last night after a youngs white 7 day kit.
So far myself - fine but not driving for next few hours
Wife- swearing she not touch another drop
Eldests boyfriend- got a mess to clean up this morning
Eldest- no sign or noise from her as yet

All this from just 2 to 3 glasses each .

It now seems that I have all the remaining bottles to myself . Oh happy days

[goldseal]

A Mondego Ultimate Chardonnay with added Gooseberries. Didn't like this at all - I tried using the Mondego kit as a source of cheap concentrate, but to me it has a mildly unpleasant underlying taste. Mrs. G doesn't mind it, so I have encouraged her to drink as much of it as she likes .

A Grapefest 2009 Ciliegiolo. Really pleased with this - fruity, smooth, easy-drinking.

[koomber]

Erdringer Dunkel. Hmmm. This 'tasmells' (I can taste it when I smell the beer, if that makes any sense) just like really dilute fairy liquid (not from the glass either). Which is a shame. The beer itself tastes pretty good. Bit thin, but I think for a dark bert it would be quite refreshing.

[Rich]

Tea.

[kampervan]

osh too sweet should have left longer. mount hood brew just not my taste very flowery. so not going well so peniot vernot happy now

[mark g]

I will have a bottle of H/B 2010 vintage coffee wine 13.5% vol
tonight and a of my EDME Lager

[DaveH]

Couple of Bottles of Grapefest Guzzler as a tester to see if it's carbonated ok (1st time using S05 yeast). Quite impressed considering its only 3 weeks old (one week in the bottle warm conditioning at 20 degrees).....definately showing promise! The yeast is really letting the hops shine through (Challenger for bittering; Aurora and Bobek for Aroma). Just need to let it cold condition for a few weeks now! (if i can LOL)

[goldseal]

Water, in yet another Premier Inn

[spritzer]

A lil glass o lychee
Tis my fav at the mo

[koomber]

Stroh 80!

http://www.stroh.at/en/home/