A of EDME lager and a big glass of H/M Elderberry wine
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A 1/2 bottle of Rich's grapefest 2009 black cherry port.
Very nice - I'd go as far as to say this is he 2nd best black cherry port I have tried
seriously, I reckon the extra year has improved it - lots of fresh oakPete the Instructor
It looks like Phil Donahue throwing up into a tuba
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Originally posted by mrmojorisin View Poststill working my way through my st. Peter's golden ale, an absolutely gorgeous drop.
have a cheap kit riesling in the fridge and some wine number 1 to sample through the weekend as well.
Owl.A day without wine is a day without sunshine!
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A bottle of Black Sheep Riggwelter - 5.7% !
Lovely drop. Deep flavour, lots of creaminess and balanced malt and hops.
Says on the back of the bottle: Riggwelter from the Olde Norse; rygg - back and velte - to overturn. When a sheep is on its back and cannot get up without help, local dales dialect says "its rigged" or "riggwelted".
I wonder what the old norse for velted owl is . . .Last edited by owlwithoutfeathers; 10-08-2011, 07:02 PM.A day without wine is a day without sunshine!
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I couldnt resit having a google:
Origins of the Word "Owl"
The word owl originated in early European languages. In old Norse, an Owl was known as "ugla", and in old German, it was "uwila". Both of these words may have been created as sounds that described the unique call of an Owl.
In Old English (about 600 A.D. to about 1000 A.D.), owl was "ule", a word similar to the original Dutch word.
In Middle English (about 1000 A.D. to the 1400s), the word became "owle", later shortened to the form we use today.
Throught this time, various early written records have variations on this spelling, including "uwile", "oule", "owell", "hoole", and "howyell".
Other ancient cultures also had words for "owl" that described the Owl's hooting call - In India, Owls were once known as "oo-loo" and in Hebrew, "o-ah".
Hmm I'm Ugla Velted then!A day without wine is a day without sunshine!
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