What's in your glass tonight?

[owlwithoutfeathers]

love it owl


tonight im sipping on a 2007 apple/elderflower medium sweet

not much of this left...its been a good wine, taken me several prizes.

Hmmm, more and more i come to the conclusion that most people on this forum like drinking medium / off dry wines.

Dont get me wrong - each to their own and all that. It would be interesting to see a straw poll of peoples tastes; just for being nosey . . .

Damn, this Riggwelter has gone to my head.

And yes, one could call it a "medium sweet" ale . . .

[Omniata]

To be fair I thought the majority was dry...

Then again, I prefer mine really strong and sweet...

It's only my opinion but I don't really see the point in drinking something that makes you more thirsty, I mean in the "need for water" sense, not using it as an excuse to drink more

[lockwood1956]

I prefer dry....but this was an opened bottle from a recent comp, and so need to finish it before it went off


yes that was it.....before it went off

[jay]

well its wine no1 for me. i jusy love it.
Even went out to day and got another load of juice for another 5 gallon batch . this time i will oak it . yum yum

[Cellar_Rat]

I prefer dry....but this was an opened bottle from a recent comp, and so need to finish it before it went off


yes that was it.....before it went off

Technically is anything under an airlock 'open'

[owlwithoutfeathers]

Crabbie's Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer.

Love it. Love it. Love it.

"For more than two hundred years Crabbie's has shipped its ginger from the Far East - following in the pioneering footsteps of the first Scots Merchant Adventurers - hence our distinctive Elephant Trade Mark.

Following a secret recipe, the steeped ginger is combined with quality ingredients and matured for 8 weeks to release a deliciously distinctive flavour".

Hmmmmm. Elephants.

And my 100th posting on the site! Wooohooooooooooooo!!

[lockwood1956]

And my 100th posting on the site! Wooohooooooooooooo!!

then you lose your "newbie" status....hurrah!


have you tried making your own ginger beer?

try this...

http://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4509

you may need to up the sugar for more alc though.

or Martinas version here:

http://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4476

have fun

regards
bob

[Cellar_Rat]

Just tried my HOP BALL old speckled hen ale. Very pleased. Quick and easy AG method coming along nicely.

[goldseal]

2010 Montepulciano (all wave arms and shout the name in an Italian accent).

followed by a 2009 Black Cherry Port

[lockwood1956]

Mon-tee-pool-chee-arrr-no (making the fingers together gesture too)



i'm drinking a rather scrummy summer fruit tea bag wine...remarkably good

[mcblades]

I had a Jan 2011 elderberry which is the first elderberry which I thought could hold it's own against a grape wine. Then onto a kenridge merlot 2011 (2 months old) which needs another 6 months at least but was v quaffable.

cheers hic


mark

[NorthernWiner]

Enjoying a nice glass of homemade Barbera.

[mark g]

Gooseberry wine, made with red grape juice

[spritzer]

I think I am going to open a bottle of red something or other in a bit.
I haven't drunk red wine for aaaaaages, last winter maybe.
And it feels like winter here today .
The heating and everything is on !!

[Cellar_Rat]

Heating! ON! I am sat outside in shorts. Cripes where are you?

You ought to drink more red wine I fear that is what is wrong. Think of the money you would save on heating