What are you drinking right now?

long time since I had this one,maybe just have a tipple!

A heavy brew.

A very welcome G&T after collecting three noisy seven year olds from cubs .

Sunny thirst quencher. Its a big drink in this part of the world.

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Originally posted by David Leedham:
Sunny thirst quencher. Its a big drink in this part of the world.[

What would I give for a nice Cider right now.

Right now, with GML and J.N. (West Norfolk Phonographic Society Executive Committee Meeting...!! )

Ah! Wolf Blass Yellow label Cabernet Sauvignon.

The wine by which "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was written.
Douglas Adams - a great man in every sense of the word - about 6'7" - used to buy cases of the stuff from my Oddbins shop. Every so often he'd treat himself to something really stupendous, and I learned that these bottles marked the end of chapters or paricularly funny bits. He was always happy to take my advice on wine, and the number of copies of his books he signed for me to use as birthday/Christmas presents (all of which I think I gave away - d'oh) was legion. A truly lovely guy and I cannot see this wine without thinking of him. RIP.

Quite unlike Wolf Blass himself, of course, who is a complete Ronnie-Corbett-lookalike misogynist clot. Although I may have got the middle letters of that wrong.
Still, a very good wine.

Home made banana and mango smoothie.

Life can be so good.

A birthday (today) present from my boss.

Niersteiner Gutes Domtal

A nice screw top present, and not the usual fair at all.

Very pleasnt in mildly not much stronger than Polish beer sort of way, which on Saturday is clearly going to involve the perilous trip on the bike to the offy to fetch some beer to chase it!

ATB from George

For Big H [see previous post].

Funny story about Lucozade.

In 1977 when my grandmother was in the Hereford County Hospital for a Gall Stone Op, she came round after the event [as a then 77 year old] and was immediately offered a Lucozade by an attentive Nurse.

One might wonder how this was possible [a nurse being on hand to watch over patients] in the new - high production NHS - but it was the case more than thrity years ago.

She replied that she would rather a cup of tea as she did not care for champaigne!

ATB from George

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For Big H [see previous post].

?????????

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Originally posted by Blueknowz:

Sorry Howard,

I made a mistake!

So for Blueknowz:

Funny story about Lucozade.

In 1977 when my grandmother was in the Hereford County Hospital for a Gall Stone Op, she came round after the event [as a then 77 year old] and was immediately offered a Lucozade by an attentive Nurse.

One might wonder how this was possible [a nurse being on hand to watch over patients] in the new - high production NHS - but it was the case more than thrity years ago.

She replied that she would rather a cup of tea as she did not care for champaigne!

ATB from George

... just what the doctor ordered.

A nice cup of tea!

A nice bottle of the Balvenie double wood, as soon as 21:00 ticks by but for now hobgoblin and marstons strong pale ale, Nice

I've been drinking Canadian Mist, my mom likes whiskey and water. I found that after 2 beers I'd start sneezing so I'm allergic to that. Dayam.

But I have a nice Champagne given to me called Comtes 1999 in the fridge for a special occasion with a friend, just waiting for the friend to be free for a saturday and go to a nice Italian place a block away.

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Originally posted by munch:
Oliver,
How much does a bottle of that go for in Aus??
Stu

I'm too ashamed to tell, somewhere between outrages and completely rediculous.

... but then again there is always a reason to celebrate something, anything.

I think there are some brilliant 'garage' Champagnes, which don't break the bank.



My favourite is Simart-Moreau,
a small family run house that only produces 20,000 bottles p.a. (Moët produces approximately 26 million).
The Simart-Moreau Grand Cru 2004 vintage is fantastic, & costs around £25 a 75cl bottle - a mind boggling bargain IMHO.
I've been lucky to taste some very expensive Champagnes, but for me Simart-Moreau is the best.

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Originally posted by 555:
My favourite is Simart-Moreau,
a small family run house that only produces 20,000 bottles p.a. (Moët produces approximately 26 million).
The Simart-Moreau Grand Cru 2004 vintage is fantastic, & costs around £25 a 75cl bottle - a mind boggling bargain IMHO.
I've been lucky to taste some very expensive Champagnes, but for me Simart-Moreau is the best.

... just tried to look it up here in Oz but it seems they send everything to the UK.

The only supplier I've found outside France is in the UK, & that's Great Grog.