The beer (and occasionally wine) thread
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Sure but say you have 2 x 125ml of a red on Saturday.pblakeney said:You need to buy better cheese to go with your better wine. 😉
One bottle of wine is only 6x125ml. Hardly alcoholics for 2 people over several days.
Sunday is fish, and Monday the wife doesn't want any, so I have 1.
Still have half a bottle. Tuesday is a spicy meal where I don't want wine with it and then you're already onto Wednesday. I have one more, Thursday I am out for drinks with work before dinner so don't want any more and then suddenly a week has gone by.
Plus you don't always want wine with your dinner if you're eating with a 4 year old.0 -
Surely that would make you want to drink wine more?rick_chasey said:
Plus you don't always want wine with your dinner if you're eating with a 4 year old.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]2 -
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Sounds as good a reason as any for eating cheese after the 4 year old is in bed. 😉rick_chasey said:
Sure but say you have 2 x 125ml of a red on Saturday.pblakeney said:You need to buy better cheese to go with your better wine. 😉
One bottle of wine is only 6x125ml. Hardly alcoholics for 2 people over several days.
Sunday is fish, and Monday the wife doesn't want any, so I have 1.
Still have half a bottle. Tuesday is a spicy meal where I don't want wine with it and then you're already onto Wednesday. I have one more, Thursday I am out for drinks with work before dinner so don't want any more and then suddenly a week has gone by.
Plus you don't always want wine with your dinner if you're eating with a 4 year old.
Anyway, our Tesco does smaller bottles and most good restaurants have a selection of half bottles so they are available.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Sounds to me that you do not really like winerick_chasey said:
Sure but say you have 2 x 125ml of a red on Saturday.pblakeney said:You need to buy better cheese to go with your better wine. 😉
One bottle of wine is only 6x125ml. Hardly alcoholics for 2 people over several days.
Sunday is fish, and Monday the wife doesn't want any, so I have 1.
Still have half a bottle. Tuesday is a spicy meal where I don't want wine with it and then you're already onto Wednesday. I have one more, Thursday I am out for drinks with work before dinner so don't want any more and then suddenly a week has gone by.
Plus you don't always want wine with your dinner if you're eating with a 4 year old.2 -
I thought Liberals just smoked pot?0
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I do, really I do.surrey_commuter said:
Sounds to me that you do not really like winerick_chasey said:
Sure but say you have 2 x 125ml of a red on Saturday.pblakeney said:You need to buy better cheese to go with your better wine. 😉
One bottle of wine is only 6x125ml. Hardly alcoholics for 2 people over several days.
Sunday is fish, and Monday the wife doesn't want any, so I have 1.
Still have half a bottle. Tuesday is a spicy meal where I don't want wine with it and then you're already onto Wednesday. I have one more, Thursday I am out for drinks with work before dinner so don't want any more and then suddenly a week has gone by.
Plus you don't always want wine with your dinner if you're eating with a 4 year old.
I just have things working against me. 1) I am a massive lightweight, literal and when it comes to booze. 2) My terrible reflux makes drinking wine a very painful experience so when that kicks in I can't have any anyway and 3) I only like it well paired with food.
Hence wanting half bottles!0 -
There's only just over 4 x 175 ml glasses in a bottle. Surely even a total lightweight can manage 4 glasses over a week without barfing over their 4 yo?
Anyway isn't the 4 yo in bed before you have your dinner?0 -
Would think any decent online wine supplier will sell you half bottles. A bit more faff than adding to the Sainsbury's order but probably better choice. Supermarkets do sell half bottles as well.rick_chasey said:
I do, really I do.surrey_commuter said:
Sounds to me that you do not really like winerick_chasey said:
Sure but say you have 2 x 125ml of a red on Saturday.pblakeney said:You need to buy better cheese to go with your better wine. 😉
One bottle of wine is only 6x125ml. Hardly alcoholics for 2 people over several days.
Sunday is fish, and Monday the wife doesn't want any, so I have 1.
Still have half a bottle. Tuesday is a spicy meal where I don't want wine with it and then you're already onto Wednesday. I have one more, Thursday I am out for drinks with work before dinner so don't want any more and then suddenly a week has gone by.
Plus you don't always want wine with your dinner if you're eating with a 4 year old.
I just have things working against me. 1) I am a massive lightweight, literal and when it comes to booze. 2) My terrible reflux makes drinking wine a very painful experience so when that kicks in I can't have any anyway and 3) I only like it well paired with food.
Hence wanting half bottles!1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Stevo's given you the answer, just buy the boxes. Pour what you want and the rest stays fresh.0
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When I WFH we eat as a family.Dorset_Boy said:There's only just over 4 x 175 ml glasses in a bottle. Surely even a total lightweight can manage 4 glasses over a week without barfing over their 4 yo?
Anyway isn't the 4 yo in bed before you have your dinner?
I often find 175ml too much tbh.0 -
Here you go RC, bit pricey though....
https://www.coravin.co.uk/?gclid=CjwKCAjwloynBhBbEiwAGY25dNyqTh69eDopMVEimwAoTZjwPpchxvcz_AvvawmNf3llrWCTd5sppxoChNQQAvD_BwE0 -
Why not decant a full size bottle into smaller bottles? Fill them right up and any effects of oxidation will be minimal.0
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Yeah, not really looking for solutions, just whining (wineing?).
What happens is you have say a decent £30 bottle, and then you look at your meal schedule and work out that you probably won't have enough meals to justify the bottle, so you don't bother etc.
Drinking less wine is probably a good thing rather than a bad thing anyway.0 -
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For anyone who is snobby about box wine a lot of wine gets put into large containers, shipped and bottled/boxed at their destination.0 -
Nope. You’ve lost me there.rick_chasey said:Yeah, not really looking for solutions, just whining (wineing?).
What happens is you have say a decent £30 bottle, and then you look at your meal schedule and work out that you probably won't have enough meals to justify the bottle, so you don't bother …The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
Buying wine in half bottles is easier of you find the right wine merchant. Places like Old Bridge and Four Walls have fairly extensive ranges of half bottles, and they have high quality lists so you wont get anything duff from either of them.
A Coravin is a great bit of kit. I have had one for about 3 years and they really do work as well as they claim. The gas canisters are pricey but they last an age, I get at least 30 glasses out of one which is more than the 10-15 they reckon it will last.0 -
he lost me at "meal schedule"pblakeney said:
Nope. You’ve lost me there.rick_chasey said:Yeah, not really looking for solutions, just whining (wineing?).
What happens is you have say a decent £30 bottle, and then you look at your meal schedule and work out that you probably won't have enough meals to justify the bottle, so you don't bother …
If I was drinking £30 bottles of wine I would not have a problem finding the opportunity to finish it.0 -
Indeed.surrey_commuter said:
he lost me at "meal schedule"pblakeney said:
Nope. You’ve lost me there.rick_chasey said:Yeah, not really looking for solutions, just whining (wineing?).
What happens is you have say a decent £30 bottle, and then you look at your meal schedule and work out that you probably won't have enough meals to justify the bottle, so you don't bother …
If I was drinking £30 bottles of wine I would not have a problem finding the opportunity to finish it.
Good wine should be a pleasure.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I bet on a blind test none of you would be able to choose between a four to a fifty quid bottle of wine? You just don't get bad wines now within reason.0
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For me anyway, beyond £30 and it becomes more about scarcity than it does quality but yes, between £5 and £30 there is a noticeable difference.focuszing723 said:I bet on a blind test none of you would be able to choose between a four to a fifty quid bottle of wine? You just don't get bad wines now within reason.
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Nonsense.focuszing723 said:I bet on a blind test none of you would be able to choose between a four to a fifty quid bottle of wine? You just don't get bad wines now within reason.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Right, back to beers, and (sorry for the many photos) here's the small local U Express selection (not yet restocked after the weekend).
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Who snuck the Smirnoff Ice in there
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rick_chasey said:
Any decent light lagers in all of that? Looks like a pretty heavy selection!
Missed off the shelf opposite the Heineken, which had some bog-standard 4% stuff, but was looking very empty. Brexit, obvs.0 -
Maybe he needs worse wine...pblakeney said:
Nope. You’ve lost me there.rick_chasey said:Yeah, not really looking for solutions, just whining (wineing?).
What happens is you have say a decent £30 bottle, and then you look at your meal schedule and work out that you probably won't have enough meals to justify the bottle, so you don't bother …We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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I rarely go above £30 but the difference between that and £5 is chalk and cheese.focuszing723 said:I bet on a blind test none of you would be able to choose between a four to a fifty quid bottle of wine? You just don't get bad wines now within reason.
If you do blind wine tasting with wines from the same producer then the difference is obvious.0 -
I bet on a blind test you couldn't, it's just a different taste. Would you buy 500g of grapes for thirty quid? No, no you wouldn't. Half of it is swank factor and making sure your green bin box doesn't look fookin poverty spec.surrey_commuter said:
I rarely go above £30 but the difference between that and £5 is chalk and cheese.focuszing723 said:I bet on a blind test none of you would be able to choose between a four to a fifty quid bottle of wine? You just don't get bad wines now within reason.
If you do blind wine tasting with wines from the same producer then the difference is obvious.
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Not quoting Brian's post as it's quite big, but is the beer called Slalom in the first image because of the way you walk after a few too many?0
