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you don't drink Port by the bottle

Says who?

Why not?


Dogger

I think he's implying that anyone who knows port buys it by the flagon (or cask)

Cool,

You can drink by the cask or flagon? Awesome

Dogger

Popped my cherry the other night on Weihenstephaner Dunkel. For those whose dunkel hyman remains intact, it's basically a dark wheat beer. This particular one came in at about 4.5% (some are up to 7%).

Gotta say, similar colour and even similar flavours to the Chimay Blue, but without the big alcohol taste to stuff it up. I may be soft saying it, but in my eyes a much tastier drop than the Chimay.

> For those whose dunkel hyman remains intact, it's basically a dark wheat beer

The dunkel merely refers to the colour.
Weihenstephaner has two dunkels: the HefeWeissbier Dunkel (translated more or less as Dark Wheat beer with yeast), and the Tradition Dunkel (their "normal" i.e. barley malt beer).
I have some of each at home (as well as severall others from Weihenstephaner) if anyone wants any info off the labels. Not just because Weihenstephaner claims to be the world's oldest brewery: mainly because they are damn fine beers!

> the HefeWeissbier Dunkel (translated more or less as Dark Wheat beer with yeast),
Thought I had better correct myself beofre my kids do
Strictly speaking, Weiss is white (weizen is wheat). But the HefeWeissbier Dunkel remains a Dark Wheat beer with yeast (as opposed to something like Hoegaardem Wit, which is defintitely "white").

Ahh yes. Well done Pete. At least one of us pays attention. It WAS in fact NOT the wheat dunkel, just the plain dunkel that for me tasted Chimayish.

Well, they are both fine drops, and each occupies a place in my drinking regimen (and, in fact, currently in my beer storage unit a.k.a. garage). There are about half dozen other beers from that brewery: all worth a try. Particularly since they are sold singly at Dan Murphys, about $5-6 a bottle, and the bottles are 500ml roll-tops!

Didnt realy like the dunkel might have got a bad one but thought it had a slight copper metalic taste was a struggle to get through in the end

Evo wrote:As for the Grange, you can buy it cheaper than that..

If you prefer we can do more damage...52' for around $10,9000. 1 only

is that one hundred and nine thousand

or ten thousand nine thousand

either way i cant afford it

A '52 grange for (I gotta assume) $10,900.

I was going to buy a bottle of '69 and crack it on my 40th. By the looks of that I'd better do it soon.

I was given a bottle of 67 Grange (my year of birth). Only $480, must have been a bad year.

Am trying to think of an excuse for cracking it, because it won't get any better

Any suggestions?

Cheers

Leave it till 2007 have it for your 40th. Get the cork out of it and enjoy it. Curious to know if it is 10 times better than a $48 bottle of shiraz.

Greg.

Good call Greg

I'm thinking it will taste excellent because it was free!

Cheers

Many years ago I listened to a phone in radio show with a well know wine maker. Callers were phoning in saying they had a bottle of xyz wine, when should they drink it. In almost all cases he said, that the next time you have special occasion to drink it. After all that is what wine is made for, for drinking...

He also said, " The occasion makes the wine, the wine does not make the occasion."

Sometimes if you have good company and a good atmosphere an ordinary bottle of wine will taste really great.

Cheers
Steve

As we are on about wine,

I had one of the nicest compliments the otherday. Our Corporate Chef asked me to brew the wine for his wedding next year.

I wished it was beer he was asking for but nevertheless getting to be known for my trade one way or another.

Dogger

stevem wrote:Sometimes if you have good company and a good atmosphere an ordinary bottle of wine will taste really great.

Pity good company can't work miracles on a stubby of Carlton Cold or (US) Budweiser.

Oliver

Had my first Bud ever the other day (someone gave me one of those international beer packs). It didn't taste bad, just very bland.

I once had a Carton Cold on a hot day and I hadn't had a drink for about a month, and it actually tasted good. Funny how circumstances can affect perception!