Re: Got totally toasted last nightOn May 12, 3:09 pm, "Grinner" <grin...@nowhere,com > wrote:
> "Mark Bedingfield" <atari...@nomorespampleaseoptusnet,com .au> wrote in
> messagenews:4828332f$0$1022$afc38c87@news.optusnet,com .au...
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> > Grinner wrote:
> >> "Polfus" <nostringscouldsecureyou@thestation> wrote in message
> >>news:482717a0$0$31744$4c368faf@roadrunner,com ...
> >>> "VampX" <va...@thescartissue,com > wrote
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> >>>> On 2008-05-10 15:24:14 +1000, "Polfus"
> >>>> <nostringscouldsecureyou@thestation> said:
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> >>>>> Remember I mentioned "Crown Royal" a while ago? That's whiskey :)
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> >>>>> How much of a bottle did you drink? And how do you drink it usually?
> >>>> Hard to say as I was at a pub but I was downing doubles of Jack and
> >>>> alternating with Makers Mark. I'd say it would have been pretty close
> >>>> to a bottle. So, lots. I have it on ice generally.
> >>> That's hardcore....Jack and MM...you *musta* got shitfaced!
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> >>> I like mine w/one ice cube and a Coca-Cola on the side...when I drank,
> >>> that is.
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> >>> I quit the whiskey in 1996.
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> >>> Now..I enjoy red wines...I like Australian Shiraz a lot...I like a brand
> >>> called "Trumps" from there.
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> http :// www .aussiewines,com .au/wines online.php?pid`4
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> >> try the cab savs too, drier than the shiraz. the merlots are good but too
> >> rich for me, prefer them blended with a cab sav or shiraz. the
> >> chardonays have come along, still a bit fruity for my tastes, the
> >> savignon blancs are better (IMHO) . there's a white burgundy from here
> >> that is very good, a much drier white.
>
> > Mein Gott In Himel Man. Aussie Cab's are damn hard to beat anywhere in the
> > world. I should know, I've drunk a few;-). Coonawarra, Barossa,
> > Rutherglen, Glenrowan.... all fantastic. Its harder to get a bad one.
>
> we certainly are blessed. i'm not far from the hunter. my best mate lives in
> cessnock so we get out there a bit, my cousin was married on my sis comes
> down to the hunter every year and stocks up, if she finds something she
> likes she'll take a few cartons of 12's back.
> a good red used to be around 20 a bottle now around 10. dad must have over
> 200 bottles in the garage and knows how to pick wines and wines that will
> also age well, but yet will merrily drink chateau cardboard saving the
> others for the right occasion.
>
> usually a mixed dozen is a good way for me to sample. dad has some that are
> fifteen years old. occasionally he'll open a bottle of vinegar ;-).he's also
> tried growing a few vines but with little success due to bird strike. the
> soil is good, maybe a tad too much rain. he and my sister know more about it
> than I do,
>
> i was just surfing a bit and was stoked to come up with a few actual
> pictures of the old man's place on the net!. http :// www .wootton.org.au/#
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> click image gallery.
> most of the pics are of the cafe at the bottom near the road,
> pics 11, 15 and 32 show some glimpses of the property, it extends back into
> the bush for 12 acres. pic 32 shows the roof. ,
> pic 7 is his letterbox, 12 front gate, front paddock (lot) up to the house,
> our white concrete water tanks. 20, tanks again. 27, our land from the
> barbed wire down to the creek - extends west from there. 22, shows a section
> of an old railway line used to transport cut timber from the hills.
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> > Grinner, try the Baileys Shiraz, it'll rot your socks.
>
> Cheers, i'll remember the name.
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> > Got 2 bottles in the seller atm, ones a 1920's block. Man it is good. Used
> > to be called Hermitage till the frogs put a stop to it. Anything by
> > Wynn's. Penfolds?
>
> sounds a very nice deep textured red, from what i've just read and a shiraz
> wouldn't be limited in that regard.
>
> > Sweet mary mother.... this is a great country for GOOD booze;-)
>
> >> skip the aus champagnes altogether.
>
> > Yup the Kiwi ones are MUCH better;-) Seriously, try a Marlborough drop.
> > Deutz is my favourite. Mmmmm. Slurp. Actually Kiwi whites in general are
> > better, however Kiwi Reds can be fantazmic too, just not as frequently as
> > Aussie ones.
>
> NZ has a climate probably similar to france in that regard.
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> >> there's also a good dessert wine called table one, fermented from a white
> >> grape which attracts a particular fungus, a different taste altogether to
> >> ports and sherries, great with sweet cheeses, and dry bread as it's a
> >> true, not fortified wine. not easy to find a good, dry, vienna loaf here
> >> anymore to compliment good cheese. unfortunately the vietnamese (and viet
> >> bakeries have become ubiquitous) don't bake as well as their french
> >> mentors. i usually opt for bread sticks.
>
> > Not sure how you pronounce/spell it (Googles broke) Batritus Rot? Oh mama.
>
> I made a mistake with the name, it's called Noble One. Botrytis is the
> fungal strain.
> Noble One spiel.... http :// tinyurl,com /4a9b42
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> > Thats it, I'm going to crack the 2001 Jamesons Run Cab Sav on Saturday
> > night;-)
>
> 2001 was a hot dry summer, 2002 as well.
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> > BTW try a bottle of Sangred De Toro (Blood of the Bull - Spanish Chianti)
> > and a Pizza. Hard to beat. How do we always end up talking about Footy or
> > Booze? Must be because we are already talking about music;-)
>
> hehe, goes hand in hand. food too. haven't tried any spanish wines. but i've
> liked the less intensity of the italian wines i've had. my sis had an
> italian boyfriend once. we must have eaten in every italian place in
> Leichhardt.
>
> Croatian liqueurs are the bee's knees. Maraschino (cherries), Kruskovac
> (from pears), Orahovac (walnut). the kruskovac especially. a bit of a
> differnce to sherries or ports. Not a fan of slivovitz, though. :-(.
Whiskey on ice... what a girl...