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jdaw1 wrote:Fixed.

Pity, I liked the idea of "heap mid-palate"

There is about a 90% chance that I will be passing through London on Monday night and will be eating and drinking at TBH around 6pm. I could be there until around 8pm. If anyone fancied joining me, and we could share a bottle of their Offley '77 or just have a glass or two of Churchill '94 and/or be...

PhilW wrote:Now looking less likely that I will be able to join you on Wed.

Confirming that unfortunately I am not able to attend tonight.

With you guys in spirit, with a bottle of Calem 85 - what's in your glasses tonight?

[b][i]Lord Flashheart[/i][/b] wrote:Haha.

All you missed was the exclamation mark

jdaw1 wrote:

uncle tom wrote:I can only add the '24 (650cL)

Tom has confirmed that he meant this size: at 8⅔ bottles, slightly bigger than an Imperial.

Just a double-check; when you confirmed with Tom, he didn't just mean to confirm the 650 (vs 750) as opposed to the cL (vs ml).

OK - need some advice from the masters... Have bottles standing, planning to decant in the morning and bring with me to work. Never taken a decanted bottle on a journey before, so once I've double decanted, can I just put the cork back in? What happens if the cork broke on the way out? Bung the bot...

djewesbury wrote:How much would a completely fresh lobster salad be?

You could also ask them how many salads you get with each lobster portion, too.

DRT wrote: You might recal this complex maths lesson from your childhood!

If Julian has half and orange, Derek has half an orange and Mike has two oranges, how many oranges are there to share amongst the group?

Not enough?

Is it a good idea to have 1931 and 2011 in the same tasting? Do the very young Ports overwhelm those with some dignified age? Should we restrict ourselves to ≤2000, thereby excluding those from this century? I say yes. I would go further, and only include <94, or perhaps <=94 (i.e. not including ...

jdaw1 wrote:

flash_uk wrote:I should maybe bring two bottles.

Two will suffice if they are both magnums.

That's one each for you and DRT, but what would flash drink? Three magnums would surely be more suitable?

I would like there to be a deep tasting of many vintages of Ramos-Pinto. But the only Ramos-Pinto vintages I have are 1994 and 1931. Would anybody else want there to be such a tasting? And which vintages do those people own? I sadly have none but would love to join such a tasting. Let’s aim for an ...

Or are you involved in pyrotechnics?

jdaw1 wrote:Usually at a blind tasting the placemats have wines named after people. This time I’ve done differently

Was I the only one hoping to see Ming the Merciless and Brian Blessed staring back at me from inside the placemat circles?

You were once struck by lightning?

flash_uk wrote:Nope
But I do get the Flashheart-isms also, in fact one or two friends have adapted the moniker and do use Flashheart with me.

Do your clothes keep falling off?

Please add me as tentative to join you.

flash_uk wrote:I do often get the Flash Gordon-isms, but my "flash" moniker has a different origin...you have until Tuesday evening to guess it

Every time you enter a room, do you yell "hah ha!" and thrust your hips?

There will be three numbers, and I am instructing somebody to take the average of the better two of them. Or should that be the best two of them? So if the numbers are 10, 11 and 12, the result should be Average(11, 12) = 11½. Better two of three, or best two of three? Best two of three. Two of the...

I notice that Sainsbury's are selling a TTD 1999 VP (Symington) instead of the previous TTD 2003 VP (Symington) in our local store. In regard to providing an experience that will encourage people to try more port, I applaud the move to offer a slightly older VP under the premium own-label; 2003 may ...

I just opened one to console myself, after being told that the case of ex-Gaia Roeda 87 I ordered back in.. oh, October..? was somehow actually not in stock after all. There is only slight nyang. that sound unfortunate; I'd be interested to try the Roeda '87 also; though there is a small chance I m...

Postscript to the end of my Croft 04lbv - Despite the decanting having been through a coffee filter (I more usually use surgical gauze, unless as this one it was pop and pour), there was a substantial amount of very fine sediment, a small amount in the last glass, and a lot in the bottom of the deca...

Just finished the rest of it. Much better tonight, softer, gentle and full of fruit, almost no nyang, though of course still very young. Very pleasant.

DRT wrote:Jupiter - 9 Feb 2014.jpg

deja vu

Opened one tonight; seemed ok, very similar to previous bottle - definitely not thin. Young, fruity, only a hint of lbv "nyang" (copyright djewesbury), no acid. Popped and poured direct from cellar.