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Glenn E. wrote:

PhilW wrote:Life's meaning mixed up on faces?

You're using the Niepoort anagram rule, aren't you?

Not intentionally... "on faces" mixed up is Fonseca

And finally, though this is the Annual ACPT tasting, we're doing a frickin' Fonseca vertical going back to the 50's. It deserves a majestic name. Any suggestions? If you're including the '97, then the run would be '55 to '97, so the name could be "The Meaning of Life: 42 Years of Fonseca"...

And finally, though this is the Annual ACPT tasting, we're doing a frickin' Fonseca vertical going back to the 50's. It deserves a majestic name. Any suggestions? If you're including the '97, then the run would be '55 to '97, so the name could be "The Meaning of Life: 42 Years of Fonseca"?

if you carefully re-arrange the letters and make a couple of strategic substitutions, you could [turn] Niepoort into ... Fonseca lol - On that basis I'm not even going to attempt to solve any anagrams you create... unless I'm being offered Niepoort 1933 to do so, which would be an entirely differen...

I was planning to wait for the 25% off for 6 or more before buying; will happily pick some up for you before that if you would prefer. Since it has only just appeared, I'm hoping it won't disappear again any time soon.

PhilW wrote:

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.

Oops - I managed to edit my old post instead of replying with a new one; my apologies, I will as guessed not be able to join you tonight.

No worries. Since no-one is around I'll probably pass through London without stopping, since I made an unexpected stop at TBH on Thursday with a colleague as well. Also saw someone who looked like RAYC, but probably wasn't, since a loud shout of "Rob" produced no effect! - Rob, you have a ...

djewesbury wrote:You made this post twice.

Weird, no idea how. Have deleted one; the other remains, so all seems good.

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.