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... Fruit-blog wrote his wonderful review on the Donati Malvasia Candia in his lovely post The Phoenix Garden Tasting Group Converges. ...
...cohol content the better. But I don't want to go broke in the process. Nor do I want anything so weirdly tasting that people won't drink it (SATB comes to mind in that category) Any suggestions? I...
...g the word Tokay, but it's kind of meaningless. Perhaps some coloring is also added. I'll not include any tasting notes here. To reply, add "x" between letters and numbers of e-mail address....
...red that several of my co-workers and close friends have the same interest and I`m considering hosting a "tasting" party. I have no experience at hosting such an event and I was hoping to gather ...
...gree with you, Johanna. The Dun Bheagan and The Ileach are nearly identical. I won`t attempt extensive tasting notes on the Lagavulin; I`ll assume everyone reading this is familiar with it. It is...
...his Lismore says it is 5 years old, and I've never had a smoother, richer 5-year-old that's for sure. I'm tasting it along side a Signatory Un-chill-filtered 13-year-old (sherry butt) and I'm trying ...
...gs, they are perfect for maturation and produce the highest quality single malt Scotch whisky. Nosing and Tasting Glenfiddich Ancient Reserve 18 Year Old has an elegant nose, with scents of apple an...
...e? I'm trying to track the evolution of the wine without introducing the vagaries of elapsed time between tastings. It would be nice to sit down with 3, 6, 9, 12 month old samples at one point to se...
... think I may be allergic to wine. It seems like both White and Red wine affect me. Even when I go on wine tasting trips, where I just sip different wines (where the volume is less than 1 glass), I g...
...nd of teas commonly used in restaurant chains for iced-tea and what their secret (if any) for making great tasting iced-tea....
...n a sommelier. They are allowed to wear a wine barrel symbol to symbolize their expertise, as well as the tasting spoon of the sommelier. Does anyone have any idea of what the heck I'm talking about...
Well folks, what can I say. I went looking for my third single malt Scotch today. I had a nice little list of Scotch's that I wrote down from your recommendations. I don't think any of you recommen
...edominance of bourbon flavor in a whisky puts me off, but none is worse than this Scapa 12 (after repeated tastings, in a bottle open for about 2 months). This whisky has one, and only one characte...
...s always been a dark brown. This time its green? Is there an easy way to tell if my batch is bad besides tasting it?? I`m afraid to taste it, but if its the only way to be %100 sure, I will....
...PRP Wine (in their Massachusetts branch), a company that markets wines directly to consumers via in-home tastings, trade shows, etc. The wines they sell are, for the most part, not found in any US ...
I have seen a couple recipes on dull beers but I`m looking for a recipe for Cheap bear that is fair tasting. Don`t expect any great tasting beer for pennies a glass but want to know how to make it.
...ad red snapper with salsify and fava beans, while Betsy had the wild mushroom ragout with truffled caviar. Tasting her mushrooms made me wish for a Pinot Noir (they had some nice Oregon choices, as we...
... origins of the other whiskies in these bottlings. This is based mostly on logical deduction rather than tasting as I`ve only had three of the bottlings (Mull, Orkney, Islay). First the one we k...
I owe most of my most memorable wine tasting experiences to Albert Givton, who splits his time between Vancouver and Paris. On Tuesday, Albert held another one of his always fascinating tastings, and
A friend dropped off a bottle of Chimay & a bottle of Ommegang. We`re planning to do a celebratory tasting after he gets done with his CFA exam at the end of the month. What temperature best su
... Volvic natural spring water when making tea and coffee. Consumer reports also recommends it as the best tasting bottled water. I also love bottled water, just to drink straight. However, I simply ...
Indian Summer Beer Tasting Tuesday, September 16th $30 Calling all Beer Lovers! Fall may be upon us, but here’s your chance to sip on some seasonal brews that will take you back to those warm,
...printd on the bottle. I haven't opened it yet, but am curious to know if anybody has tried this one. Any tasting notes?...
My name is Jesper, I`m from Denmark and I have only been lurking in this Around 1. of July my little tasting society and I (six guys in all) went on the pilgrimage of our life. Ten days to Scotla
...ere outstanding. Others were awful. This wine was completely unready for at least 10-20 years. From early tasting by others, it was an extremely tannic and acid monster that was no pleasure to drink....
...uch, much later than they were. In many ways this new precociousness is a good thing. It certainly makes tasting young wines much more fun, and it means that consumers no longer have to tie up vast ...
... probably due to that. But the waitstaff was trying hard. The format is one can choose a 3, 4, or 5 course tasting menu , and can choose from any category (though last course must be dessert). The cat...
I have had a long time appreciation for Sassicaia. Seven years ago, I arranged a vertical tasting of eleven vintages, and I wanted to repeat the event to see how the wines had matured, and to see how
... The first line is the country of origin (US = US; MO = Missouri; PT = Portugal). The line just above the tasting notes is date bought (year.month), place bought in St. Louis MO, price in US$. M...
...irst single malt I ever tried[1]. So I'm curious for the group to share impressions. I'll list mine, from tasting it tonight: The color strikes me as pale (and I have been informed it's caramel colo...
...ing my complete collection of Whisky Magazines on ebay. E-mail me if you are interested!!! On a personal tasting note, I have found a La Maison du Whisky in Paris a Glenfarclas Single first fill She...
...xt time you see someone reach for an A17 at the store, you should invite yourself over for a comparative tasting instead. I do like the analogy of the 17yo to a blend though -- in some ways thi...
Last Wednesday I had one of the most interesting tasting experiences of my life: A group of cardiothoracic surgeons holding their congress in Vienna chartered me to tutor a tasting for them. They had
...s this, with many wines I have measured the same SG but with noticably slight variations in sweetness when tasting - even though I am using the same juice and methodology for winemaking and the same h...
...t in the usual 28 day kit method of adding bentonite, and bottled after two rackings and about six weeks. Tasting the dregs left me with the idea I'd wasted a perfectly good packet of yeast; it was p...

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