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djewesbury wrote:Help. Can anyone advise, are tickets still available..?

They are showing available on the BBR website here.

Agree with all of that, Owen. I get the sense this Aussie team might just crumble. Starc has a bad injury, Clarke's back is unlikely to survive five tests, Johnson looks timid, Lyon is alright but no match winner, Watson is suspect, Warner not on fire. Smith could be dangerous though. Our boys just ...

What did we learn from the NZ series? Stokes can stay! Wood looks like a raw talent that could be refined - not unlike Jimmy in the early days... Ballance is not good enough Bell out of sorts Root is solid Cook is finding form again just at the right time Buttler is in good shape We have a spinner ...

jdaw1 wrote:Please buy me a ticket for the Thursday (I haven’t been invited, and can’t find it on the website.) Thank you.

Ticket for you confirmed, Julian.

flash_uk wrote:There is now a chance I can make the 21st. I'll try and confirm in a week or two.

Yes definitely count me in. Is it a simple bring a bottle?

AHB wrote:Sure. I'll do my best to remember to bring it with me - presuming you mean Tuesday 21st?

Sorry, yes I meant the 21st which isn't next Tuesday! Or failing that Monday 27th.

AHB wrote:Did anyone leave a Parker fountain pen last night? I picked one up from the table as I was the last to leave.

Alex, it was Rupert's. If you still have it I could grab it next Tuesday?

Decanted 1 hour. 80% opacity, cloudy, mature dusty red-brown. Nose of stewed red fruit, strawberry, also with some spices. In the mouth, big fruit, sweetness, chocolate, with some very gentle smooth tannins towards the end. Not much by way of acidity and so lacks a solid structure - a little flabby....

jdaw1 wrote:Please buy me a ticket for the Thursday (I haven’t been invited, and can’t find it on the website.) Thank you.

I have requested two tickets - you can grab one of those assuming I get them

There is now a chance I can make the 21st. I'll try and confirm in a week or two.

Where blind is done, I favour earlier rather than later reveal, where possible. This is a big learning from the tasting. It would have been much better to force a quick rush towards a guess on "what is it", even with that being a little rushed, and then having more time to taste and rate ...

Thanks to everyone for a very enjoyable evening, and great to see some new faces round the table. Hats off to Davy's at Woolgate for hosting us perfectly - everything was just as we needed it. A special thank you to Chris for sharing the Sandeman Cask 33 with us - very much appreciated, and I enjoye...

Some totalling by Mike, though of what nobody knows. http://www.jdawiseman.com/2015/20150617_totals.png This sheet is the vital evidence for judging the hypothesis on the sweet-spot vintages! The hypothesis was that the 66, 70 and 77 vintages are all currently in a very good place, and in fact migh...

G70 (unknown English bottler, pesky rubber capsule) double decanted at noon and now at B&F. There's also an unopened backup G70 (Oporto bottled, looks like it was shipped in 90s / 2000s) if that bottle proves to be faulty or uninspiring with air - feel free to use discretion on set-up. Plus a b...

G70 (unknown English bottler, pesky rubber capsule) double decanted at noon and now at B&F. There's also an unopened backup G70 (Oporto bottled, looks like it was shipped in 90s / 2000s) if that bottle proves to be faulty or uninspiring with air - feel free to use discretion on set-up. Plus a b...

jdaw1 wrote:The first post doesn’t mention an official start time. Failing contrary instruction, I’ll assume 6½pm.

Good assumption. First pot updated.

Remember everyone, we are at Woolgate tonight, not the B&F.

AHB wrote:The layout of the last sheet does allow improvisation of some additional spaces. Presumably the F66 will take the 4th space?

The F66 is not appearing. G70 coming instead.

Selkirk has a golf course, so some healthy leisure activity can be enjoyed.

AHB wrote:How many spare bottle slots do we have? Just asking...

I think just one. A bottle from Stephen has been delivered by you, and you mentioned Chris was bringing two. That leaves one spare slot I believe.

My copy got binned with the recycling yesterday

jdaw1 wrote:

AHB wrote:Who is to print the placemats?

Mike has that in hand.

Placemats, tasting note sheets, placenames, cork sheets, scoring sheets and sticky labels all printed and ready.

Could your emergency be sated on the 27th? I sadly need to decline the 21st.

jdaw1 wrote:Thank you for spotting that error in the code, which has been fixed. Also, as requested, the format of the names has been changed.

Please re-inspect the placemats.

Thank you - everything seems to be in order. Roll on Wednesday evening.

How wonderful. I visit Derby two or three times a month at the moment - if anyone wants me to pick some of these up then let me know.

I think there may be a glitch in the matrix. Was it the same cat? On the pdf of the placemats, all the attendees have 36 stickers, starting from "I" and ending with "W77". Everyone, that is, except for AHB and AJA. Their stickers start at "II". Do I get a Blue Peter bad...