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Newcastle brown ale is too commercial in taste and value.My favourite beer used to be Marston's merrie monk.But now I quite like speckled hen.

My wifes from Hull but I took her away from all that dripping .And taught her real geordie cooking chicken tikka masala.

Nobody is going to say it's a bad year because they have to sell their wines

I found it fun to taste port with my brother tonight because we don't see each other enough and as kids we drank quite a lot of it.(due to my father finding it ok and supplying us)The Croft 1960 was ideal because it was not straightforward we compared it to the one we drank twenty years ago and agre...

This was a strange one deep ruby in colour yet tasted after one hour like how can I say bubbly frothy wine that light like air pockets can't remember drinking a port like it.after twelve hours had some body (ghost like)Not to be reccomended unless for the experiance.

This was as Tom say's on death row it had started leaking.Tasted over four hours with my brother and his partner whose birth year is the same. Quite hot on first sip but developed a smooth sophisticated but light rasberry lilt.I liked it how to score it is difficult because being so light has thrown...

Thank you Tom for your kind words We will meet hopefully quite soon.

I'm sorry but I'll have to miss this one.I really wanted go if it had been a Thursday or Friday I would have gone.I'll send Tom something through the post to at least be there in spirit.(brandy that is).

A Thursday would be ideal for me as I'm self employed I would take the Friday off as well for all the travelling and make a long weekend.

Has anyone got any idea of suitable dates?Do we each send a bottle to Tom's place beforehand.I have a few unusual bottles that would be fun to open.

I have not had that many madeiras but that bottle was below average from what I've tasted.

I had that madeira at christmas two years ago it is my mother in laws birth year,I've also bought a Borges of the same year.I paid about £80 each I think(I have to stop buying at some point)

I have had all those 75's bar the Fonseca and had the Dow's quite recently which was a poor showing or a poor bottle I found Grahams the best and still good value but rising in the past year.I have found a few bottles from cases I have bought which have started get sticky after a month in my cellar.

With me it is the 55's and the 94's much to my shame

Tom I'll go for the leaker because when I find one it worries me the other bottles near will catch it.So drink up and enjoy

Well I missed something special which I could have made it to.I'm a bit of a magpie excluding the pun but I would have loved to have contributed.The guimarens 64 is a special port in my eyes anyway

Julian I knew you'd like the technique it's the best I 've found.No influence with taste at all .I first tried it against three 70's bottles and it came up trumps.If anyone wants to try some I can send a sample through the post but for mass I only see the guy now and again

To be honest ronnie I love Burmester lbvs and colheitas but theyve rocketed in price in three years

Well it's a boot time ah replied A canny bunch a folks like yersells need a bit ah steadyin.but ya alreet by me.Honestly thanks for having me but I'm pushed for time at the moment