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Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 23:17 Tue 26 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
THRA has agreed to provide at a fair price, for a tasting on Thursday 28th August 2014 at The Bung Hole, five bottles bottled by the same bottler. We, that is, all but Tom, are to try to guess the bottler.

Who is game?
  1. THRA;
  2. JDAW;
  3. AHB.
Current draft of the placemats.
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Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 23:23 Tue 26 Aug 2014
by DRT
Are you just trying to torture me?

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 07:03 Wed 27 Aug 2014
by PhilW
DRT wrote:Are you just trying to torture me?
Not just you!

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 07:04 Wed 27 Aug 2014
by SCP-DFF
They have no mercy. Bad boys! (I can even hear them chuckling.)

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 17:18 Wed 27 Aug 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
I'm on for this. I'll drop CMAG an email and see if he is free on Thursday night.

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 18:31 Wed 27 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
Bonus question for Tom: obviously we have to be bottler-blind. But should Tom sell us shippers and vintages?

Or should he tell us the shippers, tell us the vintages, but not which is paired with which, nor what with which bottle?

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 23:29 Wed 27 Aug 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
jdaw1 wrote:Bonus question for Tom: obviously we have to be bottler-blind. But should Tom sell us shippers and vintages?

Or should he tell us the shippers, tell us the vintages, but not which is paired with which, nor what with which bottle?
I say that he tells us nothing and gives us the most opportunity he can for us to make fools of ourselves.

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 00:45 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
Changes to placemats, including extra people, to reach me by 8am Thursday.

Tom: is this happening?

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 06:55 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
jdaw1 wrote:Changes to placemats, including extra people, to reach me by 8am Thursday.

Tom: is this happening?
I will be there. If necessary, I'm sure we can figure out a plan B.

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 07:00 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
I can print the placemats. I'm aiming for the 17:02 train to London so should arrive around 18:30.

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 09:07 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by uncle tom
Tom: is this happening?
Yes, can do - sorry not to chime in sooner but was tied up all yesterday with contractors cleaning the beams in my pub..

Five bottles for three people? - are we very thirsty??

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 09:28 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
uncle tom wrote:Five bottles for three people? - are we very thirsty??
Four bottles enough, it seems. See you there.

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 11:00 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by uncle tom
Four bottles selected, all bottled by same English bottler. Three shippers, three vintages, so spotting the pair with same shipper and pair from same vintage will be part of the challenge..

Shared three ways, cost will be £110 ea. (Best price on wine-searcher would average over £200 ea.) - anyone else want to join?

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 11:21 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
We will be hopeless. Fair chance that we total 0 points.

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 12:23 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by PhilW
uncle tom wrote:anyone else want to join?
Want to? Yes, very much so.
Able to? Bugger, unfortunately not (though yesterday went smoothly, for those who know my current situation).
Can I guess the Bottler too anyway and play remotely? (edit: have PM'd Tom with a guess)

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 12:42 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by DRT
I guess Army & Navy Stores.

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 13:09 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by Alex Bridgeman
PhilW wrote:
uncle tom wrote:anyone else want to join?
Want to? Yes, very much so.
Able to? Bugger, unfortunately not (though yesterday went smoothly, for those who know my current situation).
Can I guess the Bottler too anyway and play remotely?
DRT wrote:I guess Army & Navy Stores.
I'm sure that with the benefit of modern technology we could facetime / whatsapp / skype others remotely into the offline so that they can see what we see, hear what we can hear, hear what we can smell, hear what we can taste...

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 14:01 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by WS1
as PMed to JDAW I will pop by after attending some leaving drinkies.... :roll:

cu u later

WS1

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 14:19 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
AHB wrote:we could facetime / whatsapp / skype others remotely into the offline so that they can see what we see, hear what we can hear, hear what we can smell, hear what we can taste...
SCP-DFF wrote:They have no mercy. Bad boys! (I can even hear them chuckling.)

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 14:26 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by PhilW
AHB wrote:we could facetime / whatsapp / skype others remotely into the offline so that they can see what we see, hear what we can hear, hear what we can smell, hear what we can taste...
as DRT almost wrote:Are you just trying to torture us?
Mind you, as part of the "quick Julian, text Derek and tell him it's another '27" lobby a couple of Xmases ago, I probably don't have huge amounts of room to complain... more room than some though ;)

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 15:50 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by DRT
PhilW wrote:
AHB wrote:we could facetime / whatsapp / skype others remotely into the offline so that they can see what we see, hear what we can hear, hear what we can smell, hear what we can taste...
as DRT almost wrote:Are you just trying to torture us?
Mind you, as part of the "quick Julian, text Derek and tell him it's another '27" lobby a couple of Xmases ago, I probably don't have huge amounts of room to complain... more room than some though ;)
I knew he wasn't doing it alone :x

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 16:02 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by uncle tom
All four decanted - none corked, but one looking more evolved than expected.. :?

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 16:12 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
ETA?

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 16:19 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by jdaw1
I might be able to charm my hosts of the day into allowing me to print, if that would help us get started.

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014: One Bottler

Posted: 16:28 Thu 28 Aug 2014
by PhilW
DRT wrote:
PhilW wrote:Mind you, as part of the "quick Julian, text Derek and tell him it's another '27" lobby a couple of Xmases ago, I probably don't have huge amounts of room to complain... more room than some though ;)
I knew he wasn't doing it alone :x
Thinking back, I think the exact quote was "No Julian, I don't think you should text Derek to know the next one is another '27, and you definitely shouldn't tell him that it's Croft and that it is superb" ;)