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Wed 08 Feb 2012, Blind, The Bung Hole
Posted: 23:05 Thu 09 Feb 2012
by jdaw1
On Wednesday 8th February 2012 four port enthusiasts met in
The Bung Hole to enjoy some fine port, served blind. And we did. Links:
Re: Wed 08 Feb 2012, Blind, The Bung Hole
Posted: 23:25 Thu 09 Feb 2012
by jdaw1
Pictures of the glasses were taken early. Only the bottles of JDAW and DRT had arrived.
Top-left
D77; bottom-left
I99; bottom-centre
Mz85.
Re: Wed 08 Feb 2012, Blind, The Bung Hole
Posted: 23:25 Thu 09 Feb 2012
by jdaw1
Re: Wed 08 Feb 2012, Blind, The Bung Hole
Posted: 23:25 Thu 09 Feb 2012
by jdaw1
The note says ‟
Apparently PW has a lot of W77. Hence DRT’s guess. I’ll follow.”
Re: Wed 08 Feb 2012, Blind, The Bung Hole
Posted: 23:25 Thu 09 Feb 2012
by jdaw1
JDAW voted first.
Everybody voted
D77 first. I voted the
T77 and
Mz85 second equal, others voted them second and third respective. So
D77 12;
T77 7½;
Mz85 4½.
Re: Wed 08 Feb 2012, Blind, The Bung Hole
Posted: 23:47 Thu 09 Feb 2012
by jdaw1
Later, there arrived in my email a picture of somebody’s late-night snack.
Re: Wed 08 Feb 2012, Blind, The Bung Hole
Posted: 00:35 Fri 10 Feb 2012
by DRT
Another successful evening down in the Bung Hole.
Very quaff-able ports with the usual mixture of good company, good food and friendly and efficient service.
Regretfully, the bacon sarnie wasn't mine
Re: Wed 08 Feb 2012, Blind, The Bung Hole
Posted: 09:47 Fri 10 Feb 2012
by PhilW
My first trip down the bung-hole, very pleasant surroundings and efficient staff; steak was very good (in hindsight I don't remember a bone in my bone-in rib, did I eat Julian's steak I wonder...?), some very nice port, especially the not-corked D77 (which seemed to be served to me in a magical self-emptying glass) and good company.
In hindsight, I may have over-indulged slightly... I distinctly remember Rob telling me his bottle was a F83, which I didn't think could be right since it tasted so radically different from one I had drunk earlier that week; In retrospect he was probably commenting on the fact that the bottle I'd brought the T77 in was an F83 bottle... hey ho. And I left my (rather minimal) tasting notes behind. Again.
Re: Wed 08 Feb 2012, Blind, The Bung Hole
Posted: 09:54 Fri 10 Feb 2012
by DRT
PhilW wrote:did I eat Julian's steak I wonder...?)
Clearly you are still alive and still have arms and hands, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to type that question. It is therefore unlikely that you ate Julian steak.
And I can confirm that your steak did have a bone. It was the same as mine. Do you feel as though you might have something stuck in your throat?