Wed 9th September 2015, Port Fit for a Queen (E2>V)

Post by **DRT** » 17:03 Tue 11 Aug 2015

djewesbury wrote:
AHB wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Going where?
Oh God please don't say it's going to Derek's holiday home on the bleak and empty Isle of Skye!

djewesbury wrote:Edinburgh by 1pm tomorrow.
That's a relief. It may survive its journey.
Apparently, the eagle has landed.

Indeed.

Hopefully Mum won't put it in the airing cupboard beside the hot water tank to keep it safe.

Deleted_User_1 · Post by **Deleted_User_1** » 06:11 Sun 23 Aug 2015

I am very sorry to announce that I shall be unable to attend...sorry for late notice...any costs incurred will be reimbursed...please let me know.

Post by **jdaw1** » 06:24 Sun 23 Aug 2015

Cookie wrote:I am very sorry to announce that I shall be unable to attend...sorry for late notice...any costs incurred will be reimbursed

A shame, but neither costs nor problem.

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:44 Mon 24 Aug 2015

Please could there be more enthusiasm for the pre-ordering of food? The current draft of the food order has requests from only three people. So please do peruse the B&F’s menu of fine nourishment, select, and post in this thread that selection.

Post by **DRT** » 05:58 Tue 25 Aug 2015

Chicken liver parfait with toast
Chargrilled sirloin steak 220g (medium-rare) with hand-cut chips french fries and grilled tomato

idj123 · Post by **idj123** » 12:25 Tue 25 Aug 2015

Starter of Cheesy Welsh Rarebit followed by Gammon and black pudding (no egg) with skinny fries and a side order of the peas and beans in lemon butter-please.
Side order TBD on the day.

CPR 1 · Post by **CPR 1** » 12:51 Tue 25 Aug 2015

Potted Shrimps, followed by Sirloin steak back and blue with a side of spinach

Thanks

Post by **DRT** » 16:07 Wed 26 Aug 2015

By email JADS wrote:Potted Shrimps
Chargrill Sirloin Steak
Chocolate Brownie

I have asked how the steak is to be cooked but so far no reply. Please default to "medium rare" if no further instruction received.

uncle tom · Post by **uncle tom** » 19:20 Wed 26 Aug 2015

I'm now likely to be around for this..

Could bring something from Charles' birth year, or when she got married, or bottled in the year she was born - or something else entirely.... ??

Post by **DRT** » 19:22 Wed 26 Aug 2015

uncle tom wrote:Could bring something from Charles' birth year, or when she got married, or bottled in the year she was born - or something else entirely.... ??

Feel free to trump anything on the current list

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 19:23 Wed 26 Aug 2015

uncle tom wrote:I'm now likely to be around for this..

Could bring something from Charles' birth year, or when she got married, or bottled in the year she was born - or something else entirely.... ??

What about a bottle of Victoria's coronation year?

Post by **DRT** » 19:24 Wed 26 Aug 2015

djewesbury wrote:What about a bottle of Victoria's coronation year?

A nice compromise - her birth year ports are quite hard to come by these days

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:49 Wed 26 Aug 2015

uncle tom wrote:Could bring something from Charles' birth year, or when she got married, or bottled in the year she was born - or something else entirely.... ??

Yes please. And thank you sir. Please say what so that it can be added to the placemats.

Please also submit a food order (B&F’s menu).

Separately, would somebody who has working contact information for RAYC please PM it to me.

uncle tom · Post by **uncle tom** » 22:21 Wed 26 Aug 2015

How about this one:

Very pale green glass bottle, colour of wine within good for age and looks healthy with lumpy free floating sediment, level TS

Label reads 'Offley full port, matured, rather dry'

Old slip label round neck reads 'Anno 1924'

A reciprocal gift from Simon Lisle in the early days of TPF - whatever became of him??

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:31 Wed 26 Aug 2015

uncle tom wrote:How about this one:

Very pale green glass bottle, colour of wine within good for age and looks healthy with lumpy free floating sediment, level TS

Label reads 'Offley full port, matured, rather dry'

Old slip label round neck reads 'Anno 1924'

A reciprocal gift from Simon Lisle in the early days of TPF - whatever became of him??

An excellent offer. Looking forward to this!

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:32 Wed 26 Aug 2015

uncle tom wrote:Very pale green glass bottle, colour of wine within good for age and looks healthy with lumpy free floating sediment, level TS

Label reads 'Offley full port, matured, rather dry'

Old slip label round neck reads 'Anno 1924'

Thank you.

benread · Post by **benread** » 06:58 Thu 27 Aug 2015

Good news. Mother in law will be around so social conflict with wife resolved. More good news-I seem to have 3 bottles of Dow 60 in my new cellar so one of them will have its stay cut short!

Food: truffle Mac & cheese followed by gammon with black pudding please.

Thank you.

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Post by **jdaw1** » 08:00 Thu 27 Aug 2015

benread wrote:I seem to have 3 bottles of Dow 60 in my new cellar so one of them will have its stay cut short!

Excellent. We have a Dow-1960-versus-Dow-1960 head-to-head. And obvious updates to the placemats done.

benread wrote:Food: truffle Mac & cheese followed by gammon with black pudding please.

Excellent. Obvious updates to the food order done. To which I have also added a guess that Tom will have soup and medium-rare steak.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 10:30 Fri 28 Aug 2015

for please have Wild mushrooms on toast with walnut pesto as starter and Chargrilled sirloin steak 220g (medium-rare) french fries and grilled tomato

regards

WS1

Post by **jdaw1** » 10:42 Fri 28 Aug 2015

We are Mr and Mrs Efficiency. With twelve days to go we have — or I have guessed — all the food orders bar one.

WS1 wrote:french fries

I’ve interpreted this to mean skinny fries rather than the hand-cut chips. Please confirm.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 12:15 Fri 28 Aug 2015

jdaw1 wrote:We are Mr and Mrs Efficiency. With twelve days to go we have — or I have guessed — all the food orders bar one.

WS1 wrote:french fries
I’ve interpreted this to mean skinny fries rather than the hand-cut chips. Please confirm.

confirmed!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:51 Sat 29 Aug 2015

Chargrilled sirloin black and blue. Skinny fries. No starter.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 22:16 Sun 30 Aug 2015

- beetroot salad starter

- sirloin rare for main

I hope to be on time but may be 30 mins late (flight arrives at Heathrow 16.30). In terms of port, I need to speak to Wolfgang to see whether i have any nice bottles lurking in his cellar (and whether he would be willing to open / decant / bring for me....)

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:31 Sun 30 Aug 2015

RAYC wrote:- beetroot salad starter

- sirloin rare for main

Thank you.

The food order seems to be complete. Please could somebody check it?

RAYC wrote:I hope to be on time but may be 30 mins late (flight arrives at Heathrow 16.30).

Good luck. We will pre-pour you, but not wait.

RAYC wrote:In terms of port, I need to speak to Wolfgang to see whether i have any nice bottles lurking in his cellar (and whether he would be willing to open / decant / bring for me....)

Wolfgang?

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 07:28 Tue 01 Sep 2015

jdaw1 wrote:
RAYC wrote:- beetroot salad starter

- sirloin rare for main
Thank you.

The food order seems to be complete. Please could somebody check it?

RAYC wrote:I hope to be on time but may be 30 mins late (flight arrives at Heathrow 16.30).
Good luck. We will pre-pour you, but not wait.

RAYC wrote:In terms of port, I need to speak to Wolfgang to see whether i have any nice bottles lurking in his cellar (and whether he would be willing to open / decant / bring for me....)
Wolfgang?

Do not worry, all will be fine; will speak to Rob and check what he wants to open.

regards

WS1

Post by **PhilW** » 10:14 Tue 01 Sep 2015

jdaw1 wrote:The food order seems to be complete. Please could somebody check it?

Checked:
- Derek has asked for skinny (french) fries, but is listed as hand-cut chips
- Ian has asked for a side of peas & beans, which is missing
- Tom's and Christopher's are unchecked as they are not in-thread, I assume received directly
- I assume you have checked your own, similarly
- Mike does not appear in the menu order, but had specified an order (being shrimps, sirloin(rare) and side of peas & beans); I note that he is listed in attendance as "maybe" so unsure of status.
- Also, I would suggest that the formatting of "Chargrilled sirloin steak (black & blue) with skinny fries and grilled tomato" would be clearer than the current "Chargrilled sirloin steak with skinny fries and grilled tomato (black & blue)"

Post by **jdaw1** » 10:35 Tue 01 Sep 2015

PhilW wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:The food order seems to be complete. Please could somebody check it?
Checked:
- Derek has asked for skinny (french) fries, but is listed as hand-cut chips
- Ian has asked for a side of peas & beans, which is missing

Shoddy workmanship, and fixed. Thank you for checking.

PhilW wrote:- Tom's and Christopher's are unchecked as they are not in-thread, I assume received directly
- I assume you have checked your own, similarly

Confirmed.

PhilW wrote:- Mike does not appear in the menu order, but had specified an order (being shrimps, sirloin(rare) and side of peas & beans); I note that he is listed in attendance as "maybe" so unsure of status.

Status:

flash_uk wrote:Sadly it looks like I can no longer make this. Something might shift and make it possible again nearer the time, but right now it is not possible.

PhilW wrote:- Also, I would suggest that the formatting of "Chargrilled sirloin steak (black & blue) with skinny fries and grilled tomato" would be clearer than the current "Chargrilled sirloin steak with skinny fries and grilled tomato (black & blue)"

Fixed. Thank you again. And the food order updated.

Post by **flash_uk** » 10:58 Tue 01 Sep 2015

Count me out. My son is having an op on Weds morning so I need to get home that night.

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:06 Tue 01 Sep 2015

flash_uk wrote:Count me out. My son is having an op on Weds morning so I need to get home that night.

Good luck with the op.

Post by **PhilW** » 11:15 Tue 01 Sep 2015

jdaw1 wrote:And the food order updated.

Noting Ian is shown as requiring "skinny fries" in addition to his "gammon, chips and ..."; this may require adjustment.

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:36 Tue 01 Sep 2015

PhilW wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:And the food order updated.
Noting Ian is shown as requiring "skinny fries" in addition to his "gammon, chips and ..."; this may require adjustment.

Adjusted. Again, my

jdaw1 wrote:Shoddy workmanship

And again, thanks.

Post by **DRT** » 20:15 Tue 01 Sep 2015

Daniel's bottle and my bottle are now standing in the cellar of the B&F. Please can someone take charge of decanting on the day?

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:20 Tue 01 Sep 2015

DRT wrote:Daniel's bottle and my bottle are now standing in the cellar of the B&F. Please can someone take charge of decanting on the day?

Graham 1955 and Dow 1955: if I were to arrive at 4pm and decant then, would that be sufficiently early?

Post by **flash_uk** » 20:32 Tue 01 Sep 2015

jdaw1 wrote:
flash_uk wrote:Count me out. My son is having an op on Weds morning so I need to get home that night.
Good luck with the op.

Thank you!

Post by **DRT** » 20:35 Tue 01 Sep 2015

jdaw1 wrote:
DRT wrote:Daniel's bottle and my bottle are now standing in the cellar of the B&F. Please can someone take charge of decanting on the day?
Graham 1955 and Dow 1955: if I were to arrive at 4pm and decant then, would that be sufficiently early?

I would think so. They will probably not need a long decant and if they do they can sit in the glass for a while.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:39 Tue 01 Sep 2015

I told Derek last night that I would decant these. Why does he keep ignoring me?

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:41 Tue 01 Sep 2015

djewesbury wrote:I told Derek last night that I would decant these.

Works for me. Daniel to decant.

Post by **DRT** » 20:42 Tue 01 Sep 2015

djewesbury wrote:I told Derek last night that I would decant these. Why does he keep ignoring me?

Stop blubbing. Turn up at 15:59 and the job is yours.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 20:43 Tue 01 Sep 2015

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:I told Derek last night that I would decant these. Why does he keep ignoring me?

Stop blubbing. Turn up at 15:59 and the job is yours.

Would it KILL you to be NICE to me???

Post by **DRT** » 20:45 Tue 01 Sep 2015

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:I told Derek last night that I would decant these. Why does he keep ignoring me?

Stop blubbing. Turn up at 15:59 and the job is yours.
Would it KILL you to be NICE to me???

NICE? NICE? What about those Jimmy Choo's you're wearing?

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:45 Tue 01 Sep 2015

djewesbury wrote:Would it KILL you to be NICE to me???

Being nice to you is one of the things least likely to kill Derek.

Post by **DRT** » 20:46 Tue 01 Sep 2015

jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Would it KILL you to be NICE to me???
Being nice to you is one of the things least likely to kill Derek.

Harsh.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 22:04 Tue 01 Sep 2015

DRT wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Would it KILL you to be NICE to me???
Being nice to you is one of the things least likely to kill Derek.
Harsh.

take it gracefully; for me the Grahams 55 is the classiest pop and pour you can do (even done once after after a Dow 27 in an emergency). It does not matter anyway since all Grahams 55 I had so far was on that great tasting plateau it does not care anymore; it is just great with long decant or without!
And I know you live forever anyway like Dorian Gray with the picture as long as you get every year that bt of 65 SQVP.

regards

WS1

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:54 Tue 01 Sep 2015

Very true. G55 is a luxurious and resilient drop of wine. The line-up for this evening is actually very, very good. I'm rather looking forward to it.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:00 Tue 01 Sep 2015

djewesbury wrote:Very true. G55 is a luxurious and resilient drop of wine. The line-up for this evening is actually very, very good. I'm rather looking forward to it.

All very much agreed. (And my last drink was two pints of beer on Sunday 16^th August: I am thirsty.)

Post by **jdaw1** » 08:03 Thu 03 Sep 2015

Tom of the [url=http://www.davy.co.uk/wine-bar/boot-and-flogger/]Boot and Flogger[/url] wrote:Thanks for the pre-order, I notice that 5 of your group has asked for skinny fries instead of hand cut chips. Unfortunately we don’t offer skinny fries here, we only Have hand cut chips on the menu. I hope this will be ok.

Other than that, everything else is finem, and we look forward to welcoming you on the 9^th.

WS1 · Post by **WS1** » 08:09 Thu 03 Sep 2015

jdaw1 wrote:
Tom of the [url=http://www.davy.co.uk/wine-bar/boot-and-flogger/]Boot and Flogger[/url] wrote:Thanks for the pre-order, I notice that 5 of your group has asked for skinny fries instead of hand cut chips. Unfortunately we don’t offer skinny fries here, we only Have hand cut chips on the menu. I hope this will be ok.

Other than that, everything else is finem, and we look forward to welcoming you on the 9^th.

OK for me

idj123 · Post by **idj123** » 12:13 Thu 03 Sep 2015

hand cut chips it is then!

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 21:13 Thu 03 Sep 2015

idj123 wrote:hand cut chips it is then!

You can always ask them to hand cut your chips to a very thin size. After all, they are hand cut so presumably can be hand cut to order.

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:25 Sat 05 Sep 2015

jdaw1, in an email to Johnny Symington, wrote:I have your two bottles (doff hat, thank you kind sir) of the Graham 1952 tawny. I plan bring them refrigerated, not to decant, and serve direct from the bottle. If this is less than perfect, please tell me what should be done.

For the Dalva Golden White 1952, does anybody have a better suggestion than refrigerating, not decanting, and serving direct from the bottle?