One quiz at a time

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 00:39 Thu 31 Oct 2013

zzz... (in a dreamy voice) more than 40 ...zzz

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:41 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Someone guess!

TLW · Post by **TLW** » 06:36 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Should be right about 55

Roughly one per week at home - about 42
Less a dozen LBV etc - thus about 30 of VP at home
Plus about 25 bottles at the Bunghole, etc.

Post by **DRT** » 07:13 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 07:44 Thu 31 Oct 2013

More than 55, less than 81.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 08:07 Thu 31 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:More than 55, less than 81.

If your 2011 vintage review had 30+ ports and there were 44 bottles of vintage port opened at your 63 tasting, it must have been slim pickings in the household for the rest of the year!

Post by **DRT** » 08:37 Thu 31 Oct 2013

RAYC wrote:
AHB wrote:More than 55, less than 81.
If your 2011 vintage review had 30+ ports and there were 44 bottles of vintage port opened at your 63 tasting, it must have been slim pickings in the household for the rest of the year!

I suspect the 30+ 2011s don't count because they were cask samples given by shippers and therefore never made it to AHB's cellar list.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 08:44 Thu 31 Oct 2013

DRT wrote:
RAYC wrote:
AHB wrote:More than 55, less than 81.
If your 2011 vintage review had 30+ ports and there were 44 bottles of vintage port opened at your 63 tasting, it must have been slim pickings in the household for the rest of the year!
I suspect the 30+ 2011s don't count because they were cask samples given by shippers and therefore never made it to AHB's cellar list.

DRT's correct. The 2011 ports were opened before reaching my cellar.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 09:25 Thu 31 Oct 2013

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 09:27 Thu 31 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:
DRT wrote:
RAYC wrote:
AHB wrote:More than 55, less than 81.
If your 2011 vintage review had 30+ ports and there were 44 bottles of vintage port opened at your 63 tasting, it must have been slim pickings in the household for the rest of the year!
I suspect the 30+ 2011s don't count because they were cask samples given by shippers and therefore never made it to AHB's cellar list.
DRT's correct. The 2011 ports were opened before reaching my cellar.

Hmmm....a shaky definition of "personal cellar"...If you had been struck by lightening after you received them but before being opened, would they have counted among your assets?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 09:29 Thu 31 Oct 2013

RAYC wrote:struck by lightening

From eating salad? Or going on some other type of diet....?

Post by **jdaw1** » 09:32 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Sixty-eight?

Post by **DRT** » 09:33 Thu 31 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:
RAYC wrote:struck by lightening
From eating salad? Or going on some other type of diet....?

Spinach and fresh parsley are high in iron, so presumably those would be the culprits. Avoid.

72?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 09:33 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Post by **DRT** » 09:34 Thu 31 Oct 2013

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 09:36 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Post by **DRT** » 09:38 Thu 31 Oct 2013

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 09:40 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 12:12 Thu 31 Oct 2013

More than 70, LESS than 72.

Good luck with getting the correct answer.

And despite RAYC's suggestion that the definition of my cellar is flawed, I only classify a bottle as coming from my cellar if it has been recorded on my cellar list.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:14 Thu 31 Oct 2013

I know the answer! Everyone knows the answer!
But nobody wants to win!
Oh go on then. 71.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 12:43 Thu 31 Oct 2013

djewesbury wrote:I know the answer! Everyone knows the answer!
But nobody wants to win!
Oh go on then. 71.

Correct. Andre's turn to ask a question.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:44 Thu 31 Oct 2013

AHB wrote:
djewesbury wrote:I know the answer! Everyone knows the answer!
But nobody wants to win!
Oh go on then. 71.
Correct. Andre's turn to ask a question.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 22:37 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Here is my question:
What is my favourite KÃ¶lsch draught beer brand?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 22:49 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Wow! It looks like there are a lot of them. And I really don't understand beer.

Riessdorf?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 23:14 Thu 31 Oct 2013

I like Reisdorf. But it' s only good in bottle and my favourite alcohol free beer. But not my favourite draft beer.

Post by **DRT** » 23:18 Thu 31 Oct 2013

CÃ¶lner HofbrÃ¤u FrÃ¼h?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 23:22 Thu 31 Oct 2013

Great location and a good draft beer but there is still one beer that better suits me....

Post by **PhilW** » 10:05 Fri 01 Nov 2013

It's primes! but I'm about 5 pages too late

I have been away on holiday without forum access, hence lack of response to prompting. Having never heard of KÃ¶lsch, I'll just have to take a google-guess: Gaffel?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 11:21 Fri 01 Nov 2013

No, I actually avoid Gaffel.
While you are google-guessing, I will give out some hopefully entertaining information on our local beer:
In the traditional brewery pubs it's customary that the waiter will bring a new beer when he sees that your glass is empty. So there's a constant "supply" without ordering another glass. If you don't want another beer, you indicate this to the waiter by putting the beer mat on top of the glass.

Post by **PhilW** » 13:45 Fri 01 Nov 2013

AW77 wrote:No, I actually avoid Gaffel.
While you are google-guessing, I will give out some hopefully entertaining information on our local beer:
In the traditional brewery pubs it's customary that the waiter will bring a new beer when he sees that your glass is empty. So there's a constant "supply" without ordering another glass. If you don't want another beer, you indicate this to the waiter by putting the beer mat on top of the glass.

I noticed about the automatic refills on Wikipedia when I searched on google for KÃ¶lsch; It also mentioned that "the waiters in traditional pubs are expected to use fairly rough, unrefined language, which might include crude jokes with the customers". I would have included a jokey example, but fear my post would be 'adjusted' by DRT google-friendly-forum-police our marvellous forum moderators

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 17:28 Fri 01 Nov 2013

Yes, waiters used to be fairly rude with customers, mostly due to the fact that they would drink beer themselves. But even in those pubs times have changed. Nowadays, waiters are not allowed to drink beer while on the job in most pubs and some pubs even have courses how to treat customers (especially tourists) corectly.
Here is some information on the KÃ¶bes, as waiters in KÃ¶lsch pubs are called: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6bes
An example for their former rudeness, that would not offend in this forum could be this: when you ordered a glass of water in KÃ¶lsch pub, the waiter would ask you if he should bring soap as well.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 19:42 Fri 01 Nov 2013

I feel in need of a clue. Any chance Andre?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 23:51 Fri 01 Nov 2013

Well, if you ask so nicely for a clue:
It's not one of the big names, but a family-run brewery for 5 generations. So the Niepoort of KÃ¶lsch, in a way.

By the way: Eric Asimov wrote an article about this beer:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/dinin ... .html?_r=0

Post by **DRT** » 09:56 Sat 02 Nov 2013

Brauerei zur MalzmÃ¼hle (founded 1858)?

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 13:51 Sat 02 Nov 2013

Derek, you're right. It's MÃ¼hlenkÃ¶lsch. I like it because of it's smooth "minerality".

Now over to you, Derek.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:13 Sat 02 Nov 2013

Hooray! Derek's turn again!

Post by **DRT** » 14:16 Sat 02 Nov 2013

I opened my storage account at Seckford Wines by purchasing a six pack of VP from them that has never moved since. Name the shipper and the vintage.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 14:31 Sat 02 Nov 2013

Dow 94?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:41 Sat 02 Nov 2013

No earlier. Warre 85.

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 14:42 Sat 02 Nov 2013

Taylor 97

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:43 Sat 02 Nov 2013

Derek has been buying port since before 1997. Maybe it's the great T92.

Post by **DRT** » 14:53 Sat 02 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Dow 94?

50% correct.

AW77 wrote:Taylor 97

0% correct.

djewesbury wrote:Warre 85.

0% correct.

djewesbury wrote:T92.

0% correct.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:54 Sat 02 Nov 2013

Someone say Dow 1878 so that we can work out whether Dow is the correct bit. Not my turn.

Post by **DRT** » 14:55 Sat 02 Nov 2013

Tap, tap, tap!

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 14:55 Sat 02 Nov 2013

I was thinking that it was a six pack and assumed that was a reasonably recent invention.

Vesuvio 91.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:56 Sat 02 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:I was thinking that it was a six pack and assumed that was a reasonably recent invention.

Vesuvio 91.

WHAT??? In what way is Vesuvio 91 50% of Dow 94....?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 14:56 Sat 02 Nov 2013

Dow 1878

Post by **DRT** » 15:03 Sat 02 Nov 2013

LGTrotter wrote:Vesuvio 91.

50% correct.

djewesbury wrote:Dow 1878

0% correct.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 15:06 Sat 02 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I was thinking that it was a six pack and assumed that was a reasonably recent invention.

Vesuvio 91.
WHAT??? In what way is Vesuvio 91 50% of Dow 94....?

Didn't see the post in time.

Derek seems keen to get this over. We have narrowed it down to what I wonder...

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 15:07 Sat 02 Nov 2013

Yes he does doesn't he. Not my go though.

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