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

Someone guess!

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.

81?

More than 55, less than 81.

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!

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 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.

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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?

RAYC wrote:struck by lightening

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

Sixty-eight?

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?

66

75?

69

79?

70

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.

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

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.

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.

Here is my question:
What is my favourite Kölsch draught beer brand?

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

Riessdorf?

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

Cölner Hofbräu Früh?

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

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 Kölsch, I'll just have to take a google-guess: Gaffel?

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.

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 Kölsch; 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

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 Köbes, as waiters in Kölsch 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 Kölsch pub, the waiter would ask you if he should bring soap as well.

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

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 Kölsch, 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

Brauerei zur Malzmühle (founded 1858)?

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

Now over to you, Derek.

Hooray! Derek's turn again!

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.

Dow 94?

No earlier. Warre 85.

Taylor 97

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

LGTrotter wrote:Dow 94?

50% correct.

AW77 wrote:Taylor 97

0% correct.

djewesbury wrote:Warre 85.

0% correct.

djewesbury wrote:T92.

0% correct.

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

Tap, tap, tap!

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

Vesuvio 91.

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....?

Dow 1878

LGTrotter wrote:Vesuvio 91.

50% correct.

djewesbury wrote:Dow 1878

0% correct.

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...

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