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Something(s) from the SMWS?djewesbury wrote:What should I buy the friend with the chainsaw who did most of the work? He's not a port drinker necessarily but is a keen maker of fine spirits. Any suggestions for rare and indulgent bottlings?
Yes, that's what I'm edging towards. Just wondered if the whisky buyers amongst us had any other specific recommendations.jdaw1 wrote:Something(s) from the SMWS?djewesbury wrote:What should I buy the friend with the chainsaw who did most of the work? He's not a port drinker necessarily but is a keen maker of fine spirits. Any suggestions for rare and indulgent bottlings?
In one guess. That was quick. So, it’s my question.djewesbury wrote:Yes, that's what I'm edging towards. Just wondered if the whisky buyers amongst us had any other specific recommendations.
Talisker Port Ruighe is extremely nice, and fuses your twin interest in whisky and Port.djewesbury wrote:Just wondered if the whisky buyers amongst us had any other specific recommendations.
Correct class of drink, but not that one.djewesbury wrote:Morgan 91.
No.DRT wrote:Whisky?
Perfect. Thanks.DRT wrote:Talisker Port Ruighe is extremely nice, and fuses your twin interest in whisky and Port.djewesbury wrote:Just wondered if the whisky buyers amongst us had any other specific recommendations.
Very reasonable guess, but that decanter was finished a few hours before the question was asked, as was the decanter of Tesco 1994.djewesbury wrote:Offley LBV
The answer will not surprise, but is not that particular unsurprising answer.PhilW wrote:I think you could have pop'n'poured a traditional Warre LBV, just as I have; perhaps even the same one, a W82LBV ?
DRT wrote:Hmm. Let's follow the crumb-trail of clues!
The Offley LBV is finished.
The Tesco 1994 is finished.
It can only be one thing: Sandeman Vau 1999 from double magnum?
Another excellent guess, though, as were the previous guesses, wrong.DRT wrote:Graham Crusted 1998?
It can be two things, of which you chose the wrong one.DRT wrote:It can only be one thing: Sandeman Vau 1999 from double magnum?
That would discourage conversation, and conversation is part of the pleasure of this thread.DRT wrote:Perhaps a new rule: anyone who posts a comment on someone else's guess (or some other inane comment) without including a guess of their own is deemed to have had their turn.
What say the team?
Good point. I was thinking more of the habitual "I'm going to comment but not guess because I don't want to ask a question"-type behaviour.jdaw1 wrote:That would discourage conversation, and conversation is part of the pleasure of this thread.DRT wrote:Perhaps a new rule: anyone who posts a comment on someone else's guess (or some other inane comment) without including a guess of their own is deemed to have had their turn.
What say the team?
I’m less attentive to this thread than others who also should be working on The Book, but what I’ve seen is people being non-possessive about questions. If X has won, and has nothing to ask, and Y says ‟I have a question”, Question Mastership is then quickly conceded. At least often enough.DRT wrote:I was thinking more of the habitual "I'm going to comment but not guess because I don't want to ask a question"-type behaviour.
Oh, is that the time?jdaw1 wrote:Let’s give him until 22:15 to reply. If he hasn’t by then, you do it.
Indeed it is. DJ’s question is in the immediately preceding post.djewesbury wrote:It's clearly Vau 2000 from 3L.
I don't like to say I told you so, I love it. Told you so.LGTrotter wrote:See how long you can hang on. I bet you won't make a week.djewesbury wrote:Thank the Lord. Question tomorrow.
Well actually I didn't ask a question; not a quiz question per se. I asked for advice, which was taken as a question, and then Julian asked a question. So I was cleared of my obligation to you.LGTrotter wrote:I don't like to say I told you so, I love it. Told you so.LGTrotter wrote:See how long you can hang on. I bet you won't make a week.djewesbury wrote:Thank the Lord. Question tomorrow.
djewesbury wrote:What did I have for dinner?
No. And I have never eaten a gojiberry either.jdaw1 wrote:Mungbean curry with spinach?
And have you ever lost the Ashes 5-0? No! That proves it.djewesbury wrote:And I have never eaten a gojiberry either.
No. Nor have I ever used this in a pie, though I have pied most things.DRT wrote:Pork pie?
Quod est demonstrandum.jdaw1 wrote:And have you ever lost the Ashes 5-0? No! That proves it.djewesbury wrote:And I have never eaten a gojiberry either.
Guess!jdaw1 wrote:And have you ever lost the Ashes 5-0? No! That proves it.djewesbury wrote:And I have never eaten a gojiberry either.
Quinoa with roasted butternut squash, apricot and parsley?DRT wrote:Guess!
This dinner did not feature on the England team's catering list.jdaw1 wrote:Quinoa with roasted butternut squash, apricot and parsley?DRT wrote:Guess!
Giving orders? Excellent. Write the historical spiel for a chapter that need it! Enough do.
Is that a clue?djewesbury wrote:I have an early start tomorrow!
It wasn't a clue. It was a request to speed up the guessing.DRT wrote:Is that a clue?djewesbury wrote:I have an early start tomorrow!
Bacon?
Not your go.DRT wrote:Impala's liver?