Tue 02 Jan 2018, B&F, A Non-Ideal Tasting

[jdaw1]

To start 2018, with the theme of “Bring a Bottle (ideally of 1878)”, nobody brought an 1878.

Links:

• Review of the evening as a whole;
• 1985 BBR (CPR);
• 1983 Graham (DRL);
• 1964 Fonseca Guimaraens (IDJ);
• 1960 Cockburn (RLC);
• 1963 Croft (KHM);
• 1960 Fonseca (JDAW);
• 1987 Graham Malvedos (WPS);
• 1985 Graham (DB);
• Placemats;
• Planning and arrangements.

[jdaw1]

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(We voted before guessing. Names of Ports were added after.)

[jdaw1]

(We were rubbish. The best of us drew with the Monkey — whose guess was pre-chosen by an absent AHB.)

[DaveRL]

An excellent evening, thank you. I was again beaten by the monkey. Must do better next time.

[jdaw1]

I was slow to post my tasting notes — nineteen months after the event — but was still first. Team oops.