The Beer & Wine Review Thread

[jim.cox]

I had the pleasure of an IPA taste test last Friday - Epic Pale up against the Tuatara

This batch of Tuatara cant have been their best - normally I would said I prefered it

But this time the Epic won

[RiderInBlack]

Happy Birfsday to MeBlood nice drop. Went well with the Scottish Fillet Steak

• Description :
  LA CHOUFFE is an unfiltered blonde beer, which is re-fermented in the bottle as well as in the keg. It is pleasantly fruity, spiced with coriander, and with a light hop taste.
• Packaging :
  330 ml bottle
  750 ml bottle
  1,5 litre bottle (= BIG CHOUFFE)
  20 litre kegs
• Alcohol :
  8% alc./vol.
• Original extract :
  16 °Plato
• Serving temperature :
  4 to 10°C (bottle)

[Bren]

Happy Birfsday to MeBlood nice drop. Went well with the Scottish Fillet Steak

And just where do you get this stuff????

[RiderInBlack]

And just where do you get this stuff????

Cactus Liquor Whangarei

[Laava]

If it is your birthday then happy birthday but isn't chouffe french for arse?

[RiderInBlack]

If it is your birthday then happy birthday but isn't chouffe french for arse?

If it is then it is one nice tasting bit of quality Blond Belgian Arse, I don't mind licking LOL. And Aye it is.

[EJK]

Anyone with money and taste? Cognac brandy? VS, VSOP, XO? Scotch whisky? Johnnie Walker, Hennessy, Appleton etc?

Teach me one or two things about good spirits. Say... What are good (and expensive)?

[RiderInBlack]

Anyone with money and taste? Cognac brandy? VS, VSOP, XO? Scotch whisky? Johnnie Walker, Hennessy, Appleton etc?

Teach me one or two things about good spirits. Say... What are good (and expensive)?

A new thread for that would make it easier the search later on, but maybe if ya did a search yaself ya would have came across these threads that more suited for ya question (instead of hijacking this one):
Scotch & Dry



What's your poison?

[slofox]

And just where do you get this stuff????

I sell it...

[slofox]

Anyone with money and taste? Cognac brandy? VS, VSOP, XO? Scotch whisky? Johnnie Walker, Hennessy, Appleton etc?

Teach me one or two things about good spirits. Say... What are good (and expensive)?

Best Cognac I can get is from Peyrat & Cie. Single vineyard cognacs from the heart of the region. Premier Cru de Cognac, Grande Champagne. Which is as high as it gets.
700ml will cost you $110.00. Which is a lot cheaper than many of the big names because they are lesser known so you pay less for the name itself.

[EJK]

A new thread for that would make it easier the search later on, but maybe if ya did a search yaself ya would have came across these threads that more suited for ya question (instead of hijacking this one):
Scotch & Dry

Maybe someone should start a new thread! I'd be keen!

Edit: Oh just saw the hyperlinks.

Best Cognac I can get is from Peyrat & Cie. Single vineyard cognacs from the heart of the region. Premier Cru de Cognac, Grande Champagne. Which is as high as it gets.
700ml will cost you $110.00. Which is a lot cheaper than many of the big names because they are lesser known so you pay less for the name itself.

Please tell me more! I like the info I'm hearin'!

[slofox]

Please tell me more! I like the info I'm hearin'!

There are 12 year old versions and 6 year old versions. The sixes cost a little less than the twelves as you would expect. There is also a 20 year old which sells for around $150.00.

There are several different vineyards represented - 5 of them are Grand Champagne, one Petit Champagne, 1 fins bois, 1 bons bois and 1 borderies.

The 12 year olds are usually pretty dark and much heavier bodied than your typical VSOP or VS - certainly much more complex than say Remy Martin. They are much more like the old fashioned Victorian cognacs of yesteryear.

I once talked a guy into trying one of the 12 year olds - Lafont de St Preuil to be exact. He was a Remy Martin man and was very dubious about this stuff. He eventually took one on a Friday night. He came back on Monday and ordered six bottles please ASAP! So he must have liked it.

You can read a little about the company itself HERE

[EJK]

PM sent

[Bren]

went into Liquorland in P.N tonight....they had a good range of boutique/import beers...so thought I should try a couple...

First up is Green Flash Brewing Co (USA) Hop Head. it is a red ale at 6.4%....quite nice and citrusy flavour...not bad at all...problem was it could have been a bit fresher, but that is the problem with boutique beers...


Second up is the James Cook Spruce Beer, brewed by Wigram Breweries (Chch).
It is 5% and flavoured with Rimu and manuka...Exquisite is the only word I would use...Top marks!...nice dark tan colour and the taste just slaps you about....full of body and flavour...loved it

[ellipsis]

...prohibition would be fun...