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jon357  76 | 25274
10 Sep 2025   #421
I'd be happier to see 30%. For health reasons since costs of treatment are paid by everyone.

And it's all watered down anyway. Schweppes or Britvic could make a slightly more concentrated slimline tonic.

One thing puzzles me though. What the hell is 0% Gin. Is it just water with juniper in? Why bother with ir?
Alien  29 | 7493
10 Sep 2025   #422
Why bother with ir

To mix with good Polish vodka. 😉
jon357  76 | 25274
10 Sep 2025   #423
Better to stick some allspice in the bottle for a few days. The flavour takes far quicker than juniper and it has a Christmassy taste.

But dilute vodka? Never.
Lazarus  4 | 686
11 Sep 2025   #424
Makes no difference really since you always dilute it rather than drink it neat

Speak for yourself! I put a drop of water into some whiskies, to open up the aromas, put literally one or two millilitres in a 50ml pour. As for gin, anything under naval strength I always drink neat, and naval strength I mix 3:1 with sparkling water. I simply don't understand people who apend 250zl on a bottle of gin and then drown it in tonic.
jon357  76 | 25274
11 Sep 2025   #425
a drop of water into some whiskies

Warm water works best.

spend 250zl on a bottle of gin and then drown it in tonic

44.95 at Biedronka. If you sling a bit of their fake Aperol in, it takes the taste away.
Lenka  6 | 3585
11 Sep 2025   #426
I simply don't understand people who apend 250zl on a bottle of gin and then drown it in tonic.

What is there to understand? It simply taste good
Lazarus  4 | 686
11 Sep 2025   #427
What is there to understand?

Why spend 250zl and then mix with tonic when you can spend half that and get something that tastes almost identical? I'm sure that I can tell Harris gin from Gordon's ten times out of ten but I'd be struggling if they were mixed 50:250 with tonic. It'd be easier with something more distinctive, like Monkey 47, but even then the tonic would kill the flavours.
jon357  76 | 25274
11 Sep 2025   #428
Why spend 250zl and then mix

Reminds me of some Sicilians I used to work with somewhere. They'd buy expensive whisky, sometimes costing hundreds of euros a bottle and their choice solely based on the price and the fanciness of the label from Dubai duty free then mix it with coca cola and ice.

Vile.
Alien  29 | 7493
12 Sep 2025   #429
mix it with coca cola and ice.

Because that's probably how Don Corleone drank. 😀
jon357  76 | 25274
12 Sep 2025   #430
Utter philistinism...
Lazarus  4 | 686
14 Sep 2025   #431
Utter philistinism...

I was in Fukier in the late '90s (3 January '98) and the only other table in there were to badly dressed gentlemen who spoke Russian to each other and English to the two ladies of negotiable affection who were with them (the ladies were speaking to each other in hilariously bad French) and to the waiter. At the end of the meal they asked the sommelier which is the most expensive bottle cognac he can offer. He replied that they had a couple of bottles of Louis XIII in the cellar and that's the best they have. "It is the most expensive?" "Yes, it is also the most expensive. It's $12,000." "We'll take it." So, out comes this glorious looking bottle, it's poured for one of them, he sniffs it, samples it, nods and says "Please pour for everybody. And bring us four bottles of Coke."
jon357  76 | 25274
14 Sep 2025   #432
Fvcking appalling.

Have you read Beach Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones? It talks about wealthy r*SSians on holiday in 'exclusive' beach resorts drinking wine that most people who love wine can only dream of, except they put ice and fruit in it.
Ironside  53 | 13863
14 Sep 2025   #433
wine

Wine should be paired with sparkling water.
jon357  76 | 25274
14 Sep 2025   #434
Works well, I-S, though not generally in the same glass...
Ironside  53 | 13863
14 Sep 2025   #435
not generally in the same glass...

It is a prejudice.
jon357  76 | 25274
14 Sep 2025   #436
It is received wisdom.

Slightly watering wine down is something you do for young children when they are at table with adults.
Alien  29 | 7493
14 Sep 2025   #437
paired with sparkling water.

White wine on the terrace in summer.
Alien  29 | 7493
19 Oct 2025   #438
We used to drink 1 bottle of wine a week, now we struggle to drink one bottle of wine a month. What times we have come to. 🍷
Lazarus  4 | 686
21 Oct 2025   #439
now we struggle to drink one bottle of wine a month.

What preservation system are you using to keep wine good for that long? I have a VacuVin but find the limit with that is 6 or 7 days with a white and 7 or 8 with red. I've been thinking about getting a Coravin Model Six+ but I don't really drink enough wine to justify spending that much on keeping it fresh.
Alien  29 | 7493
21 Oct 2025   #440
What preservation system are you using to keep wine good for that long

When it comes to champagne, I put a steel fork in an open bottle; it keeps the bubbles fresh for three days. For white or red wine, I seal them with an original cork. Dry reds keep this way for up to two weeks, dry whites for up to a week, and sweet whites much longer. Porto, Tokaj, and mead will keep for up to a month. Naturally, I keep all of the above in the refrigerator after opening. This 1 month is not about drinking wine, but about how often you open a new bottle.


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