And the alcohol for tonight is....?

[Ray Finkle]

€ 2.4 in Gran Canaria, we used all of our available luggage allowance bringing some back 🙂

 

[Aviador]

A heavy night here this evening.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

€ 2.4 in Gran Canaria, we used all of our available luggage allowance bringing some back 🙂

Sauvignon Blanc is one of my favourite white wines.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Sauvignon Blanc is one of my favourite white wines.

Mine too 🙂

 

[Aviador]

Sauvignon Blanc is one of my favourite white wines.

Was a huge Merlot fan but getting a taste for Malbec now.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Was a huge Merlot fan but getting a taste for Malbec now.

When it comes to red it's Malbec all the way 👍

 

[Aviador]

Argentinian Vinalta Malbec
Argentinian Morador Malbec
Australian McGinigan Shiraz

Don't normally like Shiraz but I bought it on the basis that it had a IWSC award and it was very nice.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Argentinian Vinalta Malbec
Argentinian Morador Malbec
Australian McGinigan Shiraz

Get it down ya Brother 🙂

I'm now on a German Pinot Blanc that was on sale in Tesco. I'm very impressed 👍

 

[Aviador]

Thanks for the tip. Not had German wine for a long time so I'll add that one to the list and get back to you.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

On the German theme, Riesling is another grape I'm fond of. We drank a lot of it a couple of years ago when staying in the Black Forest region.

I drink what I like and not what wine people say I ought to drink with certain foods. I tend to drink more red in the winter months with Merlot, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon the usual suspects. Fortunately, Mrs Yokel is the same, not that we are huge drinkers. We usually have a bottle of wine about once a week when we go out for a meal, and when away on holiday we will wash down the food with a drink each evening, usually wine but sometimes beer (for me) or cider (for us both).

I like the liquid of a local brewer, Butcombe (which is the name of a village but perversely the beer is brewed at a nearby village called Wrington) and a local cider maker, Thatchers.

Both of them are located within five miles of Bristol Airport which tends to link aviation and drinking neatly within F4A.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I like the liquid of a local brewer, Butcombe

The last time I had Butcombe was in the Brean Down Inn when we stopped for lunch after doing the walk out to the fort.

I think it was Butcombe Original, a very nice pint it was.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

The last time I had Butcombe was in the Brean Down Inn when we stopped for lunch after doing the walk out to the fort.

I think it was Butcombe Original, a very nice pint it was.

That's a very pleasant walk as long as it's not too windy. The brewery does a Butcombe Original which is what I like.

The regulars on the BRS forum will know I do a lot of walking, especially in the combes around Bristol Airport, the Mendip Hills and the Severn estuary/Bristol Channel coast. I lived in villages in that area when I was growing up in the 1950s and the main village is Wrington where the brewery is now situated. I'm often walking around there and when I pass the Butcombe brewery on the edge of the village the aroma can be magical. To me anyway - no doubt there are other people who regard it as a repugnant stink.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Finished early so started early, I'm halfway through a box of Stella Artois.

I have a bottle of Albali Valdepeñas for later 🙂

 

[Aviador]

Wold Top Against The Grain for me this evening. Not a bad ale for a Gluten Free beer. You really can't tell.

 

[Aviador]

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[thunderchild]

We’ve enjoyed a rather nice Argentinian Pinot Noir tonight

 

[Ray Finkle]

We’ve enjoyed a rather nice Argentinian Pinot Noir tonight

How's the little (or not so little) man doing?

 

[Aviador]

I have to say, most of my favourite wine is from the South Americas.

 

[thunderchild]

How's the little (or not so little) man doing?

He’s grand - his first trip abroad week after next!

 

[Ray Finkle]

He’s grand - his first trip abroad week after next!

Too young for a pint of Mythos? 🤔



Have a great time mate and make the most of it................