Thread: Idyits Cheesy Booz Revuus

Originally Posted by jonesfam

Speaking of wine:
I once won a bottle of Grange!
I very carefully stored it for 4 or 5 years.
Then got terribly drunk with a mate one night &
DRANK it!
Was so drunk I could not tell you if the stuff is worth all the Hype or not?
Jonesfam

Ive never tried it.

But.... for $750 you can buy a bottle of Grange. Dan murphys gives it 100/100.

Thats $7.50 a point.

For $15 you can get a st hallett western front shiraz. It gets 96 points.
Thats.... maths i cant do in my head, but its a little more than 15c a point.

Alternatively those extra 4 points cost $184 each!

I think id rather have 50 bottles of the St hallett...

Cheers

Dan

Dan, I'll have to take your word on the math.
After taking off my shoes, socks, and pants, I could only count to 21.

Tonights tasting will be the Obelisk Ded reckoning Cab Sauv from Coonawarra / wrattonbully region.



This is a cold climate wine. Probably as cold as my ex girlfriends heart. Actually, scratch that. She had no heart. Bitch.
What this means for the chavs amongst us is that the cold climate reds have more acid in the finished product than the warm climate reds, due to the way the grape ripens towards the harvest. The acid is not full-onski, so don't top off that landy battery just yet...

The boffins say there is blackcurrant, mint, chocolate and earth. IMO, it tastes a bit 'whiney', but I can't get the earth ... maybe because I've got high expectations, having once scored front row seats at the Tuff Truck mud run (that was some primo, A-grade earth)

At 14.5% alcohol, I would recommend this wine be drank before, during or after anything. Bottoms Up!

Originally Posted by jonesfam

Speaking of wine:
I once won a bottle of Grange!
I very carefully stored it for 4 or 5 years.
Then got terribly drunk with a mate one night &
DRANK it!
Was so drunk I could not tell you if the stuff is worth all the Hype or not?
Jonesfam

Accepted wisdom states that, if you have a range of alcoholic beverage of varying quality and you intend to consume a good amount of it, you should begin the best stuff first. That way you can actually appreciate it and remember it.

Originally Posted by SBD4

Accepted wisdom states that, if you have a range of alcoholic beverage of varying quality and you intend to consume a good amount of it, you should begin the best stuff first. That way you can actually appreciate it and remember it.

And in my exprience, it's usually 3am, everyone has had a skinfull, and there isn't a bottle-o open for ages... so the top shelf gets raided, and I shed a lonely tear the next morning for not having tasted a drop.

I must confess,my homebrew has been abandoned dispite having keg loads of the stuff.
My love for monkey blood exceeds my love for beer in the cooler times of the year.
My poison is fully cardboard!!!! Renmano Carbernet Shiraz Merlot
Andrew

Please write a review of your Cab De Goon..

Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

Dan, I'll have to take your word on the math.
After taking off my shoes, socks, and pants, I could only count to 21.

Was that before or after the bottle of red?

The boffins say there is blackcurrant, mint, chocolate and earth. IMO, it tastes a bit 'whiney', but I can't get the earth ... maybe because I've got high expectations, having once scored front row seats at the Tuff Truck mud run (that was some primo, A-grade earth)

Ahhh a fellow tuff truck earth fan!! Have you tried aldis precious earth range?

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/groceries...z-merlot-2014/

At $2.89 a bottle you can't afford not to! We generally get a bottle of this tasty oven cleaner from the mother in law when she comes to visit. She's a gem! I used to use it for cooking but i find it more useful, and less harmful, if i don't.

On the nose you get cherry, mixed with a sweet, acidic note not unlike what i imagine the breath of an Alien smells like right before it's little head-tongue punches a hole into your brain - the morning after a bottle definitely feels like it. On the palate the wine sits until it melts your tastebuds off, which is about when you really start enjoying yourself!

Competitive alternatives consist of gossips (as previously reviewed by TA) and premium unleaded, at $1.40 for a 1L bottle.

Overall rating: 95 octane

Au revoir!

Dan

My brother emptied a grange about 20 yrs ago, he now refills the bottle with anything red and presents it to gullible people he invites for dinner.

He says they wax on lyrical about the virtues of the wonderful wine even though they are drinking plonk.

He has not confessed to anyone yet....but I know.