The Tap and Tea

[Juniper]

[QUOTE=ch85us2001]Im a bit cheap in this regard. :laugh: ..mother was going to buy some $40 dollar bottle of wine for the party (no idea why . . . she doesnt drink wine, but beer, nectar of the hillbillies.:laugh: ) and I made her get the box instead. [/QUOTE]

ChuWaa....you are outta your mind......:laugh:

[ch85us2001]

[QUOTE=dragon wench]Chu... you deserve to be hung upside down and fed to the alligators for such sacrilege! [/QUOTE]
Im not drinking it!!!
And pplus we can put it in the back, put it in glasses and nobody has to know!

Juni, maybe, but Im just being economical here!

[dragon wench]

[QUOTE=ch85us2001]Im not drinking it!!!
And pplus we can put it in the back, put it in glasses and nobody has to know!

Juni, maybe, but Im just being economical here![/QUOTE]

Well... if somebody knows something about wine, they *will* taste it

[Lestat]

[QUOTE=dragon wench]lol! Looks very good... I am a sucker for fine brews.. and this one looks excellent.

Though.. it's only 10:30 in the morning where I am [/QUOTE]Blond, bitter & 9% alcohol. To be savoured at ease. (and not for drinking 7 in a relatively short time as I know from experience, OMG, that was a mistake).
Here it's past 6.30 pm. No worries.

[slade]

Are you guys talking about that wine that comes in a box and is like pink kind of ......wine in a bow is just watered down wine....

has anyone ever tried White Zinfandel?

[ch85us2001]

[QUOTE=dragon wench]Well... if somebody knows something about wine, they *will* taste it [/QUOTE]
And because there polite they wont say anything :laugh:

[dragon wench]

At 9%, that should be enough to warm mind, body and soul!

Most Canadian beers, even the craft-brewed ones, do not exceed 5%. *sigh*

[Juniper]

[QUOTE=slade]Are you guys talking about that wine that comes in a box and is like pink kind of ......wine in a bow is just watered down wine....

has anyone ever tried White Zinfandel?[/QUOTE]

My own personal preference....no pink wine....pink wine in a box is aaarrrrgh!

[dragon wench]

@Slade,
I've tried White Zin, but I don't like it. I find it too sweet.
Red Zin on the other hand.... Mmmmm



@Chu,
Yes, but where is your sense of pride?

[ch85us2001]

[QUOTE=dragon wench]At 9%, that should be enough to warm mind, body and soul!

Most Canadian beers, even the craft-brewed ones, do not exceed 5%. *sigh*[/QUOTE]
We also like something called "moonshine" or a "fruit jar". :mischief: :mischief:

Thats some strong stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slade]

[QUOTE=Juniper1028]My own personal preference....no pink wine....pink wine in a box is aaarrrrgh![/QUOTE]
I wouldnt know due to the fact that I never had wine from a box

@DW, how sad...I think our beer is 12%...maybe 5%..our alcohol can hit 75% though ...Barcardi!!

[dragon wench]

"Moonshine"

translation: "porch climber"

[ch85us2001]

[QUOTE=slade]I wouldnt know due to the fact that I never had wine from a box [/QUOTE]
Your not missing anything.

@DW Have you ever known me to have an overlarge pride?
In this case what little is there is in hiding.

[slade]

[QUOTE=dragon wench]@Slade,
I've tried White Zin, but I don't like it. I find it too sweet.
Red Zin on the other hand.... Mmmmm[/QUOTE]
oh yes I love that one too....white Zen is sweet but I think if you have it with certain types of food it may go down different...by itself though...I would also stick with Red...

[dragon wench]

[QUOTE=slade]I wouldnt know due to the fact that I never had wine from a box

@DW, how sad...I think our beer is 12%...maybe 5%..our alcohol can hit 75% though ...Barcardi!![/QUOTE]

Very lucky!

Where are you based?

[ch85us2001]

[QUOTE=dragon wench]"Moonshine"

translation: "porch climber"[/QUOTE]
We had a halloween party once where we got a guy to take his belt off and use it to climb a 20 ft pole. We had to call the fire department to get him down. ( he was later convicted of stealing a drag racing snowmobile. ) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[slade]

[QUOTE=dragon wench]Very lucky!

Where are you based?[/QUOTE]
California...LA.. ...although I would love to visit a Canadain pub....people here generally abuse the liquor..or cant handle it, its no funny if after a few shoots you start acting like an idiot or picking fights

[dragon wench]

@Chu,
well I don't know you all that well, but come to think of it, that's a good point

@Juni,
agreed! The only time I can tolerate something like White Zin is if it is from a good winery, is very well chilled, and I'm drinking it alongside a meal like Curry.

However, for somewhat sweeter wines, I *much* prefer a Viognier It has an initial burst of honeysuckle and fruit, but tapers to a nice, dry finish

@Slade, oh people get obnoxious in pubs here too. It really just depends on where you go. Some are worse than others

[Lestat]

The highest you can get with beer is about 10% (maybe even a bit higher but I'm not sure).
On wine in boxes: the only advantage (apart from price) is that it keeps its, admitted low, quality even when stored in warmer climes. Which sadly can't be said for bottled wines. So at times I've been reduced to drinking wine from boxes, the horror, the pain!

And in terms of moonshine or homebrewn things, if it was anything like the home brewn vodka* I drunk in Armenia, which was definitely more than half pure alcohol, it must be bad (another thing that seemed a good idea at the time,... until the morning after when I met the little man with the hammer)

* well, they call it vodka, but then any clear liquid with a certain amount of alcohol was called vodka (and if amber or yellow cognac). In fact it was made of mulberries, not of grains which gave it a slighty fruity tast which you could just discern above general feeling of having put liquid fire in your mouth.

[dragon wench]

*shudder*

I just *knew* there was a good reason why I tend to thrive in cold climates