New booze on e shelves

• sbst275

  26 Oct 08, 21:00

  Carlsberg Gold currently only seen in quart 633ml bottle

  alcohol vol 5.5%...

  haven't tried it yet, but heard it's marketed towards e Heineken crowd

• Kuali Baba

  27 Oct 08, 03:05

  We don't normally get our hopes high when it comes to Carlsberg though. 

• Rhonda

  27 Oct 08, 05:29

  For months now, I've sensed this curiosity slowly building up in me... I've been reading a bit here and there about a few featured Australian wines and I think I'd really love to try them, plus they might help me sleep a little better at night, so on the nights preceding my days off, I think I might try the featured wines and start to learn more. 

  I'll definitely go for the 'fruity' or 'flowery' wines first.  I still can't forget my first bottle of Brown Brothers Orange Muscat and Flora, for which I had to purchase my very first corkscrew. 

  Next, I wanna try the Juliet range of wines.  And then there's the Brown Brothers' 2007 Vermentino and Dry Muscat...

  Vermentino :

  This wine has refreshing lifted aromas of peach, passionfruit and tropical fruits and a slight hint of acid provides a crisp, yet delicate finish.

   

  2007 Dry Muscat :

  Smells like freshly crushed grapes! Fruity, musky flavour – fresh and lively. Serve very chilled.

   

  And mmmm... my favourite and discovery of the year - 2008 Orange Muscat and Flora! 

  Orange Muscat and Flora is a blend unique to Brown Brothers.  Orange Muscat forms the backbone of the blend providing aromas of orange blossom to the nose and a fresh citrus hint to the palate, while the Flora contributes colour, texture and mouth-feel to the palate.  The current release displays a vibrant yellow colour and a lifted nose showing aromas of citrus blossom, spice and musk.  The palate is fresh and tangy with a zesty long clean balanced finish.

  I love the bottle shops here!  There are about 6-7 in my neighbourhood and one of them is huuuuuuuuge, almost like Jelita's Cold Storage in size, but all they sell is booze, booze, and more booze!! 

  OK, maybe I shall go start my very own thread chronicling my Wine Discovery Odyssey!    (How the hell do you spell the last word?!)

• elindra

  27 Oct 08, 08:07

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  We don't normally get our hopes high when it comes to Carlsberg though. 

  
  x2

  Btw if you like sweet fruity wines Rhonda, go for Riesling. Very easy on the palate

• Gedanken

  27 Oct 08, 08:40

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Btw if you like sweet fruity wines Rhonda, go for Riesling. Very easy on the palate

  I'd recommend Gewurztraminer over Riesling.

• sbst275

  27 Oct 08, 08:42

  really.. I think I'll stick to Heineken

• Fatum

  27 Oct 08, 15:32

  recently, I've been indulging in my taste for paulaner's dark .....

  we really should get a keg for the potluck ....

• the Bear

  4 Nov 08, 09:18

  i would like to see absinthe in our DFS

• BadzMaro

  4 Nov 08, 09:21

  

  Absinthe...

  NZ Heineken is the best . lol

• Fatum

  4 Nov 08, 20:19

  I was talking to the chap at my "usual" watering hole at HV the other night ...

  he says it's been banned outright in Singapore ....

   

• the Bear

  4 Nov 08, 20:28

  i got a bottle..

  i saw bottles of the stuff being flogged at Vivocity.. even tasted some..

  saw bottles on sale in Bacchus around Paragon...

  well.. is it?

• laurence82

  4 Nov 08, 20:33

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  For months now, I've sensed this curiosity slowly building up in me... I've been reading a bit here and there about a few featured Australian wines and I think I'd really love to try them, plus they might help me sleep a little better at night, so on the nights preceding my days off, I think I might try the featured wines and start to learn more. 

  I'll definitely go for the 'fruity' or 'flowery' wines first.  I still can't forget my first bottle of Brown Brothers Orange Muscat and Flora, for which I had to purchase my very first corkscrew. 

  Next, I wanna try the Juliet range of wines.  And then there's the Brown Brothers' 2007 Vermentino and Dry Muscat...

  Vermentino :

  This wine has refreshing lifted aromas of peach, passionfruit and tropical fruits and a slight hint of acid provides a crisp, yet delicate finish.

   

  2007 Dry Muscat :

  Smells like freshly crushed grapes! Fruity, musky flavour – fresh and lively. Serve very chilled.

   

  And mmmm... my favourite and discovery of the year - 2008 Orange Muscat and Flora! 

  Orange Muscat and Flora is a blend unique to Brown Brothers.  Orange Muscat forms the backbone of the blend providing aromas of orange blossom to the nose and a fresh citrus hint to the palate, while the Flora contributes colour, texture and mouth-feel to the palate.  The current release displays a vibrant yellow colour and a lifted nose showing aromas of citrus blossom, spice and musk.  The palate is fresh and tangy with a zesty long clean balanced finish.

  I love the bottle shops here!  There are about 6-7 in my neighbourhood and one of them is huuuuuuuuge, almost like Jelita's Cold Storage in size, but all they sell is booze, booze, and more booze!! 

  OK, maybe I shall go start my very own thread chronicling my Wine Discovery Odyssey!    (How the hell do you spell the last word?!)

  oh nose

  are you tending to ICU patients nowadays??

• Fatum

  4 Nov 08, 20:33

  I have no idea, that's what I was told .....

  maybe, it's the stuff without the wormwood oil inside ? ....

  absinthe nearly got me a DUI in pluto ... the stuff's dangerous ...

• the Bear

  4 Nov 08, 20:48

  wormwood or not, you're tasting the stuff again during the barbeque