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Re: Beverages

Postby Stokey Sue » Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:13 am

I wouldn’t say it’s much like Chablis though I’d pair it with much the same foods, to me less mineral and the citrus note is subtle, a hint of grapefruit (assuming my nose is now reasonably accurate)

My go to house wine is Sauvignon Blanc and this is different enough to make a really nice change.

Went to the winery in Santorini for a tasting, their version is delicious

Edit: it’s quite a lot like a good Albariño perhaps

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Re: Beverages

Postby Renee » Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:20 am

halfateabag wrote:Renee, found Fever Tree ginger ale yesterday in Morrisons but no ginger beer, is that the one you meant ??? It was OK but nothing very special. The Old Jamacia GB is very fiery. Good with a squirt of lime juice in it.

I had a tin of low calorie Ice Cream Soda with supper today, a bit sweet for me.


So very sorry, halfateabag, I've been a bit lax recently, due to going away a couple of times. The ginger ale isn't the one. I've never liked ginger ale.

This is the one:

https://fever-tree.com/en_GB/products/ginger-beer

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Re: Beverages

Postby Sloe-Gin » Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:03 pm

Is Bitter lemon a thing of the past? Neither Tesco nor Aldi have any.

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Re: Beverages

Postby Stokey Sue » Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:27 pm

Aldi didn't have tonic until recently, despite selling excellent own brand gin! :?

But it seems that Schweppes still make it and Sainsburys and Morrison's sell it

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Re: Beverages

Postby Renee » Fri Dec 17, 2021 10:53 pm

Sloe-Gin wrote:Is Bitter lemon a thing of the past? Neither Tesco nor Aldi have any.


I mostly shop at Asda, occasionally Sainsbury and both these supermarkets have Bitter Lemon. Waitrose also has it.

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Re: Beverages

Postby scullion » Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:41 am

Stokey Sue wrote:Aldi didn't have tonic until recently, despite selling excellent own brand gin! :?

But it seems that Schweppes still make it and Sainsburys and Morrison's sell it


i'm confused that you say aldi only recently had tonic - i have bought it in the distant past from there.
don't all supermarkets sell it?

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Re: Beverages

Postby Stokey Sue » Sat Dec 18, 2021 3:01 am

I am notoriously unreliable on chronology - by recently I probably meant “relatively recently”

But the first few bottles of gin I bought from Aldi I definitely had to get the tonic elsewhere as they didn’t sell it, and I remember other people commenting on it too

But actually that must have been a while back, as I used to drive to Aldi then. I didn’t go much for a while and by the the time I started going again I think they had it, but it was less of a concern as they had changed the gin

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Re: Beverages

Postby Sloe-Gin » Sat Dec 18, 2021 3:49 pm

Thank you for that clarification. I can't get to Sains, asda or Morrisons!
Aldi are selling Fever tree tonics this year

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Re: Beverages

Postby KeenCook2 » Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:29 pm

We have just received our package from Mother Root https://www.motherroot.london/

We originally ordered it for Christmas but covid struck down their delivery service so they offered us a refund or later delivery.

This was what we ordered: https://www.motherroot.london/products/ ... oda-bundle

It looks like an interesting - if ubertrendy :oops: - concept

Will report back ... and interested to hear if anyone else has tried them?

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Re: Beverages

Postby Renee » Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:20 pm

I'd never heard of them, KC2, so will be interested to hear how you like them.

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Re: Beverages

Postby ZeroCook » Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:25 am

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Like the look of those, KC2. Please report back!
Is it similar to shrub?

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Re: Beverages

Postby KeenCook2 » Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:40 am

Well, we just tried it.

Very gingery, I enjoyed the nice salty aftertaste, but OH said he found it a bit acidic and DS1 said it had made his tummy go funny.

We mixed it in the proportions they recommend, 25ml to 100ml soda water
Different - at least we'd never had anything like it but then we're really not very well versed in cocktaily/aperitify sorts of drinks :lol:

ZC, I don't know what shrub is :oops:

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Re: Beverages

Postby ZeroCook » Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:23 am

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchel
Similar sort of thing I think
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrub_(drink)
American variations on cordial?
The vinegar ginger one seems to be a thing. Possibly an acquired taste 8-)

This one for blackberries, looks really interesting- it's left for 3 weeks until slightly fizzy - almost kombucha-like but a cordial
https://www.saveur.com/article/Wine-and ... oda-Syrup/

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Re: Beverages

Postby Pepper Pig » Sun Mar 06, 2022 8:28 am

I have discovered an alcohol-free gin which I really like. :o :o Sipsmith's Free Glider.

https://www.ginandtonicly.com/reviews/s ... ee-spirit/

It's very light on the botanicals, unlike its rivals, and is lovely with Fevertree. Expensive though, as they all are.

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Re: Beverages

Postby WolfGirl » Sun Mar 06, 2022 3:07 pm

I quite like the Tanqueray alcohol free gin.
It got me through dry January!

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Re: Beverages

Postby ZeroCook » Sun Mar 06, 2022 9:20 pm

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Isn't alcohol-free spirit an oxymoron? 8-)
And why so pricey??? :shock: :shock: (couldn't find an ingredients list)

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Re: Beverages

Postby Stokey Sue » Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:53 pm

I don't think they should call it spirit really, as to me that implies there's more than water in the liquid

But they are actually distilled, and apparently it's more difficult to get a well-developed, consistent, flavour without alcohol than with it, which makes sense to me having done a fair bit of distillation in labs, it's the alcohol that carries the flavour

So that makes it not cheap, as made in small batches by a difficult process, but given there is no excise duty I think they are definitely seriously overpriced

As a non-alcoholic drink I like the Fevertree Aromatic tonic, which isn't actually improved in my view by adding gin or vodka, :thumbsup - worth a try, but some won't like it as it is very bitter and not at all sweet, which suits me,

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Re: Beverages

Postby Pepper Pig » Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:28 pm

You also have to be over 18 to purchase it.

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Re: Beverages

Postby Stokey Sue » Wed Mar 09, 2022 12:51 am

Pepper Pig wrote:You also have to be over 18 to purchase it.

Odd

I checked, the duty on spirits in the U.K. is ~£11.50 per litre or ~£8 per standard bottle

And on Amazon standard Tanqueray gin is £20 /litre (£22 - £26 in most shops) but alcohol free is £16 /bottle - which is £22 per litre :shock:

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Re: Beverages

Postby Badger's Mate » Thu Mar 10, 2022 10:55 am

I bought some 0.5% Ghost Ship from a supermarket once. The self-service till wouldn’t let me have it without independent confirmation that I was over 18. The lad who provided it looked to be all of 12, of course. :)

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