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Generali

kennyboy66 wrote: »

I suggest you try either Coopers sparkling ale (5.8%) or Coopers pale ale (4.5%).
Both outstanding bottle conditioned beers, so will have small amount of sediment in.

The pale is also availble on draught.

Better than most beer in the UK.

I have tried both. The former reminds me of Worthingtons White Shield(?) a little. I love those hoppy Kentish ales and you don't get anything like that in these parts.

Never mind, I saw a bottle of wine a mate and I used to buy when we were students for GBP15/btl (Penfolds bin 707, 1993) going for $599!!!! I'll have to save up.

Jimuth

Generali wrote: »

Never mind, I saw a bottle of wine a mate and I used to buy when we were students for GBP15/btl (Penfolds bin 707, 1993) going for $599!!!! I'll have to save up.

£15 bottles of wine when a student!!!!

Lorks! Wish I'd known you. My student loan only stretched to £1.49 bottles of "fortified wine" from Lidl. A particular crime my tastebuds have never forgiven me for. _pale_

neverdespairgirl

At uni meetings and socities, we got "Jeremy Bentham Table Wine". Choice - red or white.

There was a general and strong suspicion that it came from the stuff used to embalm his body. Tasted like it, anyway.

Generali

Jimuth wrote: »

£15 bottles of wine when a student!!!!

Lorks! Wish I'd known you. My student loan only stretched to £1.49 bottles of "fortified wine" from Lidl. A particular crime my tastebuds have never forgiven me for. _pale_

It was a once/twice a term thing. We'd sit in these appalling surroundings and eat very well cooked grub (cooked by either one of us) washed down with a decent bottle. Then we'd go out and drink a million pints of cheap lager and try to pull with varying degrees of success.