THFourteen wrote: Sorry Edited by Dougs at 09:50:54 17-02-2021 |
At what point are you an alcoholic?
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Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 16 years agoLmao
To be fair you get a dirty look from the bar staff in the pins for that too.
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docrob 1,795 posts
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Registered 13 years agoPsychotext wrote:
Oh, hell yes. Wine is our weakness - particularly the wife’s. She actually finds it easier not to drink at all than to just have a glass. Hence the plan that we only have wine a couple of times a week and then we stop after a bottle. I like beer, but I don’t tend to drink it at home much. I also rarely overdo it with beer, based largely on the sheer volume needed.
My recycling is significantly up! Normally I'm drinking spirits, but instead I'm doing two or three AF a night so it's definitely mounting up.
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Registered 7 years agoWorst thing about wine for me is the fact that once it is open you are under pressure to complete the bottle before it goes off. This is much reduced if you are in a pair because you can quaff it together.
That and the horrible headache red wine gives me.
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Rum_Monkey 3,488 posts
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Registered 2 years agoCome on Dougs, we know the bottles gone before you even bother to get that out of the drawer.
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Registered 15 years agoZerobob wrote:
That's what I've done recently. I'm man enough to happily drink a gin and tonic whilst others are supping ales too.
My friends all see spirits as "end of the night" drinks, after all the beer, but I'm sticking to spirits permanently from now on, start to finish..gif)
Dougs wrote:
I just bought one of those, but in reality it's not going to do me any good as I don't think it's going to keep the wine good for a week? Or does it?
Linked it before:
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CYGGQX8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_SX320HX0JY1EF2VF2M7D
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hedben2013 2,261 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI'm also in the "If I start it I'll finish it" camp for wine. Mrs hedben doesn't drink except for one gin at weekends, so if I open a bottle I'm the only one drinking it, and it's far too easy to drain one if I'm up past 11 gaming.
I even switched from red to white at some point last year because I'd accepted that the bottle was going to go, and figured emptying a bottle of 12% Pinot Grigio is slightly better than 13.5% Shiraz.
Then when I realised that's still not really how it should go, and also the glass recycling was overflowing, I switched to gin. Not draining that in one go, genuinely I think it helped (a bit) -
HarryPalmer 6,357 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThose wine stoppers are really good, they create a vacuum and yes the wine will be good for a week in my experience. -
mrpon 37,366 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI've heard some people use them as butt plugs. -
HarryPalmer 6,357 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAs long as it’s one or the other I’d say go for it. -
HarryPalmer 6,357 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAs long as it’s one or the other I’d say go for it. -
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Registered 15 years agoYou sound nervous. I'm not judging. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoHarryPalmer wrote:
Hmm. I may have to give that a try then.
Those wine stoppers are really good, they create a vacuum and yes the wine will be good for a week in my experience. -
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Registered 15 years agoPsychotext wrote:
A week for a particularly robust red maybe. I have it and use it occasionally. It definitely helps, but you can notice a decline in quality in white wine after 2 days and red wine 3/4 days. Definitely worth having, but not a miracle saver.
HarryPalmer wrote:
Hmm. I may have to give that a try then.
Those wine stoppers are really good, they create a vacuum and yes the wine will be good for a week in my experience. -
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Registered 18 years agoYou lot clearly have more refined palates than me! In theory, you can get a good few weeks out of a bottle when using a vacuvin, as long as the seal is good. There may be a slight decline in quality, but it doesn't spoil IME. Really don't think a slight drop matters that much with £6-8 bottles of wine. -
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Registered 15 years ago@Dougs No that's a fair point - certainly it'll stop wines spoiling for much longer.
I certainly notice the difference in quality after a few days, but yeh fair enough it depends on your habits/tastes etc.
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Registered 18 years agoI am not particularly fussy when it comes to wine (and beer). No such thing as a bad wine, just some are better than others! -
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Registered 2 years agoYou've never had Greek wine before then. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoShame. It would generally be a week between for me.
Maybe I should decant into a smaller bottle to reduce the chance for oxygen in the bottle too. I have inert gas as an option too (I use it for preserving my higher end spirits), but it seems like a waste on some random supermarket red.
Though not £8 bottles. Wish I could find stuff I liked for that cheap!
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Registered 18 years agoPsychotext wrote:
Pfft, Casillero del Diablo Cab Sav ftw.
Shame. It would generally be a week between for me.
Maybe I should decant into a smaller bottle to reduce the chance for oxygen in the bottle too. I have inert gas as an option too (I use it for preserving my higher end spirits), but it seems like a waste on some random supermarket red.
Though not £8 bottles. Wish I could find stuff I liked for that cheap!
I am too much of a lush and not wealthy enough to be a Ponce about wine! -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI don't spend much more, but I'm yet to find any good reds of the style I like below say, £12-13.
I only maybe drink 20 bottles in a year, so I'm not too concerned about what I pay for them.
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imamazed 6,708 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI think bigger Waitroses have a good selection of 35cl bottles fwiw. Well, not a huge selection obviously, but like 10-12 varieties as opposed to 3-4.
EDIT - 35 or 37.5? I think they're 37.5cl actually
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Registered 15 years agoI was unaware of that. Pretty cool if you want to try a new one. -
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Registered 12 years agoPsychotext wrote:
Damn right. I find when I do that others follow suit... then all the rounds suddenly cost £40.
Zerobob wrote:
That's what I've done recently. I'm man enough to happily drink a gin and tonic whilst others are supping ales too.
My friends all see spirits as "end of the night" drinks, after all the beer, but I'm sticking to spirits permanently from now on, start to finish.
I sometimes just drink straight bourbon, leaving no question who the real man is -
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Registered 15 years agoRum_Monkey wrote:
Nowt wrong with Greek wine.
You've never had Greek wine before then. -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoApart from Retsina -
I've tried so hard to like wine, but it's vile. White and rose are so sharp it's like drinking vinegar, and the less said about red the better. I'm the same with cider.
Perhaps I should've voted Leave.
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