A tip for wine drinkers

[TriplexDread]

Personally I think the stuff is proper yukky, but each their own

 

[muckshifter]

Any Wine I drink doesn't get time to warm up. Still, it's one way to get 1 of your 5-a-day, or is it 7 these days?.

 

[Urmas]

Eiswein

 

[Becky]

Eiswein

Ooh I've never heard of this before! Sounds interesting

 

[Urmas]

Sounds interesting

I knew an old German gent — he was a family friend from as far as I can remember — who always had carefully selected Eiswein "treasures" in his cellar. Now, I am not overtly fond of sweet stuff, but I've got to say that a wee glass of Eiswein (of his choice) with dessert was "omigosh-good".

 

[EvanDavis]

I drink red wine.

 

[nivrip]

 

[Becky]

I knew an old German gent — he was a family friend from as far as I can remember — who always had carefully selected Eiswein "treasures" in his cellar. Now, I am not overtly fond of sweet stuff, but I've got to say that a wee glass of Eiswein (of his choice) with dessert was "omigosh-good".

I know what you mean - I'm not usually a fan of sweet wine, but with the right dessert it's just perfect

 

[Urmas]

I'm not usually a fan of sweet wine, but with the right dessert it's just perfect

Yeah. Hence, "dessert wine".

Epic nightmare scenario: being forced "to leisurely sip" a bit too warm class of cheap, waaayyy too sweet white wine — with a taste of metal to boot. And make a night of it. Naah... rather six pints of worstest.

Trivia bit: German wine classification

 

[nivrip]

"dessert wine".

Much prefer "desert wine", you know, the dry stuff.

 

[Urmas]

As dry as a Bedouin's sandal.

 

[Becky]

pic nightmare scenario: being forced "to leisurely sip" a bit too warm class of cheap, waaayyy too sweet white wine — with a taste of metal to boot. And make a night of it. Naah... rather six pints of worstest.

I'm with you there! Bleurgh. That's even worse than cold red wine

 

[Urmas]

That's even worse than cold red wine

Thing is, with... ahem... horribly awful red wine, cooling it is an act of mercy.

 

[nivrip]

Thing is, with... ahem... horribly awful red wine, cooling it is an act of mercy.

Even better, freeze it and make an iced lolly out of it.

 

[Urmas]

Even better, freeze it and make an iced lolly out of it.

Hmmmm... dunno... maybe with salty liquorice coating...

 

[Becky]

Hmmmm... dunno... maybe with salty liquorice coating...

I think I was just sick in my mouth a little bit

 

[Urmas]

I think I was just sick in my mouth a little bit

Craving for salty liquorice is a Nordic thing... looky HERE!

 

[Becky]

Well I'd give anything a go... once... but I'm not a fan of liquorice or aniseed at the best of times! Think I should stick to the pulla

 

[nivrip]

I'm with Urmas on this one - I like liquorice. Frozen, awful red wine with liquorice sounds good to me.

I remember the strips of the stuff when we were kids with fond memories. Some used to put it into water to make Liquorice Water but I always found it a miserable drink.

 

[Urmas]

Well I'd give anything a go... once... but I'm not a fan of liquorice or aniseed at the best of times!

Salty liquorice is a tad different... the key ingredient being ammonium chloride.

When I was a wee one — that's um... like... half a century ago... but I digress — kids used to buy "the good stuff" from pharmacies (or is it "chemists?). Each pha... chem... whatever had their own recipe for salmiakki powder (a mixture of ammonium chloride and liquorice extract), and they sold it to little and bigger kids in tiny "medicine envelopes" for... must've been 5 or 10 pennies per envelope — dirt cheap, anyways. The stronger the better. To be poured straight from the envelope to the mouth. The telltale sign of "good stuff" was the sensation of a hole being burnt on one's tongue. "The girlie way" to consume salmiakki powder was to buy a lollipop and dunk it into the powder.

Ah, nostalgia...

Some used to put it into water to make Liquorice Water but I always found it a miserable drink.

Works much better when you're an adult: Salmiakkikossu