What you drinking now?

[Froddy]

I’m about to be dry for 90 days so may as well finish on a high!

Good luck with your 90 days - sure you will smash it!

 

[GeoffCapes]

It is a matter of taste, it's not a bad malt, but not one I'd buy.

C

Not one I’ll drink a rush.

 

[GeoffCapes]

This should be better.
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Not hugely expensive. But very very nice.

 

[Sommi]

Happy New Year all.
I spent my isolation splendidly and replaced company of friends with.... readily available friends.
Finally rounded of with a wee dram of JW 21!

 

[Manc5]

14yo Oban single malt .. to see the new year in...

 

[Andyk]

.....

 

[CatmanV2]

Too much. Good night...


C

 

[Bebs]

Just fitted a new soundbar in the cigar room, celebrating with a Xmas present, Eagle Rare 10 year old and a Juan Lopez no 2

 

[Motorsport3]

After two years in search for a new place, we are completing on Wednesday. One thing missing from the kitchen is a wine cooler. May I ask for suggestions for 30-40 bottle cooler at not frantic prices?

 

[Bebs]

There is absolute no need to spend thousands on a wine cooler. It’s basically just a fridge, except it needs to work less hard to maintain 12-13 degrees C. Plenty of options if you google but something like this:

https://adexa.co.uk/Commercial-Wine...MI9pzzzYWD7gIVSoBQBh0AOw4GEAQYFiABEgLh0PD_BwE

Don’t worry about multiple zones and bla bla. ALL wine and fortified wine should be kept at 12-13 C for optimal long term storage.
You’ll find other, even cheaper options which will do the job too.

 

[Motorsport3]

There is absolute need to spend thousands on a wine cooler. It’s basically just a fridge, except it needs to work less hard to maintain 12-13 degrees C. Plenty of options if you google but something like this:

https://adexa.co.uk/Commercial-Wine...MI9pzzzYWD7gIVSoBQBh0AOw4GEAQYFiABEgLh0PD_BwE

Don’t worry about multiple zones and bla bla. ALL wine and fortified wine should be kept at 12-13 C for optimal long term storage.
You’ll find other, even cheaper options which will do the job too.

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Bebs]

... and congratulations on exchanging and near completing!

 

[JonW]

Just fitted a new soundbar in the cigar room, celebrating with a Xmas present, Eagle Rare 10 year old and a Juan Lopez no 2

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Very nice new sound bar - what you doing with the old one? Are you reusing somewhere else?

I’m currently researching soundbars as we need to get another one...

 

[Bebs]

Very nice new sound bar - what you doing with the old one? Are you reusing somewhere else?

I’m currently researching soundbars as we need to get another one...

I’m putting it in the annex above the garage.. nice for guests to have decent TV sound and Bluetooth speaker capability.
In all seriousness, the B&O Stage soundbar is as good as it gets. Made me jump out of my seat in the cigar room watching 6 Underground. You don’t need a sub, there is so much bass it’s unreal.
The Stage is an unbelievable bargain at £1250. Don’t be fooled by ‘soundbar with sub’ etc etc.
550 watt and 11 speakers is plenty enough to make the Stage out punch pretty much all other so called ‘soundbars’ (I’ve tried LG, Sonos etc... might as well use your iPhone..

 

[Ewan]

There is absolute no need to spend thousands on a wine cooler. It’s basically just a fridge, except it needs to work less hard to maintain 12-13 degrees C. Plenty of options if you google but something like this:

https://adexa.co.uk/Commercial-Wine...MI9pzzzYWD7gIVSoBQBh0AOw4GEAQYFiABEgLh0PD_BwE

Don’t worry about multiple zones and bla bla. ALL wine and fortified wine should be kept at 12-13 C for optimal long term storage.
You’ll find other, even cheaper options which will do the job too.

Good for storage, but surely too warm for serving white wine, and too cold for serving red?

 

[Bebs]

Good for storage, but surely too warm for serving white wine, and too cold for serving red?

Sure, but that’s not what wine fridges are about. They keep your wine at the correct storage temperature. its up to you to serve them at the correct temperature. All my wine is kept at 12.5 C.
If I want to pull out and enjoy a btl, it’s up to me to extract it to warm up, or in good enough time to chill it. In simple terms, if you had a chateau, castle, mansion with an underground cellar.. you wouldn’t just pop down to extract a btl of red and serve it.. You’d need to condition it. The same applies to a wine fridge.

 

[JonW]

After two years in search for a new place, we are completing on Wednesday. One thing missing from the kitchen is a wine cooler. May I ask for suggestions for 30-40 bottle cooler at not frantic prices?

I have slightly different take on this to Ben’s, but it depends if you are looking for a place to store quality wine in the right conditions, or whether you are looking for something to keep some or all of your wine in so it is convenient and ready to drink.

if your looking for storage, then I agree completely with Bebs.

However, if you‘re looking for something that does more than just pure storage , and you want to be able to pull something from the wine fridge, open it and enjoy it straight away, then I think you need something with dual zones.

My personal view is if it’s in your kitchen, under a counter, and it’s only going to hold 30-40 bottles, then I‘d get something with dual zones so you can always have some red and white wine available and ready to go... I’d then store any wine over and above this in a single zone wine cabinet whose job is to keep the wine at the right temp for long term storage.

 

[Ewan]

I’m looking for an undercounter wine fridge that can keep at least 40 bots chilled and ready to drink instantly. It’s for the new pool house and to hold white and rose wine, champagne and some soft drinks. Needs to have a glass front for ease of stock-checking. And can’t be silly money, e.g. Sub-Zero etc.

 

[JonW]

I’m looking for an undercounter wine fridge that can keep at least 40 bots chilled and ready to drink instantly. It’s for the new pool house and to hold white and rose wine, champagne and some soft drinks. Needs to have a glass front for ease of stock-checking. And can’t be silly money, e.g. Sub-Zero etc.

Ewan

We used to have one of these for very similar purposes - I think the specific model may be unavailable, but worth a look...

https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/wine.27783/post-724499

 

[Bebs]

I agree JonW, I was merely talking about storage. The problem with dual zone wine fridges is the serving temperature difference needed for white v red. No fridge can do that. Reds at 18 and whites at 7-8 degrees, it just doesn’t work with a 10 degree difference in the same relatively small space.
Ewan, what you need then is just an under counter fridge with a glass door, not a ‘wine cooler’