The Last Post Game!!!!

[Swatopluk]

For the Romans and Greeks drinking poor undiluted wine was something only barbarians did.
They also liked to put spices and honey into it.

Last _{in other words: these guys drank watered down mulled wine all year round} Post

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

in other words: these guys drank watered down mulled wine all year round

And look at them now!

Last  _{I'll take a nice wine from Tuscany happily} Post

[Swatopluk]

But even they have switched to unleaded by now 

Last _{so the wine is less heavy} Post

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I wonder how it will taste when they switch to electric...

Last _{despite Stellantis dragging it's feet} Post

[Swatopluk]

I was still talking about the wine 

Last _{the 1985 attempt to substitute diethylene glycol for the old heavy metal did not prove popular either though} Post

Edit: quick googling yields electronic wine though

[Aggie]

I know of at least one winery that uses sound to settle out the fines...

Last _{and describes their Zweigelt as having "notes of cannabis"} Post

[Swatopluk]

I thought wine is to be drunk not smoked.

Last _{beer is the smoked one} Post

[Aggie]

Hmm, a smoked grape red (perhaps a Pinotage? Like dark roast coffee) sounds quite lovely, especially as a cooking wine.  Rauchbiers can be quite nice, though... and also good for culinary use.

Started dabbling with home brewing, beginning with hard apple cider last fall (which turned out well), and currently with small batches of sodas... yeast carbonated but not necessarily alcoholic. Currently working on a birch syrup soda which is quite lovely, and I might let the end of that batch ferment out to see what birch wine (primarily fructose based) tastes like. It's getting to be time to tap the trees again, so I'm using up old supply and creating some motivation for a new harvest.

Last _{I've smoked salmon in the past, but it's rather hard on the lungs.} Post

[Swatopluk]

I did an alcoholic fermentation experiment in my chemistry class recently. Just sugar, water and baker's yeast (from the grocery shop).
It worked but I would not dare to drink any of the product. I distilled a bit off and there is ethanol in it but by smell I can tell there is at least one more (my bet would be on methanol and probably one other).
That's the problem: I have knowledge enough to become paranoid but not enough to confidently produce something that would be safe to consume.

Last _{fortunately, I can do very well without regular consumption of alcoholic beverages, and acceptable cider is cheap, if I feel the urge} Post

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I would love to learn how to do actual [grape] wine.

Last _{not exactly a cheap or simple hobby} Post

[Swatopluk]

Any good wine would be wasted on me

Last _{but I not wasted by it [if only because I would not actually drink it]} Post

[Aphos]

I can tell the difference between cheap wine and medium priced wine.  But I had some really expensive wine once and couldn't say it was any better than the medium priced stuff.

Last _{the expensive stuff is for snobs} Post

[Swatopluk]

Nothing new there. The Romans knew all about it, and it was a common trope for satirists.

Last _{but there the snobs often were in on it} Post

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I can tell the difference between cheap wine and medium priced wine.  But I had some really expensive wine once and couldn't say it was any better than the medium priced stuff.

Pretty much the way it is, with the wine that is legitimately better the difference with the medium priced stuff is minuscule, and in some cases there isn't a difference.

Last _{from $10 to $100 with $20 to $50 being the sweetspot} Post

[Swatopluk]

My only drinking luxury is the occasional order of Maltese Kinnie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinnie

Last _{and even that only because there is a Malta shop around here where I can buy it directly} Post