I always forget there are a few to choose from! My mum always bought Harvey’s Bristol Cream. Sticky, warming and always reminds me of eating out (very occasionally) when we fist got married in 1974 - ordering a ‘schooner’ of it! Then along came drier Croft Original, kept in the fridge. I’ve enjoyed a very dry glass of fino in a bodega in Málaga with the locals but never over here for some reason. I always stick to wine or a G&T.
Time for a seasonal change I think. Will you join me? 😊
After reading this thread I realised I hadn’t had a sherry for years so I put two bottles on my Sainsbury’s order, It has arrived and been put away and now I am going to sit down with a glass of Oloroso before I do anymore chores. What a treat and a rather odd thing to do on Sunday .
I hate it. Gives me awful heartburn, as does all spirits/alcohol. I have a hiatus hernia, but even before that it did the same.
So have I Peaseblossom and it doesn't make a good mixer with Gaviscon and omeprazole does it. I have to let the tonic go flat or stir the odd Champagne I have.
Our little walking group met this afternoon and after a walk around the village we were invited back to one member's house. We had a lovely glass of sherry, then a home made mince pie and a cup of tea around a cosy fire. Lovely!
Amontillado. Not too dry and not too sweet. Just right. Alternatively, Oloroso which is a bit sweeter, has more 'body. I used to like Fino, but for that I need a seat in a bar in Andalucia on a warm, still evening.
Same for me. I like Sainbury's amontillado but a chilled fino isn't the same on a chilly night in Scotland!
I'm really a gin drinker but at this time of year I do like a dry sherry - usually Croft but I bought one in Waitrose that looks nice. It will probably go in a trifle too. Sometimes are a cold walk I do like a Scotch and ginger not the Masters' single malt just a blended one.
Following my mum’s and dad’s tradition, we are a family of sherry drinkers! Usually an amontillado before dinner every evening. They had theirs at lunchtime and mum had it in her care home too!
Searching through the drinks cupboard yesterday I discovered a bottle of sherry, about a quarter full. "Oh, good" says Mr P, "enough for the Christmas trifle". Not knowing how long it had been lurking in the cupboard I decided to try it last evening....need to buy another bottle. cheers GNetters.
Ooh lovely - Harvey’s Bristol cream would be my choice. My late father in law would always pour me one in a wine glass! Must be the time of year I had a couple of glasses last night…. Cheers everybody 😊
LadyHonoriaDedlock, a niece and her dh used to run a lovely pub, where he was the chef. One of their regulars (they had a lot of regulars) used to ask for a super-size prawn cocktail as a main dish. Chef eventually decided to put ‘main’ prawn cocktail on the menu - it was very popular!
I’m having one now. Feeling quite festive since today we’ve bought the tree, I finished all my non-food Christmas shopping, and I’ve just made my pigs in blankets - with Carols from King’s on YouTube. So cheers, everybody. 🍷🎄🎅🏻
A nice, largish, glass of Croft is very pleasant. Slightly off topic, we had a bottle of Madeira from 1972, the year we were married. We have transported it from house house and finally opened and drunk it to celebrate our golden anniversary this summer. I then googled the label and found it on one wine merchant's website with a £300 price tag! We would never have sold it though, it was always for our golden anniversary. It was nice!
My dear mum always loved a sherry. In her last year's she had dreadful Rheumatoid Arthritis and always had her sherry in a small brandy glass which was the only glass she could hold securely. Almost 30 years on, I use the same glass, slightly chipped now, to have my sherry "with mum" as I'm cooking the Sunday dinner. Always an Amontillado with a Pedro Ximanez at Christmas - as recommended by Delia.
Last weekend, I put a mixture of manzanilla and amaretto in a bowl so that DGD could feed the Christmas cakes. I have to admit that I drank what was left from the dish!