Forum | Which champagne suits the Guv’nor best?

A very good evening to you Mr Miikka,

First, may I congratulate your good self on a very splendid India Pale Ale find. One that merits further investigation, certainly. I like radical, now and then. But if I were to revert to my traditionalist sensibilities, then I would have to plump for Pol Roger, Sir Winston Churchill’s favourite.

Excuse me while I drift away on the memory of its robust nature, savoured at the siblings’ on Christmas morning last year… chin, chin!

Post edited 11:38 am — Sep 6, 2011 by Morse

Dear Mr Miikka, Gentlemen,

The Meantime IPA is indeed splendidly presented and, whilst I haven’t tried it, I have tried a number of their other brews and found them to be good. The brewery originated in Greenwich but have, I think, recently moved to a larger premises nearby and specialise in brewing beer for the bottle. It’s very good to see the revivial of this fine beer style, India Pale Ale, continues and there are some excellent examples out there which mirror the original. So called as it was originally brewed as a Burton pale ale and sent to India for consumption by the colonial rulers. Consequently it had to have a relatively high alcohol content in order to survive the journey, at least 5% and usually higher. Beware imitators, the most common of which is Greene King IPA which at 3.8% is an imposter and to be avoided. Other fine examples include Blue Monkey Ape Ale 5.4%, Thornbridge Jaipur IPA 5.9% and, my own favourite, Marble Lagonda IPA 5%. I believe that these are available bottled but probably without the cork and my own experience of them has been from the cask. Just the thing post a bracing ride on the Guvnor.

On the champage front, I’m with Mr Martin. If Pol Roger was good enough for Churchill.….….….

Cheers!

Morse.

Gentlemen, you fail to surprise me!

So, two votes for Pol Roger and late, great Mr.Churchill. I somehow anticipated this when writing the first post on the subject! However, I’m still waiting for someone to mention Commander Bond (who actually has a corresponding rank to Churchill’s, only in the navy) and his favourite Bollinger. Or is it so that James Bond is considered an icon of Britishness only outside UK?

Regards,

Miikka

A Dom Perignon cork sits between the seat stays on the Plus Four No. 4, fine drinking it was too…

DB