Was 1947 a good year?

[Jeff Grossman]

For Commanderie St John "Special Sweet"?

 

[Brad Kane]

To quote the Chairman of the Board, "From fine old kegs, from the brim to the dregs and it poured sweet and clear, it was a very good year."

 

[Levi Dalton]

Wow, that is amazingly cool, Jeff. So awesome.

 

[Steve Edmunds]

year I was born, so...mixed!

 

[Florida Jim]

year I was born, so . . . wonderful!
Best, Jim

 

[Brad Kane]

originally posted by Florida Jim:
year I was born, so . . . wonderful!
Best, Jim

You, Steve and ...Robert Parker.

 

[Ignacio Villalgordo]

VS too

 

[Brad Kane]

originally posted by Ignacio Villalgordo:
VS too

Sounds like a '47 Jeebus is in order for 2012. Retirement jeebus!

 

[Florida Jim]

originally posted by Brad Kane:

originally posted by Ignacio Villalgordo:
VS too

Sounds like a '47 Jeebus is in order for 2012. Retirement jeebus!

Retirement?
Steve, VS and me?
I think only Parker is a candidate and that wouldn't be much of a party.
Best, Jim

 

[MarkS]

Not alive then so the answer is "Don't know."

 

[SFJoe]

"Retirement" is so Y2K.

 

[Steve Edmunds]

retirement sounds like something that happens at the garage, after 40,000 miles.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Opened tonight. Dark brown color, lifted nose but quite alive -- this much sugar has the power to preserve a Pharoah -- simple palate of brown sugar with a very long finish. Reminiscent of oloroso though not so tangy.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Opened tonight. Dark brown color, lifted nose but quite alive -- this much sugar has the power to preserve a Pharoah -- simple palate of brown sugar with a very long finish. Reminiscent of oloroso though not so tangy.

Agreed, It was good with a very long finish but not especially complex.

 

[Unknown]

Was this Keo ?

 

[Ignacio Villalgordo]

originally posted by Florida Jim:

originally posted by Brad Kane:

originally posted by Ignacio Villalgordo:
VS too

I think only Parker is a candidate and that wouldn't be much of a party.
Best, Jim

Michel Rolland was born in 1947. Votes to retire him?

 

[Everett Bandman]

Me too. 2012 is the year we all enroll in Medicare, at least those on this side of the pond....

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by .sasha:
Was this Keo ?

Yes.

 

[Unknown]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

originally posted by .sasha:
Was this Keo ?

Yes.

I forget which vintage I owned and consumed with great pleasure, it was definitely from the 20s, possibly the 23 or 27, need to double check. But it was similar but more vibrant than what you describe, made me think of tokaj essencia.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

Despite this bottle's pristine appearance the owner said that she simply - and without a trace of irony - found it in her cellar. She denies having bought it. She denies having received it as a gift. She claims it may have been left there by the previous inhabitants (...yet it took her over a decade to find it?). This bespeaks an uncertain, if not magical, provenance.