harder better faster stronger?

originally posted by Chris Coad:
Link doesn't work for me. Anyone want to summarize?
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Aw, thanks for making me feel like I'm back on Therapy!

originally posted by Chris Coad:
Oh, don't get me started on IMAX geeks.
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Is Brad going to start a thread about them, too?
 
originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
I made a couple of wines that were around 16%. They got great scores from whathisname, but I'm seldom moved to drink them. They'll live way longer than I will.
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Yeah, but what kind of shape will they be in when we're dancing on your grave?

I don't think that high alcohol wines remain well balanced over long-term cellaring. Moreover, as VS notes, the amount of extract and glycerin needed to balance those wines initially creates a texture I don't think matches well with food - unless one is eating lots of red meat and I don't.
No doubt there are exceptions; yours may be one of them. But generally speaking, I look for lower alcohol wines for the reasons noted.
Best, Jim
 
I'm still trying to purge the alcoholic burn from an 18.3% alcohol Australian Merlot I had about 4 years ago. Thank God we got a limo to that dinner.
 
Oh no,how could I forget?
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I was surprised, but it was a pretty vague reference. But that monologue...I can't watch it (live or on screen), I can't read it, I can't even think about it, without getting choked up. Someday, when I grow up, I hope to write just one paragraph that's that good. Just one.

but Mary-Louise Parker always makes me tear up.
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Mary-Louise Parker brings out, um, stuff in me as well.
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:

I don't think that high alcohol wines remain well balanced over long-term cellaring.
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What about Port? Your point about food friendliness, though, is unassailable (or, to be timely, un-wassail-able)

Mark Lipton
 
I am confused. Is there thread drift above, or were completely unrelated posts related to some play inserted here? I went backwards and can find nothing that would have spawned a post on Mary Louise Parker...
 
Chris posted something that reminded me of a famous monologue from Angels in America. I referenced the character that speaks the monologue. She was played by MLP in the HBO version of the play.

Now, moving along to tuna hearts...
 
I am confused. Is there thread drift above
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You must be very new here. Some quick guidelines:

You've always got to stay on your toes around here. Never attempt to backtrack, that way madness lies. Ever forward, ever forward. Only say you're confused if you're not; if you're actually confused, pretend to understand.
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:
I am confused. Is there thread drift above
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You must be very new here. Some quick guidelines:

You've always got to stay on your toes around here. Never attempt to backtrack, that way madness lies. Ever forward, ever forward. Only say you're confused if you're not; if you're actually confused, pretend to understand.
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(tuna) Heart of Darkness?
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:
I am confused. Is there thread drift above
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You must be very new here. Some quick guidelines:

You've always got to stay on your toes around here. Never attempt to backtrack, that way madness lies. Ever forward, ever forward. Only say you're confused if you're not; if you're actually confused, pretend to understand.
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Je comprends trs bien.
 
Not to get off-topic, but my problem with high-alcohol wines has less to do with how they taste than with how fast they make you drunk. I can't ingest a 15% abv wine with a meal in sufficient volume to serve as a thirst-quencher and flavor enhancer without getting blitzed. I enjoy a social wine buzz, but I don't like getting drunk . So wines like this only make sense to me served in tiny glasses as aperitifs or desserts. As a general rule, we are happiest in the 9%-12.5% range (though we manage to put up wiht 13-13.5% fairly often).

Broadbent was massively criticized in the other place some time ago when he was quoted in the press questioning whether a 15% Harlan (I think) could be called as table wine, but I think he was talking about the wine's functionality, rather than its intrinsic quality.
 
To get back on topic I don't know if it was just the small screen or having impossibly high expectations but I can't get as excited by the movie as I was by the plays. So many great performances, so many amazing concepts, so much humor, sorrow, harrowing emotions and pure humanity. I still rank them as perhaps the greatest theatrical performances I've attended.
 
To get back on topic
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Thank god someone here rejects thread drift!

The plays were amazing, groundbreaking, thrilling. Not my top theatrical experiences ever, but certainly in the top dozen. The movie was amazing, thrilling, maybe not quite as groundbreaking. But to me the movie proved the plays' durability, validated the scope of Kushner's artistry and opened it up a bit. Plus, the movie casting was nearly perfect, although I'm not entirely sure about Emma Thompson's take on the angel, it seemed a bit campy at times. But still, a plethora of riches all around.
 
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