/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>10974708
Found the vodka drinker.

>>10974708
>I enjoy wings with my beer

>so called wine 'experts' can't tell the difference between cheap wine and expensive wine

Anyone who spends a lot of money on wine and claims they can tell the difference is lying.

I agree to an extent. There’s little difference between $20 and a $100 bottle.

There’s some meme bottles in the $30-$100 range for sure, but what’s wrong with what you describe if it’s $12 a bottle? You can get plenty of fresh, young wines like Malbecs, zinfandels, Sangiovese, or Tempranillo that are absolutely delicious. I stay away from cheap Cabernet, because in my experience they over oak it to hide the cheap quality.

this. can't drink beer every night. gotta switch it up. also, wine drunk is different then beer drunk

There are very few ok wines for like 5$, but you can find decent ones for like 15-20. I had one for 250 once, it was not really worth it.

>>10975766
nice chinese shit keycaps broski

It's nice for variety in your alcohols but I'm not going to pretend there's some profound difference between an imported $500 bottle of Italian bullshit and the cheapest box of Franzia my corner store has.

>>10975849
Of course there is a difference wtf. The super expensive wines are a scam, but there is a difference between 1$ and 15$

Wine always gives me the worst hang over

>>10975854
Admittedly I was using hyperbole but the general point is a bottle of wine that's hundreds of dollars isn't going to be worlds better than your average joe blow bottle.

watch Somm 2: Into the Bottle and get ready to beat it whenever that guy goes on about his family's vineyard and opens up a bottle his father saved for him when he was born. True magic.

>>10974708
Hello, OP. What's the latest bouquet of semen you've sampled? Did it have a good body? Rich viscosity? Ethnic notes?

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>>10975872
I choose not to.
>>10974748
>he doesn’t spike the wine with svedka

>>10975166
>>10975776
>>10975178
>price ranges all over the place
So it's a scam when you can't afford it, but it's totally worth it and reasonable when you can. Got it.

>>10975766
>no numpad
how do you people ever get any work done? i can't live without a numpad, it's a literal dealbreaker when it comes to picking out a keyboard

>he doesn't make his own wine

Thanks for reminding me, I want to start a batch of mead this weekend.

>>10975165
They also talked about terroirs of France while drinking wines from bumfuck South Jersey

As well as describing characteristics of a thick bodied red wine after a cheap watery white wine was died red

>>10977694
Idk dude we have box wine here and it's super cheap stuff, tastes pretty shit.

>>10977683
tips/advice for making your own wine?

>>10977752
There is obviously going to be a difference between cheap 3 dollar wine stored in a box that degrades overtime and changes the taste of the wine. Just like there is a difference between 3 dollar beef and 10 dollar beef.

But there isn't much difference between 10 dollar beef and 300 dollar beef. It's just for pretentious rich assholes to feel like they are above "normal people." Just like Wine.

When something is priced at 3000% more than an average product, then it's not for the "flavor" it's for the prestige. Just like garbage clothing brands like Supreme and Gucci are no better than some cheap shit you can pick up from your local tailor (and in the case of supreme, something you could pick up from walmart).

>>10977779
If you're using a kit, just follow the instructions, but generally, ALWAYS sanitize anything that will touch your wine.

Ive been trying to get into wine too desu fa.m
Starting at yellowtail since its really cheap. Had some rex goliath and it was surprisingly good too

Does it really make a difference when you match the reds accordingly with specific food?
How would you guys describe it?

I work for my country's largest wine retailer and this thread hurts

>>10975166
For you, maybe. For others there's a world of difference.

>>10978851
See >>10975165
>>10977694

You aren't fooling anyone, you corporate shill. Neck yourself.

>>10978898
neck yourself if you think wine is just about taste

>>10977694
I agree with you, but there is still a slight difference between:
- being able to taste every note of a wine, having wine knowledge and the ability to describe it and
- simply knowing if you like a wine or not.

I can not really describe why I like some wines and might mix up the different kinds of wine, but I can still say if I like them or not.

I still think very expensive wines are not worth it though.

>>10978827
>Does it really make a difference when you match the reds accordingly with specific food?
>How would you guys describe it?

I'm sure you have certain food combinations that you like to eat together? Or maybe have a favorite sauce to have with a specific dish? It's no different than that. It is also subjective. Don't think that you MUST pair X food with Y wine just because a book said so or some expert said that was a good match. That can be a starting point to get ideas but there are no hard and fast rules. Drink whatever wine you like with a given meal.

>>10978973
I don't think anyone claimed it is only about taste. But to suggest that tastes don't vary is pants on head retarded.

>tfw no wine in house
Fuck. I don't want to walk to the liquor store... Damn it /ck/.

>>10974708
>everything I don't like is a "meme"
>lol epic memes
>memery
>memescape
>memeing memer memes xD

reddit pls go

>>10978827
Well, I like a heavy Syrah or Zinfandel with a good rib eye steak. Pretty simple combination but it works.

>>10977779
Sugar + Yeast = Alcohol

>>10980082
>everything I don't like is reddit
nice meme

>>10980082
>stop using buzzwords
>uses a buzzword
It's a retard problem not a reddit problem. Calling everything "reddit" makes you just as bad as them. Even if you're doing it "ironically."

>>10977779
10% urine for each bottle gives it a flavor. America, fuck yeah!

>>10974708

Whiskey is the biggest meme and I fell for it even more today. $70 for a bottle of Whistlepig Straight Rye Whiskey and only to save face while in front of other whiskey drinkers. Probably doesn't top my meme purchase of Jefferson's batch #15 'ship aged' whiskey. Whiskey aged on a fucking ship to give it a more traditional flavor from when they used to ship whiskey down the Mississippi river, through the Gulf of Mexico, and up the Atlantic coast to NY. $70+ a bottle and I can't really tell the difference between it and other whiskeys I've drunk.

>>10974708
>The flavor is absolutely pedestrian no matter how expensive the bottle is
>t. pleb who has never had a bottle €10 or up