philmayfield 5,509 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 That looks about right. Not in the finest Waterford Crystal at a Berni though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 15,560 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Me grandma loved loose sherry,, it came out of a barrel at the Offey about 5/- per bottle,, but when flushed she loved Emva cream 10/6,, late fifties,, Emva was from. Cyprus,,the british version was Vp,,,also about 10 bob,, 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,007 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 40 minutes ago, philmayfield said: I don’t think there was any specification for the size of a sherry schooner in those days. It wasn’t a enormous glass, probably less than two standard glasses. Not enough to get silly on! Oh contrary mon amy! I tired a schooner of Australian sherry in Yates's many moons ago, I don't remember much past the halfway mark and had a headache that lasted three days! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,509 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Well of course that was Yates’s and you never knew what their brews consisted of! I’ve searched around and unlike Australia, where a schooner is a specific measurement, I’m unable to find a definitive ‘weights and measures’ definition of a British schooner. I only ever went in Yates’s once; there had just been a fight and the whole place had the aura of a Wild West saloon! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,673 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 The off licence at the bottom of our road sold loose sherry. As a child, I was always looking through the window, trying to spot the sherry wandering about 'loose' and asking how it was possible to have loose sherry! I suppose it was hearing people talking about dogs being loose and wandering about. Still makes me smile when I hear the expression. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 2,923 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Croft Original, another Christmas memory, $40 a bottle here. I remember Harvey's Bristol Cream and Bristol Milk sherries from Christmases past, apart from funerals it was the only time sherry was drunk in our family Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,509 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 I’ve not drunk a glass of sherry in years. I can’t imagine on what occasion one would drink it. Is it no longer a fashionable drink? I can’t imagine me walking into my local and ordering a glass of sherry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Phil, maybe it's time for your claim to fame. Invent a new sherry based drink ! The young uns love weird concoctions. I'll start you off if you like, sherry and red bull. Don't know what you would call it though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,509 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 How about ‘Bullshit’? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,997 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Apparently a schooner is a bit bigger than a clipper for drinking sherry. Named after the ships that bought the sherry from Spain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,509 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Yes, I gather a schooner might be two clippers but nowhere can I find a volumetric definition of either. It’s purely an academic question now as I’m unlikely to drink from either but I really would like to know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 4,400 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Feels like I've entered into a sailing regatta. Avhast there!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,997 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 A clipper is 2 fl oz. A schooner is 4 fl oz. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,509 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 From which UK authority are you quoting? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,997 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 If I tell you I will have to kill you. (roughly translated to I have no idea where I saw it. It was more than 5 minutes ago) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,509 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Well according to a Berni menu I’ve just found, in decimal coinage a small glass was 12p and a schooner was 18p so that wouldn’t tie in with the volumes you quote. Just being pedantic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,007 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Size and price don't always have a correlation... Edit: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjMj8HBr-XmAhVShlwKHUq0BK8QFjAGegQIDRAT&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehappiesthour.com%2Ffeatures%2Fpot-schooner-pint-or-jug%2F&usg=AOvVaw0c_btGQwr537MyhDwO_Cr0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,272 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Cliff Ton said: In the 70s, I remember a chain of pubs/restaurants named Schooner Inns. A bit of Googling reveals they seem to have been operated by Watneys, but are now long-vanished. Wasn’t there a Schooner Inn in a railway station over Widmerpool way? I remember going there for a meal with a boyfriend, so it would have been early 70s. Maybe it’s still there ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,509 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 It's still there and now called the Pulman. It was a conversion of the old railway station building. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Pullman used to do a good carvery check if you plan to revisit it, sure it closed down about 5 years ago? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,509 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 You’re right it is closed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 6 hours ago, philmayfield said: How about ‘Bullshit’? There you go, your on your way to fame. What's next? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 5,509 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Bloody Sherry? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,421 Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 15 hours ago, benjamin1945 said: Me grandma loved loose sherry,, it came out of a barrel at the Offey about 5/- per bottle,, but when flushed she loved Emva cream 10/6,, late fifties,, Emva was from. Cyprus,,the british version was Vp,,,also about 10 bob,, Mum and auntie insist on seeing the new year in with a glass of sherry has to be Bristol Cream, they have a small glass each then it's put away. I buy a new bottle every year. After a number of years it has occurred to me that maybe it lasts more than a year!! Ben maybe you can answer that one, not that I am implying you are a secret sherry drinker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,728 Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 Once you open a bottle of wine, you expose it to air, then it starts oxidizing. Another thing also starts happening, as you take more wine out of the bottle, the alcohol will evaporate into that space, so the wine will get weaker in alcohol content over time and with each opening of the bottle. Ordinary wine, it's best consumed within a few days of opening, Sherries and ports no more than a few weeks. Vintners who use the casks, give about a month after starting the cask. I've tried whisky from an "opened" bottle that had been left over year and it was only good for pouring down the drain. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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