The 2015 BA Champagne and Wine Thread

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Feb 2, 2015, 2:07 am

#16

NeverFirst

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"Drambuie 15" is a thing?

Feb 2, 2015, 4:18 am

#17

FrancisA

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Originally Posted by perthflyer

I'm still waiting for the day that Campari makes an appearance in the Flounge so that Negronis can be made.

That would make my day, but unlikely as BA have a real downer on Campari, having recently removed it from both CE and CW.

They don't even offer it at LIN, preferring Fernet Branca as a bitter - not a drink most non-Italians would relish! I suppose you could make a Hanky-Panky at a pinch though.

Feb 2, 2015, 5:03 am

#18

Swanhunter

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Originally Posted by capetown2k

can anyone confirm that zacapa xo is still available in First,

on my has trip to bgi it wasn't on the menu, real shame barbados and rum work well together

It went at the end of last year.

Feb 2, 2015, 6:42 am

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I thought 99% of global Fernet consumption happens within a 50 mile radius of the Buenos Aires Obelisco?

Feb 2, 2015, 9:02 am

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Originally Posted by alexwuk

I thought 99% of global Fernet consumption happens within a 50 mile radius of the Buenos Aires Obelisco?

99% of Fernet consumption happens within a 50 mile radius of Wenceslav Square in Prague. Just not Branca, most typically Stock. Of course Argentina does indeed consume a lot; strangely enough it's very popular in SF, too, so much so that they sell Czech Fernet here too.

BA lounges are not cocktail-friendly in general: taking good liquor and mixing it with dyed ethanol, erm, Martini Rosso, is hardly recommended regardless of whether they happen to stock Campari or not. In T3 you can pop over to the Flagship Lounge for your Campari fix on the way to the plane

Feb 2, 2015, 4:58 pm

#21

NYCRuss

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Originally Posted by NeverFirst

"Drambuie 15" is a thing?

I've never had it, but it is supposed to be an excellent whisky liquor. Ralfy Mitchell likes it quite a bit: http://youtu.be/Z7sbSjOeP1s

Feb 2, 2015, 6:17 pm

#22

perthflyer

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Originally Posted by MarkedMan

In T3 you can pop over to the Flagship Lounge for your Campari fix on the way to the plane

^

That's exactly what I did when I went to LIS in November (after dan dan noodles and Veuve at the CX F lounge of course). I was in a very rough state after an all nighter in Glasgow so an emergency morning negroni was the only option.

Feb 3, 2015, 4:33 am

#23

Hannibal Lecter

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Originally Posted by NYCRuss

I've never had it, but it is supposed to be an excellent whisky liquor. Ralfy Mitchell likes it quite a bit: http://youtu.be/Z7sbSjOeP1s

for those with time to kill he's also got a DIY tip

ralfystuff :Create your own Whisky Liqueur

Feb 3, 2015, 7:57 am

#24

Petrus

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The 2015 BA Champagne & Wine Thread

Do we need one?
Except for the GS onboard and in CCR, some decent stuff also in CCR and F, the rest of the beverage proposition on BA is rather really poor due to being enhanced over the years.

I see value in keeping track of what is available in F, CCR and perhaps GF.

Agree or disagree esteemed Flyertalkers?