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Sometimes I like Kaiken wines from Mendoza/Argentina.
http://kaikenwines.com/en/home/#

As you're in Kent, have you tried any of the beers from the Westerham Brewery ? Their Hop Rocket at 5,5% is a bit above your target strength, but one of my favorite IPAs. Most IPAs are fairly strong. Adnams do a "sessionable" IPA called "Ease-Up" at 4,6% which I quite enjoy.

Westerham also do one of my all time favourite beers - Spirit of Kent. It's a golden ale, hopped with 9 different Kentish hop varieties & locally grown barley, it's a delicious beer with a real sense of terroir

Here are tasting notes by Adrian Tierney-Jones, author of the Big Book of Beer: “There was a distinct swing of the compass about the nose, as it touched all points citrus sweetness (mandarin), earthiness and pungent hop sack. The palate carried a refrain of similar mandarin sweetness (orange jelly for adults), a muscular earthiness (think big Burgundies), a slight note of almond and a dry bitter finish. A Spitfire garnishes the pump clip and I can think of no better analogy for this beer than the purring beauty of that aircraft’s Merlin engine when in full flight.”

Westerham are in the process of opening a new Brewery on the Squerryes Estate in conjunction with the estates new winery, with a new brewery shop.

(I have no connection with Westerham other than that I regularly buy beer from them for my pub because it's great beer).

Dont drink but been making stuff for years the loft and store rooms are full of plonk .

1991 Pineapple liqueur .
1996 Sloe Gin liqueur .
1996 Orange Liqueur (40% ).
1997 Sloe Gin Liqueur ( picked the berries).
1998 Apricot Brandy Liqueur ( 40%).
1998 Peach Schnapps Liqueur.
1999 Apple Rum Liqueur.
1999 Strawberry Daiquiri Liqueur.
2016 Mango Cherry Brandy.
2016 Rhubarb Liqueur.
2016. Butterscotch Schnapps Vodka.

Those are just a few the others I have been playing about with but I have found a stunner . June makes jams and Marmalade so I tried a spoon full of the Orange Liqueur in the marmalade jars . Take it to the car club and it is cleared in seconds . June lets the money build up then gives the money to the little lad with cancer fund .
A late uncle used to give my all the empty bottle from behind the bar those huge spirits ones you see upside down and I would give him a full one full of something he was like a sink.





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Thanks for all the replies, lots to sample.

Giles, I like the local connection and recommendation. After finishing Uni I worked on farms around East Malling, and remember drinking in a pub not far away where the owner contended that the famous Kent Golding had first been commercially grown in a hopgarden adjoining his land.

Graham, the Greene King one sounds like a good introduction for someone unused to drinking.

Dave - good call on the Gewürztraminer, this used to be a favourite. A lot more new world ones around nowadays that I haven't tried.

Born a "Man of Kent" I must try a few of those Westerham ales

The local cider is lethal , best warmed up as a punch , I stick to Sauvigon blanc or white rioja myself !

You must be bored Henry, after your trip to Geneva. Anyway, mine is a good light dry cider, like Dry Blackthorn, or a red wine, Malbec has hit the spot for me in the last couple of years, but actually I've cut down a lot and now just have a dry Fino sherry or two before eating followed by sparkling water with ice and lemon during a meal. I'm happy with the occasional beer and will drink most types, including the chemical stuff, if cold enough.

Brewdog do an alcohol-free beer called 'Nanny State'. It's amazingly good for a zero-alcohol job.

Brought up on Theakstons Mild, but will drink Guinness ,


For wine mine is preferably Barolo , do like a good Malbec though

A good local cider - preferably from the barrel (sadly very rare up in the east mids)or a Westons Old Rosie if I can find it on draught, or a local beer some very good ones on draught - we are lucky here as Derby is the real ale capital of the country,
Spirits - Laphroaigh Quarter Cask or a Linne Aquavit - a habit I picked up whilst in Bergen.