Does anyone drink sherry anymore?

[Anonymous]

Drinking sherry is typically the sweet one. A friend serves it at the holidays and I am always reminded how much I like it. But I prefer port.

[Anonymous]

Another port lover here, we haven't had luck finding a great sherry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another port lover here, we haven't had luck finding a great sherry.

Check out MacArthur Beverages

[Anonymous]

My husband likes both port and sherry - the drinking versions are definitely different than the cooking versions. You also get what you pay for.

[Anonymous]

haha, I asked a similar question awhile back about British drinking in older books - they are always drinking brandy. I don't know anyone who drinks brandy as their go-to drink when someone has had a shock or is chilled?

Or Claret. What's that?

[Anonymous]

There’s some good claret out there now. Also having a revival.

[Anonymous]

Port and sherry are generally too sweet for me. A friend had a cherry port type wine once snd I thought that was okay, the tartness balanced the sweet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:haha, I asked a similar question awhile back about British drinking in older books - they are always drinking brandy. I don't know anyone who drinks brandy as their go-to drink when someone has had a shock or is chilled?

Or Claret. What's that?

OP here, yes, that's right! Brandy is always administered medicinally after someone finds the body in the library. Claret is served at the better dinner parties. I also recall something called "claret cup."

Glad to see my odd little thread stemming from drinking habits in old British novels is still kicking.

[Anonymous]

Hahaha it's very British-old-lady. I have had it at a specialty sherry-themed bar though

[Anonymous]

My 80 year old mom has one once in a while. My sisters will join her sometimes if they're visiting her.

But she moved to England in her 20s and my Dad was British, so they're kind of the people in the books you're describing (though luckily they were never embroiled in a murder mystery.)

[Anonymous]

Liked drinking it in Spain. It’s sweet, not like sake.

My husband drinks brandy occasionally, I like that too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 80 year old mom has one once in a while. My sisters will join her sometimes if they're visiting her.

But she moved to England in her 20s and my Dad was British, so they're kind of the people in the books you're describing (though luckily they were never embroiled in a murder mystery.)

Hey, maybe they were the Tommy and Tuppence of their time, but decided not to tell the kids!

[Anonymous]

I'm the OP of the brandy thread - I feel like we should start a book club. I've been reading some Agatha Christie lately, plus making a big push to catch up (I'm on book 11) on Rhys Bowen's A Royal Spyness series - want to get to book 15 by December.

[Anonymous]

Just had a little glass night while deciding what was for dinner. It's a good, drinking sherry but I use it most often to deglaze.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there's a difference between sherry you cook with and sherry you sip, no? I have cooking sherry and agree that it's sake-like. I recall taking sips of my parents' sherry around Christmas as a child (don't judge!) and thought it was sweet. There was also a church I went to growing up (St. Rose of Lima in Short Hills, NJ) that I'm pretty sure served sherry as the communion wine!

I was the MOH in a wedding there! Can’t confirm though as I’m Episcopalian and didn’t take Communion.

We have sherry around for lobster bisque and lobster risotto that we make on Christmas Eve. Harvey’s Bristol Cream. My mom used to drink it occasionally.