Following up to Peter H.M. Brooks

>> In the real world outside ng's for most people 8 isn't a "tiny"
>> dinner party.
>>
>You aren't suggesting that I'm living in an unreal world are you?

this is an unreal world.

>> With the dry sherry in a cooler, place bottles and glasses on a
>> table and tell the guests to help themselves, there is usually
>> someone willing to do the job amongst the guests anyway. It gets
>> them taking to one another and helps to destroy any potential
>> atmosphere of formality.
>>
>You can do that, but there's often some girlie who wants a medium sherry, so
>you have to provide it and label it so that no normal person has to gag on
>the dreadful stuff.

or some boylie? Why not provide good sherry across the range? A
Palo Cordato would be nice, just avoid "cream" IMHO.
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