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The fish tank in my cellar is full of corks. While I decide what to do with them I thought it might be fun to run a little guessing game: How many corks in the RB fish tank?



The internal dimensions of the tank are 50cm x 27 cm x 30 cm, the cork contents include quite a few sparkling wine corks and the fill level is slightly over the top edge.

The prize is a bottle of John Glaetzer John's Blend Cabernet 1994, posted to any Australian address. The prize goes to the first correct guess or the nearest guess if none are correct.

17 October: (Don't bother to submit a guess, the prize has been claimed with a correct guess from Glen (GRB).

nice collection brian,
say about 2350?

christo

Edited: 2nd guess @ 22.54hrs = 1519 corks
c

2222 corks

I'll go 1624.

Cheers,
grasshopper

Lovely, generous idea. Thanks!

1465 is my daughter, Kia's guess. She says I can have the wine if she wins.

Doug

Great idea, Brian.

1915

Cheers,

Roger

!*&* which translates as 1878

1797. Exactly.

What the hell.

1,425 corks.

AB

2830

Smithy

What the heck - 1942.
Very good idea RB.
MM.

I Guess 1124.

My guess: 1647

hmmmm i'm guessing 1460

Muscat Mike wrote:What the heck - 1942.
Very good idea RB.
MM.

Nope, not your birth year Mike.

The closest guess so far is off by only 54, not telling which direction though.

Brian,

Trying to decide which shocks me the most about your thread, that:

(1) You actually spent the time to count all those corks (and did you do a 2nd count to check your 1st count?); or

(2) That you have drunk 1,348 various bottles of wine!


Good idea though ....

Brian,

Most charitable of you. Perhaps this game needs to be restricted to members who joined before today, at risk of one person joining under various alter egos and having many guesses (that's the scammer in me talking...).

1996 corks.

You could always make a raft.

I'll go 1,070.

Scott

I had the same dilemna a few years back so I made a wine cork pin up board. Worked a treat....

One thousand, one hundred and seventy two and a half.

Can Scott & I try and build a kon-tiki.

2,450.

Chuck

Not sure if you're accepting updated guesses, but if you are I'll alter mine to 1371 corks.

if not, c'est la vie...

AB

985. Only just...!

cheers,
Graeme

just thinking what a great idea! Perhaps Gavin could ask if some of the wine makers (who contribute to Auswine) could donate a bottle & have a similar thing once a month!

christo


PS: i know who is going to win!.... a late entrant by the name of "Mrs RB"
c

Andrew Jordan wrote:Brian,

Trying to decide which shocks me the most about your thread, that:

(1) You actually spent the time to count all those corks (and did you do a 2nd count to check your 1st count?); or

(2) That you have drunk 1,348 various bottles of wine!


Good idea though ....

Andrew,

1. I'm retired, I have plenty of time and it only happens about every 8-10 years. I broke it into batches and counted them into small containers so I wouldn't lose count too often, I did have to recount some batches.

2. These are only the corks with brands on them (not just the cork maker/batch), the non-branded ones go off for various good (so I'm told) uses. So you would have to at least double the number of bottles drunk, or at least tasted, though only a very small portion of tasting group wines make it into the tank. (It's more than your guess too.)

Christo wrote:PS: i know who is going to win!.... a late entrant by the name of "Mrs RB"
c

Nope, she gets to drink John's Blend 94 (or anything else in the cellar) without having to guess...

But if I can string this post out to about 4 pages I might be able to talk Gavin into giving a special monthly prize for it.

Wizz wrote:Not sure if you're accepting updated guesses, but if you are I'll alter mine to 1371 corks.

if not, c'est la vie...

AB

Hmm, first guesses will be considered first, then if no winner, second guesses, maximum 2 guesses per person.

No more hints though.

rednut wrote:I had the same dilemna a few years back so I made a wine cork pin up board. Worked a treat....

One couple who attend the monthly tasting group I go to have been collecting corks from other members for some years now, they are covering the ceiling of their cellar! Now that sounds like a retirement project, not one for a couple with a young child. Then again...

Christo wrote:just thinking what a great idea! Perhaps Gavin could ask if some of the wine makers (who contribute to Auswine) could donate a bottle & have a similar thing once a month!

christo

What about a "What Am I" sort of thing where someone posts a tasting note and based on that, we all have to identify the year, grape/s, region and label? Closest to the mark wins the wine?

Edit: Second guess is 1743.

1570 or 1824 with around 2 -15 % TCA affected depending on who you ask or did these get burnt in some pagan ritual