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syscom3
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Someone has taste (surprising coming from someone who likes Budweiser so much).
That hurts!
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Someone has taste (surprising coming from someone who likes Budweiser so much).
The Black and Red is good too I've heard.....tried them Adler?
Well Adler, you'd cry then if you saw all the whiskies in our warehouse then.... and rums, and vodkas, and beers, and....
syscom3 said:At the liquor store, behind a locked counter was a 50 year old bottle of cognac for $1300.00
Bells and Teachers are both to be avoided.
I like Suntory, when I can find a bottle. Zimmerman's (East of the Loop) sometimes carries it. Japanese whiskey is very smooth, and like a fine single malt whisky, can be an acquired (and expensive) taste. I have often wondered about Col. Saito in the great WW2 movie "The Bridge On The River Kwai" and his bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label-- perhaps a taste he developed in his education in England??Japan is a land that loves good whiskey. Working in Tokyo for a few days I walked out of the hotel and came across a small bar (little more than a kiosk with 4 seats) that just sold whiskey. I asked the "patron" if he had any "Old Pulteney" and his face lit up, he had had a bottle for over ten years and no one had ever asked for it and wanted to try it, so I paid for us both to share a "wee dram" and then he got me gently sizzled on others from his massive collection. It would be a memorable night if I remembered any more than how it started, it is a great whiskey though.
Whiskey in the far east is a different experience. I took a bottle of Old Pulteney to China and managed to get all twenty of my co workers and five of the management of the company I was working at falling down drunk with it. Many in the far east are alcohol intolerant, for the life of me I don't understand why they don't just drink beer. Even then, that isnt a safe option, a guy on my squad collapsed in a bar toilet and smashed his head after one 220 ml bottle of Karlsberg drunk too quickly.I like Suntori (sic) when I can find a bottle. Zimmerman's (East of the Loop) sometimes carries it. Japanese whiskey is very smooth, and like a fine single malt whisky, can be an acquired (and expensive) taste. I have often wondered about Col. Saito in the great WW2 movie "The Bridge On The River Kwai" and his bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label-- perhaps a taste he developed in his education in England??
I believe they are both brands of Scotch Whisky-- ?? Why are American bourbons spelled Whiskey, but products of Scotland drop the "e" and spell it Whisky? Just wondering!!What are those?
Whisky or Whiskey - Master of MaltI believe they are both brands of Scotch Whisky-- ?? Why are American bourbons spelled Whiskey, but products of Scotland drop the "e" and spell it Whisky? Just wondering!!
Now I know- as both spellings are pronounced in the same manner.
Personally I think it is the usual pseudo Celtic BS. Prior to the prohibition in the USA Ireland exported more whiskey to the USA than Scotland did. Irish whiskey was copied and adulterated and so became seen as "hooch", its reputation never recovered.Now I know- as both spellings are pronounced in the same manner.