He takes a whiskey drink...

Tom Dunne

Oh wait, I've used that one already.

Anyway, interesting results from that last survey, so I am taking it a step further and focussing on whiskey.

I have Zaph to thank for getting me into bourbon, but he will never forgive me for taking a liking to Jim Beam. Cheap and cheerful, that's me.

So, if you were to pour yourself a small one at the end of the day, what would it be?

star-pants

Admiral of the Fleet got me onto this

UrbanSea

I lol'd at the name of the whiskey,'Black Bush'.

the_syco

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star-pants wrote: »

Admiral of the Fleet got me onto this
http://www.whiskyreview.nl/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/black-bush.jpg

I notice that you're not saying that Admiral of the Fleet got you into Black Bush :P

CiDeRmAn

Bourbon "whiskey", God bless America

Ended up in the Neptune up in Bettystown with a mate of mine, started drinking the usual cider and then after a few decided to work our way through the whiskey/whisky selection behind the bar.
What a night!
Now my mate is a real nice guy but there tends to be a lecture before each drink is taken, so before sipping my way into bliss I would hear, in detail, about the abbots that created this one from heather and prayer, or the one made on an island off the north of Scotland that has to be shipped in by wee boat and look, yes you can smell the sea off of it.
So educational fun was had, as we did a coastal tour of the british isles, but those island scots whiskys, amazing, such a spectrum of flavours, and such a headache morning after!

juke

Scotch whiskey, best evar

Oh - Irish whiskey all the way - nothing like a 12 year old Jemmie!


Except I am forbidden to drink it anymore

Couldn't go near the bourbon - smells like aftershave

CiDeRmAn

Bourbon "whiskey", God bless America

Just before the final year one nursing exams, back in '90, me and my mate were requested to get a bottle of Suddy for the girls in the class, we were all living in the nursing home at the time.
Off we went to the pub, Ballincar House Hotel, near Rosses Point.
No Suddy, but my mate got a bottle of Mulligan, a similar whiskey liqueur and after a few pints we headed back.
Cut to my room and the girls came down and we all drank this stuff, everyone getting very drunk.
I awoke that morning, on the floor next to the bed, sadly all the girls were long gone.
But they did leave a little something to remember them by, namely a sink full of Mulligan tinged vomit, which had to dispose of.
I'm not sure if more than one person had up-chucked there, but there was an awful lot of it.
And so, since then, not a drop of Suddy has passed my lips,
The Horror!
The Horror!

(was nice to have a room full of pyjama clad student nurses though, hmmm....)

Zaph

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juke wrote: »

Couldn't go near the bourbon - smells like aftershave

You're obviously not drinking the good stuff

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Suddy or JD. May get myself a bottle of Suddy the next time I'm out foreign.

Agent Smith

Drink of champions!

trout

I've tried whiskey maybe 5 times in my life ... I've also had my nose broken maybe 5 times in my life.

You join the dots.

The soulful allure of whiskey is lost on me

CiDeRmAn

Bourbon "whiskey", God bless America

Cider, preferably a nice pint of Bulmers, followed by a Crested Ten, perfeck.
Crested Ten, the good stuff.

Also, got a bottle of bourbon called Gentleman Jack, a special version of Jack Daniels in a mighty purdy bottle too, not to mention a now empty one!

the_syco

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Southern Comfort.

And no, I don't care that it isn't a "real" whiskey. I like it.

Nevyn

Scotch whiskey, best evar

It's a liqueur.

convert

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Jameson would be my preference... And as mentioned above 12yo Jemmie is always nice to settle down in a comfy chair with. Bushmills isn't too bad, either.

Don't like bourbon at all - my stomach wrenches any time I smell JD or Suddy!*







*And no, I've not had any bad experiences with them, I never touch the stuff. I just can't stand the smell.

Zaph

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convert wrote: »

Don't like bourbon at all - my stomach wrenches any time I smell JD or Suddy!*


*And no, I've not had any bad experiences with them, I never touch the stuff. I just can't stand the smell.

For the record, neither are actually bourbon. Bourbon is from Kentucky, whereas JD is Tennessee whiskey and Southern Comfort is more correctly described as toilet cleaner.

dr.bollocko

Scotch whiskey, best evar

I can't touch any of that American stuff. Too cloying and sugary for my tastes. My preferance would be for a nice Irish Whiskey.
Available at a reasonable price in most offies would be this wee fella:



Once I started drinking Irish I lost my taste for scotch entirely.

Tom Dunne

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dr.bollocko wrote: »

I can't touch any of that American stuff. Too cloying and sugary for my tastes. My preferance would be for a nice Irish Whiskey.
Available at a reasonable price in most offies would be this wee fella:



Once I started drinking Irish I lost my taste for scotch entirely.

Ahh, that reminds me. I got a bottle of that when I left the job last year.

Matured in Port barrells, no less. Gives it a lovely sweet flavour.

Yumm.

convert

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Zaph wrote: »

For the record, neither are actually bourbon. Bourbon is from Kentucky, whereas JD is Tennessee whiskey and Southern Comfort is more correctly described as toilet cleaner.

Oops... Just realised I've a typo in my post... There should have been an 'and' before 'my stomach wrenches'.... That will learn me not to post when at 2.30 in the morning just after finishing writing about legal statutes in eighteenth-century Ireland! And I really hope my mate from Kentucky isn't reading this - she'd kill me if she thought I'd made such a blunder!!!

Tom Dunne

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I'm fascinated by the patriotism being shown here.

In other news, anyone try that Canadian Club muck? Had to resort to trying it recently, for many reasons, and it was utterly rancid. My tastes bud are prone to take hammering from manys a different taste, but this really did leave a bad taste in my mouth.

Terrible stuff.

dr.bollocko

Scotch whiskey, best evar

My most disappointing whisk(e)y endeavour was VAT 69.
For shame!

admiralofthefleet

Scotch whiskey, best evar

black bush, the finest whiskey known to man

i only have it on occasion now because it causes me to get giddy/silly

whaaames

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I'm a JIM BEAM man myself....i find it so easy to drink and its so cheap too....!!

Any Takers...?????

Tom Dunne

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whaaames wrote: »

I'm a JIM BEAM man myself....i find it so easy to drink and its so cheap too....!!

Any Takers...?????

Right there with you, brother.

I got four 750ml bottles in duty free for 40 Euro. Bliss. They even came in their own carry case, with a handle.

whaaames

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I brought 2 bottles home with me from Lanzarote, €9.50 each, but that case sounds savage..!!

I started drinking Jim in boston a few years back...hooked

Tom Dunne

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whaaames wrote: »

I brought 2 bottles home with me from Lanzarote, €9.50 each, but that case sounds savage..!!

I started drinking Jim in boston a few years back...hooked

I started drinking Jim in bed last night.

Then I fell asleep and started having sweet dreams about a set of Taiwanese midgets named Ethel and Rupert who offered to paint my kitchen in a shade of lilac while singing Neil Diamond songs.

I said no. I don't like Neil Diamond.

CiDeRmAn

Bourbon "whiskey", God bless America

Not even the stuff he wrote for the Monkees?
I'd make an exception for a set of Taiwanese midgets named Ethel and Rupert who offered to paint my kitchen in a shade of lilac while singing "I'm a Believer".

Tom Dunne

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Not even the stuff he wrote for the Monkees?
I'd make an exception for a set of Taiwanese midgets named Ethel and Rupert who offered to paint my kitchen in a shade of lilac while singing "I'm a Believer".

You make a very good point.

But I draw the line at "Last train to Klarksville"

trout

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But I draw the line at "Last train to Klarksville"

To the best of my knowledge, Neil Diamond didn't write that one.

It shows.

dr.bollocko

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7sENFMLHIg

Nothing wrong with a bit of Diamond.
(But its generally best if he ain't fecking singing it.)

Zaph

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Tom Dunne wrote: »

You make a very good point.

But I draw the line at "Last train to Klarksville"

What heresy is this? Last Train to Clarksville is one of The Monkees' finest tunes.

Tom Dunne

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Zaph wrote: »

What heresy is this? Last Train to Clarksville is one of The Monkees' finest tunes.

The Monkees weren't technically a band, now were they? Did you see that VH1 documentary on them?

(and how the f**k did I manage to spell Clarksville with a 'K'?)

Zaph

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Tom Dunne wrote: »

The Monkees weren't technically a band, now were they? Did you see that VH1 documentary on them?

(and how the f**k did I manage to spell Clarksville with a 'K'?)

Actually Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith were both excellent musicians, and as time went by Mickey Dolenz became a passable enough drummer. I don't think Davy Jones' tambourine playing got much better though.

Didn't see the documentary, must look out for it.

Tom Dunne

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Zaph wrote: »

Didn't see the documentary, must look out for it.

It was basically Micky Dolenz saying they weren't a band and for Davy Jones to drop it.

Zaph

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Tom Dunne wrote: »

It was basically Micky Dolenz saying they weren't a band and for Davy Jones to drop it.

Well they were as manufactured as Girls Aloud, so I know what he means.

I have a Best of album of theirs that came with a bonus CD of lesser known stuff, including the Monkees theme in Italian. It kind of loses something in translation.

uch

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Oh wait, I've used that one already.

Anyway, interesting results from that last survey, so I am taking it a step further and focussing on whiskey.

I have Zaph to thank for getting me into bourbon, but he will never forgive me for taking a liking to Jim Beam. Cheap and cheerful, that's me.

So, if you were to pour yourself a small one at the end of the day, what would it be?

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I've been dying to say that for years Tom

Victor

Objection! No such thing as Scottish Whiskey.

juke wrote: »

Couldn't go near the bourbon - smells like aftershave

Dude, that was aftershave.

dinorebel

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Tom Dunne wrote: »

Right there with you, brother.

I got four 750ml bottles in duty free for 40 Euro. Bliss. They even came in their own carry case, with a handle.

It sounds like sacrilige but if you like Beam try the Lidl Bourbon its called western gold and is surprisingly good.

Diabhal_Glas

If were not talking real fancy stuff then I would go with Canadian Club, delicious with nothing more than two ice cubes.

And the best Ive had of any would have to be ''number 9 whiskey'' blended locally in Henrey Downes Pub, in Waterford.

I wouldn't put a mixer on the same table as this Uisce Beatha.

Tom Dunne

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Diabhal_Glas wrote: »

If were not talking real fancy stuff then I would go with Canadian Club, delicious with nothing more than two ice cubes.

Tom Dunne wrote: »

In other news, anyone try that Canadian Club muck? Had to resort to trying it recently, for many reasons, and it was utterly rancid. My tastes bud are prone to take hammering from manys a different taste, but this really did leave a bad taste in my mouth.

Terrible stuff.

An Citeog

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

black bush, the finest whiskey known to man

i only have it on occasion now because it causes me to get giddy/silly

Reminded me of this!:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X85N-43REag