People who buy a nice bottle of whiskey but don't drink it

Balanadan · 08-09-2018 10:53PM #1

What a waste. It's there to be drunk. Drink it. Share it with friends. Pour it generously. Enjoy it. It's no good sitting in a bottle if you get hit by a bus in the morning.

08-09-2018 10:54PM

Balanadan wrote: »

What a waste. It's there to be drunk. Drink it. Share it with friends. Pour it generously. Enjoy it. It's no good sitting in a bottle if you get hit by a bus in the morning.

Maybe they are investing in it.

Sounds like someone didn't get offered a tipple of something.

Balanadan · 08-09-2018 11:00PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Maybe they are investing in it.

Sounds like someone didn't get offered a tipple of something.

Investing my arse. Come round to try some single barrel or small batch mate.

dxhound2005 · 08-09-2018 11:02PM

I have two bottles of XO Brandy, Courvoisier and Hennessy, which I won years ago in newspaper crossword competitions. Just never got round to drinking them. A few years ago I helped polish off a bottle of Blue Label a relation brought from duty free, not knowing how high end it was at the time. Very easy to drink.

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/1698/courvoisier-xo-cognac

https://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/johnnie%20walker%20black%20label

EagererBeaver · 08-09-2018 11:04PM

Balanadan wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

Maybe they are investing in it.

Sounds like someone didn't get offered a tipple of something.

Investing my arse. Come round to try some single barrel or small batch mate.

Really breaking out the good stuff there.

Balanadan · 08-09-2018 11:06PM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Really breaking out the good stuff there.

Pretty broad terms there mate.

buried · 08-09-2018 11:10PM

I agree. Have a free evening and having a few glasses of Black Bush here myself. Going down sweeter than a Honey bee's arse cheeks.

Tin Foil Hat · 08-09-2018 11:15PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Maybe they are investing in it.

Sounds like someone didn't get offered a tipple of something.

Investing it for what? To sell it to someone else who won't drink it? Mad carry on. Whiskey is for drinking. It has no other purpose.

dxhound2005 · 08-09-2018 11:22PM

Here's a little saying. Read the two lines and then say them without looking at the screen. Both sentences end with the word Well. Some people find it hard to do.

WHISKEY MAKES YOU SICK WHEN YOU'RE WELL.

WHISKEY WHEN YOU'RE SICK MAKES YOU WELL.

kylith · 08-09-2018 11:24PM

When I get a nice bottle I like to enjoy a dram of it now and then, I certainly wouldn't be guzzling it down. Expensive stuff is for enjoying, the cheap stuff is for getting drunk on.

Balanadan · 08-09-2018 11:24PM

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

Investing it for what? To sell it to someone else who won't drink it? Mad carry on. Whiskey is for drinking. It has no other purpose.

Exactly mate. I'd rather have enjoyed a good whiskey with friends than have it sitting on a shelf gathering dust.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 08-09-2018 11:27PM

each to their own tho, if you want nice whiskey get your own

buried · 08-09-2018 11:30PM

08-09-2018 11:33PM

Balanadan wrote: »

Investing my arse. Come round to try some single barrel or small batch mate.

Or wait ten years when the small batch I didnt drink is worth 5k, and your empty bottle of the same small batch is worth about 10c.

Allinall · 08-09-2018 11:37PM

Whisky snobs.
Suppose it makes a change from wine snobs... steak snobs... craft beer snobs ...

I hate snobs

08-09-2018 11:43PM

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

Investing it for what? To sell it to someone else who won't drink it? Mad carry on. Whiskey is for drinking. It has no other purpose.

For his 80th I bought my father a bottle of wine that was bottled the year he was born. He suggested opening it and I said no. Open it and it might taste delicious, or it tastes awful and most of it gets poured down the sink. Either way what are you left with? A glass bottle that used to contain wine that was bottled 80 years ago. Thats not as special.

Balanadan · 08-09-2018 11:49PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Or wait ten years when the small batch I didnt drink is worth 5k, and your empty bottle of the same small batch is worth about 10c.

Who gives a **** if it's worth €5k or €50k. The memories of sharing and having a great time with friends is priceless.

08-09-2018 11:51PM

Balanadan wrote: »

Who gives a **** if it's worth €5k or €50k. The memories of sharing and having a great time with friends is priceless.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Tin Foil Hat · 08-09-2018 11:51PM

Allinall wrote: »

Whisky snobs.
Suppose it makes a change from wine snobs... steak snobs... craft beer snobs ...

I hate snobs

There's nothing snobby about appreciating good quality stuff. Snobbery only arises when folk look down their nose at people who don't share the same interests.

Balanadan · 08-09-2018 11:52PM

kylith wrote: »

When I get a nice bottle I like to enjoy a dram of it now and then, I certainly wouldn't be guzzling it down. Expensive stuff is for enjoying, the cheap stuff is for getting drunk on.

I bought a nice bottle for an acquaintance recently. I didn't expect him to open it, but he opened it there and then, poured between three of us, and we sipped it and enjoyed it. One glass each, a generous pour, and half the bottle was gone.

Atlantic Dawn · 08-09-2018 11:54PM

I've probably 20 bottles of it stored, various gifts and purchases, none of them massive rare stuff, I might drink 3 bottles a year, nice stuff to have in the house when you get the snow.

Tin Foil Hat · 08-09-2018 11:55PM

Deleted User wrote: »

For his 80th I bought my father a bottle of wine that was bottled the year he was born. He suggested opening it and I said no. Open it and it might taste delicious, or it tastes awful and most of it gets poured down the sink. Either way what are you left with? A glass bottle that used to contain wine that was bottled 80 years ago. Thats not as special.

If ye don't drink it then you might as well have bought him a paperweight.

buried · 08-09-2018 11:57PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I've probably 20 bottles of it stored, various gifts and purchases, none of them massive rare stuff, I might drink 3 bottles a year, nice stuff to have in the house when you get the snow.

Nice A.D., what sort of tack you got up in that stash?

Atlantic Dawn · 09-09-2018 12:03AM

buried wrote: »

Nice A.D., what sort of tack you got up in that stash?

Pretty much mainstream stuff, JD, Jameson, Paddy, Redbreast and Grants. I've not tried Redbreast ever, I suppose that's the premium stuff of the lot to try, no idea whether to mix it with something or straight, fond of the Jameson with ice straight

Balanadan · 09-09-2018 12:04AM

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

If ye don't drink it then you might as well have bought him a paperweight.

It's not going to get any better sitting in the bottle.

09-09-2018 12:06AM

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

If ye don't drink it then you might as well have bought him a paperweight.

A paperweight made the year he was born?!?

Do you not understand the concept of something being special? Or do you have to drink everything?

RocketRaccoon · 09-09-2018 12:07AM

Well I was given a bottle of Midleton very rare as a gift last year. I plan on finally opening it tomorrow evening, someone tell me what to do to get full enjoyment from it. Glass type, ice etc?

buried · 09-09-2018 12:13AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Pretty much mainstream stuff, JD, Jameson, Paddy, Redbreast and Grants. I've not tried Redbreast ever, I suppose that's the premium stuff of the lot to try, no idea whether to mix it with something or straight, fond of the Jameson with ice straight

Nice. I'd like the Jameson with ice myself but this stuff I'm having tonight is great tack, 'Black Bush', no mixer, no ice. Grand for sipping, no harsh bite, smooth AF. I never tried it before tonight but everyone knows it. Real good stuff.

Balanadan · 09-09-2018 12:14AM

buried wrote: »

Nice. I'd like the Jameson with ice myself but this stuff I'm having tonight is great tack, 'Black Bush', no mixer, no ice. Grand for sipping, no harsh bite, smooth AF. I never tried it before tonight but everyone knows it. Real good stuff.

Black Bush is very nice, very well priced too.

limnam · 09-09-2018 12:15AM

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

someone tell me what to do to get full enjoyment from it. Glass type, ice etc?

Generally by not worrying about things like glass type

buried · 09-09-2018 12:15AM

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Well I was given a bottle of Midleton very rare as a gift last year. I plan on finally opening it tomorrow evening, someone tell me what to do to get full enjoyment from it. Glass type, ice etc?

Try one or two straight without ice from the start. Never had it but if it is very rare it should be very good, dilute it down with ice then if you want but I'd say there be no need

People who buy a nice bottle of whiskey but don't drink it

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