Do people look at you strange when ordering...

Onesimus · 10-01-2011 01:43AM #1

A whiskey at the bar? I often get this. does nobody drink whiskey in this country anymore? is it on the decline or something?

oh and.....if ever having a whiskey yourself, which is your preferred choice? I'm a bushmills white label man meself.

starbelgrade · 10-01-2011 01:45AM

Maybe you're just strange looking.

squod · 10-01-2011 01:45AM

10-01-2011 01:46AM

Onesimus wrote: »

A whiskey at the bar? I often get this. does nobody drink whiskey in this country anymore? is it on the decline or something?

oh and.....if ever having a whiskey yourself, which is your preferred choice? I'm a bushmills white label man meself.

Maybe it's that famous grouse on your shoulder!

orourkeda · 10-01-2011 01:47AM

Onesimus wrote: »

A whiskey at the bar? I often get this. does nobody drink whiskey in this country anymore? is it on the decline or something?

oh and.....if ever having a whiskey yourself, which is your preferred choice? I'm a bushmills white label man meself.

http://www.alcoholicsanonymous.ie/opencontent/default.asp?itemid=10&section=12+Steps+-+12+Traditions

profitius · 10-01-2011 01:47AM

Jameson myself.

I think the staring is because they're thinking about getting your drink, where it is etc.

Dravokivich · 10-01-2011 01:47AM

er... do you tell them to put ice in it?

macquarie · 10-01-2011 01:47AM

No, it's a fairly standard drink.

flahavaj · 10-01-2011 01:48AM

Ordering such beverages can be a very whiskey business.

strobe · 10-01-2011 01:49AM

Onesimus wrote: »

A whiskey at the bar? I often get this. does nobody drink whiskey in this country anymore? is it on the decline or something?

oh and.....if ever having a whiskey yourself, which is your preferred choice? I'm a bushmills white label man meself.

It's because you are ordering whiskey but not Jameson. They think you have a hideous genetic disorder which caused you to be born without taste or class. They are just curious really, don't take it personally.

Humans eh! · 10-01-2011 01:49AM

Friend of mine Sean, won't get served whiskey in our local, sends him loopy. So he gets strangers to buy it for him. (he buys them a drink first)
Anybody ordering whiskey gets a look that says
"Is it for Sean?"

I like a neat Redbreast BTW.

Does it bug anyone else when a barperson puts it into an inappropiate glass?
A half pint tumbler with a small single malt in the bottom,
Really grinds my gears! :mad:

Onesimus · 10-01-2011 01:49AM

profitius wrote: »

Jameson myself.

I think the staring is because they're thinking about getting your drink, where it is etc.

Well what I meant is their reaction and staring and pausing when you ask. Its like you've ordered a nuclear bomb or something lol maybe a Jameson is equivalent to one of those? who knows? lol

10-01-2011 01:51AM

flahavaj wrote: »

Ordering such beverages can be a very whiskey business.

"Ach eye" said the scottich welder, there's no "E"s in whisky!

Saila · 10-01-2011 01:51AM

only if Im wearing my duffle coat, farmers hat, and sitting on my own in the corner and leering at the yung wans coming in the door

ArtSmart · 10-01-2011 01:51AM

it's an age thing usually. youngsters and whiskey dont mix well

(usually)

KeithM89_old · 10-01-2011 01:52AM

People look at me weirdly all the time.
Maybe its the swastika tattoo on my face...

TheUsual · 10-01-2011 01:53AM

Your problem is not getting a whiskey, it's buying that German Bushmills.

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

ArtSmart · 10-01-2011 01:54AM

Deleted User wrote: »

"Ach eye" said the scottich welder, there's no "E"s in whisky!

what he actually said was "there's no WE..."

admiralofthefleet · 10-01-2011 01:54AM

squod wrote: »

<Insert funny limerick here>

ok

im a black bush man myself, but i cant drink it too often. it causes me to do strange things

ArtSmart · 10-01-2011 01:55AM

TheUsual wrote: »

Your problem is not getting a whiskey, it's buying that German Bushmills.

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

he he. ah the writer grandsons of Irish alcho's. God bless the US.

Gummy Panda · 10-01-2011 01:56AM

Onesimus wrote: »

oh and.....if ever having a whiskey yourself, which is your preferred choice? I'm a bushmills white label man meself.

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

figarofigaro · 10-01-2011 02:06AM

I sometimes get a funny look when ordering a whisk(e)y. It weirds people out to see somebody drinking it and not powering it down with a high fructose corn-syrup carbonated piss.

Tallisker is the best whisky I've ever tasted. It's not ridiculously expensive either at about 40 quid a bottle. That said, I did pay $18 for a measure in a new york bar. It's quite hard to come by here though.

Gummy Panda · 10-01-2011 02:08AM

What about that Japanese whiskey Bill Murray was doing ads for? Is it any good?

aDeener · 10-01-2011 02:11AM

midleton very rare

Onesimus · 10-01-2011 02:14AM

aDeener wrote: »

midleton very rare

Price?

Saila · 10-01-2011 02:15AM

KeithM89 wrote: »

People look at me weirdly all the time.
Maybe its the swastika tattoo on my face...

I thought it would have been the gimp mask no? or can you still see it through that.. oh I get it its one of those ironic see through ones

mikemac · 10-01-2011 02:16AM

Onesimus wrote: »

A whiskey at the bar? I often get this. does nobody drink whiskey in this country anymore? is it on the decline or something?

You never go to a bar and just order a whiskey, that's wasting the barmans time.
You don't order a whiskey, you order your brand. And I see it's Bushmills from Co. Antrim, a fine choice

mikemac · 10-01-2011 02:16AM

Onesimus wrote: »

Price?

Don't know for a glass but for a 15 year old bottle we're talking 120 euro a bottle

Onesimus · 10-01-2011 02:20AM

feelingstressed wrote: »

You never go to a bar and just order a whiskey, that's wasting the barmans time.
You don't order a whiskey, you order your brand. And I see it's Bushmills from Co. Antrim, a fine choice

I did order my brand. But believe it or not it was not bushmills this time but Jameson.

StereoLove · 10-01-2011 02:22AM

flahavaj wrote: »

Ordering such beverages can be a very whiskey business.

Nice one!

mikemac · 10-01-2011 02:22AM

So what's the barmans problem that he hesitates before serving a Jameson?

I'd find a new local OP

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