Do people look at you strange when ordering...

fonecrusher1 · 10-01-2011 02:28AM

In all fairness people are going to give a cyclops the occasional funny look. Cheer up blinky.

Hooked · 10-01-2011 02:32AM

flahavaj wrote: »

Ordering such beverages can be a very whiskey business.

Distill doesn't help answer the OPs question! :P

I never get the funny looks OP.

Weapon of choice - Crested Ten (and a pint to wash it down, of course!)

wurzlitzer · 10-01-2011 02:38AM

I also have got funny looks when ordering a straight up whiskey..

Barpersons tend to think if you are not middle-aged that you have the lip..

Jameson 12yr old

special occasions midleton....yum

fonecrusher1 · 10-01-2011 02:40AM

wurzlitzer wrote: »

Jameson 12yr old

special occasions midleton....yum

Disgusting comment.^ Post reported.

jennytightlips · 10-01-2011 02:54AM

i like to ask for a Shirley Bassey....(black bush):) gets me some strange looks lol

Mr Marston · 10-01-2011 02:56AM

I'd usually be half gee-eyed when ordering a whiskey. So I haven't really ever noticed getting a strange look from the barman.

Degag · 10-01-2011 02:58AM

feelingstressed wrote: »

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

Midleton? €10 absolute minimum Usually anywhere between €15 and €25

Dudess · 10-01-2011 03:03AM

ArtSmart wrote: »

it's an age thing usually.

Yeah I'd say that might be it - it's not extremely unusual for young guys to order whiskey, but they're more likely to order beer/stout.

TeddyTedson · 10-01-2011 03:08AM

Dudess wrote: »

Yeah I'd say that might be it - it's not extremely unusual for young guys to order whiskey, but they're more likely to order beer/stout.

I don't like a whiskey on its own. I'd have a JD and coke though.
Dudess is one of the most respected posters on here so I agree.

It wasn't me! · 10-01-2011 03:11AM

Midleton is highly overrated in my opinion. I prefer the 18 year old Jameson for much less money. Lovely stuff. Redbreast is a nice whiskey to drink while out though, not too expensive, lots of lovely flavour. In terms of Scotches, I tend to drink Tallisker or Caol Ila, though never seen the latter in a bar.

Raekwon · 10-01-2011 03:14AM

Are you this guy by any chance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBIGQuqv-uI

Tesco Massacre · 10-01-2011 03:15AM

I've never had strange looks from bar workers when ordering a whiskey.

I get strange looks from friends, though. Probably because they know what happens when I have 3 or 4 at the end of the night.

Tears.

garv123 · 10-01-2011 03:18AM

im where i work in the country pub theres a 5L bottle of powers that gets refilled maybe once a week so no nobody gets looks. most men on guinness get a drop with it

brokenhinge · 10-01-2011 03:27AM

Drinking anything straight with no mixers looks a bit like an alcoholic's drink in my eyes. Maybe thats why they were looking?

Mr Marston · 10-01-2011 03:31AM

brokenhinge wrote: »

Drinking anything straight with no mixers looks a bit like an alcoholic's drink in my eyes. Maybe thats why they were looking?

That's a mental statement.

mawk · 10-01-2011 04:04AM

figarofigaro wrote: »

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.

I used to live just next to the tallisker distillery. I not too gone on the stuff though, I prefer my whiskey with an e.

id call crested ten my personal favourite. far from the best ive had but quality/price.. its magic

JONJO THE MISER · 10-01-2011 06:28AM

Jameson and 3 ice cubes for me.

johnmcdnl · 10-01-2011 07:09AM

could be just the barman looking you over to make sure you sober enough to take a straight whiskey

humbert · 10-01-2011 07:21AM

Coming from the cinema and going somewhere else one night I popped into the Tescos on Parnell St. and after a quick and fruitless glance behind the counter I asked the cashier if they had Black Bush.

The look was like a slap in the face and I realised how it sounded. To make matters worse she'd never heard of it and asked another girl and thank God she was able to verify that it did exist.

So, in a word, yes.

Blisterman · 10-01-2011 10:36AM

Love Whiskey. It's hard to get right in pubs though. Either they put Ice in without you asking for it, or they put it either in a huge tall glass, or a shot glass.

My student union doesn't sell any Irish or Scotch Whiskey. Yet they stock ouzo, about 50 flavours of scnapps, amaretto and three brands of Cognac. Don't get it.

Turtyturd · 10-01-2011 11:11AM

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 is a protestant whiskey. They are wondering if you will be marching around the pub by the time you finish it.

Uriel. · 10-01-2011 11:26AM

brokenhinge wrote: »

Drinking anything straight with no mixers looks a bit like an alcoholic's drink in my eyes. Maybe thats why they were looking?

Do you put 7up in your pint of Budweiser? :rolleyes:

frank reynolds · 10-01-2011 05:42PM

nah, LOADS of people i know drink whisky. it's the only booze drink i'll drink. Jack Daniels, or a nice bourbon like Jim Beam too.. can't stand irish whisky. it's disgusting. all of them are sick. dont like scotch much either... irish and scotch are for alcoholics generally. Bourbon is where it's at.

ive never once got a funny look off a barman/woman for ordering a whisky... although, there's one exception... but that was only because i'd asked for a triple.

your face is a whisky

figarofigaro · 10-01-2011 05:45PM

frank reynolds wrote: »

can't stand irish whisky. it's disgusting. all of them are sick. dont like scotch much either... irish and scotch are for alcoholics generally. Bourbon is where it's at.

I...disagree.

jester77 · 10-01-2011 05:45PM

Never gotten a strange look. Lagavulin is my fave and occasionally a macallan

Tonyandthewhale · 10-01-2011 09:45PM

Johnny Walker for me, although I'll happily settle for Bushmills or Jameson. Jack and Coke does not count as drinking whiskey.

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