Drinking whiskey a social taboo in Ireland?

wexie · 10-08-2014 08:02PM

Muise... wrote: »

Yeah, I'll marry you. :pac:

you forgot -

Paddy: swigged from a hipflask on a mountaintop in November.

At the risk of being banned for flirtin (also I'm kinda off the market) : I can't be the only one that thinks a woman with a hip flask of whiskey, hiking boots, jeans and a big woollie jumper is incredibly sexy no?

aunt aggie · 10-08-2014 08:04PM

wexie wrote: »

whaaat?

really?

......well I guess it's no worse than coke

Its the only way my grandad would ever mix his whiskey... i feel like a traitor with my jamie and white some nites

Muise... · 10-08-2014 08:04PM

wexie wrote: »

At the risk of being banned for flirtin (also I'm kinda off the market) : I can't be the only one that thinks a woman with a hip flask of whiskey, hiking boots, jeans and a big woollie jumper is incredibly sexy no?

I'm steppin out with a man who'd agree with you.

Links234 · 10-08-2014 08:06PM

Thespoofer wrote: »

Has anybody here tried Midleton Rare ? I'm half tempted to buy a bottle for myself for special occasions although I'm not a big whiskey drinker but would like to have it ' in stock '.

If you've not tried it before, I wouldn't sink the money on a whole bottle. Try one neat in a pub, might cost you €10+ but better than spending €100+ and finding out you don't like it.

wexie · 10-08-2014 08:07PM

Muise... wrote: »

I'm steppin out with a man who'd agree with you.

I think it's an attitude and confidence thing. I'm not sure why but I've never met a woman that drank whiskey that wasn't very confident (cocky even sometimes) and I think that's far more atrractive than lots of skin on show and all the nonsense you see these days in young girls.

crockholm · 10-08-2014 08:09PM

aunt aggie wrote: »

Its the only way my grandad would ever mix his whiskey... i feel like a traitor with my jamie and white some nites

This,I too,have seen.

Not for me though, neat,with a Little water or 2 ice cubes thems my options depending on what I have Before me

No Pants · 10-08-2014 08:09PM

awec wrote: »

It probably is but it's still nice.

I tasted it once at the Bushmills distillery. It was okay, but too sweet for me.

This might be juvenile, but one of my favourite things about Bushmills is the bottle. It reminds me of the whiskey bottles that you'd see in western movies years ago.

Links234 · 10-08-2014 08:11PM

If you don't like whiskey straight, nothing beats a good whiskey sour. A good cocktail beats drowning it in soda any day

Thespoofer · 10-08-2014 08:16PM

Links234 wrote: »

If you don't like whiskey straight, nothing beats a good whiskey sour. A good cocktail beats drowning it in soda any day

What goes into a whiskey sour ? Might make one next weekend when I'm off.

bnt · 10-08-2014 08:18PM

Hasn't got to be just whiskey, either. Gat a shot of Cognac in a proper glass, it can easily last well over an hour. Good for winding down. You practically inhale it rather than drink it. Just not Hennessy VO, that stuff's like smokey battery acid.

wexie · 10-08-2014 08:22PM

Thespoofer wrote: »

What goes into a whiskey sour ? Might make one next weekend when I'm off.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_sour

it's a classic

https://www.google.ie/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=whiskey%20sour

McChubbin · 10-08-2014 08:24PM

The offies near me used to sell a lovely whiskey called Dubliner Whiskey. It tasted exactly like a Crunchie bar melted down- deliscious honeycomb taste. First and only time I've ever drunk neat whiskey was when they were giving out free samples.
Sadly, it didn't seem to catch on as I've yet to come across a bottle of it again.

Rasheed · 10-08-2014 08:25PM

The only time I have whiskey is in a hot one and I can't notice an awful difference in any of them when there's a hape of sugar and cloves with it.

Would only have it neat on a night out if it's a shiite night and a shot of whiskey tends to liven things up.

wexie · 10-08-2014 08:26PM

McChubbin wrote: »

The offies near me used to sell a lovely whiskey called Dubliner Whiskey. It tasted exactly like a Crunchie bar melted down- deliscious honeycomb taste. First and only time I've ever drunk neat whiskey was when they were giving out free samples.
Sadly, it didn't seem to catch on as I've yet to come across a bottle of it again.

It's more of a whiskey liqueur like Drambuie, these guys will sell it to you :

http://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/Dubliner_Whiskey_Liqueur-z-product-product-1160-context-brand-page-1.htm

I can very very much recommend them, absolutely brilliant service and very decent prices

userod · 10-08-2014 08:26PM

Links234 wrote: »

Whiskey's a great drink, but a nice one neat is the only way people who drink JD and Coke don't know what they're missing

If we'r all being honest and not pretentious here all whiskey tastes like sh*t . Paint tinner that burns the throat. Its not drank for the bloody taste.

Links234 · 10-08-2014 08:28PM

userod wrote: »

If we'r all being honest and not pretentious here all whiskey tastes like sh*t . Paint tinner that burns the throat. Its not drank for the bloody taste.

so anyone who says they like whiskey is lying?

Dartz · 10-08-2014 08:31PM

Right now, I have in my Cabinet:

A bottle of Cardhu
A bottle of Singleton of Dufftown
Springback 12yo Cask Strength
Talisker 10yo
Connemara Peated...

Proper whiskey is enjoyed slow enough that you rarely get too ****ing drunk on it.

Lyaiera · 10-08-2014 08:34PM

Dartz wrote: »

Proper whiskey is enjoyed slow enough that you rarely get too ****ing drunk on it.

That's why I like beer. You can enjoy it and get drunk on it!

Thespoofer · 10-08-2014 08:34PM

userod wrote: »

If we'r all being honest and not pretentious here all whiskey tastes like sh*t . Paint tinner that burns the throat. Its not drank for the bloody taste.

It's probably like the acquired taste sinario, ****e taste at the start, after a few go's, can't get enough.

Dartz · 10-08-2014 08:37PM

Lyaiera wrote: »

That's why I like beer. You can enjoy it and get drunk on it!

Beer makes me full, before I get too drunk.

Full of gas.

HurtLocker · 10-08-2014 08:39PM

userod wrote: »

If we'r all being honest and not pretentious here all whiskey tastes like sh*t . Paint tinner that burns the throat. Its not drank for the bloody taste.

I like Jack neat??? Why lie.

Tarzana · 10-08-2014 08:47PM

The Darkroom wrote: »

I mentioned to a group of people that ''I'm having a bushmills tonight'' and it's met with a chorus of dissaproval and ''oh stay away from that its the devils drink'' and ''whiskey!!!! keep well away from that trust me''

Is it to do with a bad drink to get drunk on? because I only have the one or two neat in a glass. My wife says its probably because its easy to get addicted to like Vodka and creeps up on you and before you know it you're on it all the time.

No social taboo, it's just that it sends a lot of people nuts more than other spirits or alcoholic beverages, myself included. And not even large amounts.

Hate whiskey anyway, so it matters not to me.

Tarzana · 10-08-2014 08:54PM

Lyaiera wrote: »

I guess I'm weird, I really don't like the taste of straight spirits. I just find them burny and offensive. I have no problem anyone else drinking them, and I'd often try a brandy or a whiskey if offered but I've never developed a taste for them though. A gin and tonic on the other hand? Mmmm.

This could be me.

krudler · 10-08-2014 08:56PM

userod wrote: »

If we'r all being honest and not pretentious here all whiskey tastes like sh*t . Paint tinner that burns the throat. Its not drank for the bloody taste.

The taste is exactly what you drink it for, it's to be sipped and enjoyed.

Tarzana · 10-08-2014 09:11PM

krudler wrote: »

The taste is exactly what you drink it for, it's to be sipped and enjoyed.

Sipped, downed, low quality, high quality, it all tastes like rot to me.

Dartz · 10-08-2014 09:18PM

Come to think of it, I think the reason Whiskey is so 'taboo' is a function of the cost, and the time it can take to drink one properly. It doesn't really fit in with the round's system so many people enjoy.

LiveIsLife · 10-08-2014 09:19PM

Tarzana wrote: »

No social taboo, it's just that it sends a lot of people nuts more than other spirits or alcoholic beverages, myself included. And not even large amounts.

Hate whiskey anyway, so it matters not to me.

This. Its associated with violence and making people want to fight. I know I've seen close friends fight while drinking whiskey, 2 of them who'd never be violent at all and know several people who just won't drink whiskey at all anymore because of how the act on it.

Henlars67 · 10-08-2014 09:25PM

Whiskey disagrees with some people.

If I had a few whiskeys I'd insult everyone and try to pick a fight with the biggest person I could find.

Have never been involved in any sort of a row when I wasn't drinking whiskey.

7 years since I last touched it and never will again.

I've even gone so far as to tell some of the staff in pubs I frequent to never give it to me, just in case I do ask for it some night.

I really did love the taste of it though, so it's unfortunate I can't drink it.

krudler · 10-08-2014 09:27PM

Tarzana wrote: »

Sipped, downed, low quality, high quality, it all tastes like rot to me.

People have different tastes shocker. I dunno how people drink beer like Bud since it tastes like someone already drank it and pissed it back into a glass.

krudler · 10-08-2014 09:28PM

Dartz wrote: »

Come to think of it, I think the reason Whiskey is so 'taboo' is a function of the cost, and the time it can take to drink one properly. It doesn't really fit in with the round's system so many people enjoy.

That's one of the reasons I love it :pac: anyway a straight whiskey is usually less than a pint

Drinking whiskey a social taboo in Ireland?

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