It's a bit impolite to ignore sound advice.

Can anyone recommend a decent bottle of scotch?

 

There used to be a supplier of "home brew" near Penang circa 1965, and he called the stuff 'rice brandy' - it was as smooth as you could imagine, but he is probably will and truly pickled by now...

 

Bowmore is one favourite....

(But then again, my wife says i'll drink anything, that hasn't seen the inside of a battery...).

 

I've been trying a few bourbons the past few years, without them there would be no Scotch (reuse of barrels by code).

Scotch Whiskey and Irish Whiskey thread:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=445148&highlight=scotch whiskey

General Booze thread:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=282497&highlight=scotch

If interested in American bourbon let me know, I can name a few.

 

Please explain "without them there would be no Scotch (reuse of barrels by code)." Thanks

 

The distillment is aged in bourbon barrels and becomes Scotch..

 

get drunk on some cheap wine first then the quality of the scotch wont matter

 

I knew they did that (Bourbon barrels are actually exported to make Scotch) but I didn't know of any code that Scotch has to be aged in Bourbon barrels.
LONDON (AFP) - The last remaining bottle of the world's oldest (Glinfiddich Rare Collection, 1937) single malt whisky left its distillery in Scotland bound for Hong Kong, where it will be the star attraction at an airport shop.
Previous bottles sold direct by the family-owned Glenfiddich Distillery fetched 10,000 pounds (14,500 euros, 19,000 dollars) each, but the price levied by the airport is expected to be higher still.
Just 61 bottles, described as having "chocolate and treacle" flavours, were produced from the single cask and first released in 2001. I'll bet that one'll kick you right in the treacles but no more than;


Which will get you drunk, drunker
They have refined tastes in China
Which explains the old Scotch being sold in an airport - the pic came from engrish.com

 

I LIKE J&B. Good old Marsh Bog!
You guys are makin me thirsty!

 

a good rum or a pale ale
who says power tools and alcohol dont mix
( hows that for sound advice )
count em kids
ten fingers
ten toes
( wiggling all of the above and heading for the fridge again )

best
B

 

So Boston is that a beer with a rum chaser of a rum with a beer chaser?

 

ya know I seldom mix the two that way
typically if Im camping I bring rum
beer is just to bulky
and my old girlfriend was a rum fan so I got savvy with who made what and if I liked it
generally its good stuff if you wanna get plastered and still function in the morning

 

With a reasonably fit constitution, that applies with almost all "rot-gut" - I never had a problem going to work after a heavy night of booze... Now in maturity (old-age) I tend not to push the booze limit, and more appreciate the sober pleasures of life, as often as possible...

 

we call that being a "functional" alcoholic

 

'was', is now the operative word