Anyone for a nightcap?

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I know what you mean. I have favourite glasses, and I swear the wine tastes better out of them And I said I prefer drinking out of glasses as opposed to plastic cups, not that I wouldn't do it especially with friends. I am also quite careful with my glassware, but I use it. And it gets broken at times. And I find more I don't believe in keeping things of beauty and perfect function hidden in a cupboard somewhere just so somebody else can use it some day. I use my good stuff every day, and am as careful as I can be with it. As you say, if something gets broken, I am ok with it.

PS - beautiful flutes!

 

[rbijon]

I'll try a flaggon of your best. ...
Hello

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I'll try a flaggon of your best. ...
Hello

Hey pirate!
Break out the rum, I've got the glasses

 

[rbijon]

Hey pirate!
Break out the rum, I've got the glasses

Aye, Dear Wench, you are totally the best.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[seela]

Caol Ila The Whiskey Trail 1999. A lot better than the regular 12 yo Caol Ila, but nothing to write home about. Very smooth and very smoky, so if you're into smoky this will not let you down. The finish was shorter than I would have preferred.

Bruichladdich Director's Cut 21 yo. Oh, so good! It wasn't smoky at all, very sweet, burned sugar or toffee. Sharper than the above mentioned Caol Ila TWT, but not violently so. I've started to develop a palate for sweeter notes in whisky, very interesting.

Talisker 10 yo. Very basic, kind of what I imagine the very standard whisky with no special character to be like. Or at least so I thought until I tried...

Cragganmore 12 yo. WTF? You can tell it is whisky but that's pretty much all I can say about this one. Lacks any character, it's just...whisky. Easy to drink, so if you're not into big whisky flavors, maybe this one is something you'd enjoy.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

How can you still type after drinking all that whiskey?

 

[seela]

How can you still type after drinking all that whiskey?

I even succesfully sliced and cooked after drinking all that whisky. All fingers are still attached and no additional trips to get wrists stiched up had to be taken.

The key is to have half pours only. That means I can afford more than one or two kinds of whisky and I won't get hammered straight away.

I need to find a whisky daddy. Someone that wouldn't bat an eye buying me the whiskys that cost over 50 euros for half a pour.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

What is a half pour?
I'm not a liquor drinker, and have not heard of this.
Do you mean 50 euros for half a shot?

 

[seela]

What is a half pour?
I'm not a liquor drinker, and have not heard of this.
Do you mean 50 euros for half a shot?

I don't drink shots so I don't know how much a shot is. But a regular pour of whisky here is 4cl, so half is 2cl. Google told me 2cl is 0.6 US fluid ounces.

Yes, 50 euros for 2cl. I'd like to try some of the more expensive whiskys just so see if they're really that good and differ much from what I've had so far. So far I've mostly stuck to the medium range, so it would be interesting.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I don't drink shots so I don't know how much a shot is. But a regular pour of whisky here is 4cl, so half is 2cl. Google told me 2cl is 0.6 US fluid ounces.

Yes, 50 euros for 2cl. I'd like to try some of the more expensive whiskys just so see if they're really that good and differ much from what I've had so far. So far I've mostly stuck to the medium range, so it would be interesting.

I have had some after dinner drinks that are $80 for a few sips. Unfortunately, as I don't drink much, I couldn't even tell you what they were, let alone if they were worth it it not I know I enjoyed them, though

 

[seela]

I have had some after dinner drinks that are $80 for a few sips. Unfortunately, as I don't drink much, I couldn't even tell you what they were, let alone if they were worth it it not I know I enjoyed them, though

I'm too cheap to pay for them myself.

The 50 euro range is my next step up in price. So far the most expensive one I've bought was 28 euros for 2cl. My usual joint has a lot of more expensive whiskys too, up to almost 100 euros for 2cl, but I don't even dream of ever trying them.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I'm too cheap to pay for them myself.

The 50 euro range is my next step up in price. So far the most expensive one I've bought was 28 euros for 2cl. My usual joint has a lot of more expensive whiskys too, up to almost 100 euros for 2cl, but I don't even dream of ever trying them.

And here you are returning credit cards you find in the street.
Perhaps you're doing it wrong

 

[seela]

And here you are returning credit cards you find in the street.
Perhaps you're doing it wrong

Damn! I am doing it wrong.

There was an article in the newspaper today about what foreigners living in Finland talk about on their forums (mostly about how much Finland and Finnish people suck). Some of them had lost their wallets and gotten them returned with the contents intact. It was a big surprise.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Damn! I am doing it wrong.

There was an article in the newspaper today about what foreigners living in Finland talk about on their forums (mostly about how much Finland and Finnish people suck). Some of them had lost their wallets and gotten them returned with the contents intact. It was a big surprise.

There you go. If you find a foreigner's wallet, keep it for whiskey money. They deserve it for their crap attitude

 

[cascadiabound]

I know what you mean. I have favourite glasses, and I swear the wine tastes better out of them And I said I prefer drinking out of glasses as opposed to plastic cups, not that I wouldn't do it especially with friends. I am also quite careful with my glassware, but I use it. And it gets broken at times. And I find more I don't believe in keeping things of beauty and perfect function hidden in a cupboard somewhere just so somebody else can use it some day. I use my good stuff every day, and am as careful as I can be with it. As you say, if something gets broken, I am ok with it.

PS - beautiful flutes!

I agree...use the good glassware. Don't leave it in the cupboard. I despise drinking out of plastic when glass is available. Sure...occasionally something breaks. And that's a bummer. But also an excuse to buy new beautiful glassware for next time.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I agree...use the good glassware. Don't leave it in the cupboard. I despise drinking out of plastic when glass is available. Sure...occasionally something breaks. And that's a bummer. But also an excuse to buy new beautiful glassware for next time.

Excuses for glassware shopping are mostly welcome, with reservation regarding the replacement!

 

[seela]

Curious. I've never been anywhere where plastic cups or mugs were the norm or even an option. If there are small kids around, there usually is a plastic sippy cup available and maybe a few plastic mugs for camping purposes (although in my family the camping mugs are wooden), but that's it.

I've never been offered a plastic mug or cup anywhere since I was a small child.

(Correction - I have been offered bubbly from a plastic flute in a public event, but never visiting privately somebody's home.)

Is it really so common in the US to use plastic cups?

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Probably not the kind of plastic cups you are thinking of.

This kind, very common at events:

This kind, no

 

[seela]

I have no experience of those red or blue cups in private events either, but now that I think of it, in some large outdoors events they do serve beer and cider out of plastic mugs. But that's really the extent of my experience drinking out of plastic.

In larger private events, like big birthday parties, at least in my family, we always rent plates, glasses etc. if we need more than we have. When I was a student and hosted more informal parties I always told people to bring a cup with them, it was normal at least among my friends. No plastic there either.

What I meant with plastic mugs for camping lots of people have were like regular mugs, but made of hard plastic, not disposable. Disposable dishes aren't very common here to begin with, but I think, sadly, they're becoming more so.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I have no experience of those red or blue cups in private events either, but now that I think of it, in some large outdoors events they do serve beer and cider out of plastic mugs. But that's really the extent of my experience drinking out of plastic.

In larger private events, like big birthday parties, at least in my family, we always rent plates, glasses etc. if we need more than we have. When I was a student and hosted more informal parties I always told people to bring a cup with them, it was normal at least among my friends. No plastic there either.

What I meant with plastic mugs for camping lots of people have were like regular mugs, but made of hard plastic, not disposable. Disposable dishes aren't very common here to begin with, but I think, sadly, they're becoming more so.

I didn't really think you imagined us all drinking from baby sippy cups here at parties
The most common here are probably the smaller ones. About half the size of those red/blue ones, and see-through plastic. It totally detracts from the drinking experience, for me. As mentioned, I would rather have water or a soda and save the drinking of spirits for other, more intimate times!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[seela]

Ikea beakers. I think most house's in uk has an ancient ikea beaker somewhere. I no longer have any kiddy glasses. I give them glass and say so one will be cross if they drop it, but they must stay still and we will lift them away from the glass.

This is what kids get in my family too, even in their own homes. When they were so small that they banged things on the table they had a sippy cup with a lid, but once they got past that phase they have only used a glass or a china mug. No plastic for them either. They've never broken anything that I can remember, though.

I only have two plastic mixing bowls and measuring cups. A few kitchen utensils. I think that's it when it comes to plastic.

Secretly J and I hope someone would come and break a few glasses, because we have about a gazillion glasses like these. J's aunt gives us two every year and there's only so many we need. We have told her we don't need them any more, but they just keep coming. Maybe she has purchased a truck load of them at one point and now gifts everybody with them, I don't know.