Whiskey

[Fata Morgana]

Jamesons all the way.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Jamesons all the way.

I'll stick with a nice red, thank you

 

[Fata Morgana]

From one of my 2 whiskey threads on here!

It's a complicated flavour...earth flavours. Wood, smoke, peat, ash, fire. Green hills. Cold fog rising off the rocky coast of Scotland. Gray and black pebble beaches, rattling every time a wave of dark Atlantic water washes over them. The taste of desire. The earth. The elements.

 

[Fata Morgana]

I'll stick with a nice red, thank you

I detest wine!

 

[JohnnySavage]

I detest wine!

Good, I don't like to share.

 

[toubab]

It's a complicated flavour...earth flavours. Wood, smoke, peat, ash, fire. Green hills. Cold fog rising off the rocky coast of Scotland. Gray and black pebble beaches, rattling every time a wave of dark Atlantic water washes over them. The taste of desire. The earth. The elements.

Damn. I may have to start drinking whisky again.

 

[Mr Noone]

Jamesons all the way.

I've been drinking Killbeggan. It's a bit cheaper, and made in Westmeath.

 

[Fata Morgana]

I've been drinking Killbeggan. It's a bit cheaper, and made in Westmeath.

Slightly off topic...you should read that last Oliver Reed biog. Made me blub in the first and last chapters in Ireland. Best book written about him.

 

[Fata Morgana]

Damn. I may have to start drinking whisky again.

Gorgeous innit? From some book I was reading at the time.

 

[Fata Morgana]

I like a couple of cloves in mine, a habit I picked up from my uncles in Cork.

 

[toubab]

Gorgeous innit? From some book I was reading at the time.

Yes. And I had kind of forgotten why I liked whisky, and some of the good things it brought me, like one night on a beach in Glyfada....

 

[Scotsman69]

Lots of cloves and honey and a drop of boiling water in the whisky: a hot toddy. The best winter pick-me-up ever.

I like a couple of cloves in mine, a habit I picked up from my uncles in Cork.

 

[Fata Morgana]

For the record, Bushmills Distillery in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, (and therefore in the UK) is the oldest distillery in the world.

My Dad wouldn't allow that in the house!

 

[Fata Morgana]

Lots of cloves and honey and a drop of boiling water in the whisky: a hot toddy. The best winter pick-me-up ever.

Oh god I remember one Christmas Day I was really poorly and my Dad made me a huge hot toddy. I was sick as a dog. I was seven.

 

[bluesky496]

The Mccallan 15 year old single malt.

 

[Scotsman69]

My mother told me that as a toddler, I drank an eggcup of gin she was using to clean her rings.

Same result.

Oh god I remember one Christmas Day I was really poorly and my Dad made me a huge hot toddy. I was sick as a dog. I was seven.

 

[oggbashan]

My mother told me that as a toddler, I drank an eggcup of gin she was using to clean her rings.

Same result.

It wouldn't have been so unfortunate if it had been a single malt, but no one would use a single malt to clean rings.

 

[Scotsman69]

No Ogg, at least nobody sensible would.

To this day gin tastes like industrial alcohol liberally laced with revolting cheap perfume to me.

Which is basically what it is...

It wouldn't have been so unfortunate if it had been a single malt, but no one would use a single malt to clean rings.

 

[Fata Morgana]

My mother told me that as a toddler, I drank an eggcup of gin she was using to clean her rings.

Same result.

Reminds me of coke. If I ever drink I coke I remember my Dad used to soak old coins in it over night. Brought 'em up a treat!

 

[Mr Noone]

Oh god I remember one Christmas Day I was really poorly and my Dad made me a huge hot toddy. I was sick as a dog. I was seven.

Last week when I was in Ireland I didn't have a single pint. Stuck to hot whiskey with lemon and cloves. I had such a bad case of bronchitis.

 

[domroger]

No Ogg, at least nobody sensible would.

To this day gin tastes like industrial alcohol liberally laced with revolting cheap perfume to me.

Which is basically what it is...

Try Genever from Holland it is superior to the English version and it is served chilled .But it is an acquired taste .

As for whisky I prefer Highland Park but will drink any single malt with pleasure .

 

[Fata Morgana]

Last week when I was in Ireland I didn't have a single pint. Stuck to hot whiskey with lemon and cloves. I had such a bad case of bronchitis.

I thought you despised cloves!

 

[Scotsman69]

I agree domroger. The only drinkable gin I've ever tasted was Dutch. Prehaps they call it 'genever' to distinguish it from English gutrot?

Try Genever from Holland it is superior to the English version and it is served chilled .But it is an acquired taste .

As for whisky I prefer Highland Park but will drink any single malt with pleasure .

 

[Mr Noone]

I thought you despised cloves!

I'm not a big fan, generally, but this was very soothing.

(And how the fuck did you remember that?)

 

[Fata Morgana]

I'm not a big fan, generally, but this was very soothing.

(And how the fuck did you remember that?)

The studded ham.

I don't forget owt.