The Water of Life

I usually don't drink spirits, rather beer and wine (dry red mostly).

BTW, when I saw the title of this thread my first thought was about... F. Herbert's Dune.

Drink mostly craft beer last 10 years ......German white wine in the old days and an occasional red.....I do like B&B (Benedictine and Brandy) and a good vodka and bourbon now and then.

Edited by dr wu23 - March 15 2015 at 22:11

chopper wrote: dr wu23 wrote: Drink mostly craft beer last 10 years ......German white wine in the old days and an occasional red.....I do like B&B (Benedictine and Brandy) and a good vodka and bourbon now and then. Not really a Scotch Whiskey guy but if someone can recommend a good single malt one that's not too expensive , I'll pick up a bottle.   Depends what you mean by "not too expensive". This one is Welsh () but it's absolutely gorgeous, I think it's around £36 a bottle.

micky wrote: nah..  excess is my life motto.. why have a shot when you can drink a bottle.  Oh the days of youth. I don't do the hard stuff anymore, it is hard for me to practice moderation, it isn't in my personality. With one exception...  at the company X-mas party when Mad Micky comes out and I'm dancing on pool tables and losing my clothes while ogling all the other guys wives

Mick...so no tequila shots?? 

Great story....fear and loathing at Red Lobster

Yes those worship sessions can be most humbling....been there.  Thankfully its in the past now.  Still miss the cigs more than any other partying vices though.  Always will i suppose.


Edited by Finnforest - March 16 2015 at 20:46

micky wrote: no.. no tequilia shots for me. Never again

Tequila is rough, I've had it once or twice, don't know if I could do it again.

At the spirits store today I noticed this bottle of Scotch from Spain, priced at $900 a bottle.  Intrigued, I read a few reviews at a Whiskey fan site and almost all of them said resoundingly that YES, it is worth the price.  I guess it is just the drink of a lifetime.  So, someday if I get to retire I may grab a bottle of this on the way home to share with some close friends. 

I also found out that $900 isn't even close to what you can spend for spirits.  There are bottles out there that fetch over 10K.  Yikes. 

For tonight, a simple $25 vodka will suffice....

Saw this the other day....interesting video about Scotch whiskey....

Edited by dr wu23 - May 10 2015 at 07:38

Same here Michael....I've also started to incorporate it into cooking a bit...bourbon gives great character and depth to certain treats

Atavachron wrote: One thing I have noticed in my meager few years as a whisky appreciator is that the cheap stuff is never worth it.   Inexpensive scotch is missing the deep smoke and peat flavors and has an artificial aftertaste that I find vile.