by lfcviking 125 Replies latest jw friends
Little Toe, your post prompts a question. Is American bourbon commonly offered in your pubs and package shops? Is it priced a lot higher than domestic Scotch?
As I recall from pub hopping in and around London, Scotch was just as expensive as in the US. I bought a bottle of White Horse at a shop in Oxford and after converting the price to dollars I felt I could have maybe beat the price at home. Of course, it tasted better over there.
Jim Beam is my all time favorite
I know this topic is really over but I remembered a Chivas experience. Years ago (but still post-JW) went to dinner at the house of a Korean friend (she served garlic with every course, sauted, stewed, pickled, preserved in honey, about seven different ways.) My boy friend at the time and I liked Chivas Regal and someone had given her a CASE of Chivas for christmas. She didn't drink at all and didn't have a clue. She served us the Chivas in water glasses and kept topping them off. I was hammered before I knew it, and my boy friend thankfully started pouring his in the plants when she wasn't looking, although all that did was make her top up his glass again but at least he wasn't too drunk to drive home. I kept hoping she'd give us a bottle, but she didn't.
That reminds me of the Japanese. They love scotch, especially Chivas Regal. They distill a Japanese "Scotch", Suntory, that is very good. In some bars and restaurants in Japan, customers keep their personal marked bottles of scotch in glass cases on the premises.
You rock Hortensia! And no this thread is not over! Long live lfcviking's whisky thread!
Good call about the Suntory, Gregor. I think the movie Lost in Translation featured Bill Murray as an American actor in Japan doing an ad campaign (photo-shoot) for Suntory. I have yet to try it. Is it any good?
Regards,
Nvr
Trying this right now, and I highly recommend it!
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BA- This thread will never die.
PS- Cheers, drink up!
Enjoying some 1990(bottled in 2005) Dalwhinnie Double-Matured Single Highland Malt.
Very nice.
Cheers to all.
Currently enjoying:
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sazerac rye 18 year old bourbon
Thanks for the tip Bro. I'll be purchasing a bottle on the morrow. I know you'd never steer a fellow apostate wrong.
Nvrdrnknchpsht
nvrgnbk,
I'm sure you'll enjoy it, provided that you like the earthy flavors of a great rye whiskey. Incidentally, did you know that Rye was the most popular whiskey in the US prior to prohibition?
And for good reason, methinks!
BA- Enjoy!
