Whisky / Whiskey
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@Hooroo said in Whisky / Whiskey:
Speaking of pretentious.
When working in Auckland I was staying at The Langham and was having a congnac after we had all been out to dinner.
There was only a few of us left who wanted a nightcap so we all ordered what we felt like. It jsut got delivered and I was having a snort and in walked Nine inch Nails and Queens of the Stone age and sat opposite us. I was the only one who recognised them and I was gutted that I wasn't having a beer or something a bit less vank!! Stopped me from saying hi as I felt like a knob
I bet Trent Reznor fucking loves cognac, it probably would have been a better convo starter than a fucking Waikato.
Plus drinking cognac and liking NIN makes you look like a man of multiple facets
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@mariner4life said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@Hooroo said in Whisky / Whiskey:
Speaking of pretentious.
When working in Auckland I was staying at The Langham and was having a congnac after we had all been out to dinner.
There was only a few of us left who wanted a nightcap so we all ordered what we felt like. It jsut got delivered and I was having a snort and in walked Nine inch Nails and Queens of the Stone age and sat opposite us. I was the only one who recognised them and I was gutted that I wasn't having a beer or something a bit less vank!! Stopped me from saying hi as I felt like a knob
I bet Trent Reznor fucking loves cognac, it probably would have been a better convo starter than a fucking Waikato.
Plus drinking cognac and liking NIN makes you look like a man of multiple facets
They were so rock and roll too! Josh Homme had his GF (Who is a lead singing of another band I think) on his knee drinking whatever and Trent Reznor was just a little stood back looking.
I really had my fan boy wide on going!
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@mariner4life said in Whisky / Whiskey:
i make this retarded o-face as i try to keep it down.
Are you still talking about alcohol?
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I'm sorry for further pretentioness but I have a new phone come and now Senacases.com do personalised covers where you can have you initials embossed on the cover!
I'm going to order a cognac at an uptight bar and leave phone on table, so everyone can see what a pretentious vank I really am!
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Thanks for the posts and suggestions, and for those of us who variously admitted they were scared of it, fucking loved it, eventually warmed to it, did it because their dad told 'em to, or met some rock stars while doing so.
It can be hard yakka when you're starting out, but the smell is outstanding and drinking just the tiniest sips diminishes the hard liquor taste somewhat. I don't know what other people's consumption rates are, but when I go hard I smash back a finger's worth in 2 hours...breakneck pace.
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I might have 2 or 3 fingers, usually only on a Sunday night, takes me 30 mins or so to smash it back....
Although was on a work thing recently and we had shots, being a hardened drinker now, they were easier to drink, but feel that warm afterglow pretty damn quick...
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@mariner4life said in Whisky / Whiskey:
because i am a pretentious piston wristed gibbon, i really want to be a scotch drinker. I want to be that guy that comes home and pours a single malt, and really enjoys it. It looks sophisticated and cool, and i so want to be sophisticated and cool.
But, i really fucking can't stand the taste. To me, all straight liquor tastes like shitty Johnny Walker blended crap, my throat tries to close, and i make this retarded o-face as i try to keep it down.
I keep thinking it is something you grow in to, but i seem to be getting further from it. My father in law smashes the stuff, and he's constantly trying to get me to join him, but i just can't do it.
I know a large Welsh guy in Sydney who is a whisky ambassador. His job is to teach people to drink the stuff. His collection is impressive to say the least. I got in to them one night, but i certainly didn't enjoy the experience. I am honestly envious of you blokes who can put it away.
I go through stages eh, every couple of years I'll pop back to enjoying a whiskey every couple of nights, then just stop, or move to a voddie martini or something. I'm now starting to get back into whiskey, but have no class. How good is famous grouse!
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@taniwharugby said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@mariner4life ha, I have a mate that has always been a social smoker and we have always given him grief, he now lives in an Eastern European country and he has taken up smoking properly now, his reason, it's too cheap not to! oh how we took the piss out of him for that!
Oi. UK isn't eastern Europe yet.
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@Bones you do have pretty small girly hands
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@taniwharugby said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@Bones you do have pretty small girly hands
I do. For a legend.
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Don t think this has been mentioned, but if you like interesting whisky/whiskey, check out these guys in Auckland
they do tastings regularly as well I understand
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@nzzp said in Whisky / Whiskey:
Don t think this has been mentioned, but if you like interesting whisky/whiskey, check out these guys in Auckland
they do tastings regularly as well I understand
I think that is just an online store?
Did you mean these guys in Auckland?
They are really helpful if you're trying to choose a new whisky.. I haven't been to any of their tasting evenings though
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@Duluth said in Whisky / Whiskey:
No Ardbeg fans?
I tend to buy Laphroaig or one of the Ardbeg variations
I am an Ardbeg fan - but it's pricey. I can usually afford the standard Ardbeg 10, but the Uigeadail is very nice.
I have also tried a couple of Japanese whiskeys, which are very good quality - but not cheap!
At the moment, I've taken a break from whisky to go down the aged dark rum route.
The Irish Whiskeys are quite a different flavour, but you can usually get the weaker sex interested in whiskey by going with something like the Jameson Gold.
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@Duluth said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@nzzp said in Whisky / Whiskey:
Don t think this has been mentioned, but if you like interesting whisky/whiskey, check out these guys in Auckland
they do tastings regularly as well I understand
I think that is just an online store?
Did you mean these guys in Auckland?
They are really helpful if you're trying to choose a new whisky.. I haven't been to any of their tasting evenings though
Yep, that sounds right. I saw the whiskey store down on Princes Wharf a few years ago, but clearly the online web addresses misled me.
I need a weekend - apologies for any confusion this may have caused
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So last night, based on this thread, i caved and had a Jameisons with the FIL. And you know what? Not bad. Nice taste, love the warmth as you drink it. Would drink again
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If you're new to drinking whiskey, I recommend Tullamore D.E.W. It's inexpensive, available and a nice drop to boot.
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Was away a few days on holiday, and one of the guys there was another American, this time from Chicago. So we all had to bring booze (most bought standard gin, vodka etc) but insted, he bought a special edition cask strength bourbon, the brand was Makers.
Anyway, I've not touched Bourbon for years. Jim / Jack was my uni drink and I've probably puked more B & C up then most. Sort of grew out of it. So he poured me one over ice, said hold it for a minute to the ice melts a bit and dilutes it then sip it like a scotch.
What a revelation. It was totally fantastic. A different sort of experience to Scotch, but just as complex when it comes to flavours. Perhaps a little sweeter, but not sickly sweet.
Bit of an eye openers, and something I'll be adding to the MajorRage liquor cabinet.
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@MajorRage will have to try my drinking my ever-present bottle of Gentleman Jack straight.
On the Jameisons again last night. I could get used to this.
