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SHit! I was gonna offer to buy you a beer... But you're Scottish! I have Scottish mates... I know how this ends... And last time it took me forever to get untied from the cow...

Next time i need to pull my head in... just remind me.

Aye, I drink scotch anyway. Hard to get blooterd, less chance I'll act a maggot. :D The older the better, scotch. I've a few Aussie mates myself, hate I didn't take 'em up on the offer to move to Alice Springs when I had the chance some 15 years back, .

Then again, I hate I didn't stay in Bonnie Wee, aye?

Ah well, spouse and the wee barra make it worth it.

the further i read the more scottish you got. I read more and more until i was on a red moor

By and large I try and refrain from speaking in Scottish a whole lot online, as 90% of people are natty lumpkins who don't know a bawheid from a bawbag from a bawhair, and think a bagger is a banger is a barry is a belter, the ejits dennae ken feck.

That said,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxB_iGStPOo

100% fully accurate.

Aye, I drink scotch anyway. Hard to get blooterd, less chance I'll act a maggot. :D The older the better, scotch. I've a few Aussie mates myself, hate I didn't take 'em up on the offer to move to Alice Springs when I had the chance some 15 years back, .

ever had Mortlach, a faily friend smuggled me an 18 year bottle from the UK and it was hands down my favorite single malt which is saying alot.

Not had Mortlatch, but I've had Glenfidditch, which was founded by a fellla what split with Mortlatch back just before the 1900s. What I know of Mortlatch is Johnny Walker uses their stuff in a lot of their blended (i.e. heresy) stuff.

I'm a Glenlivet man through and through, Lagavulin if I can't get the Glenlivet. I've had a few other nice ones in my day. Right now, Glenlivet 12 is what's on the menu.

I like glenfiddich a lot too. I used to swear by the glenlivet 12 year but kinda got burned out on its heady ethanol punch and live the peatier flavor of the 'fiddich now tha I don't drink whiskey as much as I used to.

Laphroaig if you want a peaty scoth. Or really anything from the Islay distilleries. Probably my favorite after Speyside distilleries. Not real big on :Lowland of all of 'em, if I'm being honest. Still, I'll take any single malt scotch over any blended, and any scotch at all over Canadian.

All that said, I take mine neat.

Jameson (Irish whiskey) is for whiskey sours, one of only a handful of mixed drings I bother with (the other few being Stiners, Brandy Alexanders, Vespers, G&T, and of course, a proper dry martini, made to Trapper John's exact specifications, a 5 to 1 ratio--you'll note with the exception of the Vesper, they're all duos, and no "trendy shooters," as a former bartender, I like simple, clean, and get you blasted quick).

Then there's wine and beer. That's a subject unto itself, and as someone who took the tour of the Pilsner Brewry in Czech Republic, as well as the Biltmore House Winery, I'm afraid I'm rather spoiled on that topic--answer, Malbec, the leggier, the better. As to beer? Stout or porter, dark and delicious, served at the proper temp. This American notion that a beer has to be ice cold to drink just ruins the flavor, you can't taste tne nuance of the grains used to make it!

Laphroaig if you want a peaty scoth. Or really anything from the Islay distilleries. Probably my favorite after Speyside distilleries. Not real big on :Lowland of all of 'em, if I'm being honest. Still, I'll take any single malt scotch over any blended, and any scotch at all over Canadian.

thanks for the analysis, I don't think I've tried Laphroaig but will have to. I seldom drink blended scotch and despise canadian whiskey. That's prohibition era garbage. I do, however, like a good bourbon.

All that said, I take mine neat.

as do I

Jameson (Irish whiskey) is for whiskey sours, one of only a handful of mixed drings I bother with (the other few being Stiners, Brandy Alexanders, Vespers, G&T, and of course, a proper dry martini, made to Trapper John's exact specifications, a 5 to 1 ratio--you'll note with the exception of the Vesper, they're all duos, and no "trendy shooters," as a former bartender, I like simple, clean, and get you blasted quick).

the only irish whiskey worth a damn is tullamore dew... if I'm at a show chugging down PBR like a college student and someone buys me a shot of jameson I'll drink it, but I never pay for itmyself.

Then there's wine and beer. That's a subject unto itself, and as someone who took the tour of the Pilsner Brewry in Czech Republic, as well as the Biltmore House Winery, I'm afraid I'm rather spoiled on that topic--answer, Malbec, the leggier, the better. As to beer? Stout or porter, dark and delicious, served at the proper temp. This American notion that a beer has to be ice cold to drink just ruins the flavor, you can't taste tne nuance of the grains used to make it!

dude I am a boreaux man, any style, coates du bordeaux, grand crux, medoc.... you name it. At elast for wine that I drink WITHOUT food. Table wine I like a lot of riojas, sangioveses, coates du rhone. Occassionally I deign to drink a californian blend if I'm desperate. Now my favorite style for special occassions is chateaunuf du pape. But even a mediocre one is like 40 bucks so its a once in a while thing.

Beer. Never met a beer I didn't like besides american big brewery garbage and even thats okay when you're at a punk show. In fact, there's nothing more philadelphian than going to a punk show and drinking PBR or Yuengling lager (just known as 'a lager' here) while smoking parliaments (known as p-funks here).... its a grand philly tradition! Disgusting on every front. I won't speak to beer temperature as I'm all voer the map depending on the style or country of origin. I will say I like to buy pilsner cold and let it warm up to slightly below room temp for an ideal lagery goodness....

MARTINIS. I'm retty passionate about my whisper vermouth martini. More of a 6 to 1 the way I make it in MY glasses. In vodka ones I've recently gone from belvedere to the kettle one side because the bite of the k1 has a bit of that gin quality while delivering the smoother buzz of vodka.... in gin? Tangueray is usually good enough although blue saphire is best.... although philly has some wonderful distilleries now, small batch and Art in the Age for example makes a fantastic gin and vodka for martinis. A martini should never be dirty. Yuck, though an extra large olive, no pimento, is a must. I mean a HUGE spanish olive. Without this the drink will fail. 2 smaller ones will not do. It needs to be a cavern for storing the last sip. The martini is my favorite cocktail of all time. I'm well known for drinking 2 any time I'm out at a bar of quality and can swing an uber home. Its also the only item I will send back if its not right. Ive never sent food back to a kitchen that I can recall and any other drink I will soldier through, but a martini. It need to be right. Certain bartenders know how I like it and just ask me if I want the usual.

That is a lot to unpack about martinis, particularly after I've been drinking Stingers. Suffice to say what I meant by 5:1 was five parts gin and a moment of silence for the vermouth. When it comes to vodka martinis, I do the Bond thing. I mean, if I'm going to be a heretic, I might as well go full-blown and bruise the alcohol by shaking it, right?

As a former barkeep, I generally would cringe at the number of freshly minted 21 year olds coming in and for their first drink ever would order a "Vodka Martini, shaken, not stirred." Happened at least thrice a week. Normally, I could talk them down from it--"mate, if this is your first drink--and I'm going to assume that as this is your twenty once't, that it is your first drink, let me steer you in a better direction." And I'd suggest something slightly less... of an acquired taste? Like a proper Gin based martini, or a G&T, or a Stinger. Something easier drinking than bruised vodka (nearly always Skyy, Smirnoff, or Absolut) and cheap vermouth.

On beers, I can't stand Domestics. I just really can't. Just... No. They're watered down horse piss, the job lot. Give me Guinness or give me death! That's my go to drinker.

If you can find a Biltmore Malbec or Merlot, give it a shot as a sipping wine (or with cheese, or if you're a cigar man, with a nice whatever flavor you like--I'm a maduro (well, was) man myself). If not, get a Yellow Tail Merlot. I know, I know, it's like a £5 bottle, how good could it be, right? That's what I thought, too. It's actually surprisingly good for a table wine, goes pretty alright with some of the stronger cheeses as well. As far as blends, Bloody hell, what was that one? It was Apothica? Apocrypha? Apocalyptica? I can't remember, something like that was the brand, but it was "Inferno," blended red. Shockingly good for such a cheap bottle. Now, when it comes to the good wines, like I said, I'm a Biltmore kind of guy. They've got the best I've found for the cost/benefit ratio. And it turns out most of the wine snobs can't tell the difference after the £15-20 range anyway, that's why there are so few professional sommeliers in the world--since the final exam involves identifying the vintage of six different wines by the grape exactly, and turns out, that's not something many people can do. Anyway, that was just to point out that if it tastes good, it is good. Kind of like Josh from JHS says about pedals, "If it sounds good, it is good." And as we all know, Cues the cheesy music "He Has the Box!"

Now this thread has officially been derailed most epically. You finally did it Jim, you got me COMPLETELY off topic, so bad I don't even remember what the original was. Bloody hells.

I am a notorious cigar smoker, but have been trying to abstain and watch my cigarette smoking with a lung disease killing lots of americans.... I mean you don't inhale a cigar but you're in its cloud of goodness, breathing your personal tobacco atmosphere.

Like I said, was a cigar (and hookah) smoker. Quite heavy. Heart disease and two heart attacks before I turned 35 put the kibosh to that real quick. Put the kibosh to a lot, really. Gotta try and stick around long enough to see my kid graduate, at least.

why is everything good so damn unhealthy?

Because the gods decided we should be here for a good time, not a long time?

Just remember the wise words of Kevin Bacon. "You gotta take care of yourself. You gotta eat right, you gotta excercise. You gotta, you gotta do safe amounts of cocaine..."

I disapprove of these gods of whom you speak

Yeah, pretty much sums up my feelings about [redacted because the three things you don't engage in are politics, religions, and sportsball].