$70.00 here Grant.
I am going to finish some bottles before opening new ones but I am looking forward to it,
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$70.00 here Grant.
I am going to finish some bottles before opening new ones but I am looking forward to it,
thats about £56... guess its because Donald put a 25% tax on scotch..:doh: a bit pricey for ardbeg but i guess we pay through nose for some bourbons tooQuote:
Originally Posted by goraman
The UK CEO got an underling to sent me an email in middle of night(unfortunately for him i was awake) it said the driver needs an official picture of you to prove your over 18:doh::doh: what a lily livered cretin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
I said if his drivers cannot tell that a man in his 60's isnt over 18 then they have no business working in a reponsible job.
total bull and the ceo, Douglas John Gurr obviously doesnt believe in Bozos empty chair for the customer as thats who we serve.. he is far to far up the tree it appears to be bothered in answering his own mail... and didnt even get his secretary to do it.. just sent it to customer service..
so folks, i suggest voting with your feet re amazon until they start treating customers correctly. ;)
rant temporarilly over:D
Ouch , Thats why my Mc Vitie's are more too.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
I just read an article that because Air bus is subsidized it has an unfair advantage ,so we put a tax on scotch and Biscuits till the EU comes to the table.
There is still a Kennedy tax of sorts scotch that goes back to Jack. Making it very expensive here.
https://time.com/3529756/kennedy-chu...vestment-deal/
Yeah except we are not in the EU. Not that he seems to care.
Anyhoo, i hope you enjoy it when you get round to opening. Might open a new one soon myself
A Day At The Races
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And a flight of fancy
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Lady Of The Night
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Right a small interlude from the whisky love-in.... :eyebrows:
Aside from alcohol, does anyone enjoy a nice soft drink? I do occasionally, but aside from Coke or Pepsi, *NOTHING* tastes like it used to [when you were a kid], not lemonade, fizzy orange, limeade or whatever... Until now!
Those of you who live in Ireland may already be aware of Maine Soft Drinks, but for everyone else:
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Details here: https://www.mainesoftdrinks.co.uk/about-us/
PROPER soft drinks, which taste like they used to, delivered to your door, just like the 'Alpine man' used to do in Scotland! Even, Irn Bru, Granty!:D
Or do you remember when Barr's used to do limeade, orangeade and various other flavours in glass bottles, during the 70s and 80s? Well, the Maine stuff tastes EXACTLY like that. Really brings back memories!:)
Anyway, my local dairy is now delivering this to me, along with milk, cream, orange juice, etc. I've ordered some American cream soda and Irn Bru, so we'll see what that's like, but the limeade and orangeade, tases limey and orangey like nothing you can buy now in a supermarket!
Highly recommended, especially with summer arriving - ice-cream sodas, here we come!:yay:
Marco.
There was a time , but too much sugar now for me, although I don’t drink too many soft drinks these days, the odd Diet PepsiQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Yeah, I only enjoy soft drinks occasionally, but when I do, I like a nice one! In that respect, my usual 'weapon of choice' is San Pellegrino, particularly their 'Aranciata Rossa' [blood orange] drink.which is superb, but this Maine stuff has that authentic 'vintage taste' (as I said very like Alpine) - really lovely:)
Marco.
All very tasty, but have to watch the sugar intake these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
No worries. Are you diabetic, Robin? Fortunately I don't have that issue.
Do you remember Alpine soft drinks? And also when Irn Bru came in glass bottles like this:
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Back in the day, I used to carry in WOODEN crates of those [and every other kind of pop you could think of] every morning from the store, topping up the shelves of 'ginger' in my old man's chippy! You used to get money back on empties, which was great for topping up your pocket money!
Or what about Red Cola? Almost as Scottish as Buckfast!:D
Marco.
No not diabetic, but watch sugar and salt , as you get older you need too take a bit more care. Yes remember all the older drinks and when I was young their were very few choices.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Everything in moderation, Robin, is my motto. So if I have a sugary soft drink, then it's ONE and not another for a week or so. I like to treat myself and not abuse things. Same applies to sweets, crisps and ice-cream, which I also enjoy in MODERATION, including alcohol!
Nothing is bad for you if you don't abuse it:)
Strange that your choices of fizzy pop were limited when you were young - it was the exact opposite for me!!
Marco.
Just remember I am a few years older than you, and if I remember correctly we drank more Cremola foam than anything elseQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Yeah, I was forgetting that. I don't even remember Cremola foam... Did you have a Soda Stream?:)
Marco.
Yes in my 20’sQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Nice one, I think I was about 13 when I had mine. Great fun, but messy!:D
Marco.
I believe "everything in moderation", but that includes moderation itself. :D
Anyway regarding soft drinks, I still enjoy a glass of Robertsons 'Orange Barley Water', made with cold water and with three ice cubes.
Have lately been drinking Fever-Tree 'Premium Indian Tonic Water, which is very good - will have to do a side by side comparison with Schweppes.
I like fevertree ginger ale. Their tonic is good too thoQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Having been using the Fever tree tonics for a few years now, when drinking gin.
Do you remember when Irn Bru came in those glass bottles, as pictured before?:)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Marco.
Yes I doQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol... Oh I agree, you've got to enjoy yourself, but some folks don't seem able to, without taking things to excess/extremes, and so it's 'all or nothing'. For example, we had neighbours who couldn't keep biscuits in the house without eating multiple packets, or cakes without having to eat the whole things at once!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
I've never been like that, which is why I can have a house full of booze, but never get drunk, a houseful of food, but never become obese, and have the odd bottle of fizzy pop in the fridge, and 'ration' myself with it, without needing a full crate!;)
That's why I don't deprive myself of ANYTHING. *Nothing* is 'bad for me' (in moderation)...
The good thing about glass bottles of soft drinks is that the content stays fizzy for longer, and most importantly, they don't hold too much... Modern plastic bottles of the same can contain up to 2 litres! Just imagine all that sugar!:eek: And of course you feel obliged to finish the lot...
I also like diluted fruit drinks, and Barley Water is nice, although these days I bring a stock of much nicer stuff over from France, such as this, from La Maison Guiot [which is often sold in French bars and restaurants]:
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Details here: https://www.lamaisonguiot.com/produi...ange-sanguine/
It's gorgeous stuff, which I assure you knocks anything sold in UK supermarkets into a cocked hat! We usually get a case of 12 different flavours, which can last us 2 years or more. It's great for making 'mocktails' in the summer!:)
Marco.
Lol - that was directed at Granty!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by rmcin626
But good stuff:)
Marco.
Yeah, that's nice, although we only used Fevertree stuff as mixers, so ginger ale isn't really appropriate for what we tend to drink. Therefore we use their Mediterranean and Indian tonic waters, which are great for cocktails or just adding, ice cold, to your favourite tipple, in order to make it 'longer':)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Marco.
Yo Granty,
:popcorn: ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Marco.
sure, i drunk enough of them... were filled at a different factory originally to the cans and plastic bottles.. always tasted much better. think they do occasional glass ones with the old recipe in as a special.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
A can of this. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...eb68d21e73.jpg
got 4 of these in too today.
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Brugse Zot Blonde
Yeah, the stuff inside those was so much better than what's sold now in plastic bottles or cans. As I said, my old man used to sell all sorts of bottles of 'ginger' in his shops, during the 70s and 80s, but that Irn Bru outsold anything else by a massive margin - it used to 'walk out' the door almost with every fish supper sold!
My job (among other things) was re-stocking all the shelves in the morning, and in those days the bottles came in wooden crates of a dozen [which I had to carry in from the store outside], so weighed a bloody ton... Good for your arm muscles, though!:D
I don't think any of us realised at the time how much of a 'golden era' that was, for so many things [drinks, sweets, ice-cream and all sorts of stuff], which simply isn't the same now....
Marco.
Might open one of these today [emoji39]
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Titled, The Macallan Masterclass...
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a fabulous sherried 12 year old this.. not cheap but you have to pay for the quality of the wood. MacAllan always did have great barrels.
think im in love again :eyebrows:
Much?:)
Marco.
probably about 69 i think... quality dram thoQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Sounds worth it:)
Marco.
its not cheap, no doubt, but its very drinkable...lol and the classiest 12 yr old sherry girl around for me.... but its expensive so you have to take that into the desision making. if i was wealthier, id probably drink it, and only it(sherry wise):lol: ive dearer whiskies of course, and i do love my redbreast too which is a lot cheaper, but for a treat its hard to look pastQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Grant,
I did a lot of on line reading about scotch today, I now have a far better understanding of the variety's, where in Scotland they come from and why they can all be so wonderfully different from each other.
There are Speyside ,Highlands, Islay and Lowlands 1% mostly for ladies. I listed them in the order of number of distilleries.
I also learned that because of Scotland's very cool temperatures and fluctuation of + or - 30 degrees F ,maturation is very slow . So slow in fact 1 year of maturation in Kentucky = 4 years in Scotland because of the warmer temperatures and wild fluctuation between day and night. So a 10 year bottle is a very young bottle of Scotch, so it is like a 2.5 year bottle of bourbon. A ten year bottle of Bourbon is like a 40 year Scotch! Wow! but there are flavor profiles that come from slow maturation you cant get from a faster maturation like the taste of spiced fruit cake for example found in older Scotch.
Some of those peat bogs can hold very old peat the deeper you go down and older peat offers different results in the flavor of the smoke.
I really enjoy a good Scotch, I just wish I could afford some of the better bottles like in the 90's when everyone was drinking Zima and wine coolers and a 21 year bottle Mcallan was $75.00!
I wish I had put a few aside but at that time $75.00 seemed like a lot.But I bought a couple over two or 3 months and enjoyed them with my Dad.
After reading I now understand why a old Speyside Scotch is so coveted, because of the craft and time it takes to make such a fine bottle.
Scots must be the most patient people on earth ,so not like Americans. It's like a young man planting a tree and thinking "when I retire 30 to 40 years from now I can enjoy it's first fruit".
That is not how we roll, sadly.:scratch:
Great bit of research Jeff. It's an amazing, and complex subject. Lots of things affect the profile of the whiskies including still size, shape and of course the yeast. Most tho will be wood.
Macallan uses very small stills(3900 litres) , just that they have LOTS OF Them.. All identical. All malt from here is from pot stills.
Brugse zot
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very nice that. will get more of that some dayQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
Not leaving this for my relatives to toast my passing ;)
This is Honey Mac..
or Macallan double cask.. another classic and cheaper than the sherry by a fair bit.
Still a 12 and super honeyed sweetness mingles with a good deal of spice. Ive had this before and its superb. Another class act.
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The reviews on this bourbon are very very good, has become so popular they cant bottle it fast enough.
They say it's the best $55.00 bottle of bourbon you can buy if you can find it.
a little over $60.00 with tax. I like that it is 115 proof at or near cask strength too.
Hoping to finish some open bottles to get to this one.
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I've seen that but it's not available here so far. Love the bottle, it reminds me of George Dickel no 12
Cut my hair, but my pains won't leave me today.. About demented tbh.
So, Slange
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got a bottle of this for fathers day
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One of my favourites. :) kids got me a bottle of Gentleman Jack amongst some other lovely gifts and cards.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
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brugse zot and macallan sherry cask.. cheers
Some Edradour 10 to finish up with.. It's dark soul will control me til I lay with a devilish woman... We hope lol
Also picked up a 16yr old Mortlach game of thrones with £50 off.. Yay.. will be here next week ..[emoji23] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...312981d84e.jpg