Whiskey - Page 2

Trilby · 05-16-2008, 12:28 PM

you can't even buy BEER at a Kwik-E-Mart in Penna! You have to go to a bar to buy a six pack! Holy moly, I was floored!

we have state licensed stores for booze but in OHio you can buy beer and wine anywhere---even in drive-thrus.

Flint · 05-16-2008, 01:48 PM

When they hold the Highland Games at our local university stadium, they have SCOTCH SAMPLING BOOTHS.

When they hold the Celtic Heritage a few towns over, you can't even get a Guinness while watching bands.

It's ƒucked up when you can't drink at a Celtic faire.

limey · 05-16-2008, 02:03 PM

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-17-2008, 12:30 PM

Moonshiners.

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Home distillation of liquor used to be the province of backwoods bootleggers. Up until 1974, when the world price of sugar skyrocketed, commercial moonshiners throughout the Southeastern United States made enough money making hooch that it was worth the risk of getting caught by federal revenuers.

Today, making your own liquor is as illegal as ever, and a lot less lucrative. In fact, it's considerably cheaper to buy it off the shelf.

As a result, today's home distillers are quintessential do-it-yourselfers. Many are engineers and techies, much like the liquor connoisseurs who attend the Whiskies of the World Expo each year in San Francisco. "We have a whole audience that we refer to as the whiskey geek," event founder and organizer Riannon Walsh says. "I think 90 percent of them are techies."

skysidhe · 05-17-2008, 12:55 PM

If you drank it at youth parties then it's time to graduate.

I like a good Canadian whiskey. I'd like to try a good Irish.

BrianR · 05-20-2008, 10:10 PM

I'm a Scotch man. Glen Fiddich or Glen Morangie, pref 25 years old. I enjoy the finer things in life...in moderation.

I find that a glass of fine Scotch and one ice cube, swirled in the hand and sampled gently will relax six weeks of tension from me.

Undertoad · 05-21-2008, 04:41 PM

Oh, I developed a taste for it, it just took 10 years. Like the first year I drank a finger of it, and I said, I just don't get why this stuff is so special. The second year I drank a finger of it, and I thought, well this seems pretty much the same. And so on, until last year when I said, hey this stuff is actually pretty good.

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-16-2008, 12:53 AM

Hmm. And was there ever a Scotch that got your favorable attention at first sip?

For me, that was Laphroaig.

smoothmoniker · 06-16-2008, 10:40 AM

Oh yes ... Lagavulin 16 Year for me. The very first sip almost brought a tear to my eye.

Sundae · 06-16-2008, 11:00 AM

David Tennant

Oh, Scotch. Sorrry.

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-16-2008, 08:11 PM

Darn it, we need a shot-of-whisk(e)y smiley!

"Scotch is what ye drrink; Scots is what ye arrrre."

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05-16-2008, 12:28 PM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	you can't even buy BEER at a Kwik-E-Mart in Penna! You have to go to a bar to buy a six pack! Holy moly, I was floored! we have state licensed stores for booze but in OHio you can buy beer and wine anywhere---even in drive-thrus. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-16-2008, 01:48 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	When they hold the Highland Games at our local university stadium, they have SCOTCH SAMPLING BOOTHS. When they hold the Celtic Heritage a few towns over, you can't even get a Guinness while watching bands. It's ƒucked up when you can't drink at a Celtic faire. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-16-2008, 02:03 PM	#3
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-20-2008, 10:10 PM	#6
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I'm a Scotch man. Glen Fiddich or Glen Morangie, pref 25 years old. I enjoy the finer things in life...in moderation. I find that a glass of fine Scotch and one ice cube, swirled in the hand and sampled gently will relax six weeks of tension from me. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

05-17-2008, 12:55 PM	#5
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	If you drank it at youth parties then it's time to graduate. I like a good Canadian whiskey. I'd like to try a good Irish.

05-21-2008, 04:41 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh, I developed a taste for it, it just took 10 years. Like the first year I drank a finger of it, and I said, I just don't get why this stuff is so special. The second year I drank a finger of it, and I thought, well this seems pretty much the same. And so on, until last year when I said, hey this stuff is actually pretty good.

06-16-2008, 12:53 AM	#8
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Hmm. And was there ever a Scotch that got your favorable attention at first sip? For me, that was Laphroaig. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

06-16-2008, 10:40 AM	#9
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Oh yes ... Lagavulin 16 Year for me. The very first sip almost brought a tear to my eye. __________________ to live and die in LA

06-16-2008, 11:00 AM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	David Tennant Oh, Scotch. Sorrry. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-16-2008, 08:11 PM	#11
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Darn it, we need a shot-of-whisk(e)y smiley! "Scotch is what ye drrink; Scots is what ye arrrre."

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