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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 12, 2020 23:20:24 GMT
Always knew you were a wrong'un |
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 12, 2020 23:20:24 GMT
Pref. Mam. and myself are also more or less self-isolating as well as he's in the "elderly with underlying health conditions" category - an unholy mix of COPD and asthma. Ruined our travel plans for Easter and maybe after that but he's just assured me that he does not want to end up in a box. Staycation is nice at this time of the year.
Luckily we are used to being housebound and not prone to cabin fever.
We are still currently working our way through old episodes of Midsomer Murders, sponsored by Viking Cruises. Murderous indeed. The ads highlight Venice as a destination - see it and die...
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 12, 2020 23:21:38 GMT
Boris did seem to be listening to the scientists earlier.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 12, 2020 23:22:47 GMT
After taking advice I have opened my best whisky.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 12, 2020 23:27:30 GMT
Laphroaig Cairdeas.
It might not be my best. I have a few individual bottles from different years and I don't know which is best.
Anyway this one is 51%. Slightly less peated and a bit sweeter than the ordinary stuff.
But with a strong backbone.
It is pretty good.
Four stars
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 12, 2020 23:35:08 GMT
Laphroaig Cairdeas. It might not be my best. I have a few individual bottles from different years and I don't know which is best. Anyway this one is 51%. Slightly less peated and a bit sweeter than the ordinary stuff. But with a strong backbone. It is pretty good. Four stars Isn't it supposed to be 60% to be effective? |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 12, 2020 23:47:51 GMT
60% can quickly overwhelm the palate.
I am drinking, not washing in it.
I have added a little water as it is. I do not want to survive covid19 only to discover I have destroyed myself in the process.
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 12, 2020 23:52:09 GMT
60% can quickly overwhelm the palate. I am drinking, not washing in it. I have added a little water as it is. I do not want to survive covid19 only to discover I have destroyed myself in the process. I like Canadian Club and Grand Marnier, the first you wouldn't consider a whisky and the second isn't one. I prefer Gin. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 13, 2020 0:00:59 GMT
How did you know I am a whisky snob?
I have no problems with cheap whisky and blends. The only thing that really matters is do you like what you are drinking.
I don't think I've ever had Canadian club. I was offered a taste test years ago when they first brought it over here. I had to decline as I had an awful hangover and the thought of hard liquor seemed unnecessary.
It's probably nice, particularly with a mixer.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 13, 2020 0:16:21 GMT
I think you'd like this whisky. Or at least tell me that you did so I would stop shouting.
Which is pretty much the same thing.
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 13, 2020 0:22:17 GMT
I think you'd like this whisky. Or at least tell me that you did so I would stop shouting. Which is pretty much the same thing. I'm not a fan of Whisky also a £100! <edit>though coming from me that seems a silly point. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 13, 2020 0:35:40 GMT
I didn't pay that much....
Nice whisky has gone up in price though.
The problem is they are limited editions of just a barrel or two so the price shoots up once they sell out. And I end up with a drink that is crazy expensive. So I feel it has to be saved for a special occasion.
I think the end of the world counts*.
*Yes I know it isn't the end of the world, but it feels dramatic.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 13, 2020 0:42:27 GMT
Also in a pub you can pay £10+ for a fancy g&t. And i've seen spirits at horrendous prices.
Wine is the same. You pay £30 for a bottle that retails at £7.
So my thoughts are I'd rather have ok drinks out and nice booze at home.
That is how I justify it anyway.
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 13, 2020 0:45:32 GMT
I didn't pay that much.... Nice whisky has gone up in price though. The problem is they are limited editions of just a barrel or two so the price shoots up once they sell out. And I end up with a drink that is crazy expensive. So I feel it has to be saved for a special occasion. I think the end of the world counts*. *Yes I know it isn't the end of the world, but it feels dramatic.
Presumably there is more than one* special occasion, I'm assuming that you didn't drink all of it in one go, so what are the criteria for opening the bottle in the future? *apart from the end of the world. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 13, 2020 0:51:01 GMT
This seems appropriate
"The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.”
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 13, 2020 0:57:15 GMT
I haven't thought that far ahead.
Once it is open it is open. It's far too strong to be moreish. It's more sip one or two late at night.
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 13, 2020 1:02:50 GMT
I haven't thought that far ahead. Once it is open it is open. It's far too strong to be moreish. It's more sip one or two late at night. The fact it was open was assumed, I'm more interested in what occasion in which it would be drunk again. |
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 13, 2020 1:31:15 GMT
Sheep2 and anyone else who loves Whisky, this site can happily while away a little time! Some of my friends and I had discussed buying a cask together and Talisker was our favoured whisky... astonishingly you can get a bottle of this from Amazon for a very reasonable £32!
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