Spirits

[Nunavut Patrick]

Not ghosts, but those 40% ones.

 

I love a good scotch, especially single malt. But other dark spirits I don't like at all. Jack Daniels, Wild Turkey, rye (Canadian Club), rum I don;t like.

 

I enjoy gin and vodka, though. I find gin too easy drinking though but a good vodka is, as Paul would say, ace. Real vodka, though. From Russia or Poland. A girl (the girl I fell in love with briefly by a campfire listening to loon calls before this loon, not a waterfowl, but a real loopy-in-the-head loon- set his shoe and then himself on fire- he was drinking Jack Daniels) her old fella had the real Polish vodka and it was as if Lech Walesa himself had distilled it. You could taste the revolution, the suppression, the fate of the poor Pole nation with every drop. Even the manzillo olive I sometimes put in had a hint of despair for Poland.

 

Anyhoo, I've rambled enough- what is your favourite spirit?

[Sut]

We were drinking that Polish stuff this week in Krakow - pretty good as I remember.

[bigredruss]

i'm a barcardi fan, a drop of jack then vodka

[Nunavut Patrick]

We were drinking that Polish stuff this week in Krakow - pretty good as I remember.

 

It's great. Her dad used to get it from the homeland, the label was all in Polish.

[The-Sir]

Spirits are fuckin dirty. I am man, I drink beer!

[bri]

ive never understood brandy, the smell of it blows yer head off. techilla, no more of that for me thanks, gin and hooch been there done that, Absynth, exposed myself in a gay bar, nuff said, gin is for nans, vodka you can drink pints of it very dangerous, whiskey no tar

[Nunavut Patrick]

ive never understood brandy, the smell of it blows yer head off. techilla, no more of that for me thanks, gin and hooch been there done that, Absynth, exposed myself in a gay bar, nuff said, gin is for nans, vodka you can drink pints of it very dangerous, whiskey no tar

 

Please tell us aboot the gay bar exposing.

 

Brandy- my mum used to drink Metaxa and Remy Martin. Never could acquire a tatste for it when I used to have a nip at my parents liquor cabinet.

 

The worst is Arpicot or Plum Brandy that Yugoslavs drink. No wonder the bloody country fell apart drinking that stuff.

[bri]

v pissed and the barman was making our 3rd absynth my bird was sat outside this window and i thought it'd be dead funny to expose myself through the window. ended up falling over my jeans and had to be picked up off the floor. birds comes in telling the barman not to give us anymore. he told her to shut up & that we were fine.

[Nunavut Patrick]

v pissed and the barman was making our 3rd absynth my bird was sat outside this window and i thought it'd be dead funny to expose myself through the window. ended up falling over my jeans and had to be picked up off the floor. birds comes in telling the barman not to give us anymore. he told her to shut up & that we were fine.

 

Haha. Class.

 

I bet they cupped a feel picking you up off the floor.

[africanherbsman]

I'm with you Paddy, I love a good scotch, especially as a night cap. The highland/west coast isle whiskeys like Laphroaig, Lagavulen(sp?) etc are something to behold. I think it's no coincidence that the Romans struggled to penetrate the Scottish border when you consider what those crazy celts were drinking.

[mcflynn]

Boked me ringo on Gin and can't bear the smell or taste of it ever since. Only time ive spuid aswell. Don't mind vodka, jd is alrite. But Lager is always the safe option for me.

[RedinSweden]

Whisky for me too. Bowmore and Laphroaig being a couple of favourites.

[Jose Jones]

I like a good single malt to finish the evening with. Not quite as partial to bourbons, but I do like Old Fashioned's made with Woodfords or Makers Mark.

I also quite enjoy a nice brandy to finish a big meal off with.

Gin and tonic is the tipple of choice whilst on an aeroplane. Also very good for a summer's afternoon. Speaking of gin, I also like a martini from time to time, and gin is better than a vodka martini in my opinion. Bombay Sapphire is a good one. And it should be dry.

If I'm going to drink vodka neat it has to be really good stuff and extra cold.

[theghost]

I like a good single malt to finish the evening with. Not quite as partial to bourbons, but I do like Old Fashioned's made with Woodfords or Makers Mark.

I also quite enjoy a nice brandy to finish a big meal off with.

Gin and tonic is the tipple of choice whilst on an aeroplane. Also very good for a summer's afternoon. Speaking of gin, I also like a martini from time to time, and gin is better than a vodka martini in my opinion. Bombay Sapphire is a good one. And it should be dry.

If I'm going to drink vodka neat it has to be really good stuff and extra cold.

 

Absolutely. No pun intended.

[Anny Road]

I am currently enjoying some very old highland park which was liberated from it's cask in a lucozade bottle by a mate who was doing some work in the distillery.

[RJ Fan club]

Irish Whisky for me, Bushmills etc,

 

I used to drink Southern Comfort in my late teenage years, but it turns me into someone who thinks he's a love god. A few shots of that on top of the lager, usually ends up with me going round the pub chatting to any women who would have me.

[Jose Jones]

Irish Whisky for me, Bushmills etc,

 

I used to drink Southern Comfort in my late teenage years, but it turns me into someone who thinks he's a love god. A few shots of that on top of the lager, usually ends up with me going round the pub chatting to any women who would have me.

 

Plus it's a girls drink, and grim.

[RJ Fan club]

Plus it's a girls drink, and grim.

 

I'll not deny that, but as a teenager it did the job. I wouldn't touch the stuff now.:blah

[Remmie]

Got a cracking single malt for special occassions and most spirits a best drunk neat or on the rocks, none of this JD & coke bullshit- Why pay the best part of 3 quid for a drink that tastes of 50p coke?

[kop]

I like both whisky and cognac, and in the drinks departement I like GT. If I had to pick one, it would be cognac, preferably something from Léopold Gourmel. We have a Norwegian importer that picks his cognac mainly from Léopold Gourmel, Jon Bertelsen. His cognac is high quality to a relative low price. He picks his cognac mix from pure selections and doesn't add sugar to it (like many does, to get that deep dark colour to it, to pretend it's oak). This makes his cognac very light in colour, but when you taste it you can really get to the fruits and minerals in it. If there are any cognac lovers on here, you should try it, Jon Bertelsen Symphonie is a good tip.

[Fink]

Anejo Especial Havana Club, neat, no ice is a drink of champions

 

The siete Anos (7 year) is nice but its a bit rich.

 

I also drink vodka but not for taste, only for effect

[Fink]

Ive tried lafroig and luguvullen (?) whisky - i just cant seem to like whiskey no matter how hard i try

[Wig]

Jack Daniels is fit.

[Cath]

Currently enjoying a bottle of Ledaig. From the only distillery in Balamory.

 

 

 

Edit: Well by currently I mean at home, in the evening. Not in my desk draw like a real alchololic.

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JD, Southern Comfort, Mount Gay rum, Gelnfidich single malt, Martell Cognac.