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xanadian		2012-10-29 07:43:44 AM

Taste good? It tastes like sucking a good whisky out of an old oak table.

Pass.

Sybarite		2012-10-29 08:30:52 AM

Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly.

Generation_D		2012-10-29 09:12:36 AM

The only thing wrong with this is I'm not going to be drinking any of it.

Cheron		2012-10-29 09:21:20 AM

Would go great mixed with cherry coke

verbaltoxin		2012-10-29 09:35:36 AM

I like to have scotch about once a year, and that's when I save up and order something good. Anything with a red label on it tastes like peat bog and isn't worth consuming.

delathi		2012-10-29 09:51:05 AM

Cheron: Would go great mixed with cherry coke

Mountain Dew you heathen.

And not that regular swill either, we're talking the high class Mountain Dew Throwback with the real sugar.

bsharitt		2012-10-29 09:51:56 AM

You better only mix this with name brand Coca Cola, none of that Sam's Choice crap.

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs		2012-10-29 10:04:12 AM

Cheron: Would go great mixed with cherry coke

It comes pre-mixed!!1!

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/makes a lovely bourbon sour

Chabash		2012-10-29 10:11:22 AM

delathi: Cheron: Would go great mixed with cherry coke

Mountain Dew you heathen.

And not that regular swill either, we're talking the high class Mountain Dew Throwback with the real sugar.

I only use Shasta's Diet Chocolate Soda for mixing with scotch. Nothing but the best for me.

Harvey Manfrenjensenjen		2012-10-29 10:18:59 AM

Only in theory can it be both. Once you act toward either end, it automatically precludes the other. There is an adage... something about a German cat trying to eat cake...

Arkanaut		2012-10-29 10:24:56 AM

xanadian: Taste good? It tastes like sucking a good whisky out of an old oak table.

But it's a lot more convenient!

Another Government Employee		2012-10-29 11:07:01 AM

That is called a dissipating asset.

bhcompy		2012-10-29 11:17:34 AM

Sybarite: Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly.

Really should be the only comment, then lock the thread

SacriliciousBeerSwiller		2012-10-29 12:04:20 PM

subby, note that the scotch in this story was barrel aged that entire time, and just bottled recently. So unless you're claiming that one should buy their scotch in a barrel and age it in optimum conditions for 5 decades, this story doesn't really indicate any form of investment opportunity.

demaL-demaL-yeH		2012-10-29 12:18:15 PM

So many "Flame me!" posts...

/Faygo Redpop?

Soup4Bonnie		2012-10-29 12:20:29 PM

Heathens abound! Away with you all!

I love scotch, but I'll be damn if I can pronounce half of them. My latest favorite is an Islay called Caol Ila. If you heard me trying to pronounce it, you'd think I had a very recent head injury.

GRCooper		2012-10-29 12:53:15 PM

I believe it's pronounced "kall eela" and it is tasty.

Love scotch, think "older" is overrated. Can't tell enough difference between most 12 and 18 year olds to justify the cost difference.

/cue pedobear

Soup4Bonnie		2012-10-29 01:09:33 PM

GRCooper: Can't tell enough difference between most 12 and 18 year olds to justify the cost difference.

Agreed. While I am always leaning to a nice Islay if one is available, the Glenmorangie 10 is an outstanding drink and I wouldn't change a thing about it.

Cheers!

demaL-demaL-yeH		2012-10-29 01:24:00 PM

GRCooper: I believe it's pronounced "kall eela" and it is tasty.

Love scotch, think "older" is overrated. Can't tell enough difference between most 12 and 18 year olds to justify the cost difference.

/cue pedobear

Soup4Bonnie: GRCooper: Can't tell enough difference between most 12 and 18 year olds to justify the cost difference.

Agreed. While I am always leaning to a nice Islay if one is available, the Glenmorangie 10 is an outstanding drink and I wouldn't change a thing about it.

Cheers!

Why don't you two have a seat over there?

WelldeadLink		2012-10-29 01:31:03 PM

Harvey Manfrenjensenjen: Only in theory can it be both. Once you act toward either end, it automatically precludes the other. There is an adage... something about a German cat trying to eat cake...

Works great if invested toward getting a greenlight.

GRCooper		2012-10-29 02:25:07 PM

why don't you two have a seat over there?

Sorry for the semi-on-topic post.

I'll wharglebargle an anti Obama/Romney post ASAP

SacriliciousBeerSwiller		2012-10-29 02:27:33 PM

demaL-demaL-yeH: GRCooper: I believe it's pronounced "kall eela" and it is tasty.

Love scotch, think "older" is overrated. Can't tell enough difference between most 12 and 18 year olds to justify the cost difference.

/cue pedobear

Soup4Bonnie: GRCooper: Can't tell enough difference between most 12 and 18 year olds to justify the cost difference.

Agreed. While I am always leaning to a nice Islay if one is available, the Glenmorangie 10 is an outstanding drink and I wouldn't change a thing about it.

Cheers!

Why don't you two have a seat over there?

It's a logarithmic curve, where price is the X and taste is the Y. Beyond 20 years or so you're spending sh*tloads of cash for a minor taste payoff.

SacriliciousBeerSwiller		2012-10-29 02:28:52 PM

SacriliciousBeerSwiller: demaL-demaL-yeH: GRCooper: I believe it's pronounced "kall eela" and it is tasty.

Love scotch, think "older" is overrated. Can't tell enough difference between most 12 and 18 year olds to justify the cost difference.

/cue pedobear

Soup4Bonnie: GRCooper: Can't tell enough difference between most 12 and 18 year olds to justify the cost difference.

Agreed. While I am always leaning to a nice Islay if one is available, the Glenmorangie 10 is an outstanding drink and I wouldn't change a thing about it.

Cheers!

Why don't you two have a seat over there?

It's a logarithmic curve, where price is the X and taste is the Y. Beyond 20 years or so you're spending sh*tloads of cash for a minor taste payoff.

Actually, "X" could also be age.

Flogster		2012-10-29 02:43:17 PM

"We examined the cask every six months to check the quality, the taste, the developments and changes the spirit was taking on its aging voyage,' said chief blender Andrew Rankin... only a dozen bottles of the liquid gold exist."

By examine, I assume you mean 'got super loaded on the good stuff'

demaL-demaL-yeH		2012-10-29 02:48:37 PM

GRCooper: why don't you two have a seat over there?

Sorry for the semi-on-topic post.

I'll wharglebargle an anti Obama/Romney post ASAP

Don't defile Scotch with politics.

/underage drinkers and adulterers, however, are on topic

KrispyKritter		2012-10-29 03:05:36 PM

when i scotch it's not for the flavor it's for the effect.

/passed out on the lawn. again.

42nate		2012-10-29 03:17:51 PM

For the last time: that "aged 20 yrs" bottle that you've been saving for the last twenty years is not now a "40-year-old" scotch!

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John Buck 41		2012-10-29 07:35:20 PM

Fixed Headline--~~Not only does~~ scotch tastes like shiat ~~good, it's a good investment~~

GRCooper		2012-10-29 08:34:33 PM

John Buck 41: Fixed Headline--Not only does scotch tastes like shiat good, it's a good investment

Show a little leg and someone will buy you a Cosmo, sweetcheeks

John Buck 41		2012-10-29 08:53:06 PM

GRCooper: John Buck 41: Fixed Headline--Not only does scotch tastes like shiat good, it's a good investment

Show a little leg and someone will buy you a Cosmo, sweetcheeks

I have no idea what you're getting at, buttface.

Lurk sober post drunk		2012-10-29 08:57:02 PM

scotch, served neat. not the really good stuff, but just something decent.
it really is the best thing ever.
smoking a briar pipe of some good quality tobacco while sipping a glass of neat scotch is...well, really it's what life is about.

SomethingToDo		2012-10-29 10:12:00 PM

Ew! It burns my throat! I'm sticking with wine coolers, thankyou very much.

StoPPeRmobile		2012-10-29 11:01:11 PM

minnesotaboy		2012-10-30 10:12:17 AM

Cretony38		2012-10-30 12:10:12 PM

I like the taste of blended scotch. Scotchy scotchy scotch

GRCooper		2012-10-30 12:50:03 PM

Cretony38: I like the taste of blended scotch. Scotchy scotchy scotch

There's a real tasty single malt from Virginia you might like - Wasmund's.

Its taste is much milder than Scotch (much of the flavor of which comes from peat). Wasmund's is aged in oak barrels with apple wood chips.

GRCooper		2012-10-30 12:51:39 PM

(milder than single malt scotch, that is)

Nick Nostril		2012-10-30 08:48:26 PM

Great investment? It's fungible.

MusicMakeMyHeadPound		2012-10-31 08:03:14 AM

The thing I love about Scotch haters is that it means more for me.

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