The Ban the person above you game!!

[Antarctican]

Sadly, I'm at the airport, waiting to board the plane home (*insert strains of "Leaving on a Jetplane
*).

The official story is that this was a working trip . I wish work always included tours of the Jameson Whiskey distillery and the Guinness Brewery. Banned for reminding me that my reality cheque is in the mail.

 

[Hertz van Rental]

my reality cheque is in the mail.

Why do I have the unshakeable conviction that it's going to bounce? :lmao:



(PS You can never have too much porter if you are Irish, but Canadians have nowhere near that capacity. Just entering a pub is often enough to get them drunk)

 

[Antarctican]

(PS You can never have too much porter if you are Irish, but Canadians have nowhere near that capacity. Just entering a pub is often enough to get them drunk)

^^^ Not all Canadians, just me.

And if I drank any more of that dark brew, I'd be stout indeed, and would need a porter to carry me out of the pub. Which would require a stout lad, for sure. That's why I switched to cider. [Not the Dicken's brand though. Bulmers.]

I can beerly believe I made those puns. Can you?

 

[Hertz van Rental]

I can beerly believe I made those puns. Can you?

No, I can't. You've just been to Eire and still can't tell the difference between stout and porter!

 

[Antarctican]

You've just been to Eire and still can't tell the difference between stout and porter!

[Dammit, I was afraid you were gonna get picky about that distinction.]

I do know that beer is brewed and whiskey is distilled*.



*Triple distilled in the case of Jameson's. See, I was paying attention during that tour. I even got a certificate that I 'passed'. (No, not passed out. Just passed)

<---- (See, proof. Eighty proof, actually)

 

[Hertz van Rental]

So how do they make 'whisky'? :mrgreen:

 

[Antarctican]

According to the Jameson tour, it's whiskey in Ireland, and whisky in Scotland. [Wikipedia supports that, saying "With few exceptions, the spelling is Scottish, Canadian, and Japanesewhisky (plural: whiskies), but Irish and American whiskey (whiskeys)."]

Also, Jameson's is triple distilled, Scotch whisky is double distilled, and American whiskey is single distilled.

So there, Mr. Smartypants.

There's a test tomorrow, so I hope you were paying attention

 

[Hertz van Rental]

So why are some whiskeys/whiskies chill-filtered and others not?
Why do they make stills out of copper?
And what are 'feints'?

Do remember that you are talking to a whisky aficionado who currently has eight different single malts on his shelf :mrgreen:


PS There are some Scottish whiskies which are triple distilled, you know. :greenpbl:

 

[Antarctican]

Do remember that you are talking to a whisky aficionado who currently has eight different single malts on his shelf :mrgreen:


PS There are some Scottish whiskies which are triple distilled, you know. :greenpbl:

If you're such an affishy-on-auto, you'll know the answer to your questions.

And the Irish giving the Jameson's tour were constantly making jabs at the Scottish whisky, so I wouldn't be surprised to know they didn't give us the full story. [On the taste test at the end, though, Jameson's sure was a lot smoother than the double and single distilled plonk they had us sample.]

So, umm, how many of the single malts on your shelf are Canadian???

(You're supposed to drink the stuff, not store it)

 

[Hertz van Rental]

So, umm, how many of the single malts on your shelf are Canadian???

(You're supposed to drink the stuff, not store it)

Neither of them - they are both blends. But they are perfect for cleaning stains off the woodwork *fnurk*

I admit that Jamesons is better than Bushmills. But The Tyrconnell is better than either of them as Irish goes.
But my all time favourite whisky is Bladnoch. (I'm seriously tempted to buy a share in a maturing barrel).


PS :shock: You couldn't even find the answers to my questions on Google? It must be the end of Civilisation as we know it (or the beginning if you're Canadian)

 

[polymoog]

Ever tried Lagavulin? A 12 year old single malt if my memory serves me right. My dad bought some with him on his recent trip to visit me. Smelt like the inside of a chimney ...

Banned for making me think of my drinks cabinet on a Tuesday evening

 

[Hertz van Rental]

Lagavulin is from Islay so it will be heavy on the peat.
I have some Laphroaig which is also from Islay and it's a bit of a hoary old hedgehog.

 

[Antarctican]

Neither of them - they are both blends. But they are perfect for cleaning stains off the woodwork *fnurk*

:er:

Watch it, or it's gonna be bloodstains that are being cleaned.

PS :shock: You couldn't even find the answers to my questions on Google? It must be the end of Civilisation as we know it (or the beginning if you're Canadian)

Of course I can find the answers on Google. I just didn't believe you didn't already know the answers. [It's not like you to admit to something like that, Monsieur Pantalon-de-Smarty. ]

Banned for requesting free research services.

 

[polymoog]

Banned for requesting free research services.

Banned for obliging (sp?)

 

[Tangerini]

boo!