All Hail the Theology of Whiskey

[zdas04]

I don't drink the stuff, but folks seem to want to talk about it. How about we do it here and not clutter other discussions with the psalms of single malt?

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering

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[bridgebuster]

Let's mix up a pitcher of martinis

 

[KENAT]

Doesn't it get discussed once a year or so in the main pub, while this is your party Zdas I'd suspect that was a more appropriate location for it.

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[SomptingGuy]

You could always spell it in one of the normal ways: whisky/whiskey.

20'th and 21'st century version of gin. Cheap booze for plebs to get donald-ducked on.

- Steve

 

[dgallup]

Good whisky/whiskey is not what I would consider cheap. Vodka seems to be the cheap booze for beginning drinkers, at least in the USA. There must be hundreds of fruit flavored varieties.

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[Skogsgurra]

Bridgebuster - Love that initiative!

Dry Martinis are really hard to come by over here in Europe. It is only in the UK that it works any more.

Germans, French, Scandinavians have mostly forgotten how to make one. I do not mean the proportions - which can be discussed, I myself prefer a good splash of Vermouth - but the ingredients as such. I have been served Martini&Rossi in a glass. Just that, no Gin, no olives no lemon zest. Just that Vermouth. Once in former DDR (GDR) I even got red sweet Vermouth. And since Drei is pronounced Dry in German, I once got Three glasses of Vermout when I ordered a Dry Martini.

Dave! Please! Do something about this. I am so glad that I will go to NYC for a week soon. There, you can get a decent Dry Martini just about anywhere. Thanks God for the US!

Gunnar Englund

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[dhengr]

Gunnar:
I too, have been served a glass of straight Dry Martini & Rossi Vermouth when ordering a dry martini in places other than the U.S. A couple times I ended up going behind the bar and showing them how to make what I wanted.

When you get here, look up the place in NYC that brags about their dry martinis... they are so dry that they took out the urinals and installed dustpans instead.

 

[Skogsgurra]

I don't want them THAT dry. My sensitive stomach lining demands a splash of vermouth in my Dry Martinis.

Gunnar Englund

http://www.gke.org

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[bridgebuster]

My first experience with a martini was very unpleasant. It was back in high school and my friends and I decided to depart from our usual Friday night rot-gut wine. So we bought a few bottles of premixed martinis. It made me sick to my stomach; although I still think it was the dry-roasted peanuts I ate. It was a very long time before I had to nerve to try one again. Even then, I wasn't crazy about them. Gradually, I acquired a taste; now it's my drink of choice. We're going for dinner later to celebrate my m-i-l's birthday, one or two will be order - I have to work tomorrow.

 

[Ron]

Main requirement for whiskey is that it be as smooth coming up as it was going down.

 

[Artisi]

Getting back to whisky and away from martini, an interesting clip for those interested in good whisky, overcoming poor quality whisky, luckily not common occurrence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN-1mNqCLpc

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[SomptingGuy]

My ideal honeymoon holiday would have been a tour of distilleries in Scotland. But 'er indoors preferred the second choice of pubs in Cornwall. Second best is not always that bad.

- Steve

 

[Artisi]

It would be a close call, Scotland or Cornwall, if it were me I'd try for both.

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[SomptingGuy]

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http://www.staustellbrewery.co.uk/hotels.html

Every night in a different pub, with all that history of smuggling, wrecking, fishing and just general Corninshness (new word).

- Steve

 

[Maui]

Gunnar, will you be traveling to upsatate New York as well, or will you only be visiting New York City?

Maui

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