tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post213615741948413110..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Brother Can You Spare a Drink?Darwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-64529046854057917052012-01-19T12:53:33.691-05:002012-01-19T12:53:33.691-05:00I've had Buffalo Trace, which I like pretty we...I've had Buffalo Trace, which I like pretty well, though not quite as well as Knob Creek and Eagle Rare. I'll have to take a look for Very Old Barton.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-37786969004627801712012-01-19T11:23:18.172-05:002012-01-19T11:23:18.172-05:00If you want to try a delicious bourbon that is rid...If you want to try a delicious bourbon that is ridiculously inexpensive, get Very Old Barton -- though you might have to go to Kentucky. Buffalo Trace is also delicious (around $20 for 750mL). Ancient Ancient Age (probably only available in Kentucky) is also quite good especially if you get the Party Source select (costs a little less than Buffalo Trace).Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270693363561061534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-91584367377767007592012-01-17T12:17:00.968-05:002012-01-17T12:17:00.968-05:00Tom Simon,
It's my own shameful admission tha...Tom Simon,<br /><br />It's my own shameful admission that despite being of Irish ancestry as much as anything else, I'm not all that attached to Irish whiskey, it seems gentle but a little bland to me. Though I suppose I could try to wiggle out by complaining that the distillers were a bunch of bloody orange men, with Bushmills allegedly having had a policy of not employing Catholics for a while. (I have it on moderately good authority that the political implications of whiskey brands are entirely an invention of Irish-American bars and draw no interest in Ireland.)<br /><br />I am quite fond of Bourbon (my favored brand is Eagle Rare) but while world class Bourbon is much cheaper than world class Scotch, I don't have a favored bottom shelf Bourbon at the moment, so Bourbon runs me around $25/bottle to Scotch's $15. Maybe I need to find one...Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-30352340615750409272012-01-16T20:34:59.569-05:002012-01-16T20:34:59.569-05:00Thanks for the recommendations. I recently discove...Thanks for the recommendations. I recently discovered McIvor, which is in very much the same price range:<br /><br />http://www.bevnetwork.com/pdf/Aug07_Whisky.pdfChristopher Blosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08385159494196923575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-8156905498150098442012-01-16T18:13:15.978-05:002012-01-16T18:13:15.978-05:00I have never tried Teacher’s, but I seem to recall...I have never tried Teacher’s, but I seem to recall having a dram or two of Ballantine’s before. Thanks for the recommendation.<br /><br />Though really — <i>de gustibus</i> and all that — Scotch is something I find exceptionally easy to give up when money is tight. I much prefer either Irish or bourbon: rank heresy in a Canadian whose grandfather came over from the Orkneys.<br /><br />The way I figure it, the distinctive flavour of Scotch is mostly the taste of peat bogs; and we have plenty of homegrown peat bogs up here. If I want that flavour so much, I can always be patriotic and cheap, drink a belt of rye, and then go suck on a corner of Northern Ontario.<br /><br /><i>*silly grin*</i>Tom Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067031472666752839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-56760691956427152332012-01-16T15:38:34.084-05:002012-01-16T15:38:34.084-05:00SuperHusband brought home some Ballentine's, a...SuperHusband brought home some Ballentine's, and it is indeed perfectly drinkable. Our house table scotch is The Famous Grouse.Jennifer Fitzhttp://jenniferfitz.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com