is anyone on here a scotch drinker?

agentr31 · **October 06, 2010, 10:20:47**

anyhow... we (at home) managed to aquire a bottle of "dimple scotch whiskey"

anyone know much about it? currently im having some on the rocks and i find it not too bad!

comments? abuse? thoughts! all welcome!

Shambles · **Reply #1: October 06, 2010, 10:38:00**

Does it still come in a "triangular" bottle?

In my whisky supping youth I found it quite likeable, and cheap. Then again, it was from my fathers drinks cabinet

from which all liquids were likeable, and cheap

2i30s · **Reply #2: October 06, 2010, 10:39:17**

Quote from: Shambles on October 06, 2010, 10:38:00

Does it still come in a "triangular" bottle?

In my whisky supping youth I found it quite likeable, and cheap. Then again, it was from my fathers drinks cabinet from which all liquids were likeable, and cheap

agentr31 · **Reply #3: October 06, 2010, 10:48:19**

Quote from: Shambles on October 06, 2010, 10:38:00

Does it still come in a "triangular" bottle?

LOL yes!

i found it not too bad... its got a bit of a sour after taste compared to some better scotch tho

*pours another double*

bumpkin · **Reply #4: October 06, 2010, 11:36:01**

Hmmm blended whisky, good for cooking or making hot toddies.

Noo, faurs ma malt

Surferdude · **Reply #5: October 06, 2010, 11:37:57**

:rolleyes:OK you lot.

Repeat after me...............

RUM is the drink.

agentr31 · **Reply #6: October 06, 2010, 12:00:56**

Quote from: bumpkin on October 06, 2010, 11:36:01

making hot toddies.

hrmm... whats this!!!!!!!!

hahahah surferdude! there are other drinks out there!

if you like rum, you have to try "captain morgan, spiced gold"

seriously its the best rum ever... if you dont like it, there is probably something wrong with your taste buds!!!

rustynutz · **Reply #7: October 06, 2010, 12:15:15**

Quote from: surferdude on October 06, 2010, 11:37:57

:rolleyes:OK you lot.

Repeat after me...............

RUM is the drink.

Hope you're not referring to that foul medicine tasting stuff from just up the road?

Mutley · **Reply #8: October 06, 2010, 12:44:18**

Not a rum fan..........scotch/whiskey however is great

Never had "dimple scotch whiskey" before though.....

Keith · **Reply #9: October 06, 2010, 13:43:11**

Quote from: agentr31 on October 06, 2010, 10:20:47

anyhow... we (at home) managed to aquire a bottle of "dimple scotch whiskey"

anyone know much about it? currently im having some on the rocks and i find it not too bad!

comments? abuse? thoughts! all welcome!

Its made by Haig, & here's Wiki's take on it Robert Haig was censured by his church elders for operating a still upon the Sabbath in 1655. This is the oldest known reference to a whisky distillery. His descendants operated distilleries in England, Ireland and Scotland. John Jameson, the founder of Jameson Irish whiskey, married one of them, Margaret Haig. John Haig opened the Cameron Bridge distillery in Windygates in 1824 and this was the first to produce grain whisky. His cousin, Robert Stein, created the first continuous still while his son, also called John, improved output by means of the then new practice of blending. The distinctive dimpled bottle was then introduced in the 1890s. This bottle became so well-known and important to the brand that it was registered as a trademark in the USA in 1958 by Julius Lunsford.[1]

The family business was subsequently merged into United Distillers and Vintners (UDV) and then into the larger conglomerate Diageo

agentr31 · **Reply #10: October 06, 2010, 13:45:40**

wow!! *agent tips hat to you* good researching skills there!

bumpkin · **Reply #11: October 06, 2010, 18:44:02**

Quote from: agentr31 on October 06, 2010, 12:00:56

Quote from: bumpkin on October 06, 2010, 11:36:01
making hot toddies.

hrmm... whats this!!!!!!!!

Aha, tis the best known cure for man-flu my friend

Ingredients
1 x large mug, usually the one you drink tea or coffee from, you know the biggest one you have!
1 x bottle blended whisky of your choosing
1 x kettle of water
1 x jar clear honey

Instructions

1. Boil kettle
2. Pour whisky into mug to between 1/3 and 1/2 full.
3. Add two generous teaspoons of clear honey.
4. Pour on hot water and stir.
5. Drink
6. If you do not feel appreciably better, make another one, a heavy dose of man-flu can empty one bottle of whisky, but the result is always a much better feeling person the next day!

7. If perchance the really heavy dose of man-flu has resulted in the emptying of said bottle, two tins of Irn Bru may be required to aid rehydration the next day

Shambles · **Reply #12: October 06, 2010, 18:59:29**

Quote from: bumpkin on October 06, 2010, 18:44:02

~~1. Boil kettle~~
2. Pour whisky into mug to between 1/3 and 1/2 full.
~~3. Add two generous teaspoons of clear honey.~~
~~4. Pour on hot water and stir.~~
5. Drink
6. ~~If you do not feel appreciably better,~~ make another one~~, a heavy dose of man-flu can empty one bottle of whisky, but the result is always a much better feeling person the next day!~~

~~7. If perchance the really heavy dose of man-flu has resulted in the emptying of said bottle, two tins of Irn Bru may be required to aid rehydration the next day~~

...Shambles follows modified version of Bumpkins advice...

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Surferdude · **Reply #13: October 07, 2010, 06:58:06**

Quote from: rustynutz on October 06, 2010, 12:15:15

Quote from: surferdude on October 06, 2010, 11:37:57
:rolleyes:OK you lot.

Repeat after me...............

RUM is the drink.

Hope you're not referring to that foul medicine tasting stuff from just up the road?

\If you mean Bundaberg Rum. Hell YEAH.

And if you don't like it, great. More for me. They can't make enough anyway, even though they have double capacity twice in the last few years.

2i30s · **Reply #14: October 07, 2010, 08:07:09**

wild turkey bourbon is my preferred spirit,but i love a cold beer on a hot day after work.

agentr31 · **Reply #15: October 07, 2010, 09:23:06**

cold beers rock! ive gotten into the miller genuine draft again! (brings back memories of africa LOL)

i like drambuie, lots, like you wouldnt belive...

Mutley · **Reply #16: October 07, 2010, 09:26:31**

Quote from: 2i30s on October 07, 2010, 08:07:09

wild turkey bourbon is my preferred spirit,but i love a cold beer on a hot day after work.

*high five*

Wild Turkey is the best.

agentr31 · **Reply #17: October 07, 2010, 10:10:52**

port?

Surferdude · **Reply #18: October 07, 2010, 11:19:24**

Port is good.

I do like my rum.
Also cold beer. Have developed a taste for pale ale a nice example of which is made by Coopers here in Australia but my favouite is Alexander Keiths India Pale Ale, brewed in a 200 year old brewery in Nova Scotia and unfortunately you can only get it in Canada.
Oh! Wait!

I'll be there soon for four weeks.

agentr31 · **Reply #19: October 07, 2010, 11:32:17**

LOL... remember there is 200 years of "flavour" in those pipes!!!

Surferdude · **Reply #20: October 07, 2010, 23:24:45**

^^^^^^

Yep. "Awesome" flavour.

snowcherry · **Reply #21: October 09, 2010, 13:12:22**

no people it's Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey all the way!

Jim Beam Gold or Choice labels for me

agentr31 · **Reply #22: October 09, 2010, 15:33:50**

burbon... whats with you guys!

the order of awesomness
1 beer
2 scotch/scotch derivitaves (NEVER with coke)
3 rums
4 "girlie drinks"
5 metho
6 kero
7 LPG
7 burbon

2i30s · **Reply #23: October 09, 2010, 22:07:36**

you forgot the aftershave.

snowcherry · **Reply #24: October 10, 2010, 00:17:45**

rum is the devils drink
bundy rum is worse - its what the devil runs away from

2i30s · **Reply #25: October 10, 2010, 00:29:01**

Dazzler · **Reply #26: October 10, 2010, 00:31:54**

Quote from: agentr31 on October 09, 2010, 15:33:50

burbon... whats with you guys!

the order of awesomness
1 beer
2 scotch/scotch derivitaves (NEVER with coke)
3 rums
4 "girlie drinks"
5 metho
6 kero
7 LPG
7 burbon

Yep.. only Ian would post a list like that

You must be the only person I know that has tasted Metho, Kero & LPG

snowcherry · **Reply #27: October 10, 2010, 00:50:14**

Quote from: Dazzler on October 10, 2010, 00:31:54

Yep.. only Ian would post a list like that
You must be the only person I know that has tasted Metho, Kero & LPG

and admits to having girlie drinks

2i30s · **Reply #28: October 10, 2010, 00:54:14**

they match his pink phone.

agentr31 · **Reply #29: October 10, 2010, 03:57:33**

LOL you guys crack me up!!!