Yes, I'm a whisky snob

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:21 pm

you thought that was bad?

MyDBear · Post by **MyDBear** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:16 pm

My mouth started ta water

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:19 pm

thought some of you might like that.

mothballed distillery nearest where my scottish ancestors lived.

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:48 pm

what's in the blue sleeve?

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:50 pm

i'm not a big irish fan, but...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:10 am

Uncle Jesse wrote:

DAMN!!!!
MMmmmm...
I'd keep that stuff locked up.
you don't have any teenage kids do you?

MyDBear · Post by **MyDBear** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:19 am

Uncle Jesse I have a Small musieum for vintage whiskey ya can keep it locked up there I wont drink it

... honest...

...well not all at one time

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:32 am

We put down a bottle of that Ardbeg 30 at my wedding. Everyone got a taste who wanted it.

level Joe · Post by **level Joe** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:51 pm

Did you crack the seal on the bush mills yet(cant say I would)? Id love to know how that compares to the black bush. Dont know much about scotch wiskey but realy like b.b., did you get it with the rest?

CHEARS

Post by **Fourway** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:20 pm

I notice that none of those are open.

I also notice that they are all claer bottles.

Most of my single cask scotch purchases have been from the bottler Cadenhead who's bottles are dark green.

Naturally a dark bottle is far easier to bust into from a psychological perspective.

As I'm sure you know the old saying "The bottle is dark so that it it won't be horrible thing to look upon when it is half empty."

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:24 pm

i drank most of my cadenheads

for a while i had money and spent a lot of it trying scotches. my buddy and i would put down a bottle a weekend, minimum $100, every saturday. we even put down johnny walker blue once, not bad but still a blend.

a local liquor store near my old home stocked 200-250 single malts and i've tried them all. anyone in the bay area, check out jackson's wines and spirits in lafayette. they always have some real bargains...and if you want that $300 bottle you can get it there too. prices are very reasonable.

i keep all of these in a dark box because you are right, light kills. the 30 year has it's own box but i still keep them all tucked away in a mild closet in total darkness.

except when i take a picture to brag, of course.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:38 pm

I want to start collecting brandies and cognacs, the only problem, i will want to know how good they really are, and would end up drinking them to find out. unless of course, I find some that I can get deals on if I by 2 or more bottles.

Not that drinking them is a problem, but I'd like to be able to save them for very special occasions, and to simply never drink.

MyDBear · Post by **MyDBear** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:20 pm

I go to the state store and buy minitures to sample. The imperial cognac is very good

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:26 pm

Oh, those states who have state stores, what a pain!

Oregon, Utah...there must be others.

Post by **Tater** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 3:27 pm

north carolina has state stores as well[ called a b c stores]

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:10 pm

tater wrote:north carolina has state stores as well[ called a b c stores]

PA does too

The Chemist · Post by **The Chemist** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:21 pm

God bless Louisiana and the Napoleonic Code!! Instead of State Stores, we have drive-thru Daquiri Stores!!!

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:36 pm

washington state has state stores

Post by **Fourway** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 4:28 pm

vermont does too, and doesn't virginia?

Post by **Tater** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 4:36 pm

your right fourway virginia has abc stores to

Professor Duck · Post by **Professor Duck** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:19 pm

WTF is a state store?

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:47 pm

it's a government-run store, at the state level. in other words, only government owned/run liquor stores are allowed to sell hard alcohol in those states. in oregon, at least, it's not easy to find a liquor store, they are crowded and they have steep prices. people drive to california to stock up.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:07 am

Uncle Jesse wrote:it's a government-run store, at the state level. in other words, only government owned/run liquor stores are allowed to sell hard alcohol in those states. in oregon, at least, it's not easy to find a liquor store, they are crowded and they have steep prices. people drive to california to stock up.

Same in PA...Many people in western PA drive to Ohio

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:41 am

by the way, that Bushmills Millenium is a 25 year single-malt Bushmills and I sank a bottle of that as well as kept a bottle. It's very good, great on the tongue and lots of cask character compared to the more commercial bushmills offerings. a real treat and i'm not a big irish fan.

Post by **Grayson_Stewart** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:20 am

Uncle Jesse wrote:it's a government-run store, at the state level. in other words, only government owned/run liquor stores are allowed to sell hard alcohol in those states. in oregon, at least, it's not easy to find a liquor store, they are crowded and they have steep prices. people drive to california to stock up.

WE have state stores in Alabama as well, but ours appear to be a bit different than what Uncle Jesse describes. The State Stores are established to control the INITIAL sale of hard liquor. By inserting themselves into the supply chain, they can sell at a substantially lower cost. The mom and pop liquor stores are forced to purchase from the state and then are required to resale to the public at a much higher cost.

I think Alabama has the highest tax rate on liquor in the United States. The tour guide at the Jack Daniel's distillery said I could purchase a barrel of whiskey from them (not that I would want to), but it must be delivered to an Alabama State Store rather than my home address. The guides said it was as much as 4 or 5 thousand dollars more for a barrel in Alabama than some other states.

swpeddle · Post by **swpeddle** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:01 pm

I suspect that even though Alabama prob has high taxation on liquor, I'd bet that liquor princing is somewhat higher up here in Canada. ie in my province, a 26oz bottle of plain jane Captain Morgan Dark Rum runs CAN$23, which is WAY too high for what I would call a very ordinary mixing rum. Plus most the liquor stores are provivncially run and it was only last month that they actually started opening stores on Sundays.

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:20 pm

i shelled out $18 for a 750 of george dickel last night. i considered it a few dollars too high to be a bargain, but still worth it.

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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 7:23 am

Uncle Jesse wrote:i shelled out $18 for a 750 of george dickel last night. i considered it a few dollars too high to be a bargain, but still worth it.

I think it is worth the $18.00 too.
I found an old bottle of george dickel that has a leather wrap on the bottle...I'll post a pic soon

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