Expensive Licquor
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Well, I will approach this question from a different angle, "What are you willing to risk to have some beer or spirits"?? Here is my simple answer, (I think the statue of limitations covers us).
In 2009 or 2010 while in Tikrit, Iraq we had an upcoming Super Bowl to prepare for. My friend Daryl hopped in his Army issued Chevy Tahoe, and joined a army convoy for a trip to our favorite travel destination, "BEERKUK" as we affectionally called it "actually KIRUK" up in the northeast of the country.
Daryl witnessed a humvee blown up by an IED in the convoy, sadly all soldiers died. They finally get to Kirkuk and he peels off and goes to the friendly liquor store.
He had collected money from all of us contractors and civilians (no soldiers, could not afford to get one of them drunk) so he goes down the shopping list. He bought so much that the store owner just started throwing in the shops remaining inventory.
Daryl rejoins the convoy for the return to Tikrit and about 50 miles later their is an Iraqi farmer in the middle of the highway waving his shovel franatically. The convoy commander has them all stop and very carefully gets the translator to go and see what the problem is.
The farmer is really mad telling them that a bunch of Iraqi's tore up his field the night before by the road. That got the commanders attention and so they very carefully go to check things out. It turns out to be a big IED, so they call in the bomb squad to defuse it. The IED was twice as big as the one that blew up the other truck that day.
The GI's passed around the hat and gave the Iraqi farmer a couple of hundred dollars for the tip about the bomb.
So Daryl finally gets back and we ice down the beer and he proclaims at the beginning of the game
"When I get home no one better gripe about making a beer run after what I had gone through that day"!!
Daryl and the rest of us enjoyed the game and the refreshments so much heck I don't even remember who played!
On an serious note Daryl did have photographs of the blown up vehicle and the engine block was thrown over 50 yards away from the blast site.
I salute the men and women of this nation that knew this could happen and still climb in the vehicle and roll out the gate into "Indian territory".
In 2009 or 2010 while in Tikrit, Iraq we had an upcoming Super Bowl to prepare for. My friend Daryl hopped in his Army issued Chevy Tahoe, and joined a army convoy for a trip to our favorite travel destination, "BEERKUK" as we affectionally called it "actually KIRUK" up in the northeast of the country.
Daryl witnessed a humvee blown up by an IED in the convoy, sadly all soldiers died. They finally get to Kirkuk and he peels off and goes to the friendly liquor store.
He had collected money from all of us contractors and civilians (no soldiers, could not afford to get one of them drunk) so he goes down the shopping list. He bought so much that the store owner just started throwing in the shops remaining inventory.
Daryl rejoins the convoy for the return to Tikrit and about 50 miles later their is an Iraqi farmer in the middle of the highway waving his shovel franatically. The convoy commander has them all stop and very carefully gets the translator to go and see what the problem is.
The farmer is really mad telling them that a bunch of Iraqi's tore up his field the night before by the road. That got the commanders attention and so they very carefully go to check things out. It turns out to be a big IED, so they call in the bomb squad to defuse it. The IED was twice as big as the one that blew up the other truck that day.
The GI's passed around the hat and gave the Iraqi farmer a couple of hundred dollars for the tip about the bomb.
So Daryl finally gets back and we ice down the beer and he proclaims at the beginning of the game
"When I get home no one better gripe about making a beer run after what I had gone through that day"!!
Daryl and the rest of us enjoyed the game and the refreshments so much heck I don't even remember who played!
On an serious note Daryl did have photographs of the blown up vehicle and the engine block was thrown over 50 yards away from the blast site.
I salute the men and women of this nation that knew this could happen and still climb in the vehicle and roll out the gate into "Indian territory".
Single malt Scotch's are my favorite. I have had numerous brands over the years, but Lagavulin continues to be my favorite, (at around $100 p/bottle). Unfortunately I can't afford to keep it on hand all the time, but here's a pic of whats in my cabinet presently.
Of course you have to have a gun in the picture. One thing, I have yet to ever not like anything from the Isle of Islay. The Islay Storm shown is very good, and currently only $21.50 a bottle at Trader Joe's.
Of course you have to have a gun in the picture. One thing, I have yet to ever not like anything from the Isle of Islay. The Islay Storm shown is very good, and currently only $21.50 a bottle at Trader Joe's.
Absalom
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Single malt Scotch's are my favorite. I have had numerous brands over the years, but Lagavulin continues to be my favorite, (at around $100 p/bottle). Unfortunately I can't afford to keep it on hand all the time, but here's a pic of whats in my cabinet presently.
Of course you have to have a gun in the picture. One thing, I have yet to ever not like anything from the Isle of Islay. The Islay Storm shown is very good, and currently only $21.50 a bottle at Trader Joe's.
I like that arrangement! When I get a chance, I'll drape some bourbon bottles around my Victory that lettered to the Louisville Police in Kentucky and take a picture
.The Bowmore 12 and Ardbeg 10 are two of my favorites. The Bowmore unfortunately doesn't get enough respect from a lot of peatheads, even though I think it offers the perfect combination of Speyside fruit and heavy Islay smoke. As for Lagavulin, I've had it and like it very much, but don't quite taste anything that would justify the $30 jump up from Ardbeg and Laphroaig for me.
Here's a shot (no pun intended) from the center section of our backbar from about a year ago. We specialized in single malt Scotch whisky (no "e"); we've since retired, but I still dabble a wee bit.
The second row up are Kilchoman malts (Islay's newest distillery--opened 2005). The whiskies are young but give Ardbeg and Laphroaig a go for the money. The red labels were single cask bottlings.
The top row are malts from Arran distillery on the island of the same name, opened 1995.
Slàinte,
Bob
The second row up are Kilchoman malts (Islay's newest distillery--opened 2005). The whiskies are young but give Ardbeg and Laphroaig a go for the money. The red labels were single cask bottlings.
The top row are malts from Arran distillery on the island of the same name, opened 1995.
Slàinte,
Bob
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chaparrito
Member
I like Maker's 46 as well, in spite of the bourbon traditionalists turning up their snooty noses at it due to the way it's re-oaked. Oak staves, THE HORRORS!!
Thanks to posters above who beat me to the punch dispelling the pernicious and downright silly myths that Mezcal contains mescaline and tequila contains a worm.
Tequila is to mezcal as Cognac is to brandy and Bourbon is to whiskey.
Thanks to posters above who beat me to the punch dispelling the pernicious and downright silly myths that Mezcal contains mescaline and tequila contains a worm.
Tequila is to mezcal as Cognac is to brandy and Bourbon is to whiskey.
Teqila is to mezcal as Cognac is to cat pee, is more like it.
carpriver
US Veteran
A couple months ago I paid 65.00 for a bottle of Blanten's bourbon. To the what would you risk question. In 1984 I was selected for a extended stay in Saudi Arabia, after about a month there some for us were complaining about no alcohol. We worked with some Brits contractors, they had a reputation of making corn liquor from the frozen sweet corn from the commissary. I got to thinking, with some Welches frozen Grape Juice concentrate some sugar and yeast we could make wine. After mixing the stuff in a 5 gallon Igloo it was vented out the top with surgical tubing into a bottle of water, we set the igloo in a conax box an in 4 days we had some pretty decent wine. If we had been caught the crew could have gone to Saudi jail been stoned or whipped. if the military had caught we would have been sent back to the States got a Article 15 and reduced in rank.
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imashooter2
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My drink of choice is Jameson 12 year old. It's a $45-$50 bottle.
I like to keep a bottle of Crown Royal XO in inventory, about $55/$60 for a fifth.
Bought a bottle for my fiancee's brother for Christmas. $250.00 and was kept behind the counter.
