Lutra Lutra 611 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Lads I'm not kidding ya, a good bottle of poitin is nicer than any malt whiskey. Not the shite they sell down the pub, but the real deal! Much nicer taste than whiskey, although I'm fond of a bit of paddy's too. Take her easy mind! Eddie, my brother was one hell of a drinker and loved the Whisky. However , he told the myself the Poitin was in a somewhat different league. Hope I'm correct with the spelling of the drink in question. "Perhaps you can can enlighten myself with you being from Ireland"?Is the drink you mentioned made with potatoes, sorry I don't know a great deal about this drink to be honest? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 f**k me gaz how old are you 68 No 28 Got past the "white lightening down the park" stage pretty early on though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 12,670 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Lol ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Anyone north of the border gonna say Bucky's..? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Anyone north of the border gonna say Bucky's..? Tried that not so long back. Jesus it's an acquired taste. I work with 5 jocks and they love the stuff. It tasted like cough medicine to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 A nice port. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morton 5,367 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Hello to all readers, Hoping everyone is okay and life treats everyone just fine. I don't know if this subject has been touched upon, but I'd be very interested to hear from members what their favourite tipple is or drink. My particular interest would be on the wonderful subject of one our most popular drinks, namely (Whisky). It would be good to hear from our Scottish Whisky drinking friends about their thoughts on the favourite subject of Whisky in particular. Also my regards to my trusty Irish friends... Regards, Lutra.... Im blessed as i come from Keighley and a brewery that as won more awards than any other,Taylors Landlord,with good reason.I bought a bottle of 3 Monkeys a few months ago,smoooooth on the tonsils. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ginger beard 4,652 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 a cold local cider always goes down well in the summer.just getting a taste of a good whisky.if you sip just a little bit instead of downing a shot its actually quite nice and mulled wine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,119 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Lads I'm not kidding ya, a good bottle of poitin is nicer than any malt whiskey. Not the shite they sell down the pub, but the real deal! Much nicer taste than whiskey, although I'm fond of a bit of paddy's too. Take her easy mind! Eddie, my brother was one hell of a drinker and loved the Whisky. However , he told the myself the Poitin was in a somewhat different league. Hope I'm correct with the spelling of the drink in question. "Perhaps you can can enlighten myself with you being from Ireland"?Is the drink you mentioned made with potatoes, sorry I don't know a great deal about this drink to be honest? Neil might know more about the stuff than I do. It can definitely be made with potatoes, but I think barley makes better stuff. I think it can be made with all kinds of base ingredient. The problem with poitin is, there's a lot of shite out there, and if you get a bad bottle, you'll know about it! There can be huge differences in taste, and strength, because there all made with different materials, in different ways. I got a bottle a few years back that came from the north. It was a flavoured poitin. Think it was peach snaps flavour. Surprisingly good, and strong too. There were four or five different flavours I believe. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,203 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) I dont drink but if i was to have one on occasion it would be hennesy vs or xo if someone else is buying. Im partial to a cognac schweppes, a hunting friends family business is vines which makes the eau de vie which then all goes to Hennesy for ageing = cognac. Off to Cognac country in the morning as it happens. I have a bottle of this in the cupboard, only ever had a few sips of it, nice on the throat with it having honey in it, cant understand the price though! Edited March 21, 2016 by Columbo 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greenman33 37 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 That's excellent. May I have it? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukey 1,620 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Anyone north of the border gonna say Bucky's..? Drank too much of the stuff for years then just stopped drinking other than special occasions, starting to get a wee craving for it now and then though lol the drink of choice at party's ect these days is pints of venom, £12-£15 a pint but sure to leave you in a fine mess lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Astanley 11,465 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 In the pub its a guineas for me ,at a barbq or in the garden in summer its a nice chianti or a decent fruity white or mead wine ,moderation being the secret of enjoyment . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hydropotesinermis 724 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 my favourite tipple is jamesons and coke you dont put coke (or Ice) with real whisky ... thats what Jack Daniels is for!! That's okay. Jamesons isn't real whiskey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,530 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Lads I'm not kidding ya, a good bottle of poitin is nicer than any malt whiskey. Not the shite they sell down the pub, but the real deal! Much nicer taste than whiskey, although I'm fond of a bit of paddy's too. Take her easy mind! Eddie, my brother was one hell of a drinker and loved the Whisky. However , he told the myself the Poitin was in a somewhat different league. Hope I'm correct with the spelling of the drink in question. "Perhaps you can can enlighten myself with you being from Ireland"?Is the drink you mentioned made with potatoes, sorry I don't know a great deal about this drink to be honest? Neil might know more about the stuff than I do. It can definitely be made with potatoes, but I think barley makes better stuff. I think it can be made with all kinds of base ingredient. The problem with poitin is, there's a lot of shite out there, and if you get a bad bottle, you'll know about it! There can be huge differences in taste, and strength, because there all made with different materials, in different ways. I got a bottle a few years back that came from the north. It was a flavoured poitin. Think it was peach snaps flavour. Surprisingly good, and strong too. There were four or five different flavours I believe. I used to work with an old fella who went back to his native Belfast for his hols. He said he would be getting some poteen (spelling?) I asked if he could get me some and on his return he gave me a medicine bottle full. I asked "is that it?" His reply was, "that's all you'll need" He was right Cheers, D. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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