Comments for SpiritsAndCocktails.com http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com Jamie Boudreau will be your bartender today.... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:58:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Xmas Scotch by the vile consequences of dishonesty « liquor is quicker http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/xmas-scotch/#comment-2725 the vile consequences of dishonesty « liquor is quicker Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:58:37 +0000 http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/?p=752#comment-2725 [...] and proprietor of Spirits and Cocktails posted a gift list for scotch lovers, called “Xmas Scotch“.  I’m a researcher, and so I know the big liquor companies.  Every scotch on his [...] [...] and proprietor of Spirits and Cocktails posted a gift list for scotch lovers, called “Xmas Scotch“.  I’m a researcher, and so I know the big liquor companies.  Every scotch on his [...]

]]> Comment on About by the vile consequences of dishonesty « liquor is quicker http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2724 the vile consequences of dishonesty « liquor is quicker Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:58:34 +0000 #comment-2724 [...] brings me to today’s dilemma.  Early this morning (late last night?), Jamie Boudreau, famed (and really more qualified than I am) bartender and proprietor of Spirits and Cocktails posted a [...] [...] brings me to today’s dilemma.  Early this morning (late last night?), Jamie Boudreau, famed (and really more qualified than I am) bartender and proprietor of Spirits and Cocktails posted a [...]

]]> Comment on Xmas Scotch by 300rwhp http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/xmas-scotch/#comment-2723 300rwhp Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:04:17 +0000 http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/?p=752#comment-2723 yeah i dont know if the royal lochanger is a diageo brand. But really all of your suggestions excepting above are from the classic malts collection from diageo. Why the allegiance? yeah i dont know if the royal lochanger is a diageo brand. But really all of your suggestions excepting above are from the classic malts collection from diageo. Why the allegiance?

]]> Comment on Xmas Scotch by Jamie Boudreau http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/xmas-scotch/#comment-2722 Jamie Boudreau Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:55:12 +0000 http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/?p=752#comment-2722 drinksnob: I don't know, or care, who the latest owners of spirit companies or distilleries are: it has little to no bearing on the product for me. I was never one to attempt to keep up to date on the passing off of distilleries from one year to the next, and quite frankly am baffled when anyone attempts to attach meaning to such business transactions (unless, of course, it affects the liquid in the bottle). Diageo owns a lot: and I don't have the time (or even care) to find out what they own (or don't). You will be seeing a number of spirit reviews in the next month, and while the majority of the bottles were sent to me by various PR firms, I don't have a clue who their umbrella companies are (or care, as it is irrelevant). Erik: If $59 SRP is too rich (and SRP usually means that you can get it substantially cheaper online) then perhaps scotch is not the spirit you should be looking at. ;-) drinksnob:
I don’t know, or care, who the latest owners of spirit companies or distilleries are: it has little to no bearing on the product for me. I was never one to attempt to keep up to date on the passing off of distilleries from one year to the next, and quite frankly am baffled when anyone attempts to attach meaning to such business transactions (unless, of course, it affects the liquid in the bottle). Diageo owns a lot: and I don’t have the time (or even care) to find out what they own (or don’t). You will be seeing a number of spirit reviews in the next month, and while the majority of the bottles were sent to me by various PR firms, I don’t have a clue who their umbrella companies are (or care, as it is irrelevant).

Erik:
If $59 SRP is too rich (and SRP usually means that you can get it substantially cheaper online) then perhaps scotch is not the spirit you should be looking at. ;-)

]]> Comment on Xmas Scotch by erik_ellestad http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/xmas-scotch/#comment-2721 erik_ellestad Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:30:09 +0000 http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/?p=752#comment-2721 Or those for the financially challenged Scotch Fancier? Or those for the financially challenged Scotch Fancier?

]]> Comment on Xmas Scotch by drinksnob http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/xmas-scotch/#comment-2720 drinksnob Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:28:20 +0000 http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/?p=752#comment-2720 Are there any non-Diageo Scotches you'd recommend? Are there any non-Diageo Scotches you’d recommend?

]]> Comment on San Francisco Watering Holes by Terry http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/san-francisco-watering-holes/#comment-2719 Terry Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:13:15 +0000 http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/?p=682#comment-2719 I, too, was a bartender in Seattle and just moved to San Francisco a few months ago to join the masses in the software world. One of my favorite bartenders works at a place called Orbit Room, a tiny, unassuming bar located on Market between Hayes Valley and the Castro. The drinks are artfully crafted, and it was here that I was introduced to the fantastic Corpse Reviver No. 2. I love it. Also a great place to get a solid Negroni. Cash only, like so many SF places. Crazy town, I love it! I, too, was a bartender in Seattle and just moved to San Francisco a few months ago to join the masses in the software world. One of my favorite bartenders works at a place called Orbit Room, a tiny, unassuming bar located on Market between Hayes Valley and the Castro. The drinks are artfully crafted, and it was here that I was introduced to the fantastic Corpse Reviver No. 2. I love it. Also a great place to get a solid Negroni. Cash only, like so many SF places. Crazy town, I love it!

]]> Comment on The Tasty Awards by Jamie Boudreau http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/the-tasty-awards/#comment-2718 Jamie Boudreau Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:41:26 +0000 http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/?p=740#comment-2718 Gentlemen: We will have to see.... Gentlemen:
We will have to see….

]]> Comment on Caipiroli by Jamie Boudreau http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/caipiroli/#comment-2717 Jamie Boudreau Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:51:39 +0000 http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/?p=547#comment-2717 Ian: I've never measured, but many. I've used the same bath over days in the past. Ian:
I’ve never measured, but many. I’ve used the same bath over days in the past.

]]> Comment on Caipiroli by Ian McCarthy http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/caipiroli/#comment-2716 Ian McCarthy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:50:04 +0000 http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/?p=547#comment-2716 How long, or how many times can the Calcium Chloride bath be re-used? How long, or how many times can the Calcium Chloride bath be re-used?

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