So you're at a poker game, and someone starts mixing orange soda with your single malt Scotch...

[Rio Rebel]

Do you:

1. Say something?
2. Just let it go?
3. Try to sneak in some cheap Scotch so he doesn't waste the good stuff?

(I did #3 - I poured some White Horse in an empty bottle of Dalwinnie so he wouldn't waste any more MaCallan)

 

[RadiclDreamer]

4. Stop being a pussy and tell him not to waste good stuff on mixing

 

[effowe]

With *MY* scotch? There is no way he is drinking out of my scotch. If it's his, I let him know he's a dumbass, but live and let live.

 

[WelshBloke]

Originally posted by: Rio Rebel
Do you:

1. Say something?
2. Just let it go?
3. Try to sneak in some turps so he doesn't waste the good stuff?

Number 3.

 

[Corporate Thug]

If I'm offering the bottle to my guests, I'll let them make the decision how they want to consume it.

 

[Viper GTS]

That is stupidity of a level that cannot be ignored. Kind of like my brother mixing my Lagavulin with Diet Pepsi.

And next time hide the good stuff when he's around.

Viper GTS

 

[Rio Rebel]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
If I'm offering the bottle to my guests, I'll let them make the decision how they want to consume it.

I think that's the most polite answer. It's just hard to watch someone waste good Scotch when they don't taste the difference anyway.

 

[Rio Rebel]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
That is stupidity of a level that cannot be ignored. Kind of like my brother mixing my Lagavulin with Diet Pepsi.

And next time hide the good stuff when he's around.

Viper GTS

Lagavulin and Diet Pepsi. My God.

He has no idea he was pouring the best Scotch on the market into a soda.

 

[WelshBloke]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
If I'm offering the bottle to my guests, I'll let them make the decision how they want to consume it.

and then offer them the cheep stuff later as their not going to notice.

 

[JoPh]

just offer up two bottles. 1 for mixing and 1 for straight.

 

[Kirby]

This is why I hide my Booker's at parties.

 

[Leros]

Maybe they aren't familiar with what a good scotch is and don't know better. I would tell them that they're drinking a really good scotch which shouldn't be mixed and ask them to use a different bottle if they're going to mix it. Any reasonable person would understand.

 

[actuarial]

My uncle has gotten on my case for drinking CHEAP scotch with coke (Grant's or Bell's).

Good scotch I always drink straight, both with and without ice. I love a top notch scotch kept in the freezer and served neat.

 

[Rio Rebel]

I don't mind if someone wants ice, or water...but orange soda means you aren't getting taste at all. That is a total waste.

 

[WelshBloke]

Originally posted by: actuarial
My uncle has gotten on my case for drinking CHEAP scotch with coke (Grant's or Bell's).

Good scotch I always drink straight, both with and without ice. I love a top notch scotch kept in the freezer and served neat.

:Q WTF

 

[eLiu]

Mixing is a waste. If you're going to drink scotch, drink scotch. If you want funny-tasting orange soda, throw in some shitty vodka or something.

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Kind of like my brother mixing my Lagavulin with Diet Pepsi.

I would've taken that glass and poured it down the drain and ripped my brother a new one.

Mother of god...just thinking about Lagavulin mixed with anything but a slight amount of water riles me up


Any good scotch really. What a waste. Years and years of waiting lost in a wash of HFCS crap.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
If I'm offering the bottle to my guests, I'll let them make the decision how they want to consume it.

This.

 

[Orsorum]

Actually, I've had a decent cocktail made with a 16YO Irish single malt. On the other hand, that was a once in a lifetime occasion. As a matter of course, I would never, EVER mix Scotch. Either drink it straight or not at all.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: WelshBloke

Originally posted by: actuarial
My uncle has gotten on my case for drinking CHEAP scotch with coke (Grant's or Bell's).

Good scotch I always drink straight, both with and without ice. I love a top notch scotch kept in the freezer and served neat.

:Q WTF

WTF? wont it freeze??

 

[WelshBloke]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
If I'm offering the bottle to my guests, I'll let them make the decision how they want to consume it.

This.

What if they start chugging from the bottle? You ok with that as well?

 

[WelshBloke]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: WelshBloke

Originally posted by: actuarial
My uncle has gotten on my case for drinking CHEAP scotch with coke (Grant's or Bell's).

Good scotch I always drink straight, both with and without ice. I love a top notch scotch kept in the freezer and served neat.

:Q WTF

WTF? wont it freeze??

No, you just wont be able to taste any of the things that make a Fine single malt a fine single malt


Vodka's good from the freezer though, but thats because its got no decent flavor anyway.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: WelshBloke

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
If I'm offering the bottle to my guests, I'll let them make the decision how they want to consume it.

This.

What if they start chugging from the bottle? You ok with that as well?

What if I ask stupid "what if" questions?

If you're offering your guest a drink, it's up to them how they would like it. Not you. As far as I know no one here is the annointed police of good taste.

 

[sandorski]

I'd just go, "Dude?". I'd still let them drink whatever way they want though.

 

[WelshBloke]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: WelshBloke

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
If I'm offering the bottle to my guests, I'll let them make the decision how they want to consume it.

This.

What if they start chugging from the bottle? You ok with that as well?

What if I ask stupid "what if" questions?

If you're offering your guest a drink, it's up to them how they would like it. Not you. As far as I know no one here is the annointed police of good taste.

No its not.

They dont get to chug it out the bottle.
They dont get to fill a bucket.
And they dont get to mix a Single malt thats probably older than them with orange soda.


And I am the anointed policeman of good taste.

So now you know.