Whisky.

[rupert]

I was never a fan of drinking straight whisky, then last year me and my mate whent to a spirit tasting course, it was one evening a week for 7 weeks. You got to taste between 6 - 12 different spirits each evening as well as learn about market share and production methods etc.

After that I could drink and enjoy whisky without pulling a stupid face and thinking it just tasted like burning wood ;D

Me and my mate started trying different ones whenver we were on a night out or just in the local and i've found my fave whiskys are from the Islay region of Scotland (the Isle of Islay), theyre usually quite smokey and peaty tasting.

For my birthday last month I treated myself and my Girlfriend to a trip to the Isle of Islay and visited some of my fave distillerys. It really was a fantastic trip, here's a few pics..

[grolt]

I can't do the whiskey. One of my first times ever really getting drunk happened when I first went to college and all night a friend and I were doing whiskey shots all night at the bar. It tasted well enough at the time, but man, the next morning - no, scratch that, the next two days, I was basically stuck to the couch or the toilet. That was my introduction to the stuff, and prophetically my farewell.

Nice pictures, man. Looks like you had a really fun time, and it certainly wasn't just the same ol' thing throughout. One shot a farm, the next a beach, the next after that a pub...it looks like you both really saw a lot. That picture of your lady with the lens flare is a nice shot, it's surprising she exposed so well considering usually when the sun's poking in everything else is really dark. Did you have the flash on? That chicken looks happy to see you.

[rupert]

Jul 15, 2009 5:14:50 GMT grolt said:

I can't do the whiskey. One of my first times ever really getting drunk happened when I first went to college and all night a friend and I were doing whiskey shots all night at the bar. It tasted well enough at the time, but man, the next morning - no, scratch that, the next two days, I was basically stuck to the couch or the toilet. That was my introduction to the stuff, and prophetically my farewell.

Nice pictures, man. Looks like you had a really fun time, and it certainly wasn't just the same ol' thing throughout. One shot a farm, the next a beach, the next after that a pub...it looks like you both really saw a lot. That picture of your lady with the lens flare is a nice shot, it's surprising she exposed so well considering usually when the sun's poking in everything else is really dark. Did you have the flash on? That chicken looks happy to see you.

I don't usually drink whisky to get drunk, just maybe one dram every couple of nights and it may last me upto 30 minutes.

That wasnt a farm either, it was just some cows by the side of the road, quite offten we would have to stop because of cows or sheep walking about in the road. The chicken was in the doorway of our guest house.

The picture of my 'lady' did turn out quite well considering the sun. I only took these pictures on my 3.2 megapixle mobile phone.

[ninjabearhug]

I used to be a BIG fan of spirits, particularly malts, but nowadays I pretty much only drink lager. I was a bit of an alcoholic when I was younger and once I started with the spirits I generally woke up in some random place (field,bus, in bed with a friends mother to name but a few) so I knocked them on the head.

I still have an occasional Southern Comfort mind