Booze News

[ChasFink]

Don't forget their never-ending supply of Vodka and Zywiec beer!!

And that fine Polish actor, Joseph Tura.

 

[Ronnie Jersey]

And that fine Polish actor, Joseph Tura.
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Ooooh, never heard of him!

 

[ChasFink]

Ooooh, never heard of him!

Jack Benny (son of immigrants from Lithuania and Poland) in To Be or Not To Be. A great film.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035446/

Uh-oh. Looks like we're going off topic again.

 

[escargot]

Don't forget their never-ending supply of Vodka and Zywiec beer!!

I recently gave someone a gift of bottle of posh Polish vodka. She said 'Ohhh, this is nice! Smooth!'
'Smooth' isn't what I'd call any make of vodka but each to their own, eh.

 

[Ronnie Jersey]

I recently gave someone a gift of bottle of posh Polish vodka. She said 'Ohhh, this is nice! Smooth!'
'Smooth' isn't what I'd call any make of vodka but each to their own, eh.

As long as it's served with orange juice, who cares! (Harvey Wallbanger!!)

 

[Ronnie Jersey]

Jack Benny (son of immigrants from Lithuania and Poland) in To Be or Not To Be. A great film.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035446/

Uh-oh. Looks like we're going off topic again.

LOL - was wondering why I couldn't find him!

 

[Bad Bungle]

I recently gave someone a gift of bottle of posh Polish vodka. She said 'Ohhh, this is nice! Smooth!'
'Smooth' isn't what I'd call any make of vodka but each to their own, eh.

Smooth Polish vodka ? Maybe the potato peelings were washed first.

 

[Tunn11]

As long as it's served with orange juice, who cares! (Harvey Wallbanger!!)

I was told the secret is to drink the spirit, then drink the orange or whatever straight away, before taking a breath. Letting air over your throat after the spirit is not a good idea.
I was given a bottle of Polish pure spirit with these instructions. We put some in a Smirnoff bottle for someone who often took it neat. The results were instructive.
(We made sure it was a capital “P” on the label.)

 

[Ronnie Jersey]

I was told the secret is to drink the spirit, then drink the orange or whatever straight away, before taking a breath. Letting air over your throat after the spirit is not a good idea.
I was given a bottle of Polish pure spirit with these instructions. We put some in a Smirnoff bottle for someone who often took it neat. The results were instructive.
(We made sure it was a capital “P” on the label.)

Then don't ever try the Polish Spirytus - it's homemade liquor, that will take your breath away!

 

[escargot]

Then don't ever try the Polish Spirytus - it's homemade liquor, that will take your breath away!

A colleague of mine was given what I believe was that a while ago. He'd put it in a pop bottle for disguise.

 

[ChasFink]

I recently gave someone a gift of bottle of posh Polish vodka. She said 'Ohhh, this is nice! Smooth!'
'Smooth' isn't what I'd call any make of vodka but each to their own, eh.

If you can get it, try Zytnia (rye vodka) or Żubrówka (flavored with bison grass).

Then don't ever try the Polish Spirytus - it's homemade liquor, that will take your breath away!

Spirytus Rektyfikowany is literally pure grain alcohol, around 96% abv (although a 75.5 version is available). Drinking it straight can literally be fatal.

 

[ChasFink]

Ooooh, never heard of him!

I just now realized this means you got the reference.

 

[Ronnie Jersey]

I just now realized this means you got the reference.

No, I honestly didn't!

 

[ChasFink]

No, I honestly didn't!

There's a running gag in the film where Tura, in disguise, makes reference to the great Joseph Tura, but no one ever heard of him.

 

[Victory]

'Smooth' isn't what I'd call any make of vodka but each to their own, eh.

This stuff is smooth.

 

[maximus otter]

This stuff is smooth.

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[Floyd]

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maximus otter

It's even worse with wines;

'An approachable number'. I approach them all.
'Easy drinking'. Not difficult drinking then?
'Great with roast meats or hard cheeses and even on its own'. Unlike the ones that are terrible on their own?

 

[Beresford]

Smooth Polish vodka ? Maybe the potato peelings were washed first.

You're drinking the wrong stuff. Polish vodka can be very smooth. Wyborowa straight out the fridge is lovely.

 

[Floyd]

Woman smashes up alcohol worth £10,000 during racist tirade in Aldi, Stevenage, Herts;

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

Woman smashes up alcohol worth £10,000 during racist tirade in Aldi, Stevenage, Herts;

And the other shoppers just filmed it instead of stopping the nutter?

I see Ms. Alvarez was fined £5,000 - just half of the damage she caused.

 

[Floyd]

And the other shoppers just filmed it instead of stopping the nutter?

I see Ms. Alvarez was fined £5,000 - just half of the damage she caused.

I suppose people were afraid to get involved- being sued and/or getting injuries to themselves.

 

[Swifty]

And the other shoppers just filmed it instead of stopping the nutter?

I see Ms. Alvarez was fined £5,000 - just half of the damage she caused.

I'd evacuate the shop, lock the door and wait for the police to turn up.

 

[Trevp666]

I think this happened quite some time ago though didn't it?
She sustained injuries commensurate with falling into broken glass too.
And yes, people don't want to get involved, but I think that is because she was obviously nuts, and people don't want to get involved with a nut.
Sorry, I say 'nut' when what I really mean, of course, is 'someone with obvious serious mental health issues'.

EDIT - full story here. Credit to the woman, at least, for admitting her guilt and apologising for her actions.
https://www.thecomet.net/news/crime/aldi-bottle-smashing-stevenage-sentencing-8629690

 

[Xanatic*]

There is a restaurant in town, which has put up a sign saying "Perhaps the coldest beers in town."
If the best you can say about your beers is that they are really cold, I'll go elsewhere I think.

 

[ChasFink]

There is a restaurant in town, which has put up a sign saying "Perhaps the coldest beers in town."
If the best you can say about your beers is that they are really cold, I'll go elsewhere I think.

Perhaps they're really cold.

 

[cycleboy2]

Perhaps they're really cold.

The thing is, if I was in Australia and I'd been cycling all day (or working in a warehouse in Sydney, which I did for a few months), that's exactly what I'd look for.

I usually drink wine but if I do have a beer at the end of a hard day, I want it cooooolllddd! And the first one always go down really well...

 

[escargot]

There is a restaurant in town, which has put up a sign saying "Perhaps the coldest beers in town."

It's a play on Carlsberg's 'Probably the best lager in the world.'

 

[Xanatic*]

I know, but there is an optimum temperature. It's not better the colder it is.

 

[Bad Bungle]

I know, but there is an optimum temperature. It's not better the colder it is.

The colder it is, the less it registers on the taste-buds and that could be a good thing.

 

[EnolaGaia]

As the mountaineers say ... Because it's there ...

World's largest bottle of whiskey up for auction in Scotland

The world's largest bottle of whiskey, verified by Guinness World Records as holding 82.16 gallons of single-malt Scotch, is set to be auctioned in Scotland.

The Intrepid, a 5-foot, 11-inch tall bottle of 32-year-old whiskey from The Macallan Distillery, was certified as the world's largest bottle of whiskey after it was bottled by Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky in 2021. ...

The behemoth bottle of booze is now scheduled to be auctioned May 25 by Edinburgh-based Lyon & Turnbull.

The auction house said the bottle could set a new world record for the most expensive bottle of whiskey if it fetches a high bid exceeding $1.9 million.

SOURCE (With Video): https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/0...gest-bottle-of-whiskey-auction/1571651171746/