Can You Tell if You're Drinking a Cheap Scotch?

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Am right now watching "Spy Game" and Brad Pitt sitting at a table in Beirut with his girlfriend/operative notices Robert Redford sitting at the bar and tells the waiter to give Redford a double of their cheapest scotch.

Earlier in the film Redford tells Pitt that one should never drink a scotch aged less than 12 years.

Well when Redford comes over to talk to his fellow spy he drinks the cheap scotch without a hint of a wince. Now I've got to tell you that I've sipped cheap scotch that tasted and smelled like it might have been rubbing alcohol.

My question is: Can any of you really tell the difference and secondly, was this a film goof that Redford didn't notice the difference?
 
After the fourth double, you can't tell.

Many times, bartenders will switch from top shelf to well after the third drink and pocket the change. LOL

Rob
 
wetdog1911 said:
After the fourth double, you can't tell.

Many times, bartenders will switch from top shelf to well after the third drink and pocket the change. LOL

Rob
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Bad bartender! Bad, bad bartender!!!!!
 
send me a bottle and i'll let you know if it bad, i'll also move your file to the top drawer ;) :)
 
Bad Scotch gives you whiskey face. . . Good Scotch makes your face relax and your eyes roll back in your head!!!. . . .Cheap isn't always bad. . . such as Pig's Nose, whereas some expensive stuff is all about being bad!

Drink it all and let your liver sort it out!!!
 
Jerry Busse said:
Bad Scotch gives you whiskey face. . . Good Scotch makes your face relax and your eyes roll back in your head!!!. . . .Cheap isn't always bad. . . such as Pig's Nose, whereas some expensive stuff is all about being bad!

Drink it all and let your liver sort it out!!!
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Too funny!:D
 
Well the surest way to tell is when you wake up and your chin looks like someone swiped donut glaze all over it,, you have what appears to be chocolate syrup all over you, but it really isn't and you happen to be in Jail with 350 lb 6'9" Rocko petting your hair as you sleep, saying "you be mine tonite"
 
Cobalt said:
Well the surest way to tell is when you wake up and your chin looks like someone swiped donut glaze all over it,, you have what appears to be chocolate syrup all over you, but it really isn't and you happen to be in Jail with 350 lb 6'9" Rocko petting your hair as you sleep, saying "you be mine tonite"
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You're not speaking from experience now Cobalt, are you? :eek: :eek:


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A lot of bars will put diluted liquor if you order a mixed drink too. I don't know how many red bull and vodkas I've had that were mixed with POPOV!!!!!! Talk about nasty. After A few it's all the same unless you're switched with 151 or everclear that's a different story.......... Hooray for Alcohol!
 
After they cracked my chest and rewired my ticker, my cardiologist said "Drinking hard liquor might kill you. So…...Since you’re going to risk it anyway, may as well make sure it's the best." No more cheap stuff.

Does Jerry make scalpels? I could have sworn I saw INFI on the blade.
 
wetdog1911 said:
After the fourth double, you can't tell.

Many times, bartenders will switch from top shelf to well after the third drink and pocket the change. LOL

Rob
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That is wrong on so many levels......:thumbdn:

Just tip your waitress on your first and second rounds and you will get the better stuff. Asking for her first name never hurt either....

Ohh, you want to know the difference between cheap and expensive Scotch? That's easy, one tastes like kerosene, the other tastes like gasoline...........:)
 
I once gave a brother-in-law a fifth of Wild Turkey. He was a South Alabama
good-ole-boy from a rural area. After the bourbon was long gone, he kept the bottle, typically filled with the cheapest whiskey he could find. He told me he liked to pass it around, have his g-o-b friends take a swallow, watch them wince and shiver and then hear them say, "Damn, that Wild Turkey is good stuff!"
 
I've heard one indicator that occasionally works is examination of the quality and/or condition of the flooring material upon which you awaken.
 
Do all you Hogs like to drink Scotch???? Doesn't anyone like Bourbon?????????
Well, I am definately down with Bourbon over Scotch. Just my two cents worth. I think I will pour another Makers for myself while I wait for my Busse Tee-Shirt and Busse Folder.

I think it's going to be a long wait. I better make it a double.

Keep'em Sharp,
RJD
 
You can put me down solidly in the Bourbon camp. My current favorite is Elijah Craig. Oddly enough, there is family history there. Bardstown, KY (Bourbon Capital of the World) was named for one of my distant relatives.

Check out http://www.kybourbonfestival.com/

Rick - the "b" stands for "Bard"
 
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