Macallan Whisky - (1940)

[mel b3]

I’ve been telling mrs FN308 SPR for the last 40 years if Joanna Lumley ever winks at me I’m gone. LOL

That's someone's great great great grandmother that your lusting after .
Mind you . I would

 

[Foxyboy43]

Waiting for the night before Remembrance Sunday

I’m free - sure County Antrim is only an hour away from the bushes…

 

[Dave_45]

I’m sorry but I have to call this out. The sniper rifles issues to the British Army are Accuracy International and the scopes from Schmidt and Bender. They have people go to shot show and other expos every year to look at the advancements in technology and have pretty much an open check book with someone of Whitehall rank attending with them to discuss acquisitions.

The 22 lads get the best training and kit. They will sometimes buy their own clothing and are one of the only units allowed to wear non issue clothing on duty.

There are various whisky and port with the same insignia for sale across the internet. I can’t recall where the proceeds go.

Of all the units 22 and poole and probably SRR have a no limits budget.

Probably buy their own bits and bobs that are personal preference , boots etc but I would also highly doubt they have to buy rifle scopes or would be allowed to use them , if it failed in field there would be no replacement parts etc etc etc

 

[Foxyboy43]

I’ve been telling mrs FN308 SPR for the last 40 years if Joanna Lumley ever winks at me I’m gone. LOL

Met her one early morning outside the Imperial War Museum many years ago (no - she didn’t know I would be there…) - a lovely lady who has done much for the Gurkhas, serving and retired.
As an aside - I had the pleasure of seeing them escorting HM Queen Elizabeth II into an Honours Ceremony in the Palace - quite an emotional experience - caught me out big time…

 

[308FNSPR]

I’m free - sure County Antrim is only an hour away from the bushes…

If I was from County Antrim I’d be tight as a ducks arse and you would have two hopes of me sharing and one of them would be called Bob and the other would be called no. LOL. Having said that you might find I live in bushes too

 

[Foxyboy43]

If I was from County Antrim I’d be tight as a ducks arse and you would have two hopes of me sharing and one of them would be called Bob and the other would be called no. LOL. Having said that you might find I live in bushes too

Pity really - I was thinking of opening the Midleton……

 

[308FNSPR]

Pity really - I was thinking of opening the Midleton……

That was a very good answer. I assume you know a lot of people I know too as the shooting community in Tyrone isn’t that big

 

[Mungo]

Just glad someone is actually planning on drinking some of their stash.

I’ve had quite a few people in the whisky industry tell me that, unlike wine, whisky does not improve with age once bottled. Their very strong advice was to drink it within 5 years or so of bottling. After that, apparently it goes ‘flat’ and starts to loose character.

I don’t see the point in keeping them anyway - whisky is MEANT to be drunk, ideally shared.

There is a sense of schoolboyish transgression that comes with flattening a really expensive bottle in an evening that really adds to the occasion.

 

[starr shot]

Eh! You pulling my chain?

Put a bigger don’t touch label on them.

 

[Bo Diddley]

You only need a maximum of six cans of full fat Coke for a bottle of anything... always cans and never bottles, the can has got to be freshly "Pulled" as well as ice cold, with plenty of ice as well to thin the caramel of the Coke a little... it all makes drinking dark spirits bearable

 

[Wapinschaw]

Correct - that is why there are 4 granite blocks in the box - apparently one uses them chilled thus avoiding the risk of diluting the nectar!

I was about to post to ask what they were.

 

[Stalker62]

- apparently one uses them chilled thus avoiding the risk of diluting the nectar!

My rather lovely (now deceased) neighbour bought me some. Never really got on with them to be honest.

 

[phillc]

I do enjoy a drop of whisky/whiskey, for both drinking and investing. Sometimes I end up buying two bottles of something I fancy or think will increase in value - one to drink and one to put away.

Then at one point a few years ago, with a couple of bob to spend, a mate and I went large on these.....



A few years still to wait. Not even sure what we're going to do with them - sell as whole mature casks or try to bottle with our own label.

 

[Deerkeeper2]

I was given a bottle of Port once that was, apparently, very rare and expensive. We kept it for a while and then decided to try and sell it. We encountered all manner of time wasters and dramas. Finally decided to just drink it! It tasted no different to a bottle of £8.99 Cockburns to be honest.

 

[Kjf]

Eh! You pulling my chain?

Get it supped man ....

It's for supping not gathering dust . Wether it's 20 quid or 250.000 quid a bottle

It's for supping

Get it down ya gizzard

Kjf

 

[NP435]

Risking abuse I must say any Scots whiskey is insulting to my taste buds.

 

[Husky]

Risking abuse I must say any Scots whiskey is insulting to my taste buds.

That's because you are spelling it wrong

 

[NullMac]

Eh! You pulling my chain?

No. Never mind the auction. Go into a high end hotel and ask the sommelier if he is interesed in a bottle of 1978 Macallan. You will get a better price. We did that with a 1958 we found in the back of father in laws cupboard. (Gleneagles, the guy never hesitated)

In the end we thought **** it and drank it. Good thing to do with special friends.

 

[foxinmad]

Indian fire water, don't like the stuff at all.

 

[sh1kar]

Indian fire water, don't like the stuff at all.

You’re thinking of that American rye stuff or bourbon. And you’re right