[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

I don't seal off single malt scotches or other nice stuff. I do limit the amount guests can have and anyone that shoots a sipper after being warned gets cut off and slapped by the crew. Life is too short to worry about the cost of stuff like this. I mean, it depends what you mean by a party. I went on a stag recently and a drunken buddy asked for their strongest shot (no 151). They gave us cask strength Lagavulin in shot glasses! (I asked the waitress what it was) Half the guys shot it and the other half sipped and tapped out. Lucky me to got 3-4 shots of Lagavulin to sip, but damn was I upset at that bartender taking advantage of my drunk buddy.

I do often like taking people "on a journey" and offering them varying flavour profiles that they can then narrow their acquisition bottles to stuff they know they like vs shooting in the dark. I've often offered to do a bottle swap with newbies if a bottle doesn't work out, but no one has really taken me up on that offer because they've been happy with what they acquired.



Oo... that's a good one. Cooked with sliced onions... nice. Agreed that very few places have it. Co-op occasionally has something close when they stock locally produced stuff, but yes, it's hard to acquire.

and some pyrogies.