Super Cheap American Eagle Bourbon + Others For Those In The UK..

[canucklehead]

right seems odd in such a highly regulated country.

Can't buy booze on Amazon here in Canada. You can only buy liquor at a liquor store in most provinces. I live in Alberta, where the liquor laws are arguably the most relaxed in Canada, so here there are more privately run liquor stores than gas stations, but in some provinces you can only buy booze from government run liquor stores.

 

[BROBS]

Can't buy booze on Amazon here in Canada. You can only buy liquor at a liquor store in most provinces. I live in Alberta, where the liquor laws are arguably the most relaxed in Canada, so here there are more privately run liquor stores than gas stations, but in some provinces you can only buy booze from government run liquor stores.

I mean here you can buy liquor anywhere, but still not off amazon.
Most likely due to the impossibility of checking age.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

but in some provinces you can only buy booze from government run liquor stores.

That doesn’t seem shady in the least. ?

 

[BROBS]

That doesn’t seem shady in the least. ?

used to be the same across most the USA. see the tax stamp on liquor bottles? most used to have to be bought from a gov't distribution store.

 

[lawdawg]

You can buy booze on Amazon in the UK?!

right seems odd in such a highly regulated country.

One thing that is not highly regulated in the UK, or most of continental Europe for that matter, is drinking, at least compared to the type of alcohol regulations we have in the U.S.

 

[canucklehead]

That doesn’t seem shady in the least. ?

It's a total scam

I mean here you can buy liquor anywhere, but still not off amazon.
Most likely due to the impossibility of checking age.

Cheap beer at gas stations always makes me laugh when I visit the US. Don't drink and drive folks, but here are some convenient road beers. I guess we can't say much up here though, because I used to live in BC, where they have drive-thrus at cold beer and wine stores.

 

[BROBS]

It's a total scam

Cheap beer at gas stations always makes me laugh when I visit the US. Don't drink and drive folks, but here are some convenient road beers. I guess we can't say much up here though, because I used to live in BC, where they have drive-thrus at cold beer and wine stores.

we have drive-thru liquor stores here as well. I always thought it was the perfect oxymoron.

 

[BROBS]

It's a total scam

Cheap beer at gas stations always makes me laugh when I visit the US. Don't drink and drive folks, but here are some convenient road beers. I guess we can't say much up here though, because I used to live in BC, where they have drive-thrus at cold beer and wine stores.

in case you haven't noticed just about everything is hypocrytical.
drinking is cool, unless driving or unless you get drunk. (which isn't that a byproduct of drinking???)
weed is legal... just don't smoke it. in public.. outside... anywhere that isn't inside your home.
but go to a bar and get hammered.. just don't get drunk off the multiple drinks they serve you.

 

[lawdawg]

I just get more of a "drinking bad" vibe in the U.S. than in Europe. However, that's less true in larger American cities, where drinking culture seems more accepted and more "European" for lack of a better description. Just by way of comparison, an average amount of drinking in the U.K. would put you in about the top 10% of drinkers in the U.S. by volume of consumption per week.

 

[canucklehead]

I just get more of a "drinking bad" vibe in the U.S. than in Europe. However, that's less true in larger American cities, where drinking culture seems more accepted and more "European" for lack of a better description. Just by way of comparison, an average amount of drinking in the U.K. would put you in about the top 10% of drinkers in the U.S. by volume of consumption per week.

 

[BROBS]

I just get more of a "drinking bad" vibe in the U.S. than in Europe. However, that's less true in larger American cities, where drinking culture seems more accepted and more "European" for lack of a better description. Just by way of comparison, an average amount of drinking in the U.K. would put you in about the top 10% of drinkers in the U.S. by volume of consumption per week.

They drink over in Europe all day.. you see people at the Farmer's Market in Munich walking around with Liters of beer at 10AM.
It's more acceptable there for sure.. whereas here if you drank a liter of beer at 10AM people are going to think you have a problem.

 

[BROBS]

I didn't understand one word lol
Though he may be more slightly more clear-spoken than my buddy from Glasgow.

 

[lawdawg]

They drink over in Europe all day.. you see people at the Farmer's Market in Munich walking around with Liters of beer at 10AM.
It's more acceptable there for sure.. whereas here if you drank a liter of beer at 10AM people are going to think you have a problem.

I'm an average drinker... in Europe. A raging alcoholic in the U.S. though Damn American culture.

America: don't drink alcohol, and enjoy your one week of vacation from work per year.

Europe: here, drink this world-class beer along with some single malt, oh and here's 30 vacation days each year. Please use them all.

 

[canucklehead]

I didn't understand one word lol
Though he may be more slightly more clear-spoken than my buddy from Glasgow.

I think I heard "roosters" and "crap."

 

[Country Bladesmith]

It's a total scam

Cheap beer at gas stations always makes me laugh when I visit the US. Don't drink and drive folks, but here are some convenient road beers. I guess we can't say much up here though, because I used to live in BC, where they have drive-thrus at cold beer and wine stores.

In Louisiana we have drive-through frozen daiquiri stands. ?

 

[workman]

I'm an average drinker... in Europe. A raging alcoholic in the U.S. though Damn American culture.

America: don't drink alcohol, and enjoy your one week of vacation from work per year.

Europe: here, drink this world-class beer along with some single malt, oh and here's 30 vacation days each year. Please use them all.

Europe is very diverse. In Sweden, Iceland, Faroe Islands (me), Greenland and maybe others, liquor can only be bought from government stores, creating a semi-prohibitional culture around alcohol.
In France, they can't make statistics of alcohol consumption, because people don't understand the concept. They drink wine at noon and at supper but that don't count. That's just having a meal. Drinking is something else and noone does that, so their statistics look great.

 

[jerseysam]

Just to note...charcoal filtering ('Lincoln County Process') happens with the new make going into the aging barrel...not coming out (where you would mask age). The process of sugar-maple charcoal filtering started back in the 19th century when most whisky was sold un-aged....it was an attempt to smooth out what we'd call white dog today for immediate drinking. When aging bourbon in charred barrels became the norm in the later 19th century, distillers in Tennessee kept up the practice because the thought was hey, why not start with a smooth distillate and we've been doing this for decades. Like 'sour mash', it only became a marketing call-out in the 1950-60's.

Charcoal is non-flavor imparting medium (used as a filter), so it wouldn't add flavors of wood to 'fake' age. I'll stay out of the TN vs. KY bourbon wars beyond that

 

[mawnansmiff]

"You can buy booze on Amazon in the UK?!"

Sure you can Canucklehead, I've been buying many of my spirits (American, Scotch, Caribbean rums etc) for years from them. They often have severe discounts and most purchases over £20 bring on free delivery.

It would seem that PROBS doesn't like this fact but hey ho, we are so blessed he doesn't live here.

"Just to note...charcoal filtering ('Lincoln County Process') happens with the new make going into the aging barrel...not coming out (where you would mask age)."

Jerseysam, such a shame certain folks can't accept this regarding their National Spirit.

Regards,

Jay.?

 

[lawdawg]

Charcoal is non-flavor imparting medium (used as a filter), so it wouldn't add flavors of wood to 'fake' age. I'll stay out of the TN vs. KY bourbon wars beyond that

But you’re in the midst of the KY / TN bourbon war with that post

Of course the idea is filtration, rather than addition of something into the distillate. I’m not saying flavor is added, but that it is affected.

Barrel aging and the Lincoln county process both in involve the same concept - exposing freshly distilled white whiskey to charred hardwood to mellow the alcohol burn and otherwise improve the rough edges. The idea behind the Lincoln county process is getting that result faster. A lot of us think it ends up flattening the flavor in the long run.

In all fairness, I think it’s a relatively minor issue in practice, but that it has been exacerbated by Tennessee politicians pushing for federal recognition of their “Tennessee whiskey” moniker as if it shared the same American cultural relevance as Kentucky bourbon.

 

[Old School 3319]

I'm an average drinker... in Europe. A raging alcoholic in the U.S. though Damn American culture.

America: don't drink alcohol, and enjoy your one week of vacation from work per year.

Europe: here, drink this world-class beer along with some single malt, oh and here's 30 vacation days each year. Please use them all.

I consider myself a “professional drinker” I drink daily more than most.I do not drink to intoxication but most would be. This bottle last me about 3 days. It’s 1.75 liter