OT: www.McWhiskyChronicles.com are go

by wcw on Jan 9, 2011 2:16 PM PST

Because, why not. See the beta at www.McWhiskyChronicles.com

Thanks:

PocketfullofPoseys for the original idea

bgunn for suggesting we swoop

yoyomonster for volunteering as editor (and appreciating P3-laptop-on-the-dresser hosting)

cornball for the superlative haiku

Yoyomonster and cornball, please contact me for your login infos. Anyone else who'd like to write about whisky, whiskey, Champagne, whisky or whisky, please drop a like as well.

Don't forget to click through to www.McWhiskyChronicles.com, because why not needlessly saturate our DSL?

Also, let me know in comments if DNS isn't resolving, please.

This FanPost is reader-generated, and it does not necessarily reflect the views of McCovey Chronicles. If the author uses filler to achieve the minimum word requirement, a moderator may edit the FanPost for his or her own amusement.

Tweet Comment 43 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

nice!
I anticipate some great suggested drinking material

Mark DeRosa, still existing.

by oldjacket on Jan 9, 2011 2:23 PM PST reply actions

I’m getting a server not found message.

by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jan 9, 2011 2:25 PM PST reply actions

that's the DNS

It’s being pesky, and I don’t know why. Give it a couple hours, or temporarily change your DNS from your ISP to Google, since Google is resolving fine. Google’s two DNS servers are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

by wcw on Jan 9, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions

..and now those are down again, too. Odd. 66.51.202.86 (my ISP) has got it, though. Let’s assume things stabilize soon.

by wcw on Jan 9, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions

wcw you are my hero for doing this
also you other guys too

"Life is like a grapefruit. It's orange and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."

Ted Williams: .406 1941
Gary Brown: .438 2010

by operation carrot on Jan 9, 2011 3:16 PM PST reply actions

THE LINK ISN’T WORKING FOR ME.

AND I NEED SCOTCH, RIGHT NOW.

AHHHHH WHAT AM I GONNA DO

by non sequitur on Jan 9, 2011 5:42 PM PST reply actions

I am pretty sure this one is resolving again now.

Whew. Now where are my co-editors?

by wcw on Jan 9, 2011 11:11 PM PST up reply actions

Nice posting time, w . . .

He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Jan 11, 2011 2:27 AM PST up reply actions

If only I had waited until the 11th.

by wcw on Jan 11, 2011 6:25 AM PST up reply actions

What if I came here for Irish whiskey news?

That would be whiskey with an ‘e’. Again, the Irish get screwed.

"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter

by Murray, Present on Jan 9, 2011 11:16 PM PST reply actions

hey, c'mon

Whisky, whiskey, whisky, sometimes Champagne, whisky and more whisky gives whiskey-with-an-e tied-for-second billing.

by wcw on Jan 9, 2011 11:33 PM PST up reply actions

well now . . .

I prefer the Irish meself, I do.

We can talk later, when it’s not nearly dawn, eh. Heh. Heh.

He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Jan 11, 2011 2:28 AM PST up reply actions

MACALLAN'S CASK STRENGTH

NAO

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Jan 10, 2011 10:47 AM PST reply actions

send me a note

..and I’ll set you up to post yourself. Will happen tonight most likely.

by wcw on Jan 10, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions

Well that's the problem

I don’t have any MacAllan’s. I have had it before, and it was amazingly good, but I live in Oregon with our state-controlled liquor stores and it’s like well over 100 bucks a bottle here.

I would love to post about whiskey, but the closest I have currently is a bottle of Wild Turkey. That’s bourbon, and it isn’t worth writing about anyhow.

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Jan 10, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions

$100?! What the quack? That thing is $55 in SF and $50 in LA.

I generally am in favor of much higher liquor taxes, but $50 a bottle is outrageous.

by wcw on Jan 10, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions

It’s not the tax, it’s the fact that the state has a monopoly on liquor sales, so they can jack up the prices. Absolut and Stoli are generally $20 for a fifth. Jack Daniel’s is $25, Maker’s and Jameson are $29. Most Scotches worth drinking are $50 and above.

"Campeones." - Andres Torres
Please follow my Twitter

by Murray, Present on Jan 10, 2011 3:06 PM PST up reply actions

If the state sells it, and the state charges $50 more than the Wine and Liquor Depot, then the state is charging you a special, $50 you-bought-it-in-Oregon tax. Just because it’s not a stamp tax doesn’t mean it isn’t a tax.

As I said, I am in favor of higher liquor taxes, but not $50.

by wcw on Jan 10, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions

Ay.

And begora.

He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Jan 11, 2011 2:30 AM PST up reply actions

I concur

We should have some sort of Oregon Liquor Party, wherein we toss overpriced monopolized government alcohol into the Columbia River, but goddamn that’s a waste of perfectly good liquor.

Still, it sucks SO hard to buy booze here. It’s almost worth the trip to drive down to Weed to get it and then bring it back.

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Jan 11, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions

Ah, the irony.

2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller

by Johnny Disaster on Jan 11, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions

Buying scotch in Weed?

Sort of like buying weed in Scotland, I would presume.

These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx

by RDreamer on Jan 11, 2011 1:00 PM PST up reply actions

If only there were a town in Oregon called Liquor for you to go buy weed in.

2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller

by Johnny Disaster on Jan 11, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions

I buy my hootch nearby . . .

in Grass Valley. On the white market.

I had a friend once who went to live in Death Valley.

He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Jan 11, 2011 9:12 PM PST up reply actions

Does K&L ship to OR?

According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.

Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.

by yoyomonster on Jan 10, 2011 5:58 PM PST up reply actions

Their web site says, yes. Wineandliquordepot, however, says no. Maybe wine only? No idea.

by wcw on Jan 10, 2011 7:34 PM PST up reply actions

mmmmmm

Cask strength. Peat-tastic.

Please tell me we have moved past the dark ages of post hoc ergo propter hoc.

by Yeti Monster on Jan 10, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions

Trip face first . . .

into the bog.

He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Jan 11, 2011 2:31 AM PST up reply actions

Tasted some yesterday

at my bro-in-law’s. Very nice.

According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.

Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.

by yoyomonster on Jan 10, 2011 5:57 PM PST up reply actions

I’ve had a bottle of the cask strength sitting around for months. I should open it up.

Ask me about my blog.

by xanthan on Jan 11, 2011 6:47 AM PST up reply actions

Don’t forget to email for your mcw account! And post! The more the merrier! Just host your images elsewhere!

by wcw on Jan 11, 2011 8:58 AM PST up reply actions

Awesome idea

Not that I have a ton of free time, but I’ll definitely check in here…if I get some time to write up a post, I will holler. I got a couple of new bottles over the holidays…

San Francisco Giants ***GLORY ACHIEVED 11/01/10***

by Skaldheim on Jan 10, 2011 1:20 PM PST reply actions

But I just buy whatever’s on sale

I can't fight this feeling anymore!

by ResDog on Jan 10, 2011 2:07 PM PST reply actions

All I can say is you nerds better learn me some some of that fancy whiskey talk.

2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller

by Johnny Disaster on Jan 10, 2011 2:08 PM PST reply actions

I have had scotches that tasted respectively like wet dirt, rotting stumps, burnt creosote and candied orange peel.

Now that you mention it, those things are awfully fancy.

by wcw on Jan 10, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions

Oooh which one tasted like candied orange peel?

by non sequitur on Jan 10, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions

READ THE BLAG!!!

In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.

by cornball on Jan 10, 2011 3:05 PM PST up reply actions

An independent of.. dammit, now I’ve forgotten. I actually really liked that one. It wasn’t the dominant flavor, but it was definitely in there, not one of those maybe-it’s-there ‘you will detect a faint note of broomstick if you sip this while chewing thoughtfully on a broomstick’ undertones. Think think think think..

Convalmore! Wow. That takes me back. Shuttered in 1985. Not the greatest thing in the world, otherwise. I have fond memories of okay scotches with weird tastes — the ‘wet soil’ scotch was another independent of Old Fettercairn, and it really did taste like mud, but really nice mud. My wife misses that bottle.

by wcw on Jan 10, 2011 3:45 PM PST up reply actions

I'll bet . . .

she does.

He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.

by gallo del cielo on Jan 11, 2011 2:32 AM PST up reply actions

wcw

sent you an email earlier with my info. Did you receive?

According to Eric Holder, Giants Baseball is NOT torture. OK, it is, but followed by a big bowl of ice cream.

Tim Lincecum: He's a biracial angel.

by yoyomonster on Jan 10, 2011 5:57 PM PST reply actions

yes

You and Gallo and cornball. Mister Toddler is being read to, since it’s my wife’s turn tonight. I’ll set you three up a little later.

Oh, and in this case, ‘editor’ means ‘author’.

by wcw on Jan 10, 2011 7:36 PM PST up reply actions

'editor' update

Gallo, cornball and yoyomonster are set up. Let me know how things go. Anyone else is welcome, but someone has to add you, which for now is just me. Send notes and I’ll get to it as time permits.

by wcw on Jan 10, 2011 8:12 PM PST up reply actions