We won a trip to Ireland some years ago and visted the Jamieson's factory - you can order the 12yo personal;ly labelled - but only from the factory. Sandra won an 'official tester' status - she had to sample all the whiskys - LOL - she was (literally) legless when she finished.

Funny, people are usually a bourbon or scotch/whisky person. I'm the latter. I wouldn't (couldn't) drink bourbon at gun point. 

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

My twin brother is a boubon drinker, and he's got me to sample them all, still can't acquire a taste for them. I'm a very safe person to look after someone's bourbon LOL 

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

Your like my old man Colin, loves his scotch every night especially his Johnnie Gold! 

cheers
sam

Wish I could afford it every night, bit exy Sam. 

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

well maybe not every night but you catch my drift... 

cheers
sam

I do. Would spoil it otherwise. 

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

I drank scotch once when I was 17, haven't been able to go near the smell of it since.

Oh yes, the dreaded 'over consumption' in our teens - at least you had good taste!

When the yearn for and consumption of alcohol far outweighed our ability to handle it - with some very untidy results

I remember Southern (Dis)Comfort, starwhine, bodiga....and the worst of all Fruity Lexia

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

We needed belly warmers for our walk to the beach for the 6am surf. :)  Ahh, those were the days.

Somehow can still do tequila, but only just.

Did a lot of surfing myself when younger - but not with 'wobbly boots' LOL

Haven't done slammers for ages!  

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

Whisky I loved it once, went to Bali 10 days, come back tried whisky nearly vomited don't know what happened over there, I'm a southern comfort girl know, hubbie loves is red & whisky

Yeah, I think we all have at least one beveredge that we've 'killed' due to overendulgence (although your bali story sounds like yours was 'doctored') - like I said before, I killed my taste for SC when I was younger. There's some fantastic reds down here (Shiraz & Merlot mainly).  

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

(Colin 1 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

and a good drop of port,if the budget is tight and you want a belly warmer you cant go past stones green ginger wine straight from the bottle

RUSS & SANDY

"A family that fishes together stays together"

As a stupid teenager I almost drowned when I decided to go surfing after a session on the Stones. I still get heartburn when I hear that name.
(Colin 1 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

 Booze and surfing - not a good plan LOL. Drank a fair bit of 'stones' myself. Haven't tasted it for years and don't know if I want to again LOL.

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)