Have a very happy birthday @Nirvana 
It was around 1991 when I got seriously hooked on that band's music. Introduced to it while on a work trip to Madrid, Spain. Great band for the times.
From another thread.... Scotch whiskey: Do you imbibe?
Back in about 1991 I was working for a Media Installation company, and we travelled around the UK for week long jobs. The Royal Bank of Scotland HQ in Glasgow was a favourite. My buddy and I stayed in a Bed & Breakfast just a 5-minute walk past a Whisky House. They did tastings and it was actually like a very small friendly pub....almost homely. Each day after work we stopped in for a pint or two of Guiness with accompanying shots of whisky. Those stop-ins seemed to get longer each visit, but that was all good.....bag of hot chips on the way home and a few pints, with some whisky chasers....no finer way to end the day.
Anyhoo....what we discovered was the older the whisky, the more you pay ....and the more you pay, the smoother the taste. The most expensive one I was willing to part cash with was a 30-year old single malt (being a bit snobbish I don't generally drink blends)
...and man was that so nice. Definitely steered clear of anything under 14 years old.....(focus guys - I'm talking whisky here) and it was a strategy worth sticking with.
Now one of those jobs took us to Madrid, Spain....twice.....and did we get into some trouble there.....I made the mistake of drinking Johnnie Walker Red Label. Some shenanigans occurred, and the night ended with me projectile spewing my guts just after managing to scramble out of the taxi. I couldn't remember the name of our Hotel, so I said something a long the lines of (in my best high school Spanish) - "Big Hotello, ovo toppo hillo"
Driver looked less than impressed....but he knew the place.
My buddy thought it was hilarious. That was the week I was introduced to the sweet sounds of Nirvana.
....sorry to rattle on like a mini-Ed story.
(Image borrowed from @Cheapsunglasses )
It was around 1991 when I got seriously hooked on that band's music. Introduced to it while on a work trip to Madrid, Spain. Great band for the times.
From another thread.... Scotch whiskey: Do you imbibe?
Back in about 1991 I was working for a Media Installation company, and we travelled around the UK for week long jobs. The Royal Bank of Scotland HQ in Glasgow was a favourite. My buddy and I stayed in a Bed & Breakfast just a 5-minute walk past a Whisky House. They did tastings and it was actually like a very small friendly pub....almost homely. Each day after work we stopped in for a pint or two of Guiness with accompanying shots of whisky. Those stop-ins seemed to get longer each visit, but that was all good.....bag of hot chips on the way home and a few pints, with some whisky chasers....no finer way to end the day.
Anyhoo....what we discovered was the older the whisky, the more you pay ....and the more you pay, the smoother the taste. The most expensive one I was willing to part cash with was a 30-year old single malt (being a bit snobbish I don't generally drink blends)
...and man was that so nice. Definitely steered clear of anything under 14 years old.....(focus guys - I'm talking whisky here) and it was a strategy worth sticking with.Now one of those jobs took us to Madrid, Spain....twice.....and did we get into some trouble there.....I made the mistake of drinking Johnnie Walker Red Label. Some shenanigans occurred, and the night ended with me projectile spewing my guts just after managing to scramble out of the taxi. I couldn't remember the name of our Hotel, so I said something a long the lines of (in my best high school Spanish) - "Big Hotello, ovo toppo hillo"
Driver looked less than impressed....but he knew the place.
My buddy thought it was hilarious. That was the week I was introduced to the sweet sounds of Nirvana.....sorry to rattle on like a mini-Ed story.
(Image borrowed from @Cheapsunglasses )
