alcohol-related presents question (only a bit boaty)

[tcm]

A good friend is approaching a significant anniversaryand we have to get a present. He's got a boat but has all he needs for that, so I sppose it has to be an alcohol-relatd present cos you just can't go wrong. Or can you?

Lets pretend for example he is almost 40 years old and likes Cognac. Well, then a fairly brilliant pres would be a 40 year old bottle of cognac, wouldn't it? I was given a bottle of 40 year old port a while back and it was utterly fab.

But I raised the question with swmbo - what about TWO bottles of TWENTY year old cognac, hm? That would be pretty good too! Or perhaps even better! And it adds up to 40 so that's ok, see? Or indeed four bottles of ten year old? Or erm five bottles of 8 year old would be fine as well, I reckon, although pushing it rather. But i think you see the logic.

What say ye?

 

[duncan]

yep - but someting 40 years old not the other logic

 

[stevebrassett]

Which costs more? One 40-year old or two 20's? Can you afford, or do you want to splash out on the more expensive option?

 

[andy_wilson]

Why not pay-him-on for an hour with 2 - 20 year old totties? Or mebe 1 hour with 1 - 40 year old, or 2 hours with 1 - 20 year old!

Seems far more logical.

 

[powerskipper]

Re: alcohol-related presents question (only a bit boat)

If you give more than one bottle , he can enjoy it more than once, if you see what I mean. I would go with 2- 20 or 4- 10. H e mite even ask you to share it with him then. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ShipsWoofy]

Presumably you will be getting a pair of engraved bowls to go with that, maybe one bottle and two bowls, then it has a lasting effect, no?

 

[Oliveoyl]

Or 1/2 hr with an 80 year old? Then the cognac after, for the shock!!!

 

[Guest]

Four bottles of cognac if consumed all at once can also have a lasting effect

 

[Parsonsheath]

Re: alcohol-related presents question (only a bit boat)

Are we talking totty or toddy?

 

[Lakesailor]

Before you start splashing out, don't forget you're a pensioner now.

 

[FullCircle]

Oh, tcm, you dont like im much then, no?

F'rinstance, Cognac 40 year old, ain't the same as Malt Whisky 40 year old, see?

In Cognac, 40 years is the OLDEST component in the brew, and can still be from any source, not declared, so is load of foreign twaddle.
Whereas yer Malt, well, that has provenance. 40 years is the YOUNGEST component. So if its Chivas, its a blend, like a rare Royal Salute or simlar, or Single MAlt (any) means just that.

A 20 year old malt will go say between 70 quid and about 200 quid, whereas a 40 year old Malt will begin at about 400 quid, and whiz over 10 grand if its a single cask or summat. And what a treat. My recently expired 30 year old Laphroaig, was worth every penny.

40 year old Greek Olympic Metaxas a stingy 300 quid with a two week holiday on Naxos free.

The French stuff is just that.Quod Erat Demonstrandum.

Thang Yoop.

 

[BlueSkyNick]

[ QUOTE ]
Or 1/2 hr with an 80 year old? Then the cognac after, for the shock!!!

[/ QUOTE ]I think you would struggle to find an 80year old who could last half an hour !!!