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no chivas in c on the bru-iad
on 10 sep. only dewars. Asked for chivas and she said i only have dewars today. i read in the onboard mag later it is no longer carried. Later asked the fa if the coffee was jeff's. She said it is crap coffee. She heard as i have that they will upgrade it when they run out of the current supply. all is not well in merger land.
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Originally Posted by Michael D
(Post 17076933)
Does beer on a plane needs to be in a can. If so that could really limit the selection. I have a feeling Heineken out of Germany isn't the same as the stuff we get here.
If you look at the vapor liquid diagram of ethanol and water you will notice that if any such liquid which is distilled properly 5 times would be >>100 proof. 100 time should be the azeotrope at 190 proof. Corona -- Like making love in a row boat. |
Originally Posted by copperred
(Post 17092690)
Heinekin is Dutch, but no matter. It's also awful, awful beer.
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Originally Posted by copperred
(Post 17092690)
Heinekin is Dutch, but no matter. It's also awful, awful beer.
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Originally Posted by PHLGovFlyer
(Post 17047145)
What matters is how good the vodka tastes and what you're going to do with it. The moment that you add an equal amount of mixer, even plain soda, to any vodka the quality of the vodka (unless truly awful) pretty much ceases to matter. IMO good vodka does matter in a VERY dry 'up' martini. People who insist on Grey Goose in their Cosmopolitans are wasting their money. Different brands for different drinks. What tastes good with tonic/soda might not be good in a martini.
Originally Posted by ChicagoUnited
(Post 17048280)
My other drink -- gin -- they have replaced a classically flavored gin (Tanqueray and Beefeater are the classics IMO) with a floral (Bombay Sapphire). Lots of people like it but I'd prefer the classic. So if I were going to let ideas about liquor ruin my opinion of the airline I'd be ranting about how they MUST board Crown Royal and Tanqueray and nothing else.
Originally Posted by ScatterX
(Post 17049905)
I'm a bourbon drinker for the most part. I'd prefer the ones that start with a B. Booker's, Baker's, Blanton's, Basil Hayden's. For the mid-level choices, I'd chose Maker's, Knob, or even Wild Turkey. After that, anything's a toss up with my good buddy Jack.
Originally Posted by PTravel
(Post 17050360)
I think a lot of the prejudice against Grey Goose is because some people resent the fact that it's made from fermented and distilled grey geese. I know that animal-derived spirits tend to have a bad reputation, but this is due, almost exclusively, to Old Crow whiskey....
Nonetheless, I'm glad that we agree the PETA's position on this is simply unnecessary hysteria, as usual. Geese don't really suffer when they are made into vodka, and they probably wouldn't mind if they knew just how good a beverage they make.
Originally Posted by joshwex90
(Post 17052971)
Am I the only one who doesn't like Bacardi, and prefer Captain Morgan? Well now, that about covers all the food groups. :D:D:D |
Originally Posted by dsquared37
(Post 17093021)
The Captain is who I turn to when rum is the answer.
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Originally Posted by copperred
(Post 17092690)
Heinekin is Dutch, but no matter. It's also awful, awful beer.
Originally Posted by iquitos
(Post 17092176)
on 10 sep. only dewars. Asked for chivas and she said i only have dewars today. i read in the onboard mag later it is no longer carried. Later asked the fa if the coffee was jeff's. She said it is crap coffee. She heard as i have that they will upgrade it when they run out of the current supply. all is not well in merger land.
Originally Posted by andrewwm
(Post 17057851)
The snobbery is strong in this post :rolleyes:
I'll grant that the beer, wine and scotch/whisk(e)y UA serves is generally plonk to an experienced drinker. But most people aren't experienced drinkers. I doubt most UA customers have any real ability to separate out the good from the bad wines UA has, let alone prefer one brand of vodka over another. Most high end alcohols are, as pointed out, Veblen goods and survive primarily on snob appeal. Brands and Grey Goose and Ciroc usually get trashed by critics compared to $10/bottle vodka in taste tests, yet that doesn't stop people from calling it in screwdrivers for a $5 premium. People associate having a better experience with buying a more expensive, high-end brand alcohol (feelings of being "in the know" and "smarter than the average consumer" are often self-reported after buying this type of alcohol), and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy - people are primed for the experience and then their brain delivers, regardless of the quality of the alcohol. Alcohol companies have certainly figured this out. I think UA's choice of hard alcohol is about right - mainline alcohols at a reasonable price. It doesn't allow people to feel smug in their high-minded attitudes about how superior their alcohol tastes are, but whatever. Anything that hastens the death of this mindset is a plus in my book. It has nothing to do with snobery, and everything to do with quality. If you can't tell the difference between Smirnoff and Grey Goose, or Dewars and Glenmorangie, then maybe you should refrain from providing expert commentary. And quite honestly your commentary on the abilities and preferences of the average passenger is offensive. For all you know most of the average passengers drink even more heavily than you do. I'd like to say that UA is losing premium passengers due to mediocre alcohol quality, but I doubt that is true. However I am certain it is one of many subpar features of UA service that cause premium passengers to choose other carriers for TATL and TPAC flights. |
Does anyone have recent experience bringing their own liquor onboard? Were you successful in getting served, or did the FA read you the riot act? I'm going IAD-SJU at the end of the year. I need some alcohol to get myself into the island mood. I thought about buying some 50 ml bottles of 12 year old Macallan to get me through the flight. I don't know if I can find small bottles of Maker's Mark which I drink as a backup when my preferred beverages are unavailable.
Should I just forget it and drink Dewar's whisky or Jim Bean bourbon? :( |
Originally Posted by zitsky
(Post 17231391)
Does anyone have recent experience bringing their own liquor onboard? Were you successful in getting served, or did the FA read you the riot act? I'm going IAD-SJU at the end of the year. I need some alcohol to get myself into the island mood. I thought about buying some 50 ml bottles of 12 year old Macallan to get me through the flight. I don't know if I can find small bottles of Maker's Mark which I drink as a backup when my preferred beverages are unavailable.
Should I just forget it and drink Dewar's whisky or Jim Bean bourbon? :( |
Originally Posted by zitsky
(Post 17231391)
Does anyone have recent experience bringing their own liquor onboard? Were you successful in getting served, or did the FA read you the riot act? I'm going IAD-SJU at the end of the year. I need some alcohol to get myself into the island mood. I thought about buying some 50 ml bottles of 12 year old Macallan to get me through the flight. I don't know if I can find small bottles of Maker's Mark which I drink as a backup when my preferred beverages are unavailable.
Should I just forget it and drink Dewar's whisky or Jim Bean bourbon? :( |
Originally Posted by joshwex90
(Post 17231447)
If I'm not mistaken, it's illegal to consume any alcohol on board except for alcohol provided by the airline and served by the FA.
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Originally Posted by joshwex90
(Post 17231447)
If I'm not mistaken, it's illegal to consume any alcohol on board except for alcohol provided by the airline and served by the FA.
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
(Post 17231546)
I thought it just had to be served by the FA.
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
(Post 17231546)
I thought it just had to be served by the FA.
However I could see an airline rule prohibiting service or consumption of alcohol that wasn't purchased on the flight. Kind of like prohibiting outside food and beverages in the lounge. It's your flight, you set the rules. |
Originally Posted by Boraxo
(Post 17098097)
It has nothing to do with snobery, and everything to do with quality. If you can't tell the difference between Smirnoff and Grey Goose, or Dewars and Glenmorangie, then maybe you should refrain from providing expert commentary.
It's been shown many times over that self-avowed vodka experts can barely pick out their preferred brands in blind tests when drinking it straight (and repeated tests seem to show that when they get it right, they are likely guessing), let alone in any kind of mix. Scotch, bourbon/rye or gin are another matter altogether. The drinks are potentially very different, there's a marked taste difference even between scotch that falls into the same category and that most people would likely discard anyway (like Islays), and picking a single representative is always going to be a sucker's bet, and annoy a lot of people. The least you can seemingly do is pick a decent one. I find Glenmorangie relatively uninteresting, but if you're sipping it and Dewars side by side, you'll know the difference. You might not care about it, even prefer Dewars, but it's very different. At one time, by sheer coincidence, I had four bottles of Islay open at the same time, and I used to pour minimal amounts of each into a big wide glass and have a bunch of us smell them all. Remarkable difference. |
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