Blue Label

[rajpoot]

A friend of mine recently managed to get his hands on a bottle...got it cheap at some duty free shop.
Anyway, he invited me over when he opened the bottle.

Now I'm not a connoisseur, and whiskey is not my preferred drink. And truth be told, I really didn't find Blue Label to be any more appealing than the other brands I've tried. (Ofcourse I had to pretend that it was the greatest thing I'd tasted, my friend would've been scandalized otherwise.....)

So I tried it, and I can't understand what is so awesome about it. That is my question, to all who have tried Blue Label....what's so special about it? I mean I was given to understand that it's nearly five times as costly as the more humble Black Label....which is quite a lot.

[stratigos vasilios]

(Ofcourse I had to pretend that it was the greatest thing I'd tasted, my friend would've been scandalized otherwise.....)

Ha! I've done that before, pretending to enjoy a new wine a friend had brought back from France.

[Fragony]

All whiskey is special once you poured cola on it

[rajpoot]

Where would we be without cola eh? Where would the dentists be?

[Kagemusha]

All whiskey is special once you poured cola on it

Heretic!

[Ser Clegane]

Heretic!

Indeed

Regarding the Blue Label - never tried this one, but generally I am not too fond of the blended Whiskys (they lack a bit of character). Considering that I get two bottles of top notch single malts (e.g. Ardbeg Supernova + Ardbeg Uigeadail) for roughly the price of a bottle of Blue Label, the choice is an easy one...

[Fragony]

I was kinda joking, naturally, as if I would ruin my cola with whiskey, inconceiveable. But what is wrong with blended, Dimple or Chivaz easily outclass many a malt, unless you go for the 50 euro+ ones