I was going to say he could be one of those guys who battles pretentiousness and honestly thinks that all whisky’s are more or less the same swill, and some are just more expensively marketed. I could be like that, and I have to admit I sometimes try and test my fiance. See if he notices if I switch his uppety brand OJ for NoBrand and IMHO-Same Tasting OJ.
But if this guy is all pretentious about his Bar Bling, then I call character foul.
Next time you get invited over, catch a cold. That kind of fuckwit isn’t worth sharing air with. Plus, he’s stupid as well as class-less. Anyone with three tastebuds can tell the difference between Cutty and Glenfiddich.
Exactly – if this were between, say, the Glenfiddich 12-year-old and the 15-year Glenfiddich Solera, I wouldn’t have said a thing, or probably even trusted myself to be sure of the difference – although there IS a difference.
But, yeah – nothing against Cutty, but it’s like Glenfiddich only in the sense that they’re both scotch.
Let’s see. He gives you this whiskey, and tries to impress on you how fancy it is. When you call him out on the switch, he says he does it to, “Impress the rubes.” Since he was trying to impress you with it, he’s just revealed what he thinks about you.
Guy’s a dick. I’d avoid him as much as possible in the future.
Though the consensus is against, can I still call you Snooty Snooterson? It’s a nice nick.
This is going to get me in trouble, but many in Marketing or Sales have a certain Herb Tarlek streak to them. 
Imagine if he’d tried to pass Cutty off as Laphroaig!
And you know, he could have got away with it with some bottles. For a mixed drink, I defy any but a pro to tell plain old Smirnoff from hoity toity 4X the cost in fancy-smancy bottles vodka, like Grey Goose. :dubious:
But not for Scotch, straight. :rolleyes:
He is going to lose company business if he tries this crap with prospective customers. Not with me as I’m a rube when it comes to scotch. But God help him if he tries to substitute diet Coke for the Real Thing.
Heh… my first thought was that, speaking as a ‘rube’, I wouldn’t have known enough to be impressed with Glenfiddich anyway.
That’s what I was going to say. If you’ve ever had single malt, you can tell the difference between single malt and blended. And he has the audacity to call other people rubes.
I’ve been to bars and restaurants that swap booze. I never, ever go back.
Did you report them? When I was a bartender my boss told me the TTB paid a bounty for turning in a refiller.(a) Refilling or reusing liquor bottles - Any retail dealer, or agent or employee of such dealer, who refills any liquor bottle with distilled spirits, or who reuses any liquor bottle by adding distilled spirits or any substance (including water) to the original contents is subject to a fine of not more than $1000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
Somewhat related: the Dutch Consumers Magazine once did a test, where they ordered a glass of bottled mineral water on Dutch cafe’s terraces. Out of the 30 orders, they got carbonated tap water 19 times instead.
Whaaat?
No crackers with a vegemite dip?
Don’t tell her, but I have been known to refill the expensive brandy bottle with the cheap stuff. My wife drinks brandy in mixed drinks, and has never noticed.
I am still impressed by Bricker’s palate. I couldn’t tell expensive Scotch from anti-freeze if my life depended on it.
Regards,
Shodan
What I came to say was already mentioned. Cutty Sark vs. Glenfiddich? Not even close. The guy’s a dildo, and your restraint was respectable. I think you should set him up for some embarrassment though. Carefully let this little nugget seep out the next time he’s being boorish in the office.
It may be a factor of what you’re used to, and how much sampling and comparing you’ve done. I have a tough time telling the differences in gin, for example, and if this had been a case of Gilbert’s vs. Bombay Sapphire I probably would have flunked his test, especially if vermouth and olives were in the picture as well. I like Knob’s Creek bourbon, but I have friends that are as into the bourbon scene as I am into the scotch scene, and can rattle off a dozen brands and their subtle taste distinctions. Not me.
Hint: Anti-freeze is green. 
That’s because it’s a mixed drink. Mixed drinks were invented to cover up the taste of bad booze!