To broaden our horizons and to get the most out of some of the finer things in life? 
So, can you tell anti-freeze from Absinth? 
Dammit! I missed that gigi beat me to it.
Still, IIRC if you do drink anti-freeze, the only treatment is an IV drip of vodka or other high-proof spirit. Qadgop?
This is the weirdest part to me. I can imagine, if I’d distilled the booze myself in a still I’d built with me own two hands, maybe asking a guest three times if they liked it. But it’s bizarre that he asked you three times over something he’d just poured out of a bottle. Was he trying to get caught?
Some day I might learn to appreciate scotch. Until then, I’ve got a single spendy booze friend: Woodford Reserve. Its flavor is decent, but its aroma is like distilled caramel sundae.
Daniel
Peggy Guggenheim used to pull this same trick, at least until her son-in-law caught on that she was putting cheap stuff in the expensive bottles. She hated him for it.
Anyone else getting an image of Bricker as a Man of Distinction from the old Lord Calvert scotch ads?
Or maybe savoring this brand. 
I think he was trying to get Bricker to say that it was good so that he could feel superior to a rube. The fact that Bricker could tell the difference put a crimp in his plans. So he made the comment about about fooling the others to try to bring Bricker into his confidence. A sneaky “our little secret” tactic. But of course, the point is that the guy was just trying to cover the fact that he considered Bricker a rube.
This whole thing is unfathomable to me, because I take a lot of pride in what I serve my guests. But what I really can’t believe is that he tried to pull this switcheroo on an attorney. Don’t you guys have single malt appreciation classes in law school like we doctors have golf lessons?
Well, I was a public defender. We had wish-we-could-afford-single-malt seminars.
Malt liquor seminars?