Great cigar and whisky lounge for sure! awesome

mokre whisky vids coming soon!! got back and settling in

@@PoriruaWhiskySociety howdy! Nz in the house!

@@PoriruaWhiskySociety we haven't had my IF lately. I also find it a bit forced cask forward. And we find it pricey af. If we see a standout distillery we go for it but low in our priorities. Follow / msg me on ig. Maybe you can join us for a session sometime up in akl.. Some of our sessions are insane tier

@@likeris2 Glen scotia distillery bottlings are pretty boring tbh. I say this one... More interest factor. Glen scotia 25 is expensive as fuck and riding the campbeltown f ck you pricing right now but it ain't no springbank Personally I get Smws Glen scotia... Better in every way than distillery releases imo

I will try to find them! They could be local releases but iw ill see what I can do

It's Science baby

Hahaha love this comment. honestly i think when we drink these super premium stuff we all pretend we are rich and famous, maybe some of us are, I am not but there is that feeling of opulence and luxury for sure. Is it branding or is it the fact that some of the fuckin spirit in this is older than me twice over? maybe both. love the comment and please comment again when you are getting lit next time and feel like watching this. I have A LOT more cognac reviews coming when i settle back to NZ, as well as japanese whisky as well.

@@eatsmokedrink Well sir, I am no liquor expert/connesuer etc. But I've watched enough videos to pretend like one and be convincing. Swirl booze in glass, sniff it, sip it, swish around the mouth, act like im thinking about it. tell people the booze has has flavors of cheries, apples, caramel, dried fruits, apricots, citrus, leather, oak,, vanilla, baking spices, malt, peat, floral notes, and whatever else pops in my mind,etc....blah, blah, blah, ramble on for a bit, look and sound very serious and intense etc. I'd probably wear my glasses to add more credibility to my visual appearance. I want to see some mixed drinks. Guess I should subscribe. I make awesome cocktails. CHEERS!

@@RuthEsther-nn6qe 🤣 no need to pretend. If you have a genuine desire for an epicurean journey then that's that. I just like to think about the drink.. I don't drink much these days

haha, yeah, not long to go! I am back in NZ in 2 weeks and have a huge amount to review

Istanbul airport sucks, it is govt greed f cking its own citizens and tourists at its worst absolutely Istanbul airport food is so expensie, a fucking BK whopper is 22euro - with no drink or fries. A coffee is 7.5 euro, a beer is 15euro Istanbul airport is the perfect example of corruption - the owners clearly will be greasing the govt officials that allow the predatory gouging Duty free is a cartel, they rip people off, duty free is shite i would never ever EVER recommend anyone buying from there, frankly if you do you are a chump lol Unless of course you buy cheap shit like mixers and boring whisky, expensive whisky and actually good stuff, man, so expensive

yeah, wonder what the prices are like of good bottles. this duty free has no shortage of selection, just over priced and most are borin shit chequebook whisky and spirit buyer, I don't get why you would buy a Lxiii here. i saw a guy buy one i am like... you can probably get it cheaper online

HAHA

yeah, i agree, never really seen duty free last few years that had anything compelling. This duty free had a port charlotte 10yo 1Litre for 87 euro that is a good deal but honestly, apart from the super rare good deals, everything is a rip off. the prices are stupid and literally more expensive than retail unless you buy shite whisky, shite as in average quaffers that are boring as fuck and run of the mill shit. Sure.

it's the fuckin best they got i tell ya that ain't a price a$$fck

haha, over my dead body

figured why not! 3.5hours transit time haha

@@nils0603 they are still good. Sharp as hell. Sturdy. Best cutter I have had

@@eatsmokedrink damn that’s what I love to hear man! Thanks and keep enjoying the good side of life 👊🏻

haha so dependent on where i can smoke, buy cigars and in the world. NZ has no cigar lounges because it is illegal.

but more whisky vids coming!! I have a shit ton of samples to review

yes, i know, secular in constitution for sure! great bar though, great bar

lol

I have loved my v60 clean crisp brews, I also do immersion with a flow control cap with aeropress and love that, i make americanos with it and the occasional espresso but since being i n IST i have played around with the cesve and I have been absolutely loving it except my burner is too slow, over extracts a little bit but i just use what I have right now until i get home with a butane burner but i can't believe the drastic difference with the brews.

when you got sick of 3 to 4minute espresso manual grinding, i wa slike, nah, fck that and turkish takes even longer, Getting a powered grinder when I get home to settle but for now a Mi drill works the screw driver setting is only 380rpm at fastest so it is slower than most grinders All good!

hahaha it is like putting ketchup on pasta for some! or mayonaise on Italian pasta or some water into a vindaloo. haha

it is the old model Varia hand grinder, the new one is below www.variabrewing.com/products/evo-hand-grinder my one is the last generation. The new one has a more robust handle and better way to adjust the grind size imo. But the internal is essentially the same though. great grinder however, i had to modify and get a replacement handle on mine as it is not strong enough, tbh the handle was imo not a good design but in the end i got refunded the entire unit as i had to replace the handle twice.

Thank you​@@eatsmokedrink

yeah, that is what they say but I would hazard A guess that the older whisky in there would be the shite barrels they find, maybe even defective, rejected barrels for the usual age statements and super inferior stuff. The two are just chalk and cheese really. you get that but what sort of teaspooning is it? but like i said in the video the glending is skillful but the finish is lacking, the nose is great and front palate but the finish is bust. That is like Johnnie walker blue label saying 'it contains whisky up to 40 years old and rare casks' lol but yeah, 40% abv and the nature of the bottling, boring. (i have had blue labels higher abv editions that are excellent though but not the usual blue labels)

@@eatsmokedrink i’ve just tasted by the first time the Yama distillers reserve yesterday and i felt a really good finishing. With new notes. But you’re response is accurate anyways. And thank you for taking the time !

@@eatsmokedrink also watched your profile and saw you came to Argentina some months ago. i’m from Buenos Aires. Hope you had a good time

@@germantarapow9112 I am a nerd with this stuff! thanks for commenting and talking about this shit man! Love it!! yeah, i havent tried new releases may differ but side by side you see the diff, if you just had it by itself i reckon it could be reasonably good too but side by side you notice the depth differences for sure. Try it! if you can geta hold of it or in a bar, try the side by side i reckon it will shock you the difference

​@@germantarapow9112 dude! loved buenos aires. Actually, I visited peru, chile and Argentina. Chile was like a depressing place, peru was ok internet was so shit and frustrating for our work but argentina, even though at the time we were there the inflation was ridciulous, in one week! i experienced a 30% inflation holy shit, But man, you guys do beef well, Very different way to cooking it as we do, you know sear, high heat, medium rare. there huge chunks of salt, slow dispersion of the salt into meat, lowish medium heat, longer cook, beautiful. And Iguacu falls - HOLY BALLS OF THE SHIT BALLS If not one of definitely THE MOST spectacular natural thing I have experienced in my life. wow loved it! but I don't like your yerba mate..... nope, not for me haha but gave it a fair go i thought.

You mean on the right part of the place, is it two different places?

@@eatsmokedrink yes , try apple or double and Turkish coffee there thank me later 😊

@@Seferboy bokth sides were nice and in the same building really but yeah didn't know there were multiple businesses there haha I will, going back there in 1.5 weeks. I will be with some friends too and my wife so we will probably get 3 shishas. I will try apple as well.

Thanks! appreciate that. Thank you for the support!

Thanks, this place was nice, good vibe, chill, and their shisha did not burn haha

@@eatsmokedrink I Love chill!! 🙂

Thank you! Cheers! I just kinda put up what I feel i want to haha anything I find interesting to 'eat smoke drink' really. I have a 600yo shisha lounge i just filmed last night, awesome place

@@eatsmokedrink Fabulous!!

@@eatsmokedrink More more more!!! Love your work! 🙂

​@@christinecamley haha thanks!!! love the enthusiasm ! when i return to NZ, end of August, I have roughly 40 rare drams maybe more waiting for me, I also have a japanese whisky night and cognac arranged before year end

@@eatsmokedrink OMG!!! I am BEYOND EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait!!! 🙂

well, i suppose if we are talking hypotheticals - I would like hippos and giraffes in this distillery complex

@@eatsmokedrink haha

Glad you enjoyed it, all truths, science even haha Not enough people look up these whiskies for 1m views!

great stick man great stick! Love it, not as face smashing as I thought it would be but it was everything I hoped it would be! watch is a indie company - brass, deep sea diver called Zelos, i sold it in the end it was huge and cumbersome but loved the brass. Zelos hammerhead

The video is about my take on the lounge. So I kinda have to talk about my experience. I have an idea, f ck off. My channel is about whisky reviews, coffee, and cigar/lounges etc I am not gonna smoke, drink or eat and not show my face. What sort of stupid comment is that.

Not whisky I know but I am really lovin this shit

Next to superb scotch coffee is bliss!! I LOVE good coffee!!!!

@@eatsmokedrink I fully understand why!!! 🙂

LOL what is funny about the lamp is that it takes 6m 30 seconds to heat the cesve from room temp water to finish. I think butane would cut off 1.5mins to 2mins but i find it therapeutic the process and the slowness Everything is so fast these days. So if i get impatient i just time 5mins and come back for the last minute.

love the place but man it has gotten expensy! coffee 2 years ago wsa 1.50nzd, today 3 to 5.50 nzd insanity, i can't imagine the terror the locals are going through!! everything is expensive more so than 2 years ago by an order of magnitude.

@@eatsmokedrink I have heard the prices are insane. Stay well!! 🙂

@@christinecamley Honestly, insanity. I was here 2 years ago almost to the week and things are 300% to 600% it is shocking, i feel bad for the locals. Coffee was 1 to 1.50 nzd now 3 to 5 nzd everything is up, food is 200 to 400 percent up. fuck when we arrived our train fare was 25% more now in 2 weeks alone

@@eatsmokedrink Wow. I also feel very bad for the locals. That's a mind blowing hikes in prices.

@@christinecamley yeah pretty nasty for locals.

🙏😂 Glad you enjoy them Either caffeine or whisky inspires them anecdotes 🤣

More coming!

I try to do it where there is one! I love them too!

Spending 2 months here in turkiye, 3 months total last 3 years. Love the place Got myself a solid premium cesve and loving it!

Can't believe how expensive it has gotten

@@eatsmokedrink Economy is shittier than ever pretty much everywhere, but it's in a special shitstorm category in Turkey.

@@KumsalObuz yeah wow insane, from 2 years ago some things are 3 to 5 times more. even just a simple coffee!

Will do both. i have 40 to 50 whiskies to review when i get back! so will do both, coffee is limited what I can do in NZ but any unusual beans that come in i will do I am also looking to do a share of a bag of Civet coffee when i get back with some guys

The weather has been (my balls dripping with seat and feels like i am roasting in an oven) degrees celsius

@@eatsmokedrink 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thank you! I do not rehearse any of my vids, party because it is funnier if i make a mistake and say soething stupid haha but also it is more real and raw! thanks for the support!! In some of my whisky videos, i have had 5 whiskies and am slightly intoxicated.

Keep an eye out, i am in instanbul and doing a few segments on turkish coffee

Thanks for the support! yeah, we are 2 months away before going home to settle again and back to 'holidays' as opposed to working while traveling. Heading to istanbul soon, doing quite a few bits there! coffee, hooka and some cigar related

🤣 i just drink and talk shit haha

@eatsmokedrink unless some, you're on another level and deserve recognition for that bro.

@@sikhpilot. 🤙

nestor has been great but that sucks when you know a bean so well and it downgrades. i would tell them, and ask why. But hey, not much you can do about it.

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