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poet13 · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject: Whiskey bars in Seoul...

Coming up to Seoul on Saturday to meet an old friend. I used to go to the S bar in Kangnam, but that was in 2002-3. Don't know if it's still there.

Any suggestions for an upscale place that might have a selection of single malts? Not interested in private rooms and bottles...

Thanks.

Fishead soup · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea

Show me the way to the next Whisky bar
Show me the way to the next little girl

I believe many of these places are girly bars
They can get pretty expensive.

poet13 · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject:

oops, double post.

poet13 · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject:

Yes, but I'm not looking for "that" kind of place. We're both married, and I for one, am not looking for sexy time. Not terribly concerned with cost.

Anyone else?.....

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Okay, okay, you're both married. We get it. (so are most customers of '"that" kind of place')

So what's the big hairy difference between a "whisky bar" and every gd bar in South Korea, all of which mostly likely sell whisky ?

poet13 · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject:

I'm looking for single malt whiskeys like... Lagavulin, Bunahabhain, Craganmore, Dalwhinnie, Laphrooig, lagavulin, Oban, and Talisker and Cardhu are ok too....
Glenlivet is swill.
Very hard to find in Korea....

nicholas_chiasson · Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Location: Samcheok

thats like $15-30 a glass in the US isn't it?

poet13 · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject:

Depending on the age, 8-50$. Oban is a lower end, but Laphroig is higher end. Some of the rarer whiskeys are more expensive. At S bar in Gangnam, I paid 24,000 a shot, but that was a long time ago.

My favorite everyday whiskey is Bunahabhain (however you spell it), but a warm Lagavulin is a nice way to finish an evening.

edit----so why the heck did it filter s h o t?

cbclark4 · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Location: Masan

RE: Shot s.h.o.t

Apparently there is a new mod that thinks she knows how things work.

poet13 · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:30 am Post subject:

Are Mods allowed to add words to the swear filter? It wasn't manually filtered after posting though. After I posted it, I edited and it was filtering in preview.

Kimchi Cowboy · Joined: 17 Sep 2006

poet13 · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:38 am Post subject:

Bowmore.....never had it. I've only had bottles of a couple of dozen single malts.....some of them however, I have had many many bottles of... Very Happy