Vat 69

[FredDairy]

Everytime I watch the Band of Brothers I get a taste for Scotch. I've always wanted to try this but can never find it around here. I've found VAT 69 Gold which comes in a plastic bottle and is bottom shelf. Has anyone tried the original?

 

[skinnychik]

Doggone. The company drinkon.com will deliver only to the UK. I've been searching for it too, for my boyfriend. He had it in Europe in the 80s and thought it was the bee's knees. Gold isn't the same.

 

[scotrace]

It's advertised a lot in 30's Esquire. I thought it was no longer made?

 

[penfencer]

I went looking for it after spotting it in Twelve O'clock High. I was shocked to see how cheap it was and passed.

Has anyone here tried it lately?

 

[Andykev]

Beer or wine only here thankyou.

I would rather drink gasoline. Yech!

 

[BellyTank]

I had some on Tuesday.
It is one of the cheaper blends and even though I'm a Malt Man, I can take the VAT. I guess I appreciate it's longevity- and maybe Nixon's love of the stuff.


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[Daisy Buchanan]

The one and only time I had VAT 69 was when I was a teen in my first year of Upper school..Had some friends over after the parents had gone out for the evening. Found it in the bar my dad had set up in the basement. It was far back in the cabinet so we assumed he wouldn't know if some, or all of it was missing. I think it must have been the bottom shelf brand, for I remember it being terrible, and not feeling so well the next morning either. Of course, I was just a teen then, and didn't know anything about fine scotches. It just all tasted disgusting back then if it wasn't something like a wine cooler.
Well my point, and I find this funny that this is being brought up here. My mom finally just got around to emptying out my closet in my old bedroom. She called me up to tell me that she had found my stash. Apparantly I had hidden the empty VAT bottle at the bottom of my closet underneath some old clothes I no longer was wearing. We both got a kick out of it. Of course I told her I knew nothing about it's origin, or how it got to be empty.
Sorry I can't offer any advice on where to find a full bottle of the stuff.

 

[Serial Hero]

Remember the line in BoB;

Only the best for Mrs. Nixon’s little boy

I think that say’s it all.

 

[Harp]

Everytime I watch the Band of Brothers I get a taste for Scotch. I've always wanted to try this but can never find it around here. I've found VAT 69 Gold which comes in a plastic bottle and is bottom shelf. Has anyone tried the original?

I was in the 101st, and nobody drank Scotch much. Beer was the wine of life,
and Mad Dog, a concoction of alcohol and Mogen David wine, something the medics threw together, a close second.

 

[Smithy]

Vat 69's a bog-standard blend, nothing spectacular. I'd prefer to drink malts if I could but if not...

Blend-wise if anyone's after a goodie for a good price Black and White's a nice one. Funnily enough it was the "official" whisky of 43 Sqn RAF and they were given cases of the stuff by the distillery in the 30s.

Another blend which floats my boat is Johnny Walker Swing (darn sight more expensive than B&W but a good drop), and of course if you're feeling silly splash out on a bottle of Johnny Blue but for the price you could get a damn good malt.

 

[Undertow]

If you like Scotch Whiskey, you should see: http://www.binnys.com/

Lot's o' stuff worth looking at. I think they're located in Illinois.

 

[griffer]

http://www.beerliquors.com/buy/liquors/vat_69.htm

Other than it being the export version, it orignates from the same house as the original Vat 69.

Although I can't imagine it's very good a $16US a bottle or is that just the snob in me?

It's otherwise known as the Pope's telephone number!

 

[Mr. 'H']

I have bought VAT 69 here because of its appearance on BoB.

I have also bought Cutty Sark because that's what Dick Stensland and Bud White buy a case of in L.A. Confidential.

I believe J&B is also a G/E tipple and I have bought it for this reason.

 

[Smithy]

Mr. H, J&B, Cutty Sark (and others like Ballentines) tend to be marketed more at the American market where (generally) lighter tasting blends of scotch are popular. Sometimes those more used to more "British targeted" blends can find them a bit insipid. But like everything to do with the tastebuds it's all subjective, so enjoy whatever scotch you choose

 

[Mr. 'H']

Mr. H, J&B, Cutty Sark (and others like Ballentines) tend to be marketed more at the American market where (generally) lighter tasting blends of scotch are popular. Sometimes those more used to more "British targeted" blends can find them a bit insipid. But like everything to do with the tastebuds it's all subjective, so enjoy whatever scotch you choose

Mmmm.... interesting.

You know what, Scotland must have had a healthy export economy back in the 40s with whiskeys going stateside....

 

[Harp]

Another blend which floats my boat is Johnny Walker... if you're feeling silly splash out on a bottle of Johnny Blue...

...25 years young; supposedly.

 

[Smithy]

...25 years young; supposedly.

...and hideously overpriced IMHO! I just can't get over what kind of magnificent malts I can buy for the price of Johnny Blue.

You know what, Scotland must have had a healthy export economy back in the 40s with whiskeys going stateside....

One of the reasons Johnny Walker took off enormously after the war was the fact that they kept advertising during the war even when their whisky wasn't even available in many places. As soon as the war ended everybody wanted Johnny Walker blends. Not silly at all.

 

[Shearer]

Vernacular VAT

I was always highly amused at this photo and the place of prominence VAT 69 received

via bighappyfunhouse

 

[BegintheBeguine]

I love that family!
Dad: Comb your hair, Son. And get a job while you're at it.
Mum: Now, now, Dad, let's not spoil our lovely dinner.


I remember it was featured in an old gothic horror novel by Norah Lofts or some similar authoress. OOH creepy.

 

[Shearer]

I love that family!
Dad: Comb your hair, Son. And get a job while you're at it.
Mum: Now, now, Dad, let's not spoil our lovely dinner.

"Somebody turn the label toward the camera, and for the love of God - don't smile!"