How many of you....?

[fishnbowljoe]

How many of you take a pull straight from the bottle occasionally? I must admit that I do. Every once in a while I just don't feel like a full or regular pour of any kind. I'll pick a bottle, and take a small tug just to get a small taste and wet my whistle. I hesitated a little in starting this thread because I don't want to be offensive or gross. I just figure I can't be the only one out here that does this. A little help from the crowd please. Joe

PS. I only do this with bottles that only have a little left, or that only I will ever drink from.

[Attila]

Havent done it yet.

[TomH]

Only with Tequila...never with bourbon or scotch

Tom

[barturtle]

I believe this is the whole reason they make 200ml bottles...perfect for sporting events...

[ILLfarmboy]

In my youth I did. But I don't feel it is right to slobber all over the mouth of a bottle I may offer someone a drink from at a later date.

I have a saying: Drinking whiskey from the bottle is a good way to ship a tooth.

Obviously, you're not going to chip a tooth if you are sober. But I know someone who chipped one of his front teeth while quite drunk. No, it wasn't me.

[The Boozer]

In my youth I did. But I don't feel it is right to slobber all over the mouth of a bottle I may offer someone a drink from at a later date.

I have a saying: Drinking whiskey from the bottle is a good way to ship a tooth.

Obviously, you're not going to chip a tooth if you are sober. But I know someone who chipped one of his front teeth while quite drunk. No, it wasn't me.

After this --- I got nothing

TJ

[bvscfanatic]

I plead guilty, your honor.

[funknik]

Joe, I definitely do that occasionally. Alcohol kills the germs and I don't have any whiskey drinking friends anyway. Only some dudes I met on the internet. :grin:

[gothbat]

I do this, usually just with cheaper bottles though. I don't let people drink straight from the bottle if it's my bottle though. We had a friend of the family over who drinks a lot and they'd take a slam out of my WT101 bottle every time they walked past it if no one was looking. I don't care about the bourbon they drank at all, they were a guest (offered to pay for it before I noticed them drinking it but I refused), but the backwash/floaters they left in the remainder of the bottle looked gross and I wound up throwing it out; no bottle I've ever drank from has ever looked anything close to this bottle. Later, at dinner, two thirds of the bottle later (all them), they had a really horrible coughing fit and sounded like they were going to throw up, being the only only who knew that they'd been drinking and how much all I could picture was a geyser of WT101 erupting from their mouth so I slowly distanced myself from them at the table... lol

[sailor22]

Never felt the need. Scared of chipping a tooth.

Besides there is the whole backwash thing - the very thing that makes the last 10% of a bottle of beer so unappealing.

[Whiskey Willie]

How many of you take a pull straight from the bottle occasionally? I must admit that I do. Every once in a while I just don't feel like a full or regular pour of any kind. I'll pick a bottle, and take a small tug just to get a small taste and wet my whistle. I hesitated a little in starting this thread because I don't want to be offensive or gross. I just figure I can't be the only one out here that does this. A little help from the crowd please. Joe

PS. I only do this with bottles that only have a little left, or that only I will ever drink from.

I'll admit it...Yeah, I pound the last finger or two from WT bottles that are nearly empty.

[Lost Pollito]

Guilty as charged.

[GOCOUGS2002]

You mean we are supposed to drink this stuff out of glasses?

I do it once in awhile, usually if I want to taste something and there are no glasses around or the last little bit in the bottle.

[cbsmokin]

Only at someone else's house.

J/K, not a habit of mine.

[cigarnv]

Not yet.... I either find the time to enjoy a pour or pass ... never had the urge for just a swig...

[StraightBoston]

Yup -- pre-sports ritual.

[theDon]

Just when my in-laws are over. A hidden bottle in the bathroom cabinet works great.

Oh yeah and on a few camping trips. Hasn't anyone ever thrown the cap of a fifth in the fire and you pass the bottle till it's gone?

[sotnsipper]

If there is not enough for a regular pour left in the bottle, I usually just down it from the bottle. Did it last night actually.....

[PhilsFan]

I used to do that back in my college days, but the look and smell of the bourbon in the glass is a great part of enjoying it too, so I usually have mine in a glencairn glass.

-Joe

[OscarV]

I believe this is the whole reason they make 200ml bottles..

yep, yep, yep!!!

[Hondo]

Oh yeah and on a few camping trips. Hasn't anyone ever thrown the cap of a fifth in the fire and you pass the bottle till it's gone?

Oh yea... I have tossed some lids... never thought to pass the bottle though :slappin:

[Blitz]

Sometimes if I can't sleep at night, I'll go downstairs to take a nip. I don't put it in a glass.

[callmeox]

No I don't, as far as you know.

[ThomasH]

50's, 100's and 200's, yes. 375's,maybe. 750's, 1.0's and 1.75's, no!

Thomas

[spun_cookie]

I usually just put in my chared white oak straw....