Anyone else bring a flask to wedding or Bar Mitzvah??

[zeppo55]

I have been bringing a flask lately to affairs filled with my favorite bourbon(currently MMCS). I would say 100% of the time all they seem to have is JD.Maybe JB or MM 20%-40% of the time. I guess I could have a mixed drink and I'm ok with JB but prefer something better.

My wife thinks its a little weird . Do I have a problem? Anyone else do this?

[flahute]

I have been bringing a flask lately to affairs filled with my favorite bourbon(currently MMCS). I would say 100% of the time all they seem to have is JD.Maybe JB or MM 20%-40% of the time. I guess I could have a mixed drink and I'm ok with JB but prefer something better.

My wife thinks its a little weird . Do I have a problem? Anyone else do this?

You're asking a bunch of whiskey geeks if you have a problem. Of course, the answer is going to be a resounding NO!

[Paddy]

I'd think you have a problem if you didn't...

[El Vino]

^^^^ What he said

[Harry in WashDC]

Well, if one doesn't take a flask to these and other places, one can always cleanse one's mouth and refresh one's palate when one get home.

[Scotch Neat]

I have been bringing a flask lately to affairs filled with my favorite bourbon(currently MMCS). I would say 100% of the time all they seem to have is JD.Maybe JB or MM 20%-40% of the time. I guess I could have a mixed drink and I'm ok with JB but prefer something better.

My wife thinks its a little weird . Do I have a problem? Anyone else do this?

Your wife is correct, if I am sitting at a wedding table and see someone pull out a flask, I am not thinking highly of that person.

That is unless it is a dry wedding.

[stickly]

There's never a wrong time for a flask. Never.

[The Black Tot]

I have to say I agree with Scotch Neat.

To me, flasks have an uncomfortable "I can't ever be too far from my alcohol" vibe about them. It straddles that line between being seen as an enthusiast and being seen as dependent.

If it bothers your wife, I'd suggest you do right by her and as has been suggested, make up for it when you get home. You'll get a proper nose off of your home glassware anyway.

But you know what opinions are like...

[ramblinman]

Flasks are for events where whiskey isn't being provided, and might not be "allowed", football games, concerts, etc.

If the event has whiskey but nothing suites my taste I just tell the wife to have an extra glass or wine or two and I'll have a coke and drive us. Seems a bit rude to the host if something is offered and you bring your own, a bit like getting pizza delivered to a wedding reception, but thats just my opinion.

[Richnimrod]

The few times I've done so, were because I knew the reception was only serving soft drinks, or only beer, wine and soft drinks.

Not being able allowed to drink ordinary beer (must be gluten-free for me), I'd opt for a flask on those few occasions.

Other than those reasons, I'd normally drink whatever Bourbon was being served, or JD, if the choice was that or JB.

[squire]

Of course, the people who count don't care and the rest don't matter.

[Special Reserve]

I don't own a flask. That just me.

[fishnbowljoe]

I own several flasks. I haven't used them since I quit bowling two years ago though. :slappin:

[AnotherCigarGuy]

Flasks are for events where whiskey isn't being provided, and might not be "allowed", football games, concerts, etc.

If the event has whiskey but nothing suites my taste I just tell the wife to have an extra glass or wine or two and I'll have a coke and drive us. Seems a bit rude to the host if something is offered and you bring your own, a bit like getting pizza delivered to a wedding reception, but thats just my opinion.

[theDon]

I would never pull out a flask in front of people at a wedding or concert or baseball game. But I would and do bring them to such events. Just use the bathroom stall for drinking whiskey and go back to the event and sip your beer.

[jakerthesnaker79]

I would never pull out a flask in front of people at a wedding or concert or baseball game. But I would and do bring them to such events. Just use the bathroom stall for drinking whiskey and go back to the event and sip your beer.

[Spade]

To me, flasks have an uncomfortable "I can't ever be too far from my alcohol" vibe about them. It straddles that line between being seen as an enthusiast and being seen as dependent.

[zeppo55]

Appreciate everyones input. I don't think I ever brought out the flask at a table but I usually just get a glass at the bar and discreetly pour.

That being said I listened to my wife this weekend (don't we all) and made the mature decision to leave the flask at home. I was fine with a little JD on ice.

[Enoch]

Wear a camelback under your coat with a log hose to run down your sleeve.

[GaryT]

Wear a camelback under your coat with a log hose to run down your sleeve.

I was thinking "Yes, I bring a flask", but I think Enoch is on to something. Might have to buy a second camelback bladder for such purposes

[glassjapan]

I recently attended a wedding of an extended family member. The reception was serving the official drink of the South. Sweet tea. No alcohol at all. So yes, I took a flask with me. Discretely pouring into a glass when needed. Since most everyone was drinking something brown in the glass I don't think much was made of it, or even noticed. The people in my circle don't judge me like that, and the others I won't lose much sleep over. To each their own.

[Kalessin]

Weddings of people in my circle of theater friends (lots of stage lighting and sound people, plus other trades and even (gasp!) actors and directors) tend to be the sort where people bring flasks and bottles and an informal spirits tasting breaks out...

I wouldn't bring a flask to a formal wedding.

Most formal weddings that serve whiskey around here serve what I call "catering whiskey", so JD black, JB white, and JW black if I'm lucky, red if I'm not. Same with Bar Mitzvahs.

[kjbeggs]

Never brought one to a wedding, but several years ago, when my father passed away, I was not looking forward to hearing "He's in a better place..." hundreds of time at the Funeral Home viewing.

My wife (to-be, at the time) made sure there was a bottle in my truck. We had to excuse ourselves a few times.

[ramblinman]

Never brought one to a wedding, but several years ago, when my father passed away, I was not looking forward to hearing "He's in a better place..." hundreds of time at the Funeral Home viewing.

My wife (to-be, at the time) made sure there was a bottle in my truck. We had to excuse ourselves a few times.

[nd2005]

I think a flask implies one of two things. both of which have already been alluded to:

1. Can't be too far from your liquor

2. Snobby about what you drink and "too good" for the event in question.

Drinking discretely from the flask in a bathroom strongly reinforces #1; drinking non-discretely from it at the event reinforces #2.