While filling up my small collection of single malts yesterday, I suddenly wondered what brand Moore's character preferred in 'North Sea Hijack/ffolkes'. As I don't own the DVD (and I'm not even sure if the brand is identifiable at all) and the film isn't shown anytime in the near future on tv, I wonder if any CBners can answer this?
And btw: is the book by Jack Davies any good?
North Sea Hijack's single malt
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, Mar 15 2008 05:03 PM
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Posted 16 March 2008 - 01:58 PM
I tried to get a screen cap of the bottle in question, but it's a bit hard to make out (Roger will never win the Brosnan Award for Blatant Product Placement!). About the best I can do is this glimpse of the back label:
...which in this blow-up appears to read "MacArthur's"
There's a partial view of the front label as Roger puts the bottle back in his bag, but in my efforts to capture it, I accidentally rewound to a much clearer view of the bottle, as he packs it on leaving his castle. Here it is:
This confirms the brand, and that the bottle in the castle scene is the same as the train scene. Here's the label in case you can glean any further info:
...which in this blow-up appears to read "MacArthur's"
There's a partial view of the front label as Roger puts the bottle back in his bag, but in my efforts to capture it, I accidentally rewound to a much clearer view of the bottle, as he packs it on leaving his castle. Here it is:
This confirms the brand, and that the bottle in the castle scene is the same as the train scene. Here's the label in case you can glean any further info:
Edited by David_M, 16 March 2008 - 02:00 PM.
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Posted 16 March 2008 - 03:22 PM
This is interesting. It looks like MacArthur's is a blended whiskey not a single malt, so it probably won't go in Trident's collection:
http://www.thedrinks...php?prodid=4185
That blended stuff is very hit and miss for me. A lot of American and Canadian whiskeys are blended. The good single-malt aged stuff is mixed with cheap grain alcohol to stretch the number of bottles produced. There are some good ones, but most aren
http://www.thedrinks...php?prodid=4185
That blended stuff is very hit and miss for me. A lot of American and Canadian whiskeys are blended. The good single-malt aged stuff is mixed with cheap grain alcohol to stretch the number of bottles produced. There are some good ones, but most aren
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Posted 16 March 2008 - 06:32 PM
Great work, phantastic screen caps! Thanks very much!
So it is MacArthurs blend. I'd have thought ffolkes to be very much the single malt guy. I'd even imagined somehow a Laphroaig bottle. See what my memory is worth now.
On the other hand I seem to remember that in those years the single malt didn't have the widespread recognition it has gained today with customers (thanks for a large part due to Glenfiddich), but was still very much a conoisseur thing that not too many drinkers were familiar with. So probably no wonder a blend was featured even though I'd have preferred something more in line with ffolkes very specific character.
Thanks again!
So it is MacArthurs blend. I'd have thought ffolkes to be very much the single malt guy. I'd even imagined somehow a Laphroaig bottle. See what my memory is worth now.
On the other hand I seem to remember that in those years the single malt didn't have the widespread recognition it has gained today with customers (thanks for a large part due to Glenfiddich), but was still very much a conoisseur thing that not too many drinkers were familiar with. So probably no wonder a blend was featured even though I'd have preferred something more in line with ffolkes very specific character.
Thanks again!