tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85713224217699544.post3612094901698704480..comments2024-03-06T21:06:39.726-05:00Comments on The Coopered Tot: Irish RevivalNewYorkJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01236276465833621198noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85713224217699544.post-56345903943190945462014-03-22T07:36:54.280-04:002014-03-22T07:36:54.280-04:00Josh: just to add one of the reasons for the downf...Josh: just to add one of the reasons for the downfall of the Irish whisky industry, there would not have been many Canadian or U.S. armed forces personnel, or world wide for that matter, drinking Irish whisky to celebrate the end of World War 2. Those feelings continued for many years. RickRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03437160408083606924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85713224217699544.post-64596988879893712902014-03-17T12:22:07.411-04:002014-03-17T12:22:07.411-04:00He haunts me - as does the topic of Robertson'...He haunts me - as does the topic of Robertson's and most of the vanished Pure Pot Still Irish from the generation before Prohibition. His looks bring up a whole set of conflicted emotions. Is he an alcoholic abusing drink in an alleyway or is he an elegant bon-vivant partying hearty? Is his emotion happy and well considered or dissipated? Do I see him as a specter of something, or as a siren calling me to enjoy, as he so clearly does, what may have been an epic pour of a delicious whiskey that has vanished from the Earth? More on the old vanished Pure Pot Still style with a dusty tasting coming up...NewYorkJoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01236276465833621198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85713224217699544.post-73765794158551997982014-03-17T10:54:58.289-04:002014-03-17T10:54:58.289-04:00That Robertson's ad is something else - quite ...That Robertson's ad is something else - quite a find. It looks like he put on his top hat, bowtie and waistcoat to lean against a wall with peeling green paint and pour himself a nice 10 oz glass (or two) from what appears to be a 1.5 liter bottle of whisky.danznoreply@blogger.com