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I Invented Baileys (2017)

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Re: I Invented Baileys (2017)

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Post by dustintrex »

dredmorbius wrote: post #14

The mass-market alcohol industry is almost entirely based on branding and bulk ingredents. (A considerable fraction of the so-called top-shelf market is as well.) I'd had some exposure to that through a former life, though this classic comment of Animats drilled home just how sordid the whole thing is, through Frank-Lin distillers, who buy bulk grain alcohol by the tankerful, delivered to their own private railroad s…

There's a good Atlas Obscura story on how Smirnoff had to not just invent the brand, but introduce America to vodka:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-america-fell-in-lo...

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Post by foobar33333 »

fnord123 wrote: post #26

> If we assume that every bottle of Baileys delivered eight generous servings that suggests that over 12 billion glasses of Baileys have been poured since it all began. Holy cow are people filling tumblers with the stuff? It's nice as a shot but more than that is sickly.

I mix it with milk and its really nice.

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Post by Lio »

w0mbat wrote: post #23
Lio wrote: post #4

Always took a perverse pleasure in reminding my proud Irish relations that Baileys Irish Cream was invented by some "Brit" out of a lab in Essex, England in the 1970s. They just loved that one. :P I'd still pay the premium for Baileys. It's like buying off brand "Pringles"; you might save a small bit and the tin might look pretty similar but they taste is never taste quite right.

The story has always been set in London’s vibrant Soho area, not Essex.

> We took it to the technical group in the Gilbeys building that housed their factory offices, distillery, research laboratories and warehouse in Harlow, Essex,

I think I always associated it with Harlow but I wouldn't let the truth get in the way when winding up my family relations. :D

Re: I Invented Baileys (2017)

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Post by anonymousDan »

dredmorbius wrote: post #14

The mass-market alcohol industry is almost entirely based on branding and bulk ingredents. (A considerable fraction of the so-called top-shelf market is as well.) I'd had some exposure to that through a former life, though this classic comment of Animats drilled home just how sordid the whole thing is, through Frank-Lin distillers, who buy bulk grain alcohol by the tankerful, delivered to their own private railroad s…

Uhm, what about Guinness? The guinness brewery has been around a lot longer than 1950. Also, are you claiming there was no such thing as an Irish pub before 1980? Again, uhm, no.

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

>>> Perrier hadn’t become fashionable then, so people were still content to do real drinking at lunch time.

I am just old enough to have caught the tail end of this world (Ahhh, Harlow, thy beauteous roundabouts call out to me ...)

My dad assured me liver damage was the only way to get a job in the 60s.

Re: I Invented Baileys (2017)

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Post by dilap »

dredmorbius wrote: post #14

The mass-market alcohol industry is almost entirely based on branding and bulk ingredents. (A considerable fraction of the so-called top-shelf market is as well.) I'd had some exposure to that through a former life, though this classic comment of Animats drilled home just how sordid the whole thing is, through Frank-Lin distillers, who buy bulk grain alcohol by the tankerful, delivered to their own private railroad s…

That's pretty crazy. So I wonder, do Frank-Lin put any flavors in their vodkas? Or is it just water + alcohol, and any perceived differences in flavor are down to the labels?

Edit: Nevermind, just read the Skyy link. Indeed, they add flavoring to the vodka. Huh!

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Post by bjarneh »

awestroke wrote: post #9
bjarneh wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's like buying off brand "Pringles" Does anyone make worse chips than Pringles?

Apparently off brand pringles are worse, if such a thing is even possible. But I'd argue pringles are not chips

> if such a thing is even possible

Exactly. The way Pringles taste; to go looking for "off brand" Pringles at lower prices seems totally nuts.

I'm not sure if they are crisps, chips or just a horrid potato mix formed into "perfect shapes"; but whatever they are, their popularity is a mystery to me.

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