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Pre-War Scotch
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01/06/12 01:46 PM
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Silly question coming. When Philip Tattaglia offers Luca a scotch, he goes out of his way to mention that it's pre-war. Was pre-war scotch that rare by 1945? I know Turnbull loves questions about WWII rationing, so I'm sure to get an answer from him .
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Re: Pre-War Scotch
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01/06/12 09:27 PM
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You know your man, PB. Luca should have smelled a rat when Philip Tattaglia offered him some Scotch--"prewar." The fact is, the only Scotch available in late 1945 would be from prewar stocks. Scotch, like all brown spirits, gets its color and mellowness from wood ageing. The first Scotch made after the end of WWII wouldn't hit America for at least three to five years, if not more. He probably said that to Luca to impress him (and FFC tried to impress us). Another little fact: unlike wine, spirits do not improve in the bottle--only in the cask before bottling. Their higher alcohol content stabilizes the maturing process once they're in glass. So, even if Tatt had offered Luca a drink of Scotch from a bottle that his father broght over in 1910, it'd taste the same in '45 as it did in '10.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Pre-War Scotch
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The fact is, the only Scotch available in late 1945 would be from prewar stocks. That's what I assumed, TB. It's like he was trying to show off or something. But common sense would dictate that, even if the aging process was only three or four years, it would STILL be "prewar." Great answer, by the way .
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Re: Pre-War Scotch
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03/05/12 10:41 AM
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Great info on Scotch TB. Thanks.
Sorry to take this thread in a little different direction, but since it's on the subject of this scene, I would like like to express my disappointment of it. This scene has always bothered me.
How does Luca let himself be garroted (is that a word?)by Tattaglia's or Sollozzo's enforcer? I mean, Luca was supposed to be the best/most cunning etc etc hit man. How can Bruno while reaching over the bar, hold down his left arm while Virgil plunges down with a knife through the right, while someone else sneaks behind him with the garrote? I just don't see it happening for real. Come on, my reflexes are better than that. Please give me some opinions on why/how this could have really happened.
Salute! Rick
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Re: Pre-War Scotch
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03/06/12 10:35 AM
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The fact is, the only Scotch available in late 1945 would be from prewar stocks. That's what I assumed, TB. It's like he was trying to show off or something. But common sense would dictate that, even if the aging process was only three or four years, it would STILL be "prewar." Great answer, by the way . It was almost 1946, and since the War ended earlier in the year, there could have been a batch of scotch made after the war that was fermenting during the war. Perhaps because of food shortages or the war effort the quality of ingredients in the newest batch of scotch was inferior.
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