if your team wins....

I'd open a can of worms, because my team is buried so deep it may not see the proper side of the turf in this lifetime - Oh Canada ;-(

Argentina = Macallan Cask Strength

I don't really have a team, but I like Korean food so I bought a Korean flag. If the KOR wins, frankly, I don't have a malt that I identify with the country. I suppose I could do soju shots.

Yesterday I met with a Korean nurse I used to work with. She was looking to buy a scotch and I suggested Aberlour A'Bunadh. She bought it. So Maybe what I'll do is mix 1part AA and 2 parts soju and see what happens.

Darn iPad....met a nurse, not met with....it wasn't planned.

@Nozinan If your nurse friend is a new Scotch drinker, the AA is some pretty hard stuff to start a rookie on. If she is a veteran like you and me, no problem. No offence intended, mate, but 60% not handled properly could put someone off forever.

Back to the question. If England wins (highly unlikely) I might have a couple of double martinis made with the Bruichladich Botanist gin that's been languishing in the freezer for about a year.

@BlueNote fear not....she is not a complete rookie, just not an "anorak"

Glad to hear it @Nozinan. Now that you mention AA, if my team wins I might have the last dram of my batch#20 that I put into a miniature bottle about 2 years ago.

If Germany wins I will drink an old faithful dram I reserve for special occasions, Talisker 18 yr. A few upsets this tourney so far. I hope to see England play Germany this year, just to get the family rivalry going again.

@Lars - Perhaps it will be GER vs ARG. Should we arrange a friendly wager or perhaps exchange samples of Talisker 18 and Macallan Cask Strength if the two teams meet?

@Lars you are one win away from Talisker 18 YO. I have already opened my Macallan Cask Strength as we did a Macallan flight Saturday, and a few more. Are you up for a gentleman's agreement if Argentina and Germany meet in the final?

What are you proposing.... If one wins the other drinks? Or the other way around?

@paddockjudge, I am still riding that high from the game yesterday, driving home from work I hear 5-0 half time for Germany, WTF, it's suppose to be a close game? Even the Oddsmakers were saying 50-50. I finished my last open bottle but have a fresh one in reserve.
Sure I'm up for a gentleman's agreement if Argentina and Germany meet. Let me know, msg me.

@Lars looks like u have a better than average chance of enjoying some Talisker. Germany have been crushing all tourny barring the Ghana game.

@Lars @paddockjudge OK what's on the line? Inquiring minds want to know. Jonesz

Hockey and ice-cold beer are common place in Canada; however, the boys from Winnipeg and Sudbury not only share a passion for fine whisky, but also share the ability to correctly predict a side for the final pairing of FIFA 2014 championship final. Well done Lars.

• To the victor go the spoils.

At stake for Germany and Argentina is the opportunity to seize the throne of world football supremacy, but more importantly, @Lars and @paddockjudge have committed themselves to partaking of some very fine world class malts - Talisker 18 Yo and Macallan Cask Strength 60.1% abv.

A gentleman's agreement is currently being finalized and will surely involve the exchange of world class malts.

@thecyclingyogi, I was hoping Portugal would advance as the 1972 39y/o glendronach is something that I was hoping to sample...I can wait four years;). Thanks for the great thread, I had a blast.

If Germany wins, it should be a sulphured dram all round

I expect great things from Canada in 2-3 world cups from now with all the talent that is emerging I believe we can be a force to be reckoned with.

As well the USA should be proud of there performance that was a extremely rough group to get out of.

Cheers

@paddockjudge i'm happy to hear you enjoyed it. for your sake, i hope argentina triumph. if i was a betting man, though, i doubt i could wager against the germans.... and don't worry, that glendronach will be opened soon enough. if you're not there, i'll make sure you to save you some, brother.

@Lars, The best team has won. Congratulations @Lars for picking Germany as champions. @thecyclingyogi, great thread! @Jonesz, some drams of Mac Cask, a couple of FC and Alberta Premiums headed out west.

@paddockjudge Game game!!! Wished I could have watched but Folk fest with the Family won out, caught the highlights on my sisters smartphone between songs. Talisker 18, Talisker Storm, Auchentoshan Valinch 2012, Longmorn 15 heading out east.

Thanks to @thecyclingyogi for the Great thread!

@paddockjudge Xcellent choices. But I think that you should have handicapped the event more like a horse race! I am sure Lars will enjoy the rewards. I know that I really liked the AP's that you sent this way. Fun way to watch the event. Jonesz

@Jonesz Yes, it was great fun. Now that you mention it, I should have taken Argentina underneath on a large exotic ticket...I wonder what the Ger - Arg exacta paid? To the victor go the spoils, and I hope to spoil @Lars with some good Canadian juice....and the Mac Cask Strength.

@Lars, we had a lot of fun four years ago tracking our teams and eventually exchanging some great whisky after the final game.

@paddockjudge , Who is your favorite team this time around? Germany is having a tough go this year. There are some Great underdog teams doing fantastic stuff. Maybe England will come thru and win this year?

@Lars If Korea wins in 2018, I will go out and buy the most expensive Scotch at the LCBO, invite @Talexander over and we will drink it with ice and gingerale...

What do I buy if Brazil wins? Cachaça? What about if Portugal wins (a nice bottle of Port perhaps) ? Those are the teams I’m cheering for. And before anyone asks, there is no real rhyme or reason to my choice of teams.

@Lars, England has a strong side, it wouldn't be a surprise if they ran the table. Uruguay is always surprising, I love watching them. I don't have a favourite this time around, but I've been following Mexico and Portugal (and Argentina, early exit?) since the 2007 FIFA U20 in Toronto.

@Lars - Being English, England, obviously! That said, expectations are unusually low and I think that is helping a young team. We look good attacking but not convincing at the back. Belgium will show us how they can handle a more dangerous opponent.

I had Germany or Spain as favourites; the former are showing they know how to progress in tournaments (it gets really boring you know ha ha!) . Spain have been the best side for me without hitting anywhere near top gear. Brazil don't look that great really but like Germany, you can never rule them out.

I think England, Croatia, Belgium and France all have good outside chances.

If England win . . . na not biting or even contemplating that. The scars run too deep . . .

@OdysseusUnbound I will not be spending any hard earned gift card dollars at the LCBO on Cachaca. One of the case managers I work with is from Brazil and she goes back every year and said she will bring me back some of the good stuff.

If England wins I will wash down a steak and ale pie with several pints of Timothy Taylor’s Landlord Ale. If Mexico wins it will be fish tacos and Pacificos. If Belgium wins I’ll have @marcjedi1 send me some Mark and Manny’s Malt and some good Belgian chocolate. Too bad Scotland’s not there; it would be smoked haddock and Ardbeg Renaissance.