Parisian spirit guide needed

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Thor

Thor Iverson
Or, uh, medium. Whatever Levi prefers

Is there anywhere (not etoiled) known for an especially nice and proportionally affordable selection of brown spirits in Paris? Armagnac, Scotch, etc....anything is fine. And I'm talking drinking here, not purchasing. La Crmerie seemed to fit the bill, but see the catch below.

Here's the catch: I need this for a Monday night. But any names are welcome, and I will do the necessary research to determine openancy.
 
Since any decent wine shop is going to have some good stuff, can you give us a better lead on exactly what it is that you are looking for?
 
Ryst-Dupeyron (www.vintageandco.com) on the rue du Bac in the 7th is known for their selection of Armagnacs. There may well be better places in Paris with lesser renown, but one nice thing is that they have vintage Armagnac from any year that you would reasonably want, and in various sizes.
 
Claude & Sharon, 1st thanks, but 2nd I'm not looking to buy for home consumption, I'm looking to drink on site. I can find a sufficient selection of Armagnacs, Scotches, etc. all over the city. But where can I sit down and drink the stuff, from a selection of more than 2-4 options, without sitting through a meal to get to the digestifs? What I'm looking for is really a wine bar for spirits, and one that's open late. (And the impossibility: open Monday, but I'll deal with that later.)
 
What a gross idea!

Get a bottle in the restaurant at Lavinia. Otherwise, there must be some American bars or whatnot; Google around the foodie internet, I'd say.
 
Because the consumption of postprandial spirits is a foreign notion?

Thanks for the ideas, in any case. Lavinia closes too early, I think. The others will require a more expensive suit than I own, but what the heck.
 
How can it be postprandial if there's no meal?

Lavinia stops letting people in at 8pm, but people already in can stay a couple of hours more.
 
There will be a meal. At a place that I believe the French call something like a "restaurant." Later, there will be this drinking of brown spirits that I'm discussing. I don't know what the French call that.
 
Why don't you call the Cognac, Armagnac, etc. publicity/trade associations and ask them? They should have a good idea where you can get what you're seeking.
 
I was thinking I'd take a helicopter to Gascony and follow a library release on its way to Paris, just so I'd be sure of availability, but then decided that maybe that was just a little bit more work than I was prepared for. So instead, I decided to ask a question on the world wide interthingy.

Right now, that helicopter is looking like the more promising and less involved option.
 
Maybe try googling: whiskey bar paris (or whisky? I forge how it's spelled in French)

Quite a few turned up, mostly ex-pat bars, but some seemed to have large numbers of whiskeys.
 
Thor:

Who would you recommend I charter a helicopter from the next time I am in Gascony? I would need somebody willing to fly late at night, and also, and this is the impossibility, willing to fly on Mondays.

Any ideas?
 
originally posted by scottreiner:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Hemingway Bar at the Ritz or sommat?
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hemingway bar is great, but not open too late...

buddha bar, always had really cheap johnny blue.
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I was actually going to say Buddha Bar as a joke line. You know, "I hear Buddha Bar is great for the selection of after dinner vodka," or something like that.

Funny how that worked out.
 
Zachary, yes, I've found a few from the helpful anonymous folk across the infostrada.

Levi, I suspect you'd do better just flapping your arms. Cheaper + quicker.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by scottreiner:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Hemingway Bar at the Ritz or sommat?
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hemingway bar is great, but not open too late...

buddha bar, always had really cheap johnny blue.
Click to expand...

I was actually going to say Buddha Bar as a joke line. You know, "I hear Buddha Bar is great for the selection of after dinner vodka," or something like that.

Funny how that worked out.
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a lot of middle eastern gentleman go there late night, and they like their swanky brown liquor...
 
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