Consolidated "Scotch - Best & Worst, recommendations, questions" thread
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I have the same problem, though not as severe as yours. I've limited myself to about a dozen brands of whiskey, though I also have 4 kinds of tequila, 3 of vodka (I've cut down), etc. I call it my drinking problem: I buy it faster than I drink it.
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Just overall a more flavorful spirit, yet with the same general flavor and aroma profile.
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Yeah, I have the same problem. I guess that's a better issue to have than drinking too much whisky! That said, maybe I need to find a NYC whisky club...with extra bottles it would be nice to have some others to share it with, and try new stuff too.
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someone brought a bottle to an event and then sold glasses to people?
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Yes there is. If you bring a bottle somewhere it's to share. If you don't intend to share, then you don't bring it. Simple. You were polite in offering and the other party should have graciously declined.
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Reminds me of a time a few years back when I was in grad school. I took a bottle of good Scotch to share. I think it was Talisker or Jura, can't remember which. One of my classmates thought it was cheap booze and started drinking from the bottle. I stopped him but I learned my lesson about sharing good Scotch with people who don't know better. I hosted a house party later with a different classmate who knew his Scotch. You can bet that I brought out all the good stuff for him.
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ill bet i could have heard some amusing stories at a law firm that did regular scotch tastings, but i never would have thought about it
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(Also, the OP saw the bottle of Laphroaig and proactively asked the owner if he would sell him a glass for $5. The owner of the scotch was not advertising drams for sale as a profit opportunity or anything. And as the beneficiary of the OP's--who generously shared sips with several of us--action, I thoroughly appreciated the exchange and greatly enjoyed my first taste of that particular scotch. I thought it was a great deal.)
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Bringing us back to the topic of scotch recommendations, I picked up a bottle of the new "The Nikka12yo" while over in Japan.
Tried it for the first time last night - it was solid but it didn't impress me the way other Japanese Whisky has at this price point (it was 4600Yen which put it in line with the Nikka Taketsuru 17 at Yamaya but the store clerk recommended the Nikka12yo). I tried the Nikka 10 Yoichi while up in Sapporo (just a glass) and preferred that to the 12yo.
It wasn't bad by any means and perhaps the bottle will grow on me but when I go back to Japan I won't use valuable luggage space on getting a new bottle of this and it won't be my first choice from my shelf if looking for a Japanese Whisky at this price point (prefer the Yamazaki 12)
Tried it for the first time last night - it was solid but it didn't impress me the way other Japanese Whisky has at this price point (it was 4600Yen which put it in line with the Nikka Taketsuru 17 at Yamaya but the store clerk recommended the Nikka12yo). I tried the Nikka 10 Yoichi while up in Sapporo (just a glass) and preferred that to the 12yo.
It wasn't bad by any means and perhaps the bottle will grow on me but when I go back to Japan I won't use valuable luggage space on getting a new bottle of this and it won't be my first choice from my shelf if looking for a Japanese Whisky at this price point (prefer the Yamazaki 12)
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Bringing us back to the topic of scotch recommendations, I picked up a bottle of the new "The Nikka12yo" while over in Japan.
Tried it for the first time last night - it was solid but it didn't impress me the way other Japanese Whisky has at this price point (it was 4600Yen which put it in line with the Nikka Taketsuru 17 at Yamaya but the store clerk recommended the Nikka12yo). I tried the Nikka 10 Yoichi while up in Sapporo (just a glass) and preferred that to the 12yo.
It wasn't bad by any means and perhaps the bottle will grow on me but when I go back to Japan I won't use valuable luggage space on getting a new bottle of this and it won't be my first choice from my shelf if looking for a Japanese Whisky at this price point (prefer the Yamazaki 12)
Tried it for the first time last night - it was solid but it didn't impress me the way other Japanese Whisky has at this price point (it was 4600Yen which put it in line with the Nikka Taketsuru 17 at Yamaya but the store clerk recommended the Nikka12yo). I tried the Nikka 10 Yoichi while up in Sapporo (just a glass) and preferred that to the 12yo.
It wasn't bad by any means and perhaps the bottle will grow on me but when I go back to Japan I won't use valuable luggage space on getting a new bottle of this and it won't be my first choice from my shelf if looking for a Japanese Whisky at this price point (prefer the Yamazaki 12)
Update: The day after I posted this I was at my liquor store (a large chain with generally good prices) and they had the Hakushu 12 for $63 for a 750 ml bottle -- so buy it in Japan and pay in yen if you can!
Last edited by KevinDTW; Mar 21, 2015 at 1:32 pm Reason: Added info on Hakushu price in US