Consolidated "Scotch - Best & Worst, recommendations, questions" thread
Apr 1, 2018, 1:56 pm
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Apr 1, 2018, 7:53 pm
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Apr 3, 2018, 12:39 pm
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I find my tastes differ over time and whatever mood I am in, so I like to keep at least one bottle each of an Islay, Highland, and Speyside single malt in the liquor cabinet. For Islay single malts, which are the smokier, peatier varieties, I prefer Caol Ila or Laphroaig, but I can tolerate all of the others as well.
Apr 3, 2018, 4:21 pm
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I'm pretty well-catered for at home, thanks to well-brought up sons and a wife who doesn't know what else to give me.
Snapshots of my whisky shelves - all gifts apart from the Glenfarclas 105, and I've since added an Ardbeg Uigeadail thanks to son's visits to Islay:
if I'm out, I generally go for Talisker if they have it, since nobody has given me one of those yet.
:-( <- poor me.
Snapshots of my whisky shelves - all gifts apart from the Glenfarclas 105, and I've since added an Ardbeg Uigeadail thanks to son's visits to Islay:
if I'm out, I generally go for Talisker if they have it, since nobody has given me one of those yet.
:-( <- poor me.
Apr 5, 2018, 3:55 pm
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But, as you say...it's your drink, so take it as you will.
Apr 5, 2018, 4:27 pm
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Good night for the right shade of blue (Duke) tonight. Celebrated by killing my Hibiki 21 (finally - bought it 3 years ago and have been savoring it) and enjoying some Hibiki 17 (thankfully reloaded in December in Tokyo) and Yoichi Miyagikyo 12 (sadly almost out of a bottle I bought pre-price spike).
Can say with certainty that Hibiki 17 remains my favorite and I actually give the nod to the Yoichi 12 over the Hibiki 21.
Too bad it's all gotten so expensive. The "Japanese Whisky" price premium on everything these days sucks for those of us who actually enjoy drinking it (rather than just flipping it).
Next goal is to find things that are similar but in the old Japanese Whisky price range.
Can say with certainty that Hibiki 17 remains my favorite and I actually give the nod to the Yoichi 12 over the Hibiki 21.
Too bad it's all gotten so expensive. The "Japanese Whisky" price premium on everything these days sucks for those of us who actually enjoy drinking it (rather than just flipping it).
Next goal is to find things that are similar but in the old Japanese Whisky price range.
Sigh. It was a sad day when I ran out of my Hibiki 15 (2 months ago) and my Yamazaki 12 (9 months ago). Only my sole prized possession: The Nikka Yoichi 20 Yr old remains, unopened, that I purchased in 2015 from NRT, just before they discontinued it (at a then price of 6,000 yen). I don't want to pawn it off, but somehow I am almost too intimidated to crack it open either. This is the last of its kind. And that is a humbling thought.
Apr 6, 2018, 8:18 am
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Not really Scotch, but had some Dingle Distillery Single Malt Cask Strength in DUB this past weekend. Really nice stuff; it had plenty of strength to it (it was around 62%), and opened up pretty nicely even without adding water--but a splash of water really made it bloom.
I couldn't find a bottle locally in Dublin; they had the regular 2nd batch single malt, and the bartender was able to sell me a bottle of the 1st batch single pot still, but alas, none of the cask strength around. Sounds like a trip back to Dingle is in order at some point...
I couldn't find a bottle locally in Dublin; they had the regular 2nd batch single malt, and the bartender was able to sell me a bottle of the 1st batch single pot still, but alas, none of the cask strength around. Sounds like a trip back to Dingle is in order at some point...
Apr 24, 2018, 7:31 pm
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Had a really stressful consultation at a client's house today so my paralegal and I decided to hit the nearest bar. It turned out to be an Olive Garden. I asked for a Jameson on the rocks and it came with a lime wedge on the glass.
Me: Why did you serve this with a lime?
Bartender: I thought it looked pretty!
Me: Well you don't usually serve scotch with lime
Bartender; Oh, do you want a lemon instead?
It was truly bewildering.
Me: Why did you serve this with a lime?
Bartender: I thought it looked pretty!
Me: Well you don't usually serve scotch with lime
Bartender; Oh, do you want a lemon instead?
It was truly bewildering.
Apr 24, 2018, 7:51 pm
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Had a really stressful consultation at a client's house today so my paralegal and I decided to hit the nearest bar. It turned out to be an Olive Garden. I asked for a Jameson on the rocks and it came with a lime wedge on the glass.
Me: Why did you serve this with a lime?
Bartender: I thought it looked pretty!
Me: Well you don't usually serve scotch with lime
Bartender; Oh, do you want a lemon instead?
It was truly bewildering.
Me: Why did you serve this with a lime?
Bartender: I thought it looked pretty!
Me: Well you don't usually serve scotch with lime
Bartender; Oh, do you want a lemon instead?
It was truly bewildering.
Apr 24, 2018, 8:52 pm
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Apr 25, 2018, 7:04 am
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I bought a bottle of Hibiki Harmony yesterday afternoon and opened it almost immediately upon returning home. Shared it with the youngest son and his fiancé. I think we were unanimous in declaring it delicious.
Apr 25, 2018, 8:55 am
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Apr 25, 2018, 10:28 am
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Apr 25, 2018, 3:59 pm
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It depends what kind of Speyside you're considering, but Teeling Small Batch might be worth a try in case you like your Macallan and other sherry type casked bottles. I'd also say that Green Spot or Yellow Spot might be up your alley.