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hybridnoisebloom posted:somehow haven't posted in here at all despite my increasing obsession with whisky. the current bottles on my desk are laphroaig 10 (pretty great but not as good as ardbeg 10 imho) and four roses small batch (delicious and ludicrously affordable, maybe the most cherry-forward bourbon i've tried so far). If you like Four Roses Small Batch, you should try the Single Barrel. It’s $7 more but we’ll worth it imo.
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Some suggestions if you like Ardbeg and Laphroaig, not in any particular order: Laphroaig Quarter Cask Laphroaig Lore Port Charlotte PC10 Ledaig 10 Ardbeg Uigeadail
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Nov 3, 2022 23:36
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spankmeister posted:Laphroaig Quarter Cask Yes. Where do I put in my credit card number?
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Nov 3, 2022 23:52
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I was in a Total Wine the other day and saw that there's small-batch/artisanal whiskey being made in places I wouldn't normally have looked for it, like Wales and India and Mexico. Are any of those worth a try?
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Nov 4, 2022 00:05
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Wales: Aber Falls not really, Penderyn okay. India: Amrut is good, haven't tried John Paul Mexico: Never tried a Mexican whisky
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Nov 4, 2022 00:11
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I recently tried some of Puni's Nova, from Italy, and it was surprisingly fantastic.
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Nov 4, 2022 00:23
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spankmeister posted:Some suggestions if you like Ardbeg and Laphroaig, not in any particular order: yea, i've heard a fair bit about most of these (particularly the Uigeadail, everyone says that's one of the best Ardbegs so i'm definitely interested). haven't heard of Ledaig off the top of my head though, i'll have to look into that. i think my next scotch purchase is probably gonna be a Highland Park 12 or maybe just another bottle of Ardbeg 10 because it's just so drat good. it has this beautiful chocolate note that i just absolutely love that (at least ime) the Laphroaig hasnt given me. Laphroaig is still delicious stuff though so I'm definitely gonna have to seek out the non-age statement ones.
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Nov 4, 2022 03:34
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hybridnoisebloom posted:yea, i've heard a fair bit about most of these (particularly the Uigeadail, everyone says that's one of the best Ardbegs so i'm definitely interested). haven't heard of Ledaig off the top of my head though, i'll have to look into that. i think my next scotch purchase is probably gonna be a Highland Park 12 or maybe just another bottle of Ardbeg 10 because it's just so drat good. it has this beautiful chocolate note that i just absolutely love that (at least ime) the Laphroaig hasnt given me. Laphroaig is still delicious stuff though so I'm definitely gonna have to seek out the non-age statement ones. If you DM me your address I'll send you a taster of the Uigeadail as it's one of my fave peaty scotches and I bought 12 bottles a few years ago when a stor had it on sale for $40/each
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Nov 4, 2022 06:21
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The Polish Pirate posted:If you DM me your address I'll send you a taster of the Uigeadail as it's one of my fave peaty scotches and I bought 12 bottles a few years ago when a stor had it on sale for $40/each oh hell yea, i might just have to take you up on that! i don't know what all we have in the liquor stores out here as far as scotch goes but i know the place i usually end up going to doesn't have any Ardbeg outside the 10. i gotta check the other stores around town, though.
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Nov 4, 2022 07:10
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spankmeister posted:Some suggestions if you like Ardbeg and Laphroaig, not in any particular order: Add in Caol Ila 12 and any Longrow.
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A friend bought me a super expensive bottle of New Zealand whiskey at the duty-free as a thank you for house-sitting while he was on vacation. Then the security at Fiji confiscated it. Now apparently they are accepting the chargeback since he had it stored exactly how the person at the NZ duty-free said to store it, so he wants to buy me something locally available. What should I look at for a sort of "introduction to nice scotch" around the $80-120 mark? I've had Balvenie Doublewood and really enjoyed it, but otherwise I have only had Johnnie Walker black, gold, green, blue, some speyside blends, and whatever J&B or Cutty Sark count as. I also had laphroaig 10 and hated it, way too much peat for me at this point. I had been thinking Highland Park 12 but he wants to spend more than that and well, okay, I guess.
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Nov 4, 2022 17:34
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If you truly hated laphroaig I'd avoid Highland Park until you could try a glass somewhere. The peat isn't as strong, but it's funkier (grassier Orkney peat!), and certainly present on both the nose and tongue. As someone who enjoyed Balvenie Doublewood. I'd maybe look for Glen Garioch 12 (my personal favorite, but it's fairly inexpensive) or an expression of Glenfarclas. If you wanted to try something sherried (sweeter and fruitier), may be go with Aberlour A'Bunadh or Glen Dronach 15. The Aberlour is a batched release so each one is a bit different, but out of the 4 or 5 bottles I've had I've enjoyed them all (although I still dream about Batch 49). If you want sweet and smokey (peaty) check out Kilchoman Sanaig maybe. Want something still smokey / peaty, but no sherry; try Caol Ila. Lots of vanilla as the sweetness more so than fruit. Peat smoke is stronger than the Kilchoman though. Also, don't feel like you have to like peat to enjoy Scotch. There's tons of unpeated stuff out there that's great.
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Nov 4, 2022 17:59
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I feel like I'll probably enjoy peat once I get acclimated to it, I assume it's an acquired taste. I'll note those all down and take a look, I'm in a small town and our liquor stores don't have a massive amount of selection. I'm planning on going out tonight because I'm not on call for once so maybe I'll get a glass of Highland Park at the bar and see how I feel about it. I generally love smokey flavors, Laphroaig 10 was just too much.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I'm in a small town and our liquor stores don't have a massive amount of selection. For most things they list the "Character" at the bottom which are basically high level tasting notes. I've found them to be very accurate at a high level, and haven't picked any stinkers using those as a guideline for myself. [url]https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/284/balvenie-12-year-old-doublewood]Balvenie Doublewood[/url]for example is listed as Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Raspberry, Milk Chocolate, & Stewed Fruit I tend to ignore the "Style" ratings as they haven't really been helpful in my experience.
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Nov 4, 2022 21:16
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https://www.diageo.com/en/news-and-...ones-distilling Rip to a real one. They sold out.
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Can't wait for the run on "pre diageo" juice.
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Data Graham posted:I was in a Total Wine the other day and saw that there's small-batch/artisanal whiskey being made in places I wouldn't normally have looked for it, like Wales and India and Mexico. Are any of those worth a try? There are some corn whiskeys from Mexico that really highlight the particular corn. I have not tried but I'm interested. https://www.yahoo.com/now/mexican-corn-liquor-transform-whiskey-094400779.html https://punchdrink.com/articles/corn-whiskey-recommendations/
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Nov 7, 2022 20:06
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Rare Breed makes a drat fine Old Fashioned.
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wormil posted:Rare Breed makes a drat fine Old Fashioned. Russel's Single Barrel is also outstanding. Tons of cinnamon and bring cherries.
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Nov 8, 2022 06:50
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S.W.O.R.D. Agent posted:If you truly hated laphroaig I'd avoid Highland Park until you could try a glass somewhere. The peat isn't as strong, but it's funkier (grassier Orkney peat!), and certainly present on both the nose and tongue. I ended up getting Aberlour A'Bunadh since Glendronach and Glen Garioch weren't in stock at the store I went to when in a more moderately sized city (150k people). I've watered it down a little bit to open up the flavors, which I normally never do even with bottled in bond bourbon but with this 61% scotch I decided to. Sole complaint so far is that I was already drunk when I had to cut the wax off the bottle and that was harrowing.
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Nov 8, 2022 07:01
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I ended up getting Aberlour A'Bunadh since Glendronach and Glen Garioch weren't in stock at the store I went to when in a more moderately sized city (150k people). I've watered it down a little bit to open up the flavors, which I normally never do even with bottled in bond bourbon but with this 61% scotch I decided to. Sole complaint so far is that I was already drunk when I had to cut the wax off the bottle and that was harrowing. Yeah, a bit late, but should have mentioned that A'Bunadh is easy drinkin, and sneaky potent.
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Nov 8, 2022 15:22
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A'Bunadh has batch variance, which is normal and expected, but I have found that some batches are hotter than others. Of course the one I have on my shelf is the best batch ever, batch 69
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spankmeister posted:A'Bunadh has batch variance, which is normal and expected, but I have found that some batches are hotter than others. I’m waiting to open my bottle of 419 year old Scotch till next year… 
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spankmeister posted:A'Bunadh has batch variance, which is normal and expected, but I have found that some batches are hotter than others. Nice
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Nov 8, 2022 22:44
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spankmeister posted:Wales: Aber Falls not really, Penderyn okay. I've got to second the Penderyn, was recently gifted a bottle and it was fantastic. I'd describe it as similar to a Speyside but more crisp, less sherry inspired? Delicious nonetheless
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Nov 9, 2022 00:33
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went to the other liquor store in town today and lo and behold, they had the Uigdeall! so i snagged that. early birthday present to myself.
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Nov 11, 2022 23:38
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hybridnoisebloom posted:went to the other liquor store in town today and lo and behold, they had the Uigdeall! so i snagged that. early birthday present to myself. Ah good good enjoy!
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Nov 12, 2022 01:48
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adnam posted:I've got to second the Penderyn, was recently gifted a bottle and it was fantastic. I'd describe it as similar to a Speyside but more crisp, less sherry inspired? Delicious nonetheless Quite a lot of Penderyn is matured in Madeira casks
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i'm a few days deep on the uigeadail and i gotta say, absolutely loving it. i don't think i've touched the laphroaig 10 once since i got the uigeadail. definitely seems like my tastes lie more in the darker sweetness/meaty flavors of ardbeg than the brighter iodine-y laphroaig type stuff. anyone got any recs for more islay stuff in the ardbeg vein? (or particular ardbegs that i should be looking for [that aren't insanely hard to find like the dark cove and poo poo])
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Nov 14, 2022 12:47
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hybridnoisebloom posted:i'm a few days deep on the uigeadail and i gotta say, absolutely loving it. i don't think i've touched the laphroaig 10 once since i got the uigeadail. definitely seems like my tastes lie more in the darker sweetness/meaty flavors of ardbeg than the brighter iodine-y laphroaig type stuff. anyone got any recs for more islay stuff in the ardbeg vein? (or particular ardbegs that i should be looking for [that aren't insanely hard to find like the dark cove and poo poo]) Lagagulin is closer to Ardbeg than it is Laphroaig - I'd stick to Offerman or 12 though Port Charlotte (PC10) is a happy medium to me but leans on the briny-er side Ledaig and Kilchoman are also hidden gems but beasts of their own
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Has anyone tried any of the following cheap Nikka bottles? Our local store has them at around the $20-30 range: Black Clear Blend - smooth, peatless Hi Nikka - easy drinking, good for highballs Black Rich Blend - balanced taste Black Deep Blend - rich and peaty
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Nikka Black is garbage tier. In Japan it’s not even full proof IIRC, and there’s no way it’s worth those prices, it should be half those. But still, if you’ve never tried convenience-store-level Japanese whisky it could be fun, and it’s not like they’re undrinkable.
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Nov 16, 2022 14:49
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It's just cheap blended whisky. Nothing to write home about.
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I decided to switch it up and bought a bottle of Bushmills 10 and Writers Tears Double Oak. Bushmills 10 cost $48.95, and honestly I found it bland. Too light of a flavour and not much going on. Bushmills' Black Bush is about $10 cheaper and more interesting. Writers Tears Double Oak was $64.95. Better than the Bushmills, but I have the same problem: it's too mellow. Honestly, the basic Writers Tears is better. If I get my hands on some more Canadian whisky, I'll go back, but I can't drink as much as I used to because it aggravates my GERD and causes some reflux. On the plus side, a friend of mine who barely drinks just came back from overseas and picked up a bottle of Talisker Surge for me at Heathrow. Can't wait!
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I wanted to buy some brandy and pretend to be Sherlock Holmes (or Watson in all honesty). Is it wine? Is it French Whisky? I bought some St Remy because Reddit said Hennessy was overpriced Did I mess up?
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Brandy is distilled wine Typical "French" "types" are Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados, but it can come from anywhere in the world
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I had a small drink and it reminds me a lot of whisky but with a watery grape aftertaste
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Brandy is pretty much its own thing. Being distilled it can hit some of the same notes, but really it's a whole different beastie to whiskey.
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Pseudohog posted:Brandy is pretty much its own thing. Being distilled it can hit some of the same notes, but really it's a whole different beastie to whiskey. Don't forget the wood aging, a big part of whisky 's flavor and aroma comes from the wood. But brandy is 100% its own thing yeah.
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This is old news but I just found out about Blackened, which in collaboration with Metallica is blasted in barrel with curated Metallica playlists. And I thought Jefferson's Ocean was gimmicky.
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