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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #200 on: 08 Nov 2008, 07:18 »

As I have said before, the word "whisky" is pronounced "Laphroaig". 

And quarter cask Laphroaig is about $58 per bottle here.  Alas, my store was out of stock last time I was there so I am drinking Caol Ila.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #201 on: 08 Nov 2008, 07:46 »

Jens, I'd assume that if you like Laphroaig you like peaty whisky, in which case you'll love the quarter-cask. Imagine if somebody had poured a bottle of Laphroaig into a chunk of peat, let it sit there for a few years, and then wrung the peat out into a bottle.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #202 on: 08 Nov 2008, 08:30 »

That's why I like Lagavulin best; it's one of the peatiest of all.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #203 on: 08 Nov 2008, 10:33 »

Based on several recommendations for it, I am planning to try Lagavulin in the near future.

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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #204 on: 08 Nov 2008, 10:37 »

This is my favourite thread, guys.

There's a Laphroaig 12 year old at work that stares at me every time I start my shift. I'm tempted to buy it but I know if I do, I won't appreciate it and will end up drinking it to get drunk.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #205 on: 08 Nov 2008, 18:14 »

Haha, yes, I know. You don't have to waste all your money on me. But the offer stands- if you come to Fargo I will buy you expensive alcohol. And pick you up at the Minneapolis airport.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #206 on: 08 Nov 2008, 19:05 »

And hit on you mercilessly and with reckless abandon.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #207 on: 08 Nov 2008, 19:07 »

Well yes but that is not something with monetary value so I did not include it in my original post.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #208 on: 09 Nov 2008, 12:29 »

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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #209 on: 09 Nov 2008, 16:27 »

Naturally you would be the one to point that out.

Well, according to Posh Escorts London, one night with an escort is about $3600-$4000. So if we are putting monetary value on my company I would say you are getting a pretty deal.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #210 on: 09 Nov 2008, 18:48 »

I am charging nothing for my escort services
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #211 on: 09 Nov 2008, 19:01 »

That is pretty much what I was suggesting, yes.

(In a joking manner.)

(Also that offer applies only to men that fly in from across an ocean.)
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #212 on: 09 Nov 2008, 19:50 »

Lake Huron is totally an ocean, right?
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #213 on: 09 Nov 2008, 20:21 »

Is it called the Huron Ocean? No. Sorry but that does not count, you will have to fly to Europe and back if you want to take advantage of this special offer.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #214 on: 09 Nov 2008, 20:25 »

What if he swims through all the Great Lakes?
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #215 on: 09 Nov 2008, 20:30 »

Hmm. Yes, I think that would be enough. Just make sure it is lengthwise, not widthwise. But I will let you skip Lake Michigan so you do not have to go out of your way.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #216 on: 10 Nov 2008, 09:37 »

Score.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #217 on: 16 Nov 2008, 13:48 »

So bourbon.

I have a bottle of Elijah Craig. It was on sale for $17. I do not know what I did to make God smile upon me so, and it is not as nice as the Woodford Reserve I had a while ago but I cannot afford that now so this is what I am hoarding and keeping secret and safe and away from my unappreciative housemates.

On a whim, I also bought a $10 bottle of brandy. What the hell does one do with brandy? I tried some and it was... interesting. I made a hot toddy with tea, and it tasted like cough syrup. This makes me sad, because I always thought brandy would be tastier, and I took the recommendation of people working at the booze store when I picked this out. I know this is not the brandy thread, but seriously, what can I do with it?
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #218 on: 16 Nov 2008, 15:06 »

Brandy butter. BRANDY BUTTER. BRANDY BUTTER.

It will be Christmas time. Christmas time is brandy time. If you are having Christmas pudding then serving it with brandy butter is essential. Also, when you serve the cake you douse it in brandy, turn off all the lights, and set it on fire, and it's spectacular and beautiful and pretty damn cool.

These are the things we do with brandy in my family.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #219 on: 16 Nov 2008, 16:03 »

I do not think we have ever done that in my family. Maybe I will start a new tradition! I think you also generally flambé things in brandy, right? I think I remember my granddad makes a pretty excellent banana flambé, so I will ask him.


Now I wonder what a bourbon cake would be like. I do not think I would want to set it on fire, though, even for the spectacle, because that would be a waste of bourbon.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #220 on: 16 Nov 2008, 18:02 »

The ridges in a bundt cake make it pretty sweet for lighting on fire. Also on the 'on fire' note, fry some cheese, flambee it in brandy, douse it with lemon juice, and you've got saganaki. Pretty delicious.

I have put bourbon in pretty much every baked good I've ever made, save maybe croissant, which I've only made twice to date. It is kind of my thing. I think you could maybe get away with flambeeing croissant or danish after they're baked? That could be a disaster.
Bourbon and chocolate go well together, but from my experience with brownies, I've found the best results with partitioning the batter into two halves, adding bourbon to only one half the batter, then pouring one in the pan first with the other one over top of it second. Maybe for a cake you would want to try gently marbling the batters together?
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #221 on: 16 Nov 2008, 18:27 »

Today I had the impulse to taste mead, can anyone vouch for what that's like? Neil Gaiman says it tastes like piss in American Gods, but it's honey and alcohol! I cannot fathom that being terrible.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #222 on: 16 Nov 2008, 19:25 »

Many years ago my brother and I came up with an exciting new cocktail recipe. It's very easy. You take equal parts mead and tequila. You mix. You drink (in theory). We call it "the Celtic Conquistador", but it's also known as "the Bastard".

To date we have not been able to persuade anyone to try it. We are not foolish enough to do so ourselves. Like our fabled experimental facial hair, the "Bob Each Way", it appears destined to remain purely hypothetical.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #223 on: 16 Nov 2008, 20:48 »

Buy some decent mead, you bastards.  You're probably Sassenach as well.

Iechyd Da! 

(By the way, I am drinking Laphroaig at the moment.)
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #224 on: 16 Nov 2008, 20:50 »

Celtic, can you name a few good but reasonably-priced mead brands for me?
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #225 on: 16 Nov 2008, 20:56 »

Chaucer's Mead Wine

Rabbit's foot Meadery Sweet Mead

Bunratty Mead

Check them out here, search mead.Iechyd Da!  Again.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #226 on: 17 Nov 2008, 17:43 »

Many years ago my brother and I came up with an exciting new cocktail recipe. It's very easy. You take equal parts mead and tequila. You mix. You drink (in theory). We call it "the Celtic Conquistador", but it's also known as "the Bastard".

To date we have not been able to persuade anyone to try it. We are not foolish enough to do so ourselves. Like our fabled experimental facial hair, the "Bob Each Way", it appears destined to remain purely hypothetical.

I'll step up. I'm parts Irish, Norwegian, and Mestizo. It is my destiny.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #227 on: 17 Nov 2008, 19:25 »

This thread inspired me to pick up a bottle of Woodford Reserve, and I have to say I am really enjoying it. This is the first time I've had bourbon outside of downing shots of Wild Turkey, and I like it.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #228 on: 18 Nov 2008, 01:18 »

On a whim, I also bought a $10 bottle of brandy. What the hell does one do with brandy? I tried some and it was... interesting. I made a hot toddy with tea, and it tasted like cough syrup. This makes me sad, because I always thought brandy would be tastier, and I took the recommendation of people working at the booze store when I picked this out. I know this is not the brandy thread, but seriously, what can I do with it?

At $10 a bottle, I'd tip it down the drain. Spend as much on a brandy as you would on a decent scotch, then you'll start to see what the fuss is about. And if you like your scotch peaty and smokey and with a proper smack-around-the-face to it, then buy an Armagnac, not a Cognac. Cognac is for wussy girlymen who can't handle their booze. Armagnac is where it's at.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #229 on: 18 Nov 2008, 01:30 »

What's the brand of the dy?
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #230 on: 18 Nov 2008, 16:26 »

The brandy was 50% off, so still cheap, but not as cheap as the price might imply, by the way.
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Re: Bourbon,
« Reply #231 on: 27 Nov 2008, 04:03 »

Anyone in Melbourne into bourbon? Cause I found a shop in Footscray that told me they sell Woodford Reserve for $44. Excellent! Hopefully they weren't mistaken.
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