Topic: Whisk(e)ys (Read 114479 times)

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #150 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 16:47 »

Importing booze to the U.S. drives the costs up pretty quickly as well.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #151 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 16:49 »

How much of a cost hike?

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #152 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 17:09 »

I have no idea off the top of my head. Patrick might. Depends on the ATF and local taxes though.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #153 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 18:14 »

Yeah, I called a bunch of other stores and they ranged from $90 to $100. The $90 one is right down the street from my house and I can get it on the way from my train (where it'll cost what I made tomorrow and today, but I'll try not to think of how shitty my job is), which is worth the extra $5.

celticgeek · « **Reply #154 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 22:35 »

At my two local stores, Lagavulin 16 sells for $79.99 at one, and $74.99 at the other (US dollars).

For comparison, Jura 16 sells for $72.99, Laphroaig Triplewood sells for $69.99, and Jura Prophecy sells for $76.99.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #155 on:** 29 Apr 2014, 03:51 »

I think I'll just wait until I have a better job and can justify the expense/celebrate getting that better job.

Patrick · « **Reply #156 on:** 29 Apr 2014, 10:45 »

we sell the 16yr for around $80, or $75 with a membership. we don't carry the 12, because fascism.

idontunderstand · « **Reply #157 on:** 29 Apr 2014, 11:29 »

What's a good whiskey to drink with yer dad.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #158 on:** 29 Apr 2014, 13:37 »

I drink Balvenie 14-year-old with my dad.

Patrick · « **Reply #159 on:** 29 Apr 2014, 18:08 »

if I were to pick a whisk(e)y to drink with my pops it'd probably be some kind of Irish. last time we drank whiskey together it was Jameson.

idontunderstand · « **Reply #160 on:** 01 May 2014, 10:15 »

I went for 12 year Bowmore in the end, we'll see how this turns out...

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #161 on:** 01 May 2014, 14:40 »

Fine. It's a Bowmore.

Patrick · « **Reply #162 on:** 02 May 2014, 16:07 »

had Lagavulin 16, it was also stellar

12 was better though.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #163 on:** 02 May 2014, 18:38 »

Wait, 12 was better? How? Why?

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #164 on:** 03 May 2014, 10:23 »

It's still taste and preference.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #165 on:** 03 May 2014, 12:35 »

So I still haven't had Lagavulin, is it considerably better than Laphroaig? Because like I said earlier, I tried Laphroaig 10 recently and liked it, and I'm tempted to pick up a bottle of their 18 year old before I get the Lagavulin 16.

celticgeek · « **Reply #166 on:** 03 May 2014, 12:45 »

I prefer Laphroaig over all other single malts I have tried.

Thrillho · « **Reply #167 on:** 03 May 2014, 15:02 »

Laphroaig is only good as a fucking toilet cleaner as far as I'm concerned.

idontunderstand · « **Reply #168 on:** 04 May 2014, 02:41 »

The Bowmore had a quite subtle flavor, but just smoky enough for my taste. Pretty sweet but in a pleasant way. Dad couldn't come though, so I drank it by my lonesome and listened to Hank Williams and people trying to sound like Hank Williams which was decent I suppose.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #169 on:** 06 May 2014, 04:34 »

Had a glass of my Laphroaig Quarter Cask again. I still love it. I also just claimed my plot as a Friend of Laphroaig. I now have a square foot of Islay.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #170 on:** 06 May 2014, 04:38 »

Dang, I'll have to remember to do that when I buy a bottle.

Patrick · « **Reply #171 on:** 06 May 2014, 12:01 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 02 May 2014, 18:38

Wait, 12 was better? How? Why?

Ballsier.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #172 on:** 12 May 2014, 00:57 »

http://popchartlab.com/collections/prints/products/the-many-varieties-of-whiskey

Method of Madness · « **Reply #173 on:** 29 May 2014, 14:07 »

Sipping on some Balvenie 14, not wanting to wait another two and a half weeks before I can take my dad's gift out of my drawer and have some with him.

Patrick · « **Reply #174 on:** 29 May 2014, 15:23 »

you know, I enjoyed Balvenie 14, but it wasn't worth anywhere near what the fuckers charged me for it at the place where I tried it.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #175 on:** 29 May 2014, 16:11 »

Still so excited about trying Balvenie 17, considering the jump in quality from 12 to 14 (I could've got 15 but figured I'd splurge this time).

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #176 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 07:46 »

Bowmore Tempest. Small batch ... something.

http://www.bowmore.com/whiskies/tempest/

Surprisingly light for a Bowmore and an Islay. 'Sip-it-like-lemonade-Fall-down-hard-scotch.'

ankhtahr · « **Reply #177 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 08:35 »

Got myself a bottle of un-chill filtered, 22yo Ben Nevis. Matured in Sherry cask. Only tried it in the store. Can't wait for an opportunity to open it.

Also I'm slightly scared by the idea of drinking something that is older than me.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #178 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 08:36 »

That doesn't happen to me anymore. Can't afford it. Relish it while it lasts.

Patrick · « **Reply #179 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 10:19 »

So to the folks telling me about Laphroaig, thanks, I had some in Oakland at my band's show a while back and it was fucking awesome.

celticgeek · « **Reply #180 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 15:13 »

No problem.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #181 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 16:04 »

Quote from: ankhtahr on 02 Jun 2014, 08:35

Only tried it in the store.

They let you sample a 22-year-old whiskey in the store?

Quote from: Patrick on 02 Jun 2014, 10:19

So to the folks telling me about Laphroaig, thanks, I had some in Oakland at my band's show a while back and it was fucking awesome.

I've only had Laphroaig 10 and I liked it. I saw a Laphroaig 30 (!) at a liquor store near me for $300, and if I get a decent enough job before the end of the summer I might get it as a birthday gift for myself because IT'S OLDER THAN I AM.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #182 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 16:52 »

Quote from: Patrick on 02 Jun 2014, 10:19

So to the folks telling me about Laphroaig, thanks, I had some in Oakland at my band's show a while back and it was fucking awesome.

Glad you liked it!

Quote from: Method of Madness on 02 Jun 2014, 16:04

Quote from: ankhtahr on 02 Jun 2014, 08:35
Only tried it in the store.
They let you sample a 22-year-old whiskey in the store?

Well, it was a really fine wine and whisky store, so, yes, they do. The bottom rack was filled with opened bottles. Also the friend who took me to the store bought a 21 year old, but even more expensive sherry cask finished Bowmore, so it was definitely worth the small amount of Whisky for the store.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #183 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 16:57 »

I gotta find this store!

ankhtahr · « **Reply #184 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 17:06 »

It isn't too uncommon for wine stores here to let you sample their wines, so if you fand a wine store that also specialises in Whisky you'll have good chances at being able to sample Whisky as well.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #185 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 17:06 »

I've seen wine stores that do tastings once in a while but never whiskey.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #186 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 17:21 »

Huh. I've known that these stores exist, but I never visited one before. And my friends intention to buy a Whisky for up to 100€ might have helped. Had I asked for a whisky for up to 50€ they probably wouldn't have let us sample the Ben Nevis (which was more expensive than I had wanted when I entered the store).

I also like the idea of this Whisky being from a Single Cask, so there are only 816 other bottles in the world to taste like this one.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #187 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 17:52 »

I know of two stores that do sampling in store. One is here, in Alkmaar, bless their hearts, the other ... Berlin. I bought two ludicrously rare and expensive Bowmores there five years ago. The first of which I finished of yesterday, as it happens.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #188 on:** 14 Jun 2014, 19:47 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 29 May 2014, 14:07

Sipping on some Balvenie 14, not wanting to wait another two and a half weeks before I can take my dad's gift out of my drawer and have some with him.

Opened it tonight when I got home from work, my dad was satisfied about the present and...wow. Such a jump in quality over the 14, which is itself a jump over the 12. What I love about the Balvenie is that their different ages are all aged differently. This one is so good, I'm still sipping my glass slowly, enjoying every bit.

celticgeek · « **Reply #189 on:** 16 Jun 2014, 21:53 »

My liquor store (Bev-Mo, for Patrick's benefit) left a bottle of Jura Prophecy unguarded on the shelf. I had to fight off three other old heavily-peated-single-malt-scotch-drinking codgers, but I was successful, and managed to acquire the bottle.

It is very good, and well worth the tussle

.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #190 on:** 25 Jun 2014, 17:49 »

So I opened the 22 year old Ben Nevis. I don't exactly have a reason, I just felt like having a dram.

It is delicious. Not as heavy as my typical Laphroaig, not as sweet as some Sherry matured Scotch tends to be. A bit fiery at 47%, but still smooth. Wonderful. I have bottle 675 of 817 bottles taken from this cask, cask number 2908.

And I'm drinking something that is several years older than myself.

Lupercal · « **Reply #191 on:** 26 Jun 2014, 02:41 »

Well, just got my Dad some of this for Father's Day:

Have yet to try it but its the only distillery in the country to make English Whisky (in Norfolk). Is it safe to say nobody else here has had this?

Another interesting fact: this whiskey outsold its Scottish rival two to one at Christmas 2013 (at the one supermarket that supplies it), likely due to the Independence vote in September!

pwhodges · « **Reply #192 on:** 26 Jun 2014, 03:12 »

Not safe to say! (yes, I've shared a bottle with a friend.)

I've also had Welsh "Chwisgi", but not the one you can buy now. This Wikipedia article (in fact, the Internet as a whole) appears not to know about the abortive start of a distillery on the Lleyn Peninsular in North Wales in the 1970s; I note that the first reference in that article is to a book by a late family friend, the person brought my first wife and me together.

D-alx · « **Reply #193 on:** 07 Jul 2014, 07:47 »

Anybody here frequents reddit /r/scotch? I got a bottle of the /r/scotch 7year old cask strength ledaig. Some amazing stuff right there.

Also @Method of Madness, Lagavulin 12 is better than the 16 (to me) because its cask strength and holds a fair bit more flavor than the 16. I'm quite partial to cask strength stuff (Aberlour A'bunadh, Laga 12, Amrut Cask Strength)

Method of Madness · « **Reply #194 on:** 07 Jul 2014, 21:06 »

Lagavulin 12 will be my next bottle then, you've convinced me...assuming I can find it. And it won't be until I move into my new place whenever that is.

D-alx · « **Reply #195 on:** 07 Jul 2014, 21:49 »

Off the top of my head, if you prefer the smoky ones....

Laga 12, Talisker DE (this is a big maybe), Laphroaig Portwood Edition, aphroaig Quarter Cask (skip the PX unless you want sweet and smokey), Kilchoman Machir Bay is a pretty good choice.

Now if you were willing to try non-Scottish whiskys... Kavalan or Amrut peated casks might be worth a try.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #196 on:** 07 Jul 2014, 21:58 »

I am willing. Bah, I need a better job so I can afford any of this.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #197 on:** 08 Jul 2014, 10:54 »

The spirit is waiting but the wallet is weak?

Masterpiece · « **Reply #198 on:** 08 Jul 2014, 12:02 »

I see what you did there.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #199 on:** 08 Jul 2014, 13:54 »

I'm glad someone did!

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