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Last night I was out with the wife doing some Christmas shopping ( I hate shopping especially during the Holidays  ), but we were having fun. We had dinner at the Texas road House  and hit places other than the mall, Thats today, the mall  . Anyway we stoped at specs and were looking for some livations because the chirinns are at mamaws  . I got a bottle of Glen Morangie, Lasanta, wow that was some smooth, warm, full bodied stuff with absolutely the cleanest fininsh. It had a nice rich oaky tasted with sweet over tones from the sherry cask. I highly recomend it. It wasn't outrageously priced either about the same as Aberlour.
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ahhh Glenmorangie , i have a bottle of that very same elixer on the go now . very tasty stuff ,not as good as their Sherry Cask finish from a few years back (imho, i got a bottle of that stashed away ) but close enough .if ya like that sherry type of sweetness in your whisky Glenfiddich Solera Reserve 15 yo is pretty tasty too.
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As a Scot, may I venture to suggest Isle of Jura (single malt, of course)
Fine, smooth, peaty and a most pleasant way to wish the world goodbye
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I would have never pictured you for a scotch snob loco.I had more of an image of you and a bottle of old fighting co(k sitting on a porch swing !
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To be honest I'm a bit of a phillistine when it comes to scotch, bit like wine really.
To be honest I couldn't tell a single malt from tescos own brand.
However I can tell laphroaig from other scotch whiskey on account that just the smell of it makes me want to throw up.
Having said that I did quite like the Royal Lochnagar that I had at the concord rally a couple of years ago and a bottle of co -op cheapy stuff that tasted pretty good after a few newcastle brown's.
Before the war on terror, if I saw an unattended package I used to think "I'll be having that!"
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I would have never pictured you for a scotch snob loco.I had more of an image of you and a bottle of old fighting co(k sitting on a porch swing !
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Hey, WATCH IT, Mike!!! One CAN enjoy their single malt scotch while listening to the sweet sounds of banjo music TOO, ya know!!!
IN FACT, I think I'll pop my new Steve Martin Bluegrass CD in the player right now as I enjoy a wee bit of MY favorite....
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Laphroig and lagavulin are my two favorite single malts.They are definetly an acquired taste.Lately the good stuff has been a bit to expensive for my pay grade so Im a Knob Creek bourban man at the moment.
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There are some very fine Scotch whiskies but I prefer an Irish whiskey. Always neat, but with a wee drop of water. 
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I second the Celt on Glenfiddich and am also partial to Dalwhinnie and Tobermory. All are smooth with just the right amount of peateyness. Probably a made up word but you know what I mean. 
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The best scotch ever is when I get it for a birthday gift!!
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+1 on Glenfiddich. Affordable and good. H&H also.
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Hey guys this fun, just like an oil thread  I tasted Alberta Springs rye in Canada this year, nice stuff, only thing is I cant find anywhere that sells it in the UK. 
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So, folks....whats the worst whiskey experience,then?
My personal best(?worst) has to be a half bottle of Welsh whiskey(I know- it shouldnt be allowed)+ a bottle of Bulls Blood red wine( dont think they sell that particluar paint stripper anymore) at one of the Kent custom shows in the late 1980's....boy I was wrecked 2 days with that combination.
But I was young then, the summers were longer,the sun shoen brighter etc...
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I tasted Alberta Springs rye in Canada this year, nice stuff, only thing is I cant find anywhere that sells it in the UK.
Hmmmm... wonder what it might cost to ship a bottle o' that fine stuff to ya....?
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I have a bottle on the way in August Keith And I plan to come and get some for myself 2012. Going to hire a bike this time, so will pay you a visit.
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I have a bottle on the way in August Keith
And I plan to come and get some for myself 2012.
Going to hire a bike this time, so will pay you a visit.
That is gonna be fun... but in the meantime if ya ever feel the need for a bottl' o' the fine Alberta stuff, just let me know!
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In my cupboard at the moment are some Macallan and Glenmorangie.. love em both.
Laphroaig.. Ugh.. Drinking that is like licking out an ashtray, can't stand the stuff!
You know the unmistakable smell of an electrical fire when something burns out, the smell of blown resistors & capacitors that hits the back of your throat? Well wash all those components in some petrol (gasoline to you fellas) and bottle the result.. to me, thats what Laphroaig tastes like!
I do wonder if you have to be a smoker to appreciate it?
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I believe that sort of talk is still a treasonable offence in some parts of the Highlands.
Now, had you said that of certain brands of blended 'Wee Sleekit Courin Beastie Cream' then I'd understand.
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I do take my Laphroig with a corroded AA battery and a cube or 2 of ice from a mud puddle.Maybe something a bit milder for you,such as a shirley temple 
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I do take my Laphroig with a corroded AA battery and a cube or 2 of ice from a mud puddle.Maybe something a bit milder for you,such as a shirley temple
Well Mike, in Ben's defense here, I have to say just on sheer principle alone I would never purchase "Laphroig"!
Ya see, the sound of its name always kind'a gave me the impression it might be a product of FRANCE than of Scotland!
(...well, close enough in sound, anyway!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Scotch tastes like a batch of burnt moonshine to me, now Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey..#1
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No Dwight,,,,,,,,,,,,that would be LaFrog 
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No Dwight,,,,,,,,,,,,that would be LaFrog
Yeah...well...like I said Mike, "close enough anyway"! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Wild Turkey 101 for me(I know its Bourbon not Scotch).Perhaps thats why I stagger and drool,oh thats right I do that anyway. Good times!!
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I would have never pictured you for a scotch snob loco.I had more of an image of you and a bottle of old fighting co(k sitting on a porch swing !
I love my scotch but am no snob, but am abit of a redneck. I can tell you read what I write on here. Just because I am southern as it comes don't mean I have no taste. I do ride a triumph you know. My swing hangs from an old oak tree any way. Nothing like a warm Texas winter night sitting on the ole swing with some Townes Vanzant on the radio, and a glass of good scotch on ice in hand.
The worst whisky event I ever had was when I was 17. I skipped school and had a chick drive me out to my dads house. I got drunk as ---- on evan williams ( notice no caps in that title that stuff dont deserve it). Well when my Mom got home I slid under my car and started to do some work on the rear end. The heat, and the smell of rear end oil, along with the worst whiskey ever had me throwing up my gutts.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Wild Turkey 101 for me(I know its Bourbon not Scotch).Perhaps thats why I stagger and drool,oh thats right I do that anyway. Good times!!
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Drink Wild Turkey 101!
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About as close to drinking any Scotch, is SCOTCH WHISKY The CLAYMORE from Scotland mixed 50/50 with DISARONNO, over some ice. Nice and smooth. 
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ahhh Glenmorangie , i have a bottle of that very same elixer on the go now
I saw this thread title, didn't pay close attention to it. Them I read the title closer and immediately thought "What will be my brother Gordie's response??"
Cheers mate
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I know I'm not supposed to... but I do like my rusty nails. Celt could pounce on me for this. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a nice single malt over ice too (am I off the hook?)!! Geeze... this is a tough crowd!! 
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Eeh, don't worry Keith. You can consume all the rusty nails ya want, ol' buddy! And nope, we won't worry about you at all!
(...well, that is just a long as you remember to get those Tetanus booster shots every 10 years or so!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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A 12+ year Scotch makes a great substitute for a Tetanus shot!
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RUSTY NAILS?!?!?!?!?!?! You are not from merry ole England so I know its not cockney speak. I am going to have to ask you what the \-\e\\ you are talking about ole pal.
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Rusty Nail
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Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Scotch
1/2 oz Drambuie
1 twist of Lemon peel
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sounds interesting. I perfer my scotch over ice.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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a drop of the pochin (irish shine) is nice at this time of the year: if you have nothing to do for a couple of days, & i love grants green lable sherry oak cask mmmmmmmmmmm
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Some single malts are outstanding (Dwight's fav comes to mind), but there are also many outstanding blends too. Try some J.W. Blue Label  Exquisite! My usual at the bar is Black Label neat, water back. At home I have The Balvenie when I feel like Scotch. Mostly I feel like this:  Ice is for skating 
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Scotch tastes like a batch of burnt moonshine to me, now Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey..#1
I like a good Irish Whiskey . . . I have got on the go at the moment Two bottles of Jamson's (one a 12 year old),a Tullamore Dew and a Connemara Peated Single Malt (not opened yet) as well as a Scotch whisky a 10 year old Jura. 
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i got a new bottle of Whisky for Xmas  will save the first dram of this till 4 pm on friday , mmmmm
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21 year thats nice, Whoever got you that really loves ya.
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My personal favourite. 18 year old 
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