WARDOGG
Crusher of Hopes & Dreams
I just picked up some Balvenie 15 yr at Costco of all places!!!!! It's extremely good. I think it's one of my top three Single malts now.
Sampling Scotchs
- Thread starter gbpacker66
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Lagavulin 16 year old! I agree with the other brothers on this one. When I drank I went through a Scotch period and I tried a $hit load of different bottles. Some cost a lot more some less but I always came back to Lagavulin - Scotch Nirvana!:skew:
njstone
BoM January 2010
if you ever get the opportunity to try Old Fettercairn, don't pass it up. I'm not actually sure if anyone in the US sells it or not, it's a mid-sized Scottish Highland distillery. The 30-year was THE BEST SCOTCH I've ever tasted. It was unreal.
PetersCreek
Brother Borealis
I second Ray's scotch prowess. He's steered me right on more than one occasion.
I often enjoy whiskies (including blended scotches) on the rocks but I prefer my singles without ice. While adding water often opens up some flavors, chilling can dull others.
As do some kindred spirits here (no pun intended) I much prefer the Islay malts...Lagavulin 16, Laphroaig 10/15, and Caol Ila 18 are favorites. I also enjoy Talisker , from the only distillery on the Isle of Skye (the Highlands), similar in style to the Islay malts but with a more pronounced, medicinal character. Then there's the old standby, the Glenlivet...especially the 18- and 21-year-old expressions. But there's also Ardbeg, Oban, Scapa, Glenmorangie, Aberlour...too many to mention.
I often enjoy whiskies (including blended scotches) on the rocks but I prefer my singles without ice. While adding water often opens up some flavors, chilling can dull others.
As do some kindred spirits here (no pun intended) I much prefer the Islay malts...Lagavulin 16, Laphroaig 10/15, and Caol Ila 18 are favorites. I also enjoy Talisker , from the only distillery on the Isle of Skye (the Highlands), similar in style to the Islay malts but with a more pronounced, medicinal character. Then there's the old standby, the Glenlivet...especially the 18- and 21-year-old expressions. But there's also Ardbeg, Oban, Scapa, Glenmorangie, Aberlour...too many to mention.
Wow, that is one cool product (the cooling "ball"). I do sometimes like to cool off my whisk(e)y, but I don't tend to like much ice as it dilutes the flavor too much for me. I'll have to keep my eye out for that.
AMEN to this one... I just got a bottle as a bday gift from my brothers.
