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Have My Own Room
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There is no such thing as a "bargain basement" Single Malt if you appreciate the fine qualities of Single Malt then the basement is no place for you to shop. Laphroiag is about the lowest level Single Malt that one can appreciate IMHO.
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Solid As The Sun
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I found a bottle of Bowmore for like 20 bucks in Dayton Ohio last year. Of course that was before I found out I was not a fan of Islay! (MithrilG60, SWEET Ikea whiskey cabinet! I have a shelf like that, never thought to use it for my booze!) EDIT! - Brutus2600, Glenmorangie is one of my favs too, if you like that, Aberlour isn't too far off in taste profile, even a little smoother I think, those are my 2 go-to's now!
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Your resident lancerHO
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And all this talk got me wanting to drink some scotch! So I broke out some Glenmorangie and an Opus X I've been waiting to smoke for awhile. So far pretty tasty! ![]() |
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I am still learning about single malts but the best I have had was Glenlivet 18Yr. that my neighbor gave me.
Since I now work at a liquor store, that has some of the best prices anywhere, I just got a bottle of Glen Moray 12Yr. old for $19.99 that I think is very good. BTW. The store I work at has Glenlivet 21Yr. for $99.99 right now.
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That's a Corgi
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I take it you fancy Scotch? That is an impressive collection you got going, especially being in Canada.
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Wild Scotsman is very good, distilled by the only master distiller in the US of A, a local fellow(to me) to boot!
http://wildscotsman.com/whisky/
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Your resident lancerHO
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My first SMS was a Glenfiddich 12yr...couldn't stand it at all. Learned from my mistake of buying a full 750ml and started trying every single small bottle of SMS I could find. Finally settled on Glenmorangie and bought a bottle of their 10yr. I really enjoyed that and tried their Sherry and Port cask matured bottles too. I've tried many others but I always find myself enjoying these as the best bang for my buck. At ~$60 a bottle it's not cheap, but really that's about as cheap as I can get without getting into bottels I don't like. Of course you can find better stuff for more money, but these have been my favorite "every day" drinkers.
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That's a Corgi
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Not sure I would call this a bargain Scotch, but I picked up a bottle of Ardbeg Supernova. Wow is a good intro. Very complex and sweet with an orange and sea taste with a finish that keeps going and going!
Highly recommended, but might not be to everyone's taste. ![]()
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Moses, what's the msrp on that scotch? Also, was it aged in sherry barrels?
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That's a Corgi
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As for barrels? I don't know, but it claims to be the peatiest Scotch ever created.
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I myself am a fan of Oban... I've yet to try the Ardberg or Laphroig, but both should be happening soon. On a side note, does anyone decant their scotch?
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I would if there were a few drinking the same bottle and I thought we'd kill what I decant, but that hasn't happened yet.
Decanting would be a good idea in the right situation and is commonly done.
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Im working on a bottle of Aberlour 12, which is fantastic and not to terribly expensive, but my everyday scotch is McClellands highland. At $23 a bottle its hard to beat. imo
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I'm not really sure when this would be an advantage as the point of decanting is to either aerate the decanted or separate out sediment (or both). Sediment should never be a problem with whisky and aeration will pre-maturely age the whisky by loosing much the aromatics and with it the whisky's character. That's the same reason you don't want to let a bottle sit for a long time at 50% or less volume.
Decanting might be an advantage if you were hosting a large tasting or event where you could reasonable expect the entire bottle to be consumed over the period of a few days but I probably wouldn't do it otherwise. Whisky also naturally self-decants when you use a proper tulip or thistle shaped glass, and that glass also allows you to nose the aromatics which are just as good (and IMHO often better) as the tasting of the actual liquid ![]() |
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Macallan 17yr Old
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Back in the woodshop!
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Lagavulin is our favorite here. We wait until we can afford another bottle and switch to something else when we run out......like now. $80/bottle here.
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Pepin Ho of the NorthWest
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On my honeymoon in the Caribbean last month I picked up a 1L bottle of Laphroaig 10 for a song.
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