best Scotch advice

[G.]

It turns out that I needed to get a last minute gift for a guy, so I went to a liquor store that I frequent right down the road. On a whim, I asked the guy to recommend a good scotch for me (got my buddy Johnny Black). I said nothing too strong, not too mossy, basically a drink for a wuss palate.

He suggested Ardbeg. http://www.singlemaltsdirect.com/acatalog/ardbeg_10_b.jpg

I was sort of shocked, I didn't picture him as a scotch drinker. He said that he likes it and it's very easy to drink. I read the self-promo description on the box. It says that it's a challenging drink, very heavy mossy taste, for the most discerning palate, etc., etc. Doesn't sound like what I am looking for. I ask again, he assures me that it is very smooth, great for beginners, just what I'm looking for.

You sure it's for beginners? Yeah, this is perfect.

I buy it, the Johnny, some beer and smokes. Rings me up, plastic comes out, bags my order, I head for the door. He says, "You'll like it, my friend. Trust me. Mix it with a little Sprite."

I almost dropped the bag on the floor. :shakehead

I'll give you a drunken review when I open that bad boy up. But sans Sprite.

[skaven]

Sprite with scotch. Blasphemy... burn 'em at the stake. :flame:

Mossy, eh? I prefer to call that flavor "peaty." Mossy is what your teeth feel like in the morning after a drunken bender.

I like the Lagavulin when I can find it on sale. It tastes like rusty, bloody nails pulled out of a bog. Yum. :)

When I don't feel like dropping a load of $$$ on scotch, I usually get the McClelland $20 bottle - Speyside version. A lot harsher, but 1/3 the cost.

Let us now how the Ardbeg goes down.


I almost dropped the bag on the floor. As an aside, my girl bought a bottle of Lagavulin at our store for a gift and it fell out of the box and shattered. She went back to the store sobbing and they gave her another bottle. :eek:

[devilmaster]

Teachers!!!!!!

;)

[sadams]

Since it's from Islay I would assume it to be on the peaty side.
But it should still be good stuff. :thumbup:

[Turn7]

This is my go to everyday drink.

http://www.maltwhiskey.com/images/mw_lismore.gif

Lismore; around 13 bucks a bottle and it is good. :thumbup:

[Sean O'Gorman]

http://www.civicvideo.com.au/images/200503_top10/06-Anchorman.jpg

"Mmmm. I love scotch. I love scotch; scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly. Mmmmm, mmmm, mmmm. "

[Don Quixote]

A client gave me a bottle of 15 year old Laphroaig after I did him a big favor. It is unbelievably good, smooth, smokey, and peaty. At $60 a pop its a shame that it can't be an everyday scotch. I thought that I could make it last for 6 months, but about a month later it was gonzo. :(

[RichK]

I like the Lagavulin when I can find it on sale. It tastes like rusty, bloody nails pulled out of a bog. Yum. :)


That's a perfect description! :laugh: If you lived closer to me, I'd drive over the rest of my Lagavulin. Yuck!

I prefer The Macallan (as does fellow drummer/motorcyclist Neil Peart :) ), but I'm not much of an expert.

[Mr. Vengeance]

A client gave me a bottle of 15 year old Laphroaig after I did him a big favor. It is unbelievably good, smooth, smokey, and peaty. At $60 a pop its a shame that it can't be an everyday scotch. I thought that I could make it last for 6 months, but about a month later it was gonzo. :(

That's the stuff. :thumbup:

[eiregosod]

I was attending a conferrence in Glasgow last year. the organisers held a whisky tasting session :D

There was two expensive brands to try out. . I forget one, but I made sure I'd remember "Glenturret" , its made by the folks behind the famous grouse.

[dando]

What, no Chivas? :gomer:

Sprite, eh? :saywhat: I'll bet that clerk enjoys a fine cigar on occassion as well...Swisher Sweets. :)

-Kevin

[skaven]

That's a perfect description! :laugh: If you lived closer to me, I'd drive over the rest of my Lagavulin. Yuck!


Hop on your motorcycle and come on over... there are some nice twisty bits out here. :)

[RichK]

Hop on your motorcycle and come on over... there are some nice twisty bits out here. :)

You live in the best state in the nation, IMO (minus the interloping Texans :) ). It would be worth the ride!

[skaven]

You live in the best state in the nation, IMO (minus the interloping Texans :) ). It would be worth the ride!

Yeah, CO rocks. :thumbup:

Most people here blame you Californians for the rising real estate costs, but the Texans are the next biggest immigrant nation (followed by Chicagoans).

You guys bring avacadoes, sprouts, good wine and your fair complexions. Texans bring their 4-wheelers, get drunk on Bud Lite and **** **** up.

[Turn7]

But that is ok cause we bring money too. :p

[RichK]

Bumper sticker seen in Durango:

"If God had meant Texans to ski, He would've made BullS**t white!"

:laugh:

[Turn7]

They are just pissed that they were born to be servants to the Texans and pinch out a meger existance strapping popcicle sticks to our feet and sending us down a mountain.

Which in turn affords them a little humor in return as seasonal funds.

[chop456]

The Dalmore 21.

Incredible.

http://www.whisky.fr/contenu/img/8082.gif

Not an everyday at $70, though.

[Sean O'Gorman]

Something tells me, no matter how good it is, I don't think I'd ever want an "everyday scotch." :laugh:

[racer2c]

I don't drink scotch, but when I do it's always something old. ;)

[RusH]

Clan McGregor every day :gomer:

[Ankf00]

They are just pissed that they were born to be servants to the Texans and pinch out a meger existance strapping popcicle sticks to our feet and sending us down a mountain.

Which in turn affords them a little humor in return as seasonal funds.

werd. that and they can't shoot a deer worth **** so they need us to take up all their hunting leases to play out the population control :thumbup:

[Ankf00]

Since it's from Islay I would assume it to be on the peaty side.
But it should still be good stuff. :thumbup:

islay == on the salty side, all that bromine and iodine from the ocean leaks through the walls of those abbeys as the waves splash onto the shores

i hate islay....

glemorangie 15 year

balvenie double port

[skaven]

islay == on the salty side, all that bromine and iodine from the ocean leaks through the walls of those abbeys as the waves splash onto the shores

i hate islay....


Hater. :mad:

I guess the saltiness helps explain why Lagavulin tastes like "bloody, rusty nails." Trying to figure out the complexity, I think I was attributing the bloody taste to the bitter iron we find in our hemoglobin. However, blood tastes salty too, so that all makes sense.

Not that I'm a blood sucking, red-wing wearing kinda guy. ;)

[Wheel-Nut]

Best Scotch advice . . . . .drink Vodka!!

[dando]

Best Scotch advice . . . . .drink Vodka!!
Make mine gin. :cheers:

-Kevin

[oddlycalm]

Thanks for sharing the Ardbeg and Sprite story G., most entertaining. :laugh:

BTW, my rule is that anytime a person or a label tells me that something is challenging or only for refined tastes it's a rather reliable indicator that the product inside will taste like the south end of a northbound billy goat. I've lost track of how many expensive brandies from craft distilleries that tasted like lighter fluid mix with fresh mildew which apparently I'm not sophisticated enough to appreciate. :gomer:

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[WestMcLarenF1]

http://www.bevmo.com/115images/68192.jpg

I always enjoy a glass of this with an illegal Cuban cigar on special occasions......tonight's special occasion..........it's Thursday. ;)

[Al Czervik]

Can't find a good pic, but The Macallan 18 yr old is the best I've tasted. Not cheep (~$100/bottle), but pure nectar of the gods.

[Lizzerd]

The best advise I can give you is make it a JW Black with a splash of water on the rocks followed by a good steak. That's the way I do it, anyway.

[G.]

OK, I've tried it. Let's just say that licking the bottom of a fishbowl is sorta what this stuff tastes like. Not that I, or any of you, have licked the bottom of a fishbowl, mind you. Use your imagination. Or, more to the point, don't.

It is of high quality. I can taste quality, but, well, I am naming this bottle "Petey". Or is it "Peaty"? Ardbeg is an antiseptic. It is distilled from old tennis shoes. Good tennis shoes. The best tennis shoes. Think, Kornicova's tennis shoes. It would prolly eat my tennis shoes and turn them into a pile of flaming goo, the kind that you use to get rid of other flaming goo. It's just that good.

You just don't know what Ardbeg means.

It is clear. What the **** kind of scotch is clear? Hey, Ima n00b.

To recap, it is of a good quality, but it is much too "scotchy" for this wuss.

I named it Petey. Your lawn clippings may vary.

I need some Sprite.

And a beer.

Covered, all bases.

(would be good in the winter, but Ima n00b.)

[Ankf00]

shoulda gone with the balvenie double wood or port :D


Can't find a good pic, but The Macallan 18 yr old is the best I've tasted. Not cheep (~$100/bottle), but pure nectar of the gods.

MACALLAN makes alumni parties worth the boredom :D

[G.]

Can't find a good pic, but The Macallan 18 yr old is the best I've tasted. Not cheep (~$100/bottle), but pure nectar of the gods.http://www.singlemaltsdirect.com/acatalog/macallan18yo.jpg

[cameraman]

Gentlemen,

Might I recommend Dalwhinnie 15 year old single highland malt scotch
A very smooth Speyside malt.

http://www.awa.dk/whisky/dalwhinnie/dalwhinnie.jpg

[Wheel-Nut]

Old thread . . . but, tis the season.

I'm going to go buy and try the Macallan 12 year old. I'll let you know if I survive. Just something different for New Years Eve . . .

[dando]

Best scotch advice I ever received was drink bourbon. ;) :gomer:

-Kevin

[CARTNUT]

Best scotch advice I ever received was drink bourbon. ;) :gomer:

-Kevin

Best bourbon advice I ever received:
http://www.whisky.fr/contenu/img/415.gif

'NUT :gomer:

[Sean O'Gorman]

I like my bourbon like I like my women, aged 12 years and mixed with coke.

[IlliniRacer]

I like my bourbon like I like my women, aged 12 years and mixed with coke.

that's just sick. extremely funny, but sick :p

Reminds of a near death experience - I was doing research with a colleague at a satellite campus in East St. Louis. Between research groups, we would risk our lives and run across the street to a convenience store for coffee. One day, as I'm paying for my coffee, the lady behind the counter asks me "You don't use no cream and sugga?" To which, my friend proclaims loudly - "He takes his coffee like he takes his women - hot, black, and strong!" Not quiet sure how I made it back across the street alive. I brought a thermos from then on.

[dando]

I like my bourbon like I like my women, aged 12 years and mixed with coke.
How dare you!?! :mad:

Mix bourbon w/Coke?!? Never! :flame:

;) :D

-Kevin

[Ankf00]

Best bourbon advice I ever received:
http://www.whisky.fr/contenu/img/415.gif

'NUT :gomer:

good stuff, woodford reserve is great too

[dando]

Best bourbon advice I ever received:
http://www.whisky.fr/contenu/img/415.gif

'NUT :gomer:
:drools:

:thumbup:

-Kevin

[Lizzerd]

Funny that this thread should re-appear tonight. It was one of my bowling nights tonight and one of the guys on the team, the retired phamacist, told me to follow him to his car when we were done. "Why?" "I have that bottle of Chivas Regal for you. Don't you remember?" "I remember talking about Scotch last week..." "I told you I don't drink it but have a couple bottles that I'll never use, and you can have one if I remember to bring it and it's in my car." "Oh, okay, sure! Thanks, Jerry!"

New Years Eve will be a Scotch on the rocks night for sure!

[jcollins28]

Best advise for Scoth? Don't drink it! I never really aquired the taste for Scoth. I prefer Burbon myself.

[TravelGal]

That picture of Macallam really made me drool. We do the 12 year route because the 18 year is too much for the exchequer. Nevertheless, it's the best we've found and I've tried quite few that are readily available.

Good thread. I missed it the first time. Good recommendations there are few others I'll give a shot. Heheheh. Yes, joke. Sort of. :rolleyes:

Hmmm, I believe I'll go have a drink. After all, it IS New Year's Eve eve.

[cart7]

Make mine gin. :cheers:

-Kevin

Make mine Rum.

Scotch....ugggghhhhhhh...