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It will become very apparent that I don't know scotch. I like Cardhu, but it isn't rated very highly. I also liked a Lagavulin (sp?) 15 or 16 year old that I tried. Actually, I have liked even the cheap Dewar's blend type whisky's. The most expensive was probably a Macallan 1968 something or another, but it wasn't as exceptional as the price would indicate.
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Originally posted by TexasRealtor:
Originally posted by Stazi:
Glenlivet for single malt,
Excellent choice...
Single malts rock! That is my preferred single malt as well. Not only a fine whiskey, but also readily available. I've had a few others that I liked as well or perhaps a little better, but you can't find them as regular stock in most package stores.
Blended, I like the JW Black, but I also appreciate a lighter blend like the Dewars 12 year old. Nice before dinner while I'm cooking.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by TexasRealtor:
Originally posted by Stazi:
Glenlivet for single malt,
Excellent choice, I like that one as well. The one thing that I have never been able to get into are the scotch tasting/cigar sampling events. I just have never developed a taste for cigars, and I even had an authetic Cuban onced 
Just because it's cuban doesn't make it good. 
Most of the mystique comes from it not being available. And don't worry about developing a taste for cigars. To be honest, they only kill the flavor of what you are eating and drinking.
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 JW Blue Label... If it were cheaper I'd be an alcoholic. -Mark
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Damn...I just researched the blue label..$180 for a bottle..jeez 
99 Black Contour SE Sport
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Originally posted by katabatic:
Talisker. Blended whisky is sewer water.
Most blends are much easier drinking whisky's than single malts.
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Originally posted by dnewma04:
Originally posted by TexasRealtor:
Originally posted by Stazi:
Glenlivet for single malt,
Excellent choice, I like that one as well. The one thing that I have never been able to get into are the scotch tasting/cigar sampling events. I just have never developed a taste for cigars, and I even had an authetic Cuban onced
Just because it's cuban doesn't make it good.
Most of the mystique comes from it not being available. And don't worry about developing a taste for cigars. To be honest, they only kill the flavor of what you are eating and drinking.
This collegue I worked with that is a cigar snob got some Havanas and said they were the best. He also gave me one called a Pyramid or something. I guess I must have been traumatized in college, because I always think of pledging and being hazed while actives blow cigar smoke in your face. 
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Originally posted by dnewma04:
Originally posted by katabatic:
Talisker. Blended whisky is sewer water.
Most blends are much easier drinking whisky's than single malts.
True. But once you've tried a good West Coast peaty single malt, it's hard to go back to the farm, so to speak....
'00 SE...that's all
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Originally posted by deejaycapp:
so where did "scotch on the rocks" come from?
From hacks!
If you order a scotch of any kind, "on the rocks", in a fine Scottish Pub, you'd be called a right wanker indeed.
The ice actually changes the chemical makeup of the tanins, which give the Scotch's flavor. The dilution is not the problem. Actually it's common to dilute a scotch with a little purified water, to make it a little more palatable for those who don't like it's harsh bite.
There's nothing wrong with appreciating Alcohol. You young'uns may look at us as alcoholics, but you are clueless. In time young weedhoppers, in time.....
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Originally posted by ancientsanskrit:
Damn...I just researched the blue label..$180 for a bottle..jeez
And it's worth every last cent!! There is a reason why Blue label drinkers kiss the bottle before pooring.
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