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#41
10-19-2005, 09:27 AM
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You left out Woodford Reserve. [/ QUOTE ] I don't even like bourbon, but I've seriously considered buying a bottle of Woodford Reserve on several occasions. The packaging just makes it look so inviting. The bottle looks like a giant amber colored lollipop. 
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#43
10-19-2005, 09:32 AM
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Any scotch will do, as long as it's not a blend, of course. [/ QUOTE ] Make sure you don't repeat this advice in front of a Scot or a scotch connoisseur. Sorry, I just cringe when I hear people say this stuff. I really want to know where this idea came from? I think it was just some marketing scheme of single malts that was very successful. Probably appeared in GQ or whatever magazine people read to learn how to be a man. What made Scotch the international drink of choice was blended scotch. Blended scotch is usually 65% grain whiskey and 35% single malt. Single malt is just what one distillery produces. A master blender must take several single malts like a chef does with ingredients to produce the same taste year after year. If the bottle comes with an age, such as 12 year old that specifies the age of the youngest scotch in it. Many blends could have scotches that are much older. [/ QUOTE ] Single malt only has become the mantra of those that know very little about scotch but want to appear knowledgeable. Many people fit into this category, unfortunately, probably more than in the category of connoisseur. I agree that it probably started in a men's fashion magazine.
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#44
10-19-2005, 09:56 AM
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Isle of Jura Very nice, fairly cheap. Mack [/ QUOTE ] I have a bottle of the 10yo at home right now, and I really don't like it. A good introduction to scotch is something like a Macallan 12yo. A tasty and balanced scotch of moderate power, reasonably priced. If you want to try out the more peaty and smoky stuff, obviously you need to go Islay. The best introductory scotch from islay is IMO Laphroaig 10yo. Very complex, very powerful, smoky and peaty, and still remarkably balanced. Might be my favorite whisky of all times. For an outsider pick, I shared a bottle of Bruichladdich 12yo with some friends this summer. Truly a remarkable scotch. The taste is not smoky or peaty so much as flowery and fruity, yet it is very powerful, the tastes wash over your tongue like a flood. Highly recommended, although I am not sure if it's easily attainable in the US.
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#45
10-19-2005, 10:02 AM
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[ QUOTE ] I share your love of sour mash -- try George Dickell. [/ QUOTE ] Its "Dickel," its made just down the road from JD, its a couple bucks cheaper, and its a whole lot better. If you like Jack/rocks, try Dickel before you go prancing about trying to find scotches. [/ QUOTE ] Love it myself, even though it breaks my heart that they ship it to Kentucky for bottling [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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#46
10-19-2005, 10:03 AM
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i like whiskey and ginger ale. sounds kinda nasty but its really good. [/ QUOTE ] mmm...highballs... oh yeah, and i forgot crown royale and tullamore dew in my recommendations.
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#47
10-19-2005, 10:10 AM
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Do you guys just sip it? [/ QUOTE ] most whiskeys, yes - but jack daniels was made to be done a shot at a time, with a big swig of coke as a chaser.
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#48
10-19-2005, 10:21 AM
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if bourbon's your game, i highly recomend Van Winkle. you might have to look a bit to find it, but this stuff is the real deal. it's got some bite to it though, so for all you gentlemen jack fans out there, steer clear.
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#49
10-19-2005, 10:25 AM
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most whiskeys, yes - but jack daniels was made to be done a shot at a time, with a big swig of coke as a chaser. [/ QUOTE ] I heartily disagree with this statement.
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#50
10-19-2005, 10:48 AM
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[ QUOTE ] most whiskeys, yes - but jack daniels was made to be done a shot at a time, with a big swig of coke as a chaser. [/ QUOTE ] I heartily disagree with this statement. [/ QUOTE ] that's okay - it's a sentimental thing for me. not to mention a good way to get unspeakably drunk very quickly.
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