Tasty stuff!
Tasty stuff!
Tasty stuff!
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Tasted Macallan 12, 15, 17 & 25 today at a tasting.
Any favorites? I will be enjoying an 18 later this evening.
I didn't even know Macallan made a 17. I've had the 12 and the 18.
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
I didn't even know Macallan made a 17. I've had the 12 and the 18.
Nor did I.
I was told, 8,10,12,15,17,18,21,25 & 30.
quote:Originally posted by Red guy in a blue state:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Tasted Macallan 12, 15, 17 & 25 today at a tasting.
Any favorites? I will be enjoying an 18 later this evening.
Please know, I'm no expert.
I liked the flavor of the 17 and the smoothness of the 25.
got to enjoy some Pappy Van Winkle 12 yr, 20 yr and 23 yr last night with friends. some of the best stuff around imo.
Dale
Dale
Basil Hayden's Bourbon.
Balvenie 14 Year Caribbean Cask
quote:Originally posted by RedMeat:
Balvenie 14 Year Caribbean Cask
Never heard of that one, sounds great. It's Rum finish, i guess, rather than aged in coconuts?
Midnight Moon. It was interesting.
Eagle Rare 10 and 17 year. The 17 has always been one of my favorites and I always try to pick up a bottle from Binny's each year when it is released.
Hendrick's Gin with St. Germaine Tonic
Jefferson's Presidential Select 18 Yr - Really good stuff
Some single malts after dinner last night.
Glenlivet 12
Macallan, both 12 and 15
Glenlivet 12
Macallan, both 12 and 15
Riazul Añejo
Need a sub $50 single malt. I believe macallean 10 is in that price range but would like to try something new. Any recs?
quote:Originally posted by kingofcool:
Need a sub $50 single malt. I believe macallean 10 is in that price range but would like to try something new. Any recs?
Dalmore 12 - tasty and a cool bottle.
Glenmorangie 12 Quinta Ruban if you likd a little sweetness. This one is aged in port barrels.
quote:Originally posted by kingofcool:
Need a sub $50 single malt. I believe macallean 10 is in that price range but would like to try something new. Any recs?
Recently tried Ardbeg 10, which should be in this price range. I've intro'd it to a few friends and everyone has come back with rave reviews.
quote:Originally posted by Nixster2:quote:Originally posted by kingofcool:
Need a sub $50 single malt. I believe macallean 10 is in that price range but would like to try something new. Any recs?
Recently tried Ardbeg 10, which should be in this price range. I've intro'd it to a few friends and everyone has come back with rave reviews.
+1
quote:Originally posted by kingofcool:
Need a sub $50 single malt. I believe macallean 10 is in that price range but would like to try something new. Any recs?
I like the Strathisla 12. It is not a peaty style at all. Lots of honey and some spice. Perfect for the holidays, says I. $40-ish in Chicago.
quote:Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
Hendrick's Gin with St. Germaine Tonic
Sounds awesome. What's St. Germaine Tonic? Do you combine the two or is it an off-the-shelf product?
Ardbeg Uigeadail.
Bunnahabhain 18
quote:Originally posted by Armani Widowmaker:quote:Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
Hendrick's Gin with St. Germaine Tonic
Sounds awesome. What's St. Germaine Tonic? Do you combine the two or is it an off-the-shelf product?
St Germain is a elderflower liquor by itself that retails under 40usd. For the lack of better description, it has a honey-lychee flavor that puts Soho to shame, but more sweet, more floral, and more complex. It is well known for versatility with cognac, rum, Hendrick's gin etc etc.., but I usually drink it just on the rocks.
glen morangie 18 yr
quote:Originally posted by Gigond Ass:
Ardbeg Uigeadail.
Very nice !
Macallan 25 (Sherry wood)
Highland Park 30
Highland Park 30
Auchentoshan 21
Auchentoshan 21 Limited Release
Johnny Walker Blue Label
Auchentoshan 21 Limited Release
Johnny Walker Blue Label
Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year.
Don Julio Anejo tequila.
Buffalo Trace Old Fashion, waiting on the ball game.
Kah reposado tequila 110 proof. I am fighting a bit of a head cold. Silly perhaps, but I've talked myself into believing that this may help slay the dragon. 
Camus Borderies XO Cognac, last drops, brought from Singapore airport 5 years ago.
Ocean vodka. Made in Maui. USDA organic certified. Interesting vodka. Has a bit of an ocean breeze kind of a nose. Palate is fairly light in style. Just a bit of a hot finish.
Green Spot
Balvenie 21- maybe the best Speyside I've ever tasted
quote:Originally posted by wineismylife:
Ocean vodka. Made in Maui. USDA organic certified. Interesting vodka. Has a bit of an ocean breeze kind of a nose. Palate is fairly light in style. Just a bit of a hot finish.
It's the first time read "ocean breeze" in a Vodka, sounds very interesting.
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
Balvenie 21- maybe the best Speyside I've ever tasted
Redbreast 12 Year Old
Redbreast 12 too. great stuff.
Strathisla 1987/2005, Signatory Un-Chillfiltered Collection.
Not quite a Balvenie 21, but very aromatic and balanced nevertheless. Clearly the best example of Signatory's series i've had so far.
Not quite a Balvenie 21, but very aromatic and balanced nevertheless. Clearly the best example of Signatory's series i've had so far.
quote:Originally posted by mneeley490:
I missed the announcement of the sale for Dry Fly Bourbon this week.There were only 124 bottles available for sale at one state liquor store, and people were lined up the night before.
This is the first batch of the first bourbon made in WA state since Prohibition. If anyone has tried it, I'd like to know what your impression was.
Managed to find a bottle at last, halfway across the country. I have some friends getting together in a couple weeks and will pop it then. Will let you know. I guess it will be 3 years until the next batch is sold.
Fly Fishers, taboot. I can respect that.
Scotch in a can?
Cognac Frapin 12yr cask strength, Grande Champagne
The first time i see a Cognac labeled "Cask Strengh", it surprises me a 12 year old Cognac has only 46%vol after 12 years of aging. Good stuff, a fresh and powerfull Cognac, yet balanced.
The first time i see a Cognac labeled "Cask Strengh", it surprises me a 12 year old Cognac has only 46%vol after 12 years of aging. Good stuff, a fresh and powerfull Cognac, yet balanced.
Glenmorangie 12, Quinta Ruban.
Tanqueray up with olives
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
Tanqueray up with olives
If you havent tried Hendricks Board O I would strongly recommend it! I also drink this "up" but chilled and open the bottle of vermouth in the other room and then quickly re-cap
I request no Vermouth, but I rarely drink hard liquor. I haven't tried Hendricks.
quote:Originally posted by Armani Widowmaker:
Redbreast 12 too. great stuff.
Just picked up a bottle of this on the recommendation of each of you. Excited to crack the bottle open this week.
quote:Originally posted by steve8:
Redbreast 12 Year Old
While I still enjoy single malts, this is quickly becoming my "go to" whiskey.
The Redbreast was very nice, thanks for the recs.
Light caramel and aged sherry on the nose, sweet on the palate.
Light caramel and aged sherry on the nose, sweet on the palate.
MacCallan 18
Woodford Reserve Bourbon.
Highland Park 30, bottle starts to look dangerously empty, there must be some leak.
Margarita getting ready to watch my mizzou tigers put the beat down on them jayhawkers.
got a few opened right now
- Port Ellen, 1982 Connos. Choice
- Ardbeg Alligator
- Kilchoman Winter 2010
- Powers Gold
- Black Maple Hill, Premium Small Batch Bourbon
- Port Ellen, 1982 Connos. Choice
- Ardbeg Alligator
- Kilchoman Winter 2010
- Powers Gold
- Black Maple Hill, Premium Small Batch Bourbon
quote:Originally posted by MoselleLuxemburg:
Highland Park 30, bottle starts to look dangerously empty, there must be some leak.
Lovely bottle! Occasionally splurge for this.
quote:Originally posted by TheEngineer:
got a few opened right now
- Port Ellen, 1982 Connos. Choice
- Ardbeg Alligator
...
Sounds great. How was that Ardbeg Alligator?
Glenlivet 12
quote:Originally posted by MoselleLuxemburg:quote:Originally posted by TheEngineer:
got a few opened right now
- Port Ellen, 1982 Connos. Choice
- Ardbeg Alligator
...
Sounds great. How was that Ardbeg Alligator?
I always love Port Ellen. This bottle is certainly very good but not as good as the annual Diaego bottles. the last one I had was the 9th release and that was something pretty special. 11th is a bit more expensive still (they skipped the 10th release in the US).
As for the Alligator, this must be my fav Ardbeg now. 10 YO is my go to drink but this is about double the cost and well worth it unfortunately. Very well made and well judged.
Has anyone had Bruichladdich's The Laddie 10?
I heard it was excellent, and I was just curious.
Other than that, I've been greatly enjoying High West's Son of Bourye and their 36th vote Barrelled Manhattan.
I heard it was excellent, and I was just curious.
Other than that, I've been greatly enjoying High West's Son of Bourye and their 36th vote Barrelled Manhattan.
quote:Originally posted by TheEngineer:quote:Originally posted by MoselleLuxemburg:quote:Originally posted by TheEngineer:
got a few opened right now
- Port Ellen, 1982 Connos. Choice
- Ardbeg Alligator
...
Sounds great. How was that Ardbeg Alligator?
I always love Port Ellen. This bottle is certainly very good but not as good as the annual Diaego bottles. the last one I had was the 9th release and that was something pretty special. 11th is a bit more expensive still (they skipped the 10th release in the US).
As for the Alligator, this must be my fav Ardbeg now. 10 YO is my go to drink but this is about double the cost and well worth it unfortunately. Very well made and well judged.
Thanks. I agree on the 10y, it's one of my favourite basic single-malts. Silly me passed the Alligator when i saw this at a local shop. I think that Ardbeg's special bottlings are well worth the price at some 60-80€, compared to other distilleries releases >150€.
Isle of Jura 1966.
quote:Bruichladdich's The Laddie 10
Very smooth, subtle Islay
Bunnahabhain 18
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Isle of Jura 1966.
What do you think of the long aging? Very complex or too much oak ?
quote:Originally posted by MoselleLuxemburg:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Isle of Jura 1966.
What do you think of the long aging? Very complex or too much oak ?
Is that like "double casked"?
I have a bottle of Dalwhinnie Double Casked 1981 and 1990. The '81 is nearly gone, of course.
quote:Originally posted by MoselleLuxemburg:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Isle of Jura 1966.
What do you think of the long aging? Very complex or too much oak ?
Very complex.
Macallan 25
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Macallan 25
Hope someone else was buying! I had a couple fingers of Macallan 25 Sherry Oak late last year. Lovely stuff, but no QPR........ that's for sure.PH
quote:Originally posted by PurpleHaze:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Macallan 25
PH
I was buying including for a friend, but well worth the $$$ I thought.
Yeah... well if I had your money, I'd burn mine! 
PH
PH
quote:Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
Yeah... well if I had your money, I'd burn mine!
PH
PH, the mind is the second thing to go.
I'm saddened to hear you have already lost the first to go, at such an early age.
Far from smooth Macallan 25 magic, some really wild stuff: Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength, 55.7% vol. Crazy.
Macallan 18
Dalmore 18 after dinner last night with a few local forumites. The list said they had the 21 but they were out of it. To make up for that they only charged $12 each for very generous pours. Excellent.
Elijah Craig 18 Year
One of my favoritesquote:Originally posted by Longboarder:
Elijah Craig 18 Year
Redbreast 12yr Pure Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Maker's 46.
quote:Originally posted by Longboarder:
Elijah Craig 18 Year
Had this for the first time a few months back. This is great Bourbon !
Pappy's 20 year old. Smooth, soft and tasty.
Don Julio Anejo Tequila.
Nikka Whisky from the barrel (51.4% vol)
Cognac Pierre Ferrand "Selection des Anges" 1er Cru du Cognac, Grande Champagne. This makes me beleive there is serious Cognac beyond Frapin, Ragnaud and Delamain.
Getting a bottle of Redbreast 12 for this weekend's st. patty's day mountain trip. I'll be sure to report back.
Macallan 18 paired with a Montecristo Petit Edmundo. Damn....
PH
PH
Reposado, anejo and extra anejo tequilas from Kah at home last night.
Hendricks Gin...Chilled with 2 olives.
Had my first Macallan 18 year tonight - Have to agree with PH - DAMN!!!!!
A trio of premium aged central american rums.
18 year old Flor de Cana (Nicaragua)
20 year old Centenario (Costa Rica)
23 year old Zacapa Centenario (Guatemala)
18 year old Flor de Cana (Nicaragua)
20 year old Centenario (Costa Rica)
23 year old Zacapa Centenario (Guatemala)
sambvka
Lauphroig 10 - wow, peat and smoke.
Readbreast 12 - not bad. smooth.
Readbreast 12 - not bad. smooth.
My friend came across a Highland Park 40 the other day for $2,400. She said she nearly pulled the trigger. That's nearly $100 an ounce... 
Don Julio Anejo Tequila. Nice way to ruin a weekday workout, but I probably would have had the Tequila anyway, so...
Anyone had Balenvie 14 Caribbean Cask?
Brora 20y, 1982, rare malts selection
The Macallan 18
Just as a point of interest, this rum is not aged 23 years, but is from a solera system started 23 years prior to the bottling.quote:Originally posted by RightBankFan:
23 year old Zacapa Centenario (Guatemala)