whiskey

maybe I will pick some up, that laphraig. there's a surprisingly good liquor shop near my flat, surprisingly good for HK at least. they have a good selection. 3 different kinds of highland park, 3 different vintages of nikka japanese whiskey. maybe they have laphroaig. I will check. it has a good selection for HK, which is pretty much a dry city. almost all of the people here only drink cheap beer. really cheap.

i'd like to get more american whiskies but the prices are usually stupid here

searching for cheapest four roses (-tax) = £19, in america £11

rittehouse 23 yr = £185, £95 in US

Bruichladdich is my favorite.

http://www.laddieshop.com/acatalog/shop.html

alternating between sips of rittenhouse and four roses. both are good. very good. yeah.

my man.

flask of rittenhouse for the wedding i attended yesterday. ordering ginger ales from the cash bar.

how does Laphroaig compare with Glenfiddich, anyone?

favourably

will drink

a lot of briny, peaty flavours. i kinda wanted to try it after a bottle of connemara whiskey which is ireland's only peated single malt or something (double distilled iirc so more like a scotch iirc). laphroaig is more intense and probably not something you'd drink too often without getting sick of it.

yeah but is it good with coke?

i prefer the glenny

laphroaig and a few lines would be standard issue shithead junior analyst at deustche bank boring sunday night stuff. coca cola on the other hand mixes nicely with islay malts and is sure to impress in any company.

Laphroaig, like other southern Islay malts (Lagavulin, Ardbeg), isn't for mixing. Its tar, smoke, iodine, a medicine cabinet in a bottle. Bracing. Glenfiddich is "accessible", and hence accounts for 35% of single-malt export sales.

I've never thought of mixing a single-malt. That's what Famous Grouse is for.

feel like the 'froig is kinda parodically earthy

(was kidding about the mixing)

will be trying laphroaig anyway, but i'd be lying if i didn't say the 'accessibility' was a large part of why i enjoyed glenfiddich so much.

idk if it's about the taste or the company's sales strategy

I mixed rittenhouse earlier tonight 1:2 with water and it was a treat

finished the four roses, wondering what to replace it with. think I prefer bourbon/rye to scotch these days. but laphraig sounds exactly what I want. no more tame single malt scotches.

Laphroaig is like drinking seawater. kind of fun.

Glenfiddich has a smoother taste. depends what you like really.

laphroaig is definitely the opposite of tame

i was thinking it tasted more like dirt than seawater

(in a good way)

Laphroaig is like drinking seawater. kind of fun.

"boss? got sales on line 1. they want a word about the new guy"

laphroaig smells like bandaids to me

i like it

Laphroaig, like other southern Islay malts (Lagavulin, Ardbeg), isn't for mixing. Its tar, smoke, iodine, a medicine cabinet in a bottle. Bracing. Glenfiddich is "accessible", and hence accounts for 35% of single-malt export sales.

Lagavulin goes nicely with Irn-Bru, a delicate carbonated beverage popular in Western Scotland. The lichen and tarwater overtones of the whisky are gently accentuated by its citric/ferric charms.

irn bru is aged in rusted barrels at the back of a family run industrial estate, giving it a delightful finishing kick .

Rusted by skilled artisans for many generations, learnt father to son.

Laphroaig is just too muddy for my tastes. I don't mind slightly peaty whiskys like Talisker, but that's where I draw the line I think.

it has a good selection for HK, which is pretty much a dry city. almost all of the people here only drink cheap beer. really cheap.

hey dyao I'm likely to visit HK again in spring let me know if you want me to bring a bottle of something back. royal mile whisky shop is down the road so should be able to pick up most scotch

has anyone gone in on this white dog shit? i'm sure this has been discussed

irn bru is aged in rusted barrels at the back of a family run industrial estate, giving it a delightful finishing kick .
― k¸ (darraghmac), Monday, 6 September 2010 14:46 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the water that runs along the glasgow SPT river also helps with the flavour

Irn-Bru is famous for its bright orange colour. As of 1999 it contained 0.002% of ammonium ferric citrate, sugar, 32 flavouring agents (including caffeine—though caffeine is not listed as an ingredient on the Australian labelling—and quinine) and two controversial colourings (E110, E124). On 27 January 2010, AG Barr agreed to a Food Standards Agency voluntary ban on these two colourants, though have not set a date for when they will be replaced.[1] The beverage is advertised as having a slight citrus flavour, but many have differing opinions of the exact taste of Irn-Bru.

It is also the third best selling soft drink in the UK, after Coca-Cola and Pepsi, outselling high-profile brands such as Fanta, Dr Pepper, Sprite and 7-Up.

gonna stop derailing this vital thread, but O_o

hey dyao I'm likely to visit HK again in spring let me know if you want me to bring a bottle of something back. royal mile whisky shop is down the road so should be able to pick up most scotch

― HOOS' THE BOSS (ken c), Monday, September 6, 2010 10:51 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

sweet! remind me again/I will facebook you when/if your fb status indicates your impending arrival

the one time I had IRN BRU I thought it was pretty boss. would drink again.

today i got a bottle of glenlivet 12yr in tesco, not hugely impressed as yet tho

reduced to £20, laphroaig 10yr is £23

i would drink laphroaig over livet any day

hmm must get up to the north again soon to stock up tbh

Not much of a whisk(e)y drinker but I had a Balvenie not long ago that was memorable.

i am literally drinking balvenie right now. very good it is too.

glenlivet just seems too generic right now

first world problems

the first with the thirst

oh god, this insanely expensive tasty alcohol is appreciated by just too many similarly rich europeans :(

t's ubiquitous, you literally can not go ANYWHERE without drinkig this whiskey

yeah xacly xp

ilx needed some more bourgie anhedonia

^ can see why lj is fascinated tbf

he is easily fascinated

jura was another rly nice whisky btw

but srsly, i'm not sure glenlivet is any better than say jamesons frinstance

i'll admit i've only lately started paying more attention to whisky so i might look upon this post in a year's time as lj must on some his more jejune posts

jameson's is a fuckin good whiskey for a supermarket standard issue tbh

first use of 'jejune' on ilx is a searing tracer hand zing on darraghmac. dude goes through moments of real distaste for me

well, my first hearing ofit on ilx (or anywhere, prob)