whiskey

must make a shoppin trip to the north soon actually

paid €9 for a pour of glenfiddich 12 last friday night, mannn fuck dublin

pouring one out for u rite now ;_;

is there two tears there? cos that's more than i got in that glass

big wide bastard glass too, not even all the surface got wet iirc

that is a good thing cuz otherwise the viscosity would mean it would cling in an unpourable patina around the entire surface area and u would get nary a crying eagle's worth

wait wait wait i know this one, it was miss kelly in 1993 and the term was.... meniscus or some shit

i got a bottle of knob creek's 100 proof rye earlier today. lacking in depth but has the barnfloor + spice + dusty yeasty sweetness, the reason i drink rye. i've never tried an american rye that i loved. is it the fact that they're usually bottled before a long time in barrel? and how does this compare to the dickel?

had wild turkey rye at a bar last night - maybe it was cause I was drinking rittenhouse before i went out (and the wild turkey is a lower proof?) but the wild turkey tasted kinda thin in comparison

yeah i have not heard good stuff about the 81 proof rye

yeah it was just kinda simple and one dimensional

it is kind of thin, also seemed to somehow have a mint-tasting finish? I thought it was ok, but 81 proof so ehhhh

went to two more stores yesterday I have determined that the price of dickel is swollen all over NYC; good luck getting it under $25 for a fifth

otoh I got a liter of old overholt for $18 wth

Swollen dickel?

the price of dickel is def p engorged here

I'm back in Idaho and it has state liquor stores. Dickel is a good price... but they only have one variety (can't remember what one). The shitty selection is going to lead me to ordering liquor online...

my favorite place to browse online (and then go purchase boozes 'cause they're all over Chicago) is http://www.binnys.com/

had a pour of the Colonel E.H. Taylor single barrel bourbon tonight and really enjoyed it - 100 proof, opens up w/ a little water, spicy kick in the middle with a sweet butter finish

picked up a bottle of no-name 18-year speyside single malt from trader joe's for $25.99. i was a little unsure about it, but that's a great price for 18-year scotch, and i was curious. the verdict... not bad, and as good as any other scotch you'd get in that price range. pretty simple, easy drinking and smooth, though not much of a finish. thinking of other bottles in this range (macallan 10, glenfiddich 12, jw black), this is definitely better, although it's a miss if you like more full-bodied or smoky stuff.

TJ Scotch (man, I wish our TJ sold spirits) is bottled by Alexander Murray, fwiw: http://alexandermurray.com/. Same people handle Kirkland brand for Costco. I do know their no-brand liquor has a god reputation across the board. Tequila, vodka ...

correction: bulleit bourbon nearly$25 at Costco now

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdfz64dPd41qz6f9yo1_1280.gif

yeah yeah yeah yeah

the online service of waitrose have discounted a lot of whisky so if you use their first-time signup offer of £20 off £100 you can get like four bottles of laphroaig 1/4 cask delivered for fractionally over £20 each

http://www.waitrose.com/content/waitrose/en/home/groceries/offer_aff.html

bulleit bourbon went up to $20.99 at Trader Joe's

awesome insight from toothpaste for dinner.com

no one who is truly into booze should front on the martini, its true

sarahell otm about price change, but it's like $24 here now (maybe I already posted that?)

oh sorry, I meant at costco, here. no TJ liquor section locally

so i got a bottle of buffalo trace discounted, it's now bottled at 40% abv here and some people seem to be unhappy about this (also 700ml as standard rather than 750ml in america i'd imagine?)

could benefit from the extra alcohol but it's very nice and makes a change from laphy taphy

Wow, 40% is pretty low.

40% abv and 700ml? they are disrespecting your country and your personal integrity

yeah reducing spirits to the legal minimum is pretty common, although most of the better single malt scotches seem to be bottled at 43-46% which is alright but even at 40% scotch doesn't lose as much as bourbon

I just picked up a bottle of BT the other day, now I'm paranoid that it is lower % than previously.

nah i'm pretty sure this is a specific to the uk and the shitty market for imported liquors that ensures i only ever buy them at unusual discounts

the price of yamizaki seems to have skyrocketed too cuz i was going to get a bottle but it's into ardbeg territory now

only offender of perpetual proof-lowering in the US is JD, I think

those fuckers

me mum surprise me with a bottle of jefferson's rye last night.
yum!

ooh lagavulin 16 on deal at waitrose, finally time to try it

it was pretty outrageously expensive for what it was, but i just enjoyed a mini bottle of highland park 30 this week. it's a shame more distillers don't do mini bottles of their more expensive versions, since buying a full bottle would just be impractical, though it's fun to see what you'd be paying for.

Thanksgiving dinner with the whole family is great but when my aunt unexpectedly produced a bottle of 1792 Ridgemont Reserve, it got even better.

cool aunt imo

xps,

Not mini-bottles, as such, but Masters of Malt sells whiskey by the 30cl measure which makes sampling rare / old stuff much more affordable.

3cl, rather, 30ml.

wow, do they ever.

STRANDED ... NO WHISKEY ... DESPERATE ...

Snagged a bottle of Pappy 15 today. Mission accomplished.

well done

On Thanksgiving morning Dad produced a bottle of Knappogue Castle, which is an excellent breakfast single malt from Ireland.

Picked up the Lagavullin 16 yr old in Waitrose today. So tempted to get a couple of other bottles while there. The Lagavullin is excellent.

Recommend me an Islay scotch to get for a good friend (and ex)'s 50th birthday? I know he likes Laphroaig. I'd like to get him something that he'd be unlikely to buy for himself. $100 is my limit.

The Lagavulin just mentioned may fit the bill?