whiskey

Regarding peat:

http://www.whiskyforeveryone.com/whisky_basics/influence_of_peat.html

peat and repeat got in a boat. peat fell out.

i don't like laphroaig, and i do like ardbeg. personally, if i'm drinking peaty scotch, i prefer something more like talisker or highland park, which aren't as heavily peated as the big boys (laphroaig, lagavulin, ardbeg). ardbeg is fun, though - at first you'll be overwhelmed by the smoke, but there's a lot more going on underneath all that. with laphroaig, it's smoke and iodine and that's it.

Man charged with drinking http://www.wtae.com/news/local/westmoreland/Man-charged-with-drinking-102-000-worth-of-pre-Prohibition-whiskey/-/10932546/19430164/-/e51nr7z/-/index.html02,000 worth of pre-Prohibition whiskey

oh nuts. sorry.

gonna drink about 102000 worth of jack daniels over the weekend tbph. thread needs to allow for economic realities every now and again

rtc, how are you fixed for glenfiddich? one of my faves, and well situated between clean/sweet and smoky/footcheese

Local store had a Knob Creek / Knob Creek Rye sale. I picked up a case (6 bottles) of the rye at a decent discount and will be splitting it with a friend.

just finished 21 yr old mystery islay and looking at this cheap 8yr blended scotch from tesco, reliably described on their site as both vegetarian friendly and also

Allergy Information

Free From: Mustard
Instructions

Standard Frozen Guidelines

No

lol

bought some presents for family for my upcoming wedding including Bruichladdich The Laddie 16 and Dickel Barrel Select, totally going to hound ppl about opening them up and giving us a taste

you buy them presents?

I thought the same thing at first

The timing of this event is not at all doable for me, and the price is slightly steep, but it's still interesting: http://americanwhiskeyfest.eventbrite.com/#

Got a bottle of this as a gift, waiting for a special occasion to try it but by all accounts it's good stuff.

http://www.leopoldbros.com/American_Small_Batch_Whiskey.html

Also tried a glass of Penderyn Madeira Single Malt a few days ago, fantastic flavor for something I didn't expect to like much. Sweetish like a bourbon, no peat. (I realize this will be a turn off for some/most itt.)

The attempt to water down Maker's Mark in February did more than garner headlines. It resulted in a 44 percent comparable sales increase for the bourbon in the first three months of the year.

Although Maker's parent Deerfield-based Beam Inc. rapidly reversed its decision, it didn't stop Maker's fans from stocking up.

"This episode reinforces that Maker's is a rare brand that can inspire this rare consumer passion," Beam CEO Matt Shattock said in a call with investors Thursday. "Given the ongoing supply constraint of Maker's, we'll manage growth going forward and we anticipate being able to sustain the healthy sales growth rate for the brand result."

Forgot about the Maker's Mark controversy, I got a bottle in duty free coming back from the US last month. Think it's 45% which is the regular strength isn't it?

For some reason I forgot/didn't realize Maker's Mark is also owned by Beam. Hrrm.

xp yes it is

I just think it's a bit rich for them to cite the bump in sales as a ratification of its "rare brand" rep. They just brilliantly/boneheadedly bullshitted everyone into thinking they would make it more rare, then immediately backed down. But anything sold by the jug in Costco is not "rare," lol.

xpost Fittingly, my friend considers Maker's an "airport" brand. That is, if you're stuck in the airport, and you need a sip of bourbon, you know there's at least Maker's. But neither he nor I have ever spent money on a bottle of the stuff.

yeah makers is usually the one ok bourbon at shitty bars and rock clubs

btw my supply of knob creek rye is soooo gone. three bottles lasted fewer than three weeks :/

I usually get Wild Turkey 101 at the duty free but they had some honey version instead this time.

Wild Turkey 101 is awesome. Honey version likely not awesome, unless you are a 12-year old girl.

pretty sure the honey version is for SHOOOOTS

Found a quiet city centre bar selling powers 12 for <€5 per shot, quite the result imo

I was pretty impressed by the wonderfully redundantly named Russell's Reserve Small Batch Single Barrel bourbon. 55% ABV, but not too hot, very flavorful, enhanced by a dash of water. WT101 is such a good deal it's hard to shell out for a fancy bottle with no age statement (rumored to be 7 or 8), but I liked it a lot better than, say, Rare Breed.

completed a longstanding bourbon goal in chicago this week by scoring a bottle of very old barton. 100 proof, 6 years old, 14 bucks for a 750 ml.

it's big, dry, and minty. very in your face, but well made. crazy value for the money.

Love VOB. So many readily available bargains like that.

Just opened a bottle of Elmer T. Lee. Pretty good!

i was very, very into the last bottle of elmer i had.

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/07/16/2716601/bourbon-industry-patriarch-elmer.html

RIP Elmer :(

aw :/

Shit. Hope I didn't have anything to do with that!

he made a great whiskey

Herself arrived back from london with a litre of abelour 12, very much to my taste, peppery and clear, the opposite of peat

^^ good choice. I got a bottle of that last year - definitely my kind of whisky.

yeah she accosted some fella looked like a whiskey drinker and badgered him into the least peaty decent bottle of scotch they had- she won't abide the likes of laphroaig in the house.

I just had some awesome 21-year Willett from a bottle signed by the Norwegian (married into the family) dude who runs the company. He had reason to be proud of this barrel. I had reason to be happy I was not the one who paid for the bottle, because man ....

by even or drew k.?

Even.

nice. hope he's around to enjoy the results of their in-house distillation

I got to keep the bottle. Thinking of making it into a flower vase.

Anyone with their ear to the ground have an inkling as to this year's BTAC release? It's usually early fall, isn't it?

i think i've heard october so maybe a bit earlier than usual.

Picked up a bottle of Stagg Jr. BT is saying they'll be making it available throughout the year, but in limited amounts, whatever that means. If it's anything like what happened with the squat-bottled Old Rip, its association with some of the more coveted of bourbons will ensure it's off the shelves before most people even know it's there.

'Tis the season for BTAC and PVW. In the case of the latter, with no more spring allocations, it should be "easier" to find, mitigated by the demand, of course. Fingers crossed!

In the meantime, I got a bottle of the Old Forester 2013 Birthday Bourbon and count me among its fans.

i saw Stagg Jr. today and may have overreacted and bought two bottles of it.

i cracked my bottle last night. need some more time with it but initial impressions are positive.

Yeah, the Stagg Jr.is seeing the same effect that sparked a run on Old Rip, which you also can no longer find on shelves.

Hah, as I posted three weeks ago!

Was anyone able to get a bottle of Elijah Craig barrel proof? The new 21 is too rich for me at $150, considering the 18 went for $50 til they killed the product.