allgrownup Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 History: I grew up with a Father who enjoyed Single Malt Whisky, once I turned 21 he began exposing me to Macallan's Laphroig's Lagavulin etc. 9 years later and I am a full on Scotch advocate and Snob. I have even converted my wife which has proven most beneficial for budgetary reasons If you have questions about Scotch I can help, If you have a Scotch or another Whiskey you love please share! Currently I am drinking a Willet 6yr/o bourbon and am loving it. My Favorite Scotch right now is SpringBank 12, it is a Cambeltown which is a region that only has 3 distillery's all owned by the same guy. Springbank Glengyle and Glen Scotia) it is not overally smokey and has a phenomenal balance. Enjoy hearing from the rest of you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKeNeD Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 i'm into the Macallan 12 year right now. There is always a bottle of JAmeson 12y in my house as well. I am also working through a bottle of glenfiddich 12y. My Fiance got me a tasting set from this place online. It came with 5 single serving drams. There was a nice range of 17-40 years in here. A great range of bourbon, scotch and whisky. Defi looking forward to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwdrdayz Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 My favs: Scotch: Oban Bourbon: Basil Hayden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I just finished a bottle of Highland Park 12 which I really enjoyed. Currently working on a Caribou Crossing Single Barrel Canadian Whiskey which is awesome, and my gf got me a 18 yr Tomatin which is pretty great. If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Polished off a bottle of Dewars 12 yo with my father in law this last weekend. Opened my bottle of Aberlour 12 yo the other night - one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allgrownup Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Nice! Keep them coming, if you like OBAN/Aberlour Check out Glenfarclas 12 can be had for under 50 bucks and has alot of great sherry notes! bit more complex flavor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
executor485 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Bourbon: Bookers or Woodford Reserve If I pass you on the right, I'm flipping you off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subawang Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I know I'm gonna get flamed, but after trying many single malts and blends, I always come back to Johnnie Walker black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allgrownup Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Bourbon: Bookers or Woodford Reserve man you gotta try the Willet! I know I'm gonna get flamed, but after trying many single malts and blends, I always come back to Johnnie Walker black. LOL, hey your taste are you tastes man, I bought a 1L of the double black from the duty free in Cancun...Its a smoky version of black, doesnt compare to other Peated malts but its not too expensive and people seem to like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subawang Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Yup, tried the double black and it is indeed smokey. FYI, I tried it at the Tokyo airport and they have a sampling station with all sorts of whiskey/scotch. Check it out if you are there, just remember to bring some water as they don't have any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggert Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 been slowly transitioning from single malt scotches to bourbons. it seems to me that domestic liquors have become a better value in the last few years. the weaker dollar and growing popularity have driven scotch prices higher. this is what we currently have open in the liquor cabinet: elijah craig 18 booker's buffalo trace hirsch selection 20 eagle rare cardhu 12 glenburgie 14 (independent bottler) glenburgie 15 (independent bottler) auchentoshen 21 auchentoshen sherry cask 12 mortlach 16 aberfeldy 21 tomintoul glenlivet (perfume bottle) glenfiddich (no one drinks it, so it just takes up space in the cabinet) macallan estate reserve macallan thirties (not 30 year) caol ila 12 i have a few other unopened scotches, but house rule is that you have to finish a bottle before opening a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allgrownup Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Nice Collection, that is a great rule, my unenforced rule is one bottle a month...which is problematic. Since I like to share, I have trouble keeping more than 2 or 3 bottles around at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansvonaxion Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I drink too much to always buy the good stuff, I go through a bottle about every 3 days or so. Took half a dozen bottles back to the old man last time I visited, Chivas (his favourite) and single malts, the Glenlivet 25 was smoooooth (got a sample with the 18). One whiskey I definitely was not impressed with was Bowmore. Ordered it in a bar once (first time I'd tried it) and thought they'd given me something else by mistake... or perhaps on purpose. Bought a bottle later to give it another shot and it just confirmed what I already thought. Having said that, it may just be that I prefer a Speyside to an Islay. More testing is in order! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggert Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 are you in tokyo? i don't know if yamazaki is any cheaper there than it is here, but i was surprised at how good it was and picked up a bottle of the 18 last time coming back through duty-free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subawang Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Not me, but traveled through there on the way to Taiwan. In general, I think liqueur is cheaper in the asian countries since they tend to drink a lot more of it than we do (e.g. JW blue label can be had for a little over $100). And to boot, they get lots of special editions (like JW XR 21 yr). Again, I drink a lot of JW. I'm not very familar with the different regions and how the tastes differ, but one of the single malts I did like quite a bit is Dalmore (not Bowmore). I think what I sampled was a 10 yr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUIAAE Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I know I'm gonna get flamed, but after trying many single malts and blends, I always come back to Johnnie Walker black. Johnnie Black! This year I plan on spoiling myself and getting some blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allgrownup Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 ^Blue is good but not for its price. for the $150 or so it goes for you can get a much better bottle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUIAAE Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 285 here, where the hell are you getting it for 150? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 285 further illustrates the point. IMO there are much better bottles for that money. Then again your tastes are your tastes so it's what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allgrownup Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 Southern California, you can get it shipped your way hell you can by a 200ML for 50 bucks and see if you like it. google it is 150-160 all day long -if you like Islay's (what blue is blended from) look for a Caol Ila, its the predominant blend the johnnie walker uses and is more like 80-100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKeNeD Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 My fiance got me a tasting set from masters of malt. They're based in the UK, but the shipping seemed pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansvonaxion Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 are you in tokyo? i don't know if yamazaki is any cheaper there than it is here, but i was surprised at how good it was and picked up a bottle of the 18 last time coming back through duty-free. Apparently some of the Japanese whiskies are getting rave reviews and gold medals, especially Nikka which is what I go for. There's some nice clean water up north and the Japanese have great attention to detail. I haven't tried that many Japanese whiskies because they're surprisingly expensive compared to the imported stuff but I've liked what I have tried. In general, I think liqueur is cheaper in the asian countries since they tend to drink a lot more of it than we do (e.g. JW blue label can be had for a little over $100). And to boot, they get lots of special editions (like JW XR 21 yr). Again, I drink a lot of JW. I'm not very familar with the different regions and how the tastes differ, but one of the single malts I did like quite a bit is Dalmore (not Bowmore). I think what I sampled was a 10 yr. I don't know about other countries but in Australia spirits are expensive and beer is cheap (relatively) because tax goes by alcohol content AFAIK. In Japan it's the other way around, beer is expensive and spirits are cheap because tax is structured differently, there is a tax on one of the ingredients of beer, not the alcohol content. I can buy most whiskies for half the price here compared to Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allgrownup Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Not me, but traveled through there on the way to Taiwan. In general, I think liqueur is cheaper in the asian countries since they tend to drink a lot more of it than we do (e.g. JW blue label can be had for a little over $100). And to boot, they get lots of special editions (like JW XR 21 yr). Again, I drink a lot of JW. I'm not very familar with the different regions and how the tastes differ, but one of the single malts I did like quite a bit is Dalmore (not Bowmore). I think what I sampled was a 10 yr. Their demand is driving our prices up stateside for Scotch, the Japanese are now choosing singlemalts as their after work drink (which is a cultural norm) prices stayed steady for Single malts in Japan while ours are continually rising case in point: I bought an Ardbeg airigh nam beist (the Beast as they call it) for $78 less than a year ago. That same bottle now discontinued (replaced with corryvreckan) goes for $120-150 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansvonaxion Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 While it's true that whisky is being pushed here through advertising and promotion (specifically high-balls), I think the idea that it's driving up prices OS is a stretch. The vast majority drink what's cheap and the high-ball push is being done by Suntory mainly with their "Tory's". If someone is telling you that's why their prices are going up I think they might be looking for an excuse to gouge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwaggerWagon05 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Jameson alllllll the way! I'm going to partake when I get home from my deployment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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