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    • brianlittlejohnB
      brianlittlejohn
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      Balvenie, Glenlivet, Macallen, Glenfidich. Those are all good Highland scotchs

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403 @brianlittlejohn
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        @brianlittlejohn I like Glenfiddich lowland

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          @Carnival-Boy said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

          @scottalanmiller said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

          I suspect that our good bourbons have a price penalty over there, as well.

          I mostly drink Jim Beam, which at £13 a 70cl bottle is just about the cheapest whisky you can buy in the UK (I appreciate that probably doesn't count as good bourbon, but I like it).

          I love Jim Beam, and I LOVE bourbon, but alas I can no longer drink bourbon...first time I ever got sick (only happened twice) was after polishing off a bottle of Kentucky Fire (Fireball bourbon basically, made by Jim Beam) with a couple friends one night...I think the extra sugar in the cinnamon made me sick and I can't even stand the smell of bourbon now, which makes me VERY sad...maybe in a few years...

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          • thanksajdotcomT
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            Oh so many options! I'm looking for some good top shelf stuff...not like millionaire level spending, but something that's around $100/bottle or even a bit more.

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              thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

              There are good scotches... rather painful for those who don't normally drink them. Are these for people who like scotch, or random people?

              I have a friend that really wants to start getting into GOOD scotches, and I owe him a few favors, so now that I got the other job, I promised him that once I've got a couple things squared away, I'm gonna get us some good scotch and we're gonna have a night we stay in and polish it off together. 🙂

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              • coliverC
                coliver @thanksajdotcom
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                @thanksajdotcom said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

                Oh so many options! I'm looking for some good top shelf stuff...not like millionaire level spending, but something that's around $100/bottle or even a bit more.

                I've tried the 16, 18, and 22 Glenlivet. The 22 was surprisingly smooth. The 16 was harsh.

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                  thanksajdotcom @coliver
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                  @coliver said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

                  @thanksajdotcom said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

                  Oh so many options! I'm looking for some good top shelf stuff...not like millionaire level spending, but something that's around $100/bottle or even a bit more.

                  I've tried the 16, 18, and 22 Glenlivet. The 22 was surprisingly smooth. The 16 was harsh.

                  I think that's what my friend Mike has is Glenlivet, but I'd have to ask him.

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                  • thanksajdotcomT
                    thanksajdotcom
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                    Yup, confirmed it is Glenlivet. 😄

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                    • brianlittlejohnB
                      brianlittlejohn @thanksajdotcom
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                      @thanksajdotcom If he likes Glenlivet he will like Glenfiddich too. I know in Texas, the 12yr Glenfiddich is $60 bottle... but you should be able to find a 15, 18, and 21yr bottle as well.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @brianlittlejohn
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                        @brianlittlejohn said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

                        @thanksajdotcom If he likes Glenlivet he will like Glenfiddich too. I know in Texas, the 12yr Glenfiddich is $60 bottle... but you should be able to find a 15, 18, and 21yr bottle as well.

                        Texas is actually much more expensive than NY for that stuff, believe it or not. Weird, I know.

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                        • brianlittlejohnB
                          brianlittlejohn @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller That doesnt surprise me at all with our bassackwards liquor laws

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                            scottalanmiller @brianlittlejohn
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                            @brianlittlejohn said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

                            @scottalanmiller That doesnt surprise me at all with our bassackwards liquor laws

                            You obviously don't know NY liquor laws.

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                              brianlittlejohn @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller nope... the whole US has alot of stupid liquor laws

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                NY, SC and TX are the whackiest that I have encountered, myself.

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                                • RojoLocoR
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                                  The only scotch I've tried that I loved was Balvenie 12 Double Wood. It's not peated, so it doesn't taste like burnt mud (like most scotches). I would describe the flavor as much more like a high end rum or American whisky. They have many other non-peated options as well.

                                  https://us.thebalvenie.com/our-range/

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                                  • RojoLocoR
                                    RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

                                    NY, SC and TX are the whackiest that I have encountered, myself.

                                    You obviously know nothing of GA's liquor laws....

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                                    • IRJI
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                                      I'd recommend Crown Royal. It's a whiskey, but it's about $50 and almost everyone likes it.

                                      I tend to drink very cheap liquor. $10-$20 bottles, but every once in awhile I splurge for Crown because I do love it. I just can't imagine spending over $50 for a bottle. It's liquor and in the end the goal is to get a buzz, drunk, or wasted.

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                                      • AmbarishrhA
                                        Ambarishrh
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                                        Glenfiddich single malt is a good choice. My personal fav is Glenfiddich, balentines (a cheap but very smooth), and just recently tried jameson irish whiskey- also smooth. Used to have Jack Daniels but never really liked the smoky taste of it.

                                        Has anyone tried blue label or chivas regal 12 years?

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                                          Carnival Boy
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                                          Quite a few whisky drinkers on ML then.

                                          So............water? ice? mixer? or straight?

                                          I'll often have an ice cube, but no water. And if it's cheap whisky and I'm in a bar, I might have ginger ale with it.

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                                          • coliverC
                                            coliver
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                                            Any Gin drinkers? Can't stand the stuff but my brother loves it. I got him Bombay Sapphire last year as a gift and he really enjoyed it.

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