Need a Good Bottle of Scotch
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NY, SC and TX are the whackiest that I have encountered, myself.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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@coliver said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:
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.
Love it. Believe it or not, low cost, California-made New Amsterdam is the best that I have ever had.
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@scottalanmiller said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:
@coliver said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:
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.
Love it. Believe it or not, low cost, California-made New Amsterdam is the best that I have ever had.
I'll have to pick up a bottle for him. Thanks.
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@Carnival-Boy Neat is the only right way to drink a scotch
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Myself it is either Macallen or Laphroaig, but see if this helps.
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@s.hackleman said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:
Myself it is either Macallen or Laphroaig, but see if this helps.
I'm going to have to save a copy of this...
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I'm pretty big fan of Scotty Karate: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1471/28039/
The next time I brew a strong dark belgian I plan on grabbing a bottle of okay scotch and making hot scottchies with some of the wort; I've been told they are fantastic.
And if I'm not drinking an Ale I'm usually enjoying a gin and tonic. Hendrick's and Tanqueray are usually on standby at all times.
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@RamblingBiped said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:
I'm pretty big fan of Scotty Karate: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1471/28039/
The next time I brew a strong dark belgian I plan on grabbing a bottle of okay scotch and making hot scottchies with some of the wort; I've been told they are fantastic.
And if I'm not drinking an Ale I'm usually enjoying a gin and tonic. Hendrick's and Tanqueray are usually on standby at all times.
Best cheap scotch IMHO is Famous Grouse. It is mixed from the leftovers of several major labels.
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@scottalanmiller said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:
Laphroaig makes you cry inside a bit.
Strange, it just makes my beard grow thicker
Laphroaig Quarter Cask, best bottle under $100
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I don't claim to be any sort of expert- I haven't sampled too many varieties - but, of those I have sampled, Ardbeg Uigeadail is definitely my favourite (and it's less than $100).
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@thanksajdotcom If he is a big fan of Scotch you might look into finding a local tasting somewhere and take him to that. You'll probably spend less than $100, learn something, and have a better time.
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Not scotch, but if you are in the Cooperstown area there has been a bunch of distilleries that have popped up in the last 4 or 5 years. They have been getting really high remarks from a lot of people from what I can tell.
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Also, if your plan is to consume a high-end $100+ bottle of scotch in a single sitting, you're probably doing it wrong. The exception being you're splitting that bottle between multiple people and not just two.
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An outsider might think asking about Scotch on an IT forum doesn't make sense. It makes the most sense.
