The Bourbon and Whiskey Thread
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Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?9 -
Well would you look at that...
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Enjoy hermano"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter4 -
We were on vacation last week and here is the spread we had
Team O'Donnell FTW!
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White6 -
My wife managed to consume my bottle of Russell's Reserve 10 year in 2 days, so this replacement was waiting for me when I got home.
Nice surprise that is really good!Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.4 -
Has anyone tried this yet. From what I understand it was developed with Partagas Serie D No.4 in mind. To be honest I didn't go through all 25 pages but from what I did read people here like bourbon and Rye so don't know it there is much interest in Single Malt Scotch. The title was spelled whisky with an "E" in it in the OP and that refers to whisk(e)y outside of Scotland. I just got this one from Scotland.
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Bite your tongue about that "not much interest in single malt scotch" nonsense!Far_North_64 said:Has anyone tried this yet. From what I understand it was developed with Partagas Serie D No.4 in mind. To be honest I didn't go through all 25 pages but from what I did read people here like bourbon and Rye so don't know it there is much interest in Single Malt Scotch. The title was spelled whisky with an "E" in it in the OP and that refers to whisk(e)y outside of Scotland. I just got this one from Scotland.My shelf at the moment:Glenfiddich 15Laphroaig 10Ardbeg UigidalHighland Park 18 Viking PrideTalisker 10Lagavulin 16
The solera Glenfiddich was the second scotch I remember drinking, but I don't know what the first was in college. I nursed a bottle for years. Finally started exploring and have kind of outgrown it.
I like my scotch filled with the flavors of peat, iodine, and the blood and tears of my vanquished foes. Or something like that. Some days it tastes like victory and others like bitter defeat in a bottle. I love the stuff.The next one in order of how much I now drink it is the Lagavulin. It's really good, but not as complex on my palate as some of the others.That HP 18 is legit the best stuff I've ever had. I know of people who hate it, but they're not many in the whisky world. Realistically, though, I can enjoy the baseline Laphroaig just as much. The Talisker I don't see as much anymore in my area. Everybody carries their "Storm" but I don't think it's as good as the 10. The 10 is sweet but still has a lot of those Islay-ish flavors (even though it's from a different island, funny, I actually bought it because we have a game called Isle of Skye and the packaging looked like some of the tiles in the game, well and good reviews).The Ardbeg is really good stuff, too. I have to be in the mood for it, though. I found it on sale and jumped on it. My wife was shoe shopping with my daughter next door to the liquor store. I think we got home at 2 in the afternoon and I really needed the Scotch after that bill.Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.0 -
Haven't tried the new version, but I was very familiar with the original.Far_North_64 said:Has anyone tried this yet. From what I understand it was developed with Partagas Serie D No.4 in mind. To be honest I didn't go through all 25 pages but from what I did read people here like bourbon and Rye so don't know it there is much interest in Single Malt Scotch. The title was spelled whisky with an "E" in it in the OP and that refers to whisk(e)y outside of Scotland. I just got this one from Scotland.
Sir Richard Patterson, aka "The Nose," is Dalmore's Master Blender and a hell of a guy - he also really enjoys very specific cigars. I had the pleasure of working with Sir Richard a number of years ago on an off-shoot of the Cigar Malt Reserve made specifically to pair with an Alec Bradley blend, as we of course cannot legally buy/sell Partagás D. 4 in the US.
Have you had the new Cigar Malt, @Far_North_64? It's my understanding this one sits a bit below the Dalmore 12 -- a personal fav when it comes to an everyday kind of whisky. Not sure if you've tried Glenfarclas or Highland Park, but if you enjoy Dalmore, you'll enjoy those as well. Glenfarclas for me is my fav whisky without a doubt, as even their least expensive drams are balanced, flavorful, and very easy to drink.2 -
I bid on two bottles of the old style but didn't win. I don't drink but have a large collection of scotch. It's a great investment.Now this is not the end of the cigar. It is not even the beginning of the end of the cigar. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning of the cigar.0
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Rye - Bourbon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some scotch"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter2 -
This is the Info I found on the new version on Masters of Malt:TheCigarChick said:
Haven't tried the new version, but I was very familiar with the original.Far_North_64 said:Has anyone tried this yet.
Sir Richard Patterson, aka "The Nose," is Dalmore's Master Blender and a hell of a guy - he also really enjoys very specific cigars. I had the pleasure of working with Sir Richard a number of years ago on an off-shoot of the Cigar Malt Reserve made specifically to pair with an Alec Bradley blend, as we of course cannot legally buy/sell Partagás D. 4 in the US.
Have you had the new Cigar Malt, @Far_North_64? It's my understanding this one sits a bit below the Dalmore 12 ...The whiskiest up tthat make the reworked cigar malt are slightly older, which has pushed up the price somewhat.
But it's a great whisky, whether you drink with its intended purpose in mind or not. And if you do enjoy cigars, you'll want to know that the stick that provided the flavour benchmark for pairing is the hefty Partagas Serie D No. 4.
The old style fell inbetween the 22 and 15 Dalmore. The new one, as mentioned above, uses older blends.
I do have the Highland Park Fire and Ice series, three from the warrior series, and a couple 18 year olds now called Viking pride. I have a Glenfarclas 25 year old and one from the 105 Series.
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Gonna try that cigar malt.1
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Alaska herf? This whisky isn't going to drink it self!
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That's brilliant, having a walker at the ready for when the whiskey takes control of your balance!"I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis6
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All bought at the duty free shop so it all came on the plane with me!Now this is not the end of the cigar. It is not even the beginning of the end of the cigar. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning of the cigar.2
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@Far_North_64 do you have neighbors, and are they selling their house? I might be looking...
And I thought I had a Scotch problem. That's a nice haul.
Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.0 -
That's just what I got at the airport. I went to Scotland to pick up 7 bottles I won at auction!!Now this is not the end of the cigar. It is not even the beginning of the end of the cigar. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning of the cigar.6
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You're still my new best friend Dan.I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...3
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Costco had a sale, I think this Bourbon is asking "can you add too much oak?"
Had to buy two to get the discount so I hope the answer is no.
Not bad, this would pair well with a Mi Querida.
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This has been calling me to take it home for quite some time. Worked enough OT lately to bring it home, possibly the best Scotch I have ever tasted.
Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.9 -
Got this guy today. Pretty excited to crack it open.
Team O'Donnell FTW!
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White8 -
All the Elijah Craig stuff tastes a little like bananas to me. It's good, but once someone told me that, it's mostly what I get.
Even with that, their regular stuff makes the best hot toddy. Honey. Lemon. Elijah Craig. Hot Water or brewed tea, even. Maybe a drop of vanilla if I'm really adventurous. Nothing better on a sore throat or cold evening.
Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.0 -
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OH NO Tariffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UtDx0zBOfc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKrhHjThgIw
Buried in both reports the tariffs on some whiskeys are mentioned.0 -
Read that last night and my wife said, well go buy some before prices go up.
uh. okay.
Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.1 -
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/scotch-whisky-pods-the-glenlivet-twitter-slamed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2trDoNX1QScotch distillery debuts 'whisky cocktail' pods, gets mocked mercilessly on Twitter: 'Tide Pods but whiskey'
This is gonna get confusing......doing laundry while having a drink.....0 -
My wife surprised me with a quick trip to Pittsburgh last weekend. Mostly, we went to see Mr. Rogers stuff, because I'm a nerd that way. He's one of my heroes.Anyway. Just down the street a half a mile from the Heinz History Center, is the Wigle Distillery. Check it out, it's a cool place with way too much to sample. I got a flight (and after I bought it was told I could have customized one rather than a pre-selected one, so now YOU know). We didn't do a tour b/c we had a teen with us, but I went in, ordered, and got a window seat while the wife and kid stood right across the table...At any rate, they make fantastic Rye. They have a smoked bourbon that is like American Scotch-sweet and campfire, vanilla and smoke, but not peat. I really liked it a ton. If the line hadn't been so long, I would have bought a bottle right there. Instead, I'm gonna head to a local place that might carry it.The Oaxaca Rye was off-flight, but I had to try it. Good stuff. I did not like the hopped whiskey, but if you're an IPA guy you might. Their "Roasty" was really sweet. Some of their whiskey is distilled from beer made by local micro-brews. This one used a mash replicating one of their partner-beer's base, but skipped the beer step and just made it right into whiskey. It was good, but not what I'd normally keep around for me because it was sooo sweet. But I really liked it as a taste.They also make rum, vodka, gin, and absinthe. I avoid gin like the plague, even though they tried to convince me ad nauseum that it was good gin. I don't care if it's more floral/botanical than juniper london/dry, whatever. I've tried it all. It's all disgusting. Cough syrup tastes better. Gin was on most of their flights, so I got the "Adventure Flight" that didn't include it.Unfortunately, I had to get in the car and drive 3.5 hours right after visiting (and walking 20 minutes to the car and a stop in a donut shop since the kid waited patiently), so I really couldn't have any more. I'm starting to explore absinthe, so I was really curious. They also had their version of a Sazerac on the menu, and I enjoy an OG one as best as I can make it at home. I bet theirs is better.
Anyway, if any of you are in PGH for whatever reason, check it out. The tour sounded cool, too.Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.1
