Liquor and Wine and Mixed Drinks

[Letang Is The Truth]

Laphroaig quarter cask will knock you on your butt

[Letang Is The Truth]

Also I wish I had not set a personal goal of collecting all of the Blantons bottle stoppers. It really is not worth the price tag and would prefer to drink pretty much any other bourbon or scotch at a lesser price point

[Shyster]

Laphroaig quarter cask will knock you on your butt

Yup. I bought a bottle of that a while back, and your assessment is spot on. It can not be emphasized enough that Laphroaig and the other Islay whiskies are not typical of what all Scotch tastes like. If they were beer, they'd be something super hoppy like Victory Hop Wallop.

[slappybrown]

Order this glencairn Glass from crate and barrel. It'll change your whisk(e)y experience forever

Co-sign on the Glencairn. Had them for years and were an excellent investment. Despite their thinness I have somehow managed to avoid breaking one of the set of 4 I have (just jinxed myself)

[slappybrown]

Opened the Doublewood... Let me preface this by saying the only scotch that I've ever had neat was Laphroaig 10. If memory serves, it was smokey and almost tasted like a bandaid. This however is nothing like that. This is sweet. I'm almost getting a burnt sugar and/or honey taste up front and a floral kind of lingering taste. I like this stuff, and that's a good thing because now I have an entire bottle to drink... just gotta find me a good lowball glass to drink it out of. Currently just drinking it out of a snifter and it doesn't feel right. lol.

Glad to hear you liked it. Laphroaig and the other Islay single malts are known for their peatiness. They are their own animal. Not a starter scotch.

[slappybrown]

Opened the Doublewood... Let me preface this by saying the only scotch that I've ever had neat was Laphroaig 10. If memory serves, it was smokey and almost tasted like a bandaid. This however is nothing like that. This is sweet. I'm almost getting a burnt sugar and/or honey taste up front and a floral kind of lingering taste. I like this stuff, and that's a good thing because now I have an entire bottle to drink... just gotta find me a good lowball glass to drink it out of. Currently just drinking it out of a snifter and it doesn't feel right. lol.

I thought you might like the Balvenie (aka slapvenie). Really smooth, ideed. The Laphroaig is an Islay whisky, and is extremely peaty. To cut the peat, I like to mix Islays with something like vanilla cream soda, birch/root beer, crisp & sweet ginger ales.

You are the only person I know who cuts scotch with anything but ice or water. But you appear to be a professional so maybe everyone else is wrong

[slappybrown]

Ok, that's outrageously good.

People can be snobby about Glenlivet but I still will pick up the 12 from time to time and the 18 is outrageously good.

[Eismann]

Opened the Doublewood... Let me preface this by saying the only scotch that I've ever had neat was Laphroaig 10. If memory serves, it was smokey and almost tasted like a bandaid. This however is nothing like that. This is sweet. I'm almost getting a burnt sugar and/or honey taste up front and a floral kind of lingering taste. I like this stuff, and that's a good thing because now I have an entire bottle to drink... just gotta find me a good lowball glass to drink it out of. Currently just drinking it out of a snifter and it doesn't feel right. lol.

I thought you might like the Balvenie (aka slapvenie). Really smooth, ideed. The Laphroaig is an Islay whisky, and is extremely peaty. To cut the peat, I like to mix Islays with something like vanilla cream soda, birch/root beer, crisp & sweet ginger ales.

You are the only person I know who cuts scotch with anything but ice or water. But you appear to be a professional so maybe everyone else is wrong

B.

[shoeshine boy]

Order this glencairn Glass from crate and barrel. It'll change your whisk(e)y experience forever

Co-sign on the Glencairn. Had them for years and were an excellent investment. Despite their thinness I have somehow managed to avoid breaking one of the set of 4 I have (just jinxed myself)

interesting. I know almost nothing about glassware. other than capacity is there a significant difference between this glass and the Canada Glencairn glass?

[Letang Is The Truth]

Similar in terms of overall results however the Canada is larger. I actually prefer the Canada glencairn as its easier for me to drink/smell but the one I posted was cheaper so I just went with that. Some contend that the one I posted enhances the nose of the drink but my informal tests have not supported that notion

[slappybrown]

Its a narrower opening so in my highly unscientific view, the nose is concentrated as there is less space to escape and so you catch more.

[Letang Is The Truth]

also one of the other benefits of the smaller glencairn is the pedestal which allow you to hold and not smudge up the glass

[OutofFoil]

Glengoolie Blue?

[count2infinity]

I tried the doublewood with an ice cube tonight... it destroys everything I was tasting when I had it neat.

[slappybrown]

You are a precocious scotch drinker

[Letang Is The Truth]

I tried the doublewood with an ice cube tonight... it destroys everything I was tasting when I had it neat.

IF you are going to muck it up with ice, get these: http://www.crateandbarrel.com/set-of-2- ... b=1&a=1552" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

it cools it down but doesnt melt as fast so it isnt super diluted.

some people like whiskey stones but i think they give off a weird taste. i havent tried the metal ones tho

[Letang Is The Truth]

also, if you are trying to open it up, one drop of water will do the trick as well

[columbia]

some people like whiskey stones but i think they give off a weird taste. i havent tried the metal ones tho

That definitely changes the concept of on the rocks.

[shoeshine boy]

I've got some whiskey stones that a friend gave from her Woot Bag of Crap. haven't used them yet though......

[slappybrown]

Not a fan of the rocks, the synthetic or metal. I go a drop of water or a single small cube if I want to cut it. Realistically, I only do it if I've got some heavyweight cask strength lines that come in at 110-120 proof.

[Letang Is The Truth]

yea anything over 110 i may put a drop in; otherwise i am neat on everything.

[Letang Is The Truth]

actually, any liquor neat. have started to develop an affinity for tequila neat

[stopper40]

actually, any liquor neat. have started to develop an affinity for tequila neat

Very easy to do. There are some very good tequilas out there

[Letang Is The Truth]

silky smooth

[redwill]

I found a pitcher of apple juice on the bottom shelf of my fridge today in the back. No mold or anything, but it's probably three months old and smells quite alcoholic.

Serious question: Is it OK to drink?