"In a nut shell, if it ever goes to Civil War, I'm afraid I'll be in the middle 70%, shooting at both sides" — 26 Inf
"We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them." — CNN's Don Lemon 10/30/18
MacAllan 12 is the baseline by which all Scotch is measured. There are many better, and many worse, but I always make the comparison with ol' faithful.
Over the years, I've had a few good ones. Abelour is a hidden gem, for sure. Balvenie makes a number of good whiskeys, and their 21-year Portwood is one of my all-time favorites. Lagavulin 16 is an excellent, though increasingly expensive, offering. I've got a 25-year cask-strength Laphroaig sitting on my desk right now. It's vastly superior to the smoke-filled paint thinner that is the 10-year Laphroaig.
I once got to sample a 27-year cask-strength MacAllan. It was epic.
Tullamore Dew. Blind taste testing against Jameson and Bushmill's, Tullamore Dew is my winner. I can apperciate the better Scotches, but . . . . Irish whiskey straight or over a pair of ice cubes is what does it for me.
Off topic-ish, but I found a Vodka that is rocking my world. Zubrowka, a Polish bison grass vodka, I found at the bigger and fancier liquor store I never go to. I'd had a Lithuanian bison grass vodka years ago and have been on the hunt for bison grass vodka ever since. Smooth, sippable, tasty, sort of an herbal nuance. This Polish stuff is as good as I remember and not too pricey (but not worrisomely cheap either).
I need a rec...
My roommate's girl just broke it off with him this week after 1.5 years, his birthday is in 9 days and I want to get him a bottle of scotch but when it comes to scotch I'm like the new guy asking if dpms is a good rifle.
I got him a bottle of knob creek last year for his b-day and he enjoyed that (actually we both did) but I want to get him some scotch this year to try.
Is there a scotch + or - 50 bucks that tastes great and won't scare off a new scotch drinker?
A couple of weeks ago, I shared a bottle of Old Parr Superior 18 year old with some friends. It was very good.
Other good ones are MacAllan and Glenlivet 15.
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"The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." –Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers
Anything can be deduced to "It's just a_____" and then scoffed at. If you don't enjoy whiskey and people opining about it, why post in a scotch thread buddy?
For instance:
One I've heard here all too often:
"It's just a rifle, who cares if its DPMS or Colt..."
Back to scotch:
Pretty much all the MaCallans, Obans, speyside and Glenlevits are goint o be good for a beginners palette; some better for beginners than others.
I always tell pepople to start witht the 'levit and then get fancy and try a new label each month (Or however often for you that is).
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