Like Whiskey ?
My current fav...
Release Still the case here, I have been known to go through a bottle on my own, it's not advisable, but very doable. I started buying the liter bottles, they hold up better. I fell in love with Bulliet Bourbon, there is something about it that just hits my palet just right and the 10 year, ooohhh my that's just great stuff.
Scotch goes to Laugavulen 16 year, amazing balance, but not for you if you don't like the smoke and peat.
One really interesting one is called Camp Fire from High West Distillery. They blend a scotch, Bourbon and Rye together to make a delightful smokey whiskey.
None of it holds a candle to Pappi Van Winkle 18 or 22, but that's 8x the cost so not really a fair comparison.
I had learned those 1 liter or 1.5 liter bottles are too dangerous.
A 5th will be just right for a week worth of sipping. What am I talking about,.......... I'm on an alcohol diet. Arthritis and gout put a damper on my drinking. Plus old liver and kidneys needs a break from my younger years so they can go farther.
Used to love to have a drink with friends ( those who can behave after the drinks ).
Release
"Distilled in the same way since its inception over 75 years ago, this ten-year-old pours a brilliant gold colour; smoky aromas fill the glass along with some seaweed and medicinal notes and just a hint of sweetness; full rounded mouthfeel with inviting sweetness, hints of sea salt and lingering peatiness on the finish."
It is SO GOOD!!!!!
another good one:
"Bottled straight from the cask and unchillfiltered for the purest expression of the malt; this is extremely smoky, peaty and intense - not for the faint of heart; warm, slightly medicinal, peat smoke flavours are layered with citrus and floral notes that present themselves with time."
DC300 Laugavulen
"Considered by many to be the benchmark for Islay malts this classic pours a golden amber colour and wafts from your glass with intense smoky peat and iodine. The palate is full flavour, rich and smooth with peat, figs, dates, and vanilla followed by an enduring smoky and dry finish."
Will have to try this one!!! Thanks!
FauxAmish regardless of where it's being produced it's an interesting taste, uber smooth and almost a candy apple finish. I will have a glass when I manage to catch it at a bar, which is rare to say the least, but we have a place here that I go to once in a great while, they get the uber expensive stuff in and sell it at just over cost for a pour. I ponied up $22 for a 2oz pour of the 18 a couple months ago, but I figure that's not horrific and depending on what part of the country you are in that can be considered down right cheap! Usually a bottle that goes for $85-100 at retail sells for 12-14 a pour here, so that blue moon shot to get Pappi which is about $268 at cost, if I recall correctly, is worth it to me. I enjoy the chance to experience new things, I hadn't had it yet, so it was a go for me. In NYC, you can spend that on a pretty common beer, 2 hours the other way you could buy a bottle of anything they have in the place for that haha.
Try some Angels Envy Bourbon.
There is an amount that is gifted to the Heavens of every barrel that is produced. Does not matter the Producer, All Distillery's understand. That amount during the time-period in the barrel that is lost is attributed to a "Gift To The Angels."
Angels Envy is that representation.
What's a good peaty/islay scotch to start with.....I've had Famous Grouse, I liked, good neat or for mixing, Glenmorangie 10, very subtle but good, and Talisker Storm which was way too overpowering with the smoke....I shouldn't have tried it as my first islay....but I could see really liking a smokey scotch whih also had some other hints of sweet, etc.
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of course you could go for this limited edition 50 year old... only about $29,000US yes, twenty nine THOUSAND!
