As GaryS' sig line says, "Can open. Worms everywhere." Or perhaps, in this case, "Cask open. Wort everywhere."
Although it is probably above your financial Plimsolll line at around $40, another good single malt is Aberlour 12 Y.O.
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Although it is probably above your financial Plimsolll line at around $40, another good single malt is Aberlour 12 Y.O.
I think if "my mileage varied that much" I'd give up drinking altogether 
The mere mention of Pepsi (stale or otherwise) and scotch in the same sentence gives me the weebies!
The Three Stooges in KILTS? Oy McVey! And I thought I'd seen everything.
To me scotch always had a medicine type of taste for me to really acquire the taste. Not scotch but made with it Drambuie is pretty good to sip at times. Way too sweet with the honey in it to drink a lot of it.
ChuckS1
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Very informative post (also #22) There is also some naturally lost in the maturing process, called "the angel's share".
To modify the comment by Will Rogers on dogs, "If there's no single malt in heaven, I want to go where it went." But given the above, it seems this is an unnecessary worry
To continue, a good friend just bought a condo. Party time at his new digs.
4 of us went to the liquor store. To help with my endeavor, we got 1 bottle of each brand of Scotch that was under $30 OTD. The Famous Grouse was the only empty bottle the next morning. 'Nuff said!
4 of us went to the liquor store. To help with my endeavor, we got 1 bottle of each brand of Scotch that was under $30 OTD. The Famous Grouse was the only empty bottle the next morning. 'Nuff said!
italiansport
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If you like Drambuie give this a try. 1 part Drambuie and 2 parts good Scotch on the rocks. The drink is called a "Rusty Nail" and I understand it was a favorite of the Rat Pack!
Jim
I like both Drambuie and a Rusty Nail from time to time. Fine sipping.
Thank you, I very much enjoyed listening to that presentation. Having just finished a nice steak, I'm now sitting down to watch The Big Sleep with a dram of Talisker in my hand. It's a windy, damp, cold night outside. Perfect for Talisker, Bogie and Bacall.
I’ll take a chocolate milk shake. Make it a double!
Ahh, yes... the joys of winter in the Pacific North Wet- 53ºF and windy one day, 37º and damp the next.
I recorded that program off a dodgy AM radio broadcast when it initially aired as my then gf and I were into single malts, and was delighted to find a few years ago that it was now archived on the CBC website so re-recorded it to save on my computer. I always think of it when the subject of single malt comes up.
Talisker.... Nice stuff. Slightly peppery, if I recall correctly.
Old Corp
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All the CostCo/Sam's fans forget that in many states, like mine, those stores only sell beer and wine.
Liquor is sold and controlled by the government, ala - ABC Stores.
I have earnestly tried to learn to appreciate Scotch. Have friends who enjoy it, and have been gifted a bottle here and there.
Perhaps I'm too low-brow and unsophisticated to properly appreciate it.
Honestly, would opt for some low-shelf to most mid-shelf bourbons/whiskeys over most any Scotch I've tried.
The peat taste reminds me of years of yard-gardening and planting - kind of the smell of a mixture of Black Kow cow manure and peat moss.
Even more amazing to me is that many men will willingly set fire to stuff wrapped in a cured tobacco leaf and suck on that while imbibing said Scotch. I'd sooner eat week-old roadkill.
But, if you enjoy that, go right on - I support you.
Liquor is sold and controlled by the government, ala - ABC Stores.
I have earnestly tried to learn to appreciate Scotch. Have friends who enjoy it, and have been gifted a bottle here and there.
Perhaps I'm too low-brow and unsophisticated to properly appreciate it.
Honestly, would opt for some low-shelf to most mid-shelf bourbons/whiskeys over most any Scotch I've tried.
The peat taste reminds me of years of yard-gardening and planting - kind of the smell of a mixture of Black Kow cow manure and peat moss.
Even more amazing to me is that many men will willingly set fire to stuff wrapped in a cured tobacco leaf and suck on that while imbibing said Scotch. I'd sooner eat week-old roadkill.
But, if you enjoy that, go right on - I support you.
Well, roadkill is certainly cheaper than "stuff wrapped in a cured tobacco leaf", although I don't share your enthusiasm
This problem was recognized a century ago by Woodrow Wilson's VP, Thomas Marshall. According to Wikipedia:
Sadly, we haven't got there yet, even accounting for inflation.
Ogandydancer
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Corrected my typo and yes I should have made that plainer, fixed that too.
Justin T
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As mentioned in post 34, Sheep Dip is an excellent inexpensive choice. It is blended but is still a single malt as only single malt scotches are used in the blend. I have a bottle on my shelf nearly always.
De gustibus non disputandum erat. Today we do it all the time.
I find some scotches interesting, more often some of the expensive ones. Good Irish whisky (Jamieson's) is certainly palatable. I stopped drinking JD Black when I found that I liked EW better, neat. Yet I find that, for me, a correct mix of a SMALL amount of water improves perhaps bourbon and definitely scotch. I have not yet mastered freehand dilution.
But this all avoids the most significant characteristic of alcohol, which is its temporary ability to alter some folks' outlook on life. The taste of the stuff is secondary.
Leastways, that's how I see it, which makes me a little less dogmatic about other folks' taste in alcoholic beverages.
I find some scotches interesting, more often some of the expensive ones. Good Irish whisky (Jamieson's) is certainly palatable. I stopped drinking JD Black when I found that I liked EW better, neat. Yet I find that, for me, a correct mix of a SMALL amount of water improves perhaps bourbon and definitely scotch. I have not yet mastered freehand dilution.
But this all avoids the most significant characteristic of alcohol, which is its temporary ability to alter some folks' outlook on life. The taste of the stuff is secondary.
Leastways, that's how I see it, which makes me a little less dogmatic about other folks' taste in alcoholic beverages.
I will never understand why anyone would want to acquire a taste for something that didn't taste good. 
A friend of mine and I went to lunch years ago to a private club.
He had too much to drink the night before, Scotch.
He ordered Scotch and milk.
He said the milk would coat his stomach so it would get upset.
When the server set it down I stared at it for a minute and told him I needed to try it.
It was worse than I had imagined.
A friend of mine and I went to lunch years ago to a private club.
He had too much to drink the night before, Scotch.
He ordered Scotch and milk.
He said the milk would coat his stomach so it would get upset.
When the server set it down I stared at it for a minute and told him I needed to try it.
It was worse than I had imagined.
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