For your next great hunt you need a bottle of Balvenie 50 Y. O.. This would be especially appropriate for your 100 lb elephant or 50" hard bossed buffalo. Oh yea if you can't get a fifth you could get a 2 oz shot at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas for $3700. But the fifth would be cheaper at $30,000. How about that Ernest!

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Originally posted by Die Ou Jagter:
For your next great hunt you need a bottle of Balvenie 50 Y. O.. This would be especially appropriate for your 100 lb elephant or 50" hard bossed buffalo. Oh yea if you can't get a fifth you could get a 2 oz shot at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas for $3700. But the fifth would be cheaper at $30,000. How about that Ernest!

STREWTH!

Chump change ...

Whoever priced that stuff clearly drank too much of it beforehand.

I've never been that thirsty.

I prefer a cold bottle of Taffel while puffing on a Cuban and glancing at a mopane firepit.

Glad I am not a drinker!

If I was, at these sort of prices, I would not be able to afford to hunt in Africa!

As much as I enjoy a good whisky around the campfire those prices would scare me spitless...... I sometimes find myself (momentarily) struggling to justify the cost of a bottle of Ardbeg to myself let alone prices as ridiculous as that!

Ed:

At 1000 times cheaper, I think I'll stick with this... but I'll probably never kill a 100 pounder either... alas!

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Thanks, Shakari, I love the rich ones (with the exception of Glenlivet). Balvenie 21 Y/O double wood port finish at $150 retail and $70 wholesale is well within reason. Super smooth neat. I had a 29 y/o special reserve Glenlivet that tasted like carburetor cleaner. Couldn't cut it with anything. I couldn't give that bottle away.

Dutch

I'm more of a cheap blend kinda guy, so I try to enjoy Johnny Walker Blue once in a while and save my money for safari!

Ernest, I normally drink the blended but when I want to splurge I will go for the 18yr Glenmorangie. I haven't had any for a good while and I would guess it is now in the triple figure.

Gin and 80 pounder and 40" will do for me gentlemen

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Originally posted by Die Ou Jagter:
Ernest, I normally drink the blended but when I want to splurge I will go for the 18yr Glenmorangie. I haven't had any for a good while and I would guess it is now in the triple figure.

you are right- it is great- and well into the triple digits.....

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Originally posted by shakari:
As much as I enjoy a good whisky around the campfire those prices would scare me spitless...... I sometimes find myself (momentarily) struggling to justify the cost of a bottle of Ardbeg to myself let alone prices as ridiculous as that!

You like the smoky whisky huh? A good scotch after a great hunt (or even a marginal hunt) is always great. I'm more of a highland/speyside drinker myself. We made short order of a bottle of Oban after we put our first letchwe in the salt on the first AR Zambia hunt. Scotch is a must after dinner in Africa while sitting around the fire. I can get by with a small fraction of the cost of a 50 Y. O.

I got drunk on scotch when I was 17 & tried to pick a fight with a dump truck driver whose right arm was bigger than I was, thankfully he thought it humorous & I have not touched any since.

Sixteen year old Lagavulin for me.

Laphroaig or Ardbeg a distant second, and an even farther back third.

The best single malts are Islay malts, at least to my tastes.

And the price for Lagavulin, though far lower than this "rich" Balvenie stuff, is quite high enough, thank you!

Famous Grouse does just fine for me. I don't have the refined taste buds(thank God) for the expensive stuff. And I haven't hit the lottery yet so I don't believe that is in my future.

I am a simple man. A bottle of Glenfiddich Special Reserve is sitting on the bookcase looking at me as I type.

A good day hunting in Africa (aren't they all) calls for a wee bit of comfort in the evening after a firepit grilled Antelope tenderloin. Stood by, a good Cuban cigar, Cohibo by preference.

A friend of mine has about 200 different single malt and he breaks out samples at the annual three day Hickory stick golf tournment held at Old Kinderhook golf course in Camdenton Missouri. This year I think it is the 1st thru 3rd of November. It is a fun event with teams from many different states.

Like Michael, the Lagavulin 16-yr-old does it for me. However, a friend gave me a bottle of Balvenie this spring. Not as good as Lag to me, but good.

I'd rather drink my own piss than willfully drink Scotch.

Maybe I'm just a simpleton, but I like a cold beer after hunting all day in the heat.

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Originally posted by Jorge400:

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Originally posted by shakari:
As much as I enjoy a good whisky around the campfire those prices would scare me spitless...... I sometimes find myself (momentarily) struggling to justify the cost of a bottle of Ardbeg to myself let alone prices as ridiculous as that!

You like the smoky whisky huh? A good scotch after a great hunt (or even a marginal hunt) is always great. I'm more of a highland/speyside drinker myself. We made short order of a bottle of Oban after we put our first letchwe in the salt on the first AR Zambia hunt. Scotch is a must after dinner in Africa while sitting around the fire. I can get by with a small fraction of the cost of a 50 Y. O.

I enjoy all the malts (and many blends) but guess I like the smokey Islays the best (and Ardbeg the best of all) but that said I've hardly touched scotch since I retired to Portugal and have instead discovered the marvellous local red wines that are mostly made in back yards.

I think the most important things with any good malt is not to add ice (which kills all the subtle flavours) and instead ´release the dragon´by adding a little water.

Bells is just fine and on special occasions, a splash of 12 yo Glenfiddich is just right.
Besides which, the ruling mob here tax the bejabbers out of luxury imports. The more expensive stuff realises them more tax to waste on their Afro-socialist crap.

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since I retired to Portugal and have instead discovered the marvellous local red wines that are mostly made in back yards

Steve
Did you know that you can trace individual flavours in the "backyard wines" to individual families? I have been told that it is due to the unique fungi that grow on a specific families toes. This transfers to the wine when they stamp the grapes.
Any thoughts

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Originally posted by Hunting the Box H:

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since I retired to Portugal and have instead discovered the marvellous local red wines that are mostly made in back yards

Steve
Did you know that you can trace individual flavours in the "backyard wines" to individual families? I have been told that it is due to the unique fungi that grow on a specific families toes. This transfers to the wine when they stamp the grapes.
Any thoughts

Damn but that made me laugh!

The one thing I can´t drink here is the local agua diente which is the equivalent of white lightning etc. Most houses (including mine) have or have had a still etc but the bloody stuff is like liquid dynamite and far too strong for me!

THE BOTTLE
By Robert Service

When first into this life I burst,
My infant wails to throttle,
My Mother gratified my thirst,
By giving me a bottle,
T’was milk of course, but how I made,
It gush to my subsistence;
And ever since, the bottles played a part in my existence.

It’s never done me any ill’ –
Least, none that I’m aware of;
But if it does, I have the will,
Immediately to swear off.
So in my cellar, cool and dark
Are wines my heart to kindle,
And ‘ere I lose this living spark,
I hope to make them dwindle.

If Ma had fed me at the breast,
I might have been teetotal.
Poor dear! She knew what was best,
And raised me on the bottle.
Let water from my board be banned,
And though my nose it mottle,
Here’s to wine’s jolly sunshine and
The boon that’s in the bottle.



One for the ladies!

I love to drink martinis,
Two at the very most,
Three, I’m under the table,
Four, I’m under the host!

I have that book with the scale of the whiskey characteristics and it is very educational. I also read one by the late Michael Jackson (not the moon walker!)

I just picked up a bottle of blend Black Douglas on special a few minutes ago.

I plan to get myself a 15 year old Glenlivet for next year's Omay trip.

For those who are into the story behind single malts, I attended a tasting session where I was informed that each single malt is associated with a mood! So a Laphroaig is for a "dirty mood".

Dutch44, That could explain the carburetor cleaner experience. You were not in a "dirty" enough mood for that bottle!

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The one thing I can´t drink here is the local agua diente which is the equivalent of white lightning etc. Most houses (including mine) have or have had a still etc but the bloody stuff is like liquid dynamite and far too strong for me!

Fire water, I have sampled it but would rather just get on with it and drink Rocket fuel. The stuff is absolutely violent.

Tis' the bottle indeed.

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Originally posted by Scottyboy:
I'd rather drink my own piss than willfully drink Scotch.

Maybe I'm just a simpleton, but I like a cold beer after hunting all day in the heat.

I'm right there with you. I would use the stuff to clean the grease off my hands but certainly wouldn't drink it!!!
JCHB

Ian

I've got a bottle or two of it here that were given to me but the only time it ever gets touched is when we have unsuspecting visitors who don't know what it is!

When I harvested my bull elephant I drank 5 rose tea with no sugar.

My favorites are Lagavulin 16-yr-old and a Laphroaig 18-yr-old. I'll be nipping these at Sango in 11 days as I enjoy the evening campfire.

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Originally posted by pagosawingnut:
Famous Grouse does just fine for me. I don't have the refined taste buds(thank God) for the expensive stuff. And I haven't hit the lottery yet so I don't believe that is in my future.

Rick - as I recall, you had NO PROBLEM drinking my 18 year old Glenfiddich at DSC last January!

Talisker 18's my favorite but no longer available in the 18 (it's all going to China and the ME) followed closely by Lagavulin and Oban.

Bought a handful of bottles of double casked 18yr Lagavulin in Montreal when the dollar was stronger and gave them away at a reunion know as I look back my selfish side says not one of my better moments...

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I've got a bottle or two of it here that were given to me but the only time it ever gets touched is when we have unsuspecting visitors who don't know what it is! jumping

Steve, whatever foul mouthed profanities were uttered in your direction, you deserved them, poor bastards.

If anyone is hunting on Coutada 9 w/ the Duckworths, we left a bottle of "Surf" :Bowmore Special Reserve (Islay, never saw it in the States), aged in bourbon casks, there last month. But you better hurry!

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Originally posted by subsailor74:

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Originally posted by pagosawingnut:
Famous Grouse does just fine for me. I don't have the refined taste buds(thank God) for the expensive stuff. And I haven't hit the lottery yet so I don't believe that is in my future.

Rick - as I recall, you had NO PROBLEM drinking my 18 year old Glenfiddich at DSC last January!

Admiral, Sir! You are absolutely correct sir. And it was grand, or whatever you would like for me to say Sir! If if is OPS (other peoples'sScotch) it is wonderful.
Actually, that was some decent scotch but I normally don't drink that smoky, peaty tasting Scotch. And besides, as much as I sometimes consume, the expensive stuff would make them reposess my double wide.