Preferences if you will, and these are mine.

Scotch. Bowmore 18 year old
Famous Grouse 12 year old

Irish. Bushmills Black Bush

My tastes change frequently. I'll just go with what's in the cabinet now...NO PARTICULAR ORDER Old Pulteney 12, Glenlivet 12 (we keep it for newbies), Tomintoul 16, Highland Park 18, Dalmore 12, Scapa 14, Glen Gairoch 10, Glen Livet 21 Archive (very nice!), Strathisla 12, Macallan 18 (1984), Macallan 18 (1980), Glenfiddich 12. Just finished a Macallan 33 (1970) that was spectacular.

Just picked up Ardbeg's "The Beast"

Damn.

That's smokey.

With all due respect, with Scotch, it is called "Whisky"

In single malt I like Inch Murrin a 28 year old whisky that doesn't do anything but get better every time you sip it.

Another great single malt is Longmorn. Well balanced. I drank a bottle of it in 14 days in Africa. Goes great around a campfire.

For Blended Whisky it is "The Famous Grouse Brand". Most of the product from the Glenturret distillery in Crieff Scotland (Scotland smallest distillery goes into the making of TFGB. TFGB is the best selling blended whisky in Scotland.

I'm not particularly well versed in whisky but I like Macallan, and Talisker. Also try blended Bells Whisky (WDM "Karamojo" Bell's family business), a big seller in Scotland: BELLSWHISKY

"a wee dram afore ye go"
Rome was built on 7 hills and Scotland was built on 7 stills.

I am wat out of my territory here.
What ever happened to good old bourbon?
A little grandad goes a long way.

are we talking Scotch Whiskey or whiskey?

George Dickel #12 TN Whiskey

Bushmill's in Irish style and Gentleman Jack in US style

+1 for the Bushmills plus a little water

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Originally posted by hhmag:
Just picked up Ardbeg's "The Beast"
Damn.
That's smokey.

You are a man of great taste. One of my great pleasures was to go to Islay and visit Ardbeg, among others. One I enjoyed was called "Uigeadail." And they were kind enough to give me a sip of a 1970...

Departing from the smokey and peatty taste I really like, I am also working on The Glenlivet 18.

My experience offers that you truly get what you pay for with the older Scotch whiskys.

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Originally posted by 333_OKH:
are we talking Scotch Whiskey or whiskey?

Scotland = whisky
Ireland = whiskey
Bourbon = whiskey, I believe


As an aside at the tastings I enjoyed, cold water was always added, a mere splash....smooths out the edges I was told.

Didn't even think about the American stuff in the cabinet. There are a couple o' bottles of Maker's Mark in there as well as a bottle of Dickel (sipping one as I type). I dig Longmorn as well Rusty. If you like the smoothnes of the Longmorn, try Scapa 14, it has a similar finish. Also Auchentoshan 10yo triple- No smoke or peat to speak of, very floral in its finish with hints of "Cream of Wheat" and caramel.

Thanx for the compliment Bill, I have to be in the mood for the Islays, but when I am, I really like them. Old man once told me that ye cannae ha' whisky withou water, an' ye cannae ha' water withou whisky.

Yep. I'm a whisky snob.

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Originally posted by hhmag:
...... Old man once told me that ye cannae ha' whisky withou water, an' ye cannae ha' water withou whisky.

Great observation.......

On the Irish side, have you ever tried "Red Breast?

Whiskey vs Whisky ... interesting...one of my favorite novelists is a Scot who resides in Edinburgh, Ian Rankin. In his work he uses "whiskey." Perhaps the publishers make the change during the editorial process. Probably wine drinkers, the lot of them.

Bullet Bourbo. No water, thanks. I used to be a Maker's Mark snob until I got a taste of the Bullet.

Caol Ila or Port Ellen(the latter only when I can justify the cost) with just a couple of drops of water.
Laphroaig Cask Strength with a little more.

I'll have no more than a glass or two of the above before changing over to Famous Grouse, as anaesthetised taste-buds aren't choosy.

I would occasionally enjoy a glass of Woodford Reserve by Labrot & Graham until doc said no, hopefully I will get a release soon. Or maybe I should get a new doc. Rodney.

Yes, when it comes to bourbon, Woodford Reserve is hard to beat. But everyday Evan Williams Black is good too, especially the price, not as smooth as Woodford but fuller more rounded flavor IMO. Neat, iced or with vermouth & bitters.

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Originally posted by fla3006:
Yes, when it comes to bourbon, Woodford Reserve is hard to beat.

You know....I almost agree with you...but I do think Knob Creek has it beat just a little.

What happened to the Scotch and cigars thread we made?

Y'all are a bunch of amateurs

Head down to a good liquor shop and pick something off the top shelf

Bourbon? Bookers, Van Winkle 12 15 and 20 year, Hirsch 16 year.

Scotch? Laphroaig 10 year cask strength, Lagavulin 16, Balvenie 21 Portwood

[QUOTE]Originally posted by boom stick:

Bourbon? Van Winkle 12 15 and 20 year, Hirsch 16 year.

Scotch? Balvenie 21 Portwood

Boom Stick has it right for the most part! Though I think that turpentine that is called Booker's has no place beside Pappy Van Winkle or AH Hirsch. To each his own though

Bookers will put hair on your chest! It is an aquired but refined taste. It is aggressive and bold like bourbon should be.

Nope you're all wrong! The best whiskey is, whatever the other guy is buying!

Just kidding!

My favorites are 40 Creek Barrel Select, Tullamore Dew, Glenfiddich, Gibson's Finest Rare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySgOds3bzcc&feature=related

Wild turkey Funny link Clips
Jim Beam & J.W.DANT & Johnny Walker Blackie & Red & My good Friend Budweiser and we drink alone all by ourself,When i drink alone i prefer to be by myself.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBl4ED8saBE



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysXMAOgEIq4

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Originally posted by boom stick:
Bookers will put hair on your chest! It is an aquired but refined taste. It is aggressive and bold like bourbon should be.

I have enough hair on my chest thank you. I have been thru several bottles of Booker's but can't aquire the taste. I wholeheartedly agree that it is agressive and bold, but IMHO, I think that is the mark of an inferior bourbon. Always tastes like the mash was burnt and the distiller was trying to hide it with more sugar. I have a couple friends that think Booker's is the greastest thing since sliced bread, but they are neandrethals since they think Cutty Sark is good scotch too. I think bourbon should be well balanced; smooth with a subtle punch. Something I can sit on my porch on a hot GA afternoon and sip on or warm me up after a cold day in a deer stand.

Thought of another good one while I was typing this: Macallan Cask Strength. Only had it once, but it was really good.

The fine smooth bourbons are great and I am a snob but still love Bookers.

Give me a fine cigar and Bookers or laphroaig 10 year cask strength and I am a happy Kat.

I'm not sure which kind i like best. I usually leave the bag on so i can't see when the end is coming

Which ever is in my hand!!!

ddj

Bourbon - Wild Turkey's "Kentucky Spirit".
Although, a friend of mine showed me in a blind taste test that "Old Forester" really isn't that bad.

While I appreciate the art of single malts, and I hope to tour some distillerys when I'm not stag stalking, I'm just not a Scotch drinker.

Blackbearhunter - Thanks for the link. Just about all of Jack's work is incredibly entertaining, but Jim Beam gives me a headache just lookin' at it.

How 'bout Tequila snobs? Any out there? (Personally, I can't
even smell the stuff after winning, I think, a shot contest over 25 years ago. 'Drove home afterwards. That's the kind of crap that gives you the shivers when you think of your own kids!)
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"When I drinks whisky, I drinks whisky and when I drinks water, I drinks water."
-Barry Fitzgerald 'The Quiet Man'.

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Irish? Bushmills Green Label (Bushmills Single Malt), but Black label "works" if I can't find green label.
Bushmills purple label works even better.

Makers Mark is first choice, mostly because that's what can be found out without searching on my brothers bar.
Second choice Gentleman Jack or Wild Turkey's "Rare Breed"

Scotch? If I've gotta drink scotch it'll be Talisker.
It's sorta the family label, as I can look the makers in the
eye and call them "cousin".

Frankly there is no excuse for drinking cheap Whiskey...
Unless there's nothing else left

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I havn't had many but what I can drink and actualy like is Southern Comfort and Jim Beam Black Lable.....sorry not cultured here

Tangle Ridge, Crown Royal, and then Pendleton. I used to be a scotch snob drinking Johnny Walker and Glenlivet but they fell out of favor for some reason. I really don't know why either, maybe the pricetag.

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Originally posted by billinthewild:

quote:

Originally posted by 333_OKH:
are we talking Scotch Whiskey or whiskey?

Scotland = whisky
Ireland = whiskey
Bourbon = whiskey, I believe


As an aside at the tastings I enjoyed, cold water was always added, a mere splash....smooths out the edges I was told.

Your spellings are correct Bill, and it is also spelled whisky from Canada. While I'm here, my drink is Wiser's DeLuxe.

Makers Mark is my personal favorite tried Knob creek and went back to the Makers.

Famous Grouse if I'm following beer.

But Talisker in the armchair, in front of a log fire with my feet up, listening to the fire quietly snapping.

I have to say my favorite bourbon has to be Blanton's single barrel, fantastic sippin whiskey.

Maker's Mark is a fine Bourbon! I was raised on it!

Make it Wild Turkey Rare Breed for me.

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Originally posted by Cazador humilde:

How 'bout Tequila snobs? Any out there?

I ain't into snobbery. But I dearly loves my Herradura Blanco Suave.

My "new" favorite is Hirsch 21 yr Rye. Good stuff!

Lagavulin

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Originally posted by Rusty:
Maker's Mark is a fine Bourbon! I was raised on it!

yeah yeah, we all know i love it