Talisker doesn't seem to have a big following in these polls but I found it to be nicer than Ardbeg and as good as lagavullin. I have to revisit Laphroaig
as I recall it to be the most distinctive of those i have sampled.
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Posts: 570 02/03/2009 01:40 |
Soft Hackle wrote:Talisker 18 is perhaps my favorite. 
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DukeAlum |
FAMOUS GROUSE | #43 | ||
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Posts: 36 02/03/2009 10:39 |
Gentlemen,
I agree a blend. But my friends, this was the scotch of Princess Margaret. God bless this lovely gem. Also drank it with a rare, spring water in England. I think it is called Malvern waters. Nice day |
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My Friend John Mac Cracken | #44 | ||
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Posts: 489 02/03/2009 19:38 |
I rebuilt his Orvis Midge and he paid me with a 15 year old Glen Garioch highland Single Malt.
its good for you. Phil |
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DukeAlum |
Laphroaig/Lagavvullin | #45 | ||
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Posts: 38 02/04/2009 12:56 |
Gentlemen
These 2 I just found very powerful. You really have to sip these. You cant gulp these. Like the Glenlivets, Glemorangie etc. I may one day develop a taste for these though. I can appreciate the malt in these more than the Glenlivet. On the other hand. I can do 4 finger breaths best with Glenlivet! Nice day gentlemen |
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Posts: 4311 02/04/2009 13:24 Moderator |
Duke,
Chill the Lagavulin, no ice. Sat out on a porch one cold evening back in October with a flask full, once it chiilled a bit, man did it get smooth! Pete
"Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul" Grateful Dead |
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Posts: 775 02/04/2009 14:22 |
I have a lot of favorites. Macallan as long as it comes from a sherry cask, Bruichladdich, Glenrothes, Craigduff, Glenmorangie and Balblair. Springbank is
great for those who like peat but a little less peat than Lagavulin. I prefer my whisky on the less dry and less peaty side, as the list of favorites above
suggests. Just ordered a Longrow Gaja Barolo which Serge, in his review, said "easily my favourite finished Longrow ever." For those that don't
read Serge's reviews, you should. Very cool. I can't wait to taste the Longrow! May take the edge of the bad taste in my mouth regarding the loss of
the 8013 I posted about. Ric
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oban 18 | #48 | ||
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Posts: 353 02/04/2009 15:20 |
Does anyone have any experience with this?
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Posts: 1230 02/04/2009 16:07 |
dale wrote: No, but if you send me a bottle I'd be happy to make its acquaintance. |
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thegubster |
YES! | #50 | ||
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Posts: 1546 02/05/2009 14:46 |
dale wrote: It's not too bad IM(really)HO. But I'd be better off myself with some Macallans of that age. I'm working through an Oban14 presently. Not bad but I really would go to a Mac. It's always nice to "see" for yourself though and I'd encourage that. Jeremy.... ( pretty much a lightweight!) |
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Posts: 354 02/05/2009 15:39 |
Here is a description of this from KL Wines:
Drier, less toffee and fruit, more dried spice and oak when compared to the standard Oban 14 year old. A beautiful combination of rich, nutty toffee balanced by polished oak, salt, pepper, seaweed, distant smoke and dried fruit. Somewhat oily in texture. Wonderful depth too! An improvement on what is already the biggest selling Diageo single malt scotch in the U.S. Very exciting and dynamic. (John Hansell) Advanced Malt Advocate magazine rating: 91 Points 43% ABV I like the 14 since it is relatively sweet, so I think I will pass. Besides, it is pretty expensive ($140). Thanks for your opinion, Gubster! Dale |
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Posts: 304 02/05/2009 17:00 |
Jameson 12 won't kill yer pocket book and is sips just fine. I like it while reading or while tying flies.
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Posts: 52 02/06/2009 22:12 |
Well GMFlyfish got me hooked on single malts and those great cigars from the Big Easy on some trips we've done to Canada and then he quit smoking and
drinking one me. Anyway love Oban and Dalwhinnie as single malts. But Secondhandwolf is close with his 12 year old George Dickel but I prefer the 8 year old
Dickel. Good old American sour mash.
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Posts: 6 02/08/2009 18:32 |
Many fine sippin' malts have been mentioned above, but there is a fine speyside malt worth mentioning.
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Posts: 5829 02/08/2009 21:26 the Canefather |
I have enjoyed many of the ones named thus far but the one that stands out in my memory was the one I gifted myself when I retired
banjo
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orange caddis |
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Posts: 229 02/08/2009 22:30 |
such a high class problem! any of them would work for me and if i had to make a choice it would be.................Dalwhinnie!
Last Edited By: orange caddis 02/08/2009 22:36.
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Posts: 554 02/09/2009 00:40 |
I got your back on this one OC. This year on the back deck of the cabins on the Metolius with AJ, Greg Hall and others it will be Dalwhinnie.
Last year Greg was very kind to share some Glenlivet. Thanks Greg. |
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Posts: 447 02/09/2009 09:58 |
Good grief!! I go off-forum for a week or so and come back to find you guys 6 pages into another malt thread. Must be February again................no sweat,
keeps me warm too.
seattlesetters, I knew we had more in common than bamboo and the rainy northwest. Highland Park and Aberlour's a'bunadh are among my personal favorites. Dale the 18 yr Oban is wonderful but I agree with Jeremy and others that the Macallans of the same age is superior. I'm a huge fan of  As you can see I tend to the
milder and in my opinion more complex Highland malts over the Islays. The latter make me feel like I just fell face down in a peat bog that has been flooded
over with fresh seaweed. Just a matter of taste, nothing more.
For fun, give someone a bottle of  as a gift. It's
worth the laugh and is also a superb scotch, although like Famous Grouse is a blend, it's still a great buy.
Sprucie, maybe you should change your name to Famous 
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Posts: 880 02/10/2009 03:52 |
cheap:
Ardbeg and Talisker 10y Laphroaig better: Highland Park 18y Macallan 18y and all the Distillers editions e.g. Lagavulin, Cragganmore etc. exceptional (-ly expensive): Laphroaig 27y |
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Posts: 967 02/10/2009 23:19 Angry Andy |
Whatever is on sale.
"You can't make new old friends"
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