Scotch or Bourbon?

[Karl Henning]

Thread duty:

Chappie near the Old State House put me onto this, and I like it very well.

[Todd]

Chappie near the Old State House put me onto this, and I like it very well.[/font]

I've got a bottle of that at home right now.  It is quite good.

[Sergeant Rock]

Here's an interesting whisky site, with histories and comparisons.

I didn't know this about Laphroaig (one of my favorites):

"Laphroaig was allowed in to the USA as a "medicinal spirit" during prohibition. Ian Hunter, the owner at the time, gave some US officials some samples of his malt whisky and the iodine medicinal flavours won them over."



As I said before, Mrs. Rock compares it to drinking a Band-Aid    I love it though.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

A sad evening here at Chez Sarge. The Glenmorangie, The Quinta Ruban (matured in port casks) is gone. It lived well if all too briefly 

The final dram, in a Riedel single malt glass:




Sarge

[Todd]

The Glenmorangie, The Quinta Ruban (matured in port casks) is gone.

My condolences.

[Sergeant Rock]

My condolences.

I, and the Sixteen Men of Tain, thank you.

Sarge

[mahler10th]

Ma condolenshes tchoo    ****hic****

[Marc]

Yea, joining Todd and Scotch John: hope you recover well from that loss, Sarge!
I'll close this day with another bière municipal.

[Sergeant Rock]

Yea, joining Todd and Scotch John: hope you recover well from that loss, Sarge!

I have the faithful's sincere belief, and hope, Marc. I sense a miraculous resurrection, a second coming of the Glenmorangie...possibly tomorrow...possibly at my local supermarket!

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Resurrection at a supermarket . . . zounds!

[Todd]

Neither a scotch nor bourbon, but pretty tasty.  Smooth and striking, a very bourbonesque whiskey without bourbon sweetness.

[Sergeant Rock]

Resurrection at a supermarket . . . zounds!

It didn't quite work out the way I wanted (do resurrections ever? ). The supermarket was out of the Quinta Ruban so I bought the original Glenmorangie, not noticing the extra sticker on the box. When I opened it, I was surprised to find a tiny bottle of Quinta Ruban included 






Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Neither a scotch nor bourbon, but pretty tasty.  Smooth and striking, a very bourbonesque whiskey without bourbon sweetness.

That's a rye? I've never had a rye.

Sarge

[Todd]

That's a rye?

Yes.  It's got much of the virtue of bourbon, but little sweetness and a little more spice.  On the rocks, it's almost too smooth and easy to drink. 

[DavidW]

My favorites are bourbons, but it's easier for me to find a bad bourbon than a bad scotch so I voted for scotch.

[Sergeant Rock]

I've been sampling various new (for me) bourbons over the past year or so, and I must say that Four Roses is not too shabby

No, it isn't. Unfortunately it's not easy to find in Germany. A local supermarket once stocked it, but I haven't seen it in years now.

Funny, Four Roses and Jim Beam are the only Bourbons you can find here, and I quite like the Four Roses

While food shopping yesterday, we decided to buy fresh mint leaves and bourbon to make juleps. I grabbed a bottle of Maker's Mark and was about to put it in the cart when Mrs. Rock noticed the Four Roses, once more in stock! They also had, for the first time, Isle of Jura, all four expressions. I bought the most expensive, the Jura Prophecy, €49, because it claims to be "profoundly peated." 




Sarge

[Elgarian]

I bought the most expensive, the Jura Prophecy, €49, because it claims to be "profoundly peated." 

If you drink it, Sarge, and then drink it again, would it be 'profoundly re-peated'?

[Sergeant Rock]

If you drink it, Sarge, and then drink it again, would it be 'profoundly re-peated'?

  Thanks for the great post...as Best of Thread, it wins the prize...a clump of original Jura peat.

Sarge

[Elgarian]

... the Sixteen Men of Tain ....

I remember one cold wet windy day, driving up the east coast of Scotland, we pulled in at the Glenmorangie distillery just outside the town of Tain. The rain was beating down so hard that we got drenched and chilled in the mere minute or two it took us to get indoors.

Those were the days before the current re-vamping of the facilities that made it a much more impersonal place to visit. We shook all the water off ourselves and were greeted by an old-ish lady who looked at us with sympathy and inquired 'Would ye like a wee dram?' Well, we would, we said gratefully. She settled us in a warm spot in front of a video recording explaining the story of the sixteen men of Tain, and how 10 years is actually the best time of maturing for the standard Glenmorangie (even though they do a 15 year old version); and the dram warmed us to our very bones, and made us Glenmorangie-fans for life.

We've spent years pleasantly trying to decide whether the port, sherry, or Madeira casks yield the best result, and happily confess that we'll never resolve the issue. In the meantime, the standard Glenmorangie remains our favourite most affordable dram. Here's to the Sixteen Men of Tain. Cheers.

[Sergeant Rock]

I remember one cold wet windy day, driving up the east coast of Scotland, we pulled in at the Glenmorangie distillery just outside the town of Tain....and were greeted by an old-ish lady who looked at us with sympathy and inquired 'Would ye like a wee dram?'

So it's actually 16 men and one old lady? She should demand equal prominence on the label!

Lovely story, Alan. I share your love of Glenmorangie. It's my favorite non-island whisky.

Sarge