Scotch or Bourbon?

[Karl Henning]

I've also now tried the Glenmorangie La Santa, which I find perfectly yummy, as well.

[North Star]

When I only have a wee drop of Quarter Cask Laphroaig left, I didn't especially want to see this thread bumped

[Mookalafalas]

a couple of great, reasonably priced blends

this is a Speyside blend

WTF?! I'm not saying it's not good, but how did they come up with a name like that. "Hey, wanna join me for 3 fingers of monkey shoulder?" "Nothing tastes better than monkey shoulder".  Sounds like a line you might hear in a shady Tanzanian barbecue place...

  I don't want to fill anyone with horror, buy I'm planning on getting a bottle of 7year old kentucky bourbon from...Costco. It's their house brand "Kirkland"--although apparently it is brewed by the Jim Beam company.  I checked some web reviews and got very different opinions. Guess I'll decide for myself.  Here in Taiwan, there are whole shops with nothing but scotch in them--one close to my house.  I can drink scotch, but am not really a fan unless it's got a really gritty, peaty taste, like you filtered it through some compost.

[Karl Henning]

[...]  I don't want to fill anyone with horror, buy I'm planning on getting a bottle of 7year old kentucky bourbon from...Costco. It's their house brand "Kirkland"--although apparently it is brewed by the Jim Beam company.  I checked some web reviews and got very different opinions. Guess I'll decide for myself.

Will be interested in your report  0:)

When I only have a wee drop of Quarter Cask Laphroaig left, I didn't especially want to see this thread bumped

I must owe you an apology, dear fellow . . . .

[North Star]

I can drink scotch, but am not really a fan unless it's got a really gritty, peaty taste, like you filtered it through some compost.

You could just order a few millilitres of o-, m-. and p-Cresol from Sigma-Aldrich, and dilute them in 1 m³ of whisky. 

I must owe you an apology, dear fellow . . . .

It's alright - though I won't object if you decide to send a bottle of Islay here 

[Mookalafalas]

OK. I'm drinking my Costco '7 year old, small batch 103 proof' bourbon.  I can easily say that if you like a smooth, refined flavor with a hint of elegance, you should really stay away from this stuff.  It has a rich, warm flavor, but with an ornery, rather mean-spirited kick, although no unpleasant aftertaste at all.  I like it, myself, and plan to get more, but I do not have refined taste, and like excessive flavor in my booze, as long as it doesn't taste chemically added.  I used to drink Canadian club, which is a much better drink, probably--smooth, kindly, and easy to sip. It has disappeared from the shelves, however. (I live in Taiwan, and sometimes things just come and go.)
  Costco's "Kirkland" vodka, by the way, really is classy, and is praised highly pretty much anywhere it's talked about (they have two kinds, but it's the one in the thick, heavy, bowling pin shaped bottle that is really good).  I have that too, but don't use it as a mixer because it is so smooth and good I'd be drunk all the time, which I would rather not do...   

[Sergeant Rock]

Reactions to Laphroaig, tasted blind. "I can even smell the seagull's armpits." 

https://www.youtube.com/v/F_ivP4xqeZo


Sarge

[Karl Henning]

. . . I can easily say that if you like a smooth, refined flavor with a hint of elegance, you should really stay away from this stuff.

Many thanks for the smile!

"I can even smell the seagull's armpits." 

Many thanks for another smile!

[North Star]

Reactions to Laphroaig, tasted blind. "I can even smell the seagull's armpits." 

https://www.youtube.com/v/F_ivP4xqeZo


Sarge

I'd enjoy this even more if my bottle of Quarter Cask wasn't empty.. That final bit is priceless

[Todd]

Reactions to Laphroaig, tasted blind. "I can even smell the seagull's armpits."

Nice.  I only ever bought one bottle, and to me it tasted like chewing on peat that had been soaked in iodine.  I did notice, though, that by the third glass, I didn't mind the taste so much.

[mn dave]

SEAGULLS HAVE ARMS!!!

[North Star]

SEAGULLS HAVE ARMS!!!

"Daddy, what did you learn today?"

(of course, technically they do have arms, we just call them wings because they're so different from our arms)

[Karl Henning]

"So what you're smelling, sir, is wingpits."

[Ken B]

Nice.  I only ever bought one bottle, and to me it tasted like chewing on peat that had been soaked in iodine.  I did notice, though, that by the third glass, I didn't mind the taste so much.

OK. I'm drinking my Costco '7 year old, small batch 103 proof' bourbon.  I can easily say that if you like a smooth, refined flavor with a hint of elegance, you should really stay away from this stuff.  It has a rich, warm flavor, but with an ornery, rather mean-spirited kick, although no unpleasant aftertaste at all.  I like it, myself, and plan to get more, but I do not have refined taste, and like excessive flavor in my booze, as long as it doesn't taste chemically added.  I used to drink Canadian club, which is a much better drink, probably--smooth, kindly, and easy to sip. It has disappeared from the shelves, however. (I live in Taiwan, and sometimes things just come and go.)
  Costco's "Kirkland" vodka, by the way, really is classy, and is praised highly pretty much anywhere it's talked about (they have two kinds, but it's the one in the thick, heavy, bowling pin shaped bottle that is really good).  I have that too, but don't use it as a mixer because it is so smooth and good I'd be drunk all the time, which I would rather not do...   

Inefficient guys. Start with the good stuff, but after two switch to the cheap stuff.

(Kinda exactly the reverse of my approach to marriage now I see it in print!  )

[jochanaan]

Two words: Jack Daniel's!

[kishnevi]

Single malt from from the bonnie banks of the Jordan River (actual location is metro Tel Aviv).
  http://rethinkisrael.org/israels-first-whiskey-distillery-opens-doors/
A link in the post leads to the distillery website.

[Todd]

I like Knob Creek bourbon and rye, but this is a misfire.  Way too sweet, with too much maple flavor.  Blech.

[Karl Henning]

It's the Vanilla Coke® of liquor....

[Ken B]

This, which seems no longer available in MI, is a very good low price bourbon, as good as many mid priced ones. I prefer it to Buffalo Trace but it's not as good as Knob Creek, to name two popular examples.



Usually about $17, comparable to a $30 plus bottle. Weed makes other things to be avoided though.

[Mirror Image]

They both taste terrible, but I've never been an alcoholic beverage drinker unless it's mixed with something. Strawberry daiquiris are my favorite.