darin3 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Thanks folks..... Friend of mine gave me a great bottle of Rum a few months back so I thought I would repay the favor since he's a Whiskey drinker, I would be willing to spend up to a Bill for a good bottle, but I don't drink it, so I had no clue. Darin..... Just a little over the top?????? You can find a real nice bottle of whiskey for well under $100, no problem. And yeah, the sigline takes up a good half of my laptop screen. The verbiage is fine, but the font size has to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 (edited) How is the flavor of Laphoraig compared to Lagavulin? I've tried the Lagavulin once in the past and wasn't that big of a fan of the smoke flavor. Perhaps it was because it was the 3rd or 4th drink of the night and would be better as a stand alone? Lagavulin wasn't as smokey or medicinal. Seattle Lawdawg and I cracked open a 15 or 20 year lagavulin right before we headed out for my bachelor party a few years ago. I could drink the lagavulin all night but not the laphoraig. Edited December 19, 2007 by twiley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanta Cracker Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Lagavulin wasn't as smokey or medicinal. Seattle Lawdawg and I cracked open a 15 or 20 year lagavulin right before we headed out for my bachelor party a few years ago. I could drink the lagavulin all night but not the laphoraig. Thanks. You just saved me some $$. Plenty of others I'll try first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missoula Griz Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 George Dickle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Laphoraig is very smokey and medicinal. I can only enjoy a bit at a time. Good stuff though. Its tastes has strong flavors of coastal brine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Its tastes has strong flavors of coastal brine. Flavors most closely associated with Islay scotches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 That's way too broad of a question, given the various types of whiskies (or whiskys). As far as your all around, workhouse good stuff, a lot has been mentioned: Bourbon - Knob Creek, Basil Hayden's, Woodford Reserve Scotch - Abelour, Macallan 12 year, J. Walker Black Label (despite what sky says) Irish - Tullamore Dew, Powers, Bushmills 16 year single malt There is so much variety in scotches, you'd have to rate them in subcategories, mainly based on region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmanzzzz Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 pendleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 As far as Scotch goes, I only keep Lagavulin in the house. I just love the stuff. For Bourbon, Knob Creek and Woodford Reserve are excellent choices. Two others I'd add are Buffalo Trace and Evan Williams Single Barrel. The Evan Williams is cut to 90 proof so it's not killer like the Booker's or Bakers Single Barrel. Those come in at about 125 proof so there's no way you can drink them straight up. They are good though. Yes, you should add just a splash of water to it to open up the flavors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanta Cracker Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 (edited) Well this got me in the mood yesterday so I stopped at the liquor store on the way home and picked up a bottle of Dalwhinnie 15yr, MaCallan 12yr, and a bottle of Woodford Reserve to add to my inventory. The Dalwhinne was one I read about on another website yesterday while drooling over scotch and it's pretty good but very mild as far as scotch goes. Might be a good entry level brand if someone is wanting to try it out. Edited December 20, 2007 by Atlanta Cracker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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