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A Watchful Guardian |
Certainly, ardbeg.  ****** "Tasting Notes by BK" Laphroaig 18 (48% ABV, non-chill filtered). On the Nose: Pleasantly fragrant and expansive. Like most Laphroaig expressions, this is a substantial malt. Not as pungent as their younger offerings, but still smoky, peaty and slightly medicinal (no surprise). Subtle hints of wood, chocolate and coffee. On the Palate: Oily, salty and peppery, but also very reserved (it evolves gradually in the glass). Spicy peat with slightly sweet hints of licorice, almonds and raisins. Ahhh, that lovely smoke also titillates your taste buds! All in all, it's a malt with a very robust and mature flavor. The Finish: Long and elaborate, the peat and licorice flavors persist. In sum, complex and full of character.
Good call, aileron. I reckon you'll enjoy this fine whisky.  Slàinte, -BK "If it's all the same to you, I'd really prefer to visit the range." | |||
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Bolt Thrower |
A big glass of Darigold eggnog with some E&J brandy in it. Followed by some brandy with brandy in it. | |||
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My hypocrisy goes only so far |
I swung by the Millersburg Brewery and filled one of my Growlers with their OctoberFest. A 1/2 gallon later and I have to say it has more bitterness on the finish than I care for but if you like Octoberfests & you like Hopps this is right up your alley! 6.8% ABV    U.S.M.C. VFW-8054 III% "Never let a Wishbone grow where a Backbone should be "  | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
 Finishing up the last of the summer wheat beer stash. Next stop: Oktoberfest! | |||
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| Blinded by the Sun  |
 ------------------------------ Smart is not something you are but something you get. Chi Chi, get the yayo | |||
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Thanks BK, much obliged. Even though my handle is ardbeg, I am a fan of most Islays and have a special affinity for Laphroaig as well. (One of these days I will make it over there and stand on my square foot of their peat bog) If you ever get a chance to buy a Murray McDavid bottling of Laphroaig called Leapfrog don't hesitate. I believe it was an 87 bottling that was 14-16 years old but still had an abundance of those amazing laphraoig phenolics. We really need a Guns and Scotch logo like the guns and coffee one everyone has been pitching lately. :-) _________ There once was a man from Nantucket... | |||
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| Ermagherd, 10 Mirrimerter!  |
Just drank some of their Vitus at a local brew pub/pizza joint. Damn tasty and like 7.7%  I quit school in elementary because of recess.......too many games --Riff Raff-- | |||
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What are your thoughts on the Darkest? It was definitely interesting, but seemed surprisingly floral to me. I still have half a bottle floating around the collection somewhere. I will need to revisit it. _________ There once was a man from Nantucket... | |||
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That sounds tasty. I am a big fan of the Drink Beer Made Here campaign. I will have to settle for Great Lakes Oktoberfest in my neck of the woods though.
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
Harpoon Octoberfest (distict fail), Lagunitas Maximus, Bear Republic Rye Ale. The Vitus was voted the best beer in the world. Some years ago Lagunitas did a partnership with Weihenstephaner to make a beer called Doppelweizen. The Doppelweizen, in my opinion, was the best beer in the world. Better than Vitus. I believe the flavor of Vitus has changed after that collaboration and is now similar to the Doppelweizen. Anyways, Prost! "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or. My favorite Scotch. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
what it tastes like to me: (makes skunky face) 
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| Never Go Full Retard  |
Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch. It is good. Damn good. Currently finishing the last of 3 bottles found at a local party store. I don't know what to do with myself after this though. I might just have to get a new hobby like actually shooting the SIGs that I own or something.  They don't think it be like it is, but it do. | |||
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| A Watchful Guardian |
Laphroaig 18 is the nectar of the gods, baby.  -BK "If it's all the same to you, I'd really prefer to visit the range." | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
the Single Barrel and Barrel Strength expressions are quite good too. I picked up several bottles of the Barrel Strength a few months back as it's my favorite from the Taylor line. | |||
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| My hypocrisy goes only so far |
I've never been able to enjoy Scotch. And it's certainly not for the lack of trying. It's the overwhelming flavor of the peat that they smoke the grain with. I'd like to try one that has the lightest hint of peat that I can find. But then I think, " why drink Scotch if I'm avoiding the signature flavor?" . Any ideas or should I just stick to my Bourbon? U.S.M.C. VFW-8054 III% "Never let a Wishbone grow where a Backbone should be " | |||
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| A Watchful Guardian |
Different strokes, amigo. I happen to love the peat and smoke, but drink what you like. If that's Bourbon, so be it. FWIW, if you'd like to try some milder/unpeated Scotch whisky just for kicks, there's some Lowland/Highland single malts that you might appreciate (Glengoyne and Auchentoshan spring to mind). Additionally, Springbank (a Campbeltown distillery) produces an unpeated malt called Hazelburn. -BK "If it's all the same to you, I'd really prefer to visit the range." | |||
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El Dorado 12 year rum! | |||
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 A refreshing forum favorite  , along with the NAA I purchased after reading the recent thread about them. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
I prefer their Oatmeal Stout (not my picture):  Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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