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Produce => Drink .... => Topic started by: tim on April 04, 2006, 18:21:24
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No - sadly, not home made, but just had to mention this.
Hadn't really drunk Irish seriously since the early '40s. Harsh, I thought. But youth? It & me!
Was given a litre of Jameson t'other day & thought 'how do I smile (with teeth at that time!) & say 'thank you so much' when I didn't think that I could face it?
BUT - it was a 12 year old & I have to say - with some long experience of all types - that it's the best that I have ever tasted. She's coming to stay again soon - so I've told her!!
It's like silk.
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...must admit, I too like a smooth whisky - neat with no ice.
Can't understand why people add water or ice which spoils the taste IMHO.
Hic!
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Water releases a lot of the volatile substances in whiskey, all the distilleries I've visited recommend it, you only need a drop though.
Ice is for wimps, it weakens the flavour, thats why foreign beer is served ice cold, have you ever tasted it at room temperature? yeuch
I love Irish malt but you can't beat the smokier Islay stuff IMHO
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Never looked at this section before cos i don't brew my own, NOW you got me interested!!
Glen Ord for me every time!!
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Talisker woman here, but failing that, you can't beat a good home carrot whisky. Let me know if you would like the recipe. If you're brave enough........................ :o ;D
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With MT - an Islay (nearly) every time.
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Anything West Coast Single (Not USA!) will even go up to Orkney, Laphroaig probably wins but Talisker etc are close behind!
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An old friend of mine ( now sadly departed) used to swear by Laphroaig and I know he will be smiling as he reads this ::) ;D :o ;) ;) ;)
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Anything West Coast Single (Not USA!) will even go up to Orkney, Laphroaig probably wins but Talisker etc are close behind!
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Well what can I say, tried some in canada a few years ago and couldn`t drink it!
Laphroig is favorite with coke.
Love the peaty flavour which seems better than neat.
Got some dimple the other day but it is a gift for dad. I wonder if I will have to rush out and buy him something else ;D
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Lagavulin is my favourite for a peaty taste. But with coke?!! Sacrilege.
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Talisker woman here, but failing that, you can't beat a good home carrot whisky. Let me know if you would like the recipe. If you're brave enough........................ :o ;D
Go on then, I'm brave enough to ask for it.
Oh, and it's Fettercairn or Edradour for me please
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You lot ought to join the Scotch Malt Whisky Society! They also do Irish, Japanese (!!!) and Bourbon.
(Of course, that's if your pockets are deep enough or you have someone who wants to get you a really nice present as it's not cheap). If anyone wants to join, let me know and you can use my SO's number as a "recommend a friend". And then he gets £10 off his next bottle ;D ;D (Bottles are usually £30++ each, but cask strength, so they're effectively >1 litre of normal malt...)
moonbells (who can't bear the stuff...)
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Lagavulin is my favourite for a peaty taste. But with coke?!! Sacrilege.
I knew someone would say that, but that is how I like it. The peaty taste comes out a bit more if watered down a little with something, even coke!
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I was never a whiskey drinker, Then i was introduced to "Glayva" around 10 years ago.
Its not cheap around £14 in asda...but hmmmm its wort it ;D
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Talisker woman here, but failing that, you can't beat a good home carrot whisky. Let me know if you would like the recipe. If you're brave enough........................ :o ;D
Post it! Post it! I'm fascinated :)
Not really that big on whiskey myself, but alchemy is always good. What's the finished product like anyhow?
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Mmmm!
Lagavulin and Laphroaig (with a dash of water please)
Now I can hear them both calling me from the larder ;D
And what's best of all is that they're mine-all-mine 8), cause everyone else I know likes their whisky all fiery and bright, not dark and smouldery ;D
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Mine is a Gordons and Tonic
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So they make Scotch too??
If it's as bad as their gin...........??
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I like Glenmorangie and occasionally Glenfiddich
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I'm with the Islay Malts too, but straight. My late father-in-law (a Scot) said the only good thing to put in a malt was another one! He lived to 90, so perhaps that's got to tell you something!
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I loved all the Islay malts - don't think there is anything to beat them. Even liked Laphroig although it really tastes like TCP smells! Talisker is the cream though!
Sadly, whisky drinking days are over! Doen't agree with me anymore :-\
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I'm with the Islay Malts too, but straight. My late father-in-law (a Scot) said the only good thing to put in a malt was another one! He lived to 90, so perhaps that's got to tell you something!
Your father-in-law was right.
I'm a Glenlivet man myself.
By the way, when I visited the Glenlivet distillery a few years back they were really disparaging of local neighbours Glenfiddich, because at the time Glenfiddich didn't put an "age" on their bottles, and Glenlivet is always at least 12 years old; Glenfiddich used to put an age on it, usually 5 or 8 I think, but became so over-publicised they couldn't keep up with demand and stopped aging it properly. They have now gone back to proper aging on their labels.
p.s. for a decent blended whisky for mixing, try the Scottish Co-Op's "Isle of Skye".
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Not so keen on the peaty west coast ones although I used to be a Talisker fan in my younger days. Now I prefer Speyside Highland or Lowland malts - Edradour is tops when I can afford it, then Glenlivet, Glen Morangie, The MacAllan...
Errm ... and it's whisky for me by the way. :-[ :-[Whiskey is definitely furrin' :P
Errm errm .. that's not a spelling correction :-[ :-[ :P more of a culture correction?
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I love them all! ;D I have been to Glenlivet, Glenfidich, Talisker and others when we used to tour Scotland. I likes 'em neat, with water, never ice, and yep, I am another one who likes it with coke to turn it into a long drink. I have a posh one downstairs, can't remember the name, Charlene Spiteri gave it to my boss and he promptly told me to go enjoy it. An enjoy it I do!
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I love them all! ;D I have been to Glenlivet, Glenfidich, Talisker and others when we used to tour Scotland. I likes 'em neat, with water, never ice, and yep, I am another one who likes it with coke to turn it into a long drink. I have a posh one downstairs, can't remember the name, Charlene Spiteri gave it to my boss and he promptly told me to go enjoy it. An enjoy it I do!
Yummy yummy. My mother did a booze cruise to France, she brought me back some spirits - one was a cheap bourbon - a bit rough. I prefer a nice smooth malty. I appear to have some Aberlour here (other bottles are at my mum's).
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one of the nicest tasting whiseys ive had the pleasure to drink was a gift from my father last christmas it was called ISLE OF JURA........ Simply gorgeous.
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Good God! Did I write Whiskey?? Must have had my usual few?
Yes - looking back - 6.21pm - at least 2!! Cheapos. Well diluted, Which, I'm told, is quicker death than straight!
Which reminds me - in 1960, I went back to childhood haunts & was given a bottle of 1935 bog standard Scotch by the retired Lady Keeper of The Bell Inn in Welford-upon-Avon. We used to live 2 miles up the river. When she was bought out, she put the entire stock under her stairs!
Well - it was out of this (modern) world. I had it kept behind the bar at my RAF base & just sipped it neat from time to time. How things change?
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Talisker woman here, but failing that, you can't beat a good home carrot whisky. Let me know if you would like the recipe. If you're brave enough........................ :o ;D
Ooo I'd like to see the recipe. ;D
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Tim, you type WHISKEY and everyone seems to be talking about WHISKY. Scotch OK ;D ;D ;D I don't drink the stuff unless i have toothache.
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You noticed? I did correct myself?
Toothache? Yes - just let it rest on the tooth. We always put a wee drappie in the childrens' bottles during teething - far better than the Calponny things today. And none of them are 'drinkers' today.
But did you see Trees that made Britain last night? How I wish I could be a taster!! Almost as good as the historic "The fleet's all lit up" clip?