We haven't discussed whiskey here in a while...
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DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
I had Few...good stuff.
micwalt
Too Controversial To Have An Athleisure Line
I decided to do some other tasters I had, which weren't part of the set.
Started with Whistlepig 10 year rye--so great! I love the combo of spice, wood, and caramel.
Then I had a Jim Beam Black extra aged bourbon--almost no nose to speak of, kinda sweet and pretty boozy but surprisingly drinkable.
Finished with a bit of Redbreast 15 year--not complex at all, but quite lovely.
Started with Whistlepig 10 year rye--so great! I love the combo of spice, wood, and caramel.
Then I had a Jim Beam Black extra aged bourbon--almost no nose to speak of, kinda sweet and pretty boozy but surprisingly drinkable.
Finished with a bit of Redbreast 15 year--not complex at all, but quite lovely.
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
Just got some Del Blac today. Amazing stuff. i hav ebeen wanting to try it for awhile now. locally produced here in Tucson. I got the Dorado which is smoked using local mesquite wood and it claims to have an Isley like quality and I can say it certainly does.... If this is avaliable where you are i wpould highly recommend trying it. i got it at Total Wine and liqour
https://www.whiskeydelbac.com
https://www.scotchology.com/foreign/whiskey-del-bac-dorado
Meghan – One of these things is not like the other… and in this case, it’s the palate. Both the nose and the finish have this glorious BBQ-esque smoke. But, in between is this slightly shocking sweetness. If you drink the Dorado slowly, the palate stands out, and not quite in a good way. Luckily, if you drink it like most people who aren’t trying to dissect it for a review, the sweetness blends nicely with the smoke. This whiskey has the best smokey finish I’ve found outside of a heavy-duty Islay. There is also a touch of mint throughout, a spearmint gum flavor on the palate turns into a whiff of menthol on the finish. There is also this grassy element: the sun burned grass in July of a drought year. It tastes of that silvered green that seems like it should burst into flame under the 3pm sun and of a horizon distorted by waves of heat. It is not what we’d call a “hot” (meaning alcohol burn) whisky, but it is a whisky that tastes like heat. If whisky had a sound, this one sounds like the absence of sound, of that silence when it is so hot and dry that everything living (except for a few whining insects) has stopped moving to try and stay cool. Although I sampled this in the summer and fall, I am curious to see what it would be like in the dead of a Minnesota winter. I think it might just make me feel like I’d snowbirded to Arizona.
https://www.whiskeydelbac.com
https://www.scotchology.com/foreign/whiskey-del-bac-dorado
Meghan – One of these things is not like the other… and in this case, it’s the palate. Both the nose and the finish have this glorious BBQ-esque smoke. But, in between is this slightly shocking sweetness. If you drink the Dorado slowly, the palate stands out, and not quite in a good way. Luckily, if you drink it like most people who aren’t trying to dissect it for a review, the sweetness blends nicely with the smoke. This whiskey has the best smokey finish I’ve found outside of a heavy-duty Islay. There is also a touch of mint throughout, a spearmint gum flavor on the palate turns into a whiff of menthol on the finish. There is also this grassy element: the sun burned grass in July of a drought year. It tastes of that silvered green that seems like it should burst into flame under the 3pm sun and of a horizon distorted by waves of heat. It is not what we’d call a “hot” (meaning alcohol burn) whisky, but it is a whisky that tastes like heat. If whisky had a sound, this one sounds like the absence of sound, of that silence when it is so hot and dry that everything living (except for a few whining insects) has stopped moving to try and stay cool. Although I sampled this in the summer and fall, I am curious to see what it would be like in the dead of a Minnesota winter. I think it might just make me feel like I’d snowbirded to Arizona.
My wife gave me shit for all of the booze I have in the house and told me to get drinking!!
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
Tig
Fucktangular
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frunobulax
Gak Pernah Cukup!
Don't know if this has been posted before, but it just popped up on my FB feed.
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Whiskey Chemistry Rocks Glass Set
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Whiskey Chemistry Rocks Glass Set
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
Mrs. Roach just gave me a bottle of J. Walker Blue for my birthday. Crikey this stuff is good. I would describe it as complex but easy - light on the peat and smoke, but there is enough going on that I don’t miss that too much. Not worth the nutty price, but hey that’s what birthdays are for. 
Blue is good stuff.Mrs. Roach just gave me a bottle of J. Walker Blue for my birthday. Crikey this stuff is good. I would describe it as complex but easy - light on the peat and smoke, but there is enough going on that I don’t miss that too much. Not worth the nutty price, but hey that’s what birthdays are for.
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If anyone is struggling for ideas for my birthday gift:
https://nationalpost.com/news/canad...-comes-in-a-real-1964-aston-martin-db5-piston
That's $85000 Canookian. So, a few of you could dig through the couch cushions and pitch in.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canad...-comes-in-a-real-1964-aston-martin-db5-piston
That's $85000 Canookian. So, a few of you could dig through the couch cushions and pitch in.
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
Man, I’m not even sure how I would feel about drinking something that expensive even if I didn’t pay for it.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
Mrs. Roach just gave me a bottle of J. Walker Blue for my birthday. Crikey this stuff is good. I would describe it as complex but easy - light on the peat and smoke, but there is enough going on that I don’t miss that too much. Not worth the nutty price, but hey that’s what birthdays are for.
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Happy birthday.
IMO I don't think I've ever had a bottle in that price range that I would buy for myself. Haven't had Blue in forever but I remember it having a surprisingly smooth and mellow finish for the complexity of the dram.
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
Trying something new today, a rye from a local distillery. Not sure what to make of it in the early going - it is on the brash side. I’m warming up to it though. I’ll have a follow-up report later.
frunobulax
Gak Pernah Cukup!
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
had just a little too much last night. Started out with a gift of some RedBreast Irish Whiskey mini bottles I was given, and then stayed up to late with a friend for a little bit of Ardbeg. Probably it was not worth me drinking his Ardbeg at that time of night, and usually it is too peaty for me. But tasted pretty good last night.
I wasn’t a fan of the sherry finished one. But I liked the 15.
I wasn’t a fan of the sherry finished one. But I liked the 15.