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Adictivo, and it's cheaper twin, Insolante, can't be bought in New Mexico.
A trip to Total Wine turned up this alternative. It's not as sweet as the
Adictivo, but that may not be a bad thing.
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At a cask strength of 60% I'm surprised it doesn't eat through the cask.
It's full of various highland and sherry flavors, but you have to add a bit
of water to keep the burning down to a comfortable temperature so those flavors
have a chance of reaching your tounge. It's pretty good, and a nice contrast
to the peaty Islay scotches.
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I basically don't care for tequilas at all...except for this one. My brother
found out about it, so a bottle had to be bought and tried. It's good. It
spends seven years "resting" in French oak casks. It can also be
found in the form of a bottle of a dude resting under a sombrero at twice
the price. We went in havzies on one of those bottles, but it turned out that
it leaked from under the hat. It was returned.
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No age statement...it's becoming naughty to do that. This is a release whose
profits (which given the price may have been slightly considerable) were
donated to the 2015 Nepal earthquake relief efforts. I'll open it up in a
few years and see what relief efforts taste like.
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No age statement. Probably could be characterized as being young. Pretty
good mixture of flavors. A little water helps. Is not bad, but still, a little
young-ish tasting...if I even know what I'm talking about. This is one of
the cheaper versions of their stuff.
It's possible that it is a young whisky. The brew ages quicker in the casks
when the temperature of the warehouse is higher, which is entirely possible
in India (vs. Scotland). It may be the manufacturer just doesn't want to put
"Aged 6 Years" on the bottle, because snobs won't buy a scotch/whisky that
young. When it's gone I'll try a different version.
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When you order stuff from the UK, like a bottle of the Amrut Everest, it's
silly not to order a bottle or two more of other stuff, because of the
shipping costs, of course. Bought, but not tried.
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Darn those shipping costs. Also bought, but not tried. 62.8%!?
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Ralfy says it's good. I'll double check someday.
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Just happened to catch a bottle of this by accident. Happy accident. It's
good. Accidentially went back and got a second bottle for later.
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A couple of teaspoons of water really sets this off. It has a smooth, but
spicy peaty flavor. I'd have to rate it above the stock 10 year old, but
it's almost in a higher class.
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Different. Like a young Ardbeg 10...which makes sense. The 10 comes on
pretty strong and "thick", but this is not. Lot's of smoke,
but that's OK with me. The label description is pretty accurate.
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If you are going to drink rum don't screw around. Be a man and drink RUM.
At this octane it's best to just sip it or mix it with good ol' Coke (not
Pepsi or Diet Coke, for God's sake). This is great to drink on day-of-year
151 (around the end of May). Everclear is not a good idea on day-of-year 190
or 200.
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A bottle of the 2003 version started this. Noticeably darker at 27 years.
This is a second release. Bought, but not tried.
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Bought, but not tried.
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Bought, but not tried. Seems to be a trend here.
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Bought, but not tried.
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2002 is supposed to be good, so 2003 must be better. I'll find out some day
if either one of them is any good.
New Year's Eve 2018: Ooooo. This is good! Very nice! Extra tasty.
September 2018: Bottle is almost gone. This has been REALLY good!
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Based on the 2003 I picked up one of these. Not opened. Only 700ml. Poor Europeans.
They get screwed at every turn. The only reason I bought it from London was
because I could only get it for almost twice the price in the US. Poor Americans.
They get screwed the other way at every turn.
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Bought, but not tried.
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I know people that know people that are related to people
that were able to get SEVEN bottles of Blanton's, and all
I got to do was taste one. It's pretty good. A little sweet,
corney, with a bit of cinnamon. Not a run-of-the-mill
bourbon.
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Bought, but not tried.
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Bought. Tried. Enjoyed. It's a whisky from France!? It's quite different from
anything else. This has a little more flavor than the 10 year old.
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This and the non-age statment version are very good.
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Bought, but not tried. Got it on sale. At a grocery store called Bashas',
in Sedona, Arizona. That seemed a little odd.
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Bere barley...that's different. I'll check it out some day.
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2017: Not bad, but just started checking it out.
2019: Finished it. It wasn't bad.
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Bought, but not tried.
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Oooo. Very nice. From Islay, but very different. A little Speysidey, but
not really. With a bit of water it changes, not in a bad way, but I prefer
it neat.
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I didn't expect this to be bad and it wasn't. This was almost too complex
to describe. While it says unpeated our panel of experts were sure they tasted
peat. One 'I play a doctor in my mind' doctors in the crowd suggested that
since it's Caol Ila you just expect it to be peaty and what we were tasting
was psychosomatic phantom peat. It's quite good and almost nothing like the
Caol Ila 12, which is also quite good.
We tried a bit more of this later the same weekend, and that time it did not
seem to have a peaty taste. Very interesting. How do they do that??
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Waiting. Waiting.
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I must think this Caol Ila stuff is good or something. A label of few words.
Not opened.
2020: A relative opened a bottle they got in the early 2000's for a special
occasion. It's SO good! I cradled the bottle like a baby...until it was gone.
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Bought, not yet opened.
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Billy Stitchell worked at Caol Ila for about 40 years and ended up the distillery
manager. This bottling was in honor of his retirement. I'm assumming he was
a good manager, that after that much time was able to get things running
well, and that this is probably good. I'll find out someday.
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2018: I liked a sip of this so much I bought a bottle. It is really good if you
like rum whose flavor has been messed with so much you can't even tell it's
rum. Will figure out what to do with it -- other than just drink it -- some
day.
2020: Mixing this with pineapple juice will cause the bottle to drain quickly.
It is known.
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OK, you don't always have to to be a man and drink a man's rum. Sometimes
you can just be a pirate.
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Nice and light. I call it "cute". I'd also call it a girl's scotch,
but that would probably be wrong on a whole bunch of levels. I wouldn't mind
a shot of this every so often, but I don't own any...
2016: Thanks to Santa in 2016, now I do! Very nice. I'll break it open some
day.
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Just bought it on a whim. Turned out to be a pretty good sipper.
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Hmmm. It's not bad, but there's just not much to it. It's a little too light
and airy. Maybe that's the point. Not a bit of peat if you don't like peat.
Sort of a licorice flavor after some water and time.
Later: This might be kinda growing on me the more I pay attention to it.
Later later: I may have to get another bottle of this.
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Got it for Christmas 2019. Opened it up on Father's Day. Quite good!
Not at all what I expected. It's not too peaty, so it doesn't taste like
"phoney" peat. Some things just overdo it.
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Got to sample a dram of this blend. Quite nice. Nothing spectacularly spectacular,
but nothing offensive, either.
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This one came out of left corn field. On a trip through Le Claire, Iowa, my
brother stopped at a distillery, tasted a shot of this, and bought a bottle.
Several in attendance for the opening of the bottle didn't like it, but he
and I thought it was good. It had a definite corn whiskey flavor to it. Iowa.
That makes sense. A little water calmed it down and brought out a bit of sweetness
after 10 or 15 minutes.
The Cody part has to do with Le Claire being the birthplace of William Fredrick
"Buffalo Bill" Cody.
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Well...it's not bad. Kinda different. I've never been a real big fan of Crown
Royal. Does it actually have the blessing of the Queen, or is this another
made up thing like the Bulleit clan? This might be good used in a meat rub
or marinade of some kind.
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Loved the unfinished TV series (thank you very much, HBO) so this caught my
eye in the store. I'm not a real big fan of rye whiskeys, but this was very
smooth and tasty. It's actually made in Indiana and not South Dakota. Will
need to pick up some more of this.
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Unslurpped. Some day. Ralfy's Whisky Of 2020. I bought this one in 2018.
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Nice. A lot like their White Label, but a little bit more. It's fine neat,
but a little water helps to bring out more aroma and taste, also like the
12. I like these Dewar's beverages.
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Nice. Sampled a fresh bottle from the early 2000's and after letting the alcohol
burn off a bit it was quite spicy and very interesting.
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Not tried yet. I could only get two samplers of it.
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This was kind of surprising. I could have sworn Evan Williams was right up
there with Boone's Farm in terms of drinkablity (at least a couple of decades
ago), but this was actually quite good. Neat it almost has a scotch-like quality
to it. With a little water it has a good bourbon-like flavor...which is handy
since that's what it is. If you find it coming out tasting like gin -- with
or without water -- I'd get a new bottle, or stop drinking for the night.
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I like me a dram and an episode or two of Game Of Thrones like anyone else,
so when these GoT themed bottlings came out in October of 2018 I completely
dropped the bottle and failed to get a complete set. What an idiot. Managed
to get a couple of the set of eight around Christmas and a couple others later.
I ordered a complete set from Scotland, because I didn't think I was ever
going to find any more of the bottles. They released the sets in Scotland
in February 2019. Over the long winter I managed to scrape together TWO complete
U.S. sets. So in the end I ended up with three complete sets and a few stragglers
that could be drunk...someday. Haven't tried any of them yet.
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Not tried yet.
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Poor Eddard. Not tried yet.
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Not tried yet.
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2018: Johnnie Walker got into the Game Of Thrones act and came out with limited
editions of their stuff. There were actually six or so different bottles with
different character pictures on them, but I've only just seen this one. Will
try it some day.
Late 2019: They came out with Game Of Thrones Ice & Fire limited editions.
With the way Season 8 went and finished...I'll pass. Maybe.
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2019: OK, I lied. A little shop I go to had one of this and the next bottle left.
So, what is this and A Song Of Ice? Game Of Thrones has been over for a while
now. I'll keep this and the other bottle with one of my GoT sets.
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Bought, but not tried.
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Not tried yet.
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January 2019: Not tried yet. The first of the 'catch up' bottles toward building
a complete GoT set, since I was only able to find four of the eight versions
in stores. I really need to go to the liquor store more often to make sure
I don't miss things like this collection. The label (and the bottle) is actually
very black. I hope it's not filled with water.
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Not tried yet.
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Not tried yet. February 2019: This was the last of the 'makeup scotches' to
complete a set I should have gotten in October 2018. I actually ended up buying
enough of these different GoT versions to have two U.S. sets to go with my
one set from Scotland. I'll drink them or sell them or pass them on some
day.
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Haven't opened it.
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Mmmmm, according to some. Haven't opened it.
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Never had any Glen Grant. I'll try it some day.
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Opened a fresh bottle of someone else's of this and it was quite nice. It
plays a few wine notes as you sip it. Quite good.
Tried this same bottle a few months later. The bottle was getting low. A lot
of the wine influence was gone, or it got dryer (in a wine-like way). It was
still OK.
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Been hearing a lot about Glen Scotia lately (2019). Will try this some day
to see what the hubbub was about.
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Rather Dignified, but not yet opened. Not chill-filtered. No coloring added.
Nice!
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Bought, but not tried yet.
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Bought, but not tried yet.
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Bought, but not tried.
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Bought, but not tried.
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Say, this is pretty good. It was the 2013 edition. Had to look up Amontillado.
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Bought this since the 2013 edition was so good. Will try it some day. Had to look up Amontillado again.
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What is this? Ooooo. A 2015 Christmas gift. From the description it
should be good. I'll open it up and try it someday. Don't know when it
was actually purchased. Early 2000's? 1990's?
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Had a dram kindly provided by a relative. Was good. We couldn't quite figure
out what it tasted like, but it was very aqua resistant. It was very non-complex,
but plesantly consistant over time and added water.
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Bought, but not opened. Instead I scarfed some of someone else's. It was good.
No peat to speak of if you don't like peat. Light and tasty.
Tried this again from a kit of four Glenmorangies. Someone else's again. It
would still be good even if I had to pay for it. It is a good starter whisky
for the un-assimilated whisky drinkers.
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A fine relative had a four-bottle kit of Glenmorangie expressions. This was
one. It was good. Chocolate, cherries...lots of stuff. Just a little water
needed.
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Picked this up while on a trip for New Years. Not bad. When I got home I
was able to test this against a bottle of the 25 year old version that I had.
Over about 30 minutes, tasting each every few minutes, the two changed quite
a bit. The interesting thing was that they both tasted similar, but at different
times. The 25 always tasted younger or sharper with a slightly sour tone,
while the 30 was always a bit smoother. In the end I preferred this 30, but
will still enjoy finishing off the 25.
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2014: Opened this and shared some with the neighbors. This is good. I've never
thought of just sipping gin, but you can with this. You don't need to add
water or anything. It's very light and piney. Someone said they had heard
of a martini made with this, but using a cucumber slice with black pepper,
instead of an olive. I'm not a martini fan, but might have to try at least
one of those.
2020: Still working on the same bottle and it's still good!
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Ohhhh. This is really good. Kinda hard to find. It blows the regular single
barrel out of the distillery. I hope it doesn't go down the same hill as the
non-cask strength version.
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Really good in a cough syrupy kinda way. They now have a spiced version that's
pretty good too, but...umm...I don't have a picture of it. Don't remember
how that happened.
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Couldn't find the Kinsale IPA, so tried a bottle of this. It's pretty good
too. Will have to have a shootout between the two some day.
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Bought, but not tried.
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Very good. Will have to have a shootout with the Black and determine my favorite.
Later: Done. This is better than the Black.
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Christmas! I like it. Will try this some day.
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Bought, but not sampled. I liked Taiwan when I was there, so it should be
good, right? I'm not so sure about these 'bottled specially for...' versions,
but what the heck.
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My brother got a bottle of this as a present. Not wanting to be rude and not
try it, we tried it. It was OK. A fair amount of flavors with and without
a bit of time and a bit of water. Interesting.
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Bought, but not sampled.
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Bought, but not tried. Interesting story behind it all. What? I'm not your
mother. Go look it up.
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Got this at a 7-11 in Taiwan years ago. It's popular there and supposed to
be good. Hope it hasn't become poisonous over the years in the fridge. I'm
not sure if the 2007 is the born on date, or the don't drink after date. Wait...I
was there in 2008, so...I guess it could still be either.
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Kept hearing about Kirkland brand products, and kept seeing their whiskies
show up at the top of best lists. Was in a COSTCO, saw this and had to try
it out. It's good! Not too fancy, but certainly good enough for an every day
drinker. It was only about $35 for half a gallon. That should last me a few days.
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Quite good! This is the non-limited, non-200th anniversary edition.
I saw it show up in 2020.
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Bought, but not tried. Limited Edition. I should say so. It's only 750ml.
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Bought, but not tried. It's a "Limited Edition", so it must be good,
and it's cask strength, so even if it isn't you probably won't care.
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After some testing I think I like this the best over Laphraoig and Ardbeg.
Caol Ila was in there too, but it's just a whole different favorite. The Caol
Ila is from Islay, but it's just not like the other three. The Lagavulin
Distiller's Edition would beat this version out, but it's a little pricy
for every day drinking.
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I thought I was buying the bottled in 2014 edition to replace the bottled
in 2013 version that I got to drink a little of then give away, but I bought
two bottles of this and they were bottled in 2012. I guess that's a good thing.
Maybe I'll try one some day.
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Wow! Buy this. I like Lagavulin 16, but this is a whole other thing. I found
that it really doesn't even need water. It's really smooth neat. If you do
add water be careful. Its taste changes quite quickly. I like the neat flavor
best.
I drank some of this then gave about half of it away. That was a dumb move.
I couldn't find any more if it, so bought two 2014 editions...or so I thought
(see above).
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Apparently, Lagavulin's Distiller's Editions took a bit of a nosedive in quality
in the mid-2010's. Someday I'll see if they got their act together in 2018.
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Three total teaspoons of water for a dram of this would not be out of line.
It changes a fair amount with each teaspoon. Try 1/2 teaspoon at a time. Not
as much peatiness as you would expect. Very interesting if you have the time
and setting to really slow down and taste it. Lot's of vanilla comes blasting
through toward the end of the bottle.
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Got this as a replacement for the 2014 batch 6. We'll see if it's good someday.
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Bought, but not tried. Vanilla, seaweed and idodine. Three of my favorite
flavors in one bottle!
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Bought, but not tried. They are going to discontinue it, so I bought a bit
in case it is good. I'll save it for a few years and see.
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This is good. It's very strong, so if you aren't into peat and oak you may
want to approach it with some caution. I've taken to adding a half-teaspoon
or so of this to a dram of lesser scotches to spice them up a bit. It's worked
well with Mackinlay's Shackleton.
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Bought this during my 'wine-finished scotches must be good' period and right
before I discovered the opposite. Will try it some day. I do like port, so...
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Bought but not opened.
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Tasted this at a distillery museum in a little town outside
Puerta Villarta, Mexico. Not bad. That's, alegedly,
great-grandpa Levya.
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Bought, but not tried yet.
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This is it. This is a re-creation of the scotch that was found in 2007 in
two cases under the flooring of Ernest Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds, Antarctica.
25 cases of it was originally sent down for the British Antarctic Expedition
of 1907. I bought two bottles, and will probably just keep them for a while.
Unfortunately you can't get much of a nose through the bottle. If I'd only
known about it when I was in his hut, and had a crowbar with me, I could have
enjoyed the real thing right after getting out of prison. When you are in
those huts (Scott's and Shackleton's) you treat it like you are in a church.
With everything those guys went through I'm surprised there was any scotch
left over.
Bought samples of this with the big bottles. It's good. Not really like anything
else I've tasted so far. It's not light and fluffy, but it's not overpowering.
It's just good. I may not have two unopened bottles for long.
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Bought, but not tried. This is the second version of a re-creation of the
scotch found beneath Shackleton's hut in Antarctica. This "Journey"
version was commissioned for the expedition of men that will attempt to repeat
Shackleton's crossing of the Southern Ocean from Elephant Island to South
Georgia in a 23 foot replica of Shackleton's lifeboat, the James Caird, and
then hike across the interior mountains of South Georgia to a village on the
other side of the island. This original trip became known as the Endurance
Fiasco. The bottle is wrapped in straw as a packing material like the original
bottles were, except now the straw is plastic. I grew up around farms and
I don't remember seeing those kinds of bales at all.
I've been to Antarctica five times, and read over a dozen books about Antarctica,
and I can just barely start to comprehend what all of those guys went through
a hundred years ago during the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. That's
what it's called, and that's what they were.
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Branching out. Asked the folks at Jubilation Wines in Albuquerque what to
buy in a cognac. They steered me away from the shiny magazine advertisement
brands to this. Quite nice!
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Sometimes guys just wanna have fun. You can mix this with just about any juice
and make something that tastes good, and, I guess, you don't have to be a
man or a pirate to do it.
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Tasted this in Mexico. Bought a bottle. Will try it out on
vanilla ice cream some day.
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This is an añejo version of the Levya Blanco that I
picked up in Mexico. It's not bad.
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Very strong (at ~56%). Add water about 1/2 teaspoon at a time until you find
a taste you like. Every 1/2 teaspoon makes it taste like a different bottle
of stuff. Very good, and very interesting.
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Liking the Signatory bottling of Mortlach as much as I do I thought I'd get
a bottle of the real stuff. The 2.81 doesn't mean February 1981. It has to
do with the way it is distilled. It's not 'double distilled' and it's not
'triple distilled', but '2-81/100ths distilled'. Will see what it tastes like
at some point.
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Labels don't get much more straightforward than that. This is quite interesting.
More testing is needed, but it is very good.
It took over two years to finish the bottle. It was still pretty good at the
end. Will have to get a little more.
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Picked up a bottle of this. Tried a little. Seems good. More testing needed.
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Very nice. Tasts like a nice Islay Scotch, but with just a little bit of
fruit. Has a nice aroma. This was my first Japanese Whisky and it probably
won't be my last. OK...you got me. It was the cheapest of the four Japanese
whiskies in the store. But it's still real good. It's very...precise...in
the way it tastes. I'll up the ante a bit for the next one and see what happens.
I suspect it will be good too.
Later: Ummm...didn't like the next version up from this as much. This is still
my favorite.
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Bought, but not tried yet.
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Ummm...QUITE good. Very nice. It's sweet, which is nice once in a while.
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Not a clue, but it came with two glasses. I was running low on glasses.
Later: Little birdies say it's not bad.
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I like their style. I'll find out if I like their whisky some day.
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A nice Italian "digestive" to enjoy after dinner -- when digestion
is a popular activity. Had it quite often while I was working in Italy. A
little bit of this, or a little bit of limoncello after the evening meal in
Italy is standard...or grappa. Forgot about the grappa. Generally speaking
everything in Italy tastes great.
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Not bad.
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Quite good!
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Got this to compare with the bourbonized version. Haven't done the test yet.
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Well this is a kick in the bung hole. Whisk(e)y aged in wine casks is no big
deal, but I'd never heard of this until recently. It's very good!
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Not bad. Not sure how much the rum casks add, though.
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Another gift! This is not like the others. It has been "approved"
by several dead kings and queens of England. The taste strikes me as being
more old-fashioned in a good way. It's like it doesn't try to be modern and
flashy, but just a good, solid scotch. I like that. Very nice.
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When you open a $300 bottle of anything you expect it to be good. Real good.
Actually, if it's your money, you especially hope it doesn't taste like crap.
This does not taste like crap. All of the writing on the label lists the different
sherry, whisky and scotch ingredients that make up this beverage. The list
is impressive -- with some of the items going back to the 1950's -- and so
is the taste. It's almost a port/sherry flavored scotch. I'll have to save
my pennies and get one of these.
My brother had this bottle. The relative that bought it for him will probably
get crossed off of the list of lesser relatives.
Finished off this bottle around the end of 2014. It had been open for about
a year. There were just a couple of drams left. It was OK, but not as good
as it was when it was fresher. A lot of the wine influence was gone. Adding
water made it spicier. Interesting.
Later: Oh dear. Me brother and I went in together and bought a bottle of
this. Maybe we'll open it up around Christmas...some year.
2020: Still holding out...
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Attended the 2nd annual New Mexico Whiskey Classic up near Santa Fe and came
across this. The sample was good. Will see how a whole bottle goes down some
day. Everyone in our group thought this was far better than their regular version.
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Opened a bottle of this that my brother had and had a shootout between it
and my Scapa 16. They are a good bit different from each other. This was
good. It's not made anymore.
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Nice, and available. The Scapa 14 that this was tested against is no longer
made. Both Scapas were good. This one tasted more...modern...verses the 14.
This had a bit of a more gasoline, petrol, benzine (whatever you call it where
you live) aroma to it in the beginning, but that pretty much went away after
the 4th or 5th pouring. All of those were not in the same evening. Behave yourselves.
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Was purported to be just as good and a Robert Mondavi version. It's better.
There was a pretty off-putting aroma in the beginning, but after sitting
for a while it came around and wasn't too bad.
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This is a cheap little blend that tastes nice with a splash of water when
you are not in a Lagavulin/Laphroaig state of mind. Learned about it at a
scotch "class" at Total Wine. Bought a bottle, had a little, then
ended up giving the rest away. Not because it was bad, but because I'm not
very smart.
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Not objectionable. Just not sure about it yet.
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Bought, but not tried yet.
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Bought, but not tried yet.
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Tried a sample of someone else's bottle. Not bad. Light
and quite corney, even though they use a lot of barleys
to make it. I don't think the owner bought a whole pallet
of the stuff from Costco, but you never know.
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Had a little dram of this care of a friend of a relative. I'd have to try
a little more, but it seemed quite nice. It was very light and airy.
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Nice. Aromatic. Really a lot to smell before getting around to the actual
sipping.
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Fruity. Spicy. Aromatic. Needs a teaspoon and a little of water. Worth the
price.
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Drank a bit of this when I lived in the Philippines. It gets the job done.
I'll open this someday. This is even the Extra Smooth Quality version. The
Not So Smooth Quality version is also good. This and San Miguel Beer... Better
than a Corona Beer commercial.
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Got this when I was in Italy...a long time ago. Does this stuff go bad? It's
still nice and clear. Hasn't etched the bottle on the inside.
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I like Christmas. Dear, sweet relatives give you things. Like this. Does
getting presents like this mean you might have a drinking problem? Ehh. I
don't care. This is really good neat or with a touch of water.
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Bought, but not tried.
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Bought, but not tried. This sherry finish stuff is getting popular.
Later: Bought a few of these various wine-finished things. Had trouble finishing
the first one of them (Kilchoman in the "bad" section below). We'll
see as time goes on.
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2019-03: Ralfy said this was good. Will try it some day kinda soon.
2019-04: Ralfy was not wrong. Glad I got two bottles. Everyone liked it, and
now I still have one for later!
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Bought, but unopened. Bought this during my 'these wineafied whiskies are
kinda good phase'. I'm not so hot on them anymore. I sorta like my scotch
to taste like scotch and not wine.
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Got this with the 14 and 15 year old versions for Christmas from a very kind
relative. Will give them a try some day.
2020-06: Got to try the last bit of a relative's bottle. Quite nice.
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Will give this a try some day.
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Will give this a try some day.
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This is pretty good.
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No clue. I think the label is supposed to be some kind of coded puzzle. Is
that really necessary these days? Don't answer that. Had a bit at a relative's
house. It wasn't too bad. I think this was the first bit of The Glenlivet
I'd ever had.
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Had a couple samples of this from the little distillery that could, The
Grand Canyon Distillery in Prescott, Arizona. It was pretty good.
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Had a dram of this at a bar in downtown Flagstaff, Arizona. It was good.
I'd be more specific, but it may have been the second or third dram of stuff
that evening.
Later: Have had in other drinking establishments. It's good and seems to be
in a lot of places.
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Stopped by a Total Wine store. Had to buy SOMETHING! Have always liked the
stock 12 that you find at the restaurants. Will try this some day.
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Good. With Zing Zang Bloody Mary mix, celary, salt, pepper, a bit of garlic,
Tabasco sauce, lime and/or lemon, olives and some jalapeno chiles it's even
better. Forgot about just with orange juice. It's good with that too.
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Waiting to be tried.
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Saw these near the checkout counter at Total Wine. Should be fun to try
them some day.
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This came as a miniture bottle with the Tomatin Cask Strength. It was pretty
good. I may have to get a large bottle and do more testing. Reminded me of
the Samaroli Evolution 2013. We'll open our bottle of that someday and verify
it.
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Bought, but unopened.
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Wait...what!? A French whisky? Given the French interest in spelling words
with a bunch of letters that don't get pronounced I'd think it would have
been 'whiskey', but whatever. It was a Christmas gift. I've been meaning to
start trying a few cognacs, so this should be quite interesting.
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I got into a bit of trouble with this elixer mixed with some lime juice (i.e.
a Snake Bite) at one New Year's party a long long time ago...so I'm told.
That doesn't stop it from still being yummy, and me having a snort of it every
once-in-a-while.
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Best stuff for use in a blizzard. I don't mean a drink called "Blizzard",
I mean while sitting by a roaring fire during a real blizzard.
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