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Regarding getting corks out: it can be done with a plastic grocery bag and a stick. Before you use the bag, press all air out of it. You have to stuff the bag into the bottle (clean it first of course), make sure that the opening of the plastic bag is outside the bottle. Once you are done, get the cork near the neck of the bottle so it's next to the plastic bag and then blow into the bottle and the plastic's bag opening as much as you can. If the enlarged bag is holding the cork you can now just pull the bag and the cork will come with it.

They actually use this trick for delivering babies.

Yup, I actually did that to the Wild Turkey, but alas the taste is left to be desired. I think maybe I should just brown bag it and give it to a homeless guy.

So, I went to the local liquor store on a whim, in my little town of ~10,000 in the middle of the cornfields of northern Illinois, and look what I ended up finding:



The Holy Fucking Grail. Cost me 90 bucks, but man, was it worth every penny of it. Brian Cox was right to call it the "Cognac of Whiskeys".

Executor32 wrote:The Holy Fucking Grail. Cost me 90 bucks, but man, was it worth every penny of it. Brian Cox was right to call it the "Cognac of Whiskeys".

Yeah, I enjoy a little peat once in a while. If there are three things I will never try to do better than the Scotsmen, it is wear a kilt, make whiskey, or fight like a crazy motherfucker.

Well, my local liquor will be certainly happy to see me around though I would not be surprise if I pay $100+ for that.

Vendetta wrote:

Executor32 wrote:Another suggestion, if you can get it, is Lagavulin's 16-year-old Islay Scotch. It's a tad more expensive than Wild Turkey, but hey, if it's good enough for Nick Offerman, it's good enough for me.

Fair warning though, Islay malts are renowned as absolute peat monsters (Laphroaig, Lagavulin, and Ardbeg are all great), they have claws and will hang on on the way down. If you want intense flavour in your whisky then they'll do you right.

Note that merely opening a bottle of one of those is enough to set the fire alarm off due to all the smokiness. I like the Lagavulin 16 year old, but the rest of them not so much. I prefer my whiskey less peaty.

Vendetta wrote:Other than that, Highland Park, Jura, Oban, and The Macallan are worth trying. (Macallan is expensive though, defintely a special occasions whisky)

Glengoyne (especially the Teapot Dram special batches) is excellent and Edradour does good stuff (smallest distillery in Scotland, yearly production is less than the yearly waste at Glenfiddich). The Loch Lomond Distillery's Inchmurrin (at least the 15+ years old ones) is likewise a great whisky, though it does not have the intense flavor of some other ones.

Ok, wishlist:

Lagavulin 16 - I should be getting this tomorrow so we will see how that goes.

Craigellachie 13 Year
GlenDronoch 21 Year Parliament
Glengoyne 21 Year
Glenmorangie Nectar D'or
Highland Park 15 Year
Jura Brooklyn

So many Glens.

Before you disappear down whiskey rabbit hole, please find a copy of this book to enjoy with your drinks
https://www.amazon.com/Raw-Spirit-Searc ... 1844131955

Well then, you will be pleased to know I just ordered a copy. When it will arrive is another question entirely though, but for $5 total, what the hell.

Though not to throw this thread down the hole, I may not even get to buy another bottle after the Lagavulin with whatever employment situation I may find myself in, but a few bottles certainly won't hurt by then...

Soontir C'boath wrote:Ok, wishlist:

Lagavulin 16 - I should be getting this tomorrow so we will see how that goes.

Craigellachie 13 Year
GlenDronoch 21 Year Parliament
Glengoyne 21 Year
Glenmorangie Nectar D'or
Highland Park 15 Year
Jura Brooklyn

So many Glens.

Soontir, the Glengoyne Teapot Dram is (or should be) better than their 21 year old stuff and cheaper too. When I was there and asked the staff which one would they recommend, it was the Teapot Dram without hesitation.

Edi wrote: Soontir, the Glengoyne Teapot Dram is (or should be) better than their 21 year old stuff and cheaper too. When I was there and asked the staff which one would they recommend, it was the Teapot Dram without hesitation.

I will have to see about that on this side of the pond. I was trying to look up the Teapot Dram, but it didn't seemed anyone would have it. There are a couple relatively large liquor stores in the neighborhood so I will call them to see if they have it.

Soontir C'boath wrote:

Edi wrote: Soontir, the Glengoyne Teapot Dram is (or should be) better than their 21 year old stuff and cheaper too. When I was there and asked the staff which one would they recommend, it was the Teapot Dram without hesitation.

I will have to see about that on this side of the pond. I was trying to look up the Teapot Dram, but it didn't seemed anyone would have it. There are a couple relatively large liquor stores in the neighborhood so I will call them to see if they have it.

They only sell that from the distillery store or online, I think. No retail.

Edi wrote:

Soontir C'boath wrote:

Edi wrote: Soontir, the Glengoyne Teapot Dram is (or should be) better than their 21 year old stuff and cheaper too. When I was there and asked the staff which one would they recommend, it was the Teapot Dram without hesitation.

I will have to see about that on this side of the pond. I was trying to look up the Teapot Dram, but it didn't seemed anyone would have it. There are a couple relatively large liquor stores in the neighborhood so I will call them to see if they have it.

They only sell that from the distillery store or online, I think. No retail.

Ah well, it is sold out on their website. Plus, they do not ship to the US, so I would need someone to buy and ship it to me anyway.

Found a liquor store selling Lagavulin 16 for $80, but I won't open and try it until "Columbus Day" for a BBQ.

Executor32 wrote:So, I went to the local liquor store on a whim, in my little town of ~10,000 in the middle of the cornfields of northern Illinois, and look what I ended up finding:
The Holy Fucking Grail. Cost me 90 bucks, but man, was it worth every penny of it. Brian Cox was right to call it the "Cognac of Whiskeys".

All right, so I bought a bottle of Morangie Nectar D'or which I'll bring to the BBQ next week instead, so I just opened the Lagavulin.

The main impression I had was it tasted like I was eating a jerky and seemed pretty mellow. It will be a bottle that will certainly take awhile to acclimate or finish.

So I am reading some reviews that their new bottle of Lagavulin 16 is worst than what they bought before so maybe I have a bottle from a bad batch?

If that is so, that is certainly unfortunate though that does leave hope that it is actually a good whisky.

What makes a whisky good? If you like it, it is; if you don't, it isn't. It's a literal question of taste.

Well yes, that is certainly true. However the question is whether the whisky was properly aged and bottled rather than its palate being unsuited to myself. For instance, I don't think I really had the smokiness that should be coming from the Lagavulin as it seemed underwhelming instead.

I may just add an Ardbeg or a Laphroaig just to double check. Heck, maybe my expectation of what peaty/smokiness are is way off.

Also, for anyone who doesn't know what my list contains, it consists of whisky that should have a noticeably sweet or fruitful tone to them and I was not expecting that from the Lagavulin.

Hm, just noticed how faded the label is on the bottle. Looks like it might have been on display for too long in the shop. That should be fun to see if I can get a replacement bottle.

I'll take Laphroaig over Lagavulin on any day that ends in Y.

You're a classy fellow.

Soontir C'boath wrote:Hm, just noticed how faded the label is on the bottle. Looks like it might have been on display for too long in the shop. That should be fun to see if I can get a replacement bottle.

Unless it was in direct sunlight, whisky doesn't go off in the bottle. (It does once it's been opened but it still takes a couple of years.)

Esquire wrote:You're a classy fellow.

Only on my birthday; my usual poison is Kentucky Deluxe.

Wow, has it been almost two weeks.

Ok, so I don't know why it took so long for me to realize I'll just mix the corked Wild Turkey with coke (soda you naughty, naughty, person.).

Sometime yesterday or so, the Lagavulin 16 and the Glenmoranjie Nectar D'or were tipped over and likely was stewing with the cork for awhile. Bah. Former I'll probably be mixing with cola anyway, though the latter seems to be fine.

By the way, the Glenmoranjie is pretty damn good. Really hits the spot when the spice towards the end.I think I may just buy another bottle though maybe not until I try the others on the list.

Soontir C'boath wrote:Ok, so I don't know why it took so long for me to realize I'll just mix the corked Wild Turkey with coke (soda you naughty, naughty, person.).

Why not both?

Kidding. Kids, don't do cocaine. As Rick James said, it's a hell of a drug, and by that I mean a hell of a drug. That shit is the only devil I believe exists.

Raw Shark wrote:

Soontir C'boath wrote:Ok, so I don't know why it took so long for me to realize I'll just mix the corked Wild Turkey with coke (soda you naughty, naughty, person.).

Why not both?

Kidding. Kids, don't do cocaine. As Rick James said, it's a hell of a drug, and by that I mean a hell of a drug. That shit is the only devil I believe exists.

At least it's not meth.