Let Us Gogogogo BUSTO! (NC Thread)

[sarsen]

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How bout some great whiskeys? I was gonna ask Wook about this cause he seems to know his drink, but looks like he's out. You guys have any favs? Irish, scotch, Canadian, rye, whatever.

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Mmmm.

Burbon:
Makers Mark
Bookers
my favorite Blanton's

Scotch (only single malt):
Sweet: Glen Rothes, Edradour, Craggenmore
Peaty: Highland Park, Oban, Talisker, McCallan's
Smokey, Salty, Peaty (not for beginning scotch drinkers): Lagavulin, Laphroig.

[BobbyShaftoe]

Miles, if you are a hops lover, I hope you've tried Bell's Porter. Their Two-Hearted (pale) Ale is a hops-orgy, but might overdo it a bit. The Porter is heavy on the hops, but a darker roasted flavor, much stouter (stoutier?) than a pale ale. MMMmmmmm....

Speaking of stouts, here's a tip from Bobby: bowl of vanilla ice cream + pint of Guinness (or your favorite stout). Just have a sip shortly after swallowing that first bite of ice cream and then a bite of ice cream before the aftertaste of the stout leaves you. I know it sounds crazy, but its amazing.

[Andy Ross]

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Smokey, Salty, Peaty (not for beginning scotch drinkers): Lagavulin, Laphroig.

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If you get a chance, you should try out Ardbeg. Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg are all next door to one another on Islay, so they share certain characteristics. Ardbeg is less sweet than Lagavulin, and a bit stronger and peatier than Laphroaig. Extremely powerful taste. It's great.

[sarsen]

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If you get a chance, you should try out Ardbeg. Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg are all next door to one another on Islay, so they share certain characteristics. Ardbeg is less sweet than Lagavulin, and a bit stronger and peatier than Laphroaig. Extremely powerful taste. It's great.

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Thanks, I Will do that. Never can have enough bottles of Scotch. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Hey Bobbyshaftoe, you give up on your boy JPM?

[BobbyShaftoe]

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Hey Bobbyshaftoe, you give up on your boy JPM?

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Never!

I hope its not another CBS weekend. I can't stand Derek Daly. Oh [censored], I just looked. Its Monaco. That's gonna be CBS. Maybe McLaren will have gotten the pace up a bit and JPM can win it again like he did with Williams. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[tiltaholic]

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Smokey, Salty, Peaty (not for beginning scotch drinkers): Lagavulin, Laphroig.

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If you get a chance, you should try out Ardbeg. Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg are all next door to one another on Islay, so they share certain characteristics. Ardbeg is less sweet than Lagavulin, and a bit stronger and peatier than Laphroaig. Extremely powerful taste. It's great.

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hmm. noted. cost?

personally, i think that JW green is great value when $40-45 a bottle.

[sarsen]

Eh, monaco is pretty, but you know whoever gets poll is gonna win. There's never any passing at Monaco.

I've been muting the commentary from CBS. Both those guys drive me crazy. Captain Obvious and his sidekick Dimwit...ugh. Give me David Hobbs and Steve Matchet(sp?) any day.

[sarsen]

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hmm. noted. cost?

personally, i think that JW green is great value when $40-45 a bottle.

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Cost probably depends on where you live. Here in Oregon the state liqour control board has a 120% markup. Laphroig and Lagavulin range in the $65-$75 range. I highly recommend GlenRothes and Edradour, which I get here locally for $68 and $58 a bottle. I do know in Wisconsin GlenRothes run around $49 a bottle. Other states, I'm not so sure.

[Andy Ross]

Is that a markup solely on Scotch? Or is it all hard liquor?

Man, I guess the UK isn't so bad for whisky prices. I'm living in Norway right now, and pay roughly the same price as you have to in Oregon.

I froogled Ardbeg. Prices there look pretty decent.

[sarsen]

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Is that a markup solely on Scotch? Or is it all hard liquor?

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It's on all hard liqour. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Which part of Norway? My wife's family is from Osterdallen or however you spell that. My family is from Fredriksund on the island of Zealand in DK.