What is your alcoholic beverage of choice?

[hoopdriver]

Here's a thought. Laphroaig and Glenkinchie taste very different, so perhaps they shouldn't both be referred to as "whisky". Why not give them a call and suggest it to them?

Not that I expect you to recognize the point. Or even recognise it.

I am quite a fan of Laphroaig and Lagavulin and indeed most of the big peaty Islay malts. I do not think of them as 'whisky' but in terms of their distillery name. I suspect most fans of single malt do the same.

 

[User482]

I am quite a fan of Laphroaig and Lagavulin and indeed most of the big peaty Islay malts. I do not think of them as 'whisky' but in terms of their distillery name. I suspect most fans of single malt do the same.

Which makes the spelling even less relevant.

If you like Islay, try Cadenhead's blended Islay malt. Cask strength, non-chill filtered and no caramel.

 

[hoopdriver]

Which makes the spelling even less relevant.

If you like Islay, try Cadenhead's blended Islay malt. Cask strength, non-chill filtered and no caramel.

Thanks - sounds like a great tip. I do love the Islay malts.

In fact, until I discovered Eldorado rum they were my liquor of choice...

 

[Brandane]

In fact, until I discovered Eldorado rum they were my liquor of choice...

Have you tried Appleton Estate, Jamaican rum?

Fine stuff; much better than all that Scots whisky or Irish whiskey stuff (I note that my spellchecker tells me that "whisky" is wrong. American tosh, just like that encyclopaedia brittanica link ).

 

[SteCenturion]

Zzzzzzz.

Now let's all calm down and go to the pub so we can all get bladdered and forget about it.

On your bike ?




Please drink responsibly...

Blah, blah, blah...

 

[Dmcd33]

Guinness for me!

 

[Saluki]

I like a nice glass of wine nowadays. I used to like beer but I went off it when I broke my arm as the painkillers made everything taste strange and beer tasted 'burnt' to me. It still tastes funny to me now. I have recently grown into red wine, which I never used to drink as it gave me a headache and made me throw up when I was younger. That was after about half a glass, not a couple of bottles of cheap plonk.

 

[hoopdriver]

Have you tried Appleton Estate, Jamaican rum?

Fine stuff; much better than all that Scots whisky or Irish whiskey stuff (I note that my spellchecker tells me that "whisky" is wrong. American tosh, just like that encyclopaedia brittanica link ).

I've not tried Appleton although I have heard nice things. Must put it on my list... Lately I have been taking nips from a bottle of no-longer-made 15 year old Pussers. Another nice drop.

 

[BAtoo]

Can I make multiple choices!

Me too - anything on the list apart from Liquer's, oh & Southern Comfort (drink of the devil)

 

[hoopdriver]

Me too. I'd like to cast a vote for rum.

Wine/beer and spirits really are very different categories of drinks.

 

[jayonabike]

I'm a big fan of Islay malts. Ardbeg Uigeadail, Laphroaig Quater cask, triple wood & their 18 year, Bowmore Tempest & their 15 year as well as Bruichladdich Port Charlotte are some of my favourites.
Highland whiskies such as Highland Park 12 &18 year plus Old Pulteney 12 & 17 year old don't last long in my whisky cabinet either.
I love a good bourbon whiskey also. Eagle Rare, George T Stagg, Noah's Mill, Kentucky Vintage, Makers Mark. I also love a JD.

 

[theclaud]

How about a small wager then? If you can find a bottle of Glenlivet whiskey for sale today I'll buy it for you.
If you can't find one you buy me a bottle of Laphroig quarter cask whisky.

Deal?

Rushing blindly into the spelling pedantry minefield.

Especially unwise if you don't intend to take care with the spelling of Laphroaig...

 

[vernon]

I've just found a bottle of akvavit lurking at the back of the cupboard. I'm going to take it to Knockengorroch festival this weekend.

I wonder what an absinthe and akvavit cocktail tastes like.

Back in a few minutes....

 

[vernon]

I've just found a bottle of akvavit lurking at the back of the cupboard. I'm going to take it to Knockengorroch festival this weekend.

I wonder what an absinthe and akvavit cocktail tastes like.

Back in a few minutes....

Well that was a once in a lifetime experience.

 

[vernon]

Well that was a once in a lifetime experience.

Though the after effects are not entirely unwelcome.