@Singlemalt - I promised you a whisky review way back when.
I drank a bottle of this, and it was vexingly hard for me to pin down.
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The painted bottle is a nice color, but there's no way to see the liquid level. The empty was also massive, which had as a consequence ~invert~ ~drip~ what, already??
The flavors are difficult for me to describe. They kept changing. I don't blame the whisky- I blame my taste and smell perversion.
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There is a bright malt on the nose and palate, but it is somehow coarser than, say a Glenlivet Nadurra. There's a faint "cotton candy/scooter pie" note that I find a little out of place, what with I'm spoiled by Glenlivet products.
There is nice balanced wood in the mouth (!), but it is not as smooth as the wood in a Glenlivet 15.
The thing I found weirdest is that smoky/burnt flavors seemed to come and go.
Once I tasted a peat-smoke sort of taste.
The other time there was a bitter black char flavor, especially on the finish. But when I tasted for these outlier sensations again, I could not honestly discern them.
Overall a good whisky but there's better to be had at the same price.
Lately my "basic drinker" has been this. Delicious and cheaper/better than Glenlivet 12.
There it is, today's Toki Talki
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Bruichladdich is very aggressive from my second-hand experience. If you use a vial of ambient temperature water to add drops to your scotch and Irish whiskey, then that is one you'd want to leave alone. Very aggressive approach, if you are in to that sort of thing.
I tried Blanton's once recently. the upcoming bottle I'm seeking is called, "Weller." It's actually easier to find outside of Kentucky because fewer people have heard of about them. In Kentucky, Weller's is in high demand.
They are probably going to become a thing. Wasn't there an episode of jackass where Steve-O did a butt chug? Not necessary a breakthrough in the world of alcohol to be a thing.
At least I treated it like ammo, I stockpiled"A 15-year-old dispute between the U.S. and European Union over government subsidies given to airplane manufacturers is coming to a head. That spells bad news for Stateside Scotch whisky drinkers.
According to the BBC, the World Trade Organization recently gave the U.S. government approval to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion in goods from the EU. The U.S. supplied a list of products produced in a number of European nations that would be subject to the new 25 percent tariff. On it: all whisky produced in the UK, including Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey.
The tariff goes into action on October 18th. Here’s how that could affect your next trip to the liquor store.
“I don’t think there will be a lag time or delay with the tariff affecting price,” said Jonathan Goldstein, owner of New York City’s popular Scotch whisky store Park Avenue Liquor Shop. That’s because of the way the alcohol industry is structured — where producers may only sell to distributors, who may only sell to retailers, who may sell to consumers. Distributors will learn that their products have gone up in price and markups will be imposed to meet their own margins. Immediately.
Nima Ansari, head spirits buyer at Astor Wine & Spirits, said, based on the tariffs going into effect on October 18th, prices can technically go up as early as November 1, when the retailer’s wholesale price has spiked due to rising prices for the rest of the supply chain.
Scotch prices increasing by 25 percent would be troublesome but conservative; Goldstein says to expect larger price spikes: “Everyone has to take their margins into account when the price jumps for everybody — producers, distributors, importers and retailers. Let’s say my wholesale cost is just 25 percent more; well I also work on my own percentage, so my markup has to be that much more to get it on the shelf. I think it’s going to be a disaster. If people were struggling with the concept of a $50, non-age-statement whisky before, they’re going to be shocked in a few weeks.”
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Scotch Whisky Prices Are About to Skyrocket. Here’s What That Means for You | Gear Patrol
Among other things, the US has imposed significant tariffs on scotch whisky. Here's what you need to know.gearpatrol.com