What dram is in your quaich?

**mookien** · 27th October 14, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by kiltedsawyer

... And.............so what did I receive as my birthday gift from my stepson this past weekend? Talisker Storm. Nice, peaty, and I'll drink it to his health. I of course did not tell him that it was not my favorite, accepted it graciously, but I did have to explain to him the nature of peat. He's young.

You did the right thing, stepdad. Good for you. Who knows, you might develop a taste for peaty malts.

**mookien** · 27th October 14, 02:04 PM

Frank: You're welcome anytime. Just give me a little notice ...

I truly love Macallan 12. It has one of the highest, if not the highest, quality/price ratios of any whisky I have tried. After paying for and tasting some malts, it's hard to believe Macallan can make a scotch that good for that price.

John

**frank_a** · 27th October 14, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by mookien

Frank: You're welcome anytime. Just give me a little notice ...

I truly love Macallan 12. It has one of the highest, if not the highest, quality/price ratios of any whisky I have tried. After paying for and tasting some malts, it's hard to believe Macallan can make a scotch that good for that price.

John

John, the wee lass bought that MacAllan for me right out of the blue! Gotta love that girl. She's gonna need to buy me another one soon.

Keep stickin around John, it will be a few years before we get released...

Frank

**mookien** · 27th October 14, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by frank_a

John, the wee lass bought that MacAllan for me right out of the blue! Gotta love that girl. She's gonna need to buy me another one soon.

Keep stickin around John, it will be a few years before we get released...

Frank

Frank: You need to give the wee lass a big hug. I plan to stick around as long as the Good Lord is willing, .. but I ain't gettin' any younger.

John

**frank_a** · 27th October 14, 02:46 PM

I would be more that glad to give the wee lass a big hug John. She should be home directly too.

I understand about the God willing thing - I just turned 62!

Cheers!

Frank

Originally Posted by mookien

Frank: You need to give the wee lass a big hug. I plan to stick around as long as the Good Lord is willing, .. but I ain't gettin' any younger.

John

**DryFly** · 30th October 14, 07:26 PM

Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or

Golden nectar indeed.

**rlh2** · 30th October 14, 07:51 PM

Rebecca Creek Texas Whiskey. Made in the Texas Hill Country.

**DryFly** · 10th November 14, 10:23 PM

Talisker Storm, and great memories of the good friends that gave it to me.

**DyerStraits** · 10th November 14, 11:02 PM

Spent most of last week in Nashville, Tennessee, also known as Whiskeyville, USA. Didn't do quite as much tasting as I coulda/shoulda/woulda, but did make some locally produced "discoveries" that impressed me enough that I may very well circle back to them in the near future:

1) Pritchards Single Malt--unpeated, pot-stilled, with a mostly barley mash bill. Not an exceptional amount of depth or complexity (although I admittedly watered it too much) but pleasingly light, smooth and fruity--like a Lowland Malt but not as grassy--and slightly more interesting than:

2) Pritchards Double Barrell, which has plenty of body and character but is in my opinion a wee bit too young and hot as yet to display its full potential (a common problem with small batch/hand-crafted American whiskies in general that is happily less tolerated by Scottish distillers--we've got the barrels, they've got the patience).

I sampled both of these at Whiskey Kitchen, which I strongly recommend (despite being noisy and crowded) for both the whiskey AND food menus.

3) Corsair Triple Smoke--all malted barley, fired by cherry wood, beech wood and peat. Had a double shot of it, at lunch while awaiting my meatloaf sandwich, at the Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum and listening to a version of Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" that I'd never heard before, which of course made the whole experience even better. Not quite as "deeply complex" --on my palate anyway--as its makers proclaim but definitely an intriguing, full-bodied and well-crafted American Whiskey/Single Malt Scotch "hybrid" attempt, perhaps sufficiently so to merit purchase of an actual bottle, if I can find it.

Very happy in general to see a notable presence of barley amid the corn and the rye.

Also saw not one, but two gents wearing kilts while I was there, which of course made me sorely regret that I didn't pack/wear one of mine, which I usually do when travelling. Someday I'll learn my lesson.....

**mookien** · 10th November 14, 11:44 PM

You mention the quintessential conundrum - "if I can find it". Do you know if Pritchards and Corsair export their product beyond the borders of Tennessee? I haven't seen them, ... but then again, I haven't looked for them. I'll keep my eyes open, when I'm in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. But, I'm not hopeful.

According to their web pages Corsair is unavailable in New Mexico and Pritchards doesn't list their distributors and shows nothing on their "Where to Buy" page. Oh my!, the trials and tribulations of the whisky tippler.