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Single Malt

Centerfield Oct 19 2012 09:20 PM

Any scotch drinkers out there? Two drinks into this one tonight: Got this one as a gift warming up on the on-deck circle:

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 19 2012 09:26 PM Re: Single Malt

Like, and like-like, respectively. Highland Park's got a nice, butterscotchy-fruity sweet thing going on, there. I'm considering cracking my gift Oban now. Dammit.

Methead Oct 19 2012 09:37 PM Re: Single Malt

Big fan of the Macallan. One day I hope to try the 18-year version of it. My local guy told me not to bother because after that, I'd never want to try another scotch. I also like Lagavulin and Laphroaig though, because I love bitter smoky craziness.

Ashie62 Oct 19 2012 10:18 PM Re: Single Malt

Tullamore Dew from Ireland...

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 19 2012 11:15 PM Re: Single Malt

Lagavullin and Laphroaig are supersmokecrazygogo-- love 'em both. Drinking the superpeaty stuff inevitably gives me late-night heartburn, though. Not that I don't still have them; it's just that when I do, it feels a little like Thelma and Louiseing off an Islay cliff. Oban's been my mid-to-high go-to of late. Honeyed, full-bodied, lightly bourbon-y.

Frayed Knot Oct 20 2012 08:02 AM Re: Single Malt

You mean to tell me that none of you guys have been swayed over to 'Johnny Walker - Black' by the ads for it on MLB.com featuring Jorge Posada?

Ceetar Oct 20 2012 08:31 AM Re: Single Malt

Frayed Knot wrote: You mean to tell me that none of you guys have been swayed over to 'Johnny Walker - Black' by the ads for it on MLB.com featuring Jorge Posada? There was a big Yankees-branded billboard for Johnny Walker on Astoria BLVD, right at the intersection where I would occasionally turn left leaving Citi Field to get to the bridge so that I had to stare at it while sitting at the light. EVIL! anyway, I enjoy a good glass of scotch, but I don't own any as I usually stick to beer unless I'm out somewhere nice, which isn't that often. It's one of those things I'd like to have more but don't.

Fman99 Oct 20 2012 11:31 AM Re: Single Malt

Any scotch drinkers out there? Two drinks into this one tonight: My grandfather's drink of choice. Also my little brother, for whom I keep this brand in the house. It does nothing for me personally.

RealityChuck Oct 23 2012 10:49 AM Re: Single Malt

I had my first taste of single malt this weekend. I was at Albacon and it turned out that there is a secret SF miniconvention that travels around the east coast called "Maltcon." The person in charge brings glasses and quite a few bottles of single malt, and others also chip in with some of the good stuff. Usually it's a closed party (hotels don't like it if you're serving your own liquor), but this time the door was open. I admitted I'd never tasted single malt before; my only experience with scotch was a taste I had 40 years ago that I didn't like. The person running it had set up some of the cheaper stuff (McClelland) for beginner's sampling, and poured me the first -- a lowland scotch. I was surprised: it was like a Drambuie, a liqueur I liked, except without the sweetness. Next was a highland I liked even more, and a Speyside (my favorite). I finished with their version of Islay, though I was less fond of the peat taste. He also served me a taste of a better lowland scotch. I'm definitely being a fan.

Kong76 Oct 23 2012 11:09 AM Re: Single Malt

I don't describe beer, wine, and liquor well ... like this a lot: