Any One for a Scotch?

[impolyt_one]

Might get it next time. I usually fly JAL but they codeshare with Korean Air sometimes.

 

[bdeuce22]

been a while since i've been on this thread......just scanning for another secret santa idea.

sorry, not for you, ed

 

[robinsongreen68]

i don't know much about scotch but love the taste of lagavulin and laphroaig. recently though i've been getting terrible hangovers after a few shots from my standard laph 10. i've read that this whisky has a particularly high phenol level. can anyone recommend something that has that smoky, peaty islay taste but is a little lighter? i was thinking maybe a bowmore 12

 

[I<3Bacon]

What exactly do you mean by lighter? Less smoke? Less peat? Less brine? Less "intensity"? Less ABV? If you're drinking the non-CS Laph 10yr, that's already watered down to 40%.

I don't know about you guys, but I can't remember getting hungover from any single malt in the last few years (terribly hungover from all sorts of other **** though).

 

[Thomas]



there's just waaaaaaaaay too much going on with it. And much of the flavor is bad. At least the bottle is really rare.
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The color of the label, too. The light blue is hideous. I can't enjoy anything while looking at such an ugly label.

 

[ama]



been a while since i've been on this thread......just scanning for another secret santa idea.
sorry, not for you, ed

Price range?

 

[denning]

Bonham's in New York is having a whiskey auction on December 8. Have a gander. http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19426/#

 

[Ty_Webb]



Bonham's in New York is having a whiskey auction on December 8. Have a gander. http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19426/#

Lot 94. Hubba. Too much denarii for me unfortunately.

 

[dsfgdsdfsgdfsg]

Bonham's in New York is having a whiskey auction on December 8. Have a gander. http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19426/#

Thanks

 

[bdeuce22]



Price range?

thinking around $40-50. might just go with some laph10 cask

 

[ama]



thinking around $40-50. might just go with some laph10 cask

Bold move. That is a huge scotch.

 

[DWFII]



What exactly do you mean by lighter? Less smoke? Less peat? Less brine? Less "intensity"? Less ABV? If you're drinking the non-CS Laph 10yr, that's already watered down to 40%.
I don't know about you guys, but I can't remember getting hungover from any single malt in the last few years (terribly hungover from all sorts of other **** though).

Funny thing is I have had the same experience. What's more I have gastric reflux and if I drink wine, for instance, I always get heartburn.

I drink Islays mostly---working on a bottle of Lagavulin 16 and a bottle of 1990(?) Ardbeg Arrigh Nam Beist (my favourite) which was given to me by a client and another gifted bottle of Oban 12 in reserve.

I don't drink but a dram or two at any one sitting but in over ten years I never get heartburn or a hangover (knock on wood)

 

[robinsongreen68]



What exactly do you mean by lighter? Less smoke? Less peat? Less brine? Less "intensity"? Less ABV? If you're drinking the non-CS Laph 10yr, that's already watered down to 40%.
I don't know about you guys, but I can't remember getting hungover from any single malt in the last few years (terribly hungover from all sorts of other **** though).

thanks for the reply- i don't really know! there's nothing i would change about the flavour, i just meant less hangover-inducing. you're right though 40% ABV should not be causing these problems, perhaps i just need to build up my stamina daily

 

[edinatlanta]

Ugh. you guys bring up a pet peeve of mine... the "science" of hangovers... I'll have more to say about it later but basically different types of alcohol wine, scotch etc can't cause worse/different hangovers or some not at all while others can. Now if you were drinking something other than ethanol (well, I would hope you aren't) that would be different. Anyone who says "don't mix spirits" or "dark spirits do this" is flat out wrong. UGH.

 

[I<3Bacon]

There is no "science". There are no rules that apply to everyone universally. Everyone is different and I had no intentions of pushing anyone's buttons.

For me personally, ****-quality spirits like tequila mixtos (vs. 100% de agave) will spell impending doom. And for ****'s sake, savor your quality single malts slowly and drink plenty of water. It's a long and leisurely walk along the coastline, not a sprint off the cliff.