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Mikey wrote:Some of the pretty good ones use used bourbon barrels as well.
The Macallan 18 year old is available in either Sherry Oak or Fine Oak. The fine oak is a complete let down. The Sherry Oak one just about every award they entered it for. I've only ever come across one that used bourbon barrels, it wasn't nice. I've got about 10 bottles of malt in the house at the moment of different types. My favourite is 18 year old Macallan Sherry Oak, it's very very hard to get hold of these days costs about £90 a 70cl bottle (wine bottle size), I've got about 3.5 of those at the moment. Most of what they make these days is Fine Oak . I've got ones with Sherry, Madera and a few other woods. I tend to like those more than the peaty ones. I've also got 2 or 3 good brandys, including one very good Spanish brandy from Jerez.
Hmmm. I rather like the peaty ones, so I guess that's that. Also, I'm rather new to scotch, and have always been a bourbon drinker. Never had either of the Macallans, but I do like The Glenlivet's 12-year-old, which IIRC is bourbon-barrel aged... and I know it's cliche, but I like Johnny Walker Blue Label.
Interestingly, I notice less of a difference between single-malt and blended in scotch than I do in tequila. The difference between puro tequila and mixto is such that I enjoy puro but can't even drink mixto; and the difference between "new" bourbon and sour mash is such that they may as well be two different liquors. Well, in August I'm going to a resort with a tap room which is home to 40 different single-malt scotches, so I'll be able to do some research.
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IanKennedy wrote:The Macallan 18 year old is available in either Sherry Oak or Fine Oak. The fine oak is a complete let down. The Sherry Oak one just about every award they entered it for. I've only ever come across one that used bourbon barrels, it wasn't nice. I've got about 10 bottles of malt in the house at the moment of different types. My favourite is 18 year old Macallan Sherry Oak, it's very very hard to get hold of these days costs about £90 a 70cl bottle (wine bottle size), I've got about 3.5 of those at the moment. Most of what they make these days is Fine Oak . I've got ones with Sherry, Madera and a few other woods. I tend to like those more than the peaty ones. I've also got 2 or 3 good brandys, including one very good Spanish brandy from Jerez.
Hmmm... time for a drink.
And I've got about one and a half 70c bottles of Whyte and MacKay that were going two for twenty quid at Tesco.
Cheers.
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I've got an $80 bottle of Elijah Wood single-barrel 18-year-aged bourbon; but TBH, if I'm drinking it before dinner, before dessert, or with cigars, I prefer my nice $40 of Maker's Mark. The Elijah Wood so dominates the palate that you can't enjoy any other flavor for a while, while the Maker's Mark is so smooth and finishes so cleanly after a very pleasant vanilla aftertaste that it just enhances anything else.
And now, I have to agree with Ian... seems like time for a drink.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
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If should be able to find a The Macallan 18 year old, but I'd be stunned if you can find the sherry oak. I can only find it on specialty whiskey websites. It's one of the smoothest spirits I've ever drank. About the only bourbon we get over here is Wild Turkey and Jim Beam, plus Jack Daniels (I know it's not strictly bourbon). I wouldn't say any of them are much good. I mean they're fine as an equivalent to a blend but I wouldn't compare them to a malt.
If you think a malt is like a blend in Scotch then I hate to think what malts you've been drinking. I've never found a blend that could be mistaken for a malt or vice-versa.
I did have three or four different single barrel boubons when I was in North Carolina. Not bad.
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A guy was riding on an airplane, and he decided to smoke a cigar. Unfortunately, he was sitting next to a woman with a dog. The dog began coughing, so the lady said, "Excuse me, sir, but could you please put out your cigar? It's really bothering my dog."
He angrily replied, "No, I won't! You shouldn't have a dog on this flight anyways!"
"This is a non-smoking flight! You need to put that cigar out!" she said. They argued back and forth... get rid of the dog, put out the cigar, and so on.
Finally, the man said, "Look, I'll compromise with you. If you get rid of your dog, I'll get rid of the cigar." HE was thinking, "She'll never want to give up her dog." But much to his surprise, she agreed to the deal!
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. I've got ones with Sherry, Madera and a few other woods. I tend to like those more than the peaty ones. I've also got 2 or 3 good brandys, including one very good Spanish brandy from Jerez.
