So, what are you drinking now?

Out of town for work. Whiskey highball using George Dickel from the hotel bar...

More Amrut Peated Cask Strength, 62.8% ABV. This is a righteous liquid. It is stout in the nose, and it is stout on the palate.

@Victor I have seen this around a few times and thought about getting one, but it is pricey. $100+

@casualtorture Amrut products are not inexpensive. If you like peated whisky I doubt that you would be disappointed with Amrut Peated Cask Strength, even at $ 125. It makes a very big impression, not to be ignored, while being a relatively simple peat and barley excursion.

I like just about everything that Amrut produces, but it is the higher ABV products of theirs which I buy.

@Victor Is the Peated CS available in Maryland now?

After a Tex-Mex dinner, I’ve decided to forgo the whisky and I’m sipping some El Jimador Reposado tequila. I’m indebted to @Victor for recommending this inexpensive but eminently enjoyable tequila. Its profile resembles (but is not identical to) Talisker 10; there’s minerality, a vegetal quality, a pepperiness here. Maybe it’s the lingering association with youthful debauchery, but I swear I get hints of lime on the finish. I may have to explore other sipping tequilas.

In Pennsylvania, a person can order the Amrut peated CS whisky for $90.39 US by the state liquor system.

@DaveM With exchange, that's only a little more than it is in Calgary (about $100). It was $106 here in 2014, and worth every penny. Then they lowered the price to about $76 and I HAD to get more...

@Nozinan Amrut Peated Cask Strength is not sold in my county. I have seen it in DC and it may be in Baltimore.

@OdysseusUnbound tequila and mezcal remain for me second only to whisk(e)y in my spirits preferences. There are a lot of good Mexican spirits out there, with a whole lot less marketing nonsense to put up with than there is with whisky. .Tequila, mezcal, sotol, raicilla, Bacanora...

Enjoying Heart of Gold and Lot No 40 CS 1st Ed. John Hall was a wizard, he could conjure up mind-blowing flavours at 40%, 43%, and 45%. Lot 40 CS is a full-bodied 55% CS offering, but tonight Hall's Forty Creek Heart of Gold 2013 tames the c s beast and proves that cask strength is not always the bigger whisky.

My wife got some fantastic news today so we celebrated a bit. I had a generous glass of red wine (Seven Deadly Zins) with dinner, and two smallish drams later on. First, some Lot 40 CS 12 year, and later some Ardbeg Corryvreckan. Slainte, everyone!

Still out of town for work and last night, just ordered the hotel's Old Fashioned, they use Maker's Mark. It was fine. I miss my own whisky cabinet, though. Next time I'm going to need to pack a side of tiny bottles of my own favorite whiskies so I won't be lonely...or pay $16 for a drink.

@OdysseusUnbound, care to share what the fantastic news was?

Last night, a newly opened bottle; Laphroaig SMWS 29.226 (18 year - Mar. 1999) - "Seaside surprise" - Refill ex-Oloroso sherry butt - 56.8% ABV

To me, this is whisky perfection! Sweet sherry and medicinal smoke.

Society tasting notes: Freshly baked apple crumble dusted with cinnamon and nutmeg and covered with butterscotch sauce. Then the heady notes of dessert wine integrated with nut brittle and the marzipan of battenberg cake to produce a most irresistible concoction. A medicinal note entered from the sidelines like pungent camphor smeared onto staves of new oak. The texture was oily and viscous like melted butter in preparation for frying sweet shallots. A harmonious finish carried a flinty and mineralic edge with sweet smoke and sticky tar on seaside wood.

@MadSingleMalt She’s doing some upgrading. She thought she had very few credits earned toward her undergraduate degree, but her transcripts came in and she doesn’t need too many to complete her BA and apply to a Master’s program.

@OdysseusUnbound Upgrading? Watch out!

@Nozinan You’re telling me...

@archivist, that's a great idea! Packing a variety of minis when traveling allows for flexibility and makes it easier to match your mood. I usually pour a sample or two from every bottle I open.

I tend to bring favourites with me.....did I mention my fondness for RYE?

@paddockjudge

THAT DOES IT!!!!!!

It’s time to revive this thread:

connosr.com/whisky-porn-whisky-discussion-…

just home from a sports club quiz fundraiser. Had a few premixed Canadian Club and Dry. Not exactly noteworthy but a nice alternative to beer and very easy drinking.

@paddockjudge - I will carry your luggage if you let me tag along on your next trip. Now that’s what I call traveling in style!

Finished this bottle tonight; Glentauchers SMWS 63.46 (10 year - Dec 6th, 2007) "A walk in the park" - Refill ex-bourbon barrel - 59.4% ABV. Of course, the best tasting dram of the bottle was the last one. This one really hit the spot tonight!

Abbreviated Society tasting notes; The nose started off sweet – nutty, nougat, coconut and caramel apple cake. The palate is a ‘sit up and pay attention’ experience – sour plums, stewed apples and fruit-flavored fizzy candy entertain and linger in the mouth – a real treat for the taste buds.

@bwmccoy, I'll bring along a loaded gun case just for you...yep, plastic hard-cover gun cases are great for transporting bottles of all sizes. On some trips it looks like I'm headed to a NRA convention.

@paddockjudge yes, crossing into the US with gun cases.... always fun times.

@Nozinan, the border guard was more concerned with me lowering my back window than with the gun cases, he didn't ask about the three lock boxes....it must be a common practice to transport scores of 60 ml whisky samples in gun cases. lol ...whoda thunk it? I can't wait to cross the border with you again!

@paddockjudge lesson learned - I'll definitely be packing a few mini bottles on all my upcoming trips...your collection is an inspiration! I also didn't realize there was such a selection of mini bottles one could get! Be still my heart...

@archivist Those are not commercially available miniatures. If only....

@Nozinan If only is right... lucky @paddockjudge !

@archivist @paddockjudge is fortunate in many ways, but I have to admit in this instance that he is not so much fortunate as meticulous and ingenious.

@archivist, Saturday mornings are a great time for me to pour samples and procure labels. My children are now adults, Mrs. paddockjudge sleeps late on weekends, and I find this the perfect opportunity to "play whisky". Sometimes I blend. The most recent round of blending was Little Book Chapter 2 using CC 40 YO, Knob Creek Cask Strength 8 YO Rye, and WhistlePig 10 YO single barrel. Having 60 ml mini bottles of each of the component parts ready to go makes for easy portability. While attending university I worked for three years in the library (when micro-fiche and telex were high tech) in Serials, Periodicals, and Archives. I suppose some of that rubbed off on me....I often refer to my whisky cabinet as The Reference Library.