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By @Wodha @Wodha on 15th Jan 2010, show post

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@paddockjudge
paddockjudge replied

@bwmccoy, @BlueNote, @Victor never have I seen the likes of this series. Collectively the best starting pitchers in WS history. An awesome display of talent and enough story lines to make a windmill dizzy.

In honour of the Nationals' (Expos) victory, a sip of Mister Sam (Samuel Bronfman) a blend of Canadian and American whiskies...world class whisky.

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Jonathan replied

Kaiyo Cask Strength: This is something else. Not as subtle as I thought it it would be. Wow. More to follow.I'm not sure if I'm wowed by the Minzunara oak or the distillate , but I don't recall tasting a whisky so evocative. Different kinds of incense and fruits. And that was a "Neck pour.". Wow.

This Japanese malt is "tea-spooned" and sent to age at sea (Kaiyo). I thought it was a gimmick. No: whatever went into this was really singular. I'm not sure if I want a bottle of the peated at 100$ (for 46%), but this CS.at a 1/3 the price--just wow..

And as to the finish: www.youtube.com/watch

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

RikS replied

@Jonathan that is such an inspiring video!!!

Even people who can't sing, not play any instruments, can still start a band!

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@OdysseusUnbound My daughter is very strict about her candy. My son came to me this morning to check with me before he put a little packet of gummy fish into his lunch, to be sure I didn't want it.

My top list of Hallowe'en candy:

  1. fuzzy peaches (and sour patch kids, Swedish berries etc...)
  2. Nibs
  3. KitKat
  4. Mini twix

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

Jonathan replied

@RikS I couldn't think of a better account of that finish besides "Mouth Breather." Seriously, though, if you listen to the studio recordings, Jesus Lizard COULD play bass and drums really well. Happy to provide suggestions. These days (hitting 50 soon) I'm more into other stuff. Recent shows I was able to see were the Stones, Nick Cave (both with Bad Seeds and his QA, which broke my heart, and where I had the second question. I was rewarded with a song!) And very soon, Dylan, who many would say can't sing. (He can.) I'm fairly catholic in my tastes, but I like dissonance too.

These days: Jazz: Give me Cecil Taylor over David Brubeck. Classical: Schoenberg all the way , especially during the High Holidays (Moses and Aaron)

But I also have no problem with a bitter whisky finish....and harmony is rarely a word that turns up in my assessments of whisky that I love.

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

@paddockjudge - ' ... never have I seen the likes of this series. '

I was going to say that if all baseball and World Series' are like that one I might start watching it more often! I do like the 7 match format - hard to do with some sports I guess but you know the winner has earned it, there's no way a piece of luck or bad referring should affect the overall outcome.

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RikS replied

@Jonathan thank you for that considered reply my friend. Actually, I too have a pretty eclectic taste in music ranging from classical to Cohen to rage against the machine and, believe it or not, I've even seen sepultura live. Truth be told, I believe that music and art has similarities to whisky in that with experience comes also the ability to appreciate that melodic dissonance you refer to - most of my jazz loving friends will wholeheartedly agree to that. And not to forget, many of these guys are even classically trained to begin with - this video being a fun example a minute or two in -

youtu.be/WV1M9mSt-KI

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@talexander
talexander replied

You know things have gotten crazy when Yngwie shows up on a whisky discussion page.

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@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@talexander He's definitely in the Eddie Van Halen class of guitar shredders.

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@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

I'm starting off the evening with a dram of Cutty Sark Prohibition. It's been stuck away in the back of my overflow cabinet for a couple of years. It's 50% ABV and quite a tasty blend. Not sure if it's still available.

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@MadSingleMalt

At my club night on Tuesday, we drank a pretty solid lineup of sherry monsters. We tasted most of 'em blind, and voted on a collective favorite to become the new club bottle. Winner: Aberlour A'bunadh!

The rest:

•Glenfarclas 105 (the newer NAS, not the old 10). My favorite of the night! Not too heavy, not too sweet, pretty fresh & tasty.

•Naked Grouse malt blend finished in Oloroso. Clearly inferior to everything else we tasted, but it did earn a couple votes from the group. Those who liked it were pleasantly surprised to discover that it was something available for just $25.

•Glenmo Lasanta. Meh.

•Tamdhu Batch Strength. Very good and similar to the Glenfarclas 105.

•Various Kavalans that left no impression on me.

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@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@MadSingleMalt which batch of A’Bunadh? Asking for a friend

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@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@BlueNote the only prohibition currently available in Ontario (other than the bottle I bought in Vancouver in 2015

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@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@Nozinan I can’t imagine how awful non alcoholic Bud would be. The alcoholic version is bad enough.

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@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@BlueNote Fair enough. When I was in China in 2005, beer was a safer drink than water, and sometimes cheaper than bottled water. I often went for the non-alcoholic beers. I'm sure they were tastier than Bud.

When I was in China in 2016, I drank regular beer, in Xinjiang you could get bottled water for 20 cents a half litre, and I tasted BaiJio and an amazing straight from the cask brandy...

Times change and so do we...

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

Jonathan replied

@BlueNote I was encouraged to get Prohibition by a friend and unfortunately didn't take it up. I haven't seen it recently, but I have kept an eye out for it. What would JW Black taste like at 50%? (Blends aren't included in the US tariffs, so now I think of such things...)

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

Jonathan replied

I'm having a pour of Uigeadail after playing coach/next-seat driver to my wife, who only has a learner's permit and wants to practice driving at night (in Baltimore).

I left a third of a bottle of Uigeadail for about half a year. I love Oogy from the fresh bottle, but I'm getting fruits that I haven't tasted before, and also more malt flavor.. The dark sherry fruits were always there, but I'm tasting more of the apple, pear, and also vanilla from the bourbon casks than I did before. (I'm still a newbie, so feel free to correct me if the source of these more prominent flavors is not from the bourbon casks.)

The peat in the Ardbeg is still definitely there, but not quite as dominant (except on the nose). The peat and orchard fruits are reminding me of an IB Caol Ila bottling that I like, but that one has no sherry casks. This Oogy is hitting the 90's for me. No water added or needed.

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@OdysseusUnbound

@MadSingleMalt I also prefer farclas 105 to A’Bunadh. Glenfarclas isn’t as much of a sherry bomb, the malt character is still present, which is what I like about it. I’ll never turn down a glass of A’Bunadh though...

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@bwmccoy
bwmccoy replied

Last night (Friday), @jordytropp and I served 5 whiskies from The Scotch Malt Whisky Society at The Whisky Extravaganza in Seattle. While I didn’t drink these last night since I was “working”, I did taste through them Thursday night in preparation for the event.

10 year Miltonduff, ”The flower of youth”, SMWS 72.75 from a refill Barrel at 61.3% ABV. This was my second favorite of the lineup. Lovely whisky, especially with a few drops of water.

29 year Cameronbridge grain whisky, “The paradise patisserie”, SMWS G4.18 from a second-fill Barrel at 54.7% ABV. This was the most popular whisky for the attendees to the event who visited our table.

12 year Royal Brackla, “The Old Curiosity Shop”, SMWS 55.53 from a refill hogshead at 59.3% ABV. This one was unique in that it was two completely different whiskies when you had it without water and after adding a few drops of water.

11 year Old Pulteney, “Hot sauce in a wash back”, SMWS 52.27. After 9 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, then transferred to a 2nd-fill toasted hogshead. 60.2% ABV. Unlike any Old Pulteney that I’ve tasted before. The toasted cask gave it another layer of complexity; Black liquorice, aged rum, earl grey tea, mulled wine, etc.

6 year Caol Ila, “Ein kleiner deutscher samurai” (a little German samurai), SMWS 53.276 from a refill hogshead at 61.2% ABV. My favorite of the 5. Perfectly balanced, it did not taste young (6 years) nor hot, even at 61.2%. No water needed.

After the event, a friend opened a bottle he brought with him to share with his friends; a 20 year Laphroaig, “Exquisitely playful”, SMWS 29.263 from a 2nd-fill ex-bourbon barrel at 54.9% ABV. It was exquisite! A great way to end the night.

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@MadSingleMalt

@OdysseusUnbound, that's what I liked about the Glenfarclas too. Heavy sherry doesn't do it for me.

@Nozinan, I'll have to check sometime if you're really interested in the A'bunadh batch number. It's one of the later ones, for sure.

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@cricklewood
cricklewood replied

I'm feeling a bit under the weather, so nursing a mug of tea and a dram of Port Charlotte 10 MkII.

This bottle is almost gone but it's an interesting contrast to the new version, it's oakier, earthy and isn't quite as sweet.I think I slightly prefer this one but that's likely just my mood.

I'm watching Mr. Robot season 1 not sure how I feel about this show.

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@cricklewood
cricklewood replied

I never thought I would see the Jesus Lizard and Yngwie Malmsteen in the same thread let alone on a whisky board. The former is a band I used to love listening to, they can indeed play their instruments, guitarist Duane Denison had an interesting jazz avant-garde band with Drummer with Jim Kimball. The latter is well a phenomenon of sorts I could never dig his music but my eldest brothers being major guitarheads would listen to his shredding non-stop even dragging me to one of his concerts, that was a learning experience in stage theatrics.

@Jonathan I've been curious about the Kaiyo CS Mizunara since it's received praise on this board before and it's just shown up available online to order at a store in Alberta. I know mizunara is a hot thing to use nowadays as can be attested by the emphasis put on it. I do have a friend who swears Glendalough's mizunara is delicious and unique.

@BlueNote I haven't seen the prohibition around lately, I don't know if it's still produced now that Edrington has sold off the Cutty Sark brand. It's a blend I used to buy frequently a few years back until hitting a particularly lackluster batch. It had nice texture and power at that ABV, a little like a more powerful, less caramel forward JW Black, lots of pepper if I remember correctly.

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@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@cricklewood Tonight my wife decided we were having some of her friends over for Hot Pot. She prepared all the ingredients and for the first time in ages the house contained (briefly) only adults. After dinner and before dessert I discovered the other two husbands like scotch, and peated ones at that.

I invited them down to the lair and we each had about 10 cc of Octomore 7.3 in mini glencairn glasses. While I was still nursing mine, I poured some Corry for one of my guests. It was a nice finish to a meal.

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@cricklewood
cricklewood replied

@Nozinan sounds like a lovely evening, hot pot followed by a few tasty drams... How were the whiskys received?

The Octomore 7.3 is as good as I remembered it to be. I recently plowed through the good part of a bottle with a friend at his going away party.

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@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@cricklewood the 7.3 was a hit, as expected.

I kind of wish I had put away another couple, but I kind of feel that way about most of the good whiskies I buy. I wish I could buy a single bottle, enjoy, and move on...

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@bwmccoy
bwmccoy replied

Last night, finished off the last tiny bit of whisky in two bottles that were left over from Friday night’s Whisky Extravaganza;

11 year Old Pulteney, “Hot sauce in a wash back”, SMWS 52.27. After 9 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, it was transferred to a 2nd-fill toasted hogshead. 60.2% ABV.

And a 6 year Caol Ila, “Ein kleiner deutscher samurai” (a little German samurai), SMWS 53.276 from a refill hogshead at 61.2% ABV. This one got it’s name from the tasting notes of smoked Bavarian cheese, Rauchbier and seaweed. May not sound good, but it’s an accurate description and it tastes great to me. Going to order a bottle of this one!

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@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@cricklewood These days I’m only good for about 5 minutes of the Yngwie type guitar pyrotechnics before I’m ready for some Bill Frisell or Pat Metheny. I guess it’s called getting old.

The first bottle of Prohibition I had was really very flavourful, this second one has been sitting around half empty for a couple of years, and although it’s good, I’m finding it quite sweet and lacking the nice bite the earlier one had. Too bad it’s no longer available. I’d snap up another one and it wouldn’t be sitting around unloved for years.

Cheers.

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