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Isn't 'whiskey' bourbon and 'whisky' Scotch? I confuse so easily . . .
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Isn't 'whiskey' bourbon and 'whisky' Scotch? I confuse so easily . . .
Crossways or end on?
Quite well, sweetheart, thank-you. I'm in the middle of a serious remodel of my shop and starting a new business. It should be right up your family's alley. I'm going to be importing early to midcentury shotguns from the UK, hopefully with the first shipment arriving late July or early August.
Anyway, I have four cabinets to build and then I can start on dining room chairs. When I've got a dozen of them finished, I'll start on rockers. Patience, Molly, I'll get there.
Isn't 'whiskey' bourbon and 'whisky' Scotch? I confuse so easily . . .
Evening, Duchess. Would you like some coffee? One sugar?
Got a bit more done on my chapter. I should also get a blog post in about San Fran and Sonoma too, huh.
Whiskey is Irish, and whisky is Scotch. And I guess Bourbon is whiskey too, judging from Willie's bottle. (I was drinking Bowmore, which is whisky.)
Oh coffee would be so nice! Not that I'm hungover at all, of course . Not on bubbly and one glass of Bowmore, LOL.
That's great about the chapter. I would really like to read it if you did write about San Fran, yes and the cars, LOL. I enjoyed reading your blog, it was like going on holiday too. But sometimes life overtakes blogging, I know! I have a big waiting list of blogposts I have to write.
Hey guys!
That's very helpful about the whisk/ey, Willie. I have a Lagavulin and some of the Bowmore here. Somebody finished off the Talisker - and left the bottle in the box on the shelf for someone-else to put in the recycling. . eek: I have to write Andy's whisky tutorial!)
At one time, I owned more than thirty bottles of very good Scotch, probably in the vicinity of a few thousand dollars' worth of well-aged Highland liquor.
Alas . . . .
Let's just say that they met their ends in numerous appropriate ways.
What was the alas for? That sounds like great fun! I usually have two or three around at any one time, and no other liquor on the shelf, LOL. Other liquor gets finished off pretty quickly but the single malt is meant to be sacred.
I belong to a Whisky Society, who bottle single cask whiskies. Actually, the taste of those is beyond the single malts, absolutely delicious and full of unexpected flavours. They sometimes run tasting evenings where you can compare six or seven whiskies before tottering home. What seems to make the difference is whether the whisky was matured in a sherry or other kind of cask. I was surprised how often we liked a whisky that was in a particular cask, rather than because it was a Speyside or Islay.
The 'alas' is because I wish I still had some of them. I had a really nice bottle of Oban that, at the time, went for about $200 USD, and a bottle of Highland Park worth about twice that, maybe more. Damn, were they good. The Highland Park was featured at my bachelor party way back when, and the Oban . . . I think I drank that by myself some time later.
A good whiskey tasting can be both boon and bane, I've learned. At first, it's all about the flavor and spice. Then, after a couple of hours, you don't care what you get.
LOL, but later you know you said/thought the most amazing things. I love a good whisky toot with good friends, it's the best.
Wow, a Highland Park. Mmmmm, Highland Park. You should really try some of the single casks, tho', if you get a chance. They write hilarious tasting notes in the booklets, they only do that for fun, they call them things like: "boiled sweets on a bonfire" or "old wellies on the beach". I should think while they're tasting, they're just rolling around on the floor laughing and making these things up. Nobody who actually buys the bottles cares; they're all delicious.
It's been a while since I actually could buy a bottle, LOL! I just about keep up my membership, I prioritise it over academic associations, <snerk>.
I once ran/partially owned a bar located in Earl's Court, London. Our specialties were Scotch and cigars. Once a month we had tastings, and I never missed a one when I was in charge. At the onset, I didn't have much of an appreciation for those Highland spirits, but man did my perceptions change, and rather quickly.
These days, I'm able to treat myself to a standard Glenfiddich, Glenomorangie, or Laphroiagh from time to time. I make the bottles last, and appreciate them. But they aren't like what I used to get . . . .
Hmm, I have yet to experience a proper whiskey tasting. Wouldn't mind getting my palate beyond Jim Beam and Jack Daniels.
Oh, there's a world of experiences out there, John. Jack Daniels has nothing on a good, well-crafted, rich bourbon whiskey, like Woodford Reserve. Maker's Mark is pretty good, too, but it's become pretty commercial and is thus in danger of following in Jack's footprints with regards to ingredients and production.
But the real deal is Scotch.
I assume that the good stuff does not burn the throat or require some sort of chaser. I tasted some Don Julio a couple years ago and it was actually drinkable tequila on it's own, unlike Jose Cuervo.