What Are You Drinking? August 2023

[Pooh-Bah]

Denizens Southside IPA. Room temperature, I don't generally chill my alcohol.
It's 15% rye. I like rye.

 

[jerry]

Espresso, as usual.

 

[warren99]

Spaten Premium Lager.

 

[David D. Davidson]

Ending the night with a dram of Lagavulin 16. Deliciously smoky but hard to justify the price for me. It’s insane how much the price has risen recently, even just the past five years. I’ve been experimenting, trying to find somewhat comparable scotch at a lower price to scratch that itch, and have been enjoying Laphroaig 10 quite a bit. Here in Ontario, Lagavulin 16 is $185. Craziness!

Had to get that off my chest apparently!

 

[karam]

Friend from Poland brought me a real treasure

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Ending the night with a dram of Lagavulin 16. Deliciously smoky but hard to justify the price for me. It’s insane how much the price has risen recently, even just the past five years. I’ve been experimenting, trying to find somewhat comparable scotch at a lower price to scratch that itch, and have been enjoying Laphroaig 10 quite a bit. Here in Ontario, Lagavulin 16 is $185. Craziness!

Had to get that off my chest apparently!

I feel your pain. I went to buy a bottle of Glenfarclas 12 the other day and it has DOUBLED in price in the past year. $100 a bottle now?!?!? No thanks.

 

[JOHN72]

A few drams of Woodford Reserve.............

 

[S.A. DeVault]

Wish they had these here, it would save trips (100 pack of beer)...
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Karjala beer? I enjoy the Säkkijärven polkka so much I've got to give it a try

 

[S.A. DeVault]

I feel your pain. I went to buy a bottle of Glenfarclas 12 the other day and it has DOUBLED in price in the past year. $100 a bottle now?!?!? No thanks.

Thank goodness I'm happy with Glen Moray, 27 dollars a bottle!

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Ending the night with a dram of Lagavulin 16. Deliciously smoky but hard to justify the price for me. It’s insane how much the price has risen recently, even just the past five years. I’ve been experimenting, trying to find somewhat comparable scotch at a lower price to scratch that itch, and have been enjoying Laphroaig 10 quite a bit. Here in Ontario, Lagavulin 16 is $185. Craziness!

Had to get that off my chest apparently!

Give the Ledaig 10 Year (from the Isle of Mull) a try—in New York, it’s about $55.00 US and will give you many of the notes you enjoy in Lagavulin and Laphroaig.

 

[JOHN72]

Yesterday, at lunch, another Belgian beer, quite solid and tasty.

 

[JOHN72]

Good evening. Today is a national holiday in Spain. While watching a movie with my wife, I have a few shots of Woodford Reserve. Good bourbon, although a bit watered down, the same happens to me with the double oak. But a decent whiskey.

 

[Rockyrepose]

My summer opus

 

[Egg Shen]

I just issued myself a big fat juicy pour of knob creek single barrel select, as selected by Pennsylvania Fine Wine & Spirits. This one might have to be relegated to chicken marinade I’m not loving it. It is 60% ABV, so maybe I’ll add a bit of distilled water to see if I can open it up a bit. Right now it’s a bit spicy/hot/all up in my face. I used to like KC back when I drank bourbon often. I have a bottle of Pinot Grigio as a backup plan.

 

[JOHN72]

While I'm drying some Capstan Oro, I'm drinking a few drams of Bufalo Trace 45º.

 

[gubbyduffer]

Ending the night with a dram of Lagavulin 16. Deliciously smoky but hard to justify the price for me. It’s insane how much the price has risen recently, even just the past five years. I’ve been experimenting, trying to find somewhat comparable scotch at a lower price to scratch that itch, and have been enjoying Laphroaig 10 quite a bit. Here in Ontario, Lagavulin 16 is $185. Craziness!

Had to get that off my chest apparently!

I was going to suggest looking into Ledaig 10, but see its been mentioned. I love Ledaig pronounced (Lechaig). They do a cheaper non age statement Sinclair series, finished in Rioja casks which is also lovely. Port Charlotte 10yo is also worth looking into.

 

[gubbyduffer]

Give the Ledaig 10 Year (from the Isle of Mull) a try—in New York, it’s about $55.00 US and will give you many of the notes you enjoy in Lagavulin and Laphroaig.

TheIronMonkey I like your taste in whisky, for someone based in New York. You know your stuff, saying this as someone based in Scotland.
I am not going to get political, but rather talk about taxation. Doing a currency conversion check, we pay almost exactly the same for Ledaig 10yo her in Scotland which is scary and we co sidereal that decent value. £40 a bottle for something like Ledaig 10yo is considered good value.
My friend, also from Scotland visited his wife's family in France in the summer. He sent me the prices of what they pay for scotch whisky. I told him to get me a couple of bottles' because it was around 2/3rd's of what we pay for the same stuff here.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

TheIronMonkey I like your taste in whisky, for someone based in New York. You know your stuff, saying this as someone based in Scotland.
I am not going to get political, but rather talk about taxation. Doing a currency conversion check, we pay almost exactly the same for Ledaig 10yo her in Scotland which is scary and we co sidereal that decent value. £40 a bottle for something like Ledaig 10yo is considered good value.
My friend, also from Scotland visited his wife's family in France in the summer. He sent me the prices of what they pay for scotch whisky. I told him to get me a couple of bottles' because it was around 2/3rd's of what we pay for the same stuff here.

The taxes on Scotch have risen quite a bit here. When Susan and I were in Galicia, Spain in 2020, we saw bottles of Laphroaig at a Gadis supermarket for what seemed to be half of what we would pay in New York. Our jaws dropped! We of course picked a bottle for consumption immediately.

Have you ever tried the Ledaig 19? It comes in a wooden box and has an odd vomit-like nose which is almost off-putting, but fortunately, it’s pretty tasty.

A friend of ours tipped us off to Torabhaig (from the Isle of Skye) awhile back—it’s getting tougher to find and punches above its weight class.

 

[gubbyduffer]

Poured myself a Heaven Hill Mellow Corn. My goodness this stuff is awesome. It's a simple drink, but it's popcorn sweetness is overwhelming. Its not a drink to pick out complex and subtle notes from, however you could easily smash through a bottle of this in a night without realising. Dangerous stuff indeed.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

This one might have to be relegated to chicken marinade

Bourbon marinated chicken? Please describe.