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Is that a beer or a Gatorade variant? I can't imagine drinking a beer after training in this heat.
 
Going through a bit of a blended scotch phase atm.

Johnny Walker Double Black today - better than a lot of single malts at twice the price.

A friend also dropped off a bottle of Hibiki 12 he bought for me on a recent trip to Japan. Never tried it before but I've heard good things. Like most Japanese products it's beautifully packaged so I hope the contents live up to the bottle.
 
Fair enough. To be honest, I'm not a big peat drinker either. The JWDB is baby peat really - smooth, almost sweet smoke, not throat-burning, phosgene peat. It's not amazing whisky but amazing for a mass-produced JW blend and a good everyday tipple IMO.

I much prefer some of the Bruichladdichs to Laphroig as well; they have the seaspray and citrus character of Islay but without the peat. Harder to find in bottle shops though.
 
There was some blend I was digging awhile back, but I'm totally blanking on it now. Every now and then I fall into a bottle of Famous Grouse too.
 
Last weekend a friend was talking about bottles of scotch he wanted but hadn't gotten around to buying: Laphroaig and Highland Park. I told him to come on by next time he wanted a tipple - I have plenty of both and hardly touch them in the summer. For that matter, I can't really get excited about scotch in the summer. Only in the winter, and usually in bad weather.
 
I agree - lucky it's winter here, 2 degrees and pissing down most of the day. Perfect Scotch drinking weather and I doubt a few bottles will see the spring...

Summer is gin & tonic time for me.
 
Summer is G&T (Hendricks), dark n stormy, whiskey sour and certain bourbon based cocktails for me. Fall/winter/spring is straight whisky and old fashioneds.
 
Russell Street said:
In unrelated news, Grand Potentate Grand Potentate will be pissed if I say that I didn't really care for the Fever Tree tonic water and greatly prefer the $2.99 six-pack of the Whole Foods store brand stuff.
Also, the damn Jersey crowd has some different meaning for GTL than I do. Gin & tonic w/lime!
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Not pissed. To each their own. I think it's great. Doesn't mean it's the bees knees.
 
prince nez said:
I much prefer some of the Bruichladdichs to Laphroig as well; they have the seaspray and citrus character of Islay but without the peat. Harder to find in bottle shops though.
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I worked at a restaurant that had a 20 yr Bruichladdich which I really enjoyed. Curious to try a collector's priced scotch but never bought one yet.
 
IIRC the distillery went broke in the 90s and was bought by investors who promptly hired Jim McEwan from Bowmore as head distiller. The old Bruichladdichs were the drink of choice of the Ileachs apparently.
 
So i'm drinking Canada Dry ginger ale. Rather tasty, and by tasty I mean tart and not very tasty at all
 
Not too shabby
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Does it taste like Vergina?

In other news, yesterday was World Scotch day and I didn't have any. wtf.
 
How many of you enjoy Creemore Lager? It is a world class beer from Ontario. Cheers, having one right now.
 
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