Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)
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Seul, I am UK based. Any suggestions for where to find some decent Belgium beers including the peated ones would be appreciated.
If you like the Talisker then also have a look at either of these lighter peated offerings:
Jura - Superstition , An Cnoc - Rutter.
I learned how some of the lighter peated whiskies were made recently:
Smaller distilleries which only have a single set of stills, can only handle a single distillation process at a time. If this distillery makes a run of heavily peated spirit then the next run of spirit from the still will pick up remnants of the peated flavour.
This "intermediate" run of spirit is effectively used to clean out the stills and produces a lighter peated spirit. It is effectively a cleansing cycle allowing the next batch of "non-peated" spirit to be made and kept free of traces of peat flavour from the previous distillation cycle.Spot the "whisky nerd" !!
Getting thirsty just thinking about this, not a good time to be at work for three weeks on a dry oil rig!
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Thanks Seul, will give those a test drive and report back in the beer thread.
slainte !!
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I'm sick. Sazerac with Rittenhouse and North Shore Sirene rinse. Probably a hot toddy later.
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cheers everybody!
imo, cask strength is the way to go!
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@FOXY that Leopol's is a Colorado distiller. I haven't tried that one, how is it?
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Recently picked this up… damn spicy and damn good
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Yeah, that's a straight rye mashbill, that's how it should be done. I would love to try that, great cop @babyknight . A Sazerac or a Manhattan will really sing with that one. On paper that should be up there with Old Rip, Sazerac 18 YO, and Thomas Handy Sazerac.
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thanks @mclaincausey , I was indeed very excited to track this one down. It is a beautiful, spicy rye. I drink neat, never any ice or water, and this one packs a punch. That said, I have to say that the regular Whistlepig is also very good indeed and I would be more than happy with it on any occasion.
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@FOXY that Leopol's is a Colorado distiller. I haven't tried that one, how is it?
I had their apple brandy liqueur and we loved it - so, I thought I might give this a try.
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@trail and arrow : Looks promising, cheers!
I got new adiitions: Glenlivet 1996 SV 17 Years Sherry Cask - awesome dram from my lovely girlfriend. Laphroaig Cairdeas & Laphroaig Select, unfortunately just a miniature each, Cragganmore 2010 Friends bottling and a nice Barrel aged "Plum" / Zwetschge. I might Need a new shelf, the old one's full - whiskybase says I own 87 bottles now
Bonus: some Shopping pics.
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@FOXY that Leopol's is a Colorado distiller. I haven't tried that one, how is it?
I had their apple brandy liqueur and we loved it - so, I thought I might give this a try.
Will let you know as soon as we open the bottle…They make a passable Fernet too.
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Made an interesting cocktail. It's like a rock and rye with the spiciest rye you've ever had, but still with 3 other grains on the mashbill. Jigger of a local bourbon (local as in around the corner), tiny dahses of Dashfire Ancient Chinese Secret and of Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas bitters stirred on ice with 2 droppers of habanero shrub. Poured over an ice sphere.
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Fantastic! That looks like a spicy drink. How did you like it?
My bittermens collection grew a little this Christmas. I got a bottle of the celery shrub and the orange cream citrate. We already have the habanero shrub and the grapefruit bitters (which my wife uses for Gin & Tonics sometimes).
