Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)

[Seul]

@Jett129:

Blantons Straight from The Barrel is next level.

How much is it in the US?.. Haven't done a real search but am seeing the single for 40€, gold for 60, straight for  70… Two versions of the latter: 64.8% and 65...

[Jett129]

The Gold,and The Straight From the Barrel are not available in the US. Someone brought some back from the UK for me a few years ago. They were more expensive than what your showing.

[trail and arrow]

@mclaincausey:

Hey cheers @trail and arrow long time no "see"

[Appfaff]

Cabo Wabo is good for the soul

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[Jett129]

If any of you come across this in your travels,grab it without hesitation. Really delicious. If you hate Makers you won’t like it,but you’ll definitely be able to sell it at a profit in a few years. I only got 2,plan on drinking 1.

[Seul]

When your mate stops by for lunch with a third of a bottle cause he "has too many bottles at home"…

Can't wait to try this...

[Jett129]

I don’t even like Scotch,but something tells me that will be awesome. The real question is what beer,if any, will you pair with it?

[Seul]

Not pairing it with owt… Would be a shame...

[Stuart.T]

Xmas pressie from my little boy, who knows I love a good grog…

Nice sweet caramel with a good heat afterburn. Neat obviously.

[neph93]

Never really got on that well with rum. I sort of wish I could enjoy it more.

One of the sillier (but very welcome) things I received for xmas, plus a bottle of Nikka Days which was a present to myself as a reward for not losing anybody on the family trek around the south of England.

Before…

After…

[den1mhead]

^ Love the stormtrooper whiskey decanter 

[Seul]

[BloodnThunder]

Received a bottled of Laphroaig 25 as part of my Christmas bonus this year.  In short, a delicious, smooth, peat bomb.  I would have to say my favorite ever, followed fairly closely by Ardbeg Uigedail.  Note, even with how good it is, I could not fathom personally paying for this bottle.  It’s delicious but not sticker price good.

[Seul]

Part of your x-mas bonus?.. That's a 350€ bottle… Jesus tapdancing christ...

[neph93]

The premium single malt market is insane these days. Some seriously amazing drops of drink out there but the price point has become horrible.

Congrats on the bottle.

[mclaincausey]

It's not just single-malt. An ever larger percentage of the many billions of people on the planet is interested in, and can afford, good spirits. Supply and demand. But that doesn't mean that they're always "worth it."

I'm glad there's a craft distiller movement to help offset some of this, but it is disappointing to no longer be able to find/afford bottles that used to be part of my routine.

[neph93]

^ all of this is true.

What is super dissapponting is the way certain distilleries have willfully degraded the quality of the base product. The changes to the standard 10yr old Laphroaig being a case in point.

In the name of “product standardisation” (read mass production), they started using caramel to adjust colour and chill filtering. The drink is a bland, ghost of its former self. Imagine if IH did the same to the 21oz 634…

[mclaincausey]

That is all news to me. That a hallowed marque like that would dilute its quality and its brand in such a way is disgraceful.

It's an iron triangle of supply/demand, quality, and price. Quality should never be compromised for a premium marque–ramp up production or raise price.

[IH-GARY]

I’ve been putting my Big Willie in Muff lately, it’s very nice.

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[Giles]

@IH-GARY:

I’ve been putting my Big Willie in Muff lately, it’s very nice.

I'm sure it is…...