belfastguzzi Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 What's a good beginners entrance into the murky world of single-malt ..? Horlicks
Guest SantaFeRider Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 Fond of whiskey, but rather unschooled. 1 st generation Irish-American so gravitate towards the Irish, naturally. Can't stand Bushmills, like Jamesons. Have tried Glenlivet, didn't like it, but liked Glennfiddich. Have been told that neither is very good, though. Will try to banish from my mind the vision of Scots standing above open vats of single malt in kilts and stirring away. (I know some of them must pee when they cough.) What's a good beginners entrance into the murky world of single-malt scotch? Oh, I'm half German, too, that makes me a very precise drunk. fish a good beginner's singlemalt is the Royal Lochnagar. Very mellow, not extremely peaty and well rounded. Distillery is next to Balmoral, so only one allowed to leak in the mash is Charlie Boy.
velofish Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 Thanks, gents. Looks like I may have to start a small collection. That is, if I can find the good stuff around here. fish
macguzzi Posted November 13, 2006 Author Posted November 13, 2006 Whisky drinking music, have a listen to, now this is going back in time 1972, Scotlands finest ever rock band, track Isobel Goudie album Next the story of one of the last witches to be hanged in Scotland about 200 metres from my house. The band ,The Sensational Alex Harvey Band sadley Alex's is long dead but the band live on if you get the chance to see them live do.
helicopterjim R.I.P. Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 I remember Alex Harvey and Hawkwind were next to each other in the import music bin at the record shop. I started listening about 1972 and still have SAHB on vinyl but havn't listened to it for a few years now. I think I'll partake of a little of the water of life myself!! Thank you, Mac!! Jim ISOBEL GOUDIE PART 1 THE VIRGIN AND THE HUNTER And the virgin and the hunter They laid together in the night Isobel Goudie Isobel Goudie She does not do the things she should PART 2 LADY OF THE NIGHT Isobel Goudie feels so good She does not do the things that she should She was going to the fare Isobel Goudie She met a stranger there Isobel Goudie Isobel Goudie Isobel Goudie She does not do the things she should Selling time with no remission (?) A scaly member with a cold emission She raised her eyes up to the sky She crossed her heart And she hoped to die Isobel Goudie Isobel Goudie Isobel Goudie She does not do the things she should She is my Lady of the night She is my Lady of the night She is my Lady of the night She does not do the things She does not do the things She does not do the things she should She is my Lady of the night She is my Lady of the night She is my Lady of the night PART 3 COITUS INTERRUPTUS Belladonna Holy water ashes to ashes dust to dust Coitus interruptus Fire to fire and blood to blood
Guzzirider Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Alex Harvey clips on YouTube Some of these are really good- he was a true entertainer.
macguzzi Posted November 14, 2006 Author Posted November 14, 2006 Good man top site, saw them at the wickerman festival this year, first saw them in'72
docc Posted November 28, 2006 Posted November 28, 2006 Me good woman, bless her heart and other parts, bought me a nice blend of Johnnie Walker Blue for my birthday. Nice since I was expecting a shop-vac and last year I got a broke leg from my dirt bike . . . She seemed to think it would last longer since it was pricey . . . I think I'll have another. Here's one to you good chaps.
DeBenGuzzi Posted November 28, 2006 Posted November 28, 2006 Call me Crazy but there is something about a Jack & Coke, I fricken love the stuff, I have a 1.75 of Knob but gotta have Jack around, nothin beats Jack. and if you want to get technical ANY grain distilled alcohol is Whisky, Everclear is a Whisky, so layoff me aight, I'm american I have a right to bad taste "Whiskey" or Whisky(hwis-kee): an alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol.
helicopterjim R.I.P. Posted November 28, 2006 Posted November 28, 2006 Call me Crazy but there is something about a Jack & Coke Go to Australia. They have it premixed in cans, bottles or on tap. Better than Bundy's I reckon but not much! By the way does this mean there is no such thing as bourbon anymore?
DeBenGuzzi Posted November 29, 2006 Posted November 29, 2006 Go to Australia. They have it premixed in cans, bottles or on tap. Better than Bundy's I reckon but not much! By the way does this mean there is no such thing as bourbon anymore? bourbon is a whisky from burbon county, as in champagne is from well you get the point. but thats all a bunch of hooey as the stuff comes from all over.
g.forrest Posted November 29, 2006 Posted November 29, 2006 imported all the way from next door [in 2 litre bottles] i'm suss he makes those labels though!
Guzzirider Posted November 29, 2006 Posted November 29, 2006 World's oldest bottle of whisky? If I was a millionaire, it would be cool to buy it at the auction, then after taking one swig in front of all the posh connoisseurs and collectors, belch loudly then give the bottle to a homeless tramp and let him finish it off in the park.
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