mikeymad

Zoinks!!

Hey Cee Tee, The Current Macallan 12yo I really like, it has gotten back to the rich sherry notes that I liked in the older ones. I have bought a lot of it (bought 3 of the 1.75L at Costco).. drinking them and will replace when empty. I like the current releases of the 18yo vintage as well 1990+. From about the 1980 vintage to 1988 they where a little dull. I think it was when they were really struggling to get good sherry casks. I don't follow their process to know if they changed any production methodology. I currently have a lot of Macallan 18yo's in stock, so I am not buying new ones. But now that I have tried the new ones. I have no worries about drinking into my stock, because I like the new ones enough for replacements. I have not really liked the 'fine oak' series. When they are older they are drinkable, but not for the price. So I stick on the sherry side of the Macallan fence, and I like it there. I have had the Jefferson's before.. It is nice (don't remember if I had batch 1). It is interesting that it says 'Distilled from Wheat'. It must have at lease 51% corn in it to be called bourbon in the first place, so I guess that most of the rest is wheat? Just not sure what the selling point is. For me right now, I really like the various Four Roses single barrel releases that you can get. With the different sour mash percentages, and yeast selection, can really make a different beverage. Binny's out of Chicago has a lot of the variations. The other is the George T Stagg releases (super high proof). It is more of an extreme bourbon... But truth is, I am drinking more Rye's these days. Cheers, Mikey (I should have sent you a PM, no one wants to read all this crap in a drinking thread!... )

That is the way to do it... buy them all

Thanks for correcting this Obvious oversight... I feel much better knowing the rule has been expunged (is that a curse word?) cheers muthafuckers.

Good show today? worth getting out of bed for me tomorrow? Cheers, Mikey

Mozart Requiem K626 -- Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Linn Records

Very sorry to hear Al... Seems that she tried to stay with you as long as she could. Thoughts are with you and your family. Cheers to Mom.... Mikey

And the Peated closer: --> Ardbeg - Airigh Nam Beist 1990/17yo 46% (OB)

An Old Single Grain Scotch whisky: --> Carsebridge 79/30yo 54.8% Duncan Taylor Bottling

Some bourbon to round out the selection: --> Angel's Envy Bourbon (port cask Finish) 43.3%

More Macallan for the fun of it: --> Macallan 87/18yo 43% (OB)

More sherry aged bottles (kind of my thing) --> Macallan 74/26yo 51.3% - Caledonian Selection bottling Hard to take a picture of these labels:

And some blend to help everyone out: --> Black Bull (blend) 30yo 50%

Now down to pouring samples - with a little bit for myself (spoilage testing): Royal Lochnagar 96/14 56.3% - Rattray bottling for Bevmo

Another sample to kill. Not a lot of people will know this one: Auchroisk 9 yo 1997/2007 58.1% -- SMWS 95.7 (SMWS - Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottling) 95 - Distillery Code for Auchroisk .7 is the 7th cask that they bottled. No image of this one - The bottles are all the same except codes: There is 95.8

I have to clear out some sample bottles so I can pour samples to take to a wedding tomorrow... so: Highland Park 21yo 47.5% OB - Made for Duty Free - sample from my friend in Canada Don't have the bottle - but looked like this:

No way - big Laph fanboy... I like quarter too much to keep it in stock.... Cheers,

good call.. I don't have any of the LQC ..

This is getting better with time... Love the Sherry Aged Mortlach's --> Mortlach 1988/17yo 59.6% Malt Trust

Cheers to that... some Mortlach coming up soon..

Starting late: --> Linkwood 1990 17yo 55.5% Signatory from Binny's

Little shot of stuff that is getting low: --> Lochside 1966 38yo 45.6% Celtic Heartlands bottling.

nice image

Dang I have a wedding to goto in the south bay on Saturday... Will have to look into options for the rest of the weekend.