Table for two -- Flying Dog/Brewer's Art collab -- kinda too generic

Earlier: Brooklyn Banner (good not great), Belhaven Scottish (a standard)

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Left Hand JuJu Ginger, courtesy of Dusty McChawk

So, how is it?

I've been looking for a dry pisco receipe and found a combo I like.

2 oz pisco

1/2 oz lime juice

1/2 oz R&W Apricot

Finishing off the last bottle of the Boulevard Sixth Glass 4-pack I bought back in late April. I'm glad I like styles that can sit for a while.

mikeymad,

I'm noticing you are drinking pre-Suntory, pre-design change Macallan.

A few years back I found two very dusty bottles of 12 yr at a Mom and Pop liquor store.

The taste has changed, to me. Still like the 12 yr but Tomatin now seems to compete with it for less money...

I had a pre-design change 10 yr brought back from Inverness but it needs more aging.

What's your opinion of the current crop of the Macallan?

(I had read a while back that they have stopped using same percentage of golden promise grain.)

Just had some 15 yr "Fine Oak" and while it was sweet and clean, it didn't have anything that interesting going on with it.

More Macallan for the fun of it:

--> Macallan 87/18yo 43% (OB)

Have you tried this Bourbon before? If you have, have you had any Bourbon that you liked better?

Mysore cawfee

^ same

FFF - opened with a Gorch Fock, now Lord Admiral Nelson. Sundays in here are now like Saturday afternoon used to be. Crazy busy.

Brooklyn The Concoction it is a beer homage tothe cocktail of the same name

RR Sanctification in my mother's honor (even she would hate the beer and question the name) and watching the World Cup. USA scores while typing!!! Wow

Sorry about the crowd Mike. Very curious about the taste of that Brooklyn, JP.

mikeymad,

What's your opinion of the current crop of the Macallan?

Have you tried this Bourbon before? If you have, have you had any Bourbon that you liked better?

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!... )

Hoppin' Frog B.O.R.I.S Imperial Stout. Not really the ideal drink for a 90 degree day but I'm on a malt kick this weekend.

Arnold Palmer

We definitely appreciate you sharing your whisk(e)y knowledge, Mikey, so please keep it public!

I don't think I should drink to my mom with this one, so I am toasting my HC friends and especially Mike Sr. Who sent it to me. Cheers everyone and behemoth thanks Mike!

key lime grog

We definitely appreciate you sharing your whisk(e)y knowledge, Mikey, so please keep it public!

I don't think I should drink to my mom with this one, so I am toasting my HC friends and especially Mike Sr. Who sent it to me. Cheers everyone and behemoth thanks Mike!

No thanks needed my friend. Enjoy it in good health. If I get off my lazy ass there is another drop shipment due.

Noice Dinny! You should try the oak aged variety, it's even moar better

Having a harp with dinner

Edited July 18, 201114 yr by raffy

We definitely appreciate you sharing your whisk(e)y knowledge, Mikey, so please keep it public!

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Absolutely. This is exactly the kind of information that should be in this thread.

Absolutely. This is exactly the kind of information that should be in this thread.

X3.

I was just at Binny's, saw those, and didn't know enough about them to buy.

If anything, post MORE of this info, not less!

*realizes he narrowly misses first shovel to head due to subject matter and mikey's gracious response*

Thanks, mikeymad. Cheers.

*glad to be in the presence of adults*

We definitely appreciate you sharing your whisk(e)y knowledge, Mikey, so please keep it public!

Cheers,

Yep, please keep it up. Though not a regular scotch drinker, when I go I want to go large and the info I pick up here helps me avoid mistakes and lighten my wallet.

Has anyone been to The PX Bar in Alexandria? We will be in the area in September so I may give it a whirl.

Edited July 19, 201114 yr by morphsci

Just say yes to Hibiki... nice picture