Posted on 02/27/2006 1:04:17 PM PST by Stoat
Talisker is distilled in Carbost on the Isle of Skye. Talisker is one of my favorites as well and I was just in Portree (about 5 miles away) a few weeks ago. Bought a few bottles for myself and friends.
Thank you.
At about $75/fifth here in NC, I don't buy Lagavulin too often.
When I do, it languishes in my cabinet for special occasions.
Gentleman Jack over this crap any day. On the rocks.
Actually, I'm teasing, but odds are, the typical drinker Cardhu started out in single malts putting water or ice in glen fiddich, and useing a toe wedge from the rough.
might as well be everclear. any oak character will be lost as your palate goes completely numb, or lost when you cut it with water to such a degree that it dilutes actual taste.
that said, bruichladdich has tried a lot of things since it was sold to MMcD, produces more official bottlings than anyone I can name, and if they want to try this, more power to them.
I am more interesting in trying Octomore when they finally start bottling.
re cardhu - and available once again as a single malt after the 'pure malt' error.
I work in an organic lab at a major Pharm. company and we get 500ml bottles of 100% (200 proof) ethyl alcohol. I forget the name of the company that makes it. Oh and it is tax free too!
In a pinch, you can put some in the gas tank and get your thirsty car to the closest gas station.
A Zippo will run on 151. Discovered one night when my wingman and I left the ship without a full bag of fuel in our lighters.
NOT FOR GIRLIE-MEN !!!!!
LOL
We use Everclear for making tinctures of herbs as well.... notably, wormwood for making Absinthe. Everclear is outlawed in many places.... but I mostly used it for firebreathing and spinning practices! :D
I haven't gone near 151 proof rum since I saw what it did to a college girl. She went into such horrible convulsions that two men and two women could not restrain her violent motions. Somehow we got her into the back of a station wagon and to the emergency room just in time.
Hey, considering I was raised on jim beam, my tastes have matured. And when it comes to water or ice, I quote Barry Fitzgerald from the quiet man "when i drink whisky, I drink whisky, and when I drink water, I drink water"
We use Everclear as part of a formula (a very strong one) to clean oil paintings (extremely carefully).
FLAMING DR. PEPPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
We call that bog people. Cuz it tastes just like the peat bogs. I love it. I have a very nice bottle of that that I got for my birthday one year. Have to drink it in very small amounts tho!
From the "spiritual exercises" it is well known that one should proceed to 151 proof level stepwise: starting at 80 proof, one progresses to 100, then to 120 [and one should not forget to fortify one's spirit with flesh, or some other food], and finally to 151. Doing otherwise is akin to an attempt by a soft and not conditioned beginner to run a marathon. Nothing good would come out of either.
Stolichnaya, frozen cold, served in ice shooters. My husband bought a bottle that came with the kit to make them. It's *perfect*!
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