I`m sippin` a Manhattan right now.
Eric.
Netherlands
Black Bottle NAS, a fine youthful Islay style blend
2010 Bourbonian of the Year
As long as you have good whiskey you're not "unemployed", you're "Funemployed!!!"
I'm no Pappyophile
my talisker 18 died on Sat.... one of the Chief engineers I use to work for came over and his wife was a scotch fan. Half a bottle of talisker 18 and obon 14 later...
granted there was two drinking FROM those, but they also had my 15 yr sherry cask albacore and my a'bundah... good damn thing they were not driving....
Of course, there were varying opinions about each whisky. But, in general, the Longmorn was the favorite. The Aberlour 16 was generally the next favored. The opinions - The Longmorn is a very nice multi-layered dram with a high level of complexity. The Aberlour is very smooth with a rich sherry flavor (as expected), but not as complex as the Longmorn. All were very good, but the Glen Moray seemed to be on the bottom of the list for most. The Glenfarclas 21 was very nice, but seemed to fall in about third or fourth.
Bob
A Rob Roy made with Grant's family reserve. Tasty.
Here's to us, who's like us?
Damned few and they're all dead
I'm not surprised that the Glen Moray finished as an also-ran in this company. But, that said -- and considering price -- I think Glen Moray 12yo is a very fine 'beginner's' single malt. We sell a fair amount of it at my part-time-employing liquor store, and often get customers who 'trade up' afterward, enjoying the genre.
Tim
Last week, I brought a bottle of Lag Cask Strength and a 10 yr Black Bottle on a cruise. By the time I came back home, the lag is gone but the Black Bottle still have a couple of dram which I have last night. For some reason, the whisky taste better at home.