What Wee Dram are you enjoying now?

[Megawatt]

Bastille 1789 French whisky. Very unusual stuff. Sort of like a cross between Canadian whisky, gin, and Grand Marnier. A lot better than it sounds! Very smooth, wamring. Highly drinkable.

[Happyhour24x7]

Full disclosure, I am a few and far between scotch drinker. I like it, but need to be in the mood. Recently, on the advice of the store expert, I bought a bottle of Auchentoshan Valinch. It is a cask strength, non chill filtered edition. He said it easily stood up with whiskeys twice the price. I broke into it last night, and wow, was he right. Needed a little water for my taste, but boy, was that a fine dram. Not too much peat, but very complex, a SMOOTH! Beautiful expression, highly recommended.

[Megawatt]

Full disclosure, I am a few and far between scotch drinker. I like it, but need to be in the mood. Recently, on the advice of the store expert, I bought a bottle of Auchentoshan Valinch. It is a cask strength, non chill filtered edition. He said it easily stood up with whiskeys twice the price. I broke into it last night, and wow, was he right. Needed a little water for my taste, but boy, was that a fine dram. Not too much peat, but very complex, a SMOOTH! Beautiful expression, highly recommended.

This one took me a while, but in the end I decided it was a lousy whisky. Maybe I just had a bad bottle, but it tasted like flowers. No balance whatsoever.

[smokinjoe]

Damn! I've been staring at a bottle of this Auchentoshan at my local shop for months, wondering if I should pull the trigger. Now, I'm doubly confused!!!

[redbear]

John Begg Blue Cap. Drinking dusties tonight.

[unclebunk]

Damn! I've been staring at a bottle of this Auchentoshan at my local shop for months, wondering if I should pull the trigger. Now, I'm doubly confused!!!

But which Auchentoshan? Some are much better than others.

[WAINWRIGHT]

Ardbeg Airigh Nam Beist last night at a local restaurant and it was" peat o' licious."

[ChainWhip]

Ardbeg Airigh Nam Beist last night at a local restaurant and it was" peat o' licious."

I've been looking for a bottle of that for some time now... I want to try the blend in this blog post:

http://www.cooperedtot.com/2012/08/t...at-ardbeg.html

[sutton]

http://www.cooperedtot.com/2012/08/t...at-ardbeg.html

Wow. That is crazy. Has me wondering what would happen if you tried to vat a Laphroaig Cairdeas and a Lagavulin 12. Two highly peated Ardbegs vatted to produce a gently peated dram? This concept needs its own thread ...

[ChainWhip]

Wow. That is crazy. Has me wondering what would happen if you tried to vat a Laphroaig Cairdeas and a Lagavulin 12. Two highly peated Ardbegs vatted to produce a gently peated dram? This concept needs its own thread ...

It's a fascinating result for sure! I wonder if it's kind of a "Tacoma Narrows Bridge" thing because all the elements in play come together perfectly to produce an unexpected outcome?

I am certainly going to try reproducing the effects with other peated malt combinations.