Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)

[tigerpac]

Got some laphroaig 10 from co-workers for the bday last week - good gift!

[mclaincausey]

I tend to go for those peatier styles like Laphroaig and Talisker.

To that end, if you want a little extra hair on your chest, this is a big boy: http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1009616

[tigerpac]

^Love it!  I actually like the 10 year better than the 18 year… which while good, loses a bit too much peat imo.

I will take a 25 or 30 year old Laphroaig though

[Morose_Penguin]

Hmm, undecided as to my next bottle. My 1/4 cask laphroaig is almost finished. None of the deals at work are very interesting, and I really don't want to open my 'Snow Phoenix'…

[Morose_Penguin]

The sad passing of Hiroshi Yamaguchi President and Chairman of Nintendo Co Ltd has made the decision of my next whisky for me…

[Morose_Penguin]

To round of the evening…

Hibiki Japanese blended whisky, extremely smooth. Very nice. Caused the girl behind the bar no end of trouble "I've not sold many whiskies yet". :).

[tigerpac]

How's the taste?  Sweet? Spicey? Smoky?

[Morose_Penguin]

Sweet, moved on to:

Petercairn which is an Islay malt. So very smokey… Not as rough as Laphroigh though, which is my favourite Islay malt and which Iain Banks described as "an explosion in a chemists shop" or something similar... I recommend Iain Bank's Raw Spirit by the way. A book about the search for the perfect single malt.

[Megatron1505]

I know I'm being vague here, but does anyone know the name of a ridiculously peaty scotch which comes in a very modern looking black bottle? Retails about £70 a bottle.

[Megatron1505]

Found it, it's Octomore.

[Morose_Penguin]

I don't know if you could be any more vague :). The company I work for currently has a Dalmore Constellation for £2,000 the Constellation range tops out at £125,000 which I imagine nobody will ever drink…

[tigerpac]

I love peaty scotches but Octomore is hard to drink.

[Megatron1505]

Too peaty?

[Morose_Penguin]

I can't imagine that any single malt could be described as 'too peaty' but then, I do like peaty malts…

[BLACKFROSTT]

On Thanksgiving maybe? or The next special occasion…

[Megatron1505]

Ohhhh shiiiiit, beast mode hits hard liquor.

[tigerpac]

I thought something couldn't be too peaty either but man…

"Octomore has been peated at a staggering 140 ppm. This is more than two-and-a-half times more than standard Ardbeg, the highest of the other Islay distilleries."  -kl wines description

[Morose_Penguin]

Whisky is described in the movie "confessions of pain" as something people drink and enjoy drinking because ' it's hard to drink' :).

[tigerpac]

Hard to drink?!  Maybe I'm off, but I think it's delicious. just not octomore

[JamesMarg]

The best peaty scotch i have ever had would have to be Ardbeg Uigeadail, fantasticly complex.
In fact, any Ardbeg scotch is great!

Other that that, if you're a sherrybomb lover, Glenfarclas is your best friend.
And if you just like a good scotch with a bit of everything, Glenmorangie Original is one of the best.  It is apparently the most popular scotch.. IN SCOTLAND… Now that has got to be saying something.