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Frant
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 Posted: Tue, 7th Jan 2014 16:23 Post subject: Frants Whisky Blog/Reviews |
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1. I ONLY drink single malt scotch whisky that is AT LEAST 10-12 years old.
2. I've tried quite a lot of whisky. I don't drink junk, I tend to be an amateur connoisseur.
3. This thread is meant to blog/review of a certain whisky I/you've tried.
To make it easy to skip the babble between actual reviews, pin this to the top post please:
REVIEW
Then we can easily see the reviews/experiences and sort them out from chatter about various brands etc.
Most of all, this is something I created for myself since I tend to remember certain kinds I like but not really why or every single one of them.. For instance, I like Talisker, Oban etc. but it's been a while since I tasted them so I can't really grade them.
Format example:
Brand/Year/special: Laphroaig 16 year double cask
Grade: 1 to 10
Description (from personal experience]: This is an Islay with so much peat and sea weed that it's like you've made a smoothie mix of dried half rotten sea weed off the coast together with some burnt hay mixed with 70 proof mega-malted alcohol from barrels made of smoked redwood. The whisky/cask taste with it's mixed sweetness, smoke and slight peppery taste is hidden behind the extremely strong after-taste that is simply too strong to enjoy. Only for the extremists and DEFINITELY not for the beginner.
Simple and generic guide to single malt scotch for beginners:
Island whisky = peaty, smoky, heavy with strong character.
Highlander whisky = less peat and smoke, slightly more classic sweetness and smooth while still proper single malt.
Blended whisky = hit or miss, mostly miss. Cheaper unless special edition where blends are using expensive single malts for special editions or brands. Some are really good (Johnny Walker Swing, €1000/bottle, a friend of mine has one unopened), plenty are simply cheap booze with some oak taste. Some are even simply distilled alcohol with artificial colouring and "whisky essence".
Irish Whisky: Some are good (Black Bush), some are absolutely horrid (Tullamore Dew). This is simply a case of trying each brand or reading up on it to see if it's girly whisky (Tullamore Dew) or proper whisky.
English Whisky: I have little to none experience here to be honest. I don't connect Whisky with England, England is Gin and Ale and Bitter for me.
American "whiskey": I'd better not mention any of my experiences here. I'm certain there are some small distilleries that make proper whisky but bourbon and that stuff is just vile.
The last three paragraphs are personal opinions, the single malt and blended are generic ones.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
"The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer
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| Posted: Tue, 7th Jan 2014 16:26 Post subject: |
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Please give good scotch whisky brands up to 100$ a bottle, so I know what to stock in my home drawer for special guests.
| Lutzifer wrote: | | and yes, mine is only average |
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Frant
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| Posted: Tue, 7th Jan 2014 16:29 Post subject: |
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REVIEW
Brand
Jura Elixir 12 years, Scottish Highlands, Isle of Jura, 46% alc.
Description
Slightly disappointed. For a highly regarded highland Isle scotch I expected much more but in truth it was mostly alcohol with a touch of cask and then some slight sweetness combined with a slight peppery edge. No particular smoke or peat to it, might as well have been a blended kind without any particular character, too generic (esp. for it's price). This could be a typical start for someone that is ready to leave the junk (vodka or any other cheap booze) and get into the world of Whisky without being scared away by scotch from the Scottish isles.
Grade 7/10, $71 (in Sweden, 70cl)
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
"The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer
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Frant
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| Posted: Tue, 7th Jan 2014 16:35 Post subject: |
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REVIEW
Brand
Caol Ila 12 years, Isle of Islay Whisky, 43%
Description
Now this is the perfect Islay for both pros and beginners. It's smoky and peaty while not being overpowering. It's got plenty of flavours to enjoy after the sip, plenty of nice after taste. Medium complexity. First sip is when the smoke and peat hits, then the other flavours comes through and it's a delight. Currently have around little more than half a bottle and it's the first time I've tried Caol Ila. It's in my "Remember this one".
Grade 8.5/10
Price (in Sweden): $70.50 (70cl)
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
"The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer
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WaldoJ
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| Posted: Tue, 7th Jan 2014 16:47 Post subject: |
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Lol. Just because it's 12+ doesn't mean it's good. There's plenty of guilty pleasures in the whiskey kingdom. I personally go back to cutty sark whenever I want to get drunk. Good after taste cheap and morning after poops just slide out of your bumhole. Even chivas is good.
Is good to review but you also should describe your tongue as well. I mean some people dislike the taste of a burnt match and some like it. And there are few brands of whiskey that taste like you just extinguished a match in your mouth.
Str go for the basics and then a random. so both glen fiddling and livet 12+ if you can afford it 30. Grab a chivas for the casuals. Jay walker for binge drinking. As for a random go for Japanese. Is good.
I like this idea. I'll just write whether I like the whiskey I try or not 
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Frant
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Tue, 7th Jan 2014 17:35 Post subject: |
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I like the Chivas Regal 25 and 21 Royal Salute.
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couleur
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Jan 2014 09:19 Post subject: |
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lol choosy about alcohol.
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Jan 2014 10:34 Post subject: |
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Never acquired taste for whisky :\
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Jan 2014 11:14 Post subject: |
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| dingo_d wrote: | | Never acquired taste for whisky :\ |
that's cuz ur gay lol
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deelix
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Jan 2014 17:47 Post subject: |
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| FireMaster wrote: | | dingo_d wrote: | | Never acquired taste for whisky :\ |
that's cuz ur gay lol |
lol
I know a lot of gay ppl who dring whiskey
I myself am a beer man 
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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couleur
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Jan 2014 18:54 Post subject: |
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| Lutzifer wrote: | | and yes, mine is only average |
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Jan 2014 19:28 Post subject: |
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| couleur wrote: | | dingo_d wrote: |
I myself am a beer man |
In that regard, I can safely say: I myself am an alcohol man. My favourites being red wine, beer and whisky. |
 
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Jan 2014 19:45 Post subject: |
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| couleur wrote: | | dingo_d wrote: |
I myself am a beer man |
In that regard, I can safely say: I myself am an alcohol man. My favourites being red wine, beer and whisky. |
Im none of the above..I wish I could get into enjoying a good drink. 
But no matter what it is, whisky, beer, vodka, rum, brandy, wine..They all taste like one thing to me, alcohol.
Don't get me wrong, I can tell the difference..but everything tastes like 95% alcohol flavor with 5% undertones of whatever it is..lol. Why i'm never picky when I go out to drink, it all tastes like the way rubbing alcohol smells(but not as sharp)..So i just get whatever is easy to order.
Like whisky, to me it tastes like everclear someone stirred with a board..to give it a slight woody flavor.
If there was a gameshow for testing drinks to see if it had alcohol in it..I could win it hands down, like pick up 1 part per million of alcohol in drinks..lol
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Disclaimer: Post made by me are of my own creation. A delusional mind relayed in text form.
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Frant
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| Posted: Sun, 12th Jan 2014 00:51 Post subject: |
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This particular thread is about whisky and in particular about people reviewing whisky.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
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| Posted: Sun, 12th Jan 2014 01:05 Post subject: |
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Ya sorry, wasn't trying to derail it.
More moping about how I wish I could enjoy it, and envy you guys. and giving evil eye you all you that can 
You know a good starter one? something that's smooth, I don't even mind a deep/rich flavor. Just something with a more subtle alcohol flavor to it, less of that distilled alcohol stirred with a burnt stick taste.
But at the cost of bottles, trail and error to find one that works as a good starter sipping whiskey isn't really financially possible.
-We don't control what happens to us in life, but we control how we respond to what happens in life.
-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf
Disclaimer: Post made by me are of my own creation. A delusional mind relayed in text form.
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Werelds
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| Posted: Sun, 12th Jan 2014 16:26 Post subject: |
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http://www.nfohump.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2395580#2395580
Not a whisky, but you might like it nonetheless Frant 
Obviously same applies; skip 3 and 5 stars, go for 7 stars (means 7+ years old) at a minimum. I'd say the age you want is probably 8-10 years.
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somehow that really got my giggling :>
