Doc , I found OLD PULTENEY, about 35 bucks a bottle here in Pa VS the 69.95 for the Laugavulin, as a matter of fact I am having a weee dram right now , NOT as complex BUT worth a taste IMHO, , as you say Tobacco is a filthy weed , I like it , well distilled barley is a GREAT sipping whisky , I love it .. Enjoy, Vince
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Was invited to meet a friend at a cigar club here in Singapore,"La Club Cubana" at the Regency Hotel. Started with a Balvenie 21 paired with a Romeo y Julieta, the honeyed flavor of the port finish contrasting nicely with the dryness of the R & J. A good beginning, hard to follow, but... called the office and had them bring over a bottle of Sullivans Cove American Oak 60%. A fellow tried the whisky, called for his special stash of Partagas "Limited Edition" and passed them around. OMG. We left 1/2 the bottle for another time. Anybody want to join?
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I'd be there right now if it wasn't for this damn job I have to goto
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Originally posted by SAXON9075: My favorite is Cardhu. My mother brought me back a bottle from Scotland before she passed away. I have saved the bottle and have a dran every year on her birthday.
Anyway thats my favorite and why.
Very good reason to love this Single Malt. As an FYI if you care to know, I was at Cardu last fall and I can tell you a couple of things.
A.) It is not exported to the states commercially so it is indeed diffucult to get your hands on. B.) It is one of the prime singles used in the J. Walker blends.
When your bulldog barks and your canary sings, You're out there with winners.. It's good to be King.
Sipping Cragganmore 12 year now with an MC Edmundo - nice scotch, great cigar. Enjoy the Old Pulteney also, oftern on sale in the NH State stores for $30. But please help, after a couple glasses of red wine with dinner and scotch afterwards I almost always spend the next day with a strong, dull headache on back of my head. Suggestions, besides giving up the habits?
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Tghank you for the information. I wondered why I could not get anymore here in the US. However I had trouble finding it in Scotland when I was there last month or at the Duty Free?
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They have Cardu listed - Perhaps they can import it? If so perhaps a store in Conn. could also?
I know most likely the place in Georgia can't ship across state lines.....(stupid law that)
I tried to ship a bottle of Cardu to my father in Florida and I was told I couldn't. So I went to my favortie beverage store and they told me they couldn't either. Apparently you need some sort of distributor license.
Anyways, Hope this helps.
RW
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Ravenwood, Cardhu has been imported into the US for sometime now. It just gets a tad difficult to find it being stocked.
I'm not sure if the organization is still around but before I moved out of NYC, I used to be member of the (not sure if this is the right name) Single Malt Society that was located on Park Avenue.
Every so often they would send a tasting invite out to members and during one of these they would have a sage perform blind tasting. I don't quite remember how it came about but during one of these tasting, the sage asked me as to my personal choice and I said 'Lagavulin'. Without missing a beat he said he had one single malt that he's very sure I would like.
He produced a bottle that had some notations on it and poured me a shot. I took a sip and another and simply blurted out 'Bloody hell, mate. This has got to be the best scotch I've ever tasted!'. He smiled and wrote down the name for me.
And that's how Cardhu came into my life. That was probably '94 and I've never found anything else to replace it.
I can't recommend it enough. For anyone who wants to get into single malts, starting off with Cardhu will leave 'a very good taste in your mouth'.
Originally posted by Templar: Ravenwood, Cardhu has been imported into the US for sometime now. It just gets a tad difficult to find it being stocked.
I'm not sure if the organization is still around but before I moved out of NYC, I used to be member of the (not sure if this is the right name) Single Malt Society that was located on Park Avenue.
Every so often they would send a tasting invite out to members and during one of these they would have a sage perform blind tasting. I don't quite remember how it came about but during one of these tasting, the sage asked me as to my personal choice and I said 'Lagavulin'. Without missing a beat he said he had one single malt that he's very sure I would like.
He produced a bottle that had some notations on it and poured me a shot. I took a sip and another and simply blurted out 'Bloody hell, mate. This has got to be the best scotch I've ever tasted!'. He smiled and wrote down the name for me.
And that's how Cardhu came into my life. That was probably '94 and I've never found anything else to replace it.
I can't recommend it enough. For anyone who wants to get into single malts, starting off with Cardhu will leave 'a very good taste in your mouth'.
Templar,
Thanks for the info. I had read an article that stated Cardhu wasn't being imported to the US. Apparently they were wrong.
Cardhu is indeed a great starter Scotch Whisky as I agree, for a Speyside, Cardhu is a bit more full and flavorful then most. I still have a bottle and a half from my trip to Scotland last year.
Again thanks for the info!
RW
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Old Pult. The bubble gum single. It's reputed to have a very slight taste of bubblegum. I can vouch for it. Hard to find here but was worth finding to try once.
Anyone tried Balvenie Cigar Malt? Hear it's just a very heavily sherried single.
My fav from the Isles is Glenmorangie 12 in Sherry wood. But bourbon is my fav poison now, even though I'm going through different brandies and rums lately. Elijah Craig anyone?
I have had the Cigar malt & was disapointed each & every time I have had it, way to sweet for me almost like a spoon of sugar had been added to the bottle , it had a candy like after taste, I like the regular Balvenie line much better , not that I dont like sweet drinks , I enjoy a we bit of Drambuie from time to time , floated on top a nice blended scotch like Johnny Walker Black , a fine coctail called a Rusty nail , a little rub of lemon on the rim , a full body cigar & a BIG cup of coffee , man I am good for the evening ! Enjoy, Vince
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after spending a wonderfull weekend in scotland i came accross a very nice speyside single malt BenRiach 15 year old. This one is finished in a dark rum cask and is a very good dram, nice flavours to it and in the back of the taste you get the hints of the rum cask.
Originally posted by cab375: after spending a wonderfull weekend in scotland i came accross a very nice speyside single malt BenRiach 15 year old. This one is finished in a dark rum cask and is a very good dram, nice flavours to it and in the back of the taste you get the hints of the rum cask.
That's where I got the single malt bug. Nothing like a trip to Edinburgh to try something new.. I had several while I was there, including one from the Blair Atol distellary that was wonderful and I brought a bottle home. It's only sold there and used in many a blended scotch. I also have recently opened a bottle of I think 12 or 15 year old Glenmorangie that was double aged with the second barrel being a port barrel. That is probably on of the smoothest and best tasting I have had.. either way, it has paired nicely with NC and CC alike..
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