I know that scotch has probably been discussed a few hundred times but what the hell its rainy and windy here in the northeast so i thought why not....If you could buy any scotch with money being no object what would it be?
"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them." -Winston Churchill
The Macallan 500 year old. Apparently a clay flask has been found in a Scottish bog (still in the clutches of a kilted Scotsman), and the treacle like residue is the remains of the first known attempt by a Scotsman to distill whiskey.
They are selling it on Sothebys for $5,000 US a drop.
Cor: Steve, you have proven yourself to be a tremendous whack job.
Talisker 18 yr or older or Lagavulin 16yr. Skip the cigar with the lagavulin though.
"Cuban seed tobaccos grown in Nicaragua and Cuba. The wrapper would be from Cuba. The binder leaves would be from Nicaragua. For the ligero tobacco in the filler, he would use two types, one from Esteli and the other from Jalapa in Nicaragua. The other filler components, seco and viso, would come from Cuba, the former from Villa Clara, the latter from Pinar del Rio. That Cigar, he says with pride, would score 100 points." -Don Pepin Garcia
Doc, Black Bowmore is the first item on my whiskies to experience before I die list.
How much is that going for these days? £2000? The sad thing is, most people are gonna see the few bottles that are left as "an investment," never to be enjoyed as anything other than a conversation piece or for bragging rights.
Originally posted by Denny Crane: Doc, Black Bowmore is the first item on my whiskies to experience before I die list.
How much is that going for these days? £2000? The sad thing is, most people are gonna see the few bottles that are left as "an investment," never to be enjoyed as anything other than a conversation piece or for bragging rights.
"Cuban seed tobaccos grown in Nicaragua and Cuba. The wrapper would be from Cuba. The binder leaves would be from Nicaragua. For the ligero tobacco in the filler, he would use two types, one from Esteli and the other from Jalapa in Nicaragua. The other filler components, seco and viso, would come from Cuba, the former from Villa Clara, the latter from Pinar del Rio. That Cigar, he says with pride, would score 100 points." -Don Pepin Garcia
"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them." -Winston Churchill
