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james_g1
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Am celebrating being on this planet for another year and am drinking whisky from the nice new tumblers from my wife.
Laphroiag has been my favourite drink for a while, and have a very nice 10year old cask strength that has been my firm favourite.
But tonight...
Tonight for the first time I tasted the Lagavulin 16 year old.
Wow.
Going to have to try that again a few times before I am sure, but I may have a new favourite.
(also had the Glenfiddich 12 year Caoran reserve tonight. - meh :shrug: )
Favourite tipple (whisky)?
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leeds_manc
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Talisker, but if it's going to be a big glass with ice - Jim Beam (bourbon but meh).
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dogbert10
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Macallan Fine Oak, preferably 15 years old. Only £40 a bottle. 
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brataccas
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Are you foreign English?  I hate all whiskys and that glenfiddich stuff is made just 10 miles from where I mostly hang out  _________________
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rustybucket
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Whiskey: Bushmills 21 or Jameson 12 for quaffing and Jameson Original for drinking
Whisky: Lagavulin 16 or Oban 14 for quaffing only
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bobbdobbs
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Isle of Jura 10 year old. Nice and palatable and goes down far far too easy _________________Finally joined Flickr
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leeds_manc
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Got myself a generous Jack Daniels at the moment.
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jonlumb
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The 15 year Macallan Fine Oak is indeed a rather tasty tipple.
An 18 year Cragganmore cask strength was the other particularly fine one I have had (both were payment in kind for some Excel work!)
Generally I stick to Highland and Speyside whisky, just because I like the general flavour. I really cannot stand the seaweed tasting ones though.
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leeds_manc
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Are you referring to the peaty ones? Islay etc? My favourites 
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ProfessorF
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Amen to that. Me and a friend nearly finished a bottle of that one evening before she got married. Very nice stuff. Alex likes this.
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Angelic
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Jack Daniels is my absolute favourite. I drink it when out with mixer (lemonade/lime/coke/red bull). When drinking it at home it's usually just with ice.
I've got a lovely bottle of Glenfiddich 18, only really drink it on special occasions.
At the moment the casual sip is taken from my bottle of Jim Beam black.
I don't think it's worth buying anything else until i've finished that tbh.
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big_D
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Lagavulin is pretty good.
Talisker is very good as well.
The "family" tipple is Laphroag 18yr
I also like the Islay malts, especially Bowmore Mariner (think it is either a 15 or 18yr). Although it is a little strong for some people (very peaty).
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l3v1ck
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Now this is my kind of thread.
I find Laphroiag too peaty for my taste.
I try not to keep too many bottle in the house at any one time, but my current collection consists of:
Strathisla 12 years
Cardhu 12 years
Glenkinche 10 years
Suntory Yamazaki 12 years (Japanese is just as good as Scottish)
Jura 12 years
Craggenmore 12 years
As We Get It 8 years (cask strength 60.5%)
Dalwhinnie (Distillers Edition)16 years
Glen Ord 12 years
Glen Mhor 22 years (bottled in the year I was born)
Dufftown 15 years
The Macallan 18 years (bottled in the year I was born)
Caperdonich 24 years (bottled in the year I was born)
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onemac
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... and a special mention for Glenfarclas 105 and the daddy of all whiskies - George & J.G. Smiths, Glenlivet Al
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bobbdobbs
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