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RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
smokeywolf
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Does a good single malt taste better that way?
imashooter2
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When we were kids, my Father always gave us the choice…
Baskin Robin's with the high fat and array of flavors or
Cook’s Pharmacy supermarket quality and only chocolate, vanilla or strawberry. But they scooped softball sized cones.
Always a conundrum.
Baskin Robin's with the high fat and array of flavors or
Cook’s Pharmacy supermarket quality and only chocolate, vanilla or strawberry. But they scooped softball sized cones.
Always a conundrum.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Why yes it does, if an Island like Islay, Odan or Bowmore. The extra iodine in the peat leaches out the porous parts of the bone. Not so much with the Highland stuff.
smokeywolf
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Not what you would call a connoisseur of fine Scotch whisky. Don't care for the blends. My preferences so far, are the single malts: The Macallen 12 year old, Glenlevit 15 year old and Glenfiddich 12 year old.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Those are all good singles. No JW, I can't afford to drink those very often, but my son gives me a couple of bottles for Christmas every year. There is a local drug store, RiteAid, that has sales once a year to sell the expensive stuff no one will buy at retail.
L Ross
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I prefer bourbon. I am not a snob about it. If I find something I like, I'll drink it if it is affordable. I draw the line at about $40 for a 750 ml.
I was staying with my buddy and his wife a little over a week ago so he and I could fish a lake closer to his home. His wife, knowing our predilection for bourbon, looked up from her I-Pad and asked, "Have you ever tried McKenna?" At that moment Jimmy and I were nibbling at glasses of Evan William's, a favorite budget friendly whiskey. I told Lyn I had never had it. She had stumbled over a positive review.
So fast forward to this week and Sue and I were at a large grocery store with an attached liquor store well known for its selection and more than fair pricing. There was a three different size bottles of McKenna. Not the 10 year, or small batch, just ordinary McKenna. 750 for a bit less that 16 bucks. The 1.75 was $21 something, but I didn't want a jug of it if I didn't like it. I'll be stopping in at the liquor store next time I'm up by LaCrosse. The stuff is just dandy. Hey, I like what I like. It doesn't take Pappy Van Whatever to wet my whistle.
Good news on the bourbon front. Rumor has it that the new age, man bun, trendy crowd has been there and done that with bourbon, and is now drifting into vodka. Pricing and availability should improve, maybe.
I was staying with my buddy and his wife a little over a week ago so he and I could fish a lake closer to his home. His wife, knowing our predilection for bourbon, looked up from her I-Pad and asked, "Have you ever tried McKenna?" At that moment Jimmy and I were nibbling at glasses of Evan William's, a favorite budget friendly whiskey. I told Lyn I had never had it. She had stumbled over a positive review.
So fast forward to this week and Sue and I were at a large grocery store with an attached liquor store well known for its selection and more than fair pricing. There was a three different size bottles of McKenna. Not the 10 year, or small batch, just ordinary McKenna. 750 for a bit less that 16 bucks. The 1.75 was $21 something, but I didn't want a jug of it if I didn't like it. I'll be stopping in at the liquor store next time I'm up by LaCrosse. The stuff is just dandy. Hey, I like what I like. It doesn't take Pappy Van Whatever to wet my whistle.
Good news on the bourbon front. Rumor has it that the new age, man bun, trendy crowd has been there and done that with bourbon, and is now drifting into vodka. Pricing and availability should improve, maybe.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Henry McKenna was Skeeter Skelton's drink of choice. Bill Jordan's was Jose Cuervo. They constantly bickered about which was better, white or brown.
Be glad you don't live in WA; a 750 ml bottle of distilled is $9.75 state tax, plus whatever the Fed tax plus sales tax on the total. Glad I gave up smoking cigarette, now up to $12.50 a pack.
Be glad you don't live in WA; a 750 ml bottle of distilled is $9.75 state tax, plus whatever the Fed tax plus sales tax on the total. Glad I gave up smoking cigarette, now up to $12.50 a pack.
JWinAZ
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I recently bought a bottle of Early Times "bourbon". I normally buy something like Jim Beam Black. Wanted to see if the added cost is worth it. Yes it is. Tasted terrible, worse than awful. Then I looked carefully at the label, in small print it said "with natural flavors added". I should have known better, I do now.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
In Badlands National Park for a couple of days and ran out of whiskey. Drove into Wall, SD, that only has one grocery store. Prominently displayed is "Jesse James Wild West Whisky". So bought a bottle of that and a Crown Royal Canadian. It was so bad, I spit the first sip out, the fusel oil taste was so bad I couldn't wash it out for a half an hour. Should have realized what it was as it was distilled in CA and aged one year.
So naturally I brought it home to share with my whiskey drinking friends. They are still my friends, but won't drink anything I bring to their house anymore. Financially, it worked out well for me.
So naturally I brought it home to share with my whiskey drinking friends. They are still my friends, but won't drink anything I bring to their house anymore. Financially, it worked out well for me.
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L Ross
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Skeeter Skelton huh? Now I feel, I dunno, even better? Yeah, better indeed.
Thanks Ric. Your knowledge of cool trivia is astounding.
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Ba muy ba (?) is Vietnamese for the number thirty-three. (Or so Ba, the barrack housekeeper, told me. She was married and we left her alone, except for watching her get angry whenever someone said, "Ba VC.) There was a Vietnamese beer called "33". Naturally, we bomb-loading wing nuts Americanized it to "Bomb-D-Bomb". Rumor had it, it was analyzed and was found to have a very high formaldehyde content. Interestingly enough, my military experience was that, given time, rumors had a way of becoming verified facts.
Anyway, I'm pretty well preserved.
Anyway, I'm pretty well preserved.