Your top 5 single malts?

[Kman-Sweden]

What's your poison?
Today I'll say my top 5 list is:

1.) Caol Ila Destillers Edition 1996
2.) Lagavulin Destillers Edition 1993
3.) Yamakasi 18 YO
4.) Aberlour A’bunadh
5.) Ardbeg Uigeadail

[HaRuMaN]

This belongs in the drinking sub forum

[shardian]

You might be an alcoholic if...

You have a top 5 list of a specific type of alcohol.

[orion]

You might be an alcoholic if...

You have a top 5 list of a specific type of alcohol.

Or just Swedish : Perhaps they regard beer like the Germans do.

[massive88]

I really enjoyed Tobermory on my trip to Scotland, but it seems hard as hell to find in the states.

[CheffoJeffo]

You might be an alcoholic if...

You have a top 5 list of a specific type of alcohol.

Or just Swedish : Perhaps they regard beer like the Germans do.

And here I thought we were talking about whiskeys ...

[CheffoJeffo]

I really enjoyed Tobermory on my trip to Scotland, but it seems hard as hell to find in the states.

I've been off of proper whiskey for more than a decade, but Tobermory always sits just right ... never had a problem finding it though.

[ark_ader]

1. Chocolate
2. Vanilla
3 Strawberry
4 Banana
5 Mint

I like $5 malts too. 

[shardian]

It's not a problem to get anything for any liquor store. 

Just TALK to the person behind the counter, they'll happily order it for you.   

Not in my state. Liquor = state controlled.

[orion]

You might be an alcoholic if...

You have a top 5 list of a specific type of alcohol.

Or just Swedish : Perhaps they regard beer like the Germans do.

And here I thought we were talking about whiskeys ...

Ha ha! I guess that proves I am not a whiskey drinker, it does very bad things to me.... but tequila on the other hand....

[massive88]

It's not a problem to get anything for any liquor store. 

Just TALK to the person behind the counter, they'll happily order it for you.   

This is true, whenever I've asked they have all offered.  But my problem is Ill buy a handle and it will last me months, so when Im at a liquor store its usually a I-want-to-walk-out-of-here-with-liquor situation, and theres always alternatives that are ready to provide instant gratification   

[shardian]

1. Chocolate
2. Vanilla
3 Strawberry
4 Banana
5 Mint

I like $5 malts too. 

Hell yeah, now we're talkin!

I like to throw in either chocolate liquor, Creme De Menthe, or a spiced vodka when making milkshakes. Oh man, so tasty...

AS for malts, we'll be at the York Pinball show, and I am looking forward to going to Sled Works and ordering an old fashioned Malt at Jimmy Rosen's vintage Soda Fountain.

[massive88]

I like to throw in either chocolate liquor, Creme De Menthe, or a spiced vodka when making milkshakes. Oh man, so tasty...

Kahlua

[shardian]

Bailey's,

Baileys is ridiculously expensive for what you get. We prefer Cask & Cream Chocolate Temptation, but can't get it in this state. I was pondering a bottle of chocolate Baileys a few weeks ago, when I noticed a bottle of Mudslide mixer next to it for $5. Got it just to see what it was like. It's the same damn thing - at a fraction of the price.

[shardian]

Well, it's ~$10/bottle (and readily available) in the caribbean, so I don't sweat it to much. 

Agree it's way overpriced here, though.

I know. We loaded up on our honeymoon, but that was a few years ago...

[Kman-Sweden]

Kahlua, Bailey's??? WTF? Maybe I need to post in the right section since the crowd here seems to be more keen on umbrella drinks.

I really enjoyed Tobermory on my trip to Scotland, but it seems hard as hell to find in the states.

Finally someone actually named a SINGLE MALT! Haven't tried that one, good luck finding it.

[shardian]

Kahlua, Bailey's??? WTF? Maybe I need to post in the right section since the crowd here seems to be more keen on umbrella drinks.

Umbrella drinks rule!

I liken alcohol to desert.
You liken it to water.

Personal preference my friend.

[shardian]

After a couple bushwhackers, he won't be calling it an umbrella drink for long. 

There is NOTHING better for getting women smashed at parties - period.

Beer is 5% or less alcohol on average or less. Most umbrella drinks can be 10% or much higher (Baileys is 14-17%). And yes, they catch you off guard. The only time I've ever been drunk was off a big frozen margarita at the local mexi place. I'd bet that thing was 80% tequila in the glass.

[CheffoJeffo]

I think that this thread makes Zakk cry ....

 

FWIW, ANY statement about alcohol that includes the phrase "the only time I've ever been drunk" completely and utterly disqualifies the poster.

Similarly if you use alcohol as a tool to 'persuade' womenfolk, then your opinions don't count.

Any woman worth her salt can sit at a table with me and put them away one-for-one.

Mrs Cheffo rocks (and at this writing is at least one drink ahead of me)!

[Rusty Shackelford]

Scapa or Glenmorangie

[Ummon]

And here I thought we were talking about whiskeys ...

Single malt whiskey?  (I don't even drink, but...)

You might be an alcoholic if...

You have a top 5 list of a specific type of alcohol.

Hell, just if you have a list of favorite alcohol.

Not in my state. Liquor = state controlled.

I went to an ABC store in south VA several years ago. Had a nice chat with the manager, and learned a bit. He had stuff in there that was hundreds of dollars, and said he on occasion went to his brother's for $1500 scotch or something.

[CheffoJeffo]

And here I thought we were talking about whiskeys ...

Single malt whiskey?  (I don't even drink, but...)

Erm, yes.

 

[shardian]

I think that this thread makes Zakk cry ....

 

FWIW, ANY statement about alcohol that includes the phrase "the only time I've ever been drunk" completely and utterly disqualifies the poster.

Similarly if you use alcohol as a tool to 'persuade' womenfolk, then your opinions don't count.

Any woman worth her salt can sit at a table with me and put them away one-for-one.

Mrs Cheffo rocks (and at this writing is at least one drink ahead of me)!

If you're Canadian, you also don't count. 

[CheffoJeffo]

Well, that's pretty much a given ... 

[ChadTower]

Well, it's ~$10/bottle (and readily available) in the caribbean, so I don't sweat it to much. 

Agree it's way overpriced here, though.

There are 3-4 "generics" that taste exactly the same and are a third of the price.  My wife and the women in her family really like the stuff and go through a lot.  Michael's and Carolan's come to mind as two that they drink.  Keep in mind these are all women who grew up in Dublin and have been drinking it 40 years.

[ChadTower]

Good lucking finding that stuff in the 3rd world, Chad.

That was advice for the rest of the people here.  Why would people in the Caribbean want the generics when Bailey's is $10/bottle? 

Or do you consider West Virginia the third world?

[shardian]

Or do you consider West Virginia the third world?

Once you get out of the metro areas, it pretty much is!

[ChadTower]

Once you get out of the metro areas, it pretty much is!

So what does that make Florida?  Fifth?

[CCM]

Or do you consider West Virginia the third world?

Once you get out of the metro areas, it pretty much is!

West Virginia has metro areas?

[shardian]

West Virginia has metro areas?

Believe it or not, yes. I'm a born/raised city boy. I didn't have ANY experience with the 3rd world areas until I visited my wife's family for the first time after high school.