This is the 10, the most easily available without actually leaving Worcester.
It's sort of an experiment. I'm still a noob, really-- I've read Raw Spirit and I'm trying things that sound interesting. The 18-year Highland Park was a rousing success, and this is another, but differently so. I can certainly see why people say Laphroaig is an acquired taste. I actually like the aggressive peat, although I don't think I'd pick this for a relaxing sort of evening boozery, but it's definitely interesting and worth keeping around.
Yeah, anything past the 10 is tough to come by. I know a few places out this way to get decent stuff if you're interested in a journey.
I wasn't real impressed with the 18HP, but that's due to a friend having a special 20-ish direct from the distillery (got it while touring). I couldn't stand Macallan until I had a bottle from the SMWS, though. Mmmmmmmm. If I lived Over There, I'd be way more into it, as you can try-before-you-buy through them. But since I don't drink lots, having lots of open bottles is counterproductive.
Yeah, I figured it must be you. Even in fairly short paragraphs, your writing has a distinctive flavor to it. Much like (dare I say it?) Laphroaig.
(...and I can still smell the peaty smoke from the residue drying in the bottom of my glass, two feet away and a good hour old... It's like a campfire, which might mean I'm really getting a nostalgia kick from drinking the smell of childhood memories...)
I haven't been out your way in quite a while, actually.
heh. Laphroaig is one of the few which i know by taste AND smell. A friend was drinking scotch the other day, sat down next to me, and i looked at him and said, 'you're drinking Laphroaig, aren't you?'. and yes, i like it's 'aggressive' earthiness as well.
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Date: 2006-02-04 03:31 am (UTC)Which one? The 10yo is too peaty for me, but I quite like the 30yo cask strength...
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Date: 2006-02-04 03:36 am (UTC)This is the 10, the most easily available without actually leaving Worcester.
It's sort of an experiment. I'm still a noob, really-- I've read Raw Spirit and I'm trying things that sound interesting. The 18-year Highland Park was a rousing success, and this is another, but differently so. I can certainly see why people say Laphroaig is an acquired taste. I actually like the aggressive peat, although I don't think I'd pick this for a relaxing sort of evening boozery, but it's definitely interesting and worth keeping around.
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Date: 2006-02-04 03:44 am (UTC)I wasn't real impressed with the 18HP, but that's due to a friend having a special 20-ish direct from the distillery (got it while touring). I couldn't stand Macallan until I had a bottle from the SMWS, though. Mmmmmmmm. If I lived Over There, I'd be way more into it, as you can try-before-you-buy through them. But since I don't drink lots, having lots of open bottles is counterproductive.
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Date: 2006-02-04 03:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-02-04 04:39 am (UTC)There's two places in Waltham that are pretty good, and the brookline liquor mart which is awesome.
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Date: 2006-02-04 04:49 am (UTC)(...and I can still smell the peaty smoke from the residue drying in the bottom of my glass, two feet away and a good hour old... It's like a campfire, which might mean I'm really getting a nostalgia kick from drinking the smell of childhood memories...)
I haven't been out your way in quite a while, actually.
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Date: 2006-02-04 04:54 am (UTC)does kendal taste like bacon? i don't think so. they're two very separate situations.
(but yes, it's been an awful long timee since we went out to see them. since i was but a wee freshman, these many years passed.)
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Date: 2006-02-04 05:09 am (UTC)we should be due for a party out here in the not too distant future. :-)
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Date: 2006-02-04 05:07 am (UTC)Hm, I need to get myself a decent wine cooler (no, not bartles & james), so I can get more wine and port. Mmmmmmm.
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Date: 2006-02-04 04:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-02-04 09:13 am (UTC)I bet you like spruce beer, too.