depends on where you are from. I say islay.
- Pie

like just the way it's written?

i heard some guy in a scotch review on you tube say it some way that i think he might have been dyslexic.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com...=65431&page=last#13305827

everyone feel free to chime in on my 10:34 post

that islay is the one i don't like. was given some expensive bottle of bowmore before and didn't have the heart to admit that i didn't like it.

how do i pronounce that word, btw? islay.
- kicksave856

eye-luh

And yeah you either love them or hate them.

eye-luh

And yeah you either love them or hate them.
- daeth

what's the difference between "peaty" and "smokey" in the reviews? they don't mean the same thing, right?

what's the difference between "peaty" and "smokey" in the reviews? they don't mean the same thing, right?
- kicksave856

The peat makes them smokey so it's the same thing generally speaking.

The peat makes them smokey so it's the same thing generally speaking.
- daeth

interesting. i had a feeling these two guys doing a review were jabronis. they looked like they were real dum dums and one of them claimed whatever they were drinking was peaty but not smokey.

then there was a big long argument in the comments about what was what.

I'm sure it adds other subtle aromas and flavours but smoke is the most obvious thing to me at least. Some of the more aggressively peated Scotch Whiskys are like a bonfire in a glass.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/boards/thread.php?thread_id=65431&page=last#13305827

everyone feel free to chime in on my 10:34 post
- kicksave856

I have not had very many Irish Whiskeys so I can't help you, sorry.

http://www.theglobeandmai...ts-smoked/article4251706/

Peat contributes not only smoke but nuances of iodine (especially in the case of Islay peat), seaweed, salt and damp earth. It’s an acquired taste, to be sure, but it’s by no means confined to whisky-sipping veterans.

here we go

I have not had very many Irish Whiskeys so I can't help you, sorry.
- daeth

i understand. i figure a real hardcore scotch drinker considers irish whiskey for lightweights because i guess it isn't smokey pretty much at all.

but i think that's why i want to try it. i think i might really like it. as long as they aren't so sweet that it makes you sick or whatever. but i figure they aren't that sweet.

i figure bourbon is in between scotch and irish whiskey as far as the smokiness goes. and i like bourbon so i think i'll probably like irish whiskey.

http://www.theglobeandmai...ts-smoked/article4251706/



here we go
- daeth

ty.

you're good at this.

i understand. i figure a real hardcore scotch drinker considers irish whiskey for lightweights because i guess it isn't smokey pretty much at all.

but i think that's why i want to try it. i think i might really like it. as long as they aren't so sweet that it makes you sick or whatever. but i figure they aren't that sweet.

i figure bourbon is in between scotch and irish whiskey as far as the smokiness goes. and i like bourbon so i think i'll probably like irish whiskey.
- kicksave856

I think hardcore Scotch drinkers probably appreciate any good barrel aged spirit. It's that I'm not hardcore enough if anything.

You can get plenty of lightly peated Scotchs that have very little peat character though. Aberlour A'bunadh (one of the first bottles I bought) is actually really sweet if anything. Speyside Whiskys are good for people who aren't huge on peat typically.

I think hardcore Scotch drinkers probably appreciate any good barrel aged spirit. It's that I'm not hardcore enough if anything.

You can get plenty of lightly peated Scotchs that have very little peat character though. Aberlour A'bunadh (one of the first bottles I bought) is actually really sweet if anything. Speyside Whiskys are good for people who aren't huge on peat typically.
- daeth

speyside whiskeys are what i've settled on due to exactly that fact. less smoky.

i go for the glens when i'm out and can afford good stuff. i have the "cheapy" chivas regal and johnnie walker black blends in my house.

i hear good things about this speyburn 10 year old and that's a single malt that's apparently ridiculously affordable so i want to try that too.

My fav cheap blend was always Teachers Highland Cream. J&B is good too.

If you ever see it you should try Forty Creek. It's a Canadian Whisky and it's really good. It's pretty damn cheap here for some reason but it's world class I think.

I have never tried Speyburn myself. I've seen it in bars but I can't buy it in stores so I've never bothered trying it.

My fav cheap blend was always Teachers Highland Cream. J&B is good too.

If you ever see it you should try Forty Creek. It's a Canadian Whisky and it's really good. It's pretty damn cheap here for some reason but it's world class I think.

I have never tried Speyburn myself. I've seen it in bars but I can't buy it in stores so I've never bothered trying it.
- daeth

i've never heard of forty creek. i think i've heard of teachers.

either way i am adding them both to my spreadsheet.

i've never heard of forty creek. i think i've heard of teachers.

either way i am adding them both to my spreadsheet.
- kicksave856

Jamesons, Bushmills and Tullamore Dew are the only ones I've ever tried that I can think of. Jamesons is the least expensive.

Had my first Heady Topper yesterday. Was not disappointed.

Had my first Heady Topper yesterday. Was not disappointed.
- EssuieToutJeune

even i thought that stuff was pretty good and hoppy usually has me running for the hills

Bottled my double today... Have 1/2 my bottles left over - so English Bitter goes in this week!

The Allagash Black is pretty good.

not a bourbon thread
- watsonnostaw

There should probably be one though

There should probably be one though
- the_cause2000

http://www.hockeybuzz.com...hp?thread_id=119633&dbm=1

i had pig iron porter at the iron hill brewery restaurant tonight.

it wasn't bad.

picked up one of these guys like 10 months ago and has been sitting in my beer cellar, gonna have it with dinner i think.