Official Covid-19 what are you drinking now..........
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Start by carefully bubble wrapping all of it and sending it to me, for scientific analysis.Since Covid is still going on and my wife just got back from Ireland………. Now where do I start?View attachment 172966
Nice score!
Breaking into the new haul
Wife had to stop back in Ireland from Iceland and grabbed me two bottles of the 14 year. Good stuff!
Weirdly I'm still into Nikka from the Barrell which I know is a cheap blend but I prefer it to most Scottish single malts which are interesting but often not drinkable past the tasting phase. If I want a weird taste I'd just buy from empirical spirits and their weird AF creations like Habanero Spirit.
Most highland stuff is too "spicy" for me. But then again, give me smoke.
I don't smoke so I have a better excuse. But yeah that stuff is interesting when you first try it but then it gets boring. Plus as I've said there are other interesting spirits if you want interesting spirits.
I wonder will there be some revisionist/ new weave movement in spirits like we had in Coffee and now to a lesser extent in wine.
As in this Chouffe?! https://chouffe.com/en-gb/beers/la-chouffe/#
I got hammered a few too many times from that in my university days... it tastes terrible as vomit. and the hangover... oh god the hangover...
but now that my tastes have evolved, and I drink much more responsibly (which is to say every night since having kids!) I'd be curious to give it a try again.
That is the chouffe. I think it's quite tasty. Pretty standard for a belgian double ale. A little sweet, yeasty, high strength.
I think we're already in that revolution. No age statement, new/interesting barrels, blends like Compass Box, and all the cool shit happening here with American whisky (Single Malts, peated, heirloom grains, new make, etc) definitely seems like a revolution to me. Scotch will take a while to completely catch up just due to the time it takes to age whisky over there.
It's probably why I didn't notice being in Yurp. The change is mostly happening on your side of the atlantic.
Seems like the Irish are leading the charge over there, Waterford, Teeling, Two Stacks, even Jameson is doing some interesting things these days, but Compass Box is doing some really cool Scotch too.
Wife brought this home from Iceland. Not a fan
Medusa's Laser Cat. We visited the brewery last week, I think it made a huge positive difference for the downtown of Hudson. Will bang again.
I haven't tried anything new in a while. I still like the Gunpowder, the French gin for G&TS, or the Japanese Roku.
Is that citadel?
Oui.
From my latest haul from Ireland
Little haul from my trip to Japan. Kanpai!
I’m about to share a very unpopular opinion….
I find Japanese whiskey borderline un-drinkable. I’ve tried high end, bottom of the barrel, and a couple in between, I just can’t. Received a bottle of Shibiu 10 as a gift, $150 bottle of whiskey and I can’t even stand it in a whiskey coke. Makes no sense.
Grabbed the last bottle of this that Costco had, good stuff. Also, I need to drink more, my bar is getting out of control
I find Japanese whiskey borderline un-drinkable. I’ve tried high end, bottom of the barrel, and a couple in between, I just can’t. Received a bottle of Shibiu 10 as a gift, $150 bottle of whiskey and I can’t even stand it in a whiskey coke. Makes no sense.
Grabbed the last bottle of this that Costco had, good stuff. Also, I need to drink more, my bar is getting out of control
If you can't drink it straight, it doesn't belong in a coke. I've had a few decent Japanese...but I can get better American IME and not pay as much at the same time.
I've had quite a few here in the States that have been just okay at best. However, some of the stuff you can't get here and only in Japan is another ballgame.
Totally reasonable, and I'm happy that there is enough for us all to enjoy. I've never found japanese whiskey to be particularly good or bad, usually I see it as a more mellow version of scotch. There are plenty of people who like IPA, so not everybody can have a functional palette
