(September 27, 2015 at 10:49 pm)Alex K Wrote: I couldn't comment on your order because I haven't tried all of them. Of those I know in the list, I would also have ranked Glenfiddich the lowest and Bowmore relatively high. I'm not objective though, because I am forever in love with the salty oilyness that is Laphroaig 10yo...
I haven't tried Irish whiskey for a while, but among the affordable ones, Bushmills single malt was always a favorite of mine.
Your comment concerning wine vs. beer raises an interesting point. I rarely go from beer to liquor directly, but it makes sense taste wise to combine related drinks.
Alex, you can try them all if you want. Just stop by and I will pour you a glass of each of the five scotches for you to try. I will also pour you the three Irish whiskies, the three ryes, the three cognacs, two rums, and a few other assorted liquors, and you can see what you like best. Of course, by the time you have tried enough of everything to be able to come to a proper judgement about them, you will be too drunk to make a proper choice, but we need not worry about such trivialities.
An inexpensive Irish whisky that I like well enough is The Tyrconnell single malt. If one mixes it with a lemon-lime soda or ginger ale (which my wife does), one may as well go with Jameson blended whisky, though the price difference is slight enough that I plan on never going cheaper than The Tyrconnell in the future, so that I will have something I will be willing to drink straight. But until my wife drinks all of the Jameson, I will have it for her for her mixed drinks. I recently acquired a slightly more expensive Irish whisky, Tullamore Dew single malt 10 year, which I have not yet tried (I am busy with the scotch and other things, like wine and cognac). And I presently have three ryes, two of which I have not yet tried.
I should probably pick up a bottle of Bushmills single malt at your suggestion, though I might wait a bit, either until it is on sale, or I drink a bit more of the whisky I have on hand. Do you mean the 10 year or some other Bushmills single malt?
Well, all this talk of whisky made it necessary to take a break from writing this and pour myself something. I am trying the Tullamore Dew single malt 10 year Irish whisky, though I am not comparing it with anything else at the moment. So far, I am enjoying it.
Come on by, Alex, and I will pour you some. Bring your wife, if you wish; there is enough whisky for her as well (and there is a liquor store close at hand in case we need more than a couple of liters of whisky each). I will put some Mozart on the stereo, or if you are nice and bring a bottle, some Bach if you prefer. So, when should I expect you?
Whisky in the morning is a good thing. I still disagree with Christopher Hitchens about a proper breakfast, but whisky is a fine thing for later in the morning.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
