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Official PCF Whisk(e)y Thread (68 Viewers)

Ooo it’s on sale!
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Taghkanic said:
I dated a British writer for some years whose go-to drink was Laphraoig. I got used to it, and even came to like the stuff... But now it’s just too reminiscent of a lost period of my 20s...
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Well, one of these days I’ll have you ‘round and you can have flashbacks while sipping Talisker or Lagavulin.
 
detroitdad said:
I think Woodford Reserve is just ok (way overpriced imo). However, the Double Oaked bottle is very good. It has a much more complex flavor.
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Yup not a real fan of the regular, but the double Oaked is great. This was a select bottling as well. The prices in Kentucky were much better than in Michigan.
This place has everything you could think of.
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detroitdad said:
I'd love to try a dram of that! please describe it in slow, methodical detail
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I would be terrible at that! It is much better than I was anticipating though. The smoke and oak together is a combination I really really like. Neat the smoke lingers for quite some time.
I tried a dram with a teaspoonish of water and that was a big mistake. It brought out more complexity to the nose, but fell apart once tasted.
 
Received this email ad today. Has anyone been sucker enough to buy fortunate enough to taste any of these bottlings?

Blood Oath Pact No. 5 – the fifth instalment of the series
just arrived!!

The Blood Oath series, the creation of Lux Row Distillers’ Head Distiller and Master Blender John Rempe. Pact No. 5 starts with an eight-year-old rye bourbon rested in ex-Caribbean rum barrels for six months. Once this bourbon picked up rum notes, Rempe combined it with an 11-year-old wheated bourbon and a peppery 13-year-old rye bourbon.

“When selecting these bourbons, I knew the dark rum sweet notes would be a perfect complement for these well-aged bourbons, and the result is extremely satisfying,” says Rempe. “On the nose, Pact No. 5 comes right off with dark fruit notes, brown sugar and a touch of orange zest, followed by sugar cane and dark chocolate notes and a little heat once you sip it. This one offers a lingering finish, accented by notes of honey.”

This year’s release returns to its original fire-branded wooden display box. Like its predecessors, the bottle is topped with a custom natural cork, sealed and hand-labeled with certificate-style paper stock, including Rempe’s signature, and bottled at 98.6 proof — the temperature of blood.
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The Blood Oath Attests
That every batch of Blood Oath is the undertaking of one man — a student of both bourbon and science. Loyal to no one family, favoring no one distillery and bound by no one philosophy – this bourbon connoisseur has one goal in mind – to seek out bourbons rare and wonderful, famous and forgotten. Then bottle them in combinations previously unimagined for a lucky few. Not to cater to anyone’s loyalties, he has sworn to never reveal where he finds his bourbon, but only to promise to choose and make the best he knows. Loose lips never tasted something so special.
 
detroitdad said:
I'd love to try a dram of that! please describe it in slow, methodical detail
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it’s like drinking straight from a peat bog but you get used to it :LOL: :laugh:
Good with cigars as the taste gets through anything you throw at it.

I’ve been getting into Jura recently and bought some Old Pulteney which is pretty decent.
Single malts are around £25 and upwards here. Don’t know how that compares with you guys but if it saves you money let me know and I can send some over (customs permitting).
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BonScot said:
it’s like drinking straight from a peat bog but you get used to it :LOL: :laugh:
Good with cigars as the taste gets through anything you throw at it.
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I really enjoy it. Had a buddy try it and he goes “Laphoraig, should be Lachoke”. Haha.
 
@BonScot I've tried Jura Superstition and Jura Prophecy ... Prophecy is superior but Suspertition isn't bad, maybe because Prophesy have a more present peat and sea taste.
I'm trying to find Jura Diurachs' Own
 
1A25R said:
@BonScot I've tried Jura Superstition and Jura Prophecy ... Prophecy is superior but Suspertition isn't bad, maybe because Prophesy have a more present peat and sea taste.
I'm trying to find Jura Diurachs' Own
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Diurachs own is good but quite unusual. Tastes a bit of chocolate and orange. Sounds weird but it works. If you remind me I’ll bring a bottle over to Munich in November.
 
detroitdad said:
I keep a bottle of Laphraig 10 on my shelf. Lagavulin 16 is one of my favorites! I obviously don't mind a little peat lol
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I used to drink peaty whiskies all the time but I’ve started going for smoother tasting ones. I tend to be given bottles for my birthday so I’ll drink whatever is put in front of me.
 
BonScot said:
I used to drink peaty whiskies all the time but I’ve started going for smoother tasting ones. I tend to be given bottles for my birthday so I’ll drink whatever is put in front of me.
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lol...……..same here.

I also have a bottle of Glenfiddich 18. Smooth as silk!!! Birthday gift :)
 

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