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Single Malt Scotch!

#701
Eric Cioe said:
It definitely makes nosing the drink more intense. Plus, it's so much more graceful than your standard rocks glass.
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I've got some of the Riedel whisky glasses, which are similar in design to the one above, except that they have a little flare on the lip.

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If you haven't tried you favorite drop out of this type of glass, as opposed to the traditional decanter type glass, I'd thoroughly recommend it, you really can get some serious aromas when you sip, which for me does add to the experience. It's probably a little like using the a high end instrument cable or AC cord!

So here is a question for everyone: What do you use to drink your drop?
 
#702
The biggest difference for me with those types of glasses, or even a wine glass or brandy snifter, over your standard rocks glass is that you can swish the good stuff up on the sides to intensify the aromas when you nose it. That way a good deal of the glass is covered with the stuff, and the narrower top focuses it towards your palate. I'm not too sure about any glass being able to "direct the flavors to the relevant part of the tongue," but to almost anyone the nosing experience is more intense out of a glass with a smaller opening.
 
#705
Thunderitter said:
I've got some of the Riedel whisky glasses, which are similar in design to the one above, except that they have a little flare on the lip.

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If you haven't tried you favorite drop out of this type of glass, as opposed to the traditional decanter type glass, I'd thoroughly recommend it, you really can get some serious aromas when you sip, which for me does add to the experience. It's probably a little like using the a high end instrument cable or AC cord!

So here is a question for everyone: What do you use to drink your drop?
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Except unlike fancy AC cables, the glasses actually do something... :ninja: :p

I had Caol Ila 12 for the first time last night. A buddy of mine picked it up in the duty free shop on his way back from Seattle. He's got glasses exactly like those in that pic, so we used those.

That's a really nice dram. Probably a good starting point for anyone interested in venturing into Islay malts. It's got that characteristic Islay flavour but it's not as intense as Lagavulin.

I've got my fingers crossed that there'll a couple of bottles of whisky in my stocking friday morning... :D
 
#710
Just discovered this thread this evening....Tombowlus, we have similar tastes in scotch and rigs.

I am an Islay man first and foremost, but here is a more complete list:

Oban, Talisker, Lagavulin, Laphroig (my wife says it smells like old socks), Dalwhinnie (one of the few Highlands I like), Balvenie (Double Wood), Macallan 18, Bowmore's not bad. If forced at gunpoint, I'd probably have to pick Oban as my favorite scotch. Also at gunpoint with large caliber, my "favorite" blend is Dewars 12 year.

Don't take offense, but I've found if a scotch's name has the syllable "Glen" in it, I'd just as soon have a good bourbon or rye or Jamesons or Dewars 12 yr.
 
#715
Mark Reccord said:
I had Caol Ila 12 for the first time last night. A buddy of mine picked it up in the duty free shop on his way back from Seattle. He's got glasses exactly like those in that pic, so we used those.
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If you can find the Signatory bottlings of that, grab as many as you can carry. Unfiltered and no caramel added. Legs like you wouldn't believe and tasty as anything.
 
#718
lowendfriend said:
Don't take offense, but I've found if a scotch's name has the syllable "Glen" in it, I'd just as soon have a good bourbon or rye or Jamesons or Dewars 12 yr.
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Just looking at the reviews of one guy whose words have rarely steered me wrong in the whisky world, here are the distilleries/brands with "glen" in the name:

Glen Albyn
Glen Elgin
Glen Garioch
Glen Grant
Glen Keith
Glen Ord
Glenronach
Glenfarclas
Glenfiddich
Glenglassaugh
Glenisla
Glenkinchie
Glenugie
The Glenlivet
The Glenmorangie
The Glenrothes

And that's just one guy's collection. That's a whole slew of wildly divergent distilleries you're dismissing based on something so superficial as four letters in a name.
 
#719
Eric Cioe said:
Just looking at the reviews of one guy whose words have rarely steered me wrong in the whisky world, here are the distilleries/brands with "glen" in the name:

Glen Albyn
Glen Elgin
Glen Garioch
Glen Grant
Glen Keith
Glen Ord
Glenronach
Glenfarclas
Glenfiddich
Glenglassaugh
Glenisla
Glenkinchie
Glenugie
The Glenlivet
The Glenmorangie
The Glenrothes

And that's just one guy's collection. That's a whole slew of wildly divergent distilleries you're dismissing based on something so superficial as four letters in a name.
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Shows ya what I know.....I stand here a converted man, like St. Paul knocked off his horse.

That's the value of these forums...learn and think.

Perhaps, if I could just celebrate my new found "glen-openness" with a shot of Glenronach, I could be officially brought to salvation!;)
 

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