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BackyardSmoker

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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #225 on: March 24, 2015, 01:42:25 PM »

Enjoyed the booze talk, but if I'm gonna sneak in a pre-lunch cigar I gotta get moving.  Enjoy the rest of the day, all.

See ya, Joe. Enjoy!
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #226 on: March 24, 2015, 01:43:54 PM »

Enjoyed the booze talk, but if I'm gonna sneak in a pre-lunch cigar I gotta get moving.  Enjoy the rest of the day, all.
Good for you!  I just came in from a Nica Libra lunch.  helps the afternoon 'tude.
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #227 on: March 24, 2015, 01:43:57 PM »

Enjoyed the booze talk, but if I'm gonna sneak in a pre-lunch cigar I gotta get moving.  Enjoy the rest of the day, all.
Seeya, Joe.
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #228 on: March 24, 2015, 01:44:21 PM »

Enjoyed the booze talk, but if I'm gonna sneak in a pre-lunch cigar I gotta get moving.  Enjoy the rest of the day, all.
I'm 100% sure you did absolutely no work today. Later, Joe.

False!!  I recorded, like, 10 four-second inserts for commercials.  Clean 'em up a bit, etc.  I put in a good five minutes of real, actual work.  So suck it!
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #229 on: March 24, 2015, 01:44:37 PM »

Flip, I think the most important question here is, what does your son currently enjoy??  Being new or not really knowing is a valid answer, too.  So much variety that you could give him the most expensive Islay scotch on the market and he'll hate it if he doesn't care for that style.
Islays are always a risky proposition anyway.  Too strong a taste for most folks new to scotch, and among longtime scotch drinkers there are those who love it and those who despise it.  My general rule of thumb if buying a bottle for someone is, "Highland for noobs, Speyside for vets, and Islay only if I know they love it."  Of course, Brits will castigate the Highland scotches as "Lady's Scotch," and seem to believe Scotch begins and ends in Speyside...but dafuck do the Brits know?

Seems like a good rule from my limited understanding of the regions.
I know nothing about the Lowland scotches, so will be interested to hear what you think of the Auchentoshan.

I need to start taking some notes at these tastings, especially the ones where most everything is new to me.   I'll definitely report back tomorrow.
IMO lowlands are the most challenging.
In what sense?  To find, to characterize, or to enjoy?
To characterize.  I think the lowland style is unmistakable yet difficult to define.  It's not peaty, not fruity.  Honeyed might be close.  Herbal too.  It's just, lowland.
  Well, too much has been made of the whole "regional" thing in any case.  It's somehow human nature to look for the "voodoo" that makes, say, a great Islay scotch.  The fact is, politics and commercial concerns had more to do with regional differences than unique craftsmanship ever did.
Maybe among the biggies but the little distilleries maintain a sense of region.  I do agree that you don't need to be on Islay for a great peated whisky though.  There's Benriach Curiositas, Ledaig, Longrow...
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #230 on: March 24, 2015, 01:44:48 PM »

Enjoyed the booze talk, but if I'm gonna sneak in a pre-lunch cigar I gotta get moving.  Enjoy the rest of the day, all.
Good for you!  I just came in from a Nica Libra lunch.  helps the afternoon 'tude.
Eating cigars is an attitude booster?
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #231 on: March 24, 2015, 01:46:03 PM »

I only have $20 left... What's the best scotch for that?  ;D
Cutty Sark
Sheesh.
When I was 13 an acquaintance lifted a case of Cutty Sark from a boat and we proceeded to camp out and get roaring drunk.  it was 7 or 8 years after that that I could even look full on the Cutty Sark advertisements, let alone stand the smell.
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #232 on: March 24, 2015, 01:46:46 PM »

Enjoyed the booze talk, but if I'm gonna sneak in a pre-lunch cigar I gotta get moving.  Enjoy the rest of the day, all.
Good for you!  I just came in from a Nica Libra lunch.  helps the afternoon 'tude.
Eating cigars is an attitude booster?
Can be.  try it and let me know what you think!  :P
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #233 on: March 24, 2015, 01:48:18 PM »

Enjoyed the booze talk, but if I'm gonna sneak in a pre-lunch cigar I gotta get moving.  Enjoy the rest of the day, all.
Good for you!  I just came in from a Nica Libra lunch.  helps the afternoon 'tude.
sorry, reading that it looks like a smartass remark, but I really meant that it WAS a good idea.  Have a good afternoon Joe!
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #234 on: March 24, 2015, 01:51:22 PM »

I only have $20 left... What's the best scotch for that?  ;D
Cutty Sark
Sheesh.
When I was 13 an acquaintance lifted a case of Cutty Sark from a boat and we proceeded to camp out and get roaring drunk.  it was 7 or 8 years after that that I could even look full on the Cutty Sark advertisements, let alone stand the smell.
yes I understand, mine was a fifth of (some McSomething I think) scotch (that I had someone buy) when I  was 14.  it has taken 44 years for me to even drink any scotch again (JW blue).  Although I do like a rusty nail now and then.  edit
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #235 on: March 24, 2015, 01:52:00 PM »


Enjoyed the booze talk, but if I'm gonna sneak in a pre-lunch cigar I gotta get moving.  Enjoy the rest of the day, all.
Catch ya later Joe
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #236 on: March 24, 2015, 01:52:38 PM »

Enjoyed the booze talk, but if I'm gonna sneak in a pre-lunch cigar I gotta get moving.  Enjoy the rest of the day, all.
I'm 100% sure you did absolutely no work today. Later, Joe.

False!!  I recorded, like, 10 four-second inserts for commercials.  Clean 'em up a bit, etc.  I put in a good five minutes of real, actual work.  So suck it!
I call bullshit!
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #237 on: March 24, 2015, 01:53:17 PM »

Enjoyed the booze talk, but if I'm gonna sneak in a pre-lunch cigar I gotta get moving.  Enjoy the rest of the day, all.
Bye Joe, thanks for the scotch help,
thanks everybody else as well!
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #238 on: March 24, 2015, 01:53:56 PM »

I only have $20 left... What's the best scotch for that?  ;D
Cutty Sark
Sheesh.
When I was 13 an acquaintance lifted a case of Cutty Sark from a boat and we proceeded to camp out and get roaring drunk.  it was 7 or 8 years after that that I could even look full on the Cutty Sark advertisements, let alone stand the smell.

Kinda the same scenerio for me. Except mine kinda 'evaporated' out of dad's collection.  ;)

Howdy, Sam
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Re: 3/24/2015
« Reply #239 on: March 24, 2015, 01:56:55 PM »

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