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anybody ever try this? I was at a good proper Irish wake last night. For a Catholic Monsignor no less. My uncle. A really great guy. But back to the whiskey. It tasted a little bit like Footlocker smells. But I still drank it of course. It is an acquired taste to say the least.

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I went to some fancy pants cooking equipment store with my mom over the summer. Sur la table I think its called.

 

Anyway, they had a whiskey smoker for sale. Basically a glass box that has a little smoke gun thing in it. You put a glass of whiskey in there and shoot smoke at it.

 

Seems kinda silly to me. Anyone ever tried it?

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Are you sure some O'focker with a heavy brogue wasn't saying "peated" whiskey?

Bingo. Had to leave for a bit, but that's what I typed. Damn autocorrect.

 

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Bingo. Had to leave for a not, but that's what o typed. Damn autocorrect.

 

PEATED

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Islay (eye-lah) whiskies are "peated" - that's Scotch but the Irish do it too. The Connemara (sp?) is a decent peated Irish whiskey.

Lagavulin, Laphroaig, and Bowmore for Scotland - scotch (Islay, peated).

See - it's an island / sea side thing where they dry the barley with peat fueled fires instead of oak/wood - makes it peaty/smokey and is very much an acquired taste.

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Yeah, that's what I had, commerca or whatever.

 

Still I drank the crap out of it. My only remaining uncle on my dad's side liked it. And, he's feeling pretty damn blue about being The Last of the Mohicans.

 

Can't remember the last time I had hard liquor. Especially not the brown stuff. Pretty Rocky morning, but it was worth it.

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Sorry for your loss wiff.

"Wolves of The Sea" or something like that is the translation - Gaelic to English

 

Connemara ain't bad - but it's Irish Whiskey - and compared with scotch, Irish are plain, bland.

If you like peated stuff - try some Islay scotch - anything 10yrs or older. And if you can find it, the Lagavulin 8 - 200th Anniversary, is fantastic - much more complex than peated Irish whiskey.

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While I love Islay wisky, 2 different bottles of the same can vary greatly in peat. Some can be overwhelming. I'll take Redbreast or Green Spot over non-Islay Scotch. Never had peated Irish wisky. Sounds like I would love it.

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Peated whisky does vary quite a bit from distillery to distillery, so do try a few different ones before you make a judgment on the whole genre. A really nice entry point is High West Campfire, a blend of peated scotch, rye, and bourbon ... sweet and smoky.

Also, brilliant discussion of Laphroig:

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Also, brilliant discussion of Laphroig:

 

:thumbsup: That video is dead on, at least for an initial sampling of Laphroig. I'm not a huge scotch drinker, but I do buy a couple of bottles a year, usually Highland Park. A bottle typically lasts me 4-6 months. A friend of mine suggested Laphroig, so I bought a bottle. I thought it was absolutely nasty at first. Each subsequent tasting got better and better, until by the end of the bottle a few months later, I was like "Hey, this is damn good Scotch!" I don't know..maybe it needs to be exposed to air multiple times to acquire a taste for it.

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:thumbsup: That video is dead on, at least for an initial sampling of Laphroig. I'm not a huge scotch drinker, but I do buy a couple of bottles a year, usually Highland Park. A bottle typically lasts me 4-6 months. A friend of mine suggested Laphroig, so I bought a bottle. I thought it was absolutely nasty at first. Each subsequent tasting got better and better, until by the end of the bottle a few months later, I was like "Hey, this is damn good Scotch!" I don't know..maybe it needs to be exposed to air multiple times to acquire a taste for it.

 

:thumbsup:

on my 40th birthday, was sipping Johnnie Walker Gold 18yr and then switched to Laphroaig... it was awful - at first - took a few sips and it got a bit better, but not much - a few people tossed it over the railing.

So it sat in my cabinet for months... and one winter night, I had no whisky left except that Laphroaig 10.. and as I sipped and fought through it, it really did get much better... until after a second glass, it was really good. I read the bottle (or maybe the box insert) and it said something along the lines of, "our whisky is like our people, hard to get to know at first but once you do, a friend for life"... I'll tell ya', the marketing-doosh that came up with that was right on the money.

 

Laphroaig Select? not so good... kikda' ":Laphroaig Light"

Laphroaig Triple Wood? very good, but still not as good as the 10yr

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