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Tomatin 15yr and Balvenie Carribean Cask. Both under $60 and very good.
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I love Lagavulin. Love how the peat/smoke kicks you in the nuts.
Also give Dry Fly a try, out of Washington, lovely stuff. |
I drink a fair amount of bourbon, usually sticking to bottles that offer a great quality-to-price ratio, like Eagle Rare or Four Roses Small Batch. I splurge in bars on special occasions; a neighborhood bar right near me in Philly has an incredibly deep bourbon selection (including various Pappys, Willets, and A.H. Hirsch) that will steal away my paycheck if I let it.
I have not explored Scotch nearly to the extent that I want to someday. I need a Scotch-loving friend to introduce me to some brands at his cost, heh. I do enjoy peaty-ass Laphroaig, but I might like less-peaty regions better than Islay. Won't know until I try. |
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You should be able to get a bottle for less than 40..maybe 30ish? Then the 15 or 18 I think are going to be more rich and still not peaty.... I have seen really good deals on 15 at 'beverages and more' and places like that.... (maybe 40-50ish?) I think the 18 should be able to be had for around 60-65 if you catch some kind of deal, maybe 75ish regular price (to me it is wonderful!) But for the bang for the buck I really like the 12 (on the rocks) ...I havent found anything I like better (in that low $30 range) but there are some close ones... |
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Im a craft beer enthusiast. Ive yet to develop a palate for spirits. Perhaps once a year ill do boilermakers. For that it's Jameson's.
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8-) Its just that for around the same price you can get get a little better IMO (aforementioned glenlivet 12 being better IMO....) Next time you go for some Jamesons, try a glenlivet 12...and this is coming from a guy who is like 50% Irish |
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Also I am hoping to edit the OP so we can get some other recommendations at the different price points..
I'm sure theres lots of $30 options, and dont get me wrong...I will drink Jameson and smile |
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However it was a very coveted Rye Whiskey and they flooded the market. Templeton Rye refers to rye whiskey originally made in Templeton, Iowa during the prohibition era as a way for farmers in the Carroll County area to supplement their income.[1] Amber in color, it was considered to be of particularly high quality and was popular in Chicago, Omaha, and Kansas City speakeasies.[2] It was said to be the mobster Al Capone's drink of choice.[3] More recently "Templeton Rye" has been introduced as a brand of whiskey that its producer claims is based on a prohibition-era recipe. Distribution outside of Iowa began in August 2007.[4] Templeton Rye is distilled and aged at Lawrenceburg Distillers[5] in Lawrenceburg, Indiana and is shipped to Iowa by tanker truck. It is then bottled at an Iowa facility. Lawrenceburg Distillers is a wholly owned subsidiary of MGP Ingredients,[6] a corporation headquartered in Atchison, Kansas. Like I said I think I burned out on that "Whiskey Faced Rye" For a serious Iowa Bourbon it is impossible to beat Cedar Ridge. I love it neat. http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1...exrxo1_400.jpg |
I'm not a hard liquor drinker at all, but while travelling this past summer I had the chance to try some high-priced Scotch that was being sold in the Taipei airport (duty free shops). I believe it was called Glenfiddich. They had several different bottles open giving out free samples. I started with the lower priced bottle, but after a few I asked to try the highest priced bottle they had open. I don't remember the particulars, but they wanted over $200 for it (of course, it was in a airport). The first few I tried burned a bit going down, but that last one didn't burn at all. It was really smooth.
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Bowmore Legend is a very good entry point into the peaty Islay single malts at round $30 (used to be able to get it for $20).
Highland Park 12 yr and Laphroaig 10 yr are very different but both remarkable at the the next price point, about $10 north. I love Talisker and Lagavulin but not enough to indulge very often. |
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