Balvenie 12 Year Old Double Wood

First, thank you for the gentle spelling correction.

Second, I'll cut-n-paste an entry I made on this back in May 2000: "To plagiarize Stefan Gabányi's _Whisk(e)y_ entry for Laphroaig®: "The most ridiculous substances have been invoked in attempts to describe the taste of this overpowering whisky; disinfectants, diesel fuel, tar, seaweed, and Lord knows what else. In vain I'm afraid, for you simply have to taste it for yourself. You will either be blown away or you'll never want to touch the stuff again."

"It opens with an overbearing stench of turpentine-based tar only to finish with cudgeling the tongue with day-old seaweed. It should be used as a disinfectant at most modern hospitals.

"I couldn't even GIVE the damn bottle away; it's the ONLY bottle [of single malt scotch] I've ever been forced to throw down the sink... If you haven't guessed, I'm in the group that will NEVER want to touch this stuff again. "

=8^O

The Ranger

Truly it is the Marmite of whiskies :-)

Even more though is Lagavulin - I find that to be more extreme than Laphroaig.

Jim

"The Ranger" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com...

Ah, good! I was worried for a moment :^)

Gunnar

Well, I bought the little fella last night (21 pounds from Tesco).

I _really_ need to get some nosing instruction but it's a fine dram - distinctly (but not cloyingly) sherried. Slightly sweet, complex aftertaste. All too drinkable.

Jim

Well now, let's not praise the Balvenie 12 Doublwood too much. "They" just might raise the price.

Cheer$, Harlan Lunsford

They better not - I can see this bottle not surviving the weekend.

Jim