Purely out of curiosity, how many posters here have spouses or significant others who also drink single malts?
I feel pretty fortunate to have a wife who enjoys Scotch, Cognac, Armagnac, Salignac, Calvados, bourbon, and rum right along with me.
-- Larry
My wife enjoys scotch, grappa and marc...out of curiosity: what is Salignac?
Martijn.
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After much cajoling on my part, my wife has acquired a taste for certain single malts, such as Macallan, Glenmorangie and Springbank. She can't stand any peated stuff, however.
My wife and I each have a small single-malt each and every night before bed. She really loves Lagavulin, Laphroig, and Ardbeg best. She did NOT like the cask-strength MacCallan. (nor did i).
chuck
My fiance and I are both into single malts which can be great fun for blind tastings or for just sitting around and listening to music during a dram session. However, it also means that the good stuff is finished off that much sooner and I have to admit that I get exciteable when I pull out something like a Clynelish 1972 and see that it's below the quarter mark.
Also, Charles likes to tipple more often than I, so we've inadvertently divided the whisky cellar section into 3 sections:
Regular drinking drams (he can quaff from these bottles all he likes, all replaceable stuff - ie. Ardbeg 10, Balvenie 12, HP 18, etc);
His own collection (bottles I buy him as gifts - he decides what to do with them, when to open them, it's all up to him although there are a few in this section that I am anxious to try and wish he'd hurry up and get around to cracking the seal!);
Then there's the rest of the collection of which I'm the caretaker, look after the acquisitions and open new bottles, and while he's free to pour anything from an open bottle, these are for the most part irreplaceable (ie. Springbank 12/100 Proof) so we're both more discriminating in emptying these bottles than we are with the regular house drams.
Actually, come to think of it, there's a fourth section, bourbons and rye, and while I enjoy these as well it seems to have fallen under his jurisdiction. Speaking of which, he's looking for a bottle of George T. Stagg -- any ideas where it's still available?
Johanna
pltrgyst wrote:
My girlfriend has acquired a taste for whisky in general through me. She has her particular likes and dislikes of course. Heavily peated is definitely not her thing, although I must say that during some organized tasting events she has fiished and enjoyed the occasional Islay. Her preference lies definitely with the Irish whiskeys. Her favourite : Bushmill's 21 year old. Which is rather expensive. Luckily for our budget she settles with Bushmill's 10 for her house dram.
Try calling Trace at Hi-Times Wine Cellars in CA. They had some a couple months ago, though the price was a bit steeper than what others in here found it for. Worst case, Buffalo Trace releases the 2004 version in October, I believe.
My Lagavulin tastes like an ace bandage. How do you serve it, ice, water ?
on a wound?
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my fiance hates whisky... my collection is safe :-) Now, if I can only keep my 'friends' out of my house...
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I am sure you would hear me scream, even all the way at your house.
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