favorite 5 bottles in the collection

[Gator]

Mine would be:

Sazerac 18 yo rye
George T Stagg cask strength bourbon
The Balvenie 21 yo Portwood
Aberlour 15 yo
Hangar One Mandarin Orange vodka

kinda hard to pick 5 though...

yours?

 

[Wurm]

Tamdhu 10 year-old
Jamesons 12 year-old
Blanton's single barrel gold label
Seagram's 7 (best cola mixer out there)

and my favorite bottle that I hardly ever drink from...

 

[Ralph]

1. Laphroaig Quarter Cask
2. Caol Ila 18
3. Lagavulin 16
4. Ardbeg 10
5. Tie: Caol Ila 1991 Signatory Bottling & Johnnie Walker 15 year-old Green label

 

[Double D]

at the moment since i am always changeing.

glen Livet 12yo
Dimple
Elijah craig 12yo
Glen Fidditch 12 yo
tamdhu 10 yo

 

[MikeD]

Balvenie 12 Doublewood
Macallan 12
Macallan Cask Strength
Oban 14
Balvenie 21 Portwood

 

[Robbmt]

Hennessy Paradis
Camus Extra
Pierre Ferrand Cigar blend
FRAPIN VIP XO
Hennessy XO

 

[smokegetsinyoureyes]

Lagavullin 16
Talisker
Bombay Sapphire
Ruski Standard Platinum
Bowmore Cask Strength

 

[AVB]

At the moment:

Old Fettercairn 26 yo Stillman's Dram
Port Ellen 24 yo Old Malt Cask
Classic Cask 22 yo Rye
Pappy Van Winkle 20 yo
Stoli Crystal that I bought in Russia.

 

[Cygnus X-1]

1. Pappy van Winkle 23 yr old. I was lucky to get a bottle.
2. Talisker 175th anniversary
3. Lagavulin 16 yr old. Impossible to get for now.
4. Don Julio 1942 anejo
5. Bowmore 17 yr old

 

[AVB]

How many do you want?

3. Lagavulin 16 yr old. Impossible to get for now.

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[xraydoc1]

Currently:

Pappy Van Winkle 20 yo
Macallan 18 yo
Lagavulin 16 yo
Patron Anejo
Tanqueray Ten
Delamain Family Reserve

Unfortunately, the Macallan bottle is getting mighty low!

 

[Cygnus X-1]

AVB: I'm working on a bottle and I have one in reserve that must have been one of the last ones in Chicago. Is it back? I haven't seen it at the major liquor stores here in the last month.

xraydoc???? Are you a radiologist, too? We have similar taste in booze; Tanq 10 is my choice for a martini--w/ blue cheese stuffed olives, of course.

 

[AVB]

No it isn't back but it hasn't disappeared yet by any means either. I could get my hands on a few cases right now if I wanted and had the cash.

AVB: I'm working on a bottle and I have one in reserve that must have been one of the last ones in Chicago. Is it back? I haven't seen it at the major liquor stores here in the last month.

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[CvilleYoungGun]

It hasn't run out yet here either, picked up a couple of bottles two weekends ago.


CYG

 

[Jan Primus]

the only 5 bottles of significance I own and in no particualr order:

Lagavulin 16
Talisker 18
Macallan 15
Caol cask
Hennesy XO

 

[CvilleYoungGun]

Lagavulin 16
Johnny Walker Black or Green
Ballantine's 17
Blantons Single Barrel
Laphroaig 15

In no particular order

 

[n00n3r]

1: Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength
2: The Balvenie Doublewood
3: Segrams triple distilled vodka
4: Patron Silver
5: Johnny Walker Red (every stinking day)

n00n3r

 

[mitchshrader]

still working on my opinions (slurp!) ..

But top shelf so far..

Macallan 18
Aberlour 15 yr Sherry Finish
Balvenie 15 yr Single Cask
Dalmore 28 yr Stillmans Dram
Glenmorangie 18 Rare Malt

Wish List: :whistling:
Dalwhinnie 90 (15 yr old, double matured, sherry cask)
Daniel Bouju 15 yr 60%, Royal Brut de Fut Cognac
A. J. Hirsch 16 yr old Bourbon
Winkle Family Reserve 13 yr Rye
Blackadder Banff 1966 Cask Strength

FWIW.. and that's not much..

Tested and Rejected, and why..

Lagavulin 16, Blast of Peat and Iodine, Sea Air, Tar, Smoke, and more Iodine.. Very Warming, Very Strongly flavored.. A must have, for Peat lovers.. Not for sherried scotch drinkers

Laphroaig Cask Strength 10 yr, Pure Rocket Fuel! Peat and a whiff of iodine, much less medicinal than Lagavulin, complex, very strong, amazing cold weather booze, wonderful for blizzards.. again, if you're not peat friendly, don't go there.

Balvenie Doublewood: Bland, sweetish, a bit fruity.. Not complex, not offensive, but entirely ordinary. Won't offend those who normally drink blended scotch.

Macallan 12: If you're going to drink Mac, buy the 18. Nuff Said.

Glenlivit 12: Buy bourbon instead. It's shameful to do that to scotch. And to think I used to pay money for it.. ;(

Glenfarclas 105: Paint Thinner, Varnish, Pine resin, some people LIKE this stuff. No accounting for tastes..

Aberlour Abunadh: I've cursed it, I've praised it, I've decided never to buy another bottle.. Smooth as milk, strong as King Kong, spicy and oily and sweet and one dimensional.. every sip the same, no development, the PERFECT flask booze on a blustery day.. if you need strong and flavorful, it works.

 

[AVB]

Somebody liked my reviews

still working on my opinions (slurp!) ..

Wish List: :whistling:
A. J. Hirsch 16 yr old Bourbon
Winkle Family Reserve 13 yr Rye
Blackadder Banff 1966 Cask Strength

 

[mitchshrader]

not so much that I like your "reviews".. exactly.. though they're Very Helpful..

It's just that you have such good taste in comestibles.

Laphroaig is Still Sitting Here, missed making it to the P.O. today but will go out first thing tomorrow, 19th. VERY nice to have a spare on the Aberlour while the Mac is holding out.

TYVM..