On Dec 28, 2007 11:58 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" > Subject: Re: OT: Spirit Snobs > > > > Try Laphroig ten year old. The Lagavulin will taste like honey after > > the Laphroig. Every Islay I've sampled has a strong peaty flavor. > > I've always thought they tasted like they were in a fire. I enjoy > > that. Many don't. The Lagavulin is actually among the least medicinal > > of the lot. By the way, the Scots drink them with a bit of water > > added. Try the Lagavulin on the rocks, but don't tell anyone:-). As I > > mentioned in another thread, the pretense among many non-Scot single > > malt drinkers is that they have to be taken "neat." That, of course, > > is wrong. > > I use a couple of ice cubes per ounce of whisky. I've done this ever since I > heard the distillers themselves saying that one should be adding water to > the spirit. > I suspect that by the time I get to the end of this bottle, I'll have a > taste for it.
I just cracked the seal on a can of Pepsi Max. I'm drinking it straight from the can which is in a stubbie holder. Cheers, Dave. (This recent discussion about spirits, scotch, irish, whiskey, bourbon, peat, malt, ice, water makes you all sound like a bunch pretentious wine gits at a tasting.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
