So, what are you drinking now?

Tonight's a wine night for me, but for dessert I think I'll treat myself to a dram of 1994 Glenrothes.

Lagavulin Distillery Only Limited Edition natural cask strength. Yum!

Nowin honor of the 666th reply: Glencoe 8yo. The best blended Scotch on Earth! Or so I believe. It's the Devil's drink of choice.

Last night, in celebration of being fully recovered from tonsilitis (and the subsequent 10 day cycle of antibiotics), I started with a Trafalgar (from Oakville Ontario) Irish Ale before dinner. The beer taste buds seem to have survived...good. After dinner I then did a whiskey taste bud check with Evan Williams Single Barrel (2000), check and check! It's still a great value bourbon with very nice vanilla and oak notes. I specifically chose the EWSB so that I could then crack open my Bookers Small Batch (63.7% abv) Bourbon. Absolutely awesome (and well worth the two week wait since I purchased it...oddly, on the day that I think I may have been 'touched' by the tonsilitis, without realizing it)!!

I've got three bottles open at the moment (my three recent reviews) but i am spending the most time really on my Spirit of Unity bottle, i know many would collect this but i have to enjoy it!

Armenian Brandy ... all are admirable, but 9-Yrs and older are the best, with aged flavors of prunes, apricots and raisons. Ararat brand is most prevalent and available, but if you find any others (Aratta, Proshyan, Queen Tamara, Artsakh, etc.), don't hesitate to grab it. I acquired several wonderful lessor brands a year ago, which are no longer available. Oh, and then for more fun, try a sip of Uigeadail between brandy samplings ... experience the contrast !!

Just tried the Glenlivet Nadurra last night for the first time. I must say I was pleasantly surprised. It was a quality Whisky, I enjoyed it quite a bit. I mean, Glenlivet 12, for all intent and purpose, is a very good, reliable, but relatively unengaging malt. The Nadurra was something I would definitely like to have some more of.

Drinking a little Laphroaig 10, followed by my favourite batch of Ardbeg Uigeadail.

@Victor a nice Islay night.

Tonight I'm drinking CC Sherry Cask.

NIkka 12 Pure Malt. Love the chocolate.

Talisker 10. Always a good dram when it's been a tough day.

@RoganFox

Probably a Talisker 10yo. ( The Postcard edn.) I still have some 1956 Black left - about 2oz. and a little less 1956 in the pint bottle. I've picked them up a few times lately but put them back down again as I will seriously grieve when their gone; especially for the '56 pint 18yo. version which still has a nose to die for and so little of it left. This was / is the best 'drop' I have ever tasted! Tonight I'll have some of the post- card Talisker, I think?

Templeton Rye. If you like rye it's a "must try".

Tonight, at Marcel's Restaurant in Washington, DC, Pappy Van Winkle 20 and Johnnie Walker Blue, plus the 5 wines, of course. Degustation!!

@A'bunadhman Nothing like thinking about having a dram of something only to stop yourself as you will grieve over it when it's gone. Wonder how many of us on here have done that a few times.

Anyway, Certainly would be a tough call to finish the last drop of '56 Black I am sure.

Nothing! This damn cold is ruining my whisky tasting schedule... Just look at those three Port Ellen in front of me on the desk and I cannot try them (well, I could, but it would be a waste, of course). Hope the meds kick in fast.

@RoganFox

The '56 18yo. is a tougher call - The one in the so called pint bot. (actually 13 1/3 oz.) and I'm not sure they were ever available commercially; I had 2 1/2 bots. given to me by the manager of one of the first liquor barns here in Qld. with a rather large wine purchase. That was Xmas 1975 IIRC; the remnants have sat in my cabinet for a long time. My wife doesn't understand why I don't have several tiny measures: I might split the Black but what to do with about an oz. of 18, I know not! I had actually poured it out a few years back in what was a greedy 3oz. measure as a swan-song but sanity prevailed and I poured some back.

I just got a bottle of Caol ila and you know what ........ you have gotta be kidding me ......this stuff is awesome. Add a 1 tablespoon of water to a double measure of this .... and it is insane. It is so delicate ... yet so smoky, robust and down to earth. Will get another bottle in the wine shop before it sells out.

@Eirikur Which offering? Caol Ila 12, 18, 25...?

@markjedi1 I'm happy to help keep you on schedule. Go ahead and send out the rest of October's tastings and maybe the first two weeks of November to be safe. I'll jump right on those pesky Port Ellens first thing...

Its a 12 yo .... and I bought a Ledaigh 10 yo beside it and it is just a piece of crap tbh.

I rather like the Ledaig 10, but I do recommend that you try before buying as the taste of melting black rubber isn't everyone's idea of a good thing...

I'm on a Lochside 1991 from Connoisseurs Choice at the moment - it's a straight down the line tasty bourbon cask dram: a bit of fruit, a bit of spice, some vanilla, some plasticine (stay with me...) and a nice sweet finish.

That said, my other open bottle is Caol Ila Moch, which I used like whisky cordial - a nice slug of water and it's a great nightcap.

A bit of Crown Royal special reserve, hadn't had it for a while, over a year I think. Everyone I know around here loves the stuff but to me it still has that grape seed bitter taste to it, it is smooth though. Hmmm I think I'll wait another 1/2 year before I try it again.

Enjoying some outstanding William Larue Weller barrel proof bourbon, with a good deal of water.

I'm very fond of the outrageous (new) 46% Ledaig 10, but as I cannot find it anywhere anymore, it could be the end of the world :(

@Victor, Van Winkle 20 and Johinnie Walker Blue in one evening ... life does seem pretty good ! :)

I'm currently finishing off my bottle of HP 18. Going to miss it now that it's gone. Hi to everyone, as this is also my first post here...

@cpstecroix ...welcome aboard!!...HP18, eh? I will mourn the passing of the bottle along with you...

@Pudge72 Cheers, I guess on to the next ones. Actually I have a few bottles about 1/3 full that need to be finished...it was reading on here about how whisky degrades which spurred me on to finish them. Great site btw!

Bruichladdich Rocks. Thank god this bottle is finished. I rarely ever say I don;t like a whisky, let alone a single malt from Islay but this is a pig with lipstick. How could such a pedigreed distillery release such mundane swill? It's not easy to explain why I dislike this quaff so much but I know it's on my personal "never buy again" list. The only redeeming thing I found with "Rocks" is that it's acceptable in the hot summer over lots of thick ice. Then it's not too bad. My advice? Skip this clunker, unless there's nothing else to drink in the building.

CAOL ILA 12yo. @ 43%. The longer it's open, the better it's getting. I was, at first, seriously underwhelmed by what I had been told is an excellent Whisky. It needed time to wake up and is now showing it's true character: A refined Whisky - a gentleman, if I may use that anology, but with an explosive mouth-feel and a delightful finish that is fresh and persistent; what the french call 'long in the mouth' when describing the finish of their better wines. I particularly like the lemon / lime character that is much in evidence thrrough the whole experience, A good mouthful held for 30 sec. chewed and with a stream of air drawn over the Whisky and exhaled through the nose will reveal just what a fine 'drop' this is.

Just got a bottle of Big Peat, a vatted malt by Douglas Laing containing Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Bowmore and Port Ellen. You can smell the Caol Ila as soon as you pour it and you can taste the Ardbeg as soon as it hits your tongue. A very, very nice dram. The old Port Ellen puts a nice finishing touch on the whole thing.