Tastes

I bought a bottle in London and enjoyed it until I had to leave it half finish at the Ljubljana airport due to weight restrictions. I hope the Slovenian airport security guy enjoyed the rest.

Thanks @thatguys who suggested this Rye for cocktails. It's a $23 bottle that's smooth tasting, slightly sweet but not syrupy. I will be buying this again.

This is a solid blended Scotch and reasonably priced. Good enough to sip on the rocks or neat if you prefer.

When my mom went to England, she asked what I'd like her to bring back and I said Islay Scotch. She bought this at Heathrow as it was recommended by the store clerk as a popular choice. It doesn't have the punch of Laphroaig but I enjoyed it. Thanks mom.

Got a bottle as a gift from the union when I was leaving to go to law school. I think they figured lawyers drink Scotch. Some do. It's a good overall Scotch for a leaving the union party in a hotel room in Nanaimo BC.

This was listed in an article on the best value whiskeys on Flipboard. Is that still a thing? I bought it at Fred Meyers and didn't have to pay duty since I was returning from being stuck at my inlaws for a weekend (they'll never read this because they never drink..or admit to it anyway..being American Evangelicals). Hallelujah it was a smooth Bourbon and we sipped it neat at my SuperBowl party. Fucking Patriots won but the whiskey was good.

First tried this on a pub crawl in London where, after several pints of bitters and late night Shwarmas, a Glasgowian lass insisted on giving me a proper introduction to the varieties of Scotch. Islay was naturally the last taste. The salty sea, peat, and smoke wrapped around me like the fogs on the moors of Scotland where I spent my 10th year (not drinking Scotch). "I like this one best", I said.

This is a really nice blended Scotch at a good price point. That's what the article said. It was right.