I agree in general but I think it depends on the cocktail and on the whiskey. I don’t think an old fashioned benefits as much from something really good like a Vieux Carre or Sazerac might. The thing about the Rusty Nail is the peat is a key player and the rich Lagavulin peat is awesome. Also Lagavulin 8 is kind of an outlier... on the one hand it’s a $60 bottle of whisky and as a stand-alone is worth that... but comparatively it’s an 8 year old whisky and their lowest offering. It really kicks the cocktail up a notch. But it would still be a shame to use the whole bottle for cocktails
It’s a conundrum alright
Still, Johnnie black isn’t peaty enough now that I sold Lagavulin 8 to the devil of cocktails. What would be a cheaper alternative? Takisker Storm perhaps. Didn’t Ardbeg come out with a cheaper NAS bottle?
