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Old Charter and spring water. Budget night.  I made my Nail with Johnnie black, partly for budget reasons but mostly so you wouldn’t yell at me for wasting Lagavulin 8. But it’s not peaty enough. Lagavulin 8 makes a killer Nail indeed. I should have done half and half. I think Johnnie has been skimping on Talisker and Caol Ila in his Black offering lately
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Yeah, I'm not one for using high end stuff in mixed drinks. If I'm putting together a Manhattan the Rittenhouse BIB rye will do nicely, it isn't getting my 13 year old Van Winkle Family Reserve or 18 year old Sazerac rye.
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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?
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10 year old Laphroaig is a good bit less than Lagavulin 8 around here, and it certainly isn't lacking peat.
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On Laphroiag 10 myself tonight. Tasty.
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You’re right. Wish we had a damn Costco, Laphroaig is downright cheap there. I may need another online order...
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Suntory Toki, for something different.
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I am hooked on Jameson.
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A Gordons martini at the moment.
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Ryoushi - I found the Toki to be a little too peppery for me to enjoy straight, but after a few months of "a highball here and there" it really settled down and was very good to drink neat. Once that happened I regretted using any in a highball!
Not trying to tell anyone how to drink their whiskey, just found the transformation noteworthy.
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Ryoushi - I found the Toki to be a little too peppery for me to enjoy straight, but after a few months of "a highball here and there" it really settled down and was very good to drink neat. Once that happened I regretted using any in a highball!
Not trying to tell anyone how to drink their whiskey, just found the transformation noteworthy. That's an interesting observation. I found the Toki to be quite mild, but I was drinking a pretty big flavored bourbon before opening this bottle. Glad you like the Suntory, Japanese whiskey sure has taken a while to catch on. It's popular enough now that it's hard to find the better bottles here.
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