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If you like malt whisky and the only Glenfiddich you've had is the light bodied common version then be sure to try the 21 year old if the opportunity presents itself. It's a different ball game, full bodied and rich. Of course don't pollute it with ice. Signing off, my glass is dry. 
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No water, no soda, no ice, they would only serve to rust the pure flavour....
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Campfire Tracker
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I enjoy sippin some while tying flies. Might have to tie a couple tonight......
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Campfire Regular
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Oldest I've had is 30 year Laphroig.... wow!
Right now, I've got Lagavulin 16, Glen Garioch 15 and Talisker 10. Normally I'm lucky to have even one bottle around, but my brother hosted a Burns Supper last month and there were a lot of leftovers!
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Campfire Kahuna
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A spot of Nadurra 16 cask strength with a few drops of water right now... It is not as assertive as I usually opt for, but subtle, smooth, and refined. It brings a whole parade of different flavors as it moves across the tongue and develops itself.
art
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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Campfire Ranger
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I would highly recommend the Glen Ord. Superb.
"I Birn Quhil I Se" MacLeod of Lewis
I Burn While I See
Hold Fast MacLeod of Harris
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Campfire Tracker
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Currently have a bottle of Dalwinnie on tap. I had a bottle of the Glenfiddich (black is it not) and would agree, quite good compared to the pedestrian green bottle.
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More of a dark amber than black, certainly not green.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Have got 2 on the go since Christmas & liking them both.
Highland Park 12yo & Macallan Sherry Cask 18 yo.
Quite different styles, but both yummy.
I'm a coupla drops of springwater, to open up, kinda guy.
Paul.
Paul.
"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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I'm a coupla drops of springwater, to open up, kinda guy. Some whisky does better with, some without. For example when I drink cask strength Laphroaig it's straight, but sherry matured Aberlour goes nicely with a small addition of still spring water. Not chilled of course.
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Campfire Oracle
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Of course don't pollute it with ice.
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Campfire Kahuna
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I think your aversion to ice stems from a traumatic incident earlier in life....
Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.
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Yeah really. Just shoot me now because I have a bottle of each of the following aging -- I mean waiting--in the celler:
Makers Mark
Wild Turkey 101 Reserve
Woodford Reserve
Pendleton
Jim Beam
I would not hesitate to put an ice cube in any of them.
BTW what would a bottle of say Makers Mark that was allowed to sit for maybe 20 years taste like after 20 years? I'm guessing the same because it's already removed from the barrel.
Proud to be a true Sandlapper!!
Go Nats!!!!
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I have no aversion to ice. I use it in tea and soft drinks all the time.
What's traumatic is watching someone with more money than sense pour some Van Winkle Lot B or Highland Park 18 over a bunch of ice and think they really have something.
There are basic bourbons I'll have with spring water on ice, or basic blended scotches I'll have with soda on the rocks but using premium whisk(e)y for such purposes is like buying prime beef and cooking it well done.
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I would not hesitate to put an ice cube in any of them. In my best Thurston Howell III voice: Egads Lovey, he's probably a Yale man.
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Proud to be a true Sandlapper!!
Go Nats!!!!
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Campfire Oracle
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In my best Thurston Howell III voice: Egads Lovey, he's probably a Yale man.
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Whisk(e)y generally doesn't age in the bottle. If it's been opened and there's a lot more air space you may get oxidation effects.
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Dats why I like to drink it all once I toss the cork... Ingwe
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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