What's your drop of choice?

[DMF Sailing]

Originally Posted by Scott Berg

We have a large bar and pretty good wine collection aboard. It's like asking which is our favorite child but my wife likes lightly peated single malt from Scotland and Ireland; right now Edradour is the winner. I'm more of an Islay guy, Laphroaig is the current favorite...

Scott have you had the Laphroaig 18 cask strength? It's at my local spirits shop, and I'm trying to weigh whether to pay.

[LakeSuperior]

Lagavulin 16 especially after a sauna!

[DMF Sailing]

Originally Posted by LakeSuperior

Lagavulin 16 especially after a sauna!

Islay malt should've been a category in my verkakte poll.

[Lepke]

Any brand or blend of scotch over anything else.
I learned in the navy sweet tasting alcohol makes you sick.

Recently I read a story of a ship sinking in Canada, taking with it 1000 tons of barley. Now that made me sick.

[donahue62]

Wild Turkey. There are connoisseurs and common sewers, a man has to know his place.

[DMF Sailing]

Originally Posted by donahue62

Wild Turkey. There are connoisseurs and common sewers, a man has to know his place.

Enjoying the Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel as I write this. "Selected for the bourbon connoisseur". Says so right on the bottle.

[StuM]

Wot? No one mentioned Jagemeister?

[Jamme]

This. A nip at anchor after a breezy day is just amazing.

[SeanPatrick]

I drank about half a gallon of Old Crow when I was a teenager.



I haven't had whiskey since.

[DMF Sailing]

Originally Posted by Jamme

This. A nip at anchor after a breezy day is just amazing.
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An excellent choice. I love that Skye has one (1) distillery. Have you tried Talisker Storm? Gimmick? Real?

[hzcruiser]

Originally Posted by StuM

Wot? No one mentioned Jagemeister?

Since you might come across (in other threads) as a _tiny bit_ of a stickler, Stu, may I shout you an "r" for Jagermeister? Or shall I say "Jägermeister" ?

Nevertheless, to add my 2 pennies, I was positively surprised by Maker's Mark and have a bottle on board, coming to think of it..

Someone mentioned Drambuie upstream, which is how I got introduced to Maker's Mark, in the form of a "rusty nail" on a long distance flight to Europe a few years ago. Maker's Mark, a dash of Drambuie and a spritz of Lemon... heaven in the skies...

[StuM]

Originally Posted by hzcruiser

Since you might come across (in other threads) as a _tiny bit_ of a stickler, Stu, may I shout you an "r" for Jagermeister? Or shall I say "Jägermeister" ?

Nevertheless, to add my 2 pennies, I was positively surprised by Maker's Mark and have a bottle on board, coming to think of it..

Someone mentioned Drambuie upstream, which is how I got introduced to Maker's Mark, in the form of a "rusty nail" on a long distance flight to Europe a few years ago. Maker's Mark, a dash of Drambuie and a spritz of Lemon... heaven in the skies...

Sorry, typo.


That's the first time I've ever heard of whiskey in a Rusty Nail - it's always been a scotch blend and Drambuie in my experience. (As for adulterating one with lemon? Yuck!)

[Mirage35]

There's a Sherlock Holmes story where he knows that the culprit was a sailor. Why?

Because there were bottles of rum and brandy in the victim's parlor, and the two empty glasses smelled of rum. As Sherlock said, "no landsman would drink rum if brandy was available."

So by a process of deduction ... why isn't rum on the list?

[Scott Berg]

Originally Posted by DMF Sailing

Scott have you had the Laphroaig 18 cask strength? It's at my local spirits shop, and I'm trying to weigh whether to pay.

I like the 18, I have the 10, 12, and a few others that are privately bottled. And a lot from the SMSW... luckily we have a big boat ;-)

[hzcruiser]

Originally Posted by StuM

Sorry, typo.


That's the first time I've ever heard of whiskey in a Rusty Nail - it's always been a scotch blend and Drambuie in my experience. (As for adulterating one with lemon? Yuck!)

Well, it might not have been authentic, but the lemon balances the sweetness of the Drambuie quite nicely!