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khari

khari

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What's your top three single malts? Blends? Bourbons? Ryes?

Here's mine
Single malts
1) Laphroaig 30
2) Balvenie PortWood
3) Oban 18

Blends
1) Johnnie Blue
2) Johnnie Gold
3) Haig Pinch

Bourbon
1) Eagle Rare 17
2) George T. Stagg
3) Makers Mark 46

Rye
1) Sazerac 18
2) William LaRue Weller
3) Li'l Saz
 
Single Malt:
1) Macallan 25 Sherry Oak
2) Highland Park 18
3) Lagavulin 16

Blends:
1) Johnnie Blue King George V
2) Johnnie Blue
3) Dewar's Signature

Bourbon:
1) Pappy Van Winkle 20
2) George T. Stagg
3) Elijah Craig 18

Picking only 3 single malts was harder than I would have thought. I am not much of a rye drinker.
 
I'll have to qualify this with the statement that my list can change on any given day.

Single Malts:

Glenfiddich 1948
Aberlour 1969
Rosebank 1989

Blends:

Black Bull 40
Whyte & Mackay 30
Campbeltown Loch 30 (first edition)

Bourbon:

Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve 20 yo (first edition - green bottle)
W. L. Weller 19 (2000, first BTAC Release)
A H Hirsch 16 (blue wax)

Rye:

The Classic Cask 22 YR Rye
Willett Rye 22 yo (private bottling)
Sazerac 18 yo Straight Rye (2003)
 
sigar_zealot said:
Bourbon:
1) Pappy Van Winkle 20
2) George T. Stagg
3) Elijah Craig 18
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I like your list on bourbon and would agree with the top two. I would replace the Elijah Craig with the Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel. Nothing fancy, really, but an amazingly consistent and mellow drink.
 
Single malts
1) MaCallan 18
2) Glennfidich 21 (would LOVE to have the Cuban Rum barrell...dagnabbit!)
3) Cao Ila 16 on occasion

Blends
1) Been enjoying Grants as of late (thanks Ray!)
2) I'll fill these next two in when I start drinkin more. :D
3)

Bourbon
1) Gentleman Jack
2) Four Roses Single Barrell
3) Makers Mark 46

Rye
1) No idea!
2)
3)

I need to try the JW Blue looks like. Some others listed like the Pinch and Highland Park...good thread Khari!
 
After Ray's list, I'm a little apprehensive of posting mine, but here goes:

Bourbon
1) Booker's
2) Lot B
3) Baker's

Single Malt
1) Balvenie 15
2) Lagavulin 16
3) Oban 14
 
Khari, Weller is a wheated bourbon and has no rye in it whatsoever...

Single malts
1) Highland Park 25
2) Balvenie 17 Sherry Wood
3) Macallan 18

Blends (not much experience here)
1) Johnnie Blue
2) Johnnie Green
3) Dewars 12yr

Bourbon
1) Jim Beam Distiller's Masterpiece 20yr Port Cask
2) Pappy Van Winkle 20yr
3) Willam Larue Weller

Rye
1) Sazerac 18
2) Thomas H Handy
3) Li'l Saz
 
I don't know about Khari or the rest of these guys but I sure wouldn't mind if you updated the list from time to time.

AVB said:
I'll have to qualify this with the statement that my list can change on any given day.

Single Malts:

Glenfiddich 1948
Aberlour 1969
Rosebank 1989

Blends:

Black Bull 40
Whyte & Mackay 30
Campbeltown Loch 30 (first edition)

Bourbon:

Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve 20 yo (first edition - green bottle)
W. L. Weller 19 (2000, first BTAC Release)
A H Hirsch 16 (blue wax)

Rye:

The Classic Cask 22 YR Rye
Willett Rye 22 yo (private bottling)
Sazerac 18 yo Straight Rye (2003)
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I'll give it a shot.

Here we go

Single Malts: (this was impossible to cut down here are my current favorites)

Laphroaig 18yo
Balvenie Portwood
Highland Park 18

Bourbon:

Pappy Van Winkle's 15
George T. Stagg
Willaim Larue Weller

Rye:

Thomas Handy
Sazerac 18
Mitcher's
 
sigar_zealot said:
I don't know about Khari or the rest of these guys but I sure wouldn't mind if you updated the list from time to time.

AVB said:
I'll have to qualify this with the statement that my list can change on any given day.

Single Malts:

Glenfiddich 1948
Aberlour 1969
Rosebank 1989

Blends:

Black Bull 40
Whyte & Mackay 30
Campbeltown Loch 30 (first edition)

Bourbon:

Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve 20 yo (first edition - green bottle)
W. L. Weller 19 (2000, first BTAC Release)
A H Hirsch 16 (blue wax)

Rye:

The Classic Cask 22 YR Rye
Willett Rye 22 yo (private bottling)
Sazerac 18 yo Straight Rye (2003)
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I'm good with it although admittedly I have never even seen most of these. Gives me new items to look for.
 
The question wasn't what your current top three or accessible top three were. It was what is your top three EVER even if the ever was implied. It might take a while for something new to push itself up into that ranking.
 
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2)?
3)?
I will let Ray pick one for me to try :D

Blends
1) JW Blue
2) Chivas 18
3) Chivas 12

Bourbon
1) ? Theres gotta be something better than Knob Creek
2) ? There's gotta be something better than Knob Creek
3) Knob Creek
Think I've narrowed it down to trying Pappy Van Winkle 20.

Rye
1) ?
2) ?
3) ?
Want to try Templeton

I love Jameson 12 yr old Irish Whiskey.
Just started branching out. Hard to buy everything. What we need here a nice place to sample some nice whiskeys.
 
Let's see what I can come up with here.

Single malts
1) Laphroaig 30
2) Ardbeg 1977
3) Laphroaig 10 (pre Fleur de lis 90 proof)

Blends (not much experience here)
1) Johnnie Blue
2) Johnnie Green
3) Grant's (8yr old 86 proof in a 4/5 quart bottle)

Bourbon
1) 2005 KY only George T Stagg
2) AH Hirsch 16 (Blue Wax open on the bar now)
3) Very Old Fitzgerald 8 or 10 yr expresion

Rye
1) Willett 22 Private bottling - may be the best Rye ever bottled
2) Van Winkle Family Reserve 13
3) Wild Turkey 101 Rye (older bottlings with the christmas theme label)
 
Heres mine dont have much experience with rye's or blends

bourbon:
PVW 15
George T stagg
4 roses Miriage 08

scotch
glenlivet naddura
jw blue ( i know a blend)
macallan
 
Based on what would seem to be considerably less experience than many here . . . :rolleyes:

Single Malts:

1. Glendronach Allardice 18
2. Aberlour a'bunadh
3. Macallan Cask Strength

Daily tipple: Dalmore 12

Blends:

1. Johnny Walker Gold
2. Johnny Walker Black
3. Dimple Pinch

Daily tipple: JWB

Bourbon:

1. George T. Stagg
2. Woodford Reserve Master's Coll. Sonoma-Cutre Finish
3. Four Roses Small Batch

Daily tipple: 1792 Ridgemont Reserve

Rye:

1. Sazerac 18
2. 40 Creek John K. Hall Double Barrel Reserve
3. Not really a rye drinker, actually.

Daily tipple: I usually try to get a couple bottles of the Saz to keep around, and they last most of the year.

~Boar
 
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