Thread: Scotch/whiskey of the day

Balvenie 12yr and laphroaig 10 year are my two everyday drinking scotches. For special occasions I have a bottle of Laphroaig 18yr.

A left over meatloaf sandwich (cheese, mayo, dijon mustard on Cuban Bread) with a Jameson chaser.

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

A left over meatloaf sandwich (cheese, mayo, dijon mustard on Cuban Bread) with a Jameson chaser.

That sound delicious

This is my drink of choice when honing and relaxing a full bodied and amazing sherry cask

I didn't have any.

However, I do have a question for you gents. Have any of you tried Shakelton's whiskey (Mackinlay's) blend? Also, has anyone from the US purchased it? This is the scotch that was blended based on the cases left behind by the Shakelton Antarctic expedition back in 1907-ish and there are only 50,000 bottles made. I can't seem to find a company in the US that sells it and all overseas companies ship via Royal Mail which converts to USPS in the US and it's illegal to ship booze by USPS in the US.

Anyone?

Ive had booze shipped to my house before. I didnt know it was illegal

Because I had to work on my day off I'm gonna drink alot of this

Like everything else I have posted in the forums, I am relatively new to Scotch. I decided to give Laphroaig a try based on good reviews. Wasn't ready for the smokiness/peatiness...WOW! I tried it neat and then had to add a couple rocks and it grew on my. Definitely an enjoyable Scotch, but I'm still more of a Balvenie guy!

Originally Posted by Logistics

I didn't have any.

However, I do have a question for you gents. Have any of you tried Shakelton's whiskey (Mackinlay's) blend? Also, has anyone from the US purchased it? This is the scotch that was blended based on the cases left behind by the Shakelton Antarctic expedition back in 1907-ish and there are only 50,000 bottles made. I can't seem to find a company in the US that sells it and all overseas companies ship via Royal Mail which converts to USPS in the US and it's illegal to ship booze by USPS in the US.

Anyone?

I have some, and it's good. Two bottles, actually. One was purchased online from a vendor in Scotland and is a 700 ml (legal in the UK) bottle. The second was purchased from World of Liquor in Bayway, NJ and is a 750ml bottle. It's funny that the whisky from Scotland arrived in 4 days (ordered on a Monday evening, delivered the following Friday morning to my home in California) while the bottle from NJ took a week and cost a bit over $1 more all told. But since the NJ bottle is 50 ml larger, it's pretty much a wash.

If you don't want to cough up the cash, I've found that Highland Park 12 is similar though not identical.

I drink my bourbon neat but occasionally I put ice in JD.