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Gold Peak Unsweetened Tea on ice. I had my own fake sweetener.

But here, in a little while, it will be TX Whiskey, neat, with a soda chaser of Diet Big K. Kroger's house brand diet soda tastes more like the old Coke formula than the actual Coca-Cola current formula, which is basically citrus juice with some dark coloring.
 
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Since I was not feeling well earlier this week and diverted back into Scotch had some of the old standards; Glenlivet 12, Glenfarclas 105 (which is 120 pf not 105...), a batch 36 Aberlour A'bunadh and the one that sent the evening weird, a first release "Laddie" 10.

That one is an un-peated Islay. But this time it had a distinct taste of band-aid plastic, which is one of the common phenol's you get with a peated Scotch. I'd not touched this bottle in 10 years at least, so interesting what a bit of air and some time do. There is a lot in common with whisky and perfume and how a tiny bit of something can become very prominent in smell or flavor. My guess there is the barrels were not in a separate warehouse from their peated offerings or the smoke from peating on the premises affected it.

I decided to compare it to the only other un-peated Islay; Bunnahabhain. Here I ran into an annoyance I only seem to experience with Scotch and Tequila, a rotted cork. Fortunately it had not "corked" the contents and just broke off at the top. Reason 999 to keep some old clean bottles on hand, preferably screw tops. A corkscrew, funnel and coffee filter at hand allowed me to transfer the contents to the clean bottle. I got the loose cork and residue out of the original bottle and cleaned it out and am letting it dry so can put the contents back along with a silicone stopper.

As to the taste, this had none of that phenol as they don't have peated offerings like Bruichladdich does. I found this all interesting hopefully someone else does as well.
 
If there is no age statement in small print anywhere means that is at least 4 years old given the "straight" on the label. With that high a proof is nice to see a micro distiller doing the right things. I'm going to have to see if that is available in my area. Reading stuff on their site even their "moonshine" is more correct than most being 50% sugar.

If you crack it open let us know your impression.
 
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If there is no age statement in small print anywhere means that is at least 4 years old given the "straight" on the label. With that high a proof is nice to see a micro distiller doing the right things. I'm going to have to see if that is available in my area. Reading stuff on their site even their "moonshine" is more correct than most being 50% sugar.

If you crack it open let us know your impression.
Let me sip on this a bit and I’ll tell you what I think.
 

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TX Whiskey (blended), neat and Big K Diet Cola chaser. (It actually tastes more like the old Coca Cola than the actual Coke product.)
 

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Reminds me of one of my other favorites. Glenfiddich Special Reserve Single Malt Scotch Whiskey, also from the Speyside region. They say it is in the water. But I thing the peat they get for the malting has an effect and also, using bourbon barrels from USA for aging.

I had a special edition of a wine magazine that highlighted everything about scotch whiskey. Scotch Whiskey can only be called that if aged in Scotland. Everything else is just whiskey. There are 5 regions. Speyside, Highlands, Lowlands, Islay, Islands, and Campbeltown. It must be aged at least 3 years and finish at percent alcohol.

Another fine distinction. One of my favorite actors is Ewan MacGregor, from Scotland. It grinds him when people describe the people of Scotland as scotch. "Scotch is a drink. A person from Scotland is a Scot. And ancestry is scottish, not scotch."

I agree.
 
This was not helping as I scoured for the best Black Friday deals for NVG. A little late, but the old computer took a dive and I had to use some stupid ipad gizmo for a few weeks.....I refuse to come out of the stone age......nothing wrong with a service rifle that is doped out to 600.....fancy lighter courtesy of the fine folks at the East Coast Night Shoot.....:giggle:
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Fast forward to last weekend and I decided to open a bottle I scored while in Kentucky-astute members will recall my vacation in the Daniel Boone Nat'l Forest of June 2021-https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astute - (just wanted to back up a little bit there for any obtuse members..) Had I known that this booze was going to be so tasty, I would have bought 2 bottles. The proprietor of the store said it was sold only in Kentucky. I do not know if that is true but he was a cool dude who fished out a bottle of E.H. Taylor and said it was the last one! I bought that and continue to look for it.
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As always members..good luck and good shooting!
 
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My chick gave me a membership to a bourbon of the month, yes she’s a keeper and no she doesn’t have any sisters, and the first one arrived a couple days ago.

Suggested with a splash of water, but I’ll just let the ice melt a little bit. Not bad at all, smooth with a lengthy finish.

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