When I discovered Lagavulin, about 25 years ago, it was about $40 a fifth here. Never less than $80 now. Bought Laphroig 10 for $50 today. Enjoying it now. I like it at least as much as Lagavulin.
Paul > On May 4, 2018, at 8:31 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > If anyone wants to find out just how pedantic I an get about whisky, show up > here sometime for whiskymas, or talk me into giving a tour of the isles. > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> I like Laphroig as well. A solid bargain. >> >> I usually don't pay $90 for Lagavulin; one has to shop the discount liquor >> stores and keep an eye out for specials. > > When I discovered Lagavulin it was only $42/bottle, these days I've seen it > for a pretty decent price at Costco. A bit of poking around seems to show > that it's going for about $55/bottle. > > If there is a trader joe's near you, check out their Finlaggin, it is an > Islay malt, they don't say which distillery it comes from, but many people > think that it is Lagavulin. It's definitely yummy. >> >> When both Laphroig and Lagavulin are priced too high, I go for Green Label >> (a blend but with single malts only, no grain spirits) or Bush Black or >> Irish Honey. > > On the subject of pedantry, green label is a pure malt, also known as a > vatted whisky. Single malts are made from a single malting of barley, > vatted, or pure malts are made by mixing multiple single malts. A blended > whisky can be made of a mixture of any fermented and distilled grains. > > I learned a tremendous amount from Michael Jackson's world guide to whiskey > https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/whiskey-the-definitive-world-guide_michael-james-jackson/310228/?mkwid=s79WclwC7%7cdc&pcrid=70112914152&pkw=&pmt=&plc=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwibDXBRCyARIsAFHp4fp4nqIUCfBL75KAGFVVfIee5qns9ZtDvdGIpSHSFe0zAX58_DDd_QsaAutmEALw_wcB#isbn=1561382078&idiq=12231623 > > His complete guide to single malt scotch is also on of of the definitive > reference books on the subject. The mantle has been picked up and new > editions have been released since he passed on. > > I picked up the boot Still Life with Bottle by Ralph Steadman for the > pictures, but it turned out to be quite a good book on scotch. > https://www.amazon.com/Still-Life-Bottle-According-Steadman/dp/0151003106 > > This discussion reminds me that I need to pick up another bottle of Tullamore > Dew. Actually, I should pick up a couple of bottles because I've found that > chopping up vanilla beans and letting them soak in Tully makes a wonderful > drink, or a pretty nice vanilla extract if you happen to need one. > >> >> One must be flexible. >> >> If I'm at the bar and its the other guy's turn to buy, I choose Lagavulin. >> <G> >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >>> On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 9:51 PM, Paul Stenquist<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I like Lagavulin, but it’s overpriced at close to $90 a fifth. Laphroig is >>> just as good at half the price. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
