Best drink while listening to your rig?

Scotch: Aberlour Sherry Wood Finish 15 yr
Wine: Audobon Cellars 1999 Amador County Zinfandel (it was less than $8 a bottle on sale by the case and thus allows me to buy even more audiophile stuff)
Wine: Rosemount Estate Roxburgh Chardonnay 1996
Beer: Almost anything dark (e.g., Carolina Brown)

Cpdunn99,
Any good Sauternes will benefit from about 10 years of bottle age. Sugar and alcohol combine to make them relatively indestructable.

Jond & Cpdunn99,

I'm fortunate, in more ways than one, to be married to a woman whose father (and grandfather) is a wine collector. My father-in-law's cellar, which was augmented by the grandfather's upon the latter's passing, includes a few bottles of Chateau d'Yquem (which is the Chatour Latour of Sauternes) from the late forties and fifties. Hoping I may be lucky enough to sample one day!!!

The traditional (French) accompaniment to Sauternes is the blue cheese called Roquefort (although I personally prefer Stilton) or foie gras (the liver of a goose that has been force-fed until it becomes bloated). The Sauternes/foie gras combo is one of the great mergers in gastronomy.

Mghcanuck,
I hope for your sake you get to taste some of those bottles, Y'quem is about as good as it gets. I personally find foie gras and Sauternes to be just a little too rich for my tastes but I know many people like it. I prefer salty with sweet, hence the bleus.

Mghcanuck:
I had some Chateau d'Yquem from my father's cellar a few years ago. He bought some cases back in the 70s (can't remember what vintage). Wow!!!!

Ozfly:
I've had other Aberlour, but not the sherry cask one. I'll have to give it a try. Glenmorangie seems to have all kinds of casked malts now (sherry, port, etc.). Haven't tried them, tho'