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A trick with Scotch Whisky

OK.....it's the Holidays so let's lighten things up a bit.

When I listen to music I often like to garnish the experience with a good glass of Scotch or American single barrel whisky.

One of my favorite Scotch whisky's is Lagavulin 16 year old. It is very good Scotch with a pungent smoky flavor. That's the good part. The bad part is it costs about $65 to $80 a bottle. Recently, on a lark I tried to get the basic flavor of Lagavulin by altering a much cheaper Scotch whisky. The results were suprisingly good. I got about %75 percent of the flavor of Lagavulin for about %30 of the cost.

Furthermore all audiophiles have two things in common; they like to experiment and love to change things. So in the spirit of experimentation I offer the following "ersatz Lagavulin" recipe.

2 - "level" teaspoons of "Colgin Liquid Smoke, natural hickory orginal recipe.

1 - 750ml bottle of Aberlour 10 year old Scotch.

Blend them both together and be careful to only add two level teaspoons of the liquid smoke. Pour into your favorite whisky glass. Enjoy.

That's It! The "ersatz Lagavulin" has a smoky taste with hickory overtones and a smooth sweet finish. My friends and I drink this more than the real thing now.

I welcome any and all similiar experiments (for any liquor) or recipes for a favorite drink.

Cheers and Happy Holidays Audiogoners.

hank
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r_f_sayles
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Some how I think for those who don't consume it neat, I should bridge this thread with the "FINDING PURE WATER FOR RECORD CLEANING" thread. Because if Type-1 grade DI-RO water is good enough for cleaning our vinyl it should certainly taste good enough for our Scotch. Cheers!

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1132333988&read&keyw&zzwater+records
jlambrick
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You probably already know this one but you can take cheap vodka and pass it through a Brita water filter jug about 5 times to make it taste like the more expensive stuff.
fotis_k
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Jlambrick -never heard of that one, must try it as I just dont like the stuff and feel guilty for it, as I like all other alchohol.

Currently I am in to a bottle of Greenall's Dry Gin. I really, really, really like gin. Neat or with just a splash of tonic. Never tried this one before, it's really quite nice, great finish.
As far as scotch, I recently finished a bottle of Glenmorangie Burgundy Wood Finish. Nice, but I have nothing to compare it to, as I've never tried any other Glenmorangie.

O.K. Here it is. My special elixir. Take some of your favorite frozen concentrated orange juice (or whatever) and rather than dilute it with water and actually waste it making juice, dilute it with tequila or gin. I actually just take a tall glass, fill about 1/3 or 1/4 with frozen orange juice, slowly add tequila and mix untill a thick paste, and then fill the rest of the glass. You'll be surprised how good this is. Your unsuspecting guests will be surprised that it's already next week.
If anyone tries this I'd be curious as to what you think. Now back to my gin and Mahler....
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bigjoe
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fostis, when i was a kid we used to take 190 proof grain alcohol & mix it the same way you described & the outcome was bad,real bad.

i can grape juice concentrate plus 2 cans everclear = a whole lotta drunk.
kennyt
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Dirtyragamuffin,

I've looked at your system, and think we've drank together before, but after seeing your stereo, you can't tell me you can't afford good scotch! (If BTW you can't, I could arrange to bring some by for a listen and coctails....)

Edesilva,

Hope the server is still going well, mine is as good as ever.

As for the Mac 15.... skip it and go to the 18. I haven't tried the 21, but feel it to be a cop out to cover the upsurge in scotch demand that led to the unacceptable shortage of Mac 25 (which I am still holding a bottle of for the Xmas open house this year should the kitchen project actually be done by then...Oh and the ridiculous increase in price!)

I do go with a cube or so though.... When the scotch is REALLY GOOD like the Mac 25 I am holding, YES! It will be drank neat, with a water back.

Ken
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