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Double_Trouble
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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: luv2safari]
      #67076 - 14/12/06 11:16 PM

Lagavulin, a Scotch Whiskey from the Isle of Islay of the south coast of Scotland is where its at for me!
drink it neat at room temp with just a teaspoon of distilled water, grab a good book and let the magic happen!

all the Whiskey's from Islay have a definite and distinctive flavour not found in any other region of the country, becasue its coastal, it has defintite sea salt almost iodine notes not nearly as smokey as most single malts..... that may sound off putting, but, trust me, its damn good Scotch!

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Tightloop]
      #193152 - 06/11/11 05:26 PM

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No cigar is worth 25 bucks....rather smoke corn silk or dried grapevine...LOL



Forntunate for you, you live in a country where their prices are not dominated by unholy taxes. What costs $45 in Australia, costs maybe $10 in the USA. What is $25 in Australia is maybe less than $5 in the USA.

Nothing to do with currencies, all to do with "social engineering" and the gov'ts huge greed for taxes.

Also US citizens should not worry about not being able to get Cuban cigars. Some of the better cigars IMO come from the Dominican Republic anyway.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: luv2safari]
      #193153 - 06/11/11 05:28 PM

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A couple fingers neat of Laphroaig and you have all the Scotch and Smoke you'll ever want!



Come visit me. I have two bottles of Laphroaig for you to drink and don't even like the stuff.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: NitroX]
      #193156 - 06/11/11 07:14 PM

A Taylors 1963 and an Arturo Fuente go pretty well together esp with an old Hine as well

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #193164 - 06/11/11 11:14 PM



Just because ...



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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: NitroX]
      #193176 - 07/11/11 01:53 AM

Love Port - quit the cigars, though.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: DarylS]
      #193183 - 07/11/11 02:42 AM

No tobacco here.

As for whisky or whiskey's for that matter, my likes are better identified by what I don't...that is a far shorter list, the "don'ts" being a few of the rougher Bourbons {Evan Williams, the cheap Jim Beam for two}.

Tho I've never tried some of the smokier Scotch's but would like to, one "mass-production" Scotch I've taken quite a shine to lately has been the mild and inexpensive "Famous Grouse". It just plain tastes good! And the Irish'es, yes, Mehul, Bushmills is very good and so is Jameson, Tullamore Dew, etc...

All straight, with a bit of water, or over ice. I like them all in all three forms.

Ports...is there a bad one?

Maybe Mike Bailey will weigh in on that question as I'm guessing he would know what to steer away from, as I've only had several and all were quite delightful.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: 9.3x57]
      #193196 - 07/11/11 05:45 AM

9.3x57, all vintages are pretty good but unless 10 yrs old or more better left to age, in my opinion the best value in port wold in the LBV stuff (late bottled vintage), much cheaper than vintage and you donīt have the decanting hassle and Iīve never had a bad drop of that !, best

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #193202 - 07/11/11 07:25 AM

Thanks Mike.

I thought you'd come thru!

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: 9.3x57]
      #223212 - 09/01/13 10:01 AM

Nice to see that port is appreciated by more people than me, I have been picked on for years for my rather high consumption of port, and most agree with Mike Bailey, LBV are always a success. But bought an Anderson port from 1980 for christmas, and it was simply amazing.

On the smoking side I prefer a pipe with some good virgiania tobacco.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: bakposten]
      #223220 - 09/01/13 12:19 PM

My Brother-in-law and I go through a bottle of Port with cigars about once or twice a month.

We also have 3 bottles from 1980, one each to share after each daughter's wedding one day.

As for tobacco, I enjoy a pipe as well now and then, and have enjoyed Ashton Maduros for years, but have recently branched out to their Heritage and Estate Sun Grown.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Cazadero]
      #223232 - 09/01/13 03:34 PM

Drinking a bit of Balvenie Doublewood right now.
This is probably my favorite Scotch although I drink more Bourbons these days.
Seems like I go through periods of preferring Bourbons and then a spell of favoring Scotches. Always neat either way. No reasoning behind it, just switch it up now and then.
And, I just bought a new humidifier for my humidor. Cigars are difficult to keep in good condition here in Colorado unless you really keep an eye on them. I had a little canister of those gel crystal things to keep a bunch humidified. It works great but my little boy grabbed it one day and dropped it on the floor. I collected the spilled particles back into the container and thought nothing of it. I wasn't smoking much then and by the next time I went back to check them, the whole container was covered in mold.
It must have picked up some spores from the floor and the humidor was the ideal environment to grow. Lost quite a few cigars in that incident!

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Huvius]
      #223239 - 09/01/13 04:31 PM

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Lost quite a few cigars in that incident!



Sorry to hear that!

Try one of these if you get the chance. I left the picture large so we could appreciate the artwork.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Cazadero]
      #223240 - 09/01/13 04:34 PM

I'm on board with scotch and port, too lazy to keep up with cigars - used to like the royal jamacia but can't seem to find them anywhere.

I use a lot of port in cooking, doing lots of reductions. I also make reduction sauces out of balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar, and vermouth.

Your bottles and rolled tobacco are always welcome on my hill...







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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: luv2safari]
      #223258 - 09/01/13 11:57 PM

An Arturo Fuente Churchill, a Lagavulin, and watch the sun go down with mu dog......

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: jaz]
      #223308 - 10/01/13 06:30 PM

I like those Arturo Fuentes too, nice flavour and not too strong (which Cohibas are for me). Was lucky to sample a bottle of Taylors 1963 over Xmas. Fabulous best, Mike p.s. not much of a scotch drinker but I do like Dalwhinnie when I can find it

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Mike_Bailey]
      #223388 - 11/01/13 11:15 AM

If you haven't tried the Macallan, you should. Mmm.

Followed by Lagavulin, Balvenie, Oban...I think The Balvenie wins a lot of the taste tests, but to my taste, the Macallan smokes em all.

Speaking of smoke...if one is in a masochistic mood, Laphroaig has its place too Old tires, smoke, and Peat was one friend's description

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Even]
      #223400 - 11/01/13 03:43 PM

I was given a bottle of MacCallan Cask Strength at the birth of my last son and I agree, it was fantastic! Too bad my wife swilled it...

I am not a fan of Islay Scotch either.
Best description I have of Laphroaig is drinking a campfire through a leather straw!

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: Huvius]
      #223462 - 12/01/13 01:16 PM

I certainly understand how some do not like the Isle of Islay scotches, but to me they are the best. Lagavulin is the smokiest of all of them in my opinion. Laphroig next. MacCallum is middle of the road to me. Its a good thing our tastes are diverse or the costs would be worst than the $100 per bottle we need to cough up.
Mike - I agree, Cohiba, a bit too strong for me as well.
I stopped drinking the ports as I drank them like fruit juice...certainly enjoyable. In fact the most memorable cigar and port I had was in the London athletic club, where the waiter elegantly lit the cigar and served it with the port....good times.
JZ

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: jaz]
      #228979 - 18/04/13 10:44 AM

Blackbush or Bushmills Irish Whiskey or a Drambuie gets the job done nicely. Glenfiddich is good.

Should try Johnny Walker Blue..........just to satisfy my curiosity.

Port and I have a long standing relationship..........though have neglected it in recent times......a deficiency I must remedy.......in moderation this time.

While I do like the smell of cigars.......smells like burning horse shit ......... I never took up the habit thankfully.

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: twobobbwana]
      #228982 - 18/04/13 12:30 PM

Rather partial to Bowmore's 12 yo...
Aberlour A'bunadh cask strength... and
Laphroaig 10 yo cask strength

All with a small dash of water... preferably out of a NZ South Island trout stream

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Re: Any Cigar & Port lovers out there....or Scotch? [Re: TilleyMan]
      #229337 - 27/04/13 10:10 AM

I like this scotch.

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