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[Skinsfan1311]

I picked up a couple of these today. I'm done buying for a while

[Skinsfan1311]

Golf pour

[ssandy_561]

Went back to Western NY a few weeks ago to visit friends and family and picked up this bottle at the liquor store from my youth. So glad I did.

[Andrrr]

When I was on the bourbon trail last summer someone I talked to said this was a great bottled in bond bottle. It took me till last weekend to finally pick one up and I really like it.

[Sweaty Paul]

Another favorite.

[barelfly]

This sits in the back of the cabinet, so doesn’t get pulled out often. But..man it’s a great pour! I need to rotate this forward in the cabinet!

[Sweaty Paul]

Never heard of this. What's it like?

[barelfly]

Sweaty Paul - it’s great, being a cask strength especially! And if you like a rye, it’s got that great rye spice but nice smoothness from the bourbon. they have a regular proof bottle that is readily available here at least.

But a great blended rye/bourbon bottle if you enjoy this kind of pour.

https://redwoodempirewhiskey.com/whiskey/lost-monarch-cask-strength-uncut-unfiltered/

[Sweaty Paul]

barelfly. Thanks!

[Skinsfan1311]

I like the EC PGA release so much that I bought another one. I don't understand why this is a "one of" because it's much better than the standard EC & it's only $36.99.

[cruiseplanner1]

Bought a bottle of my ol' favorite this morning. Doesn't have the "heat" some of my recent bottles have had as I posted earlier but a good smooth draw. Enjoying a couple on the deck here a bit ago. When you live in Michigan you have to take advantage of nice days as they are limited.

[realdocBBQ]

This is what I've been drinking lately. Prolly a bit too much with The Wife out of the country, but oh well. It's boring at home by myself. <shrug>

[dpearce]

Went to Niagara Falls this weekend.

Last time I was there, I scored some really good Scotch at a really reasonable price, but it's been a few years since then. It was a 12 year old, cherry casket aged, single malt Scotch.

Was hoping I'd find something the same or similar, and within budget.

I settled for these two at the duty-free store:



I have yet to crack them open, but I'll let you know what I think, when I do.

The other "different" thing I found was, when hunting for good cigars, I noticed the distinct lack of them. In fact, in general, I hardy saw any, which was weird since they were all over about 14 years ago.

Well, apparently the current situation has affected imports. Of the cigars I found, they had some extremely "interesting" labeling. Essentially color pictures of autopsy patients, in all their glory, plastered directly on the packaging, of the various maladies from excessive use. And I mean, Autopsy Photos. Color Autopsy photos. Apparently, that's a "Mandate" now.

I asked my lovely cashier, "So, anyone stopped buying cigars because of the pictures". She laughed, and said "F---- No". I also noticed the lack of American Imports, used to be, you could buy a few bottles of domestic stock cheaper in Canada then in the US. Nope, she said, "It's like two children fighting. Wish they get their heads out of their a---s" and mind their own business".

Cubans? Non-existent, and if they had them, prices start at $300. Cheap cigars were no better than here in the US. So I walked out with the Scotch and a bottle of Jägermeister.

At least the weather was nice, and the Brazilian steak house was good!

Edit: Just checked on the local prices for those bottles. Looks like I saved about $20 each, roughly. Still didn't find the other one I'd bought years ago, but the local liquor store had a $140 bottle of Glenlivet that I think was about $89 up in Niagara. I almost went for it, but liked the idea of trying a couple new bottles instead.

[klflowers]

I have always liked Glenlivet. Good scotch. That labeling requirement is crazy. Wonder what they put on cigarettes

[dpearce]

klflowers. The exact same pictures. I went to take photo's of them but realized "Where the heck would I even post these!".

[cruiseplanner1]

Glenlivet was one of my favorites. That double oak looks interesting. Been doing more Bourbon the last few years but every once in a while I grab one of the scotch bottles for a pour.

[Skinsfan1311]

When we went to Niagara Falls in 2019, with the exception of some Canadian whiskey, I did not think the prices that great on the alcohol and the Cubans were obscenely priced. I only shopped at the duty-free store next to the bridge. They had those disturbing images on the tobacco products as well.

[dpearce]

We were there in 2012 last time. No disturbing images then. The $50 bottle of Glenlevit I brought home was $140 here, but I couldn't find that exact bottle this time. I believe the bottles I brought home this time were about $60 cheaper than here? Next time I get around to the store, I'll check, but they were definitely cheaper. And yeah, the cigar prices have really gone up! I can find decent Maduro's around here for $12-$15 I usually splurge and get one or two $30 ones for the summer.

[cruiseplanner1]

I smoke too many to be spending $15- $30k for a cigar. I have subscribed to Cigar Aficianado for some years now and have learned a lot about tobacco similar to belonging to the Pit to learn about cooking. There are many good rated cigars that are not Cuban and I have found a few from reading and looking at their ratings. They have done a blind smoke test with a panel of smokers for years now so I trust that the ratings are pretty fair. I go online and bid for good cigars.

[Skinsfan1311]

cruiseplanner1 Cubans are overrated. Back in the day they may have been special, but not now, especially at the prices they command. Nicaragua & the Dominican make excellent smokes so there's no reason to chase down Cubans....

[cruiseplanner1]

Agree totally on that Skins. My go to is Alec Bradley Prensado, have quite a few in the humidor. Oliva makes some nice ones and many others that are in the budget.

[barelfly]

Happy fRYEyay!!!!!!!