To be quite honest I havent had any store bought wine since last summer, I do make a little wine of my own & did make brandy out of the wine untill I found out it was against the law to distill with out a permit, well I am not one to break the law hahaha, so I sold my small still .
I am a scotch drinker , not much else, I havent had an entire beer in over 2 years, just a sip here & there , never more than a mouth full at any time, I dont handle the carbonation well, I was never a big borboun drinker & I dont care for blended American or Canadian whiskeys
Right now I have a wee dram of Aberlour A'Brundh in the snifter to my right a sweet single malt with a thick viscosity , pours like water , but has a mouth feel like STP ! , just like a carmel melting in your mouth !I do add a small splash of water, this is a cask strengh topping out at 119.5 proof, with 2 ounces of whisky I add one ounce of chilled filtered water, ahhhhh the sweet smell of the malt, peat & heather . OH to be in Islay , just like home ! hahaha
I have a bottle of Spayburn sitting on the shelf a low cost good tasting Spayside single malt imho the best bang for the buck in the pooooorly run Penna. State , over priced , under inventoried & useless help ( they amout to glorified stock boys who dont know single malt from blends, who make 17 bucks an hour) But I digress, oh yea , scotch , Bowmore Dawn, 103 proof also an Islay whisky, dammm fine dram IMHO,
since Christmas I have worked my way through a Johnny Walker green a vatted malt 15 YO, that I did enjoy a lot., I did finish a nice 12YO Highland malt Glenmorangie with a maderia wood finish & a 15YO french oak Glenlivet, but I always end up back with an Islay malt sooner or later, Yummmmmy , but I was brought up drinking Haig & Haig Pinch , that was my fathers favorite Dramm, so I started to sip good whisky at a tender young age, hey when dad came home from work , turned on the radio( NO TV back then) , I cralled up on his lap & had a Taste with him !, maybe thats why I like the taste of good scotch, reminds me of the days sitting on his lap getting smashed , falling asleep & smelling his aftershave , dammm I miss the days when I had no worrys other than what my mother was going to make for supper, & if I was able to go out & ride my tricycle , damm I do tend to get off the track a bit tonight , scotch, yes scotch, the Galic translation of the word for wisky is the Water of Life, Nuff said on the subject tonight ! Enjoy, Vince