320kbps Mp3's on a hi-fi system....

[tomjtx]

Just picked up a bottle of the Bowmore 18 ($60 - not bad, eh?). It's beautiful.

Finally, we are talking about important things :-)

[pfarrell]

320kbps Mp3's on a hi-fi system....

tomjtx wrote:
> opaqueice;341571 Wrote:
>> Just picked up a bottle of the Bowmore 18 ($60 - not bad, eh?). It's
>> beautiful.
>
> Finally, we are talking about important things :-)

I've often wondered why the audiophile magazines don't have ads for
scotch, cigars, etc. All go well with serious listening.


--
Pat Farrell

http://www.pfarrell.com/

[Themis]

I've often wondered why the audiophile magazines don't have ads for
scotch, cigars, etc. All go well with serious listening.

Because of some laws made by some not-so-serious listeners

[DeVerm]

Just picked up a bottle of the Bowmore 18 ($60 - not bad, eh?). It's beautiful.

You'll never buy the younger one again ;-) The 18yr's smell is already better than anything... only topped by it's taste!

save a dram for me
Nick.

[darrenyeats]

I don't know much about whisky but luckily I was introduced to Lagavulin. Is the Bowmore along the same lines?
Darren

[opaqueice]

I don't know much about whisky but luckily I was introduced to Lagavulin. Is the Bowmore along the same lines?
Darren

They're both from Islay, and as such they have some things in common (they're both pretty smoky, for example). To my taste, Lagavulin is more complex and interesting, but not as well-balanced as Bowmore. I always thought it (Lag) tasted salty, like sea water. Bowmore, particularly the 18 yr I just got, is sweeter and smoother.

My overall favorites remain Caol Ila and Talisker .

[tomjtx]

They're both from Islay, and as such they have some things in common (they're both pretty smoky, for example). To my taste, Lagavulin is more complex and interesting, but not as well-balanced as Bowmore. I always thought it (Lag) tasted salty, like sea water. Bowmore, particularly the 18 yr I just got, is sweeter and smoother.

My overall favorites remain Caol Ila and Talisker .

But did you compare these with a SmBT (single malt blind test)

Inquiring minds want to know :-)

[opaqueice]

But did you compare these with a SmBT (single malt blind test)

Actually yes :-).

A friend of mine once poured four glasses of scotch for me, chosen (by her) from my collection, which was ~15 different bottles or so at that time. She was pretty nice and chose relatively easily recognizable ones - it was Talisker, Lagavulin, Macallan, and Glenlivet if I remember correctly - but she didn't tell me anything about which four she had picked. I was able to identify all four successfully, except that she tried to convince me that I had switched the Macallan and Glenlivet (I hadn't, but after a few "are you SURE"s from her I think I gave in)... so it was pretty successful, but decidedly not double blind :-).

[Nonreality]

Actually yes :-).

A friend of mine once poured four glasses of scotch for me, chosen (by her) from my collection, which was ~15 different bottles or so at that time. She was pretty nice and chose relatively easily recognizable ones - it was Talisker, Lagavulin, Macallan, and Glenlivet if I remember correctly - but she didn't tell me anything about which four she had picked. I was able to identify all four successfully, except that she tried to convince me that I had switched the Macallan and Glenlivet (I hadn't, but after a few "are you SURE"s from her I think I gave in)... so it was pretty successful, but decidedly not double blind :-).

But were you doubly blind afterwords? I think that would count also.