Bourbon hunting look what I found

Bourbon hunting down in arizona and stumbled on this

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Nice find Don! I hope you picked him up a bottle.

The bottle’s label should be a guy frantically repairing his neighbor’s snowblower before that night’s snowfall.

Grouse never mentioned he is also in the liquer business.

I knew I Knew that guy from someplace
Speaking of Whisky, I ran out of all 3 of my favorite ones lately. Had to stop to buy some on my way home last night. I could not bring myself to replace all 3 at once. That would have been way spendy. Just picked up one. Hard choice to choose what one. Will have to budget to replace the other 2 . Like having choices and mixing it up from time to time.

The Famous Grouse is the most popular blended Scotch in the UK. However… I don’t actually drink it. I don’t drink blended Scotch at all.

The origin of my name goes back to the early days of Internet forums. Mrs Grouse poked her head into the study and said, “What are you grousing about on that forum now? You’ll become famous for grousing. You’ll be The Famous Grouse! Ha ha ha ha…”

Me: “Hmmmmm.” [Changes user name in settings…]

For the Scotch whisky drinkers amongst us, here are a few of my recent favs to try.

The Balvinie Caribbean Cask. Wonderful take on a classic. The rum cask ageing adds a totally different finish.

The Shin – A Japanese whisky made in the Scottish style. Absolute masterpiece. Depth, flavor, finish. Magical. Well worth tracking down.

Highland Park 18 year old. Island whisky with refined beauty and grace. Probably the perfect all around islander.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

For the Scotch whisky drinkers amongst us, here are a few of my recent favs to try.

What is the biggest difference between Scotch and say a Canadian Whisky other than where it is distilled? I believe Scotch has a much more smokey flavor. I also believe all scotch is made from Barley where Whisky is made from various Grains including Barley. I’ve branched out a little from traditional whisky’s and am starting to drink a few Bourbons as long as they don’t taste real smokey. Not a big fan of the licking a ash tray flavor.

fishthumper wrote:

What is the biggest difference between Scotch and say a Canadian Whisky other than where it is distilled? I believe Scotch has a much more smokey flavor. I also believe all scotch is made from Barley where Whisky is made from various Grains including Barley. I’ve branched out a little from traditional whisky’s and am starting to drink a few Bourbons as long as they don’t taste real smokey. Not a big fan of the licking a ash tray flavor.

I thought Scotch was supposed to taste like moss. I have not found a Canadian whiskey I like either. However enjoy bourbon and some american whiskey’s. I just last night picked up a bottle of Elijah Craig 18yr I did not crack it yet.