I'd just like to say

[Brak Zanagin]

Oban is pretty damn good, but i prefer the lap frog with cigars (laphroig).

[Nalroth]

When I am next in NC, I am going to get some moonshine. My grandfather knows a guy who sells it. I think he sells it by the pint, but I am not sure. Anyone else interested in trying it out?

[Rainee]

Just say no to wood alcohol!

[Brak Zanagin]

When I am next in NC, I am going to get some moonshine. My grandfather knows a guy who sells it. I think he sells it by the pint, but I am not sure. Anyone else interested in trying it out?

You try it first.  If you're still alive, and you say it tastes good, then i'll give it a shot.

Oh, and if you're not blind. 

[Luther]

BTW - I initially asked Rob to set this thing up so I could post my notes from the tastings - and so people could generally post notes on other boozes - though free talk and all that is righteous.  I am going to put up one post per and have people respond, and as I try new stuff, I will post that, too.

Sorry for being a bum-ling and not posting the notes from the last one yet - they are on my laptop and everything.  I will try and remember tonight.

[Brak Zanagin]

Speaking of notes on other stuff: whatever bushmills is, it's not as smooth as laphroig OR oban.  Is it a blend?  I can't remember.

[Rainee]

Well, Bushmill's is whiskey, not whisky, fwiw.

The one I have is from a three-variety-pack, and I don't remember which one.  Bushmill's Original is a blend of single malt Irish whiskey and Irish grain whiskey.  Some of the other kinds are whiskey and malt blends.

[Luther]

Bushmills is in Irish Whiskey - not a Scotch Whisky.  It is triple-distilled, and has a blended mashbill, though probably mostly malted barley (most Irish is).  I actually find most Irish Whiskey's to be very smooth and palatable - very clean tasting - which is as they are meant to be.  The triple-distillation removes impurities and the blending is meant to round out its character, and the Irish do not peat their Whiskey - so, theoretically Irish Whiskeys are meant to be far easier to drink, or have less taste depending on your preference.  The equivalent from the tasting was Knappogue Castle - the slightly lemony, light yellow, golden whiskey - but it is a single malt and is all malted barley - not a blend like Bushmills.  I tend to go Irish if I am looking to get ripped rather than sip - it goes down like water.  Bushmills is rougher then most Irish blends - and Black Bush (another Bushmills label) is rougher still - I think of Jameson as the better example of what I think an Irish Whiskey should taste like.

[Brak Zanagin]

The triple-distillation removes impurities and the blending is meant to round out its character, and the Irish do not peat their Whiskey - so, theoretically Irish Whiskeys are meant to be far easier to drink, or have less taste depending on your preference. 

Then why did it suck some?  Maybe my taste buds were off that night.

[Divianna]

Then why did it suck some? 

Because it's not scotch.