Scotch and Cigar blog

Deepak...I don't smoke cigars & most of my experience w/ Scotch was when I was teething as a baby (yeah, I know, today it'd be child abuse to rub scotch on a teething babies gums!), but your blog looks interesting and very professionally put together.

Somewhat OT, but a Q for you - do you think Johnny Walker Blue is worth the price? My big bro has a round birthday coming up & I think some of the ultra-premiums would be lost on him as he is not a true connoisseur, so I'm looking for something with good taste, that my brother will enjoy and he'll recognize the name and think good thoughts about his little bro!

Best...T

 

Tom, that's awesome. My parents did the same for me when I was teething.

Our parents rock.

Very cool blog D. Been interested in acquiring a taste for scotch so I'll have to read up. I see you gave Glen Levitt listed. I gave that as a gift once.

 

Deepak,

Love Oban but have refused to buy it since they raised the price of 14 year old from $40 to $80.

I really liked Macallan Cask strength when it first came out. The last Scotch I bought was a blend called Peat Monster; I liked it but my wife thought it tasted like medicine. Are you limiting yourself to Scotch or will you do all whiskeys? Personally, I've joined the high end Bourbon crowd.

I miss Cuban cigars. I haven't bothered with them since I stopped traveling overseas on business.

Good luck with the blog!

Art S.

 

I didn't there was anything else but Macallan and Padron

 

Deepak, impressive blog... Although you make no mention of Macallan 18 scotch 😁. One of my favorite single malts... I learned to smoke cigars accompanied by Cuban espresso coffee in little Havana, Miami... To me, that is really the best way to enjoy a cigar, but like most things it's a question of taste. I'm an avid cigar smoker. I only smoke Cubans as they are my cigar of choice. My collection includes a variety of Cohibas, Partagas, Montecristo, San Cristobal, Hoyo de Monterey etc... I think you get the gist. This blog is great because I don't feel alone and others share the same great taste that I have , wink-wink.
Btw, I once had a single malt aged scotch, 25 years or so that tasted of smoked bacon. Would you what the name of that scotch is?

Congrats and good luck with the blog. I'll be reading it regularly...

 

Deepak,

The blog looks good but I think you can do just a tad better. It's a few small things visually that may improve it drastically but I am struggling to put my finger on it. Would it involve maybe a background colour, borders around text boxes, different shades outside vs. inside, some better pictures etc...

Judging on that it does look good and I like the content. It could use some small tweaks and messing around I think to bring it another level higher.

 

Also, I would HIGHLY suggest taking a looking at multiple Fchat threads here to see what goes on as we have a very active set of threads including the bourbon/whisky/scotch + cigar thread.

Bob in the drink threads is an absolute master on his liquors.

 

Don't forget Camacho ecuador coming in now! For that smoke be prepared for a really harsh first 1/2" - 1"

 

No rush just something I saw that is all.

BTW judging by your Cigar Watch list I should be writing some articles as well!

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/143279641-post2913.html

We can play wheres Waldo and find all the ones you mentioned!

 

Thanks! I appreciate the comment & sentiment. On the topic of JW Blue, I received a bottle from a client recently, and found it to be a very drinkable, smooth blended whisky. It doesn't have the bite of many single malts (which those who don't drink Scotch a lot might like more than the purist...) but you can feel the quality of the whisky on the tongue & finish IMHO.

I only rarely have Scotch with cigars (my delicate and girly wife is a much hardier cigar aficionado than me), but find that a dram with more peat works well in those circumstances. The best one for my money would be Laphroaig 18; for a little less, an Ardbeg Uigeadail would be a great pairing.

Good luck with the blog, Deepak; even though you might inadvertently encourage even more people to buy it. Demand, and prices, for great Scotch have increased so much in the past two years you'd think they were giving away Ferrari logo merchandise with each bottle...lol.

 

”Hi Tom!

I think the Blue Label will be the most recognizable bottle to get. As for price, it is a bit steep. It is a birthday however, so I say you get it and enjoy a few with him
Cheers!”

I will! Thanks, Deepak...T

 

Deepak...Lalique? Wow! You think the bottle is more of the price, or is the scotch that good?...T

 

That is still a nice selection of 18-25 yr old scotches for that single bottle.

 

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