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levite · 08-02-2008, 08:45 PM

If you're bringing it to a party, bring anything: it won't matter. Personally, I was always a fan of the Jack or the vodka when I was 21, those seem to go with just about anything.

If you actually want to get your friend quality liquor to have in their house, that's a different story. Get good scotch. Be prepared to spend $40-60 depending on what you can find. Never get blended scotch, only single malt. They need to be aged for a minimum of 10 years, 12 is standard, 15 and up is preferable. The Islay malts are generally considered the best, but some are hard to get outside Britain, and IMO, some aren't all that. Lagavulin is excellent, and so is Ardbeg, and Laphroaig is pretty good. I like the Highland and Speyside malts a lot: The Balvenie is my favorite, with Glenmorangie a close second. Glenfarclas is excellent, if you can get it in 15 years old plus, same with Glengoyne. Lowland malts are altogether distinct: almost a different whiskey altogether. I like Glenkinchie and Auchentoshan, although they taste much lighter and more delicate, a lot more like good Irish single-malt whiskey.

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08-02-2008, 08:45 PM	#15 (permalink)
levite Minion of Joss Location: The Windy City	If you're bringing it to a party, bring anything: it won't matter. Personally, I was always a fan of the Jack or the vodka when I was 21, those seem to go with just about anything. If you actually want to get your friend quality liquor to have in their house, that's a different story. Get good scotch. Be prepared to spend $40-60 depending on what you can find. Never get blended scotch, only single malt. They need to be aged for a minimum of 10 years, 12 is standard, 15 and up is preferable. The Islay malts are generally considered the best, but some are hard to get outside Britain, and IMO, some aren't all that. Lagavulin is excellent, and so is Ardbeg, and Laphroaig is pretty good. I like the Highland and Speyside malts a lot: The Balvenie is my favorite, with Glenmorangie a close second. Glenfarclas is excellent, if you can get it in 15 years old plus, same with Glengoyne. Lowland malts are altogether distinct: almost a different whiskey altogether. I like Glenkinchie and Auchentoshan, although they taste much lighter and more delicate, a lot more like good Irish single-malt whiskey. Edit: whoops!! Too late! __________________ Dull sublunary lovers love, Whose soul is sense, cannot admit Absence, because it doth remove That thing which elemented it. (From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)