A collection of posts often on colt E- and I-frame revolvers: pythons, model 357s, officer model specials, etc. Topics not limited to: action jobs, fixing Bubba-gone-wrong gunsmith mistakes, and revolver porn. And sometimes I'll wander off the reservation and type random nouns and verbs that have nothing to do with our sole purpose, because who the hell can really pay attention that long?

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Whiskey party.

One way to spend a few hours on a saturday: sampling from several thousands dollars worth of scotch (mostly not mine).

Various conclusions:

  • Laphroaig 30 is great but not worth $300.
  • Oban distiller's edition is one of my favorites.  About $70 from the cheapest online store.
  • I like Caol Ila 12 and 18 alot, but don't care much for the other 4 samples I had
  • The Macallan 12 from 10 years ago is crazy good compared to what they release now.
  • Glenfarcias 10 is pretty smooth and not that expensive.
  • Master of Malt has a really nice selection of samples (http://www.masterofmalt.com/drinks-by-the-dram/).   They charge in british pounds, however, so not the greatest exchange rate.
  • Google's droid phone has a cool feature where you can take a picture of a bar code and it will look up that item on the net, finding the cheapest price (I paid $100 for the oban above, it found it for $67).

Here's my friend, looking a bit worse for wear, but well neigh invincible behind a fortress of scotch bottles.

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