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      09-15-2017, 01:48 PM   #1541
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I bet that Balvenie Portwood is tasty.
Very smooth. Delicious and easy drinking for an older scotch. Goes well with a medium bodied cigar.
A few women I drink with have no problem with it either!
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Fair point, but as most of us do, we tend to shoot whatever we bought fairly quickly - usually before modifying it. So on the off chance there is an AD, I figured I might as well give forewarning to anyone who owns one.
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I bet that Balvenie Portwood is tasty.
Very smooth. Delicious and easy drinking for an older scotch. Goes well with a medium bodied cigar.
A few women I drink with have no problem with it either!
It's wonderful stuff... but at more than $200 USD for a bottle, it's been several years since I had it on my shelf... and then it was a gift.

When I first met my wife, she said she didn't care for Scotch (and port), so I set out to win her over. I lined up a half dozen Glencairn glasses ranging from a mild Highland (Glenmorangie), through some Speysides (Aberlour and Macallan) up to a peaty Islay (Lagavulin 16).

She still thinks Islays taste like dirt, but she's a big fan of Speysides and thinks Highlands are for lightweights.

We were in Paso Robles a couple of weeks ago and the restaurant had Portwood on the menu for $19 a glass. My wife cringed at the price because we have so many good bottles of Scotch at home, but I promised it would be a treat and the price was a bargain. Unfortunately, the bartender came out and apologized that they no longer have it. It seems the liquor distributor gave them a bottle when they first opened more than five years ago, so they put it on the menu... but that first bottle was never replaced. He gave us a couple of complimentary glasses of Balvenie Doublewood instead.
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He would probably be changing out the trigger group to a Huber, Tubb, or Timney trigger anyways, so no worries.
Nah kev can't afford all that shoot it how it comes
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We were in Paso Robles a couple of weeks ago and the restaurant had Portwood on the menu for $19 a glass. My wife cringed at the price because we have so many good bottles of Scotch at home, but I promised it would be a treat and the price was a bargain.
That's a very nice price for it. Hell, I've seen Macallan go for $20-$25/glass.

If we make it to Binny's tomorrow, I'll have to see if they have the Portwood and how much it is. I like the Caribbean Cask, but even that is a bit pricey for me. I can afford it, but I'm not sure it's worth the premium over less expensive stuff.
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Binny's was out of my Plantation 20 today. Argh. So much for 15% off. But they did have my Gentleman Jack 1.75L on sale for $45, so with the 15% off coupon, it came to just $38/bottle, which is what I pay locally for the 750ml bottle. Of course I bought 2 of them. I also grabbed another bottle of the Plantation Pineapple.

They had The Balvenie Portwood 21 in a locked case. $229/bottle. Yikes.
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You either drink a fifth a night or have a bedroom full
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That's 4.6 fifth in 2 weeks bro. Or 1/3 of fifth every day
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A third of a fifth is a fifteenth.
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But a fiftieenth doesn't describe a fifteenth of what. 1/15 of a tanker truck
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What exactly is a fifth?
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What exactly is a fifth?
A non existent measurement. Before the Euros owned nearly all of the liquor distribution business, a fifth was a fifth of a gallon, aka 757mL. But now we get what's called the Metric Fifth, which is 750mL, the standard bottle for liquor and wine throughout the world.
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What exactly is a fifth?
Just enough for a good buzz
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What exactly is a fifth?
It is a form of liquid measurement equal to 750ml.
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Michelob Ultra. It's like watered down Coors Light, but only has 95 calories!
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My piss has more alcohol content i can ship
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Watered down Coors Light is actually water......
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