Ardbeg 1991 LR Brut de Fût

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again, this one is even bolder but also slightly sweeter than the OB, maybe a tad more medicinal (camphor) but other than that we’re exactly in the same league again. Hugely salty. Wow. With water: same thing. Maybe the finish is a tad more drying but I’m trying really hard to pick differences… 96 points . WHISKYFUN'S HALL OF FRIENDS INTERVIEW - TOM BORSCHEL - Hi, where do you live and what’s special there? Hi, my name is Tom Borschel. I was born in Buffalo, New York on 2/3/54. My home is on a hilltop in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. The Finger Lakes were formed during the last ice age and hold a wide variety of fish species. Two of the Great Lakes are also nearby (Erie and Ontario). I also happen to be an avid fisherman (a flask of whisky is a constant companion whether I’m out on the ice or streamside). BTW that’s a Lake Ontario King (Chinook) Salmon in the photo. The Finger Lakes area is also New York’s largest wine region with about 70 wineries. My nom de cyber is “Uisgetom”; in Scots Gaelic you all know what Uisge is and Tom is the word for hill. There’s more whisky on top of my particular hill than on any other for miles around ;-). It’s also home to the periodic debauch known as “The Whisky Hill Dram Jam”. I’m a business traveller (primarily USA, coast to coast) so that has afforded me the opportunity to fleece (or FoaF as we PLOWEDsters say) over 500 liquor stores in the last 10 years. I’ve found some good stashes on occasion! Who or what made you discover whisky? I was primarily a beer drinker in my younger years. I liked beer, but beer didn’t like me (nasty hangovers, and I put on a LOT of weight drinking it). I tried bourbon and sour mash whiskies and really didn’t care for them. Ditto on Canadian ryes as well. It must have been around 1980 that a friend (AJ) introduced me to Scotch whisky. I drank mostly Dewar’s White Label for about 10 years. AJ then got me started on Single Malts around 1990. I was basically clueless about malts for the ne